Australian New Crops Web Site
Supported by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

A new crop is defined as a crop or crop product new to an area. 

New crop development is the adoption of a plant in a particular geographic place (for the purposes of production) so that it can be manipulated as a crop for the generation of some profitable commercial product (for the satisfaction of consumers) that has not previously been successfully produced from that plant in that region.

Do you wish to add information of your own?   See New Crops Blog

This website provides information about individual plant species and advice about the process of new crop commercialisation, all structured around the following:

1. The ten points for planning
These have been used by individuals in the initial planning stages of a new crop adventure; what should I do first?

2. The Do Our Own Marketing Research short course
This course (DOOR Marketing) has been used by many small groups of people throughout Australasia to analyse the basic requirements for successful commercialisation of a new crop; what will be the major problems with commercialisation?

3. The thirteen steps for commercialising new crops
These steps have been used by new crop industries to structure their approach to new crop commercialisation; what does the industry need?

Pages of special interest:

The listing of more than 68000 interesting plants
Those plants of most interest to visitors
The Australian New Crops Newsletter [1994-2000] Archive
The Original Australian New Crops Website

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) Home Page

RIRDC New Plant Products Home Page

RIRDC New Plant Products Research Reports

RIRDC New Rural Industries Handbook Contents

All information is included in good faith but this website does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any information on these pages, nor does the website accept responsibility for any loss arising from the use of this information.  Views and opinions are those of the authors themselves.  Every effort has been made to respect copyright owners' rights. 

Contact: Webmaster, Australian New Crops Website
australiannewcrops@gmail.com
Latest update 30 June 2008 by: ANCW
Previous website still available