Program Overview

Strategies and Expectations 2008-09

Key strategies for 2008-09

• Implementation of the new Global Competitiveness Five-Year Plan
• Production of discussion papers on new and emerging issues relating to global competitiveness
• Continue to address areas of common interest to all agricultural sectors by seeking cross-RDC support for trade related projects
• Continued support for current projects addressing specific issues, which include analysis of:

- Trade liberalisation and barriers to trade
- Trade policy
- Specific markets, goods and services

 

Expected key outputs for 2008-09

• An international overview and trend analysis of ethical foods
• Identification of opportunities for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to enhance operations and customer service through the application of internet technologies
• Application across agricultural commodity sectors of an agreed methodology for life cycle analysis and the development of a shared repository for data produced by these analyses
• Dissemination of three discussion papers providing alternative views or addressing issues that are not currently on stakeholders' agendas
• Continued support for the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) Conference
  

Expected key outcomes for 2008-09

Key outcomes expected during 2008-09 will include an increased understanding of:

• Global trade issues, particularly in relation to trade liberalisation and non-tariff trade barriers
• The role and incorporation of agricultural energy and water use with regard to trade
• Specific trade requirements of particular markets of interest, such as China
• The implications of the changing world demand for protein
• The use of industry adjustment schemes to bring about meaningful change