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Sectors

The Food Chain Centre's work covers all sectors of agriculture though our main programmes are in cereals, dairy, fresh produce and red meat (relevant information for poultry is also highlighted).

Information and case studies are available in each of these sections.

Cereals
The Food Chain Centre, along with the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA), is a founding father of the Cereals Industry Forum.  The aim of the Cereals Industry Forum is to improve the efficiency and performance of the cereal chain in a way consistent with a sustainable, internationally    more
Fresh Produce
The Food Chain Centre is conducting a wide range of pilot programmes in the fresh produce sector aimed at improving business competitiveness. Value chain analysis involves mapping different fresh produce supply chains starting with the grower, through processing and packing to the final customer    more
Dairy
The Food Chain Centre is running a programme of dairy value chain analysis to help identify improvements in supply chains and strengthen Collaboration.  Our work will cover 8 different chains including fresh milk, cheese and deserts starting on the farm, through processing to final    more
Red Meat
The Food Chain Centre’s programme of 9 red meat value chain analyses has been completed and all the results are now published.  The results of this work can be seen by clicking on the ''Cutting Costs - Adding Value in Red Meat'' folder below.  The complete folder or    more
Poultry
Poultry producers will find information and case studies that are of benefit to them. In other sectors there is an explanation of the ‘value chain analysis’ method that provides a way for whole chains to identify improvement opportunities.  In Cereals there are case studies that    more