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Monthly Archives: March 2017

Counting the costs (and benefits) of pollination: Planting native vegetation for productive crops

GFAR’s Associate Professor Patrick O’Connor is set to undertake economic research as part of a new project aiming to help farmers and growers design and implement native plantings to support bee and other insect populations needed to pollinate their crops and orchards. “ We want to understand the price farmers are prepared to pay for […]

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A dairy farm in the heart of a city

 Below, Rohan Yargop, provides an insight into his recent visit to a dairy farm in the heart of the city. Urban farming systems are fascinating. While developed countries have seen a gradual and organic growth in farming systems, the case of developing countries is different. Developing countries in Asia often find themselves in a position […]

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The Indodairy Project – Team workshop and policy working group meeting

Improving milk supply, competitiveness and livelihoods in smallholder dairy chains in Indonesia Below, Rohan Yargop, provides an overview of the team workshop and policy working group meeting. The Indodairy project led by Prof Wendy Umberger, Executive Director, Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with Indonesian partner institutions ICASEPS, ICARD and […]

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