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MGFAB Final Presentations: Challenges and opportunities facing global food and agricultural markets
On Monday 3 November 2014, we had a successful full-day final presentation workshop presenting 20 final semester students! The final presentation was part of our 12 unit compulsory research project . The range of topics that our students presented from land grab in Africa, beef and lamb value chains in Southeast Asia, adoption of technology […]
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Feeding the 9 billion, well: An urgent need for post-2015 agenda and improved partnerships
The title is my conclusion from attending the 2014 Crawford Fund’s annual conference on food security, held between 26-28 August 2014 in Parliament House, Canberra. The conference was just excellent presenting prominent speakers who showed not only extensive knowledge about food security and its related challenges but also showed their care about this topic. It […]
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“Dont forget the ladies”: The role of women in agriculture
Professor Catherine Bertini, Senior Fellow, Global Agricultural Development Initiative, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University; former Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (1992-2002), delivered a keynote speech at the 2014 Parliamentary Conference on 26 August 2014. Her message was […]
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The 2014 Crawford Fund Parliamentary Conference: Pre-conference note on food security
I feel privileged to have the opportunity to attend the 2014 Annual Parliamentary Conference organised by the Crawford Fund. Looking at its impressive list of speakers, there is no doubt that the conference will address some of the key challenges that the global food production is facing. I also love Canberra and am always looking […]
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Winter School Course on Agriculture and Food in International Trade
Global Food Studies’ academic staff including Associate Professor Wendy Umberger, Mr Craig Johns, and Mr Theo Simos recently completed teaching a five-day intensive winter school course organised by the Institute of International Trade, “Agriculture and Food in International Trade” between 7 and 11 July 2014. Staff from the IIT including Mr David Morfesi, Mr Graeme Thomson […]
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Trade deal and comparative advantage in agriculture
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) on 8 July 2014 in Canberra. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s official website: “More than 97 per cent of Australia’s exports to Japan will receive preferential access or enter duty-free when JAEPA is fully implemented. […]
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ASEAN Economic Community 2015: Challenges and opportunities facing food and agriculture sector in South-East Asia
The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries will enter 2015 with the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community. The region represented by the association is home to over 600 million people with a large share of them belong to middle class income groups. Some ASEAN members have expressed their concerns about being unprepared […]
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Is animal welfare considered in the Food Security concept?
By Risti Permani, Global Food Studies, University of Adelaide. On my recent flight from Adelaide to the Southeast Asian region, I found an interesting article “Finished with Fins at Starwood” published by travel3Sixty, AirAsia’s travel magazine. The article reported that the international hotel chain Starwood Hotels and Resorts announced a total ban on shark […]
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Changes in the global food system and how they may affect you
Director of Global Food Studies, Associate Professor Wendy Umberger delivered her speech “Food for thought: Changes in the global food sytem and how they may affect you” at the inagaural Research 21 Public Lecture Series organised by the Faculty of Professions, University of Adelaide on Thursday evening 29 May 2014. The forum was well-attended by […]
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World Heritage bid for Mt Lofty Ranges
The GFS researcher, Professor Randy Stringer has been actively supporting a proposed bid for UNESCO World Heritage listing of the working agricultural landscape of the four councils in Adelaide’s Mount Lofty Ranges, namely Adelaide Hills, the Barossa Valley, Mount Barker and McLaren Vale. According to the University of Adelaide’s media release in 2012, World Heritage […]
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