R&D projects
Discover Almond levy investments into Almond Fund R&D initiatives
The almond levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Almond Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Australian almond industry statistics and data collection 2020-2022 (AL19005)
This project collected industry statistics and made them readily available to almond growers and other industry stakeholders.
4 April 2023
Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)
This investment provided weekly updates on consumer attitudes and behaviours during and beyond COVID-19.
15 June 2020
Market access, maintenance and development programs (AL17008 and AL19002)
These investments are supporting the continued development of export markets for Australian almonds by facilitating industry representation in key overseas markets.
23 August 2023
Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011)
Through this project, Hort Innovation engaged independent consultants to evaluate the impact of our R&D investments, providing insights into the type and magnitude of impacts generated across the company’s strategic levy programs.
31 December 2021
Almond industry communications program (AL18001)
This investment funded the almond industry communications program, including In An Nutshell newsletters and more
23 May 2023
Development and implementation of protocols to enable importation of improved honey bee genetics to Australia (MT18019)
This investment laid the groundwork for the importation of desirable honey bee germplasm into Australia, with a focus on sourcing genetic material from bees with a tolerance to Varroa mite and its associated viruses
15 December 2021
Development of high health status mother planting for new Australian almond varieties (AL16004)
Under this investment, mother plantings of new, Australian-bred varietal almond trees were planted at two sites in the Riverland to provide additional high-health-status budwood material to nurseries for grafting.
3 April 2019
Almond irrigation best practice management (AL17004)
This investment improved irrigation system performance across the Australian almond industry
31 December 2019
Developing a national systems approach for meeting biosecurity requirements to access key Asian markets (AM17001)
This project supported collaboration between Australian stakeholders to develop a quantitative systems approach for horticultural enterprises so that they realised market opportunities
21 September 2022
Statistical review and re-design of the National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (MT14057)
This project reviewed the effectiveness of the National Bee Pest Surveillance Program, with its recommendations leading to new and improved elements of the program.
25 July 2016