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GFAR Vietnam vegetables project in the news for International Women’s Day
Blog post by Nikki Dumbrell, Research Associate at GFAR In January 2018 Nikki Dumbrell, a Research Associate with The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) travelled to Lao Cai Province in Vietnam to evaluate and capture some of the impact of a GFAR-led research for development project. The project is funded by the Australian Centre for […]
GFAR researchers at the North-West Vietnam Research Symposium
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) hosted the ‘North-West Vietnam Research Symposium’ in Hanoi last week. The symposium was attended by over 300 participants from Vietnamese and Australian institutions. The symposium was a showcase of ACIAR-funded research in north-west Vietnam. The north-west Vietnam region is mountainous, inhabited by communities of ethnic minorities, and […]
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Workshop on Climate Adaptation in China
GFS researcher Dr Jayanthi Thennakoon and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions Professor Christopher Findlay visited China last March. They attended a workshop between 14 and 19 March 2015 in Guangzhou, China, which was part of the ACIAR-funded Assessing Farmer Responses to Climate Change – Adjustment Policy Options project (ADP/2011/039), led by […]
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Meeting partners and measuring diet quality in Vietnam
Our PhD student Christian Genova recently visited Vietnam as part of his PhD project on smallholder vegetable farming in north-western Vietnam. We’re delighted to share his story. (Warning: a great quote at the end of the story especially for research students and researchers who work on a collaborative project 🙂 Thank you Christian for […]
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Learning by doing: Consumer research in Agribusines Master class in Vietnam
Global Food Studies’ Dr Suzie Newman, Associate Professor Wendy Umberger and Dr Dale Yi contributed to the Agribusiness Master Class Program in Hanoi, Vietnam between 2 and 7 June 2014. The program was funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the Crawford Fund. Dr Newman was the main coordinator of […]
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New University of Adelaide project building rural women’s livelihoods in Vietnam
A new $2.2 million project designed to enhance the profitability and sustainability of women farmers and ethnic minorities engaged in horticultural value chains in North-West Vietnam recently commenced. The project was launched by the Hon Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Hanoi on the 19th February. The project is led by the University of […]
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