Media Releases
27/02/2012 Mutual gains on waterlogged, saline soils

Two Australian and three Indian teams are working together to improve crop resilience to soil toxicities that are compromising Indian farmers’ capacity to feed their families and posing a major threat to Australian growers.
23/02/2012 Revolutionising Plant Pest and Disease Diagnostics

A new remote microscope network is becoming a world leader in providing fast and accessible information on outbreaks of exotic plant pests and diseases through a web-based diagnostic system.
23/02/2012 Behind the News: A Bug's Life

An ACIAR-funded project in Cambodia, that has been teaching farmers and their children about better ways of managing crop pests and diseases, is featured on ABC TV's premier educational program ‘Behind the News’.
20/02/2012 Indonesia project news

ACIAR's Indonesia office recently produced a new look 'ACIAR Indonesia' newsletter which is packed full of interesting and colourful snapshots from some of the 48 ACIAR-supported projects across the country.
15/02/2012 ACIAR'S forestry research in Pacific island countries

Forests and trees have great cultural significance for Pacific island people and provide many benefits for subsistence and livelihoods. In some of the Pacific island countries, such as Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji, forests have also been commercially exploited and forest industries are important contributors to the national economies. Forests are held under custom landownership, but governments regulate commercial forestry operations. While timber is important, there are many non-timber forest products, which provide significant cash incomes for people in remote locations.
08/02/2012 Getting results from Australian international agricultural research

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has welcomed the release of an independent report that will help ensure the Australia Government is working to deliver more for every dollar it invests in international agricultural research.
08/02/2012 ACIAR in Vietnam

In the January 2012 issue of 'ACIAR in Vietnam' read about projects that are benefitting farmers growing a range of products - indigenous and counterseasonal vegetables, rice, maize, temperate fruit such as persimmon, beef cattle, and oysters.
19/01/2012 Making the transition out of subsistence agriculture in West Timor

Australian volunteer Skye Gabb recently spent 10 months living in West Timor. She worked with the local Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology (BPTP NTT) on an ACIAR project helping farmers integrate forage legumes to increase crop and livestock production.
17/01/2012 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 '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.
12/01/2012 New technique means more profit for Fiji's cabbage farmers

Cabbage farmers in Fiji’s Sigatoka Valley have seen their incomes increase by 20–30 per cent since adopting the integrated pest management (IPM) farming technique. The farmers are part of an ACIAR-funded project that is testing this effective and environmentally friendly approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices.
21/12/2011 PNG and Pacific Nuis

Get the latest on ACIAR-supported initiatives in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific in the recent issue of PNG and Pacific Nuis produced by ACIAR’s PNG Country office.
16/12/2011 Improving beef cattle productivity in Indonesia

Improving the productivity of smallholder beef cattle production is integral to strengthening rural livelihoods and increasing the supply of domestically produced beef in Indonesia.
15/12/2011 South African legumes show promise

Some of South Africa’s poorest rural communities hope to increase livestock production by transforming their pastures using legumes proven to be effective in a five-year Australian-funded trial.
07/12/2011 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.