EconSearch Completed Project
Project: Cost Benefit Analysis of a GWRDC Project Cluster: Vine Physiology - Flowering (2008)
Client: Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation (GWRDC)
Summary: A cost benefit analysis of the randomly selected ‘vine physiology – flowering’ cluster. This cluster was comprised of 4 GWRDC funded projects, namely:
- SAR 02/05 - Improving vineyard productivity through assessment of bud fruitfulness and bud necrosis;
- SAR 02/09a - The use of molybdenum foliar sprays to improve fruit set and bunch yield of Merlot vines in the Adelaide Hills in 2002/2003;
- SAR 02/09b - Molybdenum foliar sprays and other nutrient strategies to improve fruit set and reduce berry asynchrony ('hen and chickens') in Australia; and
- SAR 03/03 - Strategic management of flowering sprays.
The results of the analysis of the randomly selected project clusters will be used by the Council of Rural Research and Development Corporation Chairs in their broader evaluation of the impact of research and development funded by Rural Research and Development Corporations in Australia.