BLOGS WEBSITE
TAG: agriculture
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 […]
Comments Off on MGFAB students mastering food and agriculture issues
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 […]
Comments Off on New University of Adelaide project building rural women’s livelihoods in Vietnam
GFS taking part in PhD Conference in Indonesia
On 19 November 2013, Global Food Studies researchers Wahida and Risti Permani as well as Dias Satria, a PhD candidate at School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at University of Adelaide co-organised the 2013 PhD Conference in Indonesia and Development Studies at the Australian National University (ANU). The event was a collaboration between University […]
Comments Off on GFS taking part in PhD Conference in Indonesia
Food Security and Common Goals
This article was first published at the Jakarta Post (11 July 2013) The 2013 Food Security Goals with Good Policy Regional Dialogue meeting was held late last month in Medan. It was well-attended by country representatives from Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia and China. One of the recommendations arising from the dialogue […]
Comments Off on Food Security and Common Goals
2013 Food Security Regional Dialogue-Medan: Good Policy Guidelines for Food Security
The University hosted the 2013 Food Security Regional Dialogue in Medan, Indonesia on 26-27 June 2013. One of the outcomes is good policy guidelines for food security. This is to address one of the most debated questions of the decade: ‘how to feed the world?’ Delegates agreed that good policy should consider a regional view, the […]
Comments Off on 2013 Food Security Regional Dialogue-Medan: Good Policy Guidelines for Food Security
How to feed the planet?
Prof Kym Anderson presented his research at the ‘Circle of Economists’ session 13 at the 2012 ‘Les Rencountres Economiques’ in Aix-en-Provence, France. Watch Prof Anderson’s talk and read his paper on What roles for farm technology and trade policies in feeding the planet?
Comments Off on View: Reframing the Agenda Adelaide Forum Photo Gallery
Listen: Prof Pardey, Agricultural Investment and R & D Returns podcast
Listen to Prof Phil Pardey from the University of Minnesota speak on research compiled with Prof Julian Alston, UC-Davis on how agricultural investors get their biggest return from their R & D investment.
Comments Off on Listen: Prof Pardey, Agricultural Investment and R & D Returns podcast
Watch: Prof Pinstrup-Andersen, 10 Action Issues for Food Security Video
Watch World Food Prize Laureate Prof Per Pinstrup-Andersen speak on Food Security Issues to 2050: What are the biggest issues needing action and whose job is it? Presented on February 13, 2012 at the University of Adelaide’s Forum on Food Security
Comments Off on Watch: Prof Pinstrup-Andersen, 10 Action Issues for Food Security Video
Listen: Dr Nick Austin, ACIAR, New Approaches in International Agricultural Research Podcast
Listen to a recording of Dr Nick Austin, CEO of ACIAR, speaking about new approaches in international agricultural research
Comments Off on Listen: Dr Nick Austin, ACIAR, New Approaches in International Agricultural Research Podcast
