The Burdekin, Herbert and Plane Creek CPIs were initiated by a 2001 study by McKinsey and Associates on developing the future of the Sugar Industry in the CSR mill regions. One of the strong recommendations from that study was an extension initiative based around geographically-centred grower groups using adult learning principles. Several other sugar producing regions; including Mackay, Mulgrave, and Bundaberg, have used similar principles in their own ‘productivity initiatives’.
This review is about looking forward to the next five years and developing stratgies to take the initiative into the future.