The Campus Review supplement of the Sydney Morning Herald interviews Resource Economics undergraduate Lisa Olsson and Dr Thomas Bishop, degree coordinator for the Bachelor of Environmental Systems.
More than 230 visitors attended the inaugural Open Day for the University of Sydney's Plant Breeding Institute at Cobbitty on Friday 12 November. The Open Day marked the end of year-long Agriculture Centenary events hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
Jonathan Mangmang has been awarded a John Allwright Fellowship by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research to undertake a PhD at the University of Sydney.
Newly appointed Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Dr Feike Dijkstra has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship.
From the 14-16 December our faculty will be organising the Development Economics School and is inviting PhD students, early career researchers and other interested persons who share a passion for the development challenge.
To add to the celebration of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources 100 years of teaching and research it has held its 'Stepping Out with Fresh Ideas' (SOwFI) annual undergraduate student conference from the 3-5 November in the New Law Building in Sydney University
Forty-one students and eight coaches from six Universities nationally converged on Temora, NSW for the 2010 Australian University Crops Competition. This included twelf of our students and 2 coaches.
Professor Alan Randall, currently of Ohio State University, will be joining our Faculty as Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the New Year.
A new variety of field pea with improved disease resistance will be unveiled when the University of Sydney's Plant Breeding Institute hosts the Sustainable Futures Forum and Field Day at Narrabri on Wednesday, 29 September, 2010.
The Faculty has developed a larger variety of an old favourite, the Marguerite Daisy, to celebrate our centenary year, available at Australian garden centres from September.
The soil science group in the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources have not shied away from the making a significant contribution to the success of the 2000 delegate 19th World Congress of Soil Science in Brisbane recently.
Honorary Prof Bruce Sutton is one of two University of Sydney researchers who have won 2010 Eureka Prizes - one of the nation's most prestigious science awards - in recognition of their outstanding scientific contributions
The Australian Soil Science Society awarded Damien Field the Best Oral Presentation prize for his talk, 'Producing the Thinking Soil Scientist', delivered at the 2000-delegate 19th World Congress of Soil Science held in Brisbane.
The Faculty of Agriculture is constantly looking for opportunities to promote its alumni and their wide range of capabilities and achievements. We also rely on the expert advice and feedback we receive from our alumni to tailor our current curricula to meet the current and future needs of the sector.
Whether you're interested in courses for professional development, you'd like to further your career or you just want to learn for the love of it, there is something on offer for you as a postgraduate at the Faculty.
Some of our Postgraduate students, Brendan Malone, Kanika Singh, Irshad Bibi, Nabeel Khan Niazi and Uta Stockmann are preparing presentations for the upcoming 19th World Congress of Soil Science in Brisbane.
The 16th SUNFix Symposium was held as usual on the last Friday of June last month. For the first time the Symposium was held in the Australian Technology Park. Since 1995, the Symposium has been held in the Watt Building
Meet a variety of employers in agriculture and hear them give their insights into what it's really like to work there, what the variety of opportunities are and how students can apply for jobs.
Starting university can be a difficult time, not least because of the financial burden and extra costs associated with being a student. The Faculty is here to help you through this transition with a range of scholarship opportunities for future students.
There is a new opportunity for Australian students to undertake internships in China with leading Australian businesses. Sectors include: environmental economics, commerce/business, environmental science and many more.
Researchers from the Faculty were successful in the Federal Government's recently announced second round of Linkage Projects, totalling over six hundred thousand dollars over the next three years.
The Faculty's annual Research Symposium held on Friday 4 June 2010 attracted more than 260 people from across industry, Faculty alumni, current and staff and students.
The event was extremely popular and the Great Hall was full, accommodating over 400 diners, who were predominantly seated in their year groups. As part of the event three Faculty Alumni Award recipients were honoured.
Take a look at the Centenary Booklet released on the Agriculture Centenary Weekend. It is a glimpse into the first 100 years of agriculture at the University of Sydney.
Two of the world's leading researchers will be speaking at the University this fortnight. Dr Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Dr Pedro Sanchez will join the public lecture series Sydney Ideas as part of the Faculty's Centenary celebrations.
The University of Sydney's Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources is celebrating its Centenary throughout 2010 with a diverse program of events.
MY generation grew up in fear: fear that the Soviets or the Americans would push the red button; fear that China and India would overrun the world with hungry people. Then miracles happened.
Three key researchers from the Mexican College of Postgraduate Studies (Colegio de Posgraduos), and Government agency the Mexican Institute of Water Technology (Instituto Mexicano de Technologia de Agua - IMTA) have arrived in Australia to work with University of Sydney academics from the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
Professor Park has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Senior Scholarship. He will research the genetic basis of resistance to a fungus caused disease known as stem rust in cereals for four months at the Cereal Disease Laboratory, St Paul, USDA
Call for Nominations. All Agriculture alumni are encouraged to submit nominations for the Inaugural Faculty Alumni Awards across four areas of achievement - Community, International, Professional and Young Alumni.
This exciting public event brings together world experts to discuss the major environmental issues facing us today. The program will provide a fascinating perspective on the changing face of agriculture and the vital role it plays in all our lives.
The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney is pleased to announce the launch of a three-year research program on sustainability made possible by US$2,000,000 in support from The Dow Chemical Company Foundation in the United States. The Dow Program on Sustainability in association with the Institute of Sustainable Solutions and the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources will develop strategies to combat soil degradation, which is reducing agricultural productivity around the world and increasing carbon emissions.
Professor Robert Park has received a $478,200 grant with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and mentor key young scientists in eastern Africa in cereal rust pathology and resistance breeding
Late in 2009, Professor Mark Adams was awarded $275,000 under an AusAID Australian Leadership Awards Fellowship (ALAF), to run a 3 week intensive program for leaders working on climate change mitigation in Samoa and PNG. Professor Adams will be working with the Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific in implementing the program.
In December 2009, members of the Faculty of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources (FAFNR) took part in presenting an intensive training program on modern agricultural management for 28 Chinese delegates from a range of agricultural-focused organisations in and around Beijing.
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The Campus Review supplement of the Sydney Morning Herald interviews Resource Economics undergraduate Lisa Olsson and Dr Thomas Bishop, degree coordinator for the Bachelor of Environmental Systems.
More than 230 visitors attended the inaugural Open Day for the University of Sydney's Plant Breeding Institute at Cobbitty on Friday 12 November. The Open Day marked the end of year-long Agriculture Centenary events hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
Jonathan Mangmang has been awarded a John Allwright Fellowship by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research to undertake a PhD at the University of Sydney. 
Newly appointed Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Dr Feike Dijkstra has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship. 
From the 14-16 December our faculty will be organising the Development Economics School and is inviting PhD students, early career researchers and other interested persons who share a passion for the development challenge.
To add to the celebration of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources 100 years of teaching and research it has held its 'Stepping Out with Fresh Ideas' (SOwFI) annual undergraduate student conference from the 3-5 November in the New Law Building in Sydney University
Forty-one students and eight coaches from six Universities nationally converged on Temora, NSW for the 2010 Australian University Crops Competition. This included twelf of our students and 2 coaches.
Distinguished agriculture alumnus Dr David Smiles passed away on 27 October 2010
Professor Alan Randall, currently of Ohio State University, will be joining our Faculty as Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics in the New Year. 
Australian native rice may contain valuable genes that could help... 
A new variety of field pea with improved disease resistance will be unveiled when the University of Sydney's Plant Breeding Institute hosts the Sustainable Futures Forum and Field Day at Narrabri on Wednesday, 29 September, 2010.
Join us for this exciting event
Apply now for an undergraduate scholarship
The Faculty has developed a larger variety of an old favourite, the Marguerite Daisy, to celebrate our centenary year, available at Australian garden centres from September.
The soil science group in the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources have not shied away from the making a significant contribution to the success of the 2000 delegate 19th World Congress of Soil Science in Brisbane recently. 
Honorary Prof Bruce Sutton is one of two University of Sydney researchers who have won 2010 Eureka Prizes - one of the nation's most prestigious science awards - in recognition of their outstanding scientific contributions
The Australian Soil Science Society awarded Damien Field the Best Oral Presentation prize for his talk, 'Producing the Thinking Soil Scientist', delivered at the 2000-delegate 19th World Congress of Soil Science held in Brisbane.
The Faculty of Agriculture is constantly looking for opportunities to promote its alumni and their wide range of capabilities and achievements. We also rely on the expert advice and feedback we receive from our alumni to tailor our current curricula to meet the current and future needs of the sector.
Join alumni and friends, and the general public, at two memorable events at the Narrabri Plant Breeding Institute in late September.
Whether you're interested in courses for professional development, you'd like to further your career or you just want to learn for the love of it, there is something on offer for you as a postgraduate at the Faculty.
Some of our Postgraduate students, Brendan Malone, Kanika Singh, Irshad Bibi, Nabeel Khan Niazi and Uta Stockmann are preparing presentations for the upcoming 19th World Congress of Soil Science in Brisbane.
The 16th SUNFix Symposium was held as usual on the last Friday of June last month. For the first time the Symposium was held in the Australian Technology Park. Since 1995, the Symposium has been held in the Watt Building
Eight University of Sydney academics have been shortlisted for the 2010 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
Meet a variety of employers in agriculture and hear them give their insights into what it's really like to work there, what the variety of opportunities are and how students can apply for jobs. 
Starting university can be a difficult time, not least because of the financial burden and extra costs associated with being a student. The Faculty is here to help you through this transition with a range of scholarship opportunities for future students.
There is a new opportunity for Australian students to undertake internships in China with leading Australian businesses. Sectors include: environmental economics, commerce/business, environmental science and many more.
Researchers from the Faculty were successful in the Federal Government's recently announced second round of Linkage Projects, totalling over six hundred thousand dollars over the next three years.
The 2010 inaugural Faculty Alumni Awards were announced at the Centenary Gala Dinner held on Saturday 5 June in the Great Hall.
The Faculty's annual Research Symposium held on Friday 4 June 2010 attracted more than 260 people from across industry, Faculty alumni, current and staff and students.
The event was extremely popular and the Great Hall was full, accommodating over 400 diners, who were predominantly seated in their year groups. As part of the event three Faculty Alumni Award recipients were honoured.
Take a look at the Centenary Booklet released on the Agriculture Centenary Weekend. It is a glimpse into the first 100 years of agriculture at the University of Sydney.
Two of the world's leading researchers will be speaking at the University this fortnight. Dr Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Dr Pedro Sanchez will join the public lecture series Sydney Ideas as part of the Faculty's Centenary celebrations.
The University of Sydney's Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources is celebrating its Centenary throughout 2010 with a diverse program of events.
The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources held its graduation ceremony and annual Scholars Reception on Friday 30 April.
More than 100 University of Sydney alumni attended a Western NSW Alumni Cocktail Reception.
MY generation grew up in fear: fear that the Soviets or the Americans would push the red button; fear that China and India would overrun the world with hungry people. Then miracles happened. 
Nominations are now open for election of the Agriculture Alumni Association executive committee.
Three key researchers from the Mexican College of Postgraduate Studies (Colegio de Posgraduos), and Government agency the Mexican Institute of Water Technology (Instituto Mexicano de Technologia de Agua - IMTA) have arrived in Australia to work with University of Sydney academics from the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
Register here for the Centenary Research Symposium to be held on Friday 4th June 2010
The Faculty Scholars Reception on Friday 30 April. 
Professor Park has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Senior Scholarship. He will research the genetic basis of resistance to a fungus caused disease known as stem rust in cereals for four months at the Cereal Disease Laboratory, St Paul, USDA
Call for Nominations. All Agriculture alumni are encouraged to submit nominations for the Inaugural Faculty Alumni Awards across four areas of achievement - Community, International, Professional and Young Alumni.
From one student to another: Why is plant science so important, and how you can make a career in this fascinating area?
Professor Robert Park has received a $478,200 grant with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and mentor key young scientists in eastern Africa in cereal rust pathology and resistance breeding
Late in 2009, Professor Mark Adams was awarded $275,000 under an AusAID Australian Leadership Awards Fellowship (ALAF), to run a 3 week intensive program for leaders working on climate change mitigation in Samoa and PNG. Professor Adams will be working with the Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific in implementing the program. 
In December 2009, members of the Faculty of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources (FAFNR) took part in presenting an intensive training program on modern agricultural management for 28 Chinese delegates from a range of agricultural-focused organisations in and around Beijing.