Research and Development

Our research and development are in alignment with sustaining the pome and stone industry. It focuses on gaining new insights, technologies, and practices necessary to mitigate, avoid, or overcome threats and risks and to leverage opportunities.

Our industry is highly technical and therefore, dependents on knowledgeable professionals who are up to speed with the latest technology and future directions of fruit production to ensure that our product is of high quality, safe, sustainable, and preferred by consumers.  A way to ensure a steady supply of highly skilled people is through our research programme, which during 2021/22 funded twenty-seven post-graduate students. By investing in people, we ensure the future of our industry.

Our initiatives in this category:

State-of-the-Art CA Facility Launched at US

"Indeed, a great moment for the industry where Richard Hurndall took the lead and made the plans come to fruition. Well done to the Horticulture Department for pulling this one through.”
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Industry Takes Ownership With Launch Of New Lab

The facility is unique in that it allows for integrated research on deciduous fruit, where tests can be conducted on fruit and insects simultaneously.
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The Hortgro Legacy Foundation is a non-profit that fights poverty, and inequity, by investing in people and uplifting communities. The success of our industry depends on innovative technology, research, and development to ensure sustainable practices that care for our environment.

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