Supply chain management improves the use of information, coordination and innovation along the chain to deliver consumer satisfaction and build a globally competitive, profitable industry.

Postharvest covers pre and post farm areas of disorder and disease management, the cooling, packaging, storage and movement of horticultural products. Biosecurity involves the protection of Australia's horticultural industry from pest incursions.

Industry development involves industry best practice and accreditation programs, industry communication, conferences, study tours, training, scholarships and leadership development.

Environment covers sustainable development projects that can be catchment-wide, industry specific or across industry. It focuses on irrigation and water use efficiency, soil health and management, environmental assurance and natural resource management.

Plant health involves activities inside the farm gate that address crop protection from pests, focusing on IPM strategies that link with supply chain requirements.

Crop production involves activities inside the farm gate, including production systems, nutrition, physiology, best practice management and agronomics.

Commercialisation and Intellectual Property looks at the identification, negotiation and exploitation of Intellectual Property to maximise commercial opportunities.

Biotechnology covers a range of areas, from activities directed at the development of new products to Australian Horticulture to the application of genetic technologies to the detection and control of disease organisms in Australian production areas.

Information analysis involves producing information for horticulture that can be used to make business and investment decisions, through the use and analysis of economic techniques and available data.

Domestic promotion covers domestic marketing programs, assisting in the development of consumer analysis and the management of promotional and communication programs, including above-and-below the line activities to meet individual industry and consumer needs.

Market access and export development focuses on raising the profile of Australian horticulture in export markets, through promotion, market access, strategic marketing planning and the Australia Fresh program.

Quality assurance and food safety looks at the development and implementation of quality, food safety and environmental assurance systems in individual industries and across horticulture.

Though partnerships with industry HAL provides strategic direction to assess and select projects that benefit individual industries as well as the whole of horticulture.

Successful communications is a key to promoting the outcomes and benefits of HAL projects.

HAL provides the underlying systems and financial management of projects to ensure the maximum benefit from the investment of industry and Australian Government funds.