Professor Derek Baker
Professor , Agribusiness - UNE Business School
Phone: +61 2 6773 2627
Mobile: +61 429 905 093
Email: derek.baker@une.edu.au
Building: W40, Room 411
Biography
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Derek Baker is Professor of Agribusiness and Value Chains. His research interests are in measurement and analysis of food industry performance, particularly in the development of empirical supply chain analysis. A research and project manager by profession, Derek has worked in the private and public sectors of food, farm and primary industry in over 40 countries.
Qualifications
PhD (Agricultural Economics) Pennsylvania State University 1991.
B Agr Sc (Hons I) Massey University 1984.
GCERT (Research Management) University of Melbourne, 2016.
MTEM (Research Management) University of Melbourne, in progress
Awards
- UNE Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law Teaching Award for development of an agribusiness teaching initiative taking agribusiness students abroad for study tours and instructing them in agribusiness case study methodologies (2019).
- Short listed for best project awards by IFAD for project "Innovative Beef Value Chain Development Schemes in Southern Africa" in the category “Impact on poverty reduction” (2014).
Teaching Areas
Teaching areas and award
Undergraduate Level
ECON101
OSSE 300
BUS301
HORT 420
Post-graduate Level
BUS501
OSSE500
HDR supervision topic areas
- Network analysis of primary industry
- Supply Chain and Value Chain performance analysis
- Quantitative modelling of whole-chain systems
- Innovation and technology uptake in primary industries
- Policy toward primary industries and whole-chain development
- Social Enterprises
Primary Research Area/s
Food and Agribusiness; Supply chain; Livestock systems; Agricultural and food policy; International development; Inofrmation systems
Research Interests
- Agrifutures project on Impacts of net zero Carbon on Australian agribusiness and producers
- Future Food Systems CRC, with NSW Framers, on farmer engagement with 30x30 growth strategy
- USAID project on GHG emissions' measurement in Ethiopia
- Food Agility CRC Grand Challenge Food for Life Australian supply chain resilience
- ACIAR project on Ethiopian livestock data
- Agrifutures project on Digital Transformation in Chicken Meat
- NSW Local Land Services training
- World Bank project on Digital Transformation in downstream food supply chain
Research Supervision Experience
Past research/teaching grants and consultancies
- Australian Meat Processor Corporation on Innovation in Red Meat Processing
- Agrifutures on Investment Analysis for Rural Roads
- Border Regional Organisation of Councils on Rural Infrastructure
- CSIRO on Rural Infrastructure Investment
- FAO project on Livestock Data Measurement
- IFPRI on Value Chain Analysis for Product Marketing
- IFPRI on training in Value Chain Analysis
- ILRI on Dairy Development Economics
- Australian Organic
HDR supervision data
Kanar Hamza – System Dynamics of Agricultural Value Chains
Yue (Nikki) Zhang – the Value of Supply Chain Information in the Red Meat Industry
Matthew Wysel – Management of Information Platforms
Thi Lan Vu - Coffee transaction mechanisms in Vietnam
Lorraine Gordon – Alternative Beef production Systems
Zenal Asikin – Business Models in Indonesian Beef Value Chains
Peter Musinguzi – Social Enterprise in Rural Areas
Publications
2022 in preparation
- Asikin, Z., D. Baker and R. Villano “New Business Models for Smallholder Cattle Producers in Indonesia: a cluster analysis of survey data”
- Zhang, Y., N. Huang, E. Morales, D. Baker and G. Griffith “Determinants of upstream producers’ willingness to share information about product quality”
- Da Silva, A. and D. Baker “Food Loss and Food Waste: The Lack Of Consensus On Definition And Measurement"
- Musinguzi, P., D. Baker, N. Larder and R. Villano “The Measurement of Social Impacts in Social Enterprises that Target Rural Development: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Studies”
- Musinguzi, P., D. Baker, N. Larder and R. Villano (accepted for 2021, under revision) “Identification of Critical Success Factors in rural focused Social Enterprises: a multi constituent approach and guide to further research directions” Journal of Business Venturing Insights
2021 Published
- Nur Fajrina, Derek Baker and R.R. Rukmowati Brotodjojo (2021) “Covid-19 and its effect on home gardening behaviour in Indonesia” Proceedings of Southeast Asia Vegetable Symposium 2021. Yogyakarta, 18-20 Nov 2021
- Wysel, M., Baker, D., & Billingsley, W. (2021). Data sharing platforms: How value is created from agricultural data. Agricultural Systems 103241 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103241
- Cook, S., Jackson, E. L., Fisher, M. J., Baker, D., & Diepeveen, D. (2021). Embedding digital agriculture into sustainable Australian food systems: pathways and pitfalls to value creation. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability,
- , 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2021.1937881
- Thi Hoa Pham and D. Baker (2021) “The adaptation strategies of flower and vegetable growers to COVID-19: survey indications from the Central Highlands of Viet Nam” Agribusiness Perspectives24:10
- Nur Fajrina, D. Baker, and R.R. Rukmowati Brotodjojo (2021) “The local-level impacts of COVID-19 on Vegetable Consumption at selected locations in Indonesia” Agribusiness Perspectives 24:9
- Graham, P., D. Baker and G. Griffith (2021) “Relationship Quality and Innovation in a High Value Export Supply Chain” Australian Agribusiness Review 24: 10
- Perry, M., D. Baker and G. Griffith (2021) “Environmental Issues in the Tasmanian Salmon Supply Chain, and Commercial Response” Agribusiness Perspectives 24:11
- Baker, D., S. Mounter, B. Sung, M. Thander-Wynne, A. Voinov, F. Taghikhah (2021 under review and formatting with publisher) “Resilience in Australian Agri-food Supply Chains: tools for assessment and management” Food Agility CRC.
Memberships
- Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Australian Research Management Society
- International Society of Farm Management
- Australian Institute of Agriculture (NSW) (2015)
- Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (Branch President 2018 - 19)
- International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (Board Member 2018 - )
- European Association of Agricultural Economists
- Nordic Food Innovation Group
- Fulbright Scholars’ Alumni Association
Other school/university/external roles
Co-ordinator, minor dissertations
Senior Common Room for UNE’s Robb College
Management Committee Member, UNE SMART REGION INCUBATOR
Co-trainer and manager of UNE teams for IFAMA Student International Case Study Competition (With Dr Stuart Mounter and Ms Sally Strelitz)
Consultancy Interests
Development economics
Agro-industrial adjustment
Regional Economics
Livestock production and marketing
Community and Advocacy Organisation Collaborations
What a Waste: A global townhall meeting on Food Waste (with Armiodale Regional Council, Sustainable Living Armidale and the NSW Environmental Protection Authority
NSW Circular (Office of NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer)
Local Councils' road infrastructure policy
Armidale Business Council audit of business skills in the community and business needs