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ABN: 96 079 246 304
Date:
Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Contact:
Cathy Reade
Email:
creade@squirrel.com.au
Phone:
0413 575 934
World Economists Focus on Government Role in Resource-Based Industries
Over 350 local and international economists will converge on Adelaide next week to progress key
local and global issues of concern to government and the agriculture and natural resource
management sectors.
The largest ever Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
(AARES) will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from the 10 to 12 February, with the
theme Government Roles in Resource-Based Industries in an Interconnected World.
Key issues include emerging challenges in climate change, government policy in water and trade,
globalization of supermarkets, the rise of corporate farming, and agriculture and global economic
development.
Eminent speakers can explain their topics for the layperson including:
Steve Polasky, Professor, University of Minnesota and member of the USA EPA speaking on
Coming Down to Earth: Valuing Nature for Better Decisions
Derek Byerlee, an Australian Member of the CGIAR Science Council presenting on
Globalisation and the Rise of Corporate Farms
Jeffrey LaFrance, Professor, Washington State University speaking on Understanding the US
Demand for Food, Nutrition and Health, 1910-2007
Will Martin, the Australian Research Manager of the Rural Development Unit, World Bank
speaking on Promoting Global Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction
Prabhu Pingali, Deputy Director, Agricultural Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
speaking on Promoting Agriculture Renaissance through Strategic Philanthropy
Peter Timmer, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Development Studies, Emeritus, Harvard
University speaking on What are the Lessons from Agricultural Development in Asia?
Kym Anderson, George Gollin Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide and advisor to
the World Bank presenting on Distortions to Global Agricultural Markets: What next?
Julian Alston, the Australian Professor in Agricultural and Resource Economics at the
University of California, Davis speaking on Agricultural Productivity in the USA
John Freebairn, Professor, University of Melbourne speaking on Markets, Government &
Agriculture
Mike Young, Professor & Director, The Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide
speaking on Managing Environmental Water
Other topics include kangaroo meat traceability, food safety, water policy, African agriculture,
supermarket globalisation, IP issues, food price volatility, carbon policies for agriculture, water
quality in the GBR, management of marine resources, and the value of water in tourism.
Media are welcome to attend - further information is available at
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