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SIGMA NSW

Stakeholder Intelligence Gathering for Market Access

Early Signals. Informed Decisions. Stronger Biosecurity.

Welcome to SIGMA  NSW

SIGMA NSW is a proactive engagement and intelligence-gathering program designed to support NSW’s plant based industries in responding to current and emerging biosecurity threats. The program focuses on collecting early insights from industry stakeholders to inform current and long-term market access planning and decision-making.

Whether a pest is newly detected or under active response SIGMA NSW ensures that industry voices are heard so that NSW can maintain market confidence, protect trade relationships, and support local businesses.

Why SIGMA NSW?

  • Early engagement ensures timely action, allowing NSW government and business to prepare for less ideal scenarios, such as trade restrictions or pest establishment.
  • Industry intelligence is critical to shaping practical, informed biosecurity strategies and action plans.
  • Consultative planning ensures that industry’s concerns in both immediate response and long-term market access needs are addressed.

Who should participate?

We invite stakeholders across NSW’s agricultural supply chains—including growers, processors, exporters, and industry bodies—to provide input using SIGMA; an online resource and pathway to submit structured input into decision making about biosecurity threats to plant based industries. Your feedback helps shape NSW’s approach to biosecurity and trade, ensuring it reflects real-world business needs and risks.

Current SIGMA topics

Below are active SIGMA NSW topics where you can provide feedback on specific pest or biosecurity scenarios. Follow the pest link for more information or access the tailored feedback form designed to capture your insights and considerations.

Tomato potato psyllid (TPP) | Complete the Stakeholder Survey for TPP

Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) | Complete the Stakeholder Survey for ToBRFV

Thank you for your input

We sincerely thank you for taking the time to share your insights through SIGMA NSW. Your feedback plays a vital role in helping NSW prepare for and respond to emerging biosecurity threats. By contributing your knowledge, experience, and business considerations, you’re helping shape informed decisions that protect market access, support industry resilience, and strengthen our collective biosecurity response.

Privacy statement

The information you provide in these forms is collected by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) NSW for the purpose of informing preparedness and market access planning. Your responses will be stored securely within DPIRD’s information management system and will only be accessed by authorised personnel involved in biosecurity and market access planning.

Participation is voluntary, and you may choose to skip any question(s). Personal and business information will be handled in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW). Data may be aggregated and anonymised for reporting purposes. Individual responses will not be published or shared externally without your consent.

If you have any questions about how your information will be used or stored, please send them to biosecurityplantapplications@dpird.nsw.gov.au.