This project was an engagement project to identify vegetable growers in the NT and build relationships with the all commercial vegetable growers of the Top End who are predominantly Vietnamese or Cambodian in heritage. The project endeavored to engage these growers by providing a dedicated engagement officer to be a stable and trusted point of contact on best practice farming and farm business practices. The project was in place for 3 years during which time the engagement officer updated and consolidated the existing vegetable grower’s data bases to reveal 153 active NT vegetable growers over that period.

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