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Our New Centre for Global Food and Resources is officially launched today

Launching tonight in Adelaide, is The University of Adelaide’s new Centre for Global Food and Resources. The Centre brings together all aspects of food production, food consumption and natural resources, spanning the economic and environmental health of food and water as well as its social impact. “Our new Centre builds on the University’s reputation as […]

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Why is improving cold chains needed?

Public discussion on the importance of cold chain improvement has increased since the increasing importance of controlling infectious diseases through vaccination across the globe as well as increased demand for trade in perishable products such as dairy and seafood. Our Master of Global Food and Agricultural Business share their views about this issue. By Shaibu […]

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GFS Researcher in Focus – September 2015: Dr Risti Permani

Each month we will be asking one of our researchers to provide an insight into their research. This month Dr Risti Permani is our Researcher in Focus. What is the aim of your research? I am passionate about research than can assist policy makers produce welfare-enhancing programs and policy. There are various ways to improve […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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Capacity building for research: Understanding dairy value chains in West Java

Global Food Studies (Associate Professor Wendy Umberger, Dr Risti Permani and PhD student Camilo Esparza Garcia) collaborating with Bogor Agricultural University under the leadership of Dr Arief Daryanto and Dr Sahara recently organised the second workshop “Capacity Building for Research: Promoting Inclusive Development of Agricultural Value Chains” between 27 and 30 October 2014. This event […]

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Capacity building for research: Promoting inclusive development of agricultural value chains

The Indonesian dairy industry is growing. Yet, challenges remain. Currently, Indonesia is only able to meet 30% of its domestic demand for dairy products which indicates an opportunity for the dairy industry to increase its production. Pre-farm growth-limiting constraints are evident. Issues with forage availability and quality, low animal reproductive performance, poor mastitis management and […]

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