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GFAR Alumnus becomes Head of School of Economics at IPB, Indonesia
Blog post prepared by Rohan Yargop At the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR), we take pride in training and creating tomorrow’s leaders in agribusiness and international development. Our strong alumni base is comprised of more than 30 countries involved in major agriculture related organisations in private and public sector, working towards the betterment […]
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GFAR researchers in India and Bangladesh for the Happy Seeder Project
Blog post prepared by Rohan Yargop and Dr Adam Loch In one of our earlier blogs, we wrote about the practice of stubble burning in the Indian Gangetic Plains that has led to tremendous levels of air pollution in the region and has had a severe impact on the daily lives of people residing in […]
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Advance the Food and Beverage Industry in South Australia on a Churchill Fellowship
Media release prepared by Julia Quantrill, Churchill Trust A new Churchill Fellowship is being offered this year in the name of Dr Susan Nelle, to honour the exceptional contribution she made to the food and beverage industry and higher education in South Australia. Supported by Food South Australia and the University of Adelaide, this award […]
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Day 1: AARES delegates descend upon the Adelaide Convention Centre
Post by Jack Hetherington Day one of the AARES Conference 2018 kicked off with a welcome to country by Ms Georgina Williams, Kaurna Senior Woman, followed by a speech from the Hon. Jay Weatherill. The conference keynote addresses explored the realms of Supply-Side Environmental Policy with Bard Harstad and making Australia the energy superpower of […]
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AARES 2018 Pre-conference workshops wrap-up and networking
Water, Climate, Food, Wine and Risk! These were the key topics discussed at the pre-conference workshops and the industry forum session in the lead up to the Australasian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society (AARES) 62nd Annual Conference that kicks off today. In the pre-conference workshops, there was discussion on globalization of wine markets and its […]
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The Happy Seeder
A few weeks ago there was a cricket match in New Delhi between India and Sri Lanka where some of the Sri Lankan players and Indian players fell sick while playing due to the poor air quality and smog around the cricket stadium. While the game went on, it was a stark reality check for […]
Sharing, Charging and Managing Water
Professor Mike Young, Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide was invited to speak on ‘experiences in sharing access to, charging for and managing water’ at the 2017 Lower Mekong Public Policy Initiative (LMPPI) Forum on Energy, Agriculture and Natural Resources held in Da Nang, Vietnam. The LMPPI supports inter-disciplinary research, […]
Face-to-face with Sustainable Value Chains
Ensuring value chains are sustainable in the long term is an important aspect of modern agribusiness management. Along with ever changing market dynamics to the challenges posed by climate change issues, modern agribusinesses have a lot to deal with on a day-to-day basis. The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) hosted academics from University […]
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Research Tuesdays: Eating Our Words
Talk is often cheap. But when it comes to our food choices, its value is seemingly in free-fall. Professor Wendy Umberger, Executive Director, Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide recent research reveals a vast gulf between what we say we want to eat, and what we actually buy. Around a […]
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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