70% are familiar with the SIBI Project, with 27% of with the concepts of agrifood chains during the inaugural introductory a good understanding of SIBI’s objectives workshop provided by DAFWA’s Sheep Industry Business Innovation (SIBI) project. Among the respondents were 20 farm business consultants, seven sheep production specialists, seven finance specialists, The to agribusiness and agrifood chains’ workshop ‘Introduction three crop specialists and one unspecified. was made possible by Royalties for Regions-funded SIBI project, as well as a University of Queensland partnership The results of this survey will help the SIBI management team between the Business School Executive Education and School of ensure activities are well targeted to ensure maximum benefit for Agriculture and Food Sciences. the WA sheep industry. The one-day workshop was delivered by the University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Kim Bryceson who is well for her work on supply chain modelling and risk assessment. Kim said the students responded well to the theoretical content and case studies, and applied themselves to the practical session, No free for animal science students involved mapping out the agrifood supply chains behind the sale of burgers, chips and lattes. SIBI Senior Development Officer Justin Hardy said Murdoch’s Murdoch University’s Animal Science students participated in a School of Veterinary and Life Sciences Researcher and Lecturer, mapping the chain exercise using a burger, chips and latte with Dr Serina Hancock, commented that the material delivered guidance from the University of Queensland’s Associate Professor through the inaugural workshop was a relevant inclusion to their Kim Bryceson Animal Science course. was no free lunch for animal science undergraduates said the information gave the students a greater “Serina recently when the group was asked to map out the intricacies of awareness of the intricacies of the supply chain, driven by the number of agrifood supply chains behind their burgers, chips increasing global consumer demand for consistent and traceable and lattes. quality meat products,” Justin said. Third and fourth year undergraduates, along with Murdoch University postgraduate students, were enthusiastic when learning
70% are familiar with the SIBI Project, with 27% of with a good understanding of SIBI’s objectives Among the respondents were 20 farm business consultants, seven sheep production specialists, seven finance specialists, three crop specialists and one unspecified. The results of this survey will help the SIBI management team ensure activities are well targeted to ensure maximum benefit for the WA sheep industry. No free for animal science students Murdoch University’s Animal Science students participated in a mapping the chain exercise using a burger, chips and latte with guidance from the University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Kim Bryceson was no free lunch for animal science undergraduates recently when the group was asked to map out the intricacies of the number of agrifood supply chains behind their burgers, chips and lattes. Third and fourth year undergraduates, along with Murdoch University postgraduate students, were enthusiastic when learning the concepts of agrifood chains during the inaugural introductory workshop provided by DAFWA’s Sheep Industry Business Innovation (SIBI) project. The ‘Introduction to agribusiness and agrifood chains’ workshop was made possible by Royalties for Regions-funded SIBI project, as well as a University of Queensland partnership between the Business School Executive Education and School of Agriculture and Food Sciences. The one-day workshop was delivered by the University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Kim Bryceson who is well for her work on supply chain modelling and risk assessment. Kim said the students responded well to the theoretical content and case studies, and applied themselves to the practical session, involved mapping out the agrifood supply chains behind the sale of burgers, chips and lattes. SIBI Senior Development Officer Justin Hardy said Murdoch’s School of Veterinary and Life Sciences Researcher and Lecturer, Dr Serina Hancock, commented that the material delivered through the inaugural workshop was a relevant inclusion to their Animal Science course. “Serina said the information gave the students a greater awareness of the intricacies of the supply chain, driven by increasing global consumer demand for consistent and traceable quality meat products,” Justin said.
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