Priority information needs relating to the enduring goals
A range of information needs were raised in both the high level public submissions and detailed statistical asset public submissions about specific statistical assets. Priority information needs identified across all public submissions are presented according to the enduring goals in Table 4.
The priority information need themes highlighted in Table 4, align well with the data themes described in Figure 1.
Table 4: Priority information needs by enduring goal
Enduring goals | Priority information need theme |
Goal 1: Competitive and profitable agricultural sector | Production – value and volume of commodities
Productivity – across jurisdictions, for major industries and post farm gate activities
Farm / industry performance – financial information
Labour force market – for jurisdictions’ regions
Business characteristics – industry sector data, e.g. financial benchmarking
Supply chain – value adding after the farm gate |
Goal 2: Prosperous communities | Employment and occupational data by industry sector/jurisdictions’ regions
Socio-economic data – impacts of major government programs
Income distribution of primary producers and rural communities
Demographics of producers
Consumption patterns of consumers
Community values - data
Innovation – farm practices, adoption, practice change, barriers to uptake
Services – volunteer base supporting industry; professions and skilled trade supporting industries |
Goal 3: Sustainable natural resource use | Natural resources – use and condition
Land cover, land use, ecosystem productivity data, human inputs - more precise spatial data
Data for ecosystem modelling
Land management practices - changes to improve natural resource condition |
Goal 4: Growing trade and market access | Trade data – exports and imports by country, by volume and by value, prices
Market information – movement in volume, value and market share, data that supports value chain analysis, by industry sector |
Goal 5: Protecting animal, plant and human health and welfare | Wildlife disease events – data
Animal welfare – data
Animal health information – sharing across jurisdictions, within and between agencies
Human health and food safety |