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recapping 2018- part two

In the final GFAR blog of 2018, we continue to look back into highlights of our research activities, staff and student contributions, contributions to development of policy of GFAR researchers through the blogs we have shared this year from July to December. July kicked off with the commercialisation of Galip Nut in Papua New Guinea. […]

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recapping 2018 – Part one

2018 is soon drawing to a close. In today’s blog, we look back at our research activities both those of staff and students, contributions to development of policy GFAR researchers have made, as shared through our blogs this year from January to June. In January, we wrote about the water crisis in Cape Town where […]

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Values of biodiversity and nature’s benefits to people

Sacha Amaruzaman, a PhD Student in the Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR)  recently participated in the First Author Meeting of IPBES Methodological Assessment on Multiple Values of Nature, in Mexico City from 12-16 November 2018. Sacha talks about his experience in this blog. The value of nature to people is broad and diverse, […]

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Inside the 4th Food and Place, Food and Displace Symposium

Blog post prepared by Livia Padilha Recently I participated in the 4th ‘Food and Place, Food and Displace’ Symposium, which was held at Flinders University, Victoria Square. This event was hosted by the Australian Food. Society and Culture Network and its aim was “to present and discuss research on the relationships between eating, drinking, place […]

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Research Investment in Republic of Indonesia (RIRI) – What can Indonesia learn from Australia when it comes to research

Blog post prepared by Sitti Rahma Ma’Mun I have been asking myself for quite some time, “what will happen to my research after I finish my PhD?” I may publish articles out of it but then what? Can it inform policy discussion in the sector that I am working in? Can it bring change to […]

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Understanding the preferences of mango consumers in China

China has become a major production and consumption country of mangoes in recent years, which provides opportunities as well as challenges to smallholder mango growers in the Asia-Pacific region. In order to identify key trends in the Chinese market and enable increased trading opportunities, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has funded a project that […]

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Learning the ropes of leadership and management in international R4D

Blog post prepared by Livia Padilha Recently, I attended a workshop on “Agricultural Research Leadership and Management” with some of my fellow PhD students from Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) . The workshop was organised by Researchers in Agriculture for International Development (RAID) and The Crawford Fund. The two and a half day […]

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Regional Collaborative Platform (RCP) to enhance adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) technologies in Indian Gangetic Plains

Blog post prepared by Dr. Adam Loch  Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) led Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funded project, “Value chain and policy interventions to accelerate adoption of zero tillage in rice-wheat farming systems across the Indo Gangetic Plains” had its final workshop activity in Kathmandu recently, on the 22-23rd […]

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A Day in the Adelaide Hills

Read on for an account of Day 4 of the short course on Food Standards and Regulations Familiarisation, led by The Centre for Global Food and Resources. The IA-CEPA delegates braved a cold winter morning to visit local businesses in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. The morning kicked off with a visit to the processing facility […]

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O-tree for experimental economics – intensive workshop

The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFaR) at The University of Adelaide is hosting an intensive workshop on programming and developing computer-based experiments using o-tree between the 28th-30th June 2017. The workshop will be run by Dr Russell Keith-Magee, a highly experienced instructor and developer in the programming languages on which o-tree is based. […]

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