Coffee, Cocoa and Conversations: RAID SA re-launch with Emeritus Professor Randy Stringer

RAID is back in South Australia, and we’d love for you to come along to our first event in four years!

Join us for a relaxed evening of connection and conversation with thanks to RAID Network and Ag Institute Australia. Emeritus Professor Randy Stringer will share stories and reflections from his career in research in agriculture for international development, and we’ll screen two short documentary films featuring Randy’s work:

🎬 Cocoa Value Chains in the Pacific – highlighting efforts to strengthen local economies and trade through cocoa.
🎬 The Coffee Innovation Platform in Uganda – following the journey of coffee from Ugandan farmers to Australian consumers.

This event is a great opportunity to connect with others working or interested in international agriculture, and learn about some of the projects making a difference around the world.

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Emeritus Professor Randy Stringer

Over the past thirty years, Randy has taught, published and conducted research and policy analysis on agricultural development, natural resource management, food security, land tenure, rural development, poverty and environmental issues in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. Before joining the University of Adelaide, Randy was Chief of the Comparative Studies Service at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

At FAO, Randy's Service produced FAO's flagship publication, the State of Food and Agriculture, focusing on biotechnology, trade and poverty and environmental services. From 1996 to 2002, Randy was Deputy Director of the Centre for International Economic Studies, where he managed research programs and lectured in the School of Economics, University of Adelaide. During most of he 1980s, he was an Associate Research Scientist and Lecturer in agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin's Land Tenure Center.

Dr Daniel Gregg

We’re also pleased to welcome Dr Daniel Gregg, Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University’s Centre for Social Impact and College of Business, Government, and Law. Daniel specialises in quantitative economic analysis of agri-food systems, rural development, and agricultural economics.

He co-founded Intersection Traders, a social enterprise supporting smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda, which grew from a research project with Randy and colleagues. Daniel will share insights on the transition from university research to building a social enterprise, and the organisation’s aim to create more sustainable and inclusive rural economies.