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India - Priorities

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  2. Country Strategy
  3. Priorities
  4. Key Program Managers
  5. Current Projects
  6. Concluded Projects
  7. Achievements
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  13. AusAid and Other Briefs
  14. Fellowship Statistics

Priorities

ACIAR has a program of consultation with India to establish priorities in research collaboration, most recently between July 2006 and May 2007. These priorities are evolving through periodic discussions with key partners and stakeholders in India. The current research program is clustered around the following focal areas:

Subprogram 1: Application of marker-assisted selection as a tool in wheat breeding (Indo–Australian program on marker-assisted wheat breeding)

  • Application of marker-assisted selection to provide varieties with improved leaf, stripe and stem-rust resistances
  • Identification and application of suitable traits and markers for coping with abiotic stresses
  • Identification and application of wheat quality traits

Subprogram 2: Cropping systems productivity enhancement

  • Identification of new traits in oilseed brassicas
  • Improved rice establishment methods for direct seeding, including better weed management
  • Nutrient management in wheat–soybean cropping systems

Subprogram 3: Water management and productivity for enhanced livelihoods in rainfed areas of the central plateau, with emphasis on Andhra Pradesh

  • Implementation of sustainable water harvesting and watershed development
  • Informing of water resource management and policymaking to optimise water productivity
  • Improvement in water productivity of rainfed cropping and livestock systems
  • Adaptation of farming systems to cope with climate change

Subprogram 4: Policy options for trade and market reform to underpin agribusiness development

  • Adjustment to the challenges and opportunities of international trade
  • Facilitation of private-sector investment in agribusiness and marketing
  • Safeguarding of smallholder livelihoods in the transition from a regulated to a market economy