Investment analysis
As seen on the Fund management page, investments specific to the Hort Innovation Passionfruit Fund are guided by the passionfruit 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 Passionfruit 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 Passionfruit Fund align to which SIP outcomes. Because some projects address more than one SIP outcome, they may be listed more than once.
Improved farm and industry sustainability from identifying and adopting better practices
Ongoing and completed investments
Improved pest and disease management and the development of new varieties that increases grower productivity and profitability
Ongoing and completed investments
- National passionfruit breeding program (PF15000)
- Technical review: National passionfruit breeding program (PF18000)
- Minor use coordinator (MT17007)
- Passionfruit industry minor use program (PF16000)
- Passionfruit postharvest best practice review (PF18002)
- Proposed AgVet collaborative forum plant industry investment (ST16008)
- Generation of data for pesticide applications in horticulture crops 2018 (ST17000)
- Generation of data for pesticide applications in horticulture crops (ST18001)
- Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) – Updates (MT19008)
Improved retail quality of passionfruit that matches consumer expectations
Ongoing and completed investments
- Communications program for the passionfruit industry (PF13004)
- Australian passionfruit industry communications program (PF16003)
- Passionfruit postharvest best practice review (PF18002)
The Hort Innovation Passionfruit Fund contributed to other marketing-related projects and activities in thisoutcome. For information and updates on marketing visit the fund's grower pages.
Access to relevant and timely data that improves industry-wide decision making
Ongoing and completed investments
Increased domestic demand and export opportunities that maintain price stability
Ongoing and completed investments
- Driving growth for passionfruit and pineapples (MT16014)
- 2019 Tropical Easter Show activation (PF18502)
- Tropical fruit export strategy (MT17002)
- Passionfruit In-store Demonstrations (PF19500)
Passionfruit Storage and Distribution FY19/20 (PF19501)
The Hort Innovation Passionfruit 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 Passionfruit 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 Passionfruit Fund and how the investments align with the SIP.
