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30/04/2012	A Pakistani citrus industry delegation with Graham Lohmeyer, farm manager of Sevenfields citrus farm, Sunraysia Australia in April 2012 (photo: Deb O'Callaghan, ABC Rural)	Australia and Pakistan share citrus knowledge Members of Pakistan’s citrus industry visited Sunraysia in April 2012 to learn about Australian farming practices for potential application back in Pakistan.
26/03/2012		Cambodian vegetable industry forum looks to the future The inaugural Cambodian Vegetable Industry Forum held on 28-29 February 2012 brought together 150 players to consider how to strengthen the industry into the future.
27/02/2012	Dr Tim Setter (centre) with DAFWA research officer Irene Waters and technical officer Rod Bowey at the Katanning waterlogging research site.	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		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’.
23/02/2012	Remote microscope image being shared with an Australian expert	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.
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.
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.