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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.

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Ongoing project

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

Completed project

Scanning technologies for horticulture packhouses (ST19022)

This project investigated the potential of in-line scanning technology to detect market access pest and disease organisms.

11 September 2020

Completed project Final Research Report

Multi-scale monitoring tools for managing Australian tree crops – phase 2 (various projects) (ST19001)

This program continued the development, trial and extension of technology-based crop mapping and monitoring tools to help growers in predicting fruit quality and yield, and monitoring tree health – including in the early detection of pest and disease outbreaks.

30 June 2023

Historical document

Determining the origin of macadamia kernels from market samples (MC01002)

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Please note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.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 June 2005

Completed project Final Research Report

Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)

This project examined the level of innovation in the Australian horticulture industry, and its relationship to productivity.

4 September 2015

Completed project

Novel nanobionics platform to improve Australian horticulture production and protection from pests (AI14003)

This project explored novel techniques to convert waste from horticultural industries into valuable products, including using macadamia nut shells in the production of gold and silver nanoparticles, activated carbon and more.

16 December 2016