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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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Completed project Final Research Report

Almond industry innovation and adoption program (AL19001)

This project helped to deliver technical advice to almond growers, promoting best practice and facilitating the adoption of R&D.

28 February 2024

Completed project Final Research Report

Almond industry Californian study tour 2022 (AL22006)

In 2022, project supported eight Australian almond industry participants to travel to California to explore the latest R&D and technological developments and build on the international network established in recent years with the Californian almond industry.

18 September 2023

Completed project Final Research Report

Evaluation of potential prunus rootstocks for almond production – stage 2 (AL16006)

This investment assessed the performance and compatibility of potential new rootstocks for the Australian almond industry.

30 March 2022

Completed project

Consumer behavioural and retail data for fresh produce (MT17015) (MT17015a)

This multi-industry investment provided regular consumer behaviour data and insight reporting about the almond industry through the Harvest to Home platform.

16 March 2022

Completed project

Pilot program: Consumer usage, attitude and brand tracking (MT21201)

This pilot program provided a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

9 March 2022

Completed project Final Research Report

Consumer demand spaces for horticulture (MT21003)

This investment identified and prioritised opportunities to engage consumers and build demand across the domestic market for fruits, nuts and vegetables.

28 November 2022

Completed project

Advanced production for temperate nut crops (various projects) (ST16000)

This investment developed advanced production systems for nut industries using two tree nut crops, almond and walnuts, as model crops.

1 December 2021