Professor Wendy Umberger is the Executive Director of the Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide and specialises in food economics and food policy. Wendy has research projects in Australia, North America, Asia, the Pacific Islands and South Africa related to the economics of global food systems. Wendy’s research uses innovative methods to understand drivers of consumer and producer behaviour related to food issues, including nutrition, food safety, and health and marketing claims related to quality (credence) attributes associated with the production and processing of food. She has published extensively and has been invited to present her work internationally to a variety of audiences including industry, government and academic. She will be using this expertise in the Mango Markets project.
Associated Project:
- AGB/2016/007: Challenges and opportunities for meeting requirements of China mango markets