Category: News & Media

The Banana Plant Protection Program, led by Professor André Drenth — conducted from November 2011 to December 2016 — was one of the banana industry’s largest research programs. Here, Prof  Drenth takes a look at what was achieved during course of the program.  By Professor…

The mission to find the most productive banana varieties with good disease resistance has entered a new stage at the Duranbah trial site in Northern New South Wales. By Paula Doran Originally funded by the Banana Plant Protection Program (BPPP), and now by the new…

After a delayed start due to an outbreak of Freckle Disease, a disease screening trial of Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in the Northern Territory (NT) is gaining ground, in the ongoing search to find varieties resistant to Panama TR4.   A varietal screening…

In 2017, the Quality Banana Approved Nursery (QBAN) Scheme will be updated and transferred from a state government regulated scheme to a scheme run by a partnership between the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) and the Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA). After the new…

Latest Nielsen research shows our favourite fruit is holding its ground as a market leader, with Australian households continuing to buy more bananas than any other fruit. Aussie consumers are still bananas for bananas. It remains, by far, the nation’s most popular fruit. Nine-in-10 Australian…

Tristan Kitchener, of Kitchener Partners, discusses the anticipated entry of Amazon into Australia, and what their grocery and fresh foods offering could mean for the supermarket industry, and the question marks for producers.  Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, says that the reason Amazon…