Category Archives: Global Food Systems

Podcast – Prof Pardey, Agricultural Investment and R & D Returns

By Lisa Topelmann-Weder | Published: March 21, 2012
Listen to Prof Phil Pardey from the University of Minnesota speak on research compiled with Prof Julian Alston, UC-Davis on how agricultural investors get their biggest return from their R & D investment.
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Video – Prof Pinstrup-Andersen, 10 Action Issues for Food Security

By Lisa Topelmann-Weder | Published: March 15, 2012
Watch World Food Prize Laureate Prof Per Pinstrup-Andersen speak on Food Security Issues to 2050: What are the biggest issues needing action and whose job is it? Presented on February 13, 2012 at the University of Adelaide’s Forum on Food Security
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Podcast – Dr Nick Austin, ACIAR, New Approaches in International Agricultural Research

By Lisa Topelmann-Weder | Published: March 7, 2012
Listen to a recording of Dr Nick Austin, CEO of ACIAR, speaking about new approaches in international agricultural research
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Podcast – Prof Findlay, Reframing the Agenda

By Lisa Topelmann-Weder | Published: February 17, 2012
Listen to a recording of Christopher Findlay, Executive Dean of Professions, University of Adelaide speaking about reframing the food, nutrition, health, and agriculture R and D agenda.
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Podcast – Dr Will Martin, National and global food security

By Lisa Topelmann-Weder | Published: February 17, 2012
Listen to Dr Will Martin, World Bank, speaking about national and global food security: what roles for trade and trade policies? Slides National and global food security, Dr Will Martin View more presentations from food2050
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Food Security Forum Wrap Up

By Lisa Topelmann-Weder | Published: February 17, 2012
                            Prof Kym Anderson’s wrap up comments A stellar line up of speakers and a capacity audience of over 200 delegates and speakers from 16 different countries and 5 Australian states ‘reframed’ the global agriculture and food research agenda. Research and policy [...]
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Podcast – Prof Pinstrup-Anderson – 10 Action Issues

By Lisa Topelmann-Weder | Published: February 15, 2012
Click here to download the Podcast Prof Per Pinstrup-Anderson, World Food Prize Laureate, Cornell University and University of Copenhagen Food Security Issues to 2050: What are the biggest issues needing action and whose job is it? 10 Action Issues
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Multiple Food Security Research Grant Success in Economics

By Dan McCafferty | Published: January 9, 2012
A $1m global research program in food security is being developed at the University of Adelaide. Participants in this network from around the world will meet at the National Forum on Food Security to be held at the National Wine Centre on February 13th, 2012 http://economics.adelaide.edu.au/events/food-security University participants come from a number of its Faculties, [...]
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Global Food Systems and Food Security Workshop Summary

By Dan McCafferty | Published: December 6, 2011
On November 30th, 2011, twenty two senior staff comprised of researchers from the Faculty of Professions, the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, the Faculty of Sciences as well as policy and decision makers from SARDI and PIRSA and the Waite Research Institute, attended the “Global Food Systems and Food Security” workshop at the Waite [...]
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Welcome to the Global Food Systems Blog

By Dan McCafferty | Published: November 14, 2011
Global Food Systems 2050 is a new research coalition which sits within the Waite Research Institute and the School of Economics to provide a systems perspective on current food policy issues. It will be the Asia-Pacific’s leading research consortium in the area of Food Economics, Business and Policy partnering with existing research strengths across faculties [...]
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