Communities in Transition
for Queensland Communities
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Lychees - CSIRO - Science Image - 2309
Lichen & street scene - Quest Media
General
Food and Agribusiness Roadmap: unlocking value‑adding growth opportunities for Australia, 2017, CSIRO
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.
Sector Competitiveness Plan Food and Agribusiness Growth Centre, 2017
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.
Value adding to Agriculture in Central West NSW, 2016, Regional Development Australia Central West
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
Keys to the success of value added agriculture, Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group and The National Center for Appropriate Technology’s
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
Case studies
Natural Evolution, 2017, Queensland Advance Manufacturing
The company produces a range of biomedical ointments, health supplements, food and beauty products using waste bananas previously sent to landfill.
Farm Diversification Special: Outback Harvest, 2018, The Farm Table
Manufactures speciality grain on-farm.
Gourmet Garden, Qld
Costs and Benefits of Diversification Whole Farm Case Studies, 2002, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Sets out a series of 10 whole farm case studies from across Australia, examining the costs and benefits of diversification and documents the personal experiences of each farming family, and the lessons they have learnt through diversifying their farm business. These include:
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Farmhouse Cheeses, Kangaroo Island
Speciality cheese production
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Glenloth Game, Vic
Grows, slaughter and process free-range chickens, ducks & squab
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Stoney Creek Oil, Vic
Cropping and health food oil products
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Blaxland Walcha, NSW
Backgrounding pigs
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Midlands Fish, NSW
Trout aquaculture
Value adding through niche market idea, 2018, Australian Banana Growers
Pacific Coast Eco Bananas, is carving her own path to business success thanks to a creative idea to bring bananas to Aussie doorsteps.
Building the food revolution, Apple and Pear Australia Limited
Explores the world of value-added products and how developing high value fruit-based products and working with growers to increase their profitability.
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Unmilled and milled apple fibre,
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Dried fruit without preservatives
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Fibre, slices, dices and juice from low grade fruit
Media
2015
Expert says farmers could do more to capitalise on value adding opportunities for blemished produce, ABC News
2016
Fruit and vegetable growers urged to value-add to crack Asian market, ABC News
2018
Manufacturing future could ride on back of adding value to agricultural products, The Australian
Value-added foods – leveraging Australian attributes, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) at the University of Queensland.
