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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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Forum to discuss opportunities in Agribusiness
Growth and development of the Australian Agribusiness sector is integral to the economic sustainability of South Australia. Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) has been at the forefront of discussion around creating efficient education pathways for Australian and international students interested in Agribusiness. Our educational programs in this area have been created through consultation […]
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A graduate’s story: From internship to career prospects in agribusiness
Graduating with the Master of Global Food and Agricultural Business (MGFAB) in 2014, Yumeng Chen, tells us of her experiences and provides advice to other future and current students. Yumeng on Global Food Studies (GFS) Our lecturers and tutors either currently work or have worked for world famous international organisations and have dozens of years […]
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AARES Conference Highlighted Opportunities for Australian Agriculture
GFS team have made a great presence at the 2016 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) Conference in Canberra, 2-5 February 2016. Our Director Professor Wendy J. Umberger has been inaugurated as the President of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES). This new role is a recognition of her continuing high impact […]
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Join our discussion #AARES 2016
Greeting from Canberra! Many of Global Food Studies team members are spending this week in Canberra attending the 60th AARES conference. The Early Career Researcher AARES workshop started yesterday (Saturday 30th January 2016) attended by ECRs from government institutions and universities. Our Senior Lecturer Dr Adam Loch opened the workshop. Some great tips were presented […]
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Research Tuesdays 10th Nov: Waterisk
In the World Economic Forum’s recently released 2015 global risk assessment, the threat identified as having the greatest potential impact was “water crises”. As our population grows and climate changes, the effective management of water resources will become increasingly critical; not just for the survival of communities and industries, but entire regions. So how should […]
Australia’s Agriculture Future: Trade, ‘Brand Australia’ and optimism
Global Food Studies partners Professor Kym Anderson AC and Professor Rachel Ankeny contributed to the recently-launched report from the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) on Australia’s Agriculture Future. According to Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb AC, the report “helps point the way to maintaining and enhancing our outstanding global reputation in agriculture, while […]
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MGFAB student selected as a delegate at SAMUDRA program to study Australian marine sector
Our Master of Global Food and Agricultural Students actively seek opportunities to further develop their professional network and research capacity. One of our students Mr Ade Wiguna Nur Yasin was selected to be a delegate at the ‘SAMUDRA program’ funded by Australia Awards to learn more about Australian marine sector. Here more about his story […]
White papers: Agricultural competitiveness and Northern Australia
The Australian government has recently released two important white papers on “Agricultural Competitiveness” and “Developing Northern Australia”. The White Paper on Developing Northern Australia is the first ever white paper on Northern Australia. It focuses on building priority roads, developing water resources, removing red tape, building a sustainable workforce and ensuring effective governance arrangements. As […]
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GFS calls for support for Vanuatu post Cyclone Pam
Yesterday we wrote a blog post about our concerns over the safety of the people in Vanuatu and their food and agricultural sectors in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam. We stated that the next step for Global Food Studies would be to see how we can help. This is how we want to help people […]
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