Commercialisation of native rice for Indigenous enterprise developmentThe trials yielded substantial volumes of seed, enabling a shift from dependency on limited wild harvests to a more sustainable, cultivation-based approach. For example, thousands of seeds were harvested from each species, such as over 4600 seeds from O. rufipogon grown at CDU. This success created the foundation for future experimental trials and provided the material needed for germination testing, milling, and nutritional analysis. Moreover, these trials allowed researchers to begin formulating best-practice cultivation protocols tailored to native rice species.
