Great Northern Spices

Plant Industries’ recently concluded project Spicing up northern Australia with high value condiment crops established that three spice crops (sesame, fennel, and kalonji) have potential as cash crops in Northern Australian producers.

The Great Northern Spices project is being conducted to provide region 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.

More information on great northern spices, visit CRCNA website.

Contact: plant.industries@nt.gov.au