Research by the CRCNA is helping to deepen Australia’s relationship with ASEAN by supporting the north’s agricultural sector to supply high-quality agri-food products. Northern Australia and the ASEAN region are natural partners for cooperation given the strategic location in the Asia-Pacific. Northern Australia provides world-class agriculture, food, tropical health research, [...]
Northern Australia’s agricultural supply chains need an urgent shake-up to fully capitalise on the region’s economic development opportunities – a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) report has found. The Reframing smart supply chains in Northern Australia report found there is significant potential for economic growth in Northern Australia [...]
A new report has identified Northern Australia’s live cattle and beef exports as having the highest growth potential into ASEAN nations – generating an annual unmet export demand of $A13 billion by 2025. The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) partnered with the Australia-ASEAN Chamber of Commerce (AustCham ASEAN) to [...]
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 [...]
A fresh collaboration hopes to open doors to export more perishable foods from Northern Australia to Asia by air. Stakeholders have decided to initially focus on an initial focus on lychee, mango and avocado crops to create new supply chains, assess new processing technologies and pave the way for another [...]
A new project promising to boost northern Australian mango exports into China by 200 per cent within five years has been announced by the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) today. The $2.24 million CRCNA research collaboration between Australia’s leading Calypso® mango exporter Perfection Fresh (Perfection), the Queensland [...]
More than $38 million dollars in project funding has been requested by 55 expression of interest submissions, in the latest Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) competitive funding round. The CRCNA’s second EOI round closed on Friday 7 September. CRCNA Chief Executive Officer Jed Matz said the total [...]
The CRC for Developing Northern Australia’s (CRCNA’s) new project “Exporting perishable commodities to Asia” will aide expansion and development of perishable commodities in Northern Australia. Coordination through the supply chain between growers, processors, marketers and transporters is the main impediment to exporting perishable commodities to Asian markets. This project will [...]
Senator for Queensland Ian Macdonald, the CRC for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) and Townsville Enterprise Limited launched the “North Queensland agricultural market and supply chain study” today. Townsville Enterprise Limited and the North Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils have identified the need for collective industry action to transform North Queensland’s [...]