GINGER 
22 pages
Published: 27 Jun 2017
Author(s): Clarke, Michael
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The Ginger Progam RD&E Plan 2017-2022 has articulated three objectives. These objectives are to assure industry competitiveness, build stronger linkages with customers and the market and coordinate the industry’s future direction. The Australian ginger industry had a farm-gate GVP of $32 million in 2015 and ginger growers are positive about their future, but acknowledge the importance of growing markets to remain competitive in a global trading environment.
Ginger is grown primarily in the sub-tropical, nutrient-rich soils of Queensland, where the largest risk to production for most growers is persistent soilborne fungal pathogens....
The Australian ginger industry can be considered too small and not profitable enough for chemical companies to actively engage with the industry and undertake the...
Growing ginger is resource intensive; one of the most resource-intensive periods for ginger production is from planting through to canopy closure (August-October to January-February). During...
The AgriFutures Ginger Program invests in research, development and extension (RD&E) that improves the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the Australian ginger industry. The Australian...
The AgriFutures Ginger Program invests in research, development and extension (RD&E) to support a sustainable, growing and prosperous ginger industry that supplies product of the...
This research addresses the critical need to better manage ginger for Australian pests and diseases (e.g., Fusarium yellows, Pythium soft rot, and Root-knot nematodes) and...
The commercial ginger industry in Australia is based on only two edible ginger cultivars, which are both susceptible to soil borne fungal pathogens, this puts...
The project will also help improve the adoption of improved planting material and enhanced pre and post-harvest management practices. It will provide support and maintenance...
