Ben White New Rural Industry Austrlia- Resources & Energy Symposium 2012
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Ben White:
CEO, NRIA
22 May 2012
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To grow the economic capacity,
commercial opportunities and
profitability of new and emerging
rural industries
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1. Leverage scientific and economic research to grow
enterprise and industry profitability
2. Grow individual, enterprise and association
membership base
3. Diversify and grow revenue streams & profitability
for industry and NRIA
4. Advocate on behalf of members and new rural
industries
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1. Membership value: growing the base
2. Major projects & regional development
3. Value Chain Management
4. Investment facilitation & capital for growth
5. Communications: market reach & networks
6. Enterprise and brand development
7. Collaboration with Government, regional development
and major private sector interests
8. Solution provider role (Key Project Management)
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• Profitable and sustainable new and emerging
Australian rural industries, which are strongly
connected into markets and regional economies
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• Can they collaborate effectively?
• Emotional issues
• Land use
• Water use
• Right to farm
• Indigenous native title and heritage issues
• Resources management
• Mining and Pastoral overlays
• Access to inputs, i.e. Labour
• Retreat from entrenched positions
• Foreign Investment
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• Starting a sensible, non-emotive conversation
• Positives v Negatives
• Regional Development
• Communities and outcomes
• Economic outcomes
• Project manager to negotiate, facilitate, deliver
• Innovation in land use collaboration
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• If you don’t eat you die!
• Food Security……yes but our market is more about……rising Global
middle class & feeding those with disposable income
• Value add and value chain development
• Export markets into Asia: market approach
• The $AUD: remaining high, so we deal with that reality
• Traceability
• Brand Power: quality over price
• Leverage back to Mining Brand: license to operate (CSR)
• Capital Investment into agriculture: how & why
• Food is 10 years behind mining…..2020+
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• New Rural Industries v Conventional Broad-acre :
• What is strongly unique to Australia? Native Foods
• MOTIVATION
• Governments and local regional communities WANT to do this
• Sustainable products in key regions needing development
• What we learned from Ord River development issues
• Dairy farming feed lot failures in WA and NT; lessons
• Farm products that (a) suit the environment, & (b) a high value return
through vertically integrated chains
• Quality scientific research to support development
• Dividend returns to investors, indigenous and regional economies
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• Animals:
• Lean and high quality source of protein, fibre and leather
• Camels, crocodiles, kangaroo, goats
• Export markets
• Culinary super foods too, e.g. Chef Andrew Fielke
• Plants:
• Antioxidants, polyphenols, vitamins and anti-cancer properties
• Food, beverages, medicines, health supplements & cosmetics
• ROI…..potentially very large
• Gubinge or Bush Plum as an example of a ‘Super Food’
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• NRIA is an ethical key project manager for agriculture,
indigenous and agribusiness projects in Australia
• A solution provider to Government, regional development and
private sector
• Ability to manage complete value chain projects
• All profits re-invested into future projects and stakeholder
industries
• Contact: Ben White, CEO • 0419 005 550
• Skype ben_nria.org