Investment analysis
As seen on the Fund management page, investments specific to the Hort Innovation Papaya Fund are guided by the papaya Strategic Investment Plan (SIP). The SIP features priority outcome areas that have been identified and agreed upon by the industry, and Hort Innovation works to invest in R&D and marketing initiatives that are aligned to these.
In the below interactive chart, you can see the most up-to-date information on how project investment expenditure in the Papaya Fund is aligned to the SIP outcomes. This currently reflects project investment across the life of the SIP to date.
How investment expenditure aligns to Strategic Investment Plan outcomes
How specific projects align to Strategic Investment Plan outcomes
Click on the below panels to see which projects in the Papaya Fund align to which SIP outcomes. Because some projects address more than one SIP outcome, they may be listed more than once.
Increased quality to ensure consistency of supply to the consumer
Ongoing and completed investments
Access to new varieties and improved pest and disease management improves growers’ productivity and profitability
Ongoing and completed investments
- Minor use coordinator (MT17007)
- Effect of curative and protective pre-harvest fungicide and postharvest hot water applications on decay of papaya (PP13000)
- Papaya industry minor use program (PP16000)
- Papaya clean seed program (PP18001)
- Proposed AgVet collaborative forum plant industry investment (ST16008)
- New genetic targets to improve quality in papaya (PP15000)
- National papaya breeding and evaluation program (PP18000)
- Technical review of national papaya breeding and evaluation program (PP18002)
Improved market access and increased consumer demand increases returns to growers
Ongoing and completed investments
- Consumer behavioural and retail data for fresh produce (MT17015)
- Understanding the purchase behaviour of fresh produce consumers (MT13061)
- Tropical fruit export strategy (MT17002)
- Australian papaya industry communication program (PP16001)
- Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) – Updates (MT19008)
- Papaya storage and distribution (PP19500)
The Hort Innovation Papaya Fund contributed to other marketing-related projects and activities in this outcome. For information and updates on marketing visit the fund's grower pages.
Expenditure on projects classified as 'enabler' support the broader delivery of the industry’s project investments. Examples of enabler projects include annual reporting and monitoring and evaluation capacity.
More information
The Papaya Fund has a dedicated Industry Strategic Partner, details below, who would be more than happy to answer your questions or discuss in more detail the information presented on this page, investments in the Papaya Fund and how the investments align with the SIP.
