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Inside the 4th Food and Place, Food and Displace Symposium

Blog post prepared by Livia Padilha Recently I participated in the 4th ‘Food and Place, Food and Displace’ Symposium, which was held at Flinders University, Victoria Square. This event was hosted by the Australian Food. Society and Culture Network and its aim was “to present and discuss research on the relationships between eating, drinking, place […]

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Papua New Guinea’s ‘Galip Nut’ commercialised

‘Canarium Indicum’ is an agroforestry tree in Papua New Guinea that produces edible nuts and has been the focus of efforts by donor agencies and The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) to develop as a commercial crop.  The first commercial products of the Canarium Indicum tree traditionally known as Galip in PNG was launched in […]

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A new Nut on the block!

Blog post written by Craig Johns, Associate Director Agribusiness Innovation, GFAR It is not every day you get to launch a new food product, particularly when it is the culmination of years of research and strong multidisciplinary collaboration across two countries. Well, this is what just happened in Papua New Guinea last week. Centre for […]

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A Day in the Adelaide Hills

Read on for an account of Day 4 of the short course on Food Standards and Regulations Familiarisation, led by The Centre for Global Food and Resources. The IA-CEPA delegates braved a cold winter morning to visit local businesses in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. The morning kicked off with a visit to the processing facility […]

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Insights into the South Australian Agrifood Industry and Food Standards

Read on for an update on the proceedings from Day 2 of the short course on Food Standards and Regulations Familiarisation, led by The Centre for Global Food and Resources. The second day for the IA-CEPA delegates at the University of Adelaide began with Elizabeth Gunner from Richard Gunner’s Fine Meats talking about her experience […]

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Save the date! 2018 AARES Annual Conference

The Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) conference is coming to Adelaide. Put it in your diary for 6-9 February 2018. The 2018 theme is: Abundance in an Era of Scarcity? Challenges and Opportunities for Australasian Agriculture, Environment, Food, Resources and Agribusiness. Each year the conference aims to highlight the latest economic research and policy innovations in […]

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Special International guests, University of Adelaide Alumnus Prof Philip Pardey, University of Minnesota and Dr Gabe Gusimi, PepsiCo: Big data and its application to Agribusiness

The Centre for Global Food and Resources together with Agribusiness Australia have the pleasure of announcing Special International guests, University of Adelaide Alumnus Prof Philip Pardey, University of Minnesota and Dr Gabe Gusimi, PepsiCo: Big data and its application to Agribusiness Monday 13 February 2017 Ayers House, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 Topic: ‘Beyond […]

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GFAR talks nanotechnology

On November 3rd Professor Wendy Umberger, Director of the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR), participated as a discussant at the AmCham Adelaide Business School Luncheon focusing on ‘What is Nanotechnology and Why Should I Care?’. GFAR researcher, Rohan Yargop, attended the luncheon at the Intercontinental Adelaide, and provides a brief summary of the event […]

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Smallholders in a rapidly changing Asian region

Agrifood sector in Asia is changing. Consumer preferences are changing. Agrifood retail sector is changing. The question is how about smallholder producers? Are smallholder farmers changing? Can they change? Should they change? How to help them change? What, why and how do they change? What is the ‘suggested’ change? How can best assist smallholders? Our […]

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Indonesian Agriculture and Food Sectors: Beyond Rice

Those who live in Indonesia must realise there have been some changes in the way we purchase our food and the food that we consume. We have and see more of beef and dairy consumption. We see increased availability of and go more often to modern supermarkets. Yet, there has not been much written to […]

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