Quick guide
| Who | The GRDC |
| Why | Strategic planning context RD&E priorities |
| What | RD&E priorities Investment themes and outcomes |
| How | Investment themes and outcomes Corporate strategies Organisation |
Key elements of the Strategic R&D Plan
| Priorities | Areas in which RD&E is most needed to benefit the grains industry and the wider community | Industry priorities: The RD&E priorities of grain growers and the wider grains industry, as identified in consultations during the development of the plan. Australian Government priorities: The RD&E priorities of the Australian Government, as identified in the National Research Priorities and Rural R&D Priorities. Other national priorities: Priorities endorsed in the Grains Industry National RD&E Strategy; cross-sectoral RD&E priorities expressed via the National Primary Industries RD&E Framework; and the National Innovation Priorities. |
| Themes | Themes for GRDC RD&E investment to meet the priorities | Theme 1—Meeting market requirements Theme 2—Improving crop yield Theme 3—Protecting your crop Theme 4—Advancing profitable farming systems Theme 5—Improving your farm resource base Theme 6—Building skills and capacity |
| Outcomes | The goals of the investment themes | Intermediate outcomes: The goals established for each investment theme for the life of this strategic plan. Aspirational outcomes: The goals established for each investment theme for the longer term. GRDC Outcome: ‘Australian grain growers utilising new information and products that enhance the productivity, profitability and sustainability of growers and benefit the grains industry and wider community’. |
| Corporate strategies | How the GRDC will implement the themes | Create value, Coordinate nationally, Deliver regionally, Connect globally, Engage with growers and industry. |
| Performance indicators | Measures of progress in achieving the outcomes | Practice changes: What needs to happen, on or off farm, to achieve the outcomes of each investment theme. Key metrics: Quantitative measures of practice changes. |
| Vision | The overarching goal of the GRDC | ‘A profitable and sustainable Australian grains industry, valued by the wider community’. |