The Annual Operating Plan (AOP) 2024-25 details investment in Research, Development and Adoption (RD&A) activities and outputs, aligning with SRA’s Strategic and Ten-Year R&D Plans, to be managed by SRA over the coming year. It includes all core and contestable funded activities such as grant projects, programs and services, and district productivity plan activities, specifying the delivery provider and aggregate expenditure. SRA has a balanced and collaborative research portfolio of investments that deliver tangible solutions and options to advance the productivity, sustainability, profitability, and long-term growth prospects for the Australian sugarcane industry. By aligning research investment with the five R&D Programs described opposite – as opposed to Research Missions as in previous AOPs – SRA will embark on a new method of reporting by R&D program, offering consistency with the Ten-Year Plan.