Category Archives: Agriculture

Debate @ The Waite, 3rd November 2011

By Kate | Published: October 5, 2011
Read more at The Waite Research Institute “Come and see two teams debate the topic: “Agriculture should be exempt from greenhouse gas reduction schemes” Ensuring that Australia’s agricultural industries remain profitable and productive while reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a major challenge. About 20% of the total greenhouse gas emissions globally come from agriculture. Agricultural [...]
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Crush 2011! Key wine industry facts presented by Prof. Kym Anderson

By Kate | Published: October 5, 2011
Read more at Wine 2030 “Professor Kym Anderson of Wine2030 and the Wine Economics Research Centre gave a fascinating and informative presentation at the plenary session of the Crush 2011: The Grape and Wine Science Symposium in Adelaide, entitled ‘Wine’s globalization: New opportunities, new challenges for Australia’. The Crush 2011 symposium, organised by the Wine Innovation Cluster, [...]
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WRI hosts the inaugural Debate @ the Waite, 25 August 2011

By Kate | Published: September 9, 2011
Read more at The Waite Research Institute “Last week over 130 people attended the Waite Research Institute’s inaugural Debate @ the Waite, on the motion “Increasing agricultural production is the only sure way to feed 9 billion people by 2050”. The event, held at Lirra Lirra Cafe at the Waite Campus of the University [...]
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Debate @ the Waite

By Kate | Published: August 22, 2011
Read more at The Waite Research Institute “Come and hear two teams debate the topic: Increasing agricultural production is the only sure way to feed 9 billion people by 2050 Ensuring global food security for future generations is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Increases in agricultural productivity in the second half of the 20th [...]
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Wine2030 reaches out to the Gold Coast

By Kate | Published: August 2, 2011
Read more at Wine 2030 “Wine2030′s Nicola Chandler (aka Tigs) took the Wine2030 message to the Gold Coast, talking to Bond University’s wine studies students, (click here to go to tigchandler.com for the full article and beautiful campus photos), seeing what they are learning and opening them up to a new source [...]
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Reframing the food agenda: Setting the scene for Australia

By Kate | Published: July 14, 2011
Read more at The Waite Research Institute “As a global provider of food, Australia’s agricultural producers, food industry, researchers and Governments need to make policy, R&D and investment decisions to ensure our food sectors remain productive, competitive and sustainable into the future. Is food security really the most pressing issue for [...]
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Decanter wine writer Andrew Jefford promotes the Global Wine Markets statistical compendium

By Kate | Published: July 14, 2011
Read more at Wine 2030 “Andrew Jefford, wine writer for Decanter magazine, writes about the Wine Economics Research Centre’s recent release, Global Wine Markets, 1961 to 2009, A Statistical Compendium in an article entitled: “Jefford on Monday: All The Figures That’s Fit To Print“. Jefford picks out juicy snippets from the burgeoning compendium, [...]
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Visit the Wine Room!

By Kate | Published: June 27, 2011
Read more at Wine2030 “On 3 June 2011, the University of Adelaide Business School launched a virtual wine room as part of its research into the use of social media in the wine industry. This Wine Room is linked to the Adelaide Hills Wine Region and aims to establish an online community while promoting the region. The [...]
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New ARC Linkage Projects to increase plant nutrient use efficiency and yield

By Kate | Published: June 17, 2011
Read more at The Waite Research Institute “Waite researchers have once again attracted significant funding through the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects Scheme. Linkage Projects encourage collaboration between University researchers and industry to develop solutions to key challenges and provide economic and social benefits. “These new Linkage Projects represent significant new investment in [...]
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Australia’s evolving role in the world’s wine markets

By Kate | Published: June 17, 2011
Read more at Wine 2030 “On 8 June 2011 Professor Kym Anderson of the Wine Economics Research Centre of the University of Adelaide spoke to the Barossa Next Crop Leadership Program at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide about Australia’s evolving role in the world’s wine markets. He outlined the main challenges to Australia’s [...]
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