Australian Agriculture
Agrifood traceability community connecting on-farm production, assurance, processing, market access, and sustainability data across Australian agricultural supply chains.
UNTP Implementation Status
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Operational
The Australian Agriculture community is anchored in the work of Food Agility CRC, a Cooperative Research Centre that brokers, designs, and delivers digital and data innovation programs for the Australian agrifood industry to improve profitability and sustainability.
Food Agility administers the Australian Agriculture Traceability Protocol (AATP), a free, open, and scalable traceability and transparency framework that meets the safety and sustainability requirements of domestic and export markets. The protocol provides digital traceability solutions that help supply-chain stakeholders meet their obligations and communicate credible sustainability information.
The AATP serves four main groups: regulators seeking to combat greenwashing and improve export market access; industry participants meeting supply-chain due diligence obligations; software providers enabling customers to participate in digitised supply chains; and certifiers providing verifiable documentation of ESG compliance. It is supported by a published specification, guidance materials, a registration system, and an open GitHub repository and Slack community.
Within a UNTP implementation context, this community can help Australian agrifood stakeholders map on-farm production, property records, movement and processing events, assurance status, market-access requirements, and environmental credentials into interoperable digital credentials. This supports stronger paddock-to-plate traceability, more efficient compliance checks, and better data reuse across producers, processors, exporters, retailers, certifiers, and regulators.
The community contact is Prof David Lamb, Deputy CEO & Chief Scientist at Food Agility CRC. See his profile for background.
Pilot Implementations
The AATP is being proven through a series of industry case studies spanning red meat, horticulture, and grains.
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Beef: EUDR Compliance:
An investigation into the export of Australian beef products to Europe in accordance with the proposed European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
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Beef: Farm Sustainability & Traceability:
Trialling a scalable, digital sustainability reporting framework to help beef producers track, verify, and share their environmental credentials.
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Cherries: Cold Chain Integrity:
Showcasing the art of the possible using the AATP to help growers digitise and link verifiable credentials to exports, providing greater transparency to trading partners.
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Canola: Biofuel Market:
How the AATP digitally links sustainability and traceability claims to consignments of grain, using established regulations in international markets.
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Grain: Supply Chain Harmonisation:
A GRDC-commissioned investigation into how information exchange in grain supply chains could be improved through harmonisation.
Note: The links in the tables below point to early AATP implementations and reference material. They will be updated to point to formal UNTP register entries once UNTP v1.0 is released.
Credential Extensions
| Name | Base Credential | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Livestock Passport | UNTP Digital Product Passport | Draft |
| Processed Meat Passport | UNTP Digital Product Passport | Draft |
| Horticulture Passport | UNTP Digital Product Passport | Draft |
| Grains Passport | UNTP Digital Product Passport | Draft |
| Animal Processing Event | UNTP Digital Traceability Event | Draft |
| Animal Feeding Event | UNTP Digital Traceability Event | Draft |
| Deforestation Credential | UNTP Digital Conformity Credential | Draft |
| Emissions Intensity Credential | UNTP Digital Conformity Credential | Planned |
Identifier Schemes
| Name | Scope | IDR Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) | Cattle, sheep, and goat identification | In-progress |
| Property Identification Code (PIC) | Livestock properties and holdings, allocated by state and territory jurisdictions | In-progress |
| Australian Business Number (ABN) | Australian business entities, issued by the Australian Business Register | In-progress |
| Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) | Products at batch or serialised item level, issued by GS1 | Registered |
Conformity Schemes
| Name | CVC Status |
|---|---|
| EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) | In-progress |
| Australian Beef Sustainability Framework (ABSF) | Candidate |
| Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS / AASB S2) | Candidate |
| Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) | Candidate |
| Meat Standards Australia (MSA) | Candidate |
| European Union Cattle Assurance Scheme (EUCAS) | Candidate |
| DAFF Export Orchard & Packhouse Accreditation | Candidate |
| Organic Certification | Candidate |
| Australian Grain Industry Code of Practice | Candidate |
Software Systems
| Name | System Type | Issuing Status |
|---|---|---|
| Farm Reports (CIBO Labs) | Deforestation conformity credentials and agricultural data analytics | Testing |
| Trust Provenance | Supply-chain traceability and transparency suite | Testing |
| FreshChain Platform | Farm-to-fork traceability and assurance platform | Testing |
| Pyx IDR | UNTP-compliant identity resolver service | Testing |
Community Owner
Governance
Industry-led agrifood governance coordinated by Food Agility CRC through the Australian Agriculture Traceability Protocol (AATP), with partners across industry, government, and academia. The community connects Australian farmers, food manufacturers, software providers, certifiers, and regulators around a free, open, and scalable traceability framework.