South Australian Food ScoreCard Reports

In 1997 the South Australian Premier implemented a strategy to expand the revenue generated by the South Australian Food industry to $15 billion by the year 2010.

As part of achieving this goal, the Food South Australia Program introduced a ScoreCard to measure and evaluate the value of the contribution made by food and beverage to the economy, through the value chain from production to consumption.

Gross Food Revenue reaches a record $12.4 billion

The past year has witnessed significant pressures on South Australia’s Food industry, including dramatically reduced commodity prices in grains, reduced demand in seafood and dairy markets flowing from the global economic crisis (GEC), ongoing drought conditions over the past 5 years across parts of the State, continued low water allocations along the River Murray, and sharply fluctuating foreign exchange rates.  Despite these pressures, the key ‘headline’ measures of Gross Food Revenue; Exports (overseas); and Finished Foods have all improved steadily over the year, demonstrating a remarkable resilience in the performance of South Australia’s food chains.

Read the 2008-09 SA Food ScoreCard Report for the full story.

Latest Industry Overviews

Read the 2008-2009 Industry ScoreCards:

Wine scorecard is also produced.

Regional ScoreCard Summaries

Summaries have been released for each region. Read the 2005-06 Regional ScoreCard Summaries.

ScoreCard Time Series

The SA Food ScoreCard Timeseries gives users easy access to the Food ScoreCard outcomes of the last 5 years. Users can select various areas and industries from the Food ScoreCard reports and quickly see how they have changed over time.

Visit the SA Food ScoreCard Time Series

Who can I contact?

Rob Esvelt
PIRSA
p +61 8 8226 0475
e rob.esvelt@sa.gov.au