Program Leaders
Riverlink research agencies employ over 150 research, extension and support staff to service horticultural industries in the Sunraysia-Riverland region.

Riverlink Program Leaders coordinate the following programs:

Citrus

Dr Tahir Khurshid - NSW DPI, Citrus Physiologist

Viticulture

Peter Clingeleffer - CSIRO Plant Industry, Research Scientist/Sub-program Leader

Viticulture Plant Protection

Dr Bob Emmett - Vic DPI, Senior Research Scientist

Vegetables

Gerard Kelly - NSW DPI, District Horticulturalist

Tree Crops

Michael Rettke - SARDI, Senior Research Scientist

Sustainable Horticulture

Rob Stevens - SARDI, Research Scientist, Irrigation and Salinity

Riverlink.PRN

Vacant

Goals

Riverlink Program Leaders' aim to achieve outcomes through the following strategic goals:

1. To pursue innovative approaches to planning, funding, resourcing and implementing major horticultural initiatives in the Sunraysia-Riverland region.

2. To ensure that Riverlink programs are aligned with and responsive to client and member needs, and contribute to sustainable and profitable horticultural industries and communities.

3. To create an effective collaborative research network in the Sunraysia-Riverland region, and ensure optimal use of resources.