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Partnering with Indonesian research centres in horticulture research
GFS Researcher Dr Dale Yi recently returned from a visit to Indonesia from 29th March to 13th April 2014. Dale visited several research centres under the Indonesian Center for Horticulture Research and Development (ICHORD) including Balitjestro (Citrus and sub-tropical fruits R&D) and Balitsa (vegetables R&D). These research centres are the Global Food Studies’ partners […]
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MGFAB students mastering food and agriculture issues
We have just passed Week 6 of Semester 1! Time flies so fast. Whilst most students are enjoying their two week mid semester break, our final year Master of Global Food and Agricultural Business (MGFAB) students are working hard conducting their 12 unit research project. The GFS has been so lucky to receiving outstanding students […]
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New University of Adelaide project building rural women’s livelihoods in Vietnam
A new $2.2 million project designed to enhance the profitability and sustainability of women farmers and ethnic minorities engaged in horticultural value chains in North-West Vietnam recently commenced. The project was launched by the Hon Julie Bishop, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Hanoi on the 19th February. The project is led by the University of […]
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Meet our people: Sven Anders on current issues in global food markets
Global Food Studies has been privileged to host Associate Professor Sven Anders from University of Alberta. Prof Anders is visiting Global Food Studies from January to July 2014. He has published extensively on topics related to food and meat marketing, food retailing and consumer demand and international trade. We talked about his current projects […]
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GFS to welcome John Dillon Fellows
The GFS team welcomed John Dillon Fellows at a half-day workshop on Monday 24 February 2014 which was organised by Wahida, a research scholar at the GFS and Justin Ross of PIRSA. The Fellows include Dr Yingjun Zhang (China Agricultural University, China), Dr Rina Hendrati (Centre for Forest Biotechnology and Tree Improvement, Indonesia), Dr Lilis […]
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GFS to contribute to Global Food Security dialogue
The Global Food Studies academic staff and research scholars, Associate Professor Wendy Umberger, Ms Wahida, Professor Randy Stringer and Dr Dale Yi, recently attended the First International Conference on Global Food Security held in Netherlands between 29 September and 2 October 2013. According to the Conference’s website, the First International Conference on Global Food Security […]
Development issues in the Asian Century
The Global Food Studies staff, Dr Xiaobo He, attended a two-day workshop at the HEDGE (Health, Environment, Development & Growth Economics) Research Centre, University of Wollongong (UOW). More than ten scholars, including the keynote speaker Dr Guanghua Wan, the principal economist from the Asia Development Bank (ADB), presented their research papers on the theme of […]
Canarium consumer survey pinpoint potentials in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands
Last week Global Food Studies researcher Craig Johns attended a workshop held in Honiara, Solomon Islands for canarium nut industry stakeholders across 3 Pacific countries; Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. The workshop was part of the ‘Pacific Agribusiness Research for Development Initiative’ funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). In […]
Cattle to bring Indonesia, Australia closer?
*The article was first published by the Jakarta Post on 26 September 2013. The Indonesian government has approved the purchase of 1 million hectares of Australian land to breed its “own” cattle to be transported back to feedlots at home. Whilst the plan still needs to be approved by Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board, it […]
Value adding tamarind in Vanuatu
The Global Food Studies staff, Craig Johns and Camilo Esparza Garcia, recently visited Vanuatu to attend the tamarind inception workshop and conducted a number of value chain interviews focussing on local retailers in collaboration with the Vanuatu Department of Industry. The trip also provided an opportunity to meet up with their Canarium project partners and start […]
