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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.

Discover the projects that you want to see by refining the list by ongoing, completed, and historical R&D projects as well as projects by R&D portfolio type. You can also filter the projects by areas of extension and communications, international trade, and data and insights.

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Completed project Final Research Report

Benchmarking the macadamia industry 2019-2021 (MC18002)

This investment supplied on-farm benchmarking information to the macadamia industry.

13 December 2022

Ongoing project

Macadamia crop forecasting 2023-2025 (MC22001)

This investment is responsible for producing climate-adjusted crop forecasts for the macadamia industry each year from 2023 to 2025, along with longer-term forecasts out to 10 years for expected production amounts.

29 November 2022

Ongoing project

Macadamia industry benchmarking and industry sustainability insights 2022-2027 (MC22000)

This investment is responsible for delivering a range of metrics to support decision-making and improve farm productivity and profitability within the Australian macadamia industry.

29 November 2022

Ongoing project

Macadamia international insights data (MC22002)

This investment provides the macadamia industry with data on retail point-of-sale data for packaged nuts in the USA, Germany and China.

5 October 2022

Completed project Final Research Report

Macadamia crop forecasting 2020-2022 (MC18003)

This investment was responsible for producing macadamia crop forecasts.

1 June 2022

Ongoing project

Consumer behavioural data program (MT21004)

This multi-industry investment is tasked with providing regular consumer behaviour data and insight reporting to a range of industries

10 March 2022

Completed project

Seasonal horticulture labour demand and workforce study (ST19040 and ST20008) (ST19040)

This short project ran in 2020 to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the horticulture sector in accessing and securing their casual workforce. The study provided an 18-month outlook on the casual labour demand across different regions, to support industry discussion on longer-term COVID-19 responses

22 February 2021

Historical document

Better macadamia crop forecasting part 2 (MC09016)

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.

26 June 2020

Completed project Final Research Report

Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)

This investment provided weekly updates on consumer attitudes and behaviours during and beyond COVID-19.

15 June 2020