Data Requirements Register

Status:: Draft
Source file:: 01 Scoping/04-data-requirements-register.md
Created:: 2026-06-09
Last updated:: 2026-08-05
Sensitivity review:: Completed
Purpose:: This register defines data needs for later phases. It does not contain collected evidence.

The primary project geography is the New England Landcare Network member-organisation footprint: Granite Borders Landcare, Southern New England Landcare, Glenrac and Gwymac. Evidence should be tagged by member area where possible. Broader New England, Northern Tablelands, NSW, Queensland and Australian evidence may be used as context or comparator evidence where member-area data is unavailable.

ID	Required dataset	Preferred source type	Alternate source type	Geography	Format	Availability risk	Priority	Perspective
D1	Hemp product prices by category	Transaction records, buyer quotes, processor price schedules	Industry reports, interviews	Australia, NSW, Queensland, export markets	Table/time series	High	High	Producer, Supply Chain
D2	Market volumes by product category	Trade statistics, processor/buyer volumes, market reports	Industry association estimates	Australia and relevant export markets	Table/report	High	High	Supply Chain
D3	Import and export data	Government trade statistics	Market reports	Australia, destination/source countries	Time series	Medium	High	Supply Chain
D4	Buyer quality specifications	Buyer/processors, contract terms	Industry guidance	Australia and target markets	Specification sheets	High	High	Producer, Supply Chain
D5	Minimum viable supply volumes	Processors, buyers, logistics providers	Industry interviews	NSW, Queensland, Australia	Interview/table	High	High	Producer, Supply Chain
D6	Regional yield expectations	Trials, agronomic studies, grower records	Comparable region studies	Member areas and comparable regions	Table/report	High	High	Producer
D7	Input requirements	Agronomic guides, producer budgets, trials	Interviews	Comparable Australian regions	Budget/table	Medium	High	Producer, Environment
D8	Labour and machinery requirements	Grower budgets, contractors, agronomists	Industry guides	Member areas, NSW and Queensland	Budget/table	Medium	High	Producer
D9	Water requirement and irrigation need	Agronomic studies, water-use data	Grower interviews	Member-area and comparable climates	Table/report	Medium	High	Producer, Environment
D10	Fertiliser and chemical requirements	Agronomic guides, trial data	Interviews	Comparable regions	Table/report	Medium	High	Producer, Environment
D11	Establishment and capital costs	Enterprise budgets, growers, contractors	Comparable crop budgets	Member areas, NSW and Queensland	Budget	High	High	Producer
D12	Harvest, drying and storage requirements	Growers, processors, agronomists	Industry guides	Australia	Checklist/budget	Medium	High	Producer, Supply Chain
D13	Processing infrastructure	Processor records, facility maps, interviews	Industry association lists	NSW, Queensland, Australia	Directory/table	High	High	Supply Chain, Producer
D14	Freight and logistics costs	Freight providers, processor locations	Producer estimates	Member areas to processors/buyers	Cost table	Medium	High	Producer, Supply Chain
D15	Regulatory requirements	NSW, Queensland and Commonwealth government sources	Legal summaries	NSW, Queensland, Australia	Summary/table	Medium	High	Producer, Supply Chain, NELN / Member Organisations
D16	Existing regional land uses	ABS, ABARES, state and local government	Regional plans	Tenterfield/former Stanthorpe, Armidale Regional, Glen Innes Severn, Inverell and broader comparators where required	Table/map	Medium	High	Producer, Environment
D17	Comparator enterprise economics	ABARES, state gross margins, local advisers	Producer interviews	Member-area and comparable enterprises	Budget/table	Medium	High	Producer, Environment
D18	Climate data	Bureau of Meteorology, state datasets	Regional plans	Member-area and comparable stations	Time series/map	Low	High	Producer, Environment
D19	Soil data	State soil datasets, CSIRO, local mapping	Regional plans	Member areas and comparators	Map/table	Medium	High	Producer, Environment
D20	Soil health impacts	Peer-reviewed studies, trials	Extension reports	Comparable production systems	Report/table	Medium	High	Environment
D21	Soil carbon impacts	Peer-reviewed studies, LCA studies, trials	Extension reports	Comparable climates/systems	Report/table	High	High	Environment
D22	Biodiversity impacts	Studies, regional biodiversity data	Expert interviews	Member-area/comparable	Report/map	High	Medium	Environment, NELN / Member Organisations
D23	Water quality impacts	Studies, catchment data	Expert interviews	Border Rivers, relevant New England catchments and comparable catchments	Report/table	High	Medium	Environment
D24	Greenhouse gas and lifecycle data	Peer-reviewed LCA, government emissions factors	Industry LCA with caveats	Comparable systems	Report/model	High	High	Environment
D25	Biosecurity and contamination risks	Government guidance, agronomists	Grower interviews	NSW, Queensland, Australia	Summary	Medium	Medium	Producer, NELN / Member Organisations
D26	Regional employment/value-add potential	Economic development data, processor plans	Case studies	Member areas and comparable regions	Report/table	High	Medium	NELN / Member Organisations, Supply Chain
D27	Landcare member priorities	NELN/member-organisation records, later member consultation	Workshops/interviews	Member-organisation areas	Notes/survey	Medium	High	NELN / Member Organisations
D28	Stakeholder risk and communications data	Stakeholder consultation, media scan	Comparable projects	Member-area/regional	Notes/register	Medium	Medium	NELN / Member Organisations
D29	Funding and partnership options	Government programs, industry partners	Philanthropic/regional sources	NSW, Queensland, Australia	Directory/table	Medium	Medium	NELN / Member Organisations
D30	Evidence gaps and uncertainty log	Project evidence register	Research team review	All relevant geographies	Register	Low	High	All

Data Quality Rules

Record the geography for every dataset.
Tag evidence by member area where possible.
Separate product categories wherever possible.
Record whether evidence is measured, modelled, estimated or asserted.
Record whether the source is independent, commercial, government, academic or advocacy-based.
Do not use a dataset for a decision-critical conclusion if the method, geography or product category is unclear.