Eight scientists from Pakistan, ICRISAT and ICARDA together with five Australian scientists participated in the whole program, covering 22 days of activities from 9-30 October 1993. A further 26 scientists from QDPI, CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures, NSW Agriculture, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry and CAMBIA participated in various aspects of the program. Discussion on legume-cereal rotations, legume N fixation and cereal and legume production in N-limited, rain-fed agricultural systems was held during two days of seminars at Queensland Wheat Research Institute (QWRI), Toowoomba, and CSIRO, Canberra, and visits to field experimental sites covering the length of the NSW cropping belt (North Star, Croppa Creek, Cowra, Wagga Wagga and Junee). Formal presentations and discussions at each site addressed research objectives, experimental approaches, treatments, experimental methods etc. In addition, four days of workshop activities covering hands on laboratory practicals on the ureide and 15N methods for measurement of N2 fixation were held in Tamworth and Canberra. The co-ordination meeting held at NSW Agriculture, Tamworth identified the following possible areas of future co-operation between ACIAR project 9210 and ICARDA and ICRISAT: 1) Germplasm exchange, particularly from the Centres to country programs (for example high nodulation pigeonpea and chickpea material developed at ICRISAT). An SPG application, to link to project 9210, was to be prepared by ICRISAT for funding in 1994/95 on 'Developing high N2 fixing variants of chickpea and pigeonpea for a range of enivronments', 2) Specific workshop training on the 15N and ureide methods for quantifying legume N fixation, organised by the Australian scientists with participation by ICRISAT and ICARDA scientists or from scientists from the regions of interest, 3) Post-gradute training - linking into ACIAR project 9210 through enrolment at UNE. 4) Information exchange and outreach with the use of existing ICRISAT networks and by ACIAR project 9210.

A final technical and financial report was received of 05/04/94. The budget was underspent by A$5,213, this amount was reimbursed to ACIAR.