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30 January 2023
Western Australian
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Western Australia's Regional BBQ, which is taking place on Wednesday 21 February 2024, will provide an opportunity for the state to wrap up official evokeAG. 2024 programming, while opening the door to side events to occupy delegates’ itineraries for Thursday 22 February and Friday 23 February.
While thanking all those who attended the renowned evokeAG., we will celebrate the unique features of WA’s 9 regions and the food, beverage, cultural and spiritual attributes distinct to each. Join stakeholders from across agriculture, regional development, investment, science and technology for WA's Big BBQ – a culinary feast of traditional foods in an informal, fun 'WA backyard' setting at the outstanding Museum Boola Bardip in the centre of Perth.
Taste foods unique to WA, enjoy cultural performances and embrace the exceptional connection WA has to the past, present and future.
Ticket includes food, entertainment, welcome non-alcoholic beverages and select access to the Museum, including the Ngalang Koort Boodja Wirn (First Nations Gallery) and the giant blue whale skeleton, Otto. Cash bar available featuring WA regionally produced wine, beer and spirits.
You can buy your tickets for the WA Regional BBQ – as well as many other evokeAG. events – at WA evokeAG. 2024 side events.
Source and Photo: evokeAG. 2024
The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) publishes international trade data and insights to help exporters make informed decisions.
Summaries of Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry exports and imports are available for download from the Australian agricultural trade reference tables, published by market and product, by both calendar and financial year.
DAFF focuses on automated collection, processing, and analysis of market information, which enables the creation of more informative intelligence products in shorter timeframes.
If you are looking for additional information, please contact DAFF at market.intelligence@aff.gov.au. You can also subscribe to DAFF's monthly Agriculture Market Intelligence Insights newsletter to receive updates on data refreshes and trade news. More...
Source: DAFF | Photo: Nathan Cima / Unsplash [Hai Phong International Container Terminal, Vietnam.]
Traceability is the ability to share information about, and follow the movement of, a product through all or part of its supply chain, across the stages of production, processing and distribution.
In season six of the AgVic Talk podcast from Agriculture Victoria, traceability and how it can connect businesses along the supply chain is explored – from the farm to consumer. In episode 10, David Lawson, Austrade's Assistant General Manager, Trade, (Agriculture, Food and Consumer), highlights how traceability is a crucial tool for Australian agriculture, not just for ensuring safety and quality, but also for creating a unique and valuable selling proposition in the global market. Key points from this episode include:
- Australia invests heavily in maintaining a safe and healthy environment for growing produce. This is a major advantage due to its island nation status, minimising disease and contamination risks.
- Demonstrating the origin and journey of Australian produce through traceability systems validates its 'clean and green' claims and distinguishes it from competitors.
- Traceability adds significant marketing value to Australian products, justifying potential additional costs associated with implementing such systems.
- Traceability builds trust with consumers by ensuring the authenticity and high quality of Australian produce.
Source: Agriculture Victoria / Austrade | Photo: DPIRD
The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030, published last month by The Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative (FSCI), provides the first science-based monitoring to guide decision-makers as they seek wholesale transformation of the global agriculture and food systems.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) says this transformation is needed urgently both to reduce the environmental impact of these systems and to mitigate the impact of climate change on them. The overarching objective is that all people – especially the most vulnerable – have equitable access to healthy diets through sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems.
Mario Herrero, Professor and Director of the Food Systems and Global Change Program, at Cornell University in the United States, said: “You can’t manage what you don’t measure. That’s why we need a monitoring system that shows strengths and weaknesses at national, regional and global levels across all parts of agriculture and food systems. And this complete picture highlights successes that provide valuable lessons for others.” More...
Source: FAO | Photo: Thomas Le / Unspalsh
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Agribusiness, commercial fishing and aquaculture news from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD). If you have any questions or information to share, please email export@dpird.wa.gov.au.
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