Investment expenditure analysis
See how Banana Fund investments are tracking against the industry’s Strategic Investment Plan
As seen on the banana 'fund management' page, investments specific to the Hort Innovation Banana Fund are guided by the industry's Strategic Investment Plan (SIP). The SIP features four priority outcome areas that have been identified and agreed upon by the industry, and Hort Innovation works to invest in R&D initiatives that are aligned to these.
See how investment expenditure aligns to Strategic Investment Plan outcomes
In the interactive chart below, discover the most up-to-date information on how project expenditure in the Banana Fund is aligned to the four SIP outcomes. The chart reflects project investment across the life of the SIP to date.
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Banana multi-pathogen diagnostics (BY24003)
This project aims to develop a cost-effective, highly sensitive diagnostic tool, Banana MultiPath-BMP, to detect up to 15 banana pathogens with accuracy equal to or better than real-time PCR.
9 September 2025
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 25/26 (MT24201)
This project is delivering a comprehensive consumer tracking program across the Australian horticulture sector.
18 June 2025
Regulatory support and response co-ordination (pesticides) (MT24008)
The regulatory support and response coordination project aims to provide Australian horticultural industries support to navigate complex domestic and international pesticide regulations.
6 May 2025
Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2023/24 to 2025/26 (MT24005)
Hort Innovation engages independent consultants to evaluate the impact of our R&D investments, providing insights into the type and magnitude of impacts that are being generated across the company’s strategic levy programs.
10 October 2024
Spatially enabling tree crop production practice (AS23000)
This investment seeks to geographically identify and map fundamental industry information such as variety, planting date, management, and productivity of tree orchards.
9 November 2023
Biosecurity and sustainability in the banana industry (BA23000)
This project supports the role and activities of the Industry Strategic Manager (ISM) Michelle McKinlay within the Australian Banana Growers’ Council.
24 October 2023
Banana industry benchmarking (BA22009)
This investment equips Australian banana growers with the ability to compare their businesses against national and regional benchmarking data.
3 July 2023
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
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