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Discover avocado levy investments into Avocado Fund R&D initiatives

The avocado levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Avocado Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.

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Historical document

Avocado supply chain education materials (AV08017)

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note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.

20 June 2010

Historical document

Assisting the development of the avocado oil industry in Australia and New Zealand (AV03007)

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Please note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.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 July 2007

Historical document

Asian markets avocado industry trade tour to Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai, 2009 (AV08026)

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Please note that as these reports may date back as far as the 1990s, the content and recommendations within them may be superseded by more recent research.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 March 2009

Completed project Final Research Report

Avocado industry development and extension (AV17005)

This extension project was responsible for delivering a range of events and resources to help the avocado industry access, understand and implement best practice information.

13 June 2023

Completed project Final Research Report

National avocado industry communications program (AV18003)

This investment ensured the Australian avocado industry remained up-to-date with the latest R&D, marketing, emerging information, trends and issues both in Australia and overseas.

20 October 2022

Completed project

National avocado industry communications program (AV15002)

This project aimed to communicate relevant information to avocado growers and industry stakeholders to support their business decisions and industry competitiveness.

13 December 2018

Completed project

Avocado industry capacity building – Western Australia (AV17006)

This program built research capacity within the Western Australian avocado industry to achieve higher and more consistent production, allowing the local industry to grow and take advantage of domestic and international markets.

11 June 2024

Completed project Final Research Report

Supply chain quality improvement – retailer point of purchase improvements (AV15011)

This investment worked closely with retailers to deliver education, training programs and consumer-facing tools to reduce the percentage of damaged avocados available on shelves.

8 August 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

Achieving more consistent yields of quality fruit in the Australian avocado industry (AV14000)

Grower best practice resources and workshops for producing more consistent high yields of good-quality avocados from year to year were delivered by this project.

26 April 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

World Avocado Congress 2015 - Building research knowledge and capacity for the Australian avocado industry (AV15702)

This project supported two Australian research plant pathologists to attend the 8th World Avocado Congress in September 2015.

15 January 2016