Centre for Agribusiness Project Pipeline
Programme 1: Agribusiness information systems
Project in pipeline | Type of project | Partners | Stage | Finish | Description | Contact person |
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Data Sharing Platforms as mechanisms for generating value from data | PhD programme | Ongoing | 2021 | PhD student Matthew Wysel is examining the mechanisms by which Data Sharing Platforms are used to generate value from data. His work lays out the mechanisms by which such value is generated and then examines the decisions made by the owners of data about how much of it to share and in what form. He is examining applications to Australian cattle and sheep breeding systems, where breeders face decisions regarding the sharing of their data on animal performance. | ||
Contribution to improvement of the Ethiopian livestock inventory for improved measurement and management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Field research and pilot project | Field work and pilots completed | 2021 | Ethiopian livestock systems contribute significantly to GHG production in that country. Improvement in the country’s livestock inventory will enable a better approach to management of GHG. This project identifies and tests improved methods for quantifying animal numbers, animal performance and aspects of husbandry and waste management. View the Emissions Roadmap | ||
Improved methods of livestock data collection for Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Ethiopia | Field research and pilot project | Contracting | 2022 | This project applies past work to enhanced sampling and data collection in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. | ||
Assessment of agency for women in smallholder livestock systems | PhD program | Ongoing | 2023 | PhD student Wole Kinati Wakjira is using a large scale survey of smallholder livestock systems in Ethiopia to examine women’s agency. Various development-oriented indices of women’s empowerment and agency are used. Analysis centres on the factors affecting agency, and looks ahead to ways to improve it in inclusive development initiatives. | ||
Alternative management systems for grassfed cattle systems in Northern NSW | PhD program | Mid-way | 2022 | A survey-based study of management systems in the context of drought. | ||
Measurement and Management of factors affecting Resilience in Food Supply Chains | Assembly of best practice materials; Field work | Started | 2022 | This project targets the development and use of metrics for supply chain resilience. Further research will identify factors affecting resilience along the supply chain. |
Programme 2: Commercialisation and uptake of technologies in agribusiness
Project in pipeline | Type of project | Partners | Stage | Finish | Description | Contact person |
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Identification of farmers’ constraints to achieving NSW’s $30 billion agricultural economy by 2030 | Survey and analysis of farm enterprise level data in NSW | Contracting | 2021 | This project addresses NSW’s target of generating $30 Billion in farm products by 2030: so-called 30X30. NSW’s farmers are variously placed to take advantage of technologies and systems to the constraints faced in participating in | ||
Uptake of contracts and advanced agricultural marketing by Vietnamese coffee producers | PhD program | Ongoing | 2023 | This project uses a survey of smallholder coffee producers in two locations in Vietnam to examine incentives and mechanisms by which contracts and other connections to the modern supply chain can benefit the producers. | ||
Influence of the use of a Commodity Exchange in the impact of COVID 19 | Analysis of secondary data and field work with farmers | Ongoing | 2021 | This project measures the impact of COVID 19 on farm gate and wholesale prices of a range of commodities in Ethiopia. The research assesses the extent to which the operation of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange has offset price volatility | ||
Innovation in agricultural sector Green House Gas abatement in NSW | Development of economic models for greenhouse gas abatement, food production and environmental outcomes | ARC LINKAGE GRANT University of South Australia. NSW DPI Deakin U | Ongoing | 2023 | This project aims to develop a land sector greenhouse gas abatement, food production and environmental economics model for NSW. We expect to identify innovation in carbon payment policy and brokerage business models to achieve agricultural GHG abatement, while simultaneously improving sustainability. The project expects to provide benefits to landholders, governments involved in land management and the public through increased productivity, profitability, biodiversity and ecosystem health in the context of future climate, agricultural commodity and carbon market uncertainties. | |
Identifying the Value Proposition for Digital Transformation in the Australian Agrofood sector | Industry consultation | Started | 2022 | This project employs multiple sources of data to address the well-documented constraint on digital transformation in Australian Agrifood: that the nature of the investment, and the return on it, are not clear. The study examines the nature of the Value Proposition across a range of sectors, technologies and management systems. |
Programme 3: Policy and decision tools
Project in pipeline | Type of project | Partners | Stage | Finish | Description | Contact person |
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Measurement and management of Social Enterprises in Agricultural Development | PhD program | Ongoing | 2021 | Social enterprises and social entrepreneurship are seen as good candidates for grappling with global challenges. This is particularly the case where private sector action and government programs have failed in the past. This project takes a quantitative approach to the specification and measurement of | ||
Survey of short supply chains in food systems in New England and the Northwest | Analysis of private sector firms | Internally funded by Centre of Agribusiness | Ongoing | 2022 | This project targets a more resilient agri-food system and improved models of operation that are socially and environmentally just and sustainable. The project is documenting the diversity of regional agri-food supply chains in the New England region and exploring consumers’ experiences and perspectives of in engaging with just and sustainable diverse agri-food supply chains. | |
Agricultural Policy Research to Support Natural Resource Management in Indonesia’s Upland Landscapes | Policy to enable adoption of sustainable agriculture practices in smallholder systems in Indonesian highlands | Ongoing | 2022 | This project provides advice to the Indonesian Government on policy interventions that would enhance long-term agricultural productivity, reduce negative environmental externalities and improve household welfare in Indonesia’s upland catchments. The projects combines household surveys, spatial data and modelling to provide alternative policy pathways to improve the environmental and long-term performance of agriculture in upland catchments. | ||
Low Carbon and the Agroindustrial Supply Chains: impacts on Australian Farmers | Development and analysis of real-world scenarios | Contracting | 2022 | This project assembles information from the national and international agrifood value chains in order to model the likely impacts of changed Carbon management on Australian farmers. | ||
“She’ll be right!”- The intersections of gender, law and socio-economics on intergenerational farm succession in rural Australia. | Field work to understand the role of gender in intergenerational farm transfer | UNE Foundation Research Project Grant | Ongoing | 2022 | This cross-disciplinary project seeks to better understand how gender may impact on contemporary succession decisions. This research will provide deeper insights into the impact of succession decisions on the intergenerational transfer of farming assets, and will assist farm succession planners and affected community members to address gender equity issues in succession practices. View the Research paper. | |
Developments in the smallholder coffee value chain | PhD program | Ongoing | 2024 | This project examines the relationships within the coffee supply chain in developing countries. In particular, it examines the extent to which benefits form advances in supply chain performance are shared along the supply chain. Its analysis addresses factors affecting performance, and design of future systems. | ||
Innovation-driven Business Models in the Indonesian Smallholder cattle value chain | PhD (Innovation) program | Global Food Studies, U of Adelaide Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Indonesian Center for Agricultural Socio Economic and Policy Studies (ICASEPS), The World Agroforestry Centre WWF Jakarta, | Ongoing | 2021 | This project addresses the connection between Indonesian smallholder cattle producers and the nation’s commercial feedlot and beef industry. Using a unique data set, the study identifies innovation activities carried out by smallholder producers and uses analytic tools to identify and characterise Business Models according to current business organisation theory. Identification of the Business Models, based on their innovation behaviour, offers substantial insight into the direction to be taken by government and private sector actors in developing inclusive marketing systems. See: Business Models and Innovation in the Indonesian Smallholder Beef Value Chain | |
Relationship quality in Western Australian lamb supply chains, and its relationship to innovation in supplying export markets | Survey at farm level and along the value chain | Completed | 2021 | Penny Graham’s dissertation work looks at the ways in which relationships between producers and processors can contribute to innovation in Australian export lamb marketing. In press | ||
Strategies for offsetting impacts of COVID 19 on the Vietnamese flower and vegetable value chain | Survey along the entire value chain in a locality in Vietnam | Ongoing | 2021 | This project assesses the production and retail levels of the Vietnamese supply chains for flowers and vegetables. It uses a unique survey dataset to characterise impacts of COVID-19 and effectiveness of strategies implemented by the public and private sectors, and by smallholder producers. View: | ||
Impacts of COVID 19 on consumption of vegetables in Indonesia | Survey of consumers across Indonesia | Ongoing | 2021 | This project assesses the impact of COVID-19 on vegetable purchase behaviour across Indonesia. In the context of low vegetable consumption, this study uses a unique survey dataset to identify forces at work in changing vegetable consumption. Available in press. | ||
Food Waste in the Australian Apple Supply Chain | PhD program | Ongoing | 2021 | This PhD project quantifies waste in the Australian Apple supply chain. See: | ||
Decision tools for managing Digital Transformation in the Australian Agrifood sector | Industry consultation and formulation of decision tools | Started | 2022 | This project quantifies the elusive “value proposition” for digital transformation in the agri-food sector and facilitates investment decisions while identifying perverse incentives to be addressed by policy. | ||
Roles for universities and other research and teaching organisations in the Digital Transformation of Agrifood industries | Analysis of research organisation data, with surveys of regional business communities and Industry actors. | Started | 2022 | This project targets desirable and existing knowledge flows between research and educational organisations and the rural sector and its business community. It identifies best practice for research and training formulation, delivery, and uptake. |