Skin integrity & skinning reduction in Australian Sweetpotatoes
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About this tender
Overview Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Skin integrity & skinning reduction in Australian Sweetpotatoes (PW26001). About Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia's $17 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $170 million in research and development (R&D) and marketing programs annually to provide benefit to industry and the wider community. Objectives The objectives of the services being sought are to: Improve understanding of skin-set physiology and varietal differences Reduce commercial skinning through validated production and handling practices Increase grower adoption of effective skin-integrity management approaches Instructions to Tenderers Hort Innovation has prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) document that provides background information, outlines the scope of services, the procurement process and the information required from interested parties. The RFP may be downloaded from www.tenders.net. You will need to be a member of tenders.net to access this information.
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