Philippines

Country News and Stories

Rice research dollar delivers high returns
South-East Asian rice farmers are harvesting an extra US$1.46 billion worth of rice every year as a result of long-term research on rice varietal improvement by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) according to a new ACIAR report.

Pacific lessons for Indigenous Australians
A group of people from Indigenous communities in north Western Australia are further down the track to developing a new mariculture industry following a course recently supported by ACIAR.

A sanctuary for crops
Every year during the wet season, vegetable farmer Noel Morales from Leyte in the Visayas finds non-farm work to earn a living.

Sea cucumber aquaculture symposium
A research symposium in Nouméa on 15-18 February 2011 has been organised by ACIAR and Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) to support the development of sustainable tropical sea cucumber aquaculture.

Volunteer agricultural opportunities

Do you know people in the Agriculture sector who would like to volunteer in a developing country?

New book guides grassroots landcare approach
A new book detailing the rich experiences of landcare facilitators and farmers involved in the ten-year Philippines-Australia Landcare Project has been officially launched in Australia today as part of National Landcare Week. "Landcare in the Philippines – A practical guide to getting it started and keeping it going', is written by 15 landcare facilitators and farmers and published by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) to help guide new landcare facilitators in developing countries.

Women’s group in southern Mindanao
Women are often the first to take on landcare and the women in the Malisbong Community Development Organisation are no different. They have planted vegetables and fruit trees around their homes as a more diverse and nutritious food source for their families, and they hope to eventually increase their incomes.

Children teaching parents
Since November 2007, the Malamba elementary school and the adjacent high school have been working with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to bring landcare into the schools.

New book guides grassroots landcare approach in the Philippines
A book based on the experiences of landcare facilitators and farmers involved in the ten-year Philippines-Australia Landcare Project has been officially launched in Australia during National Landcare Week.

Sharing farm science across the seas
From the jungles of Papua New Guinea to the highlands of Tibet, Australian researchers are working with farmers to save them money and time, and to improve their health and the natural environment surrounding their farms.

Philippines newsletters
Newsletters from the ACIAR Philippines office.

Project story: Schoolchildren join the fight against agricultural pollution
Schoolchildren in the Philippines have joined an innovative scheme to help farmers minimise agricultural run-off into waterways in Laguna de Bay in the Philippines.