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Monthly Archives: August 2014

“Dont forget the ladies”: The role of women in agriculture

Professor Catherine Bertini, Senior Fellow, Global Agricultural Development Initiative, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University; former Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (1992-2002), delivered a keynote speech at the 2014 Parliamentary Conference on 26 August 2014. Her message was […]

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The 2014 Crawford Fund Parliamentary Conference: Pre-conference note on food security

I feel privileged to have the opportunity to attend the 2014 Annual Parliamentary Conference organised by the Crawford Fund. Looking at its impressive list of speakers, there is no doubt that the conference will address some of the key challenges that the global food production is facing. I also love Canberra and am always looking […]

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Mapping sweet potato supply chains in PNG

Global Food Studies researcher Dr Suzie Newman presented her work at GFS seminar series on “Mapping sweet potato supply chains in Papua New Guinea”. The work was co-authored with Isidora Ramita, John Spriggs, Kylie Crampton, Guinevere Ortiz, Ronald Pam and Conrad Anton and was part of an ACIAR-funded project run between 2008 and 2011. The […]

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Assessing potential for developing the mother-of-pearl (MOP) handicraft sector in Fiji: Empowering womens groups and livelihood development in Fiji

Global Food Studies Research Associate Mr Theo Simos recently completed a project update on a PARDI project: PRA 2013:001 “Assessing potential for developing the mother of pearl (MOP) handicraft sector in Fiji” focussing on product design and development, workshop establishment and trainee capacity development. The Pacific Agribusiness Research for Development Initiative (PARDI) is a partnership […]

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Capacity building program on “Market integration for high value agriculture commodities: promoting competitiveness and inclusiveness in Indonesia”

Global Food Studies’ researchers Dr Dale Yi and Dr Risti Permani recently organised a planning workshop on 4-5 August 2014 in Adelaide. The planning workshop was held to prepare a capacity building program in early September in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia as part of two ACIAR-funded projects on “Supporting capacity building for research on improving […]

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Winter School Course on Agriculture and Food in International Trade

Global Food Studies’ academic staff including Associate Professor Wendy Umberger,  Mr Craig Johns, and Mr Theo Simos recently completed teaching a five-day intensive winter school course organised by the Institute of International Trade,  “Agriculture and Food in International Trade” between 7 and 11 July 2014. Staff from the IIT including Mr David Morfesi, Mr Graeme Thomson […]

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