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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Macadamia crop forecasting 2023-2025 (MC22001)
This project delivered climate-adjusted forecasts of Australia’s macadamia crop for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons, along with longer-term production forecasts, extending 10 years into the future.
30 June 2025
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
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook (MT21006)
The Australian Horticultural Statistics Handbook was established in 2015 to provide a comprehensive and reliable source of statistical data for the Australian horticulture industry. It was developed in response to the industry’s need for more detailed, timely, and accessible insights into production, trade, and market trends.
9 April 2022
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
Horticulture trade data (MT22005)
This investment provides Hort Innovation with a subscription to the Global Trade Atlas Database.
3 April 2023
Benchmarking the macadamia industry 2019-2021 (MC18002)
This investment supplied on-farm benchmarking information to the macadamia industry.
13 December 2022
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
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
Macadamia crop forecasting 2020-2022 (MC18003)
This investment was responsible for producing macadamia crop forecasts.
1 June 2022