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Happy Seeder – a catalyst to reduce environmental degradation
Today is World Environment Day. Preventing environmental degradation is critical to sustain agricultural production systems, curtail pollution and improving human health. In the past few blog posts, we have mentioned the issue of stubble burning in North West India and the harmful impact on the environment, which in turn affects soil and human health. A […]
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GFAR project under Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (SDIP)
A Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) project funded by ACIAR has been featured under the Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (SDIP) program. Under the development assistance program in south and west Asia, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has launched the Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (SDIP) , which aims to improve the integrated management […]
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A new Nut on the block!
Blog post written by Craig Johns, Associate Director Agribusiness Innovation, GFAR It is not every day you get to launch a new food product, particularly when it is the culmination of years of research and strong multidisciplinary collaboration across two countries. Well, this is what just happened in Papua New Guinea last week. Centre for […]
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Special International guests, University of Adelaide Alumnus Prof Philip Pardey, University of Minnesota and Dr Gabe Gusimi, PepsiCo: Big data and its application to Agribusiness
The Centre for Global Food and Resources together with Agribusiness Australia have the pleasure of announcing Special International guests, University of Adelaide Alumnus Prof Philip Pardey, University of Minnesota and Dr Gabe Gusimi, PepsiCo: Big data and its application to Agribusiness Monday 13 February 2017 Ayers House, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 Topic: ‘Beyond […]
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RAID networking event in Adelaide
Global Food Studies team participated at a well-attended networking event organised by Jack Koci of ACIAR and RAID Network in Adelaide on Tuesday 22 April 2015. RAID (Researchers in Agriculture for International Development) is a network of early to mid-career agricultural researchers working in international development. It provides a platform for agricultural researchers to […]
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GFS student presented on land grabbing in Africa
Global Food Studies continues to support the capacity building of our students to develop their research and professional skills and develop their networks. The activities are being tailored to the specific needs of our students. One of the research activities that can provide opportunities for students to not only present and get feedback on […]
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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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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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Assessing potential for developing the mother-of-pearl (MOP) handicraft sector in Fiji: Empowering womens groups and livelihood development in Fiji
Global Food Studies Research Associate Mr Theo Simos recently completed a project update on a PARDI project: PRA 2013:001 “Assessing potential for developing the mother of pearl (MOP) handicraft sector in Fiji” focussing on product design and development, workshop establishment and trainee capacity development. The Pacific Agribusiness Research for Development Initiative (PARDI) is a partnership […]
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