Reports
PBRI Phase II Report
2020-2023
This new Initiative is a partnership between the nation’s plant Research and Development Corporations (RDCs), working collaboratively with Plant Health Australia (PHA), the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) industry, state and federal biosecurity stakeholders.
The aim is to coordinate funding for research and development, deliver vital projects and attract further co-investment. The plant RDCs have collectively invested $118 million (2018–19) into biosecurity research, development and extension (RD&E).
A coordinated approach ensures that this effort is aligned to broader national goals and delivered with increased efficiency, avoiding duplication of effort.
The collaboration between all seven plant RDCs, PHA and government signals the importance these industries place on plant biosecurity RD&E and capacity building for the future.
Click here to read the PBRI Strategy 2018-23
PBRI Phase 1 Report
2017-2020
The coordination of 15 national biosecurity projects has been achieved at the end of the first phase of the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI). They include investments in preparedness, diagnostics, and pest surveillance and are detailed in the report on Phase I of the PBRI.
The PBRI provides a vehicle to leverage investment with a focus on cross-sectoral biosecurity issues, this creates greater value for Australian industries compared to making multiple, individual industry-based investments.
Fifteen collaborative projects have been coordinated and contracted though the PBRI members in the past three years.
