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Youth Perspectives’ on Regional Economic Cooperation: Cross Border Education, Social Media and Global Value Chains
Our Master of Global Food and Agricultural Business (MGFAB) Rohan Yargop recently attended the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council’s (PECC) 22nd General Meeting in Beijing, 10-11 September 2014. Professor Christopher Findlay, the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Professions also attended the meeting. According to the PECC’s website, “this year marks the 25th anniversary of APEC […]
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Is business failure a sign of market failure?
By: Jeremy Lomman I recently joined the Global Food Studies program at the University of Adelaide. We have only scratched the surface on the mountain of economic data and reports to be analysed about the global agribusiness and food industry. One thing that is already glaringly obvious is the increasing challenge of managing the […]
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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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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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Regional cooperation for food security in ASEAN: Good framework, but need renewed commitment?
Following the 2008 food crisis, the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) approved the ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) aiming to address four major components including food security arrangements and emergency short-term relief; sustainable food trade development; integrated food security information system; and agricultural innovation. One of the remaining challenge is to see whether the […]
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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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Beef clause in trade agreements and challenges for Australian beef industry
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations continue despite criticisms of its effectiveness in providing an alternative pathway towards global economic integration. Pascal Lamy, for example, defines the TPP as “overly focussed on tariffs” (Source: iPolitics). The TPP, which consists of 12 countries including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United […]
Strengthening networks to conduct horticulture trade research in China
The Global Food Studies (GFS) research team, Associate Prof. Wendy Umberger, Dr Suzie Newman and Dr Xiaobo He and Dr Rodd Dyer Agribusiness Research Program Manager of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) recently returned from Beijing. The trip between 19 and 22 May 2014 aimed at identifying potential research partners for a […]
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GFS and PIRSA co-hosted agribusiness roundtable on the future of US agricultural policy
Global Food Studies (GFS) and Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA) co-hosted an agribusiness roundtable on “the future of US agricultural policy and its implications for trade liberalisation in the context of the 2014 farm bill” presenting Professor Vincent Smith of Montana State University on Tuesday, 6 May 2014. Professor Smith is also the Director […]
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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 […]
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