ID	Title	Theme	Status	Project Summary
P2-009	Optimising blueberry fruit nutritional quality using controlled spectra and mild stress treatment via polytunnel innovation	High-tech indoor horticulture	Active	This PhD project will use phenomic, agronomic, physiological and biochemical approaches to assess as well as develop interventions for maximising plant resilience and fruit quality of blueberry under protected cropping.
P1-005	Understanding the Food Innovation Ecosystem in Coffs Harbour	Specialised food industry clusters	Active	The purpose of this project is to understand the current food production ecosystem in Coffs Harbour, and concurrently the prospects for growth of this ecosystem, particularly in light of output capacity and increased value-add, creation of food hubs and distribution, and technology deployment.
P1-003	Commercialisation of native rice for Indigenous enterprise development	Specialised food industry clusters	Active	The project aims to lay the foundations for commercialisation of Australian native rice as a high-value, low-volume, culturally-identified, nutritious food, especially for tourism, gourmet food, restaurant markets and value-added products. Australian native rice grows in natural wetlands throughout the Northern Territory and Queensland. It is currently wild harvested but only in very small quantities from crocodile infested environments using airboats. This harvest method cannot be implemented economically at scale.
P3-003	High-level analysis of food manufacturing facility needs	High-tech indoor horticulture	Active	This scoping project involves high-level analysis of Australian food manufacturing facility needs, opportunities and challenges. It will review current global best practice in advanced food manufacturing; consider current and intended Australian processes and facilities; and provide scoping for future CRC manufacturing research.
P3-002	Identification of participant product design challenges, review of feasibility, and product development strategy	Building scale in future food segments	Active	This project will produce a general report and guide that provides a strategy for product development in the CRC’s target categories from ideation to commercialisation. Aimed and SME food innovators, it will outline industry best practice in taking products to market.
P3-001	Consultation with peak regulatory and industry bodies to identify primary regulatory control points and key QA parameters	Building scale in future food segments	Active	This scoping project will produce a high-level summary of the regulatory framework for the supply chain of premium Australian fresh goods and goods sold on the basis of their nutritional benefits, aiding our understanding of the primary regulatory control points and key quality assurance (QA) parameters on a targeted export market, China.
P2-001	IoT for indoor farming	High-tech indoor horticulture	Active	This four-year innovation project is led by WBS Project H, manufacturers of state-of-the-art LED technology for vertical farms and greenhouses, with AI and protected-cropping experts at UNSW and WSU respectively.
P2-003	Identification of protected cropping production systems and crops suitable for application of robotics based on economic analysis, and benefits to industry	High-tech indoor horticulture	Active	A major goal of the CRC is to support Australia’s protecting cropping sector in transitioning to advanced automated systems – including, potentially, robotics. Many complex contextual, sequencing and economic issues must be addressed before a critical mass of firms is likely to invest in robotic systems. T
P2-002	System design case study: configuration options for high-tech, artificial-light urban production systems	High-tech indoor horticulture	Active	Working with CRC partner Sprout Stack, UNSW researchers are developing and comparing production system alternatives with the aim of increasing production capacity, reducing costs and shrinking the company’s environmental footprint.
P2-006	Next-generation protected cropping facilities: survey of global innovation trends and Southern Hemisphere R&D opportunities	High-tech indoor horticulture	Active	Australia’s protected cropping sector is currently heavily reliant on imported proprietary technology for the design, construction and operation of indoor facilities. This technology, typically, has been developed for Northern European conditions.
P2-005	Review of advances in high-throughput sensing technologies for automated and fast phenotyping for trait extraction	High-tech indoor horticulture	Active	Industry has identified via CRC forums and other channels a need for high-throughput sensing technologies for automated and fast phenotyping for trait extraction.
P2-004	Review of current techniques and technologies in commercial protected cropping	High-tech indoor horticulture	Active	The research and its report will survey Australian current practice and international best practice in protected cropping plant science and production, with the emphasis on CRC partner target crops and commercial production objectives.
P1-004	New approaches to blockchain, governance and digital communities for smart trade hubs	Specialised food industry clusters	Active	The overarching aim of this multi-stage project led by BeefLedger is to develop the soft and hard digital infrastructure needed to support the growth of smart trade – infrastructure that will overlay and complement the physical elements of export hubs: transport infrastructure, storage, logistics and suchlike.
P1-001	Global best practice in urban agrifood design & planning	Specialised food industry clusters	Active	To scope future work in CRC precinct design research, this project is surveying global best practice in urban agrifood design and planning, with a focus on industry clusters and on nations and regions that have achieved economic, social and environmental objectives through excellence in design and planning.
P1-002	Western Sydney agrifood mapping and analytics	Specialised food industry clusters	Active	This project will provide the initial evidence base and stakeholder communication tools needed to foster development of an advanced future food industry focused in the Liverpool region of Western Sydney.