The purpose of this submission is to recommend that the Australian Government’s successful and enduring Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) model is an appropriate economy-wide institutional form for initiating, managing and delivering collaborative research under the National Food Plan.
This submission:
- Examines the implied strategic approach for Australian Government future investment in innovation, research and delivery under the National Food Plan – drawing on statements in the Green Paper and the contemporaneous Rural Research and Development Policy Statement;
- Aligns the challenges in implementing this strategic approach with the unique characteristics and successful track record of CRCs; and
- Assesses the potential for the CRC model to deliver the Green Paper’s stated objective of increasing public investment and attracting private investment to cross-sector R&D, directed to productivity improvement and value adding in the food industry.
