Centre for Global Food & Resources (GFAR)
@UoAGFAR
Research Centre at @UniofAdelaide. We conduct applied economics research for resilient food & resource systems. Offer Masters & PhD programs.
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๐ Congrats to our GFAR students Jack Hetherington and Grace Tulysewski for receiving the 2024 Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics's HDR Awards!
๐ Jack won the Strategic Collaboration Award
๐ Grace won the Community Contribution Award
#StudentAward
๐Kudos to the dynamic GFAR PhD students presenting at the ABLE HDR Conference!
๐From empowering women in agriculture to innovative solutions in dairy farming, their research covers a wide range of agricultural, food and resource economics.
#PhDJourney #StudywithUs
๐ First Day of Study Tour! ๐
๐ Master's students in the Master of Economics and Resource Policy Program are kicking off their week-long journey exploring Agri-food Systems in South Australia!
Learn more about the Master's Program here: adelaide.edu.au/degree-finder/โฆ
Uni of Adelaide
๐ฅOur GFAR researcher chitpasong kousonsavath recently participated in the inception workshop and conducted field interviews for the project 'Assessing the Social and Economic Implications of Changing to Low-input and Organic Rice Production in Lao PDR' in Lao.
#OrganicFood
๐It's #FoodWasteActionWeek ! GFAR researchers Trang Nguyen & Jack Hetherington shared insights at Ag Institute Aus-SA's meeting on their PhD journeys & projects tackling food waste issues, thanks to our sponsor End Food Waste Australia
๐ฅBig thanks to AIA_SA & EFWA for the opportunity!
๐ฅLast week, our lunchroom buzzed with warmth and camaraderie! At GFAR, we celebrate our diverse culinary backgrounds, share meals & chat research๐. The lunchroom's quieter today as our Indonesian colleagues fast for Ramadan. Can't wait to have them back in a month! #studywithus
๐ฐ Scholarship opportunity: CSIRO and Space Down Under have a four-year PhD scholarship to support a Uni of Adelaide to research sustainable water treatment. The successful candidate will receive a $46k p.a. scholarship and undertake an industry internship. bit.ly/3Su2J6j
๐กNew paper published by our GFAR PhD graduate Nikki Dumbrell and researchers exploring the preferences of both the Australian public and farmers regarding different management practices for sustainability.
Dive into the key insights below! ๐
#sustainablefarming
๐Kudos to Team GFAR for their outstanding participation at the AARES #AARES2024 conference in Canberra last week. Special congrats to Jack Hetherington & Rida Akzar for winning the Best Poster Award and the People's Choice Poster Award. Your hard work has made us incredibly proud!
It was great to see former GFAR staff and alumni, Prof. Wendy Umberger and Dr. Wahida Maghraby, at the ACIAR session today.
Learn more about our research including ACIAR projects in developing countries here: adelaide.edu.au/global-food/reโฆ
#AARES2024 #GFAR24 #foodsystems
๐Heading to AARES 2024? Don't miss our sessions on #foodwaste issues!
๐ง Jack Hetherington explores 'a better whey' in cheese manufacturing.
๐ Trang Nguyen dives into household behaviours reducing food waste.
Projects supported by End Food Waste Australia #FoodWasteReduction
๐พ #Day2 of our series on the AARES, 7-9 Feb 2024, Canberra.
๐ Discover the latest organic food consumption with GFARians chitpasong kousonsavath & explore innovative seed systems by Dr Rio Maligalig at #AARES2024 . Don't miss these insightful talks๐ฑ๐๐ฅญ๐
#SustainableAgriculture
Markets alone can't solve #climatechange and #biodiversity loss. A/Prof Patrick OโConnor and Anthelia Bond explain that it's time for integrated solutions that address both, and now.
Read more in their recent The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand article: theconversation.com/climate-changeโฆ