How we work

An agile,
design-led
innovation hub.

At Food Agility CRC we don’t just invest in research, we are an innovation hub that brokers teams, curates innovation projects and develops creative digital solutions for maximum industry impact.

We start with the challenges facing the agrifood industry. Then we bring together experts from across the agrifood, technology, research and government sectors to create new digital products and services that tackle those challenges in sometimes surprising ways.

Food Agility promotes data sharing within trusted networks and we are agile, involving end-users right from the start, market-testing digital solutions early and making improvements along the way.

We also keep a close eye on industry and market trends, collecting, analysing and presenting information about digital technology in the agrifood sector.

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Industry Impact The Process

Investing in projects for maximum industry impact

Food Agility CRC aims to have impact across four key areas, underpinned by three research programs.

Research Programs

Digital Agrifood Technologies

Agrifood Informatics

Sustainable
Food Systems

Strategic Imperatives

Produce the right thing

Leverage brand Australia

Improve access to finance

Build a digitally capable workforce

We co-invest in projects that:

Focus on a challenge identified by industry
Involve collaboration between agrifood, technology and research partners
Align to our strategic imperatives and research programs
Work with end-users to co-create and iteratively validate solutions
Shares data in trusted networks to amplify system-value
Envisages the creation of scaleable digital services

The process

Designing & delivering Food Agility Projects

Steps 1-5

Project
Design

Step 1

Scope

The Project Scope defines the challenge facing the agrifood industry and how digital technology could be used to tackle that challenge.

Step 2

Assess

Your Innovation Broker will bring the Project Scope to the team at Food Agility for consideration.

Step 3

Co-design

Participate in co-design workshops to qualify the challenge, broker the right team and identify a potential MVP that can be validated.

Step 4

Plan

Work with us to develop an agile Project Plan, including resource requirements, a proposed activity timeline and key milestones.

Step 5

Invest

Project Plans are assessed by our Strategic Investment Council. The Design Central process maximises the chance of securing investment.

Steps 6-9

Project
Delivery

Step 6

Contract

The Food Agility team manages the drafting of the Project Agreement which must be signed by all parties involved in the project. This is where co-investment, ownership and use of IP is finalised.

Step 7

Governance

Project management is structured to ensure constant end-user validation.

Step 8

Deliver

Food Agility promotes the use of agile delivery methods. This means we are flexible and iterative, involving end-users right from the start, market testing digital solutions early and making ongoing improvements throughout the project.

Step 9

Measure impact

We identify project impacts early, and monitor them through to project completion and beyond. This is how we measure our success.