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Why should we buy and support local food?
Our Master of Global Food and Agricultural Markets talk about reasons to support local food. Let us know what you think! By Nguyen Anh Duc, Marvin Tjua, Yee Shan Ng, and Gengtao Liu. 1. Locally grown products are fresher People prefer to consume fresher products. The time wasted to transport agricultural products from the […]
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Research Tuesdays 10th Nov: Waterisk
In the World Economic Forum’s recently released 2015 global risk assessment, the threat identified as having the greatest potential impact was “water crises”. As our population grows and climate changes, the effective management of water resources will become increasingly critical; not just for the survival of communities and industries, but entire regions. So how should […]
Media Release: Survey of irrigator stress and water use behaviour
One of Australia’s biggest and most significant agricultural areas – the Murray-Darling Basin – will be the target of a new survey aimed at better understanding the range of pressures being experienced by irrigators, and the consequences of that stress. The survey is part of a major project at the University of Adelaide to gather […]
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Watch now: Harvard Chair Lecture
Professor Mike Young’s Harvard Chair Lecture on “Managing Transformational Change – What would a South Australian Carbon Trading System look like?” was presented at the University of Adelaide on the 10th of September 2015. Click here to watch the recording. Mike Young spent the 2013/14 academic year in the Australian Studies Chair at Harvard University. […]
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Water market researchers join Global Food Studies
Water is a fundamental input for much of the World’s food and fibre products, and agricultural demands on fresh water account for up to 80% of total use. The importance of water in food and fibre production underpins the recent move by a group of water market researchers to join Global Food Studies. The group […]
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GFS students visited 15 leading SA agribusiness companies as part of a new intensive course
Between 13th and 17th July 2015, Global Foods Studies introduced a new week long intensive course designed to expose 20 of our students to a variety of local leading agribusiness companies. The course titled “Topics in Agricultural Business B” was coordinated by two GFS staff members, Mr Craig Johns and Mr Theo Simos. The tour […]
In the news: Prof Mike Young on climate change in the Murray Darling Basin Plan
In April, we posted an article on Prof Mike Young‘s concerns about the historic Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) Plan that is under threat as there is not sufficient water to save the environments. A new discussion emerged that the modelling of the MDP Plan does not factor in climate change “in any meaningful way” as reported […]
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In the news: Prof Mike Young on concerns about the historic plan to save River Murray
The University of Adelaide’s Research Chair in Water and Environmental Policy Professor Mike Young was recently interviewed by the Advertiser (16/4/2015). Professor Young expressed his concerns about the historic Murray-Darling Basin Plan that is under threat as there is not sufficient water to save the environments. The historic plan was agreed in November 2013 by Gillard […]
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GFS students’ visit to Brendan Smart Farm: Insights into a South Australian modern family farm
Six Master of Global Food and Agricultural Business (MGFAB) visited Brendon Smart’s farm properties on 12th February 2015. Brendon is a ‘multi-enterprise’ farmer from Keith, in South Australia’s upper South East and about 225 kilometres from Adelaide. The Smart Group runs several thousand livestock among extensive cereal cropping and irrigation operations. The farm visit was […]
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Sweet love: Partnership with SA premium chocolate brand to support Vanuatu farmers
South Australian premium chocolate manufacturer Haigh’s Chocolates and Global Food Studies researchers Professor Randy Stringer and Mr Craig Johns are working with Vanuatu farmers to improve the quality of their cocoa beans and increase their livelihoods. This program is part of Pacific Agribusiness Research for Development Initiative (PARDI), which is funded by the Australian Centre […]
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