R&D projects
Discover banana levy investments into Banana Fund R&D initiatives
The banana levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Banana Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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11-20 of 109 results
Banana industry communications program (BA22000)
This investment is responsible for keeping Australian banana growers informed about industry R&D and other news and developments in a timely way.
29 November 2022
Banana industry congress 2023 (BA22001)
The Australian Banana Industry Congress is the Australian banana industry’s signature national event, held once every two years. This investment supports the running of the 15th congress, which was held in Cairns from 17-19 May 2023.
30 June 2023
Marketing campaign evaluation modules FY22/23 (MT22200)
This project examined the impact of Hort Innovation’s Apple and Pear, Avocado, Banna, Mango, Mushroom and Sweetpotato levy-funded marketing campaigns.
4 December 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
New varieties for Australian banana growers (BA21002)
This investment is identifying banana varieties from global breeding programs with TR4 resistance and evaluating their performance in Australian conditions.
16 June 2022
Banana integrated pest and disease management program (BA21004)
This investment is working to increase the banana industry’s knowledge of significant pests and diseases and how to control them using integrated pest and disease management strategies that will reduce the reliance on broad-spectrum insecticides and fungicides.
16 June 2022
Improved plant protection for the banana industry (BA16001) and Strengthening the banana industry diagnostic capacity (BA16005) (BA16001 and BA16005)
These Banana Plant Protection Program investments played a vital role for the Australian banana industry.
3 June 2022
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2021-22 to 2023-24 (MT21006)
This whole-of-horticulture investment is responsible for producing Hort Innovation’s annual Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook
11 May 2022
Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2020/21 to 2022/23 (MT21015)
This project is evaluating the impact of Hort Innovation's R&D investments.
29 April 2022
Banana industry diagnostic capacity and capability building (BA21001)
This investment is improving and maintaining the banana industry’s diagnostic capacity to accurately detect pathogens and reduce the risk of incursions from exotic banana diseases.
28 April 2022