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Discover lychee levy investments into Lychee Fund R&D initiatives

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

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Lychee data generation investments (ST17000 and ST16006) (Lychee data generation investments)

These investments were responsible for generating pesticide residue and crop safety data to support minor use permit applications and renewals.

9 May 2023

Completed project

Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2015-2018 (AH15001)

This across-industry investment is responsible for producing Hort Innovation’s annual Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook

12 December 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

Lychee knowledge transfer at the 2018 China litchi conference (LY17001)

This investment supported attendance of Australian lychee industry representatives at the 2018 China International Litchi Business Conference and its surrounding activities in order to keep trade and market access discussions progressing.

27 August 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

Grower guide for lychee grading (LY16003)

This project brought together the various lychee grading standards in existence, to formulate an overall guide for Australian lychee growers.

1 August 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

Industry communication through Living Lychee (LY14000)

The Living Lychee journal, industry website and other lychee resources were produced by this project between 2014 and 2017.

5 July 2017

Completed project Final Research Report

A multi-target approach to fruitspotting bug (MT10049)

Information on fruitspotting bugs and their management was produced by this investment, which developed the Fruitspotting Bugs 2016 handbook

5 February 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Export market scoping study for the lychee industry (LY13003)

This project investigated opportunities to increase export of Australian lychees, developing understanding of new market opportunities and the export supply chain.

16 November 2015