The report reviewed trends in agricultural value adding and opportunities in Central West NSW, with particular focus on five identified categories including biotechnology, digital technology, processing and packaging, branding and marketing, and collaboration and cooperatives.

Download the Value Adding to Agriculture in Central West NSW report

The project identified a range of skills gaps considered of high importance for the current and future competitiveness of agricultural small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Central West NSW.

Download the NSW Central West Agriculture: Innovation Skills and Capability Analysis

The E-Commerce in China Project was a collaboration between RDA Central West, NSW Department of Primary Industries and NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet, developed to increase the skills and confidence of NSW agribusinesses to engage in e-commerce trade opportunities in China.

Download the E-commerce in China for Regional Businesses Toolkit

The report outlines the challenges for small agricultural agri-food producers in the region getting their product from paddock to plate, and the collaborative business model which was developed to overcome this.

Download the Small Agricultural Enterprise Logistics report

RDA Central West found that the economic impact of the Inland Rail project to NSW’s Central West region is estimated at $216M over 60 years and that the region is well positioned to benefit from economic and supply chain development.

Download the Central West NSW Regional Economic Analysis on the potential impact of the proposed Inland Rail report

RDACW launched its inaugural photo competition with the theme ‘Agriculture and Tourism: Let’s Showcase Our Region’.  The competition provided an opportunity for the Central West community to highlight the region’s agriculture and tourism offerings which make the Central West so special.  To enter, participants had to

• Send us a photo that showed why the Central West is such an ideal place to live, work, visit or invest in
• Tell us in a sentence or two, why they think ‘Central West Is Best’

The competition closed on 30 September 2019.

 

Category winners each received a $300 ‘Shop Local Gift Card’, and runners-up received a $200 card.

 

Selected entries can be seen on our Gallery page.

RDA Central West collaborated with the NSW Department of Education to implement the STEM Industry School Partnerships (SISP) program in the Central West. The program provided primary and high school students in regional areas with age appropriate STEM skills and pathways to STEM jobs.

More information can be found here.