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GFS researcher has been awarded the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship
Global Food Studies (GFS) Researcher Dr Patrick O’Connor has been awarded the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship to undertake collaborative research in 2016 on ecosystem service markets at the Institute of Urban Environment, Xiamen, China. His project “Exploring Barriers to Ecosystem Service Market Effectiveness” will combine the development of a conceptual model of […]
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AARES Conference Highlighted Opportunities for Australian Agriculture
GFS team have made a great presence at the 2016 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) Conference in Canberra, 2-5 February 2016. Our Director Professor Wendy J. Umberger has been inaugurated as the President of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES). This new role is a recognition of her continuing high impact […]
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Indonesian Agriculture and Food Sectors: Beyond Rice
Those who live in Indonesia must realise there have been some changes in the way we purchase our food and the food that we consume. We have and see more of beef and dairy consumption. We see increased availability of and go more often to modern supermarkets. Yet, there has not been much written to […]
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How to make Australian communities better engage with nature?
We want to congratulate Dr Alec Zuo, Associate Professor Sarah Wheeler of Global Food Studies and Dr Jane Edwards of UniSA for their recent publication at the Journal of Environment Planning and Management entitled “Understanding and encouraging greater nature engagement in Australia: results from a national survey”! A surely important publication that helps policy makers […]
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Here is a million dollar question: How to solve issues in agrifood markets and achieve food security?
After 15 hours of flights from Adelaide, I arrived at 6 o’clock in the morning at the Los Angeles International Airport. The immigration queuing line was surprisingly quite short. “Next!” said the immigration officer, firmly but nicely. She asked me politely ‘”What is the purpose of your trip?”. I said “I am going to attend […]
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Media Release: Survey of irrigator stress and water use behaviour
One of Australia’s biggest and most significant agricultural areas – the Murray-Darling Basin – will be the target of a new survey aimed at better understanding the range of pressures being experienced by irrigators, and the consequences of that stress. The survey is part of a major project at the University of Adelaide to gather […]
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Australia’s Agriculture Future: Trade, ‘Brand Australia’ and optimism
Global Food Studies partners Professor Kym Anderson AC and Professor Rachel Ankeny contributed to the recently-launched report from the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) on Australia’s Agriculture Future. According to Australia’s Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb AC, the report “helps point the way to maintaining and enhancing our outstanding global reputation in agriculture, while […]
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News from this week: Graduation, workshop participation, guest lecture
It has been a busy week for our team! In addition to successfully organising Prof Mike Young’s Harvard Lecture, we also have good news from our staff and students. We congratulate Dr Wahida for her PhD completion. Dr Wahida attended the graduation ceremony on 15th September 2015 accompanied by her beautiful family. Her PhD project […]
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The 2015 Crawford Fund Conference highlighted the importance of public and private partnerships
Our GFS researcher Dr Wahida recently attended the 2015 Crawford Fund’s Annual Parliamentary Conference held between 10 and 12 August 2015. Here is her insights into this exciting and highly anticipated event. The 2015 Crawford Fund’s Annual Parliamentary Conference focused on the importance of collaboration and partnership between the public and private sectors to achieve […]
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GFS Researchers attended ICAE2015 in Milan: Agriculture in an interconnected world
GFS researchers Associate Professor Wendy Umberger, Professor Randy Stringer, Mr Suprehatin, Dr Dale Yi, Dr Alexandra Peralta, and Dr Risti Permani attended the 29th International Conference of Agricultural Economists in Milan, Italy between 8 and 14 August 2015. The conference brought leading agricultural economists stimulating various issues related to the widespread adoption of new communication […]
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