As part of its ongoing evaluation process, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
(ACIAR) periodically revisits a sample of past projects some time after their completion and critically appraises
their outcomes.
This report, the 13th in our series of adoption studies, documents the adoption results for five ACIAR projects
completed in 2011–12. They involved five partner countries: Papua New Guinea (PNG), Indonesia, the
ACIAR has supported a program of research collaboration with Pakistan since 1984,
with recent projects focused on Pakistan’s key fruit crops (mangoes and citrus), livestock
(smallholder dairy), agricultural policy, and agricultural water management. ACIAR
works closely with the Government of Pakistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade (DFAT), other donor partners, non-government organisations (NGOs) and
News
Ambassador’s first visit to North West (p.2)
Promoting gender equality in agricultural research and development (p.3)
Climate change − a key focus for an ACIARPAC meeting (p.4)
Sustainability of a project (p.5)
Ambassador met with scientist alumni of John Dillon Fellowship (p.6) ACIAR Vietnam key dates in first half of 2017 (p.7) Project updates
Towards sustainable cassava value chains in Son La and Dak Lak (p.8)
The ACIAR-funded Family Teams program outlined in this monograph illustrates
that when men, women and youth work together as a family unit, more gender-equitable and
effective farming practices lead to improved family livelihoods. Key to success
of the Family Teams approach is the support of village community educators
who are able to tailor the program to suit their particular community and
sustain the learnings well beyond its formal implementation. The program
ACIAR’s mission is to achieve more productive and sustainable agricultural systems, for the benefit of developing countries and
Australia, through international agricultural research partnerships. ACIAR works in close collaboration with researchers from
the developing world to build healthier, more equitable and more prosperous societies. The Australian Government’s policy on
development aid underpins ACIAR’s research agenda.
Stuart Higgins,Tomo Hamakawa, David McGill, Edwin Mulianto, Teddy Kristedi, Chaseley Ross, Prita Raditiarini, Yustika Muharastri, Vivien Ayun, Amber Gregory & Kate Janetski.
An extensive desktop review of 17 ‘off-the-shelf’ apps was performed, ranking the apps against specific selection criteria relevant to a typical ACIAR project. Two apps were selected, with their critical feature being a capacity to perform multi-purpose monitoring ; CommCare and SurveyCTO. These two apps were then trialled in a six-week field pilot in villages of Gerokgak and Sanggalangit in the north of Bali, Indonesia, involving eight field researchers from Udayana University, 80 smallholder cattle producers.
