The Crawford Fund
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For a Food & Nutrition Secure World. Public awareness, training & ‘nextgen’ projects to benefit developing countries & Australia. On FB, LinkedIn & Insta too.
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⏰✨Apply for a Conference Scholarship to kick start your career in #Ag4Dev , applications close 24 May.
“My career now focuses on agriculture development! All because of the conference I attended and the scholars’ days!' says Elena Martin Avila Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺.
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We appreciate the partnership and elated that Rebekah Ash had memorable time with Center for Research and Development in Drylands to many more! crawfordfund.org/news/pastorali… The Crawford Fund ACIAR ACIAR in Eastern and Southern Africa Jackson Wachira Rahma hassan Ian Scoones
Thank you so much to Center for Research and Development in Drylands and other international centres and all the project leaders involved who make it possible for our student awardees to get such important professional and personal experience and networks - student awards 2024 open now! crawfordfund.org/news/support-f…
💬 🎉 'I would like to thank the Crawford Fund for making this opportunity possible. This experience allowed me to learn valuable techniques and skills that I am excited to bring back to Australia!' says Student Awardee Megan Morgan James Cook Uni after her South Korean aquaculture trip.
📸 With the support of our SA committee, Me Vang from Tay Bac University Vietnam recently visited Prof. Andrew Barr’s farm in SA. Guided by Andy himself, he toured the farmland, delved into the soil structure, and to top it off, he even got to ride the tractor! 🚜
#NextGenAg4D
💡 Prof Glenn Denning highlights a strategy to solve food security challenges:
•Improve productivity sustainably
•Connect farmers to markets
•Reduce post-harvest loss
•Shift to healthy diets
•Strengthen safety nets & social protection
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Advance Global Australians
Congratulations to AIA Fellow and internationally renowned wheat scientist, Dr Tony Fischer FAIAST FTSE AM who was awarded the 2023 The Crawford Fund Medal. Read more: crawfordfund.org/news/2023-cf-m… #crawfordfund #agchatoz #aginstitute
🔬Our incredible Student Awardee Megan Moran from James Cook Uni skilfully collects freshly fertilised Zebrafish eggs and places them into a specialised microinjection mold for genome editing.
👀 Stay tuned as Megan monitors each embryo's progress with fluorescent dyes.
#NextGenAg4D