Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2023/24 to 2025/26 (MT24005)
What is it all about?
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.
This is a key piece of investment evaluation work, and a yearly process for the company, which began through the projects Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011) and Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2020/21 to 2022/23 (MT21015).
The consultants will draw on a random sample of levy-funded projects each year, adhering to the Council of Rural Research and Development Corporations (CRRDC) guidelines to assess the economic, social, governance and environmental impacts of these projects.
Four grower-focused case studies will also be developed each year to illustrate and communicate how these projects have delivered impact.
A range of detailed reports showing the impact assessments undertaken on specific projects from the first year of random sampling can be downloaded below:
- Advancing sustainable and technology driven apple orchard production systems (AP19003)
- Minimum maturity standards adoption across the table grape supply chain (TG19004)
- Integrated Pest Management of Nematodes in Sweetpotatoes (PW17001)
- Improving Avocado Orchard Productivity through Disease Management (AV16007)
- National Strawberry Varietal Improvement Program (2017-2022) (BS17000)
- Area Wide Management of Vegetable Diseases - Viruses and Bacteria (VG16086)
- Optimising Nitrogen use Efficiency in Mushroom Composting (MU17004)
- Research Program for the Australian Pistachio Industry (PS17003)
Four case studies were also produced:
- Potato – Processing Fund
- Potato – Fresh Fund
- Papaya Fund
- Almond Fund
- Apple and Pear Fund
- Avocado Fund
- Banana Fund
- Cherry Fund
- Citrus Fund
- Dried Grape Fund
- Lychee Fund
- Macadamia Fund
- Mango Fund
- Melon Fund
- Mushroom Fund
- Nursery Fund
- Olive Fund
- Onion Fund
- Passionfruit Fund
- Persimmon Fund
- Pistachio Fund
- Pineapple Fund
- Raspberry and Blackberry Fund
- Strawberry Fund
- Summerfruit Fund
- Sweetpotato Fund
- Table Grape Fund
- Turf Fund
- Vegetable Fund
- Blueberry Fund
This multi-industry project is a strategic levy investment in the Hort Innovation Almond, Apple & Pear, Avocado, Banana, Blueberry, Cherry, Citrus, Dried Grape, Lychee, Macadamia, Mango, Melon, Mushroom, Nursery, Olive, Onion, Papaya, Passionfruit, Persimmon, Pineapple, Pistachio, Potato – Fresh, Potato – Processing, Raspberry and Blackberry, Strawberry, Summerfruit, Sweetpotato, Table Grape, Turf, and Vegetable Funds