R&D projects
Discover avocado levy investments into Avocado Fund R&D initiatives
The avocado levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Avocado Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Asian markets avocado industry trade tour to Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai, 2009 (AV08026)
This is a final research report from Hort Innovation’s historical archives. Please note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.
1 March 2009
Avocado industry development and extension (AV17005)
This extension project was responsible for delivering a range of events and resources to help the avocado industry access, understand and implement best practice information.
13 June 2023
National avocado industry communications program (AV18003)
This investment ensured the Australian avocado industry remained up-to-date with the latest R&D, marketing, emerging information, trends and issues both in Australia and overseas.
20 October 2022
National avocado industry communications program (AV15002)
This project aimed to communicate relevant information to avocado growers and industry stakeholders to support their business decisions and industry competitiveness.
13 December 2018
Avocado industry capacity building – Western Australia (AV17006)
This investment supports the role and activities of a Western Australia Avocado Research Officer, to help develop the capacity and productivity of the state’s avocado industry.
3 December 2018
Supply chain quality improvement – retailer point of purchase improvements (AV15011)
This investment worked closely with retailers to deliver education, training programs and consumer-facing tools to reduce the percentage of damaged avocados available on shelves.
8 August 2018
Achieving more consistent yields of quality fruit in the Australian avocado industry (AV14000)
Grower best practice resources and workshops for producing more consistent high yields of good-quality avocados from year to year were delivered by this project.
26 April 2018
World Avocado Congress 2015 - Building research knowledge and capacity for the Australian avocado industry (AV15702)
This project supported two Australian research plant pathologists to attend the 8th World Avocado Congress in September 2015.
15 January 2016
Avocado industry communications (AV10008)
This investment delivered the avocado industry's communication program between 2011 and 2015, producing the Talking Avocados magazine, Avocados Australia website, Qualicado workshops, online BPR and more.
18 December 2015
Avocado best management practices and internet-based information delivery (AV10002)
This avocado best management practice project produced the Avocado Problem Solver Field Guide and a host of other growing information.
6 January 2015