This consultancy project was undertaken to evaluate the effects of research and development on integrated pest management and the processing and fresh tomato industries. The study measured the extent to which IPM has been adopted by producers, identified the barriers to adoption of IPM and opportunities to increase IPM adoption, evaluated the overall net benefit due to IPM adoption, and finally investigated the impacts of individual projects on tomato IPM funded by HRDC.

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.

• Vegetable Fund