Northern Australia’s agricultural supply chains and freight networks will be under the spotlight as a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project looks to re-frame the way we think about how goods are moved around the north and to our Asian customers. The Re-framing Northern Australia Supply Chains [...]
More than $3 billion in unmet global market demand for North Queensland-grown agricultural products and 2,000 new jobs are two key findings of a Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) research collaboration announced today. The 12-month North Queensland Agricultural Market and Supply Chain Study is the first of its type [...]
A new project funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) – and led by QUT’s Digital Media Research Centre – will pave the way for investment in digital inclusion policy, interventions, programs, and communications infrastructure across northern Australia. The project will help improve the profitability and [...]
Producers in the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday (MIW) regions will reap the benefits of a new project looking to identify new export market opportunities for existing and new high value agricultural products. The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) collaboration brings together the Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) and [...]
The CRCNA has today opened its latest competitive funding round, seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for industry-led research collaborations which address issues specifically related to northern Australia. EOIs can be submitted by industry, researchers, SMEs and/or community sectors and must address key research questions in the areas of agriculture and [...]
A new survey has been launched seeking input from aquaculture industry stakeholders across northern Australia. The survey tool has been developed by a team of aquaculture experts and researchers collaborating on the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) funded northern Australia aquaculture industry situational analysis project. This team [...]
The northern Australia forestry and forestry products situational analysis project team will be hosting a free consultation forum in Kununurra, WA on Thursday 5 September, 2019. Venue: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Conference Room, 1 Durack Drive, Kununurra. Date: Thursday 5 September Time: 10 am to 12 noon RSVP by Thursday 29 [...]
A new Alliance has been forged to develop and strengthen North Queensland’s agricultural and value supply chains to help grow the sector across the north. The North Queensland Agricultural Supply Chain Alliance includes representatives from the CRCNA, Townsville Enterprise, Advance Cairns, Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3), Central Queensland University and the [...]
The CRCNA has commissioned the Singapore-based Australia-ASEAN Chamber of Commerce (AustCham ASEAN) to examine the key export opportunities for northern Australian agri-food businesses into ASEAN markets over the next five years. The four-month long project will complement existing CRCNA research by identifying additional markets and commodities in ASEAN which could provide opportunities [...]