Food System Innovation

Food system innovation can take many forms.

Research in this space is exploring options and advantages of innovations in thinking and technologies related to:

Food chain governance.
Business models (e.g. efficient public-private partnerships).
Agri-food markets.
Food chain infrastructure and logistics.

Active projects

Enhancing Agricultural Traceability for Market Sustainability: A Southeast Asian Perspective

This project aims to deepen our understanding of the vital credentials necessary for enhanced traceability within export market channels, while also exploring barriers to adoption and avenues for improving Australia's agrifood traceability systems. These improvements are essential for reinforcing Australia's competitive position in Southeast Asian markets. With a primary focus on four key trading partners in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), the project will investigate crucial elements including origin verification, food safety, sustainability, and digitally specialised requirements.

Strengthening small-scale agricultural exports to China: Evaluation of two innovative marketing channels

China is Australia’s top market for agricultural exports, yet benefits to small exporters have been limited. This project explores two innovative marketing channels to help small exporters: agritourism and corporate gifting. It will rigorously evaluate the potential impacts of agritourism and corporate gifting on small-scale exports to China, and the effectiveness of established and emerging Chinese e-commerce platforms facilitating these exports.

WWW (What, Where and Why) of Household Food Waste Behaviour

The aim of the project is to understand household and the broader community’s in-house waste behaviours in order to deliver targeted education, behaviour change and incentive-based programs.

Future market insights for Australia's chicken meat industry

This research seeks to increase understanding of Australian chicken meat consumption trends and preferences. This is critical for the development of effective industry and policy strategies for reducing barriers and growing consumer demand for chicken meat in Australia’s changing meat consumption climate, and for creating opportunities for the domestic industry.

Completed projects

‘Growth through Innovation’ – South Australian Agrifood Industry

The goal of this project was to identify drivers and barriers of growth through innovation in the South Australian Agrifood sector.

Identification and assessment of value-added export market opportunities for non-GMO labelled food products from South Australia

This research aims to identify potential value added market opportunities for Non-GMO products in the American, Chinese, Japanese and British markets.

Development of a research framework to identify agrifood innovation opportunities within the South East Asian regions

Meat and Livestock Australia, an industry governing body approached GFAR to develop an innovation architecture as the research framework to develop market based insights to innovation and growth in the red meat sector. The framework will initially be applied to Indonesia.