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Food and Agribusiness Roadmap: unlocking value‑adding growth opportunities for Australia, 2017, CSIRO

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This report is the fourth in a series of five roadmaps, each aligned to the Federal Government's Industry Growth Centres. Over the next 20 years, Australia’s F&A sector has the potential to strengthen its position as a small but significant exporter of sustainable, authentic, healthy, high quality and consistent products. Enhancing the proportion of on-shore value-adding will be key, whether it be through the creation of unique products for niche markets or through developing varieties of commoditised goods with unmatched quality attributes and competitive production costs.

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Sector Competitiveness Plan Food and Agribusiness Growth Centre, 2017

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The Plan focuses on all innovation and value adding activities along the food and agribusiness value chain that meets the needs of consumers and/or customers, and results in the increased benefit and sustainable competitiveness of the industry. Where products are produced as commodities, they are excluded.

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Value adding to Agriculture in Central West NSW, 2016, Regional Development Australia Central West

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This report reviews current agricultural value adding tends and opportunities in Central West NSW, with particular focus on the categories of biotechnology, digital technology, processing and packaging, branding, and co-operation and collaboration. The report relies heavily on the case studies of Central West agribusinesses

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Keys to the success of value added agriculture, Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group and The National Center for Appropriate Technology’s

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Fourteen farmers in the Southern U.S. were interviewed for a project funded, in part, by the USDA’s Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) Program. This publication presents, largely in the farmers’ own words, important lessons they learned in adding value to their farm products and marketing directly to consumers. The keys to their success in valueadded agriculture include high quality, good recordkeeping, planning and evaluation, perseverance, focus, and building long-term relationships with customers

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