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2012

01/02/2012	AYAD John Paul Collins who worked on an ACIAR project on the South Central Coast of Vietnam	Volunteer agricultural opportunities Do you know people in the Agriculture sector who would like to volunteer in a developing country?
17/01/2012	Australian and Indian project scientists discuss ICAR-ACIAR field trials at the Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal (Photo: MS Saharan) Dr Subanna Ayyappan (photo: CIMMYT)	Seminar on India’s priorities for agricultural research India’s most senior agricultural research leader, Dr Subanna Ayyappan, Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), presented a seminar on the country’s research priorities at CSIRO Plant Industry in Canberra on Wednesday 18 January 2011.
16/01/2012	Stephanie Belfield and Bob Martin (front) with farmers and partners from CARE at a farmers field day in Pailin, NW Cambodia (Photo: M.Gyles)	'Changing Lives' in Cambodia Two Australian agricultural researchers working with farmers in Cambodia on ACIAR projects are featured in 'Changing Lives’, a new TV series being aired on Australia Network, and now available on youtube.

2011

07/12/2011	Testing new vegetable varieties at the Kastom Garden in Solomon Islands	Volunteering opportunities Ever thought of becoming a volunteer in a developing country for 12 months? There are several opportunities available through Australian Volunteers for International Development with applications closing on Xmas Day.
09/11/2011	UNFF International Year of Forests Logo	ACIAR's forestry research in Indonesia Indonesia has a population of 230 million people, about half of whom live in rural areas with some dependence on forests. Indonesia has around 95 million hectares of forest, which includes some of the world's most diverse tropical forests and about 44 million hectares of primary forest. It is expanding its plantation estate, which now stands at about 3.5 million hectares of which 1.6 million hectares is Acacia mangium. The Indonesian forest industries are large, annually producing about 13 million tonnes of pulp and paper products and about 5 million cubic metres of wood panels each year.
02/11/2011		Perth Declaration on Food Security Principles From the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia, 28-30 October 2011
28/10/2011	Kenyan farmers are set to benefit from the new Centre. Photo: M.Gyles An African smallholder and her daughter feed their cattle on an Ethiopian farm involved in ACIAR's SIMLESA program. Photo: M.Gyles A young boy standing amongst his family's maize crop in Ethiopia involved in ACIAR's SIMLESA program. Photo: M. Gyles	Australian International Food Security Centre A new $36 million food security centre will be established in Canberra and be given the specific task of sharing Australia's food production expertise with poorer African nations.
21/09/2011	ACIAR Policy Advisory Council members, from left to right: Mr Jia Jingdun (China), Dr Pat Faylon (Philippines), Dr Muhammad Tusneem (Pakistan), Mr Brown Bai (PNG), Dr Monthathip Chanphengxay (Lao PDR), Prof Beth Woods (Australia, President), Dr Men Sarom (Cambodia), The Hon. Prof Ruth Oniang'o SS DSM (Kenya), Dr Yusdar Hilman (Indonesian representative), Dr Nick Austin (ACIAR), Mr Ian Kershaw (AusAID), Dr Nguyen Van Bo (Vietnam)	ACIAR policy advisors visit Australia ACIAR's Policy Advisory Council is visiting Canberra and the Northern Territory from 19-23 September 2011 for annual consultation meetings.
29/08/2011		World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, 26-29 September 2011 - incorporating Farming Systems Design and Landcare The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) have joined forces to host the fifth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (WCCA) incorporating the third Farming Systems Design Conference in Australia this year.
27/08/2011	A wheat variety being trialled in Australia and India. Photo: Arthur Mostead.	Indo-Australian Agricultural Research Forum, 30 September The Indo-Australian Agricultural Research Forum, sponsored by ACIAR, will follow the 5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (WCCA) at the Brisbane Convention Centre on 30 September 2011.
22/08/2011	UNFF International Year of Forests Logo	ACIAR's forestry research in Vietnam
07/07/2011	The front cover of the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness, released 6 July, 2011	Review of Aid Effectiveness An independent review of the effectiveness of Australia’s aid program released by Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on 6 July 2011 recognised research as an important driver of agricultural productivity and strongly endorsed ACIAR and its program.
04/07/2011	ACIAR Corporate Director David Shearer	Development and the Private Sector discussion, 8 July 2011 ACIAR Corporate Director David Shearer took part in a public discussion on ‘Development and the Private Sector’ moderated by journalist Olivia Rousset at the World Bank offices in Sydney on Friday 8 July 2011. The challenge for development is to build a more inclusive and sustainable private sector while overcoming poverty, enhancing growth with care for the environment, and creating opportunity, particularly for the world’s poor.
28/06/2011	Participants in a farmer business school field exercise on negotiating a marketing agreement with supermarket (Source:CIP)	Crawford Fund conference 14-16 August 2011 “Supermarket Revolution in Food: Good, Bad or Ugly for the World’s Farmers, Consumers and Retailers?” is the theme of the Crawford Fund conference being held at Parliament House, Canberra, on 14-16 August 2011.
13/05/2011	UNFF International Year of Forests Logo	ACIAR's forestry research in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea is one of the most important countries within the ACIAR forestry program with the current projects accounting for about twenty percent of the program.