R&D projects
Discover Almond levy investments into Almond Fund R&D initiatives
The almond levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Almond Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Almond industry innovation and adoption program (AL19001)
This project helped to deliver technical advice to almond growers, promoting best practice and facilitating the adoption of R&D.
28 February 2024
Pathway to carbon neutral – life cycle analysis in almond orchards (AL20005)
This project conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) of the Australian almond industry, given a growing interest in greenhouse gas emissions reductions, climate risk, carbon disclosure reporting and environmental, as well as social and corporate governance.
1 July 2024
Almond industry Californian study tour 2022 (AL22006)
In 2022, project supported eight Australian almond industry participants to travel to California to explore the latest R&D and technological developments and build on the international network established in recent years with the Californian almond industry.
18 September 2023
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2022/23 (MT21202)
This investment provided a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
9 January 2024
Australian horticulture international demand creation (ST21007)
This investment delivered insights into what the international consumer wants across 13 priority markets for the Australian horticulture sector.
17 July 2023
Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2020/21 to 2022/23 (MT21015)
This project evaluated the impact of Hort Innovation's R&D investments.
9 August 2024
Evaluation of potential prunus rootstocks for almond production – stage 2 (AL16006)
This investment assessed the performance and compatibility of potential new rootstocks for the Australian almond industry.
30 March 2022
Consumer behavioural and retail data for fresh produce (MT17015) (MT17015a)
This multi-industry investment provided regular consumer behaviour data and insight reporting about the almond industry through the Harvest to Home platform.
16 March 2022
Pilot program: Consumer usage, attitude and brand tracking (MT21201)
This pilot program provided a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
9 March 2022
Feasibility study into opportunities for high-technology horticulture production in urban environments (HA19005)
This project provided recommendations on how the Australian horticulture industry can realise opportunities surrounding high technology horticulture production in urban environments and build the capacity of this sector.
12 January 2022