Dr Jammie Penm's talk from the Australian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society's event "Reframing the Food Agenda: Setting the Scene for Australia" held August 19, 2011

1. Australian food production and agricultural productivity Jammie Penm General Manager, Agricultural Commodities and Trade

4. Share of agricultural production exported average for 2008-09 to 2010-11s

5. Australia’s food exports and imports

6. Food imports per person for selected countries, 2009-10

7. Energy content of food imports kilojoules per person per day 2008-09 Domestic production Imports Share of domestic production (kJ) (kJ) Grain-based products 33 824 814 2% Sugar-based products 9 305 129 1% Oilseeds, oil and fat 5 727 1 546 27% Fresh and processed fruit and nuts 1 391 302 22% Fresh and processed vegetables 2 013 329 16% Meat and meat products 3 283 165 5% Dairy products 3 281 240 7% Seafood 145 190 131% Eggs 120 0 0% Other 757 Total 59 089 4 470 8%

10. Total winter crop production

11. Murray–Darling Basin water storage

12. Productivity trends and terms of trade Broadacre TFP 2% Terms of trade – 2.2% Pre-1994 TFP 2.2% Post-1994 TFP 0.4%

14. Framework for agricultural productivity ↑ Agricultural productivity growth Farm-level factors An innovative operating environment Macroeconomic conditions External factors Policy approaches

15. Enablers of productivity growth: R,D&E Broadacre productivity growth of 2% a year (1953–2008)

16. Output Incentives for productivity growth Production frontier Input Most farms can increase productivity by ‘catching up’ to the best farms Technical efficiency change: grain growers 1978 to 2008 –0.3%