Partners Magazine - July 2005

The July 2005 edition of Partners magazine is now available online. Indonesia is the main focus of this edition,with ACIAR's activities helping poor farmers featured. Improving smallholder productivity is being undertaken through a range of projects addressing:

• Improving the productivity of Bali cattle
• Managing animal diseases
• Developing improved aquaculture systems
• Capturing fishing data
• Crop protection of vanilla
• Hybrid teas
• Contract farming
• Forestry management and sustainability
• Controlling insect pests

Also featured is:

• ACIAR's continued efforts in response to the December 2004 tsunami
• Recovering from disaster - Healing Wounds, An Australian Perspective
• ACIAR's International Agricultural Research Center partners
• Improving the productivity of South African cattle farmers
• The role of Science
• Around ACIAR - the latest news
• Net benefits