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Register now for Gulfood, FOODEX Japan and FHA Singapore
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), supported by Invest and Trade WA international offices, is coordinating WA participation in Gulfood (including a trade mission to Saudi Arabia), FOODEX Japan, and Food and Hotel Asia Singapore in 2024.
This will provide WA agribusiness exporters with the opportunity to showcase their product, meet with buyers and gain valuable insights in key markets for WA premium food and beverage.
Please complete your registration via the link below by Monday 20 November 2023.
Gulfood and/or 19 to 23 February 2024 Register
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Trade Mission 25 to 26 February 2024
FOODEX Japan 5 to 8 March 2024 Register
Food Hotel Asia Singapore 23 to 26 April 2024 Register
Please note the WA Government will also be coordinating participation in the International Food and Drink Event in London from 25 to 27 March 2024. Registration details for this event will be available soon.
For further information, please email export@dpird.wa.gov.au.
Source and Photo: DPIRD
The Western Australian Government is partnering with AgriFutures Australia to host evokeAG. 2024, from 20 to 21 February 2024 at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Themed ‘Exceptional Edge’, evokeAG. 2024 will showcase, inspire, connect, provoke and elevate the importance of collaborative thinking for the future of agriculture and food. It will bring together delegates from around the world and across Australia to attract investment and trade, and connect, collaborate and look to the future possibilities of agri-tech.
WA businesses and organisations are encouraged to make the most of this unique opportunity by hosting side events during the evokeAG. period, from Monday 12 February to Wednesday 28 February. Side events offer a chance to showcase WA products, services and innovations, as well as to explore agrifood and beverage supply chain opportunities and challenges.
Register your event here, and you will be listed on the DPIRD event page and in the evokeAG. side event program. If you have submitted an Expression of Interest for DPIRD side event funding, you are not required to re-register your event.
Source and Image: evokeAG.
The Western Australian Government is advancing horticulture research in WA with a new post graduate scholarship named in honour of the renowned breeder of the Pink Lady apple. The John Cripps Horticulture Scholarship will provide the successful candidate with $150,000 to undertake a full time Doctorate or $100,000 for a Masters degree.
The biennial scholarship will encourage industry-focused research projects and overcome constraints to horticulture production. Study can be undertaken at any WA university and will strengthen research collaboration between government, academia and industry.
The scholarship will be funded by royalties from horticulture varieties developed by the state, including those from Cripps Pink and Cripps Red apples – commonly known as Pink Lady, Sundowner and Bravo.
The research will help WA's vast $1.49 billion horticulture industry to continue to expand and diversify, from the Kimberley to the South Coast.
For more information, and to submit a scholarship application, please visit the John Cripps Horticulture Scholarship website. More...
Source: WA Minister for Agriculture and Food | Photo: DPIRD
Oat noodles and oat ‘rice’ developed by the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) are destined for supermarket shelves, with a Western Australian based company set to begin producing the innovative foods.
AEGIC’s oat scientists developed manufacturing processes for 100% whole grain noodles and a ‘rice’ product that can be eaten like regular rice. Made from Australian oats, which are high in beta-glucan, the products offer superior nutritional benefits.
AEGIC has partnered with WA-based company My PlantCo to take the products to market and help move oats beyond the breakfast table to becoming an option for lunch, dinner and snacks.
My PlantCo will use the innovative oat processing methods and “know-how” developed by AEGIC to produce healthy, high-quality oat products under its Real Oats subsidiary. The products will be manufactured in WA for domestic consumers, as well as export markets.
AEGIC’s research was supported by the WA Government through the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. AEGIC is an initiative of the WA Government and Grains Australia. More...
Source and Photo: AEGIC [L-R: Dr Sabori Mitra, AEGIC Oats Senior Research Scientist; Hon Jackie Jarvis MLC, Minister for Agriculture and Food; Mei Yong, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, My Plantco] | Related: Taking oats beyond the breakfast table with oat noodles and oat "rice" Source: Seven News Perth / Facebook
Premier Roger Cook will lead his first official mission to China, where he will continue to promote mutually beneficial outcomes between Western Australia and China and explore new investment and trade opportunities.
Visiting Shanghai and Sichuan Province, the Premier will meet with key government leaders, industry leaders, investors, and other stakeholders.
The mission – taking place from 20 to 24 November 2023 – is aimed at raising the profile of WA in China and building further awareness of the state's strengths and capabilities.
China is WA's largest trading partner, accounting for 52% of the state's total trade in goods over the last financial year. China is also WA’s largest market for agrifood exports, accounting for 19% or $3.0 billion of total agrifood exports in 2022-23. Wheat was the largest agricultural commodity exported to China at $1.7 billion, followed by wool $613.1 million and mutton $140.3 million.
Visit Invest and Trade WA's China Market Outlook 2022-23 for more information on trade and investment opportunities. More...
Source: WA Premier / JTSI / DPIRD | Photo: WA agrifood export eNews
Global growth will remain slow at 3.0% in 2023 and 2.9% in 2024, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its latest Global Economic Outlook.
The growth forecast is the lowest in decades as the global economy continues to recover from multiple shocks and the cost-of-living crisis.
The IMF says divergent growth prospects across the world’s regions pose a challenge to returning to pre-pandemic output trends.
Despite signs of resilience earlier in 2023, the impact of policy tightening to reduce inflation is expected to cool economic activity going forward. More...
Source and Graphic: IMF
The World Trade Organisation has issued the 2023 edition of Trade Profiles, an annual publication providing key data on merchandise trade and trade in commercial services for 197 economies.
Each two-page profile provides a breakdown of the economy’s major exports and imports and its main trading partners.
For merchandise trade, top exports and imports are broken down by agricultural and non-agricultural categories. More...
Source: WTO | Photo: Jonas / Unsplash
Further information
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