Papaya Fund snapshot
$454 thousand
								Invested in R&D in 2024/25
										
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							See the investments
$117 thousand
								Invested in marketing in 2023/24
										
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							See marketing updates
$301 thousand
								Levy collected in 2024/25
										
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							See how we manage the fund
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                                Most recent
                                        
                                                  
Ongoing project
                                                
                                       
                                                
                                                    Grower-led commercial papaya variety evaluation (PP23002) 
                                                
                                            
                                                  
Marketing
                                                
                                       
                                                
                                                    Highlights from the 2024/25 Papaya marketing campaign
                                                
                                            
                                                  
Ongoing project
                                                
                                       
                                                
                                                    Papaya market supply data capture and analysis 2025-2028 (PP24002)
                                                
                                            
                                                  
Final research report
                                                
                                       
                                                
                                                    Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)
                                                
                                            
                                                  
Completed project
                                                
                                       
                                                
                                                    National papaya breeding and evaluation program (PP18000)
                                                
                                            
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                                            Ongoing project
                                        
                                        
Grower-led commercial papaya variety evaluation (PP23002)                                         
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
National papaya breeding and evaluation program (PP18000)                                        
                                    
                                            Ongoing project
                                        
                                        
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 25/26 (MT24201)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Papaya market supply data capture and analysis (PP20003)                                        
                                    
                                            Ongoing project
                                        
                                        
Better understanding of papaya phytophthora rot (PP23001)                                         
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Papaya industry extension and communications program (PP20000)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2020/21 to 2022/23 (MT21015)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2022/23 (MT21202)                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Banana army poised to defend Aussie plantations                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Scientists bring flies to Varroa Mite Red Zone                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
$11.5M effort to deliver bot-ready strawberries                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
$1M investment to find new citrus varieties                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Research pays off in India avocado trade deal                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Australian horticulture grows by $6.15B within a decade                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Tree immunisations could become a reality                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Hort Innovation welcomes two new directors                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Papaya clean seed program (PP18001)                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Article
                                        
                                        
Taste the Wonders of Australia                                         
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
New macadamia varieties to lower production costs                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Aussie avocados smash it in Singapore and Malaysia                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Eyeing new tech to increase Varroa mite armoury                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Hort Innovation Board candidates announced                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Scientists find 65 per cent of tree species at risk                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
$7 million to source supreme strawberries                                         
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
$6.4 million boost for cool-climate horticulture growers                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Foodservice foundational market insights  (MT21011)                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Pink, White strawberries soon to hit  Aussie market                                        
                                     
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Varroa-targeting pesticide under development                                        
                                     
	 
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