Horticulture Australia

Banana Industry Overview

The Banana industry is represented by the Australian Banana Growers' Council (ABGC). To go to their website, click here.

Australian Banana Growers' Council (ABGC)

Phone: +61 7 3278 4786
Fax: +61 7 3278 4938
Email: abgc@abgc.org.au
Website: www.abgc.org.au

Banana Industry Strategic Plan
Industry Priorities for 2010/11 Funding
Industry Advisory Committee Members
Banana Industry Annual Reports
Banana Industry Recently Approved Projects
Banana Industry Final Reports

Banana Industry Strategic Plan

Click on the icon below to view the Banana industry Strategic Plan.
	Banana industry strategic plan (1.17 Mb)

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Industry Priorities for 2010/11 Funding
The banana industry has recently developed a new strategic plan 2009-14. R&D priorities for 2010-11 will be initiated through direct commissioning processes in line with the key strategies of the industry strategic plan. If you would like further information about Annual Investment Priorities and the strategic direction of the banana industry, please contact: John Tyas Industry Services Manager T: 07 3394 8220 M: 0417 622773 E: john.tyas@horticulture.com.au
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Industry Advisory Committee Members
HAL receives advice from industry on program investment through Industry Advisory Committees. Membership of the Banana IAC is recommended to HAL by the Australian Banana Growers' Council Inc. Banana Industry Advisory Committee: Sue White (Chair) Adrian Crema Marc Darveniza Tom Day Gavin Devaney Gary Fattore Cameron MacKay Doug Phillips Jonathan Eccles (ex officio)
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Banana Industry Annual Reports
Click here to download the most recent Banana industry annual report (PDF). (516 Kb) Click here to view previous annual reports.
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Banana Industry Recently Approved Projects

The following projects have recently been approved by HAL and are directly related to the Banana industry.

BA09068	Review of BA09038
BA10910	2010 Banana Partnership Agreement (2009-12) - Consultation
BA10900	2010 Banana Partnership Agreement (2009-12)
BA10500	Banana Domestic Marketing Campaign 2010/2011
BA10015	Banana Congress 2011
BA10013	Supply chain forum
BA10012	Identifying potential new banana production regions
BA10011	Development of a banana extension strategy
BA10010	Continuation of benchmarking program BA09037
BA10009	Implementing recommendations from Global Competitiveness Study BA09048
BA10008	Implementing environment strategy recommendations BA09063
BA10007	Implementing recommendations from waste utilisation BA09025
BA10006	Implementing recommendations from Alternative Distribution Channels BA09034
BA100005	Implementing recommendations from the supply chain study BA09023
BA09066	Banana Industry Communications Program
BA09512	Banana Campaign Merchandising and Creative Develeopment
BA09511	Banana Congress
BA10003	Banana scholarship program
MT10024	Mapping and communicating biosecurity pest threat uncertainties
BA10002	Scoping study for leadership development in the banana industry
BA10001	Application of bacteria to banana for more efficient use of fertilizer.
BA09053	Nutrient Analysis of the Banana - July 09
BA09504	2009 - 2010 Banana Radio Campaign
BA09502	2009 - 2010 Banana Online Marketing
BA09038	Building competitive banana production systems for a sustainable future
BA09501	Planet health allocation
BA08519	Banana Campaign January - June 2009 - Contingency Funds
BA08518	Community Events January to June 2009
BA08517	Banana Congress Promotion 2009
BA08515	Bananaland Website and Related Activities
BA08514	Banana Industry Communications
BA08513	Radio Advertising for Banana Campaign January - June 2009 - IKON
BA08512	2009/2010 Banana Creative Advertising Development
BA09910	Banana Partnership Agreement 2009-12 - Consultation
BA09900	Banana Partnership Agreement 2009-12
BA09500	Domestic Marketing Plan
BA09018	Emergency response planning
BA09065	Plant Health Program
BA08509	True Creative Activities for Banana Program Jan-Jun 2009
BA08508	Banana Public Relations Program -DYDX
BA08507	Banana Nutrition Programme
BA08506	POS Development for the Banana Marketing Program
BA08505	Australian Bananas Radio Campaign
BA08503	Evaluation of Past and Present Banana Marketing Programs
MT08060	Consumer Tracking Study
BA08502	Banana Marketing Plan January - June 2009
BA08500	Phase One Banana Marketing Plan 2008
BA08013	Sub tropical banana industry communications
BA08005	Minor use permits for the banana industry
MT08013	Development of an International Standard for Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP's) used in Orchards
BA10014	Banana Industry support for Nuffield Australia Farming Scholarship
BA09067	Northern NSW Banana Marketing Workshops
BA09059	Quality Systems to Compete in a Global Market Place.

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Banana Industry Final Reports

MT05001	Extension to project HG05031 - Revision of Australian Standards AS1418.10 and AS2550.10 as applied to Elevating Work Platforms (EWP's) used in Horticulture (141 kb)
BA08026	A review and UP__TE of the Quality Banana Approved Nursery QBAN Compliance Scheme (527 kb)
BA09016	Governance training (176 kb)
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