About the AgriFutures Ginger Program.
The AgriFutures Ginger Program invests in Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) that supports a sustainable, growing and prosperous industry to supply a high-quality product that is strongly sought after in Australia and around the world.
The AgriFutures Ginger Program has three critical objectives as detailed in the Strategic RD&E Plan:
- Drive on-farm productivity – improve industry pest and disease management, harness innovative technology and facilitate adoption of clean certified seed
- Lift the demand for Australian ginger – invest in brand and market research to improve farm business returns
- Encourage industry engagement – communicate research outputs, assist industry with research adoption, build industry capacity and develop investment and implementation partnerships.
About the Advisory Panel
The Advisory Panel consists of growers, scientists and agronomists with a range of skills and experience in the ginger industry.
In partnership with AgriFutures Australia, the Advisory Panel provides recommendations on the allocation of RD&E funding for the AgriFutures Ginger Program.
AgriFutures Australia aims to maintain geographical, age and gender diversity to ensure that the Advisory Panel appropriately represents the ginger industry.
Advisory Panel member roles & responsibilities
The core functions of AgriFutures Industry Advisory Panels are to ensure that RD&E investment remains industry-demand driven, including:
- Advising– providing advice on the industry requirements for investment through the development and monitoring of Strategic RD&E Plans
- Identifying – providing recommendations to AgriFutures on suitable RD&E opportunities and activities to address industry issues
- Aligning – providing feedback and investment advice on RD&E proposals submitted to AgriFutures to ensure investment is aligned to priorities in the respective Program’s Strategic RD&E Plan
- Awareness – representing the industry to advise and assist in the dissemination, adoption and commercialisation of RD&E activities.
