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New Staff and Students joining GFAR

In recent months, we have had five new additions to The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR). This includes a mix of staff and students, who introduce themselves below. Elizabeth Gunner BA, Marketing Director and Owner, Richard Gunner’s Fine Meats (Agribusiness Management Consultant, Centre for Global Food and Resources). Elizabeth has worked in private enterprise […]

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Celebrating Our Alumnus

The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) has been producing young leaders in agriculture ever since our Masters program was introduced. In this week’s blog we want to celebrate one such young leader who has gone from strength to strength in his career in international agriculture development. Raghavan is a graduate of our Masters […]

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GFAR Political Involvement and Advice

Members of our Centre often provide policy advice to politicians. The last couple of months has been busier than usual. Firstly, on 26th July Tony Burke (the shadow Federal Minister for the Arts, for Environment and Water, and for Citizenship and Multicultural Australia) requested to visit GFAR for a research briefing. Professor Wendy Umberger provided […]

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Day 3 of the short course on Food Standards and Regulations Familiarisation

The daily coverage of the short course on Food Standards and Regulations Familiarisation, led by The Centre for Global Food and Resources, continues below. South Australia is renowned internationally for its premium food and wine products produced in a clean and green environment. Today, the IA-CEPA delegates had the opportunity to listen to some of […]

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Building academic capacity in Aceh, Indonesia

Dr Adam Loch, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR), shares his recent Indonesian experience.   Last week I travelled to the very tip of Indonesia with Dr Barry Elsey from Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre (ECIC) to visit two Universities in Aceh Province; Universitas Teuku Umar (UTU) […]

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Insights into the South Australian Agrifood Industry and Food Standards

Read on for an update on the proceedings from Day 2 of the short course on Food Standards and Regulations Familiarisation, led by The Centre for Global Food and Resources. The second day for the IA-CEPA delegates at the University of Adelaide began with Elizabeth Gunner from Richard Gunner’s Fine Meats talking about her experience […]

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Save the date! 2018 AARES Annual Conference

The Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) conference is coming to Adelaide. Put it in your diary for 6-9 February 2018. The 2018 theme is: Abundance in an Era of Scarcity? Challenges and Opportunities for Australasian Agriculture, Environment, Food, Resources and Agribusiness. Each year the conference aims to highlight the latest economic research and policy innovations in […]

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Economic Instruments and Water Reform: Conference and Paper

  At the recent XVI World Water Congress in Cancun, Mexico The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) organised a special session titled: Charges vs. buyback: who pays for water ecosystems restoration? The objective of this session was to examine the role that economic instruments (e.g. water pricing and charges, ecosystem services payments, voluntary […]

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Upcoming event: A discussion with Prof Michael Hanemann facilitated by GFAR’s Prof. Mike Young

South Australia’s Branch of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) and the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) is delighted to host a discussion with Prof Michael Hanemann, Arizona State University WHEN: 12.30 -2.00pm, Wednesday 8th March 2017 WHERE: Room 5.01, Level 5, Nexus 10 Building, The University of Adelaide, 10 Pulteney Street, […]

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Upcoming seminar featuring Dr Eric Houk sponsored by AARES SA Branch and Centre for Global Food and Resources

Water Transfers in California: Estimating the Impact of Foregone Agricultural Production and Aquifer Decline Dr Eric Houk Professor, California State University, Chico Wednesday, March 1st 2017 12:30-1:30 pm – Talk and discussion Seminar Room 5.01, Centre for Global Food & Resources Level 5 Nexus 10 Building RSVP to Alec Zuo at alec.zuo@adelaide.edu.au by Monday 27 […]

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