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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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THE PARADOX OF IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY
According to a United Nations report, by 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world’s population could be living under water stressed conditions. Crop irrigation accounts for 70% of the global water extractions. Irrigation efficiency measures are increasingly being promoted (and subsidised) throughout […]
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Upcoming seminar featuring Dr Eric Houk sponsored by AARES SA Branch and Centre for Global Food and Resources
Water Transfers in California: Estimating the Impact of Foregone Agricultural Production and Aquifer Decline Dr Eric Houk Professor, California State University, Chico Wednesday, March 1st 2017 12:30-1:30 pm – Talk and discussion Seminar Room 5.01, Centre for Global Food & Resources Level 5 Nexus 10 Building RSVP to Alec Zuo at alec.zuo@adelaide.edu.au by Monday 27 […]
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Our New Centre for Global Food and Resources is officially launched today
Launching tonight in Adelaide, is The University of Adelaide’s new Centre for Global Food and Resources. The Centre brings together all aspects of food production, food consumption and natural resources, spanning the economic and environmental health of food and water as well as its social impact. “Our new Centre builds on the University’s reputation as […]
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Centre for Global Food & Resources Launch Invitation
Professor Christopher Findlay AM and Professor Wendy Umberger invite you to the launch of the University of Adelaide’s new Research Centre: The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) The Centre will enhance and strengthen the University’s global reputation for high quality, high impact research in the food and resources space. It will focus on […]
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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 […]
GFS Researcher in Focus – November 2015: Dr Alec Zuo
Each month we will be asking one of our researchers to provide an insight into their research. This month Dr Alec Zuo is our Researcher in Focus. What is the aim of your research? My research aim is to answer research questions that can advance knowledge and have policy implications. My research mainly concentrtes […]
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Media Release: Survey of irrigator stress and water use behaviour
One of Australia’s biggest and most significant agricultural areas – the Murray-Darling Basin – will be the target of a new survey aimed at better understanding the range of pressures being experienced by irrigators, and the consequences of that stress. The survey is part of a major project at the University of Adelaide to gather […]
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Watch now: Harvard Chair Lecture
Professor Mike Young’s Harvard Chair Lecture on “Managing Transformational Change – What would a South Australian Carbon Trading System look like?” was presented at the University of Adelaide on the 10th of September 2015. Click here to watch the recording. Mike Young spent the 2013/14 academic year in the Australian Studies Chair at Harvard University. […]
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Press Release: When is the price right for selling water?
Research from the University of Adelaide has provided new insights into how Australian farmers and irrigators may respond to certain market conditions, and when they are more likely to sell their water entitlements. The study has resulted in a world-first model that could be used to help develop water markets in areas that do not […]
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