Our Role
Agriculture Victoria Services Pty Ltd (AVS) has delivered service excellence to the Government of Victoria since 1986 to help improve the productivity and competitiveness of Victorian agriculture and related local industries - by commercialising the research and innovation of the Agriculture Victoria Research branch (AVR) of the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA).
Our Purpose
AVS unlocks the unrealised value of Victoria’s agricultural industries to drive better economic, social and environmental outcomes.
AVS holds a unique place within the Victorian agricultural ecosystem. This ecosystem depends on our best and brightest researchers delivering farm-ready innovation to enhance industry productivity, resilience and sovereign capability. Such innovation is particularly important as our agricultural sector adapts to the significant challenges associated with changing consumer needs, biosecurity risks, reducing carbon emissions and adapting to climate change. While these challenges present risks, they also offer opportunities for farmers to embrace new technologies and products.
AVS plays a key role in driving the translation of research into products and services that benefit the economy, the environment and society and ensure the continued success, productivity and sustainability of Victoria’s agricultural sector.
Our Value Proposition
AVS heightens the impact and reach of AVR research, and accelerates the time from discovery to application, using our:
○ Customer, consumer and farmer insights and influence
○ Financial, commercialisation and investment leverage
○ Connectivity and partnerships with government and industry
The symbiotic relationship between AVS and AVR is a central pillar in the role Government takes to ensure we have a vibrant and productive research sector. This partnership requires responsiveness to the needs of both separate and collective stakeholders. AVS and AVR collaborate throughout the value chain, from research strategy to product delivery. Engagement at every project stage ensures that scientific and commercial strategies are tailored to industry needs, delivering outcomes that benefit both the public good and commercial interests.
AVS is a pivotal influencer, collaborating with AVR to develop scalable and investible projects that offer innovative solutions to Victorian farmers. Drawing on its internal expertise and industry insights, AVS helps define the route to market and accelerate development of products and services that address real industry challenges. Through each development pathway, AVS enables the best possible decisions to minimise investment, shorten time and maximise impact.
Our Value Ecosystem
AVS, together with AVR, drives the value chain that flows from the needs of farmers to targeted research, investment and partnership, to deliver innovations to farmers.
In collaboration with AVR, AVS enhances the impact and reach of AVR research and accelerates the time from discovery to application. This is achieved through our customer, consumer, and farmer insights and influence; financial, commercialisation, and investment leverage; and connectivity and partnerships with government and industry.
How We Grow Value
At AVS, we adopt a long-term investment horizon, recognising initiatives require time for value creation. At the same time, we collaborate with partners to establish robust decision-making frameworks, ensuring investments progress as quickly as possible towards achieving targeted returns, and getting innovations into the hands of farmers in the shortest time possible.
Our Strategic Priorities
Aligned with our AVS Strategy 2024-27, three key imperatives drive our focus of effort.
Grow a portfolio with greatest impact for all:
- maximise commercial returns
- secure value-adding collaborators to accelerate innovations to market
- capture and protect valuable intellectual property (IP)
- invest in projects that focus on a triple bottom line
Grow initiatives that leverage the highest value for AVR research
- enable validation of the most promising research and technology
- assist commercial partners to develop products based on validated technologies
- ensure active portfolio management for efficient allocation of investment and effort
Grow sustainable foundations so we have capacity for scale
- cultivate strong relationships with AVR researchers and industry stakeholders
- secure a steady talent pipeline
- maintain financial sustainability
- enhance the robustness of our governance structures