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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	Australian volunteer Skye Gabb with a young boy at a trial site testing varieties of forage legumes in West Timor	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.
12/01/2012	Myron Zalucki of University of QLD (front) and Shaveen Prasad (SPC) inspect a brassica trial site at Sigatoka Research Station(Photo: R.Markham)	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	Indonesian cattle are being replaced with Brahman varieties in this pilot project. hotographer: Mr. Adi Rahmatullah	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	Australian and South African team members at a project site in the Eastern Cape in November 2011 with pasture legumes at front.	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	The Governor of NTT Frans Leburaya (l) and Joyakim Lopez, Head District of Belu (r), a major mungbean production region in West Timor, with senior officials from Bantt NTT at the mungbean harvesting festival.	Pulses bring food and profit to Eastern Indonesia Farmers in eastern Indonesia are growing more protein-rich pulses and gaining financial benefits through partnerships with agricultural researchers and the private sector.
13/10/2011	Fijian red papaya packed in foam and boxed for sea freight to New Zealand	Fiji papaya gets a boost Fijian papaya producers expect to increase their export competitiveness following a successful trial of sea freighting fruit to New Zealand through an industry-led ACIAR initiative.
13/10/2011	Packing citrus for sale in Pakistan. Helping growers improve production and streamline marketing is a key goal of the ASLP.	Benefits from Australia-Pakistan agriculture program Australian horticultural and livestock expertise is helping disadvantaged Pakistani smallholder farmers achieve higher profitability.
22/09/2011	Women from the Lignwa farmers group in Siaya, Western Kenya celebrating their maize harvest (Photo: Tesfaye Legesse)	Kenyan farmers showcase their harvest The Lignwa Farmers' Group in Western Kenya have been testing a new approach to maize and bean farming that has seen some farmers more than triple their yields even though they’re spending less time in the field.
29/08/2011		Study shows wheat potential in southern Bangladesh A new ACIAR technical report shows increasing wheat and mungbean production in Bangladesh’s southern coastal region is feasible, and that farmers, many of them women, need substantial support and training on producing wheat, which has not been traditional in the region.
29/08/2011	Solomon Admassu, SIMLESA Hawassa Site Coordinator (left) and farmer Yohanes Gudeta view SIMLESA trials on his farm, July 2011 (Photo: Mandy Gyles)	Conservation agriculture trials impress in southern Ethiopia An ACIAR-funded agricultural research program in Ethiopia is helping farmers to turn around yields of maize and beans, and is opening new opportunities.
16/08/2011	Farmer Nguyen Van Sau and Joshua Scandrett standing in a shorter but much leafier drought tolerant forage variety which is a better feed than the taller elephant grass	Volunteer improving lives in Vietnam through agriculture Australian Youth Ambassador Joshua Scandrett has just returned from a rewarding experience working on an ACIAR-funded livestock nutrition project in Vietnam.
13/07/2011	(L-R) East Timorese Secretary of State for Agriculture Marcos da Cruz, local farmer Francisca, and Mr Rudd discuss the Australian-supported Seeds of Life program in the rural town of Maliana, East Timor.	Minister Rudd visits East Timor Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd visited the ‘Seeds of Life’ program at Maliana in East Timor on 10 July 2011 to see first-hand how this 9-year old ACIAR/AusAID-funded program is building East Timor’s capacity to feed itself.
05/07/2011	Pearls are the Pacific’s most valuable aquaculture commodity © Paul Southgate/James Cook University	Pacific island pearls An ACIAR program supporting development of the cultured pearl industries in Fiji and Tonga is helping communities develop the skills they need to participate in this lucrative industry.