This investment is facilitating four international study tours for the fresh and processing potato industries – providing the opportunity for levy payers and industry researchers to travel overseas to learn and engage with international experts and peers. Attendance is all about increasing knowledge and awareness of global research, practices and innovations, and supporting the adoption of the latest practices and technologies here in Australia. Specific tours supported by the project include those to the PotatoEurope exhibition in September 2019 (Belgium), 2020 (France) and 2021 (the Netherlands), and to the World Potato Congress 2021, held in Ireland across late May and early June 2021.

This project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the research and development levies listed below and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture.

• Potato – Fresh Fund