Value Chain Relationships
Issues
With the passage of the amendments to the Sugar Industry Act in April 2004, value chain relationships within the sugar industry have entered a new era. Although local variations on conditions within agreements have been possible for many years, the new environment, virtually without any legislative pre-conditions, puts the emphasis in value chain relationships clearly at an individual grower and bargaining agent level. At a state level, CANEGROWERS policy should therefore be to support growers negotiating collectively and to encourage improvements in value chain relationships.
Objective
- To provide support to district CANEGROWERS companies in their role as bargaining agents for growers and encourage improvements in value chain relationships.
- To maximise grower viability and profitability through value chain optimisation in areas such as season length, transport arrangements etc.
- To act as the central repository of industry data to be used for the benefit of value chain participants.
Policies
- That CANEGROWERS Brisbane provide support to CANEGROWERS companies acting in their role as bargaining agents.
- That this organisation and the Australian Sugar Milling Council establish a peak industry body. The role of this body would be:
- The development of industry-wide policy;
- Provision advice to state and federal governments
- That it be the policy of CANEGROWERS that CANEGROWERS district companies should act on behalf of all members of CANEGROWERS
- That security of cane payment be provided to CANEGROWERS members
- That CANEGROWERS collect industry data on behalf of industry to be used for the benefit of industry value chain participants.
