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About CIF and CIF Knowledge Bank

Over the past few years the cereals industry has been involved in one of the most far-reaching initiatives it has ever undertaken. The Cereals Industry Forum (CIF), led by HGCA and the Food Chain Centre, has involved all parts of the industry and was supported by the National Farmers' Union, the National Farmers' Union of Scotland, National Association of British and Irish Millers, Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the Maltsters Association of Great Britain, the Institute and Guild of Brewing, the Federation of Bakers, the British Society for Plant Breeders, the British Beer and Pub Association, and the Scotch Whisky Association.

The work has been organised as a number of key activities including:

• Value Chain Analyses (VCAs)
• Probes
• Masterclasses
• CropBench
• Price Risk Management workshops

Case studies on the VCAs, Probes and Masterclasses can be found on this page, as well as being accessed from the individual themed sections of the HGCA Supply Chain Partnership website. You will also be able to download the final CIF report here. You will find that the main five areas of concern highlighted by CIF are covered elsewhere on this site. If you want to discuss any of the other issues raised, why not use the general forum pages to make your views known and exchange information with others in the industry.

Case Studies

Date	Type	Title
23/03/2007	VCA	Meeting the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation    (1122kb)
06/10/2006	PROBE	CPB Twyford Limited    (92kb)
06/10/2006	PROBE	Carrs    (107kb)
06/10/2006	PROBE	BFS Transport    (105kb)
05/10/2006	Masterclass	Dalmark Group    (103kb)
11/07/2006	VCA	Delighting the Consumers of Strong Plain White Flour - CPB Twyford, Yara, Farmcare, Whitworths and the CO-OP    (774kb)
26/06/2006	PROBE	Saxon Agriculture    (91kb)
26/06/2006	PROBE	Greencore Malt    (91kb)
26/06/2006	PROBE	Crisp Malting Group    (95kb)
26/06/2006	VCA	Improving the Feed Supply Chain - Bernard Matthews and Saxon Agriculture    (801kb)
10/03/2006	VCA	Developing Long Term Relations - Coors and Frontier    (897kb)
18/10/2005	VCA	Smoothing the Flow of Cereals Through the Chain - United Biscuits    (291kb)