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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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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 Final Research Report

National banana bunchy top virus program – Phase 3 – QLD (BA15006) and National banana bunchy top virus program – Phase 3 – NSW (BA15007) (BA15006 and BA15007)

These projects contributed to the control of banana bunchy top disease, with activities designed to protect uninfested areas, remove infestation from farms, and reduce the disease range.

13 December 2018

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

Ongoing project

Banana industry minor use permit program (BA16003)

This project funds submitting renewals and applications for minor use permits for the banana industry.

12 December 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

The Australian banana industry communications program (BA15005)

This investment was responsible for keeping Australian banana growers and other industry stakeholders informed about key industry issues and the latest R&D in a timely way, from 2016 into 2019.

5 December 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

National banana development and extension project (BA16007)

This program delivered the outcomes of R&D to the banana industry through industry development officers and the events and resources they produced.

26 June 2020

Completed project Final Research Report

Banana Industry Congress 2019 (BA17003)

This investment supported the 13th Australian Banana Industry Congress, held from May 22 to 24, 2019 on the Gold Coast

28 June 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Banana bunchy top virus control data (BA17001)

This investment was tasked with helping the banana industry contain and further lower the incidence of banana bunchy top disease, and providing the capacity to ensure a faster response time to any new incursions of the virus

22 January 2019

Completed project

Review of the national biosecurity plan for the banana industry (BA15001)

This investment was responsible for updating the banana industry’s biosecurity plan.

9 August 2021

Completed project Final Research Report

Horticulture Nuffield Scholarships (BA14002)

This investment supported a 2016 Nuffield Scholar in the banana industry.

3 December 2018