Completed project
The New South Wales banana industry development officer (BA13025)
Publication date: June 20, 2014
Delivery Partner: New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Although the NSW banana industry comprises only four per cent of the Australian industry, it is important nationally as well as regionally since it provides supply in situations that reduce north Queensland production, such as extreme weather events.
This project, which ran between 2014 and 2017, supported the appointment of an Industry Development Officer to reinvigorate the NSW industry.
A survey was developed to gain an understanding of the NSW banana industry, and was run in late 2015. Response rates were low, due to significant weather events at that time, but the survey nevertheless provided an understanding of the information needs of growers in this region, which informed subsequent project activities. An understanding of the supply chain for bananas in NSW was also obtained.
Key outputs included…
Mid-term and final project evaluations showed that 90 per cent of participants found the project to be very or extremely valuable.
Recommendations for future work include new plantings of current or improved varieties to fit established supply chains and the development of information packages to improve fruit quality.
Access the guide Subtropical banana nutrition – matching nutrition requirements to growth demands
This project was a strategic levy investment in the Hort Innovation Banana Fund
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