Community Trust in Rural Industries: Year 5 National Survey 2024
The Community Trust in Rural Industries (CTRI) program has reached its fifth year, continuing its mission to provide valuable insights into the relationship between Australia’s...
12 pages
Published: 30 Nov 2016
Author(s): van Caenegem, William
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This report concerns how farmers can best secure maximum returns from producing high quality local food products for overseas markets where consumers are willing to pay higher prices for products reliably identified as special local foods from the many Australian regions. It proposes that farmers can benefit from collaborating to produce such high value goods for international markets and to protect the resulting returns. Mechanisms for provenance brand protection in key export markets such as China and Japan are examined, along with options for Australia to better take advantage of the protection offered by such systems.