Value Chain Compass

Between 2013 and 2022, the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit received funding from the Endeavour Fund and by the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge to undertake research on global agrifood value chains. The funding was for the following four research programmes:

• Maximising Export Returns (Endeavour Fund, 2013-2016)
• Integrating Value Chains (Our Land and Water, 2017-2019)
• Unlocking Export Prosperity (Endeavour Fund, 2017-2022)
• Rewarding Sustainable Practices (Our Land and Water, 2019-2022)

A major output from the research was the AERU Value Chain Compass. The Compass sets out nine key characteristics of successful food and fibre value chains. It offers a guide for enterprises wanting to create a new value chain, or to transform an existing supply chain into a value chain.

At the centre of the Value Chain Compass is the chain’s ‘Collective Values’. This refers to the collective values held in common by the partners along the chain – from producers to the final consumers – that produce a strong value chain.

The AERU prepared a Research Briefing to introduce the AERU Value Chain Compass. The Briefing can be read here [internal link to a PDF file]. 

The AERU Value Chain Compass is also provided as a step-by-step online portal hosted on the AERU website. It can be accessed here [external link].