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Cotton Research Roundup… Bruce Finney Bruce Pyke Which way forward CRDC is well underway with the development of its next five-year Strategic R&D Plan which will commence on July 1, 2013. An industry situation analysis has been undertaken in consultation with Cotton Australia and researchers. Not surprisingly there are many similarities with the issues facing the industry five years ago. But the issues have evolved, with new levels of urgency being identified for addressing challenges to profitability, market competitiveness, stewardship of technologies, competition for resources and sustainability. CRDC is now contemplating the relative importance of the issues, noting they are highly connected. The industry vision for the future provides valuable guidance. It may be that the current strategic direction of the ‘quest for sustainable competitive advantage’ remains with similar goals but with new or better ways identified to achieve them through R&D. This has certainly been evidenced in recent and predicted innovation in technology and communication. Industry R&D collaboration Under the banner of a National Primary Industries Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Framework the Primary Industries Ministerial Council (PIMC), the Australian, state and Northern Territory governments, rural R&D corporations, CSIRO and universities are jointly collaborating to promote ongoing improvement in the investment of RD&E resources nationally. For the cotton industry this has been a good chance to bring together senior representatives from the major stakeholders in RD&E. Following the development of a cotton sector RD&E strategy it was agreed to form the Cotton Innovation Network which held its inaugural meeting in February 2012. The role of the network is to improve RD&E through enhancing collaboration in strategy and investment, R&D, capability management and development and delivery. With the cessation of the Cotton CRC the commencement of the network has been a timely endeavour. Industry-wide environmental assessment complete The Australian Cotton Industry’s Third Environmental Assessment is complete and industry is preparing a response to the recommendations in the report. CRDC’s General Manager Research Inovact consulting ’ s Ken Moore interviewing Breeza cotton grower Rodney Grant during the grower survey segment of the Australian Cotton Industry ’ s Third Environmental Assessment 2012. Investment Bruce Pyke and an industry steering committee oversaw the third industry-wide assessment undertaken by the cotton industry since 1991. The independent assessment was conducted by the Canberra-based consultancy firm Inovact. “The assessment is an excellent ‘report card’ for the industry as it showed that most of the recommendations made in 2003 have been adopted at a high level (Figure 1), particularly in critical areas such as the management of water, chemicals and natural resources,” Bruce Pyke said. FIGuRE 1: The Third Environmental Assessment reviewed the extent to which the industry adopted the recommendations of the Second Environmental Audit (2003). The assessment covered 46 recommendations and these have been rated as shown. 4 — The Australian Cottongrower December 2012–January 2013
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