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recapping 2018- part two
In the final GFAR blog of 2018, we continue to look back into highlights of our research activities, staff and student contributions, contributions to development of policy of GFAR researchers through the blogs we have shared this year from July to December. July kicked off with the commercialisation of Galip Nut in Papua New Guinea. […]
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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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New project on improving forestry management in Nepal
Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) Associate Director of Agribusiness Innovation, Mr. Craig Johns recently visited Nepal for the inception meeting of a new project on forestry management. Craig narrates his experience in this blog. What a fascinating country Nepal is! While this was my first trip into Nepal, I am joining a dedicated […]
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How Value Chain Innovation Platforms are helping produce better coffee in Uganda
Dr. Prossy Isubikalu a John Dillon Fellow of Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) recently visited GFAR. Dr Prossy interacted with the GFAR team and presented on activities of an ACIAR project titled Developing value chain innovation platforms to improve food security in East and Southern Africa which is being led by World Agroforestry […]
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Vietnam vegetables project impact captured in short film
Blog prepared by Nikki Dumbrell. Researchers at the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) are involved in a multidisciplinary research-for-development project improving the profitability and sustainability of smallholder vegetable farms in the north-west (NW) of Vietnam. Some of the results and impacts from the project have been captured in a short film. For additional […]
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Understanding the preferences of mango consumers in China
China has become a major production and consumption country of mangoes in recent years, which provides opportunities as well as challenges to smallholder mango growers in the Asia-Pacific region. In order to identify key trends in the Chinese market and enable increased trading opportunities, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has funded a project that […]
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Improving Dairy Productivity in Indonesia
Dairy consumption in Indonesia is on the rise. Increasing per capita income, urbanisation, emerging middle class and westernisation of diets has led to a significant increase in the demand for milk and milk products. However, the production of dairy in Indonesia is regionally consolidated. Highest concentration of dairy farmers in Indonesia is on the island […]
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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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Helping smallholder coffee growers in Africa
For a project focusing on developing value chain innovation platforms to improve food security in East and Southern Africa, funded by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), GFAR researchers Dr. Daniel Gregg and Prof. Randy Stringer are currently in Uganda. The purpose of the current visit is to run picker contracting experiments and identify […]
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Agricultural Landscapes and Ecosystem services in Indonesian Uplands
Blog post prepared by Sacha Amaruzaman In Indonesia, there are some 48 million people in 32,000 villages living in and around forest boundaries. The majority of these households rely on upland landscapes for subsistence, livelihoods and economic development. Loss of agricultural productivity and ecosystem services leads to reduced incomes followed by increased poverty and food […]
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