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Analytical equipment in support of the ACIAR/Unitech Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme

Project ID: 
ASEM/2006/068
Collaborating Countries: 
Papua New Guinea
Commissioned Organisation: 
University of Queensland, Australia
Project Leader: 
Dr Barry W Norton
Phone: 07 3289 0260
Fax: 07 3289 0103
Email: b.norton@uq.edu.au
Collaborating Institutions: 
  • University of Technology, Papua New Guinea
Project Budget: 
$149,930
Project Duration: 
01/10/2006 - 30/06/2007
Project Extension: 
01/07/2007 - 31/03/2008
ACIAR Research Program Manager: 
Dr Ken Menz
Project Background and Objectives: 

The ACIAR Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme for UNITECH was initiated in March 2005. Eighteen annual scholarships will be awarded to 12-15 students between 2005 and 2008 for research in a wide range of topics - crop physiology and agronomy of sweet potato, taro, peanut and cocoa, plant pathology, entomology, fish and poultry nutrition, animal health, agricultural engineering and extension - with most continuing on from Postgraduate Diploma to Masters of Philosophy. This small project activity will enable the purchase of a LECO carbon and nitrogen analyser (to measure these two important elements) and other equipment to give a laboratory at Unitech comprehensive capability for the analysis of macro- and micro-elements in plant, animal, soil and water samples.

Project Outcomes: 
Outcomes for this project are currently being prepared