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recapping 2018 – Part one
2018 is soon drawing to a close. In today’s blog, we look back at our research activities both those of staff and students, contributions to development of policy GFAR researchers have made, as shared through our blogs this year from January to June. In January, we wrote about the water crisis in Cape Town where […]
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GFAR PhD Student receives IPBES fellowship
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an intergovernmental platform aiming to fill the gaps between the science-policy interfaces regarding the natural resources management. Sacha Amaruzaman, a PhD student of the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) has recently been admitted in the IPBES Fellowship programme in the IPBES Global […]
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Celebrating future leaders in Agribusiness
The Master of Agribusiness (MAB) program offered by the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) provides students the opportunity to develop the conceptual and practical skills necessary for agribusiness leadership, management decision making, policy analyses and problem solving in a complex global agrifood market place. We are excited to welcome another Industry Leaders Fund […]
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GFAR researchers recognised for Executive Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research
What better way to end the year than to know that three of our Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) researchers are being recognised by the Faculty of the Professions Executive Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research. At the celebration ceremony held on Friday 15 December three of our researchers Dr. Adam Loch, Dr. […]
Congratulations John Crosby!
The University of Adelaide Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony was held on 24th November 2017 at the National Wine Centre. The annual University of Adelaide Distinguished Alumni Awards, which started in 1991, recognizes graduates of the University of Adelaide whose accomplishments have had a significant impact on communities locally and globally. The Centre for Global Food […]
GFAR’s success in University of Adelaide Interdisciplinary Research Funding Scheme
The recent round for the University of Adelaide Interdisciplinary Research Fund for 2018 was announced last week (Oct 12), and the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) had considerable success. Our Centre had a 50% acceptance rate for projects that included our staff, which was considerably higher than the 11% average acceptance rate for […]
The Centre for Global Food and Resources receives 2 of 12 Women’s Research Excellence Awards!
Last week, Dr. Lenka Malek and Dr. Ying Xu, Research Fellows at The Centre for Global Food and Resources, each won a 2017 Academic Women’s Research Excellence Award (WREA) valued at $5,000. The WREA was established by The University of Adelaide Office of the Vice-Chancellor in partnership with the Gender, Equity and Diversity Committee and […]
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Congratulations to GFAR’s newest PhD and Master’s graduates!
Congratulations to recent Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) PhD students, Dr. Juliane Haensch and Dr. Suprehatin, who graduated with their PhDs last week! Congratulations also to Duc Nguyen who is a current GFAR PhD student and graduated with his Master’s of Global Food and Agricultural Business! Professor Wendy Umberger, Executive Director of GFAR, […]
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An Insight into the Tropical Oil Crop Revolution
Fifty years after graduating from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelors in Agronomy, Dr Derek Byerlee returned to Adelaide to receive an Honorary Doctorate in Economics in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of agricultural economics. Following today’s graduation ceremony, Dr Byerlee presented a seminar on his upcoming book, ‘The Tropical Oil […]
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The Centre for Global Food and Resources to host a new scholarship to research food trade between South Australia and Indonesia
South Australia is offering a research scholarship to an Indonesian student to undertake a higher degree at the University of Adelaide and our new Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) will host the scholarship recipient. The scholarship focuses on food production systems and value chains between South Australia and Indonesia. The successful student will […]
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