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Monthly Archives: July 2015

Talk Global Food: Program, Electives, Research on 20 August 2015

The Global Food Studies team will be at the Waite hub between 11:45am and 2:00pm on Thursday, 20 August 2015 to talk about how food will become the important issue for the global economy over the next decade. Visit us to hear about our programs and how you may be able to fit a Global […]

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GFS students visited 15 leading SA agribusiness companies as part of a new intensive course

Between 13th and 17th July 2015, Global Foods Studies introduced a new week long intensive course designed to expose 20 of our students to a variety of local leading agribusiness companies. The course titled “Topics in Agricultural Business B” was coordinated by two GFS staff members, Mr Craig Johns and Mr Theo Simos. The tour […]

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GFS contribution to policy discussions on agrifood and development program in Asia

Recently Global Food Studies researchers contributed to two major events in Adelaide this July, namely ICAS9 and the Australia Awards Interactive Workshop. Five people from our team, Dr Sharmina Ahmed, Dr Jayanthi Thennakoon, Dr Risti Permani, Dr Wahida and Mr Suprehatin, made presentations at the 9th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS9) at the Adelaide […]

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White papers: Agricultural competitiveness and Northern Australia

The Australian government has recently released two important white papers on “Agricultural Competitiveness” and “Developing Northern Australia”. The White Paper on Developing Northern Australia is the first ever white paper on Northern Australia. It focuses on building priority roads, developing water resources, removing red tape, building a sustainable workforce and ensuring effective governance arrangements. As […]

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