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Podcast – Dr Will Martin, National and global food security

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

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 priorities for agriculture, food and nutrition research were set and a call to action […]

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Podcast – Prof Pinstrup-Anderson – 10 Action Issues

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

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

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

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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The Challenge

Firms involved in agricultural and food production, processing and distribution face unique challenges and opportunities resulting from globalization.  Their capacity to respond will have great significance for their communities.  The development of new relationships in the research community will assist with their ability to adjust and to capture more of the opportunities available. The current […]

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The Opportunity at the University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is uniquely placed in Australia to organise these research networks and to respond to the drivers of change in world food policy. It has deep skills in the core area of supply chain analysis as well as consumer behaviour.  It has depth in the economics and business analysis of food markets […]

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ARC Discovery Grant Success

Congratulations to Associate Professor Ralph Bayer, who has been successful in the current round of ARC Discovery grants. His proposal is entitled "Effective and efficient corporate tax enforcement" and he will be working with partner investigators, Professor Frank Cowell (London School of Economics) and Associate Professor Rupert Sausgruber (University of Innsbruck). The funding is for […]

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ARC Grant Success

Professor Mark Weder and Dr Jacob Wong – Understanding the Effects of News Shocks on Macroeconomic Fluctuations. $186K over 3 years. The aim of this project is to construct and analyze models of economic fluctuations in which arrival of news concerning future innovations in economic fundamentals can have substantial effects on current economic activity. The […]

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