Seminars Series

Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (FAFNR)
Sciences Discipline Group Seminar Series
DT Anderson LT, Heydon Lawrence Building.
Semester 1, 2008 Program will be available soon.

Queries relating to the program should be directed to:
Dr Carina Moeller
Phone: (02) 9351 6902
Email: c.moeller@usyd.edu.au

Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (FAFNR)
Economics Discipline Group Seminar Series 2008
Friday, 4.00-5.30 pm 109 Watt Building (Unless otherwise noticed)

14 March Jeffrey Neilson (Geography, U Sydney)
“Certifying sustainability: corporate self-regulation and smallholder coffee systems in Indonesia”

20 March Gordon T. MacAulay (BRI and A&RE, U Sydney) NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
“Agricultural development and land policy in Vietnam: an overview and theoretical perspective”


4 th April MINI-SYMPOSIA ON SUSTAINABILITY


9 April John Beghin (Economics, Iowa State University, visiting Academic at Economics, U Sydney) NOTE CHANGE OF DATE: Wednesday
"The Determinants of World Demand for U.S. Corn Seeds: Trade Cost, Tariffs, and SPS Regulations."

11 April Oscar Cacho (Economics, U New England)
“Carbon markets, transaction costs and biofuels in carbon sequestration projects.”

18 April Adam Komarek (NSW Dept. Environment and Climate Change)
“An empirical analysis of banana-growing households in Uganda”

1 May Paul Fritjers (Economics, QUT) NOTE CHANGE OF DATE: Thursday
Title TBA

9 May Emily Gray (A&RE, U Sydney)
“Uncertainty aversion in Australian regulation of agricultural gene technology”

16 May Gaurav Datt (World Bank)
Title TBA

23 May Chikako Yamauchi (Economics, ANU)
“Targeting of anti-poverty programs”

30 May Shauna Philips (A&RE, U Sydney)
“Exchange rates and FDI in Australian food manufacturing”

06 June Elizabeth Nolan (A&RE, U Sydney)
Title TBA

Queries relating to the program should be directed to:
Dr Paulo Santos
Phone: (02) 9351 4686
Email: p.santos@usyd.edu.au