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The scramble for natural resources; more food, less land? The 2012 Conference will draw together expert speakers from around the world. They will focus on the dynamic interactions between a range of competing uses for land and natural resources, while addressing the need to feed the world’s growing population. ...read more
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Proceedings 2011 - Supermarket Revolution in FoodGood, Bad or Ugly for the World's Farmers, Consumers and Retailers?
Proceedings from our 2011 Conference on the Supermarket revolution in food; good, bad or ugly for the world's farmers, consumers and retailers? ...more
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Read about the 2012 Crawford Fund Conference, the development of the Australian International Food Security Centre and a number of public awareness and training activities we have been involved with. ...more
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The first of the Crawford Fund policy briefs in the series A Wider Canvas for International Agricultural Research, by Dr Gabrielle Persley, Crawford Fund Research Study Director, was launched on 13 February. In national media interviews, Dr Persley highlighted the range of issues that the study will cover. You can download it here ...more
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Read about emerging developments in food security and agricultural research, a summary of our 2011 Conference: the supermarket revolution and our public awareness and training activities. We also give you an update on our "a wider canvass for international agricultural research" project. ...more
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Download the Crawford Fund's Annual Report for 2010-11, with reports on public awareness, training and other activities. ...more
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In anticipation of the Crawford Fund's 25th anniversary in 2012, preparations for a book about its founder Professor Derek Tribe and the Fund are being undertaken by ATSE Fellow Professor Lindsay Falvey. If you have details, anecdotes, perspectives or any other information that may be useful to Prof. Falvey's research, please contact him directly at lindsay.falvey@gmail.com, or P.O. Box 510, Kilmore 3764, Australia. ...more
Feature story
Rising global interest in farmland
The
global dimensions of land ownership and how that relates to world food
security is on the agenda for our 2012 conference. Dr Derek Byerlee is one of our keynote speakers and his 2011
book “Rising Global Interest in Farmland: Can It Yield Sustainable and
Equitable Benefits?” will prove interesting reading for those concerned with developments in both Australia and the developing world. Read more...
IAR in the News
Drumming for better ag practices in PNG
Beating the Garamut Drum (P:Tim Sikkema)
The Crawford Fund is considering the development of a new Master Class in extension, to better train the people who bring new agricultural science and research to farmers. Read about Dr Lilly Sar and her work in PNG on communicating agriculture, using a traditional wooden drum, called the Garamut. Read more here.
Training for Food Security
Cleaning up the PNG potato production
Dorcas Homare conducting potato virus ELIZA test during training at DPI Knoxfield labs, Victoria
Sweet potato is a staple food and potato an important food and cash crop in PNG. Both are seriously threatened by diseases. The Crawford Fund has supported training for three women who are now providing PNG with a front line in virus identification and elimination, and in the multiplication of clean material so PNG can develop and further test potato varieties and multiply them to provide to farmers. Read more...