Great Northern Spices

CRCNA project A.2.1819045, “Spicing up northern Australia with high value condiment crops”, established three spice crops (sesame, fennel, and kalonji) have potential as cash crops in Northern Australian producers. This project builds on the initial spicing up the north project and will investigate four themes to address the key impediments for the developing these three spice crops as a commercial Northern Australian spice industry. The Great Northern Spices project will provide environment specific recommendations and industry knowledge to support growers to integrate spice crops into both new and existing northern farming systems, including planting protocols and pest management through developing a compendium of weeds, pests and diseases and their control options. It will investigate best practice machinery use and settings to ensure optimal crop emergence and yield capture and determine options for drying and cleaning the seed product to assure post-harvest quality. Additionally, the project will provide gross margin analyses and value chain options across northern farming systems, and the data required to support the development of crop specific export protocols.   Check out the grower guide factsheets in publications below!

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