R&D projects
Discover macadamia levy investments into Macadamia Fund R&D initiatives
The macadamia levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Macadamia Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Consumer usage and attitude tracking 25/26 (MT24201)
This project is delivering a comprehensive consumer tracking program across the Australian horticulture sector.
18 June 2025
Mid-term review: Independent evaluation of project MC21000 (MC24005)
This project is evaluating the progress, relevance, and future direction of MC21000 to ensure it continues delivering value to the macadamia industry.
13 May 2025
Regulatory support and response co-ordination (pesticides) (MT24008)
The regulatory support and response coordination project aims to provide Australian horticultural industries support to navigate complex domestic and international pesticide regulations.
6 May 2025
Independent review of the Macadamia industry innovation and adoption project (MC24008)
This project aims to assess the impact and value of strategic changes made during the second year of the Macadamia industry innovation and adoption project (MC20000).
18 March 2025
MC22000 Mid-term review (MC24007)
This project is evaluating the delivery activities, outputs, and the benefits and outcomes achieved through the levy-funded project “Macadamia industry benchmarking and industry sustainability insights 2022-2027 (MC22000)”. The goal is to assess the project’s progress for the Australian macadamia industry, providing an evidence-based foundation to guide the remaining delivery period to 2027.
19 January 2025
Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2023/24 to 2025/26 (MT24005)
Hort Innovation engages independent consultants to evaluate the impact of our R&D investments, providing insights into the type and magnitude of impacts that are being generated across the company’s strategic levy programs.
10 October 2024
Masterclass in macadamia management (MC23001)
This investment delivers a practical, industry-focussed training program for macadamia management skills.
4 July 2024
Macadamia industry crisis and risk management (MC23002)
This project will deliver a risk and crisis management plan for the Australian macadamia industry to prevent potential issues from escalating into crises.
10 April 2024
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
Spatially enabling tree crop production practice (AS23000)
This investment seeks to geographically identify and map fundamental industry information such as variety, planting date, management, and productivity of tree orchards.
9 November 2023