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recapping 2018- part two
In the final GFAR blog of 2018, we continue to look back into highlights of our research activities, staff and student contributions, contributions to development of policy of GFAR researchers through the blogs we have shared this year from July to December. July kicked off with the commercialisation of Galip Nut in Papua New Guinea. […]
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recapping 2018 – Part one
2018 is soon drawing to a close. In today’s blog, we look back at our research activities both those of staff and students, contributions to development of policy GFAR researchers have made, as shared through our blogs this year from January to June. In January, we wrote about the water crisis in Cape Town where […]
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Recapping the 5th International Rice Congress
Blog prepared by Rio Maligalig GFAR researcher, Rio Maligalig, participated in the 5th International Rice Congress (IRC2018) held in Singapore from 15 to 17 October 2018. The congress is held every four years and is the world’s largest gathering of scientists, researchers, industry experts and players in the rice sector. The theme of this […]
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A recap and lessons learned at the Australian Farm Institute Roundtable Conference “Evidence Meets Emotion”
Blog prepared by Nikki Dumbrell Each year The Australian Farm Institute hosts a Roundtable conference with a topical theme. This year the conference was held at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra on Tuesday 16 October with the theme “Evidence meets emotion”. This theme follows on from their John Ralph Essay competition earlier in […]
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A Note from ICID 2018 Conference
GFAR PhD candidate, Sitti Rahma Ma’Mun, recently participated in the International Conference and the 65th International Executive Council (IEC) Meeting of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The conference theme was “Innovative and Sustainable Agri-Water Management: Adapting to a variable and changing climate”. The ICID 2018 International Conference was […]
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Reflections from the 2018 Crawford Fund Conference
Rida Akzar, a PhD student at GFAR was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2018 annual Crawford Fund Conference. The theme for this year’s conference was ‘Reshaping Agriculture for Better Nutrition – The Agriculture, Food, Nutrition, Health Nexus’. Rida was one of the 44 young scholars chosen from across Australia after a competitive selection process […]
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GFAR PhD students present at the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists
GFAR researcher Rio Maligalig and PhD Student Phassara Khamthara participated in the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) held in Vancouver, Canada from 28th July to 2nd August 2018. ICAE is the flagship conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) and is held every three years. The theme of this year’s conference […]
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Master of Agribusiness students represent GFAR at IFAMA 2018
Blog post prepared by James Mumford, Edward Fowler and Giancarlo Cassinelli (current Master of Agribusiness students) Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) Master of Agribusiness (MAB) students Edward Fowler, Giancarlo Cassinelli and James Mumford recently travelled to Argentina to participate in the case study competition of the 2018 International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) […]
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Promoting Co-investment in environmental stewardship
Blog post prepared by Sacha Amaruzaman Sacha Amaruzaman, a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR), shared his work in a session on “Sustainable production landscapes and seascapes for biodiversity, human livelihoods and well-being” during the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP 2018) in Yokohama, Japan. In the […]
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Day 3: Final Day of the AARES Conference 2018
Blog post by Dr Juliane Haensch, Research Fellow, Centre for Global Food and Resources The third day started with two invited speaker sessions: Maureen Cropper and Peter Cramton talked about future challenges in the energy sector and Scott Swinton (AEAA President) and John Gibson explored ‘What methods should we be using?’, giving an overview on […]
