Skip to main content

R&D projects

Discover pineapple levy investments into Pineapple Fund R&D initiatives

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

Discover the projects that you want to see by refining the list by ongoing, completed, and historical R&D projects as well as projects by R&D portfolio type. You can also filter the projects by areas of extension and communications, international trade, and data and insights.

1-10 of 42 results

Refine project listing

Ongoing project

Pineapple industry biosecurity plan (PI23002)

This project is maintaining and building a strong biosecurity system for the pineapple industry by improving preparedness and building capability to respond to exotic pests.

16 October 2024

Ongoing project

Australian pineapple breeding and evaluation program (PI22001)

This investment is working towards the release of new pineapple varieties suited to Australia’s key pineapple growing regions.

16 July 2024

Ongoing project

Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)

This investment provides a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

21 February 2024

Ongoing project

Australian pineapple industry field days (PI23001)

This investment delivers a national industry field day for the Australian pineapple sector.

21 February 2024

Ongoing project

Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) 2023 updates (MT23001)

This project delivers the 2023 Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) for each of the following industries: almond, avocado, banana, berry, lychee, macadamia, melon, olive, onion, papaya, passionfruit, pineapple and summerfruit.

7 November 2023

Completed project

Pineapple industry field day 2023 (PI23000)

This short project provided support for the 2023 pineapple industry field day held in Yeppoon, Queensland.

28 August 2023

Ongoing project

Pineapple industry development and extension project (PI22000)

This investment is tasked with supporting pineapple growers in adopting improved practices on-farm and keeping up to date with the latest industry news, information, resources and technologies.

12 July 2023

Ongoing project

Generation of data for pesticide permit applications in horticulture 2022 (ST22001, ST22003 and ST22004)

These multi-industry projects are generating the data needed to support a range of existing minor use permits across various horticulture crops to ensure growers have continued access to safe and effective chemicals for managing pests, weeds, and diseases.

29 November 2022