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The Australian AgriFood Data Exchange will act as a secure, interconnected data highway for the exchange of information between organisations and systems within agriculture and agribusiness.
Charles Sturt among government, research and industry stakeholders establishing secure, interconnected data highway in commercial food farming supply chain
Data Exchange aims to enable timely and productive sharing of information within entire agrifood sector
Charles Sturt University is among a consortium of leading agrifood stakeholders which announced the establishment of the Australian AgriFood Data Exchange (AADE) to enable fluid collaboration up and down the whole supply chain.
The project was Initiated by Integrity Systems Company and KPMG and has received an initial $4 million funding from the Australian Government, Meat & Livestock Australia, Charles Sturt, the Food and Agribusiness Growth Centre, Fisheries Research Development Corporation, the Victorian Government, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the Western Australian Government and Australian Wool Innovation.
The AADE has a vision to create an interconnected data highway for Australia’s commercial food farming value chain and seeks to provide a digital platform which enables:
The permissioned exchange of data between industry participants
Timely access to information that supports decision making for the value chain
Standardisation and consistency of industry data assets
The capacity to adapt, incorporating new use cases for data exchange that deliver value and support resilience of participants
Increased transparency of industry data to support multiple use cases (e.g. regulatory compliance, collaboration between public and private data sets)
Charles Sturt University Chief Operating Officer Mr Rick Willmott said the AADE will “enable fluid collaboration up and down the supply chain”.
“By enabling agrifood industry data owners to efficiently direct and control what data they share, the Australian AgriFood Data Exchange will support users to unlock value from their data,” he said.
“Charles Sturt University is committed to engaging with government, industry and other partners to generate meaningful, substantive outcomes like this for regional Australia.”
Staff from the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation are working with KPMG to design some of the project.
The Hon David Littleproud MP, Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, said the Australian Government’s investment in the AADE directly aligns with the its agriculture agenda by establishing a next-generation digital platform for data.
“Market access for our products depends on trusted supply chains and trusted compliance and quality assurance data accompanying the products,” Minister Littleproud said.
“This project is another example of how the Australian Government is backing Australia’s agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries to access and grow export earnings as the industry strives to meet and exceed its $100 billion farmgate value target by 2030.”
Chairman of the AADE, the Hon Andrew Robb AO said data is the lifeblood of any industry.
“The Australian AgriFood Data Exchange is a nation building project that will support the growth and resilience of the Australian agrifood industry by building a secure and trusted framework for data to be shared across the sector,” he said.
“This will create transformational opportunities to innovate and supercharge Australian agriculture.”
Other supporters of the AADE include the NSW Government, Agrifutures, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation, Cotton Rural Research Development Corporation, Elders Rural, Federation University, Grower Group Alliance and Australian Eggs.
For more information or to register interest in being part of the Australian AgriFood Data Exchange visit www.ozagdx.com.au.
Media Note: For more information please contact Charles Sturt Media Manager Dave Neil on 0407 332 718 or at dneil@csu.edu.au |