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Discover macadamia levy investments into Macadamia Fund R&D initiatives

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

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Completed project Final Research Report

Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)

This investment provided weekly updates on consumer attitudes and behaviours during and beyond COVID-19.

15 June 2020

Ongoing project

Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2018-19 to 2020-21 (HA18002)

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

22 May 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)

This project examined the level of innovation in the Australian horticulture industry, and its relationship to productivity.

4 September 2015

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

Benchmarking the macadamia industry 2015-18 (MC15005)

This investment supplied three years of industry data on plantings, production, costs, pests and weather problems, yield and quality of crops to give a picture of the macadamia industry from 2009 to 2018

10 December 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

Macadamia crop forecasting 2015-18 (MC15009)

This investment was responsible for producing macadamia crop forecasts between 2015 and 2018.

10 May 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Macadamia gross value of production (GVP) analysis (MC16013)

This project worked with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to review the calculation of GVP for the macadamia industry, in particular the potential to use business data from within the macadamia supply chain.

20 June 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

An objective basis for temperate nut industries expansion (MT14041)

Information to support industry expansion for a range of temperate nut crops was produced by this investment, for use by the relevant industries.

8 March 2016

Completed project Final Research Report

Improving farm productivity and competitiveness in the Australian macadamia industry (MC09001)

National on-farm benchmarking work for the macadamia industry was carried out under this investment, which also development financial planning resources and ran productivity groups.

10 February 2011