BLOGS WEBSITE
Category: Research
Press Release: Pregnant women not following nutrition guidelines
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have made a remarkable discovery: no pregnant women were found to be correctly following the Australian Dietary Guidelines on consumption of the “five food groups”, despite almost two-thirds of pregnant women believing they were eating the right diet. The study, now published in the journal Public Health Nutrition, surveyed […]
Press Release: When is the price right for selling water?
Research from the University of Adelaide has provided new insights into how Australian farmers and irrigators may respond to certain market conditions, and when they are more likely to sell their water entitlements. The study has resulted in a world-first model that could be used to help develop water markets in areas that do not […]
Comments Off on Press Release: When is the price right for selling water?
Water market researchers join Global Food Studies
Water is a fundamental input for much of the World’s food and fibre products, and agricultural demands on fresh water account for up to 80% of total use. The importance of water in food and fibre production underpins the recent move by a group of water market researchers to join Global Food Studies. The group […]
Comments Off on Water market researchers join Global Food Studies
Presentation on trust among farmers participating in development projects at ADEW 2015
On June 4th 2015, Global Food Studies lecturer Dr. Alexandra Peralta presented her research on trust among farmers participating in development projects at the 11th Australasian Development Economics Workshop (ADEW), held at Monash University in Melbourne. ADEW is an annual workshop series bringing together development economists from around Australia and internationally. The event provides […]
Comments Off on Presentation on trust among farmers participating in development projects at ADEW 2015
Workshop on Climate Adaptation in China
GFS researcher Dr Jayanthi Thennakoon and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions Professor Christopher Findlay visited China last March. They attended a workshop between 14 and 19 March 2015 in Guangzhou, China, which was part of the ACIAR-funded Assessing Farmer Responses to Climate Change – Adjustment Policy Options project (ADP/2011/039), led by […]
Comments Off on Workshop on Climate Adaptation in China
Farmers’ preferences and technology adoption
Global Food Studies PhD scholar Suprehatin presented his paper at GFS Seminar Series on Wednesday 29th April 2015. His paper titled “The Effect of Indonesian Farmers’ Preferences for Crop Attributes in the Adoption of Horticulture crops: A Best-Worst Scaling Approach” is co-authored with GFS’ Associate Professor Wendy Umberger, Dr Dale Yi, Professor Randy Stringer and […]
Comments Off on Farmers’ preferences and technology adoption
GFS PhD scholar shared her research experience with Foreign Minister and Ambassadors
On 20 March 2015, Global Food Studies PhD scholar Wahida made a presentation about her research experience to Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Minister Bishop hosted around 80 of the ‘most senior Canberra-based foreign diplomatic corps’ in a three-day visit to South Australia. The aim of the trip was to provide an insight into opportunities […]
Comments Off on GFS PhD scholar shared her research experience with Foreign Minister and Ambassadors
Meeting partners and measuring diet quality in Vietnam
Our PhD student Christian Genova recently visited Vietnam as part of his PhD project on smallholder vegetable farming in north-western Vietnam. We’re delighted to share his story. (Warning: a great quote at the end of the story especially for research students and researchers who work on a collaborative project 🙂 Thank you Christian for […]
Comments Off on Meeting partners and measuring diet quality in Vietnam
Capacity building for research: Reviewing the role of extension programs to address challenges facing dairy value chains in Indonesia
Global Food Studies’ Associate Professor Wendy Umberger and Dr Risti Permani collaborating with Bogor Agricultural University under the leadership of Dr Arief Daryanto and Dr Sahara recently organised the final workshop “Capacity Building for Research: Promoting Inclusive Development of Agricultural Value Chains” on 17 February 2015. This event was funded by ACIAR through Project AGB/2014/033. […]
Comments Off on Capacity building for research: Reviewing the role of extension programs to address challenges facing dairy value chains in Indonesia
GFS PhD students research activities: From investment games with rice farmers to ‘milking’ data from dairy farm households
Global Food Studies PhD students Rio Lawas Maligalig and Camilo Esparza Garcia spent their end of the year period with some exciting research activities. Here are their stories. Rio Lawas Maligalig: Experiments to elicit rice farmers’ preference I attended last November 20-21, 2014 the Breeders’ Expert Elicitation Workshop in Laguna, Philippines. The workshop was done […]
Comments Off on GFS PhD students research activities: From investment games with rice farmers to ‘milking’ data from dairy farm households
