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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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
Almond Centre of Excellence experimental and demonstration orchard (AL19000)
The project established a dedicated experimental orchard for research and development for the Australian almond industry. A 60-hectare greenfield site in Loxton, South Australia, was transformed into a state-of-the-art research facility for cutting-edge trials conducted under commercial orchard conditions to ensure practical application.
18 March 2025
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