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Request for Proposal: Accelerating adoption of Area Wide-Integrated Crop Management in vegetable, onion and potato growing regions (MT24012)

Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $16.3 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $154 million in research and development (R&D) and marketing programs annually to provide benefit to industry and the wider community.

Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Accelerating adoption of Area Wide-Integrated Crop Management in vegetable, onion and potato growing regions (MT24012).

The objectives of the services being sought are to:

• Use the Rapid Rural Appraisal of the Agricultural Innovation System (RAAIS) method to conduct an in-depth analysis of the Area Wide-Integrated Crop Management (AW-ICM) systems in three growing regions where vegetables, onions and potatoes (fresh and processing) are grown together. The three regions will be in Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.

• Gain insights on what is working well and identify opportunities for strengthening AW-ICM within Australian vegetable, onion and potato growing regions and industries.

• Provide tangible recommendations on how to strengthen AW-ICM within Australian vegetable, onion and potato growing regions at farm, landscape and industry levels.

• Foster collaboration between vegetable, onion and potato industries on shared pest challenges and opportunities.

Hort Innovation has prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) document that provides background information, outlines the scope of services, the procurement process and the information required from interested parties.

The RFP may be downloaded from www.tenders.net (you will need to be a member of tenders.net to access this information).

The closing date for responses is February 20, 2025, at 3:00 PM (AEDT).