Project Examples 

Educational Initiative about Agriculture into Primary Schools (2021)

The base knowledge of primary school students in Western Australia regards to agriculture has been a concern for industry for many decades.

With less and less people involved in farming the knowledge of how farmers go from paddock to plate remains low. 

To combat this lack of awareness, QABI assisted a state farming organisation to develop and deliver a curriculum and resource rich course for primary school students that explained the who, what, where, why and how of farming in Western Australia.

Covering all industries that compose agriculture in WA, the program was rolled in 2021 and engaged students with in classroom learning, augmentred reality experiences and face to face discussions with agricultural professionals.

QABI managed the project from ideation through development and into delivery.

Social License to Operate (2020)

As we began the pandemic, there was a greater focus on food and our farmers here in Western Australia.

QABI assisted a state farming organisation in developing a strategy in response to constant media scrutiny about farming practices.

The combined platform of social media channels and central trust website asset met the needs of the client.

QABI managed the project from conceptualisation through to delivery, contributing to content to grow the reach of the platform. 

Planning for a Food Secure Future in Western Australia (2019)

For QABI Consulting, it's all about outcome.

About creating value in every activity that we engage in and being passionate about our purpose.

We are very passionate about how future generations will sustainably feed themselves.

We were fortunate to have the opportunity with the Perth NRM to contribute to the Situational Report for the "Food Security Plan For Western Australia".

In doing so, we brought the hemispheres of previous experience in horticulture and business analysis to create value for a worthy activity and to address a problem that is only now starting to be acknowledged

The report outlines the 10 factors that will impact on our capacity to deliver a food secure future for 5 million people living in Western Australia by 2050.

Sustainability Indicator Platform (2018/19)

The Sustainability Indicator Platform (SIP) project (later the Locale app) was a pull-thru support mechanism for food producers to gain more market share from consumers by demonstrate their sustainability credentials.

Consumers were able to access and interact with food producers via a secure interface that would display traceability information to assist in making more informed purchasing decisions.

QABI undertook two elicitation exercises to prove the project validity.

The first was a farmer survey of 200 farmers under activity 1 above. The aim of this survey was to investigate the level of awareness food producers have of growing market demand for demonstrable sustainability credentials and to the level of awareness of consumer trends in general.

QABI recognised the importance of the consumer in driving sustainability initiatives in food supply chains and the survey was designed to assess the level of knowledge the average consumer has of food production in Western Australia. The survey also provides insight into what drives purchasing decisions by consumers.

Between the two surveys, the QABI delivered a complete view to align and connect consumers and food
producers on a more involved and beneficial basis.

QABI also devised the 200 criteria matrix to assess food producer sustainability credentials which is based on the quadruple bottom line.

The criteria assessment covers the areas of:
1. Quality management
2. Environment management
3. Social accountability