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Northern Adelaide Plains Agribusiness Initiative

Goyder Water Forum

Daniel Casement Executive Director

4 July 2017

• Top 10 identified actions for the SA economy

Premium Food and Wine Produced in our Clean Environment and Exported to the World

• PIRSA Focus

– Build capability: contemporary, efficient, competitive, resilient industries – Secure production: industry growth and development – Expand markets: unrestricted access to new and existing markets – Grow regions: regional contribution

South Australian Government Economic Priorities

Northern Economic Plan

Strong foundations, creating jobs, confident communities, improving lives

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

www.looknorth.com.au

• Blueprint for economic and social transformation in northern Adelaide.
• Focus on driving industry growth and empowering local communities.

Strategic Directions

1.

Industry Growth: generating jobs and investment

2.

Thriving Communities: aligning and focusing community and services for better work and life skills

3.

Responsive Governments: driving action where government can better facilitate private investment for economic and community growth.

Northern Economic Plan

Region is being positioned to become a global leader in intensive food production due to competitive advantages including:

• mature agricultural industry
• proximity to markets/infrastructure
• natural growing conditions

Northern Economic Plan – imperative for change

Corridor

(Strategic Focus)

Northern Economic Plan

Northern Adelaide Plains

(Regional Focus)

Food Park

(Local Focus)

Strategic Focus - Corridor

• Industry growth potential statewide - to accelerate food

production

• Attracting new business investment in opportunities north of

Adelaide

• Expand the Pig and Poultry industry – 39% of the poultry

production and more than 50% of Australia’s pork processing - in and around Pt Wakefield/Balaklava

• Expansion of horticulture/protected cropping – provision of new

water infrastructure.

Northern Corridor

NAP Agribusiness Northern Reservoirs Upgrade Chicken Industry Expansion Improving Road Transport for the Agriculture Industry Aquaculture – Water and Land-Based Developments Northern Adelaide Food Park

Current Opportunities Future Potential

Feral Animal Opportunities Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme Regional Development Fund – Upper Spencer Gulf Underpinned by increased market access and connectivity Primo (JBS) Bowmans Intermodal Expansion Pork Industry Expansion

Strategic Focus - Corridor

Aim:

• Increase horticulture production and productivity
• Increase access to water
• Access and connect international markets to

growers

• New jobs, investment and economic growth

Focus:

• Water Infrastructure & irrigation investment
• Biosecurity – pest free area
• Industry exports
• Collaboration and partnerships

Northern Adelaide Plains Agribusiness Initiative

• Collaboration and partnerships

– National, State and Local Governments – Industry – Community

• Maximise use of economic assets and policies

– Electricity, Gas, Water, Road networks – Workforce (training and skills development) – Land Use Planning

Northern Adelaide Plains Agribusiness Initiatives

Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme

https://youtu.be/6pdMGL5Vbbc Aim

• Largest vegetable covered cropping region
• High-tech, high value, export competitive production
• Continued leadership in reclaimed water use

Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme

Opportunity

• Additional water - affordable and secure
• New investment – infrastructure
• New investment – on farm production
• Supply chain opportunities for local businesses
• Jobs, training and developing skills

Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme

Project investment

• Total project cost (Stage 1) - $155.6 m

– Confirmed - $110 m SA Government through SA Water – Pending - $45.6 m Australian Government (NWIDF)

• Bolivar Waste Water Treatment Plant
• Core distribution infrastructure
• New major irrigation area

Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme

• Additional 12 gigalitres per year of recycled water
• 3,700 jobs
• $1.1 billion in private investment
• $578 million per year to the state’s economy
• 300 ha of new export, high-tech horticulture production

Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme

Collaboration Opportunities

• Planning
• Preparing for the additional water
• Facilitating the opportunities

• Co-locate food manufacturers and service

providers

• Drive economic and employment growth
• Deliver innovative, smart and efficient solutions
• Forge new international partnerships and

collaborations

Northern Adelaide Food Park

Collaboration Opportunities

• Roles of Councils / State / Federal agencies
• Land use planning
• Preparing for water, markets, investments, jobs
• Engagement with service providers, businesses, community
• Capturing existing services, programs, facilities and

infrastructure

• Challenges in implementation
• Information sharing and communications
• Measuring our success

Working Together

Research and extension

• Preparing for water markets
• Extension, adoption of new technology, growing methods
• New crops
• Ground water availability and access
• New water opportunities for development
• Water management – eg salinity
• Plant sensitivities
• Sustainable yield of key water resources
• Coexistence with other industries/sectors
• Water reuse
• Soil and land management

Working Together

Three strategic opportunities

1.

Industry Growth

2.

Thriving Communities

3.

Responsive Governments Challenge – to realise these opportunities together ….

Northern Economic Plan

http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/major_programs Or search……………PIRSA NAIS daniel.casement@sa.gov.au

THANK YOU