R&D projects

Evaluating self-fertile varieties in block plantings for almond growers (AL22000)

This project is evaluating self-fertile almond varieties in block plantings to demonstrate their benefits to growers and how this system could be incorporated into existing operations, together with varietal information, to provide the greatest return.

10 April 2024

• Ongoing project
• Almond Fund
• Varieties and rootstocks

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

• R&D
• Outcome 3: Extension and capability

Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)

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

21 February 2024

Enabling the pathway to best sustainable management practices (AL23001)

This investment is supporting the almond industry to further develop Almond Hort360, an online grower self-assessment benchmarking tool that provides growers with a resource to support improved sustainable production and on-farm business practises while capturing industry data which can inform future research and development activities.

13 December 2023

• Ongoing project
• Almond Fund
• On-farm and crop management
• Industry data and insights

Almond industry innovation and adoption program – phase two (AL22001)

This project is tasked with providing almond growers with access to the information they need to make informed business decisions and the appropriate skills to adopt world’s best practice.

13 December 2023

• Ongoing project
• Almond Fund
• Industry development and communication

Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) 2023 updates (MT23001)

This project delivers the 2023 Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) for each of the following industries: almond, avocado, banana, berry, lychee, macadamia, melon, olive, onion, papaya, passionfruit, pineapple and summerfruit.

7 November 2023

• Ongoing project
• Papaya Fund
• Almond Fund
• Avocado Fund
• Banana Fund
• Lychee Fund
• Macadamia Fund
• Melon Fund
• Olive Fund
• Onion Fund
• Passionfruit Fund
• Pineapple Fund
• Raspberry and Blackberry Fund
• Strawberry Fund
• Summerfruit Fund
• Blueberry Fund
• Pests, diseases and biosecurity

Almond Centre of Excellence Operation and Maintenance (AL23000)

This project provides for the ongoing operations, maintenance and expansion of the Almond Centre of Excellence (ACE).

24 October 2023

• Grower resources

Almond industry statistics and data collection 2023-2025 (AL22007)

This project collects industry statistics and makes them readily available to almond growers and other industry stakeholders, such as processors and marketers.

24 September 2023

• Ongoing project
• Almond Fund
• Industry data and insights

Australian almond variety evaluation program (AL22009)

This investment runs a targeted breeding program to develop new almond varieties with improved production characteristics, while progressing the evaluation of varieties from earlier iterations of the program and from overseas breeding programs.

12 July 2023

• Ongoing project
• Almond Fund
• Varieties and rootstocks

Almond market access and trade development 2023 – 2026 (AL22004)

This investment supports the continued growth in export markets for Australian almonds through a range of market access and development activities.

3 July 2023

• Ongoing project
• Almond Fund
• International trade and markets