Research that works for developing countries and Australia

All Publications By Type

Index

Co-publications

 - (Back to top)
CoP01 Australian Prawn Farming Manual

The Manual draws together a range of research, both in Australia, Indonesia and Thailand, on prawn health management

CoP02 Rice in Laos

An IRRI publication documenting the long association of Laos and its people with rice in historical, cultural and agricultural contexts.

CoP03 Sandfish hatchery techniques

Sandfish is arguably the most commercially valuable of the tropical sea cucumber species that are processed into beche-de-mer.

CoP04 Suggested recommendations for the fumigation of grain in the ASEAN region

A three-part multilingual publication looking at fumigation for pest control.

CoP05 A review of Indonesia's Indian Ocean tuna fisheries

The Indonesia-Australia Meeting on Indian Ocean fisheries, held in Bali in 2000, identified priority areas for future research co-operation and collaboration between Australia and Indonesia in the field of tuna and shark fisheries.

CoP06 Guide to Fumigation Under Gas-Proof Sheets

This fumigation guide has been written to tell, and show, users how to do fumigations with the fumigants phosphine and methyl bromide using gas-proof sheets to treat: bag-stacks of grain and other commodities; loaded freight containers and other products

CoP07 Weeds of upland crops in Cambodia

A weed identification guide sponsored by ACIAR, the NSW Department of Primary Industries, and the Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute. The purpose of this book is to help extension workers and farmers to identify plants that are weeds or are considered to have the potential to become weeds in the upland cropping systems of Cambodia.

CoP08 Improved technology practices for upland crops in Cambodia: technical methods demonstration manual

This manual was sponsored by ACIAR, the NSW Department of Primary Industries and the Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute. It is part of a package to enable extension workers and other agencies, including Non‑Government Organisations, to implement on-farm demonstrations of improved technologies for upland crops.

CoP09 Liriomyza Parasitoids in Southeast Asia

An online key to Liriomyza Parasitoids in Southeast Asia.

CoP10 Field crop manual: maize - a guide to upland production in Cambodia

A guide to maize production in Cambodia, produced jointly by the NSW Department of Primary Industries, Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute and ACIAR.

CoP11 Voices from the forest: integrating indigenous knowledge into sustainable upland farming

A handbook of locally based agricultural practices that brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. ACIAR contributed to this publication.

CoP12 [Khmer] Rice in Cambodia

A Khmer language publication on rice in Cambodia, including the history of rice cultivation, and all stages rice production management - from breeding to market.

CoP13 Diseases of fruit crops in Australia

Diseases of Fruit Crops in Australia covers important diseases affecting the broad range of fruit and nut crops grown throughout Australia.

CoP14 Economic Analysis of Diversity in Modern Wheat

Scientific breeding in the twentieth century greatly accelerated wheat's evolution, producing high-yielding varieties that helped avoid famine in many developing countries. Emerging scientific tools hold promise for identifying and tapping new, useful genetic diversity within wheat's primary and secondary gene pools and, through genetic engineering, beyond.

Corporate Publications

 - (Back to top)
Country profiles 2004

ACIAR's Country Profiles are an annual snapshot of activities in key partner countries, reporting on the progress in collaborative research being carried out between Australia and partner countries.

AOP 2007-08 Annual Operational Plan 2007-08

ACIAR's Annual Operational Plan for the 2007-08 Financial Year.

AOP 2008-09 Annual Operational Plan 2008-09

The ACIAR Annual Operational Plan for 2008-09. AOP 08-09 - full text PDF.

AOP 2008-09 [Indonesia] Annual Operational Plan 2008-09: Indonesian extract

Indonesian extract from the Annual Operational Plan 2008-09: Indonesia translation.

AOP 2008-09 [Khmer] Annual Operational Plan 2008-09: Cambodian extract

Cambodian extract from the Annual Operational Plan 2008-09: Khmer translation.

AOP 2008-09 [Lao] Annual Operational Plan 2008-09: Lao extract

Lao extract from the Annual Operational Plan 2008-09: translation.

AOP 2008-09 [Vietnamese] Annual Operational Plan 2008-09: Vietnamese extract

Vietnamese extract from the Annual Operational Plan 2008-09: translation.

AOP 2009-10 Annual Operational Plan 2009-10

The ACIAR Annual Operational Plan is our key communications document on operational issues with partners and stakeholders. It is presented on a region/country basis, with priorities for each grouped into research program areas along with detailed project listings.

Translated extracts from the Annual Operational Plan are also available for Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR.

AOP 2009-10 (Khmer translation) Annual Operational Plan 2009-10: Cambodian extract

The translated Cambodian extract from the Annual Operational Plan 2009-10.

AOP 2009-10 (Lao translation) Annual Operational Plan 2009-10: Lao extract

The translated Lao extract from the Annual Operational Plan 2009-10.

AOP 2009-10 [Indonesian] Annual Operational Plan 2009-10: Indonesian extract

The translated Indonesian extract from the Annual Operational Plan 2009-10.

AOP 2009-10 [Vietnamese] Annual Operational Plan 2009-10: Vietnamese extract

The translated Vietnamese extract from the Annual Operational Plan 2009-10.

AOP 2010-2011 ACIAR Annual Operational Plan 2010-2011

The ACIAR Annual Operational Plan is our key communications document on operational issues with partners and stakeholders. It is presented on a region/country basis, with priorities for each grouped into research program areas along with detailed project listings.

AR 2002-03 Annual Report 2002-03

The ACIAR Annual Report 2002-03.

AR 2003-04 Annual Report 2003-04

The ACIAR Annual Report 2003-04.

AR 2004-05 Annual Report 2004-05

The ACIAR Annual Report 2004-05.

AR 2005-06 Annual Report 2005-06

Annual Report 2005-06

AR 2006-07 Annual Report 2006-07

The ACIAR Annual Report 2006-07.

AR 2007-08 Annual Report 2007-08

The ACIAR Annual Report 2007-08.

CP01 Adoption of ACIAR project outputs: Studies of projects completed in 1999-2000

ACIAR is increasing its investment in ex-post evaluations

CP02 Fisheries project profiles 2005-06

This publication summarises ACIAR's Fisheries projects, with 25 active and one recently concluded project included.

CP03 Adoption of ACIAR Project Outputs: Studies of Projects Completed in 2000-2001

ACIAR is increasing its investment in, and expanding the range of, project evalutions.

CP04 Working with ACIAR now and in the future

Stakeholder survey and ACIAR actions.

CP05 Impact of the John Allwright Fellowship Scheme - Survey Report

ACIAR currently invests $2.3 million annually on John Allwright Fellowship (JAF) awards for postgraduate study in Australia by scientist involved in active ACIAR projects.

CP06 Building on the John Allwright Fellowship Scheme

A survey of participants in the small grants scheme for former John Allwright Fellow's who after completing their postgraduate studies, returned to work in their home country.

CP07 ACIAR Activities in Fisheries and Aquaculture in Indonesia 2005-2006

ACIAR's Indonesia program has a strong emphasis on agricultural research interventions to increase farmer and fisher incomes.

CP08 Adoption of ACIAR project outputs: studies of projects completed in 2001-2002

Adoption studies provide valuable insights into the uptake of project results, and the impact on local communities.

CP09 Eucalyptus Leaf Oils - use, chemistry, distillation and marketing

This book represents the first serious attempt to link all aspects of the use, chemistry, distillation and marketing of eucalypt oils in a single condensed format.

CP10 Country Profiles 2005

Country Profiles 2005

CP11 Adoption of ACIAR project outputs: studies of projects completed in 2002-2003

Adoption studies of projects completed in 2002-03.

CP12 Working with ACIAR now and in the future: ACIAR's response to the results of a survey of international stakeholders

An independent semi-structured dialogue survey of key international ACIAR stakeholders.

CP13 Country profiles 2007

A snapshot of ACIAR's work as at June 2007.

CP14 ACIAR Corporate Plan 2008–2012

ACIAR's Corporate Plan 2008-2012 outlines the challenges for the Centre in regard to its operating environment.

CP15 Country Profiles 2008-09

The ACIAR Country Profiles 2008-09.

CP16 Adoption of ACIAR project outputs: studies of projects completed in 2003-2004

Adoption studies of projects completed in 2003-04.

CP17 Writing Research Papers: An Easy Guide for Non-Native-English Speakers

Many of the scientific research papers published in the world literature are written by workers whose native language is not English.

CP18 The John Allwright Fellowship scheme: survey report 2008

The John Allwright Fellowship scheme aims to provide enhancement of the research capabilities of partner-country institutions through postgraduate training of partner-country scientists. This survey looks at the effectiveness of the scheme to determine program strengths and weaknesses.

CP19 Restoring China’s Grasslands

This brochure is focused on an ACIAR-funded farming-systems project that aims to improve the incomes of poor farmers in the China grasslands, while simultaneously tackling environmental issues of global concern.

CP33 Adoption of ACIAR project outputs: studies of projects completed in 2004-2005

Adoption studies are undertaken three to four years after a large project is completed to assess the level of uptake and the legacy of the project. They provide valuable insights into the uptake of project results and the impact on local communities. This adoption study looks at projects completed in 2004-05.

CP34 Country profile 2009-10 - Cambodia, Laos and Thailand

Country profile 2009-10 - Cambodia, Laos and Thailand

CP35 Country profile 2009-10 - Indonesia

Country profile 2009-10 - Indonesia

CP36 Country profile 2009-10 - Pacific Islands

Country profile 2009-10 - Pacific Islands

CP37 Country profile 2009-10 - Papua New Guinea

Country profile 2009-10 - Papua New Guinea

CP38 Country profile 2009-10 - Philippines

Country profile 2009-10 - Philippines

CP39 Country profile 2009-10 - South Asia

Country profile 2009-10 - South Asia

CP40 Country profile 2009-10 - Vietnam

Country profile 2009-10 - Vietnam

CP41 ACIAR Publications Catalogue 2010

An indexed catalogue of ACIAR publications up to the end of June 2010.

CP42 ACIAR Corporate Brochure

ACIAR 2010 Corporate Brochure

External Publications

 - (Back to top)
EXT01 Master Plan for Agricultural Research Cambodia

A national agricultural master plan with guidance and reference for research in Cambodia.

EXT02 The medium term development strategy 2005-2010 Papua New Guinea

The medium term development strategy 2005-2010 Papua New Guinea

EXT03 Republic of South Africa Agricultural Research Council strategic plan 2005-2008

This document guides the processes and activities of the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) towards the realisation of its strategic goals.

EXT04 Indonesian Strategic Plans 2005-2009: the Center for the Assessment and Development of Agricultural Technology

Indonesian Strategic Plans 2005-2009 developed as a response to the changes of the strategic environment and organisation of Indonesian agricultural research and development organisations.

EXT05 National Agriculture Development Plan 2007-2016

The Papua New Guinea Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has developed this National Agriculture Development Plan (NADP) as a blue print to guide our future directions in agriculture and rural development.

Fact Sheets

 - (Back to top)
IAFS01 Fruit-fly research yields impacts in the Asia-Pacific region

A fact sheet on Impact Assessment Series 56 (IAS56) on ACIAR's fruit-fly research partnerships.

IAFS02 Sustaining Indonesia’s fisheries

A fact sheet on Impact Assessment Series 55 (IAS55) which was a review and impact assessment of ACIAR fisheries projects in Indonesia.

IAFS02a [Indonesian] Sustaining Indonesia's fisheries

The Indonesian translation of a fact sheet on Impact Assessment Series 55 (IAS55) which was a review and impact assessment of ACIAR fisheries projects in Indonesia.

IAFS03 Vietnam pig project sustains impact

A fact sheet on Impact Assessment Series 56 (IAS56) which looked at ACIAR's projects on pigs in Vietnam.

IAFS04 Securing a goat industry for the Philippines

A fact sheet on Impact Assessment Series 57 (IAS57) which looked at ACIAR's projects on goats in the Philippines.

IAFS05 Delivering impacts for India’s dairy farmers

A fact sheet on Impact Assessment Series 53 (IAS53) which was a review and impact assessment of ACIAR dairy projects in India.

PFS01 ACIAR-SADI program update

Updates for the ACIAR-SADI program, including the program in general and specific projects.

PFS01a [Indonesian] ACIAR-SADI program update

Indonesian translations of the updates for the ACIAR-SADI program, including the program in general and specific projects.

PFS02 Growing livelihoods from farming

An overview of ACIAR's fruit and vegetable program in the Philippines.

Final Reports

 - (Back to top)
FR2007-01 Future directions for animal health services in Indonesia

Final report

FR2007-02 Mastotermes darwiniensis in the Lae area of PNG

Final report

FR2007-03 Options for teak industry development in south-east Sulawesi, Indonesia

Final Report

FR2007-03a [Indonesian] Options for teak industry development in south-east Sulawesi, Indonesia

Indonesian translation of the final report for SMAR/2007/197.

FR2007-04 A review of the future prospects for the world coconut industry and past research in coconut production and product

Final report

FR2007-05 Improving lobster grow-out and nutrition in West Nusa Tenggara–a feasibility study

Final report

FR2007-06 The vegetable industry in the Philippines

Final report

FR2007-07 Papua New Guinea coffee and cocoa policy linkages

Final report

FR2007-08 A constraints analysis of mango supply chain improvement in Pakistan

Final report

FR2007-09 Happy Seeder policy linkage scoping study

Final report

FR2007-10 Vegetable value chains in Eastern Indonesia–a focus on chilli

Final report for SMAR/2007/042.

FR2007-10a [Indonesian] Vegetable value chains in Eastern Indonesia–a focus on chilli

Indonesian translation of the final report for SMAR/2007/042.

FR2007-11 Securing the profitability of the Flores coffee industry

Final report

FR2007-12 Securing the profitability of the Toraja coffee industry

Final report

FR2007-13 The citrus market in Indonesia - an Eastern Indonesian perspective

Final report

FR2007-14 Livestock health and vaccines in Cambodia and Laos

Final report

FR2007-15 Cattle and buffalo in Cambodia and Laos: The economic and policy environment for smallholders

Final report

FR2007-16 Improving the marketing system for fresh produce of the highlands of PNG

Final report

FR2008-01 Assessment of zoonotic diseases in Indonesia

Final report

FR2008-02 Scoping study to assess the technical and economic feasibility of wheat production in southern Bangladesh

Final report

FR2008-03 Philippine policy linkages scoping study

Final report

FR2008-04 Food safety research in Indonesia: a scoping study and ACIAR's response

Final Report

FR2008-05 Permanent beds for irrigated rice–wheat and alternative cropping systems in north-west India and south-east Australia

Final report

FR2008-06 Vaccine business development in the Lao PDR

Final report

FR2008-07 Yam nutrition and soil fertility management in the Pacific

Final report

FR2008-08 An inventory of wild sandalwood stocks in Vanuatu

Final report

FR2008-09 Policy, institutional and economic constraints to aquaculture research adoption in Vietnam

Final report

FR2008-10 Identifying research priorities for development of the beef industry in Cambodia and Lao PDR

Final report

FR2008-11 Developing the ornamentals industry in the Pacific: an opportunity for income generation

Final report for HORT/2006/055.

FR2008-12 Modelling water and solute processes and scenarios for optimisation of permanent raised bed systems

Final report for LWR/2005/059.

FR2008-13 The potential for cashews in eastern Indonesia

Final report for SMAR/2007/197 [Cashew].

FR2008-13a [Indonesian] The potential for cashews in eastern Indonesia

Indonesian translation of the final report for SMAR/2007/197.

FR2008-14 The potential for mangoes in eastern Indonesia

Final report for SMAR/2007/197 [Mango].

FR2008-15 The potential for mangosteen in eastern Indonesia

Final report for SMAR/2007/197 [Mangosteen].

FR2008-15a [Indonesian] The potential for mangosteen in eastern Indonesia

Indonesian translation of the final report for SMAR/2007/197 [Mangosteen].

FR2008-16 The potential for passionfruit in eastern Indonesia

Final report for SMAR/2007/197 [Passionfruit].

FR2008-16a [Indonesian] The potential for passionfruit in eastern Indonesia

Indonesian translation of the final report for SMAR/2007/197 [Passionfruit].

FR2008-17 The potential for rambutan in eastern Indonesia

Final report for SMAR/2007/197 [Rambutan].

FR2008-17a [Indonesian] The potential for rambutan in eastern Indonesia

Indonesian translation of the final report for SMAR/2007/197 [Rambutan].

FR2008-18a Improving lobster grow-out and nutrition in West Nusa Tenggara–a feasibility study [Indonesian]

Final report for SMAR/2007/228 [Indonesian].

FR2008-19 Development of an embryo culture manual and transplantation technique

Final report for HORT/2006/006.

FR2008-19a Development of an embryo culture manual and transplantation technique [Vietnamese]

Final report for HORT/2006/006 [Vietnamese].

FR2008-19b Development of an embryo culture manual and transplantation technique [Indonesian]

Final report for HORT/2006/006 [Indonesian].

FR2008-20 A scoping study investigating opportunities for improving biosecurity on commercial poultry farms in Indonesia

Final report for AH/2007/060.

FR2008-21 Improved beef production in central Vietnam

Final report for LPS/2002/078.

FR2008-22 Establishment of fruit fly pest-free areas

Final report for CP/2007/002.

FR2008-23 Research and implementation issues related to management of the brown planthopper / virus problem in rice in Vietnam

Final report for CP/2007/211.

FR2008-24 Targeting crop protection R&D towards social change amongst ethnic minority communities in central Vietnam

Final report for CP/2006/084.

FR2008-25 The role of women in the safe production, promotion and utilisation of indigenous vegetables

Final report for CP/2006/113.

FR2008-26 The potential for tropical fruits production in Tonga: a feasibility and constraints analysis

Final report for HORT/2006/108.

FR2008-27 Detection surveys for mango seed and pulp weevils in Sarangani, Davao del Sur and Samal Island, Mindanao, Philippines

Final report for HORT/2007/210 and HORT/2007/032.

FR2008-28 Feeding papaya fruits and betel nuts to reduce parasite burdens and increase growth rate in pigs

Final report for AH/2006/038.

FR2008-29 Control of Newcastle disease and identification of major constraints in village chicken production systems in Myanmar

Final report for AH/2002/042.

FR2008-30 Improving productivity and sustainability of rainfed farming systems for the western loess plateau of Gansu province

Final report for CIM/1999/094.

FR2008-31 Opportunities to improve land and water management practices in Bhutan

Final report for LWR/2007/212.

FR2008-32 Lentil and Lathyrus in the cropping systems of Nepal

Final report for CIM/1999/064.

FR2008-33 Drying systems to improve grain quality in north-east India

Final report for CIM/2001/026.

FR2008-34 Managing trade risks arising from the use of crop protection chemicals in mangoes in the Philippines

Final report for HORT/2006/011.

FR2008-35 Agricultural water-use efficiency in north-west China

Final report for LWR/2006/076.

FR2008-35a Agricultural water-use efficiency in north-west China [Mandarin]

Final report for LWR/2006/076 [Mandarin].

FR2008-36 Facilitating farmer uptake of ACIAR project results: World Vision collaborative program

Final report for PLIA/2000/165.

FR2008-37 Increasing milk production from cattle in Tibet

Final report for LPS/2002/104.

FR2008-38 A sea cucumber fisheries management project in PNG: a project feasibility review to ACIAR

Final report for FIS/2002/110.

FR2008-39 Genetic and morphological relationships of mud crabs, genus Scylla, from throughout the Indo-Pacific

Final report for FIS/1992/017.

FR2008-40 Improving smallholder crop-livestock systems in eastern Indonesia

Final report for LPS/2004/005.

FR2008-41 Establishment of beef industries in additional red soils provinces in China

Final report for PLIA/2006/151.

FR2008-42 Impact of migration and off-farm employment on roles of women and appropriate technologies in Asian and Australian mixed farming systems

Final report for PLIA/2000/039.

FR2008-43 Horticulture industry development for market-remote communities: Cape York and Samoa

Final report for HORT/2001/023.

FR2008-44 Developing profitable beef business systems for previously disadvantaged farmers in South Africa

Final report for LPS/1999/036.

FR2008-45 Impacts of the policy and institutional environment on ACIAR research in the South Pacific

Final report for PLIA/2005/150.

FR2008-46 Enhancing project impact and science capability through ongoing evaluation

Final report for PLIA/2002/103.

FR2008-47 Economic and policy constraints affecting the development of small-scale dairy farmers in Pakistan

Final report for PLIA/2006/136.

FR2008-48 Fertilisation-independent formation of embryo, endosperm and pericarp for apomictic hybrid rice

Final report for CIM/2002/106.

FR2009-01 Prospects for integrated timber–forage–livestock agroforestry systems for economic diversification in West Timor farming communities

Final report for SMAR/2006/080.

FR2009-01a [Indonesian] Prospects for integrated timber–forage–livestock agroforestry systems for economic diversification in West Timor farming communities

Indonesian translation of the final report for SMAR/2006/080.

FR2009-02 Improving productivity and the participation of youth and women in the Papua New Guinea cocoa, coconut and oil palm industries

Final report for ASEM/2002/014.

FR2009-03 Herbicide use strategies and weed management options in Filipino and Australian cropping

Final report for SMCN/2003/011.

FR2009-04 Identifying economic and social constraints for water management in vegetable production in East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara

Final report for SMAR/2007/219

FR2009-04a [Indonesian] Identifying economic and social constraints for water management in vegetable production in East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara

Indonesian translation of the final report for SMAR/2007/219.

FR2009-05 Contract farming options for shrimp production in eastern Indonesia

Final report for SMAR/2007/226.

FR2009-05a [Indonesian] Contract farming options for shrimp production in eastern Indonesia

Indonesian translation of the final report for SMAR/2007/226.

FR2009-06 Assessing the South-East Asian tropical lobster supply and major market demands

Final report for SMAR/2007/228.

FR2009-07 Abalone industry enhancement in eastern Indonesia

Final report for C2007/102.

FR2009-07a [Indonesian] Abalone industry enhancement in eastern Indonesia [Indonesian]

Indonesian translation of the final report for C2007/102.

FR2009-08 Improving the marketing system for maize and soybeans in Cambodia

Final report for ASEM/2003/012.

FR2009-09 Analysis of nutritional constraints to cocoa production in Papua New Guinea

Final report for SMCN/2006/031.

FR2009-10 Managing groundwater access in the central highlands (Tay Nguyen), Vietnam

Final report for SMCN/2002/015.

FR2009-11 Overcoming magnesium deficiency in oil palm crops on volcanic ash soils of Papua new Guinea

Final report for SMCN/2000/046.

FR2009-12 Improving sustainability and profitability of village sea cucumber fisheries in Solomon Islands

Final report for FIS/2003/051.

FR2009-13 Increasing the productivity of cattle in India and Australia with rumen fungal treatments

Final report for AH/1997/058.

FR2009-14 Salinity reduction in tannery effluents in India and Australia

Final report for AH/2001/005.

FR2009-15 Evaluating domestic tuna fisheries projects

Final report for ASEM/2004/011.

FR2009-16 Development of a vaccine for the control of Gumboro in village and small poultry holdings in Indonesia

Final report for AH/2000/083.

FR2009-17 Farming systems research for crop diversification in Cambodia and Australia

Final report for ASEM/2000/109.

FR2009-18 Microbial contaminants associated with sago processing and storage in Papua New Guinea

Final report for ASEM/2001/016.

FR2009-19 Economic performance and management of the Gulf of Papua prawn fishery

Final report for ASEM/2002/050.

FR2009-20 Inland pond aquaculture in Papua New Guinea: assessment of the industry and evaluation of smallholder research and development needs

Final report for FIS/2001/034.

FR2009-21 Feeding village poultry in Solomon Islands

Final report for LPS/2003/054.

FR2009-22 Using local feeds to reduce the cost of pig and poultry production in Tonga

Final report for LPS/2006/149.

FR2009-23 Biological control of two major weeds affecting crop and livestock production in East Timor

Final report for LPS/2003/028.

FR2009-24 Strategies to increase growth of weaned Bali calves

Final report for LPS/2004/023.

FR2009-25 Opportunities to use cocoa pods and forages to address feed gaps during the dry season in Southeast Sulawesi

Final report for SMAR/2007/013.

FR2009-26 Potential economic impacts of the Varroa bee mite on the pollination of major crops in Papua New Guinea

Final report for AH/2008/037.

FR2009-27 Integrated pest management and supply chain improvement for mangoes in the Philippines and Australia

Final report for HORT/2003/071.

FR2009-28 Development of a model for the control of fasciolosis in cattle and buffaloes in Cambodia

Final report for AH/2002/099.

FR2009-29 Large-scale production of a vaccine and diagnostic reagents for Jembrana disease in Indonesia

Final report for AH/2004/074.

FR2009-30 Identification of policy responses to minimise negative socioeconomic impacts of an avian influenza epidemic in Indonesia

Final report for AH/2004/032.

FR2009-31 Strengthening market information activities in Vietnam

Final report for ADP/2001/066.

FR2009-32 Scoping study on impacts and policy implication of plausible futures for Indonesia and Australia

Final report for ADP/2007/044.

FR2009-33 Agricultural trade liberalisation and domestic market reforms in Indian agriculture

Final report for ADP/2002/089.

FR2009-34 Exploring alternative futures for agricultural knowledge, science and technology (AKST)

Final report for ADP/2004/045.

FR2009-35 Viability of alternative frameworks for agricultural trade negotiations

Final report for ADP/2008/005.

FR2009-36 Sustainable land-use change in the north-western provinces of China

Final report for ADP/2002/021.

FR2009-37 Trade liberalisation, agriculture and land degradation in Fiji: implications for sustainable development policies

Final report for ADP/2002/047.

FR2009-38 Improved diagnostic and control methodologies for two major livestock diseases in Lao PDR and Yunnan province, China

Final report for AH/1994/038.

FR2009-39 Poverty alleviation and food security through improving the sweetpotato-pig systems in Papua, Indonesia

Final report for AH/1998/054.

FR2009-40 Assessing and extending schemes to enhance the profitability of the PNG coffee industry via price premiums for quality

Final report for ASEM/2004/042.

FR2009-41 Evaluation of production technology, product quality and market potential for the development of bivalve mollusc aquaculture in the Philippines

Final report for FIS/2007/045.

FR2009-42 Cost effective disinfestation treatments for Pacific horticulture

Final report for PC/2008/029.

FR2009-43 Development of PRSV-P resistant papaya genotypes by introgression of genes from wild Carica species

Final report for HORT/2001/049.

FR2009-44 Seasonal climate forecasting for better irrigation system management in Lombok, Indonesia

Final report for SMCN/2002/033.

FR2009-45 Enhancing agricultural production in the Philippines by sustainable use of shallow groundwater

Final report for SMCN/2003/006

FR2009-46 Improving understanding and management of rice pathogens in Cambodia

Final report for CIM/2003/030

FR2009-47 Towards a sustainable oil palm industry in Papua New Guinea

The final report for project SMCN/2008/028

FR2009-48 Sustainable vegetable production in Central province, Papua New Guinea

Final report for SMCN/2008/032

FR2010-01 Improving financial returns to smallholder tree farmers in the Philippines

Final report for project ASEM/2003/052

FR2010-02 Smallholder commercial pig production in East Nusa Tenggara - opportunities for better market integration

Final report for SADI-ACIAR project SMAR/2007/195 (English version)

FR2010-02a Budidaya Ternak Babi Komersial oleh Peternak Kecil di NTT - Peluang untuk Integrasi Pasar yang Lebih Baik

Final report for SADI-ACIAR project SMAR/2007/195 (Indonesian translation)

FR2010-03 Productivity and marketing enhancement for peanut in Papua New Guinea and Australia

Final report for project SMCN/2004/041

FR2010-04 Minimising agricultural pollution to enhance water quality in Laguna de Bay (Philippines) and Mt Lofty Ranges (Australia)

Final report for project SMCN/2004/069

FR2010-05 Improved productivity, profitability and sustainability of sheep production in Maharashtra, India, through genetically enhanced prolificacy, growth and parasite resistance

Final Report for project AH/2002/038

FR2010-06 The identification of constraints and possible remedies to livestock production by zoonotic diseases in the South Pacific

Final report for project AH/2001/054

FR2010-07 Improvement of vegetable production and postharvest practices in Cambodia and Australia

Final report for project HORT/2003/045

FR2010-08 Management of classical swine fever and foot and mouth disease at the village level in Lao PDR

Final report for project AH/2003/001

FR2010-09 Australia–China linkage for enhanced rice cold-tolerance

Final report for project CIM/2005/152

FR2010-10 Huanglongbing management for Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia

Final report for project HORT/2000/043

FR2010-11 Use and improvement of sugarcane germplasm

Final report for project CIM/2000/038

FR2010-12 Mitigating the threat of banana fusarium wilt: understanding the agroecological distribution of pathogenic forms and developing disease management strategies

Final Report for HORT/2005/136

FR2010-13 Assessing the potential for low-cost formulated diets for mud crab aquaculture in Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam

Final report for FIS/2000/065

FR2010-14 Development of fish passage criteria for floodplain species of Central Laos

Final report for small research activities FIS/2007/076 & FIS/2006/183 (note: small research activities are not published on the website)

Impact Assessment Series

 - (Back to top)
IAS01 Control of Newcastle Disease in Village Chickens

Between 1983 and 1992, ACIAR invested A$3 million in research to find a vaccine that could provide protection from Newcastle disease in chickens and be applied in village environments in developing countries

IAS02 Increased efficiency of straw utilisation by cattle and buffalo

ACIAR has sponsored several research projects with the aim of increasing the efficiency of straw utilisation by cattle and buffaloes in some Australian and Indian situations

IAS03 Establishment of a protected area in Vanuatu

The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) project ANREI/90/20 assisted in the establishment of a number of protected areas in Vanuatu by improving information flows and by establishing appropriate institutional structures

IAS04 Raw wool production and marketing in China: ACIAR project 8811

An evaluation and economic assessment of an ACIAR project aimed at improving economic knowledge of the Chinese wool industry.

IAS05 Fruit fly in Malaysia and Thailand 1985-1993

Fruit flies are a serious economic pest affecting horticultural production world-wide

IAS06 Pigeonpea improvement

This study was commissioned by ACIAR to evaluate the economic impact of two projects (8201 and 8567) for which ACIAR provided support from 1982-89

IAS07 Reducing fish losses due to Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome

ACIAR project no 9130 established causes and control measures for epizootic ulcerative syndrome, a major killer of wild and cultured fish

IAS08 Australian tree species selection in China

The Chinese have been planting Australian tree species for more than 100 years

IAS09 Sulphur test KCl-40 and growth of the Australian canola industry

Two ACIAR projects in the mid-1980s (Projects 8328 and 8804) funded research at the University of New England to help better understand and improve phosphorus and sulphur management in tropical agricultural systems

IAS10 Conservation tillage and controlled traffic

The following review is an financial assessment of an ACIAR conservation tillage and controlled traffic research project which was conducted in China (for the conservation tillage component) and Australia (for the controlled traffic component) during the period 1993?1996, inclusive

IAS11 Postharvest R & D concerning tropical fruits

This study evaluates the economic impact of two projects supported by ACIAR over the period 1983 to 1991, relating to postharvest handling of tropical and subtropical (hereafter referred to jointly as tropical) fruit crops

IAS12 Economic benefits to Papua New Guinea and Australia from the biological control of banana skipper (Erionota thrax)

The successful introduction of a biological control agent has prevented losses to bananas in PNG and also protected the Australian industry.

IAS13 Breeding and quality analysis of rapeseed

This study is an ex-post, economic assessment of two projects supported by ACIAR and concerned with the breeding and quality analysis of rapeseed in Australia and China

IAS14 Improved drying of high moisture grains

An economic evaluation of three ACIAR projects whose primary objective was to improve postharvest grain drying in Thailand and Australia is provided in this report

IAS15 Use and management of grain protectants in China and Australia

An ACIAR-supported project 'Integrating Grain Protectants into Storage Pest Management' was based in China and Australia.

IAS16 Control of Footrot in Small Ruminants of Nepal

Footrot, a bacterial disease which attacks the feet of sheep and goats causing lameness and high levels of flock mortality, was endemic in the western districts of Nepal

IAS17 Breeding and feeding pigs in Australia and Vietnam

This study identifies and examines the impacts if ACIAR research project AS2/1994/023

IAS18 Controlling Phalaris Minor in the Indian Rice-Wheat Belt

The ACIAR-managed project CS1/1996/013, Herbicide-resistant weeds of wheat in India and Australia: integrated management, was designed to find a long-term method of control of Phalaris minor, a problem weed of the rice-wheat cropping system of north-western India

IAS19 Measuring the poverty impact of ACIAR projects: a broad framework

This report sets out some broad ideas about how poverty evaluation could be conducted for ACIAR research projects

IAS20 Mama Lus Frut scheme: an assessment of poverty reduction

The Mama Lus Fruit scheme was established to increase the productivity of smallholder palm-oil plantations in Papua New Guinea

IAS21 Improving Methods in Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Information Management of Foot and Mouth Disease in SE Asia

Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) is a major animal health issue in Southeast Asia, causing losses due to reduced milk and meat production

IAS22 Saving a staple crop: impact of biological control of the banana skipper on poverty reduction in Papua New Guinea

The ACIAR-supported Banana Skipper project led to the successful introduction of a biological control agent against the butterfly pest of bananas that was reducing the productivity of the banana crop

IAS23 Improved methods for the diagnosis and control of bluetongue in small ruminants in Asia and the epidemiology and control of bovi

Information from ACIAR supported research has led to the development of a successful and widely-used vaccine for bovine ephemeral fever (BEF) - a disease which causes widespread economic losses in China

IAS24 Assessment of Rodent Control Projects in Vietnam: Adoption and Impact

Information used for this assessment was gathered from key informants among people involved in the ACIAR, AusAID CARD, and ACIAR-World Vision projects and from focus-group discussions among farmers' representing the treatment and control areas in five provinces of Vietnam

IAS25 Genetics of and Breeding for Rust Resistance in Wheat in India and Pakistan

The main objects of ACIAR projects CS1/1983/037 and CS1/1988/014 were to investigate and enhance the sources of rust resistance in wheat in India and Pakistan, and to provide training for Indian and Pakistan rust scientists at the National Wheat Rust Control Program at the University of Sydney

IAS26 Impact Assessment of ACIAR-Funded Projects on Grain-Market Reform in China

An assessment has been made of two projects (ANRE1/1992/028 and ADP/1997/021) funded by ACIAR dealing with economic research into grain-marketing policy in China

IAS27 Acacia Hybrids in Vietnam

This impact assessment focuses on the net economic, environmental and social value of the spill-over benefits accruing to Vietnam

IAS28 Water and Nitrogen Management in Wheat-Maize Production on the North China Plain

The North China Plain supports a large number of highly intensive small farms that produce winter wheat traditionally followed by a summer crop of maize

IAS29 Impact Assessment of Research on the Biology and Management of Coconut Crabs on Vanuatu

ACIAR and AIDAB (now AusAID) funded a suite of projects starting in 1985 with the aim of providing a science-based foundation for sustainable management of Vanuatu's coconut crab resources, for the benefit of the Ni-Vanuatu people

IAS30 Eucalypt tree improvement in China

Eucalypt plantation forestry has become a major economic activity in China's southern provinces

IAS31 Review of ACIAR's Research on Agricultural Policy

This review includes a framework for assessing future 'ideal' policy projects; a meta-analysis of ACIAR's policy portfolio and a more detailed analysis of clusters of projects completed over the past decade in China, Indonesia and India

IAS32 Shelf-life extension of leafy vegetables: Evaluating the impacts

The project evaluated in this report examined handling and storage methods in China and Australia for a number of leafy vegetables

IAS33 Research into Conservation Tillage for Dryland Cropping in Australia and China

The ACIAR projects evaluated in this report explored the suitability of Australian conservation cropping techniques for China, aiming to maximise wheat and maize yields while conserving moisture and reducing soil degradation.

IAS34 Identifying the Sex Pheromone of the Sugarcane Borer Moth

The project evaluated in this report helped to identify the sex pheromone (attractant chemical) of the sugarcane borer.

IAS35 Review of the returns to ACIAR's bilateral R&D Investments

ACIAR's investment in bilateral research over the past 22 years has more than paid for itself, as revealed in a review of returns to ACIAR's Bilateral R&D investments.

IAS36 Impacts of Mud Crab Hatchery Technology in Vietnam

This report describes a benefit-cost analysis carried out to quantify the economic impacts in Vietnam from adoption of the mud crab hatchery technology developed by two ACIAR-funded projects.

IAS37 Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific

Economic analysis of project benefits and costs suggests that the total investment in fruit fly research will deliver considerable benefits, mainly to Fiji, but also to Tonga, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Vanuatu.

IAS38 Future directions for ACIAR's animal health research

To meet the escalating demand for animal protein in the Asia-Pacific region, ACIAR's challenge is to underpin the sustainability of increased livestock and fisheries production for poor farmers and consumers.

IAS39 Benefits to Australia from ACIAR-funded research

While funding research in developing countries, ACIAR also delivers benefits to Australia and, in particular, to Australian agriculture.

IAS40 Zero tillage for weed control in India: the contribution to poverty alleviation

This report took the opportunity of an existing survey in India to try to measure poverty-reduction impacts of research.

IAS41 ACIAR and public funding of R&D: submission to the Productivity Commission

ACIAR provided the Science and Innovation Commissioned Study with a submission detailing it's unique and interesting role which transcends both Australia's aid program and its innovation system.

IAS42 Benefits to Australia of selected CABI products

CAB International is one of the 15 International Agriculture Research Centres that ACIAR provides funding for in its multilateral program.

IAS43 Water management in public irrigation schemes in Vietnam

Irrigation systems in most of Vietnam, like in many countries, are public systems.

IAS44 Impact Assessment of capacity building and training: assessment framework and two case studies

Capacity building and training have long been recognised as an important component of most research-for-development activities.

IAS45 Development of sustainable forestry plantations in China: a review

The forestry sector in China is a major contributor to economic growth. The development of fast-growing, high-yeilding plantations for wood production has made a significant contribution to this sector. This report documents the story of Chinese forestry development.

IAS46 Mite pests of honey bees in the Asia-Pacific region

Mite pests of bees are one of the major production constraints facing the apiary industry throughout the world. In most countries, the mites are present and have a significant impact on productivity and production costs. In Australia, the only country in the world without these mites, the maintenance of effective quarantine strategies against them is a major aim. ACIAR has funded research on these pests for about 15 years, which has made a significant contribution internationally to a better understanding of the mites, especially species, and their host conditions.

IAS47 Improved Australian tree species for Vietnam

Australian tree species are being used extensively throughout the world because of their rapid growth and adaptability to many (harsh) environments. This study looks at the impact on Vietnam of some past ACIAR research activities. It shows that, through adaptation, significant improvements in productivity can be achieved by selecting tree provenances that are best suited to specific environments.

IAS48 Assessment of capacity building: overcoming production constraints to sorghum in rainfed environments in India and Australia

This project uncovered new sorghum plant material with characteristics of considerable potential benefit to Australia. Through other Australian funding, this was subsequently developed into a new variety. Although no new sorghum varieties were developed in India, it markedly enhanced the capacity of the Indian collaborators in some new biotechnology research techniques. This enhanced capacity aided successful application for funding from other sources.

IAS49 Minimising impacts of fungal disease of eucalypts in South-East Asia

Eucalypt species are relatively free of pests and diseases when introduced into new environments, which has led to large areas under plantation throughout the world. However as the plantation areas increase so does the threat of pest and disease introduction. This ACIAR project found new genetic material with enhanced disease resistance. It also used climatic modelling to identify high disease-risk regions. 

IAS50 Improved trade in mangoes from the Philippines, Thailand and Australia

This impact assessment focused on two ACIAR mango projects, looking at production cycles and quarantine requirements in export markets. The production cycle project was a high risk project in a very complex area and it did not have direct impacts, however it did initiate further research. The quarantine requirement project was a lower risk project and it generated significant returns on investment.

IAS51 Growing trees on salt-affected land

Salinity and waterlogging are significant problems in a wide range of agricultural areas throughout the world. It has been found that some Australian species, including species in the genera Eucalyptys and Acacia, have adapted to thrive in these conditions. Bioremediation using such trees has often been suggested as a potentially lower-cost alternative to physical methods, however adoption has not been high. This is probably due to the development costs and relatively long investment periods before seeing a return.

IAS52 Breeding and feeding pigs in Vietnam: assessment of capacity building and an update on impacts

The study updates the estimates of the impact provided in IAS 17. It highlights two important issues. First, the total benefits from this research activity and subsequent follow-up activities have increased substantially, from a net present value of benefits of nearly $500 million to nearly $2.0 billion. This provides a benefit-to-cost return of over 250:1 and an internal rate of return of 74%. Second, the capacity building included as an important component of the original project has been crucial in sustaining and extending the impact of the research.

IAS53 The impact of increasing efficiency and productivity of ruminants in India by the use of protected-nutrient technology

The dairy industry is a large and important sector for India and availability of quality feed is a significant issue for cow productivity. The ACIAR project assessed in this impact study focused on this major constraint and adapted some technologies readily available in Australia to suit the types of feed available in India. The impact was shown to be substantial, with a benefit to cost ratio of 124:1.

IAS54 Impact of improved management of white grubs in peanut-cropping systems in India

This project looked at the problems caused by various species of white-grub pests in peanut production in India and Australia. The impact assessment study shows that the project has generated important benefits for a crop that is largely grown by the poorer farmers in this part of India.

IAS55 ACIAR fisheries projects in Indonesia: review and impact assessment

This study provided a review of all ACIAR-funded fisheries research in Indonesia and selected two different programs of research for detailed studies – tuna capture fisheries and shrimp aquaculture. The returns attributed to the ACIAR supported component of tuna capture fisheries was assessed to be $168 million, indicating a return on ACIAR and partner-invested funds of a benefit to cost ratio of 179:1. For shrimp aquaculture the net present value of the welfare gains from the impact was found to be $547 million with a benefit to cost ratio of 52:1.

IAS56 A review and impact assessment of ACIAR’s fruit-fly research partnerships, 1984–2007

This study reviewed the full set of 17 projects on fruit flies that ACIAR has supported with many partner organisations and countries. Overall the study shows that the return on this substantial research and development investment has been significant. The net present value of all benefits was estimated as $208.1 million (in A$2007).

IAS57 Management of internal parasites in goats in the Philippines

Goats are an important source of income for smallholders in the Philippines and were shown to be sustaining significant losses from internal parasites. In collaboration with Philippine and international organisations, ACIAR funded a program which developed a management package which effectively controlled internal parasites and enhanced goat productivity. This study found significant impacts with the estimated net present value of welfare gains of $66 million, a benefit to cost ratio of 10:1 and an internal rate of return of 25 per cent.

IAS58 Guidelines for assessing the impacts of ACIAR's research activities

These guidelines are designed for all independent consultants to use as a basis for future impact assessments and adoption studies.

IAS59 Two-stage grain drying in the Philippines

Grain drying is a major issue in all grain-producing countries and presents particular problems in humid, tropical climates. ACIAR and PCARRD, in association with other Philippine research organisations, have supported a major effort in this area. The review indicated that the technologies developed in these projects had not been adopted and that little use was being made of them in the Philippines, however the same technologies had been adopted in other collaborating countries in the Asian region and in Australia. Therefore it was decided that the assessment resources should be used to look in detail at the reasons for this lack of adoption and impact. This report presents the results of this assessment study.

IAS60 ACIAR Database for Impact Assessments (ADIA): an outline of the database structure and a guide to its operation

This report describes the development of the ACIAR Database for Impact Assessments (ADIA) that will be the repository of information from impact assessments and PIAS forms. The database will record all projects funded by ACIAR, and build up the information for each project as adoption studies and impact assessments are undertaken.

IAS61 Salinity reduction in tannery effluents in India and Australia

This study examines research undertaken in India, where communities are suffering economically and socially from the salt pollution from tanneries. The estimated net benefits to Indian tanneries is A$47.3 million in present-value terms (using a 5% discount rate), of which $22.4 million can be attributed to ACIAR on a cost-share basis. They represent an impressive 32.4% internal rate of return.

IAS62 Integrated management of insect pests of stored grain in the Philippines

This study looks at projects that focused on developing effective methods for treating stored grains for control of pests in several countries in South-East Asia, including the Philippines. There has been significant adoption of the outcomes, primarily by larger storage and handling sectors of the rice and other grain industries. The study found that the return on this significant investment by all parties was substantial, with a net present value of research gains to the Philippines of PHP65,544m or A$1,696m. This provides a benefit:cost ratio of approximately 174:1 and an internal rate of return of 46.6%.

IAS63 Analysis of ACIAR’s returns on investment: appropriateness, efficiency and effectiveness

ACIAR has a long history of assessing the impact of its research and development investments, which provides valuable lessons for improving the selection, design and delivery of projects, as well as demonstrating the value of ACIAR as part of Australia’s international development assistance program. This report is an update of a review of of the returns on ACIAR's bilateral R&D investments (http://www.aciar.gov.au/publication/IAS35), published in 2005.

IAS64 Reform of domestic grain markets in China: a reassessment of the contribution of ACIAR-funded economic policy research

A report on a reassessment of two ACIAR-funded economic research projects dealing with the reform of domestic grain markets in China.

IAS65 ACIAR investment in research on forages in Indonesia

As part of the continuing approach of ACIAR to assess the impact of its past R&D investments, this study presents a brief overview of ACIAR-funded forage research in Indonesia.

IAS66 Extending low-cost fish farming in Thailand: an ACIAR-World Vision collaborative program

An assessment of the impact of an ACIAR–World Vision extension project training farmers in northern Thailand on fish farming with low-cost feed. The impact was assessed on the basis of the economic returns that accrue to farmers adopting the extension advice.

IAS67 The biology, socioeconomics, and management of the barramundi fishery in Papua New Guinea's Western Province

An impact assessment on the effects of introduction of the barramundi fishery management plan on fishing practices and fishing communities.

Monographs

 - (Back to top)
MN002 Nutritional Disorders of Grain Sorghum

Grain sorghum is the staple food of lowland farmers in semi-arid tropical areas of Africa and Asia, but crop yields are commonly less than 30% of those in developed countries

MN003 Grain protectants

Spoilage of grain by pests, high temperatures and/or humidity can be brought under control by the correct use of suitable grain protectants

MN005 Newcastle Disease in Poultry: A new food pellet vaccine

OUT OF PRINT Newcastle disease is the major virus disease of poultry in many countries of Southeast Asia

MN006 Chemistry of Tropical Root Crops: Significance for nutrition and agriculture in the Pacific

Roots crops are a staple food throughout the world's tropical regions

MN007 Malignant catarrhal fever in Asian livestock

This monograph represents a major study of Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Indonesia and is based on a collaborative research project between Balitvet and James Cook University, supported by ACIAR. Many of the papers were presented at a workshop on MCF held in Indonesia, being contributions from the district investigation centres and provincial veterinary services, as well as from Balitvet scientists.

MN008 The Coconut Crab: aspects of Birgus latro biology and ecology in Vanuatu

This publication aims to enable non-scientists as well as scientists to appreciate the coconut crab as the valuable commodity, and that the work will stimulate everyone involved in the management of renewable natural resources to become more active in conserving the remaining stocks of coconut crabs.

MN009 Giant Clams in Asia and the Pacific

Giant clams have been over exploited throughout much of their geographic range, and in certain areas some species are now extinct

MN010 Trees for the tropics

This book consists of a series of papers summarising attempts to exploit, evaluate and domesticate a wide range of lesser-known Australian tropical tree species. The book has been divided into four parts: Program Development, Field Trials, Resource Evaluation and Future Perspectives.

MN011 Methods for Evaluating Nitrogen Fixation by Nodulated Legumes in the Field

This handbook described simple, reliable methods of measuring nitrogen fixation that have emerged from ACIAR-funded research

MN012 Biological Control - Pacific Prospects: supplement 1

This supplement was published in 1987 by Inkata Press, from material collected under ACIAR's South Pacific program and has arisen in response to requests for data on additional pests, and the six pests documented were chosen following recommendations made at Plant Protection meetings held in Apia in 1986 and Noumea in 1987

MN013 Management of Acid Soils in the Humid Tropics of Asia

This is a joint publication of ACIAR and the International Board for Soil Research and Management (IBSRAM)

MN014 The Giant Clam: an anatomical and histological atlas

OUT OF STOCK Giant clams are a source of food and income for the people of the Indo-Pacific region

MN015 The Giant Clam: a hatchery manual

This manual provides a guide to the practicalities of giant clam aquaculture, and deals with hatchery and land nursery operations

MN016 The Giant Clam: an Ocean Culture Manual

OUT OF STOCK During the past decade research into the reproduction and larval culture of giant clams has become an important component in the process of repopulating depleted coral reefs and establishing commercial giant clam farms

MN018 Giant Clams in the Sustainable Development of the South Pacific

This monograph looks at giant clam farming for subsistence, commercial use and development at the village level

MN019 Draught animal systems and management: an Indonesian study

Farming methods based on draught animals are among the most significant agricultural systems in the world. This manual contains a comprehensive account of the draught animal systems in representative areas of Indonesia whose characteristics simulate many other areas of Southeast Asia.

MN020 Biological Control - Pacific Prospects: supplement 2

The publication of Biological Control: Pacific Prospects in 1987 and supplement 1 in 1989 has generated a new drive for biological control in the south and west pacific

MN021 The Major Arthropod Pests and Weeds of Agriculture in Southeast Asia

This publication follows in the steps of the successful Biological Control: Pacific Prospects and its supplements

MN022 Food Price Policy in Indonesia

Since the early 1970s the Indonesian government has had an active approach to agricultural policy, mainly to stimulate rice production in order to provide a stable base for the overall economy

MN023 Escaping from Hunger

From 1984 to 1993 ACIAR funded a project in which Kenyan and Australian scientists sought ways to address the many problems encountered by farmers living in Kenya's semi-arid rural areas

MN024 Australian Trees and Shrubs: Species for Land Rehabilitation and Farm Planting in the Tropics

This book is an extensive revision and enlargement of 'Multipurpose Australian trees and shrubs: Lesser-known species for fuelwood and agroforestry', which ACIAR published in 1986

MN025 Economics of commercial giant clam mariculture

Results of research undertaken in the period 1989-1993.

MN026 Biological Control of Weeds: Southeast Asian Prospects

OUT OF STOCK A survey commissioned by ACIAR identified 28 major weeds that are exotic to Southeast Asia and that merited evaluation as possible targets for biological control

MN027 Recollections of a Pacific entomologist 1925-1966

Insight into the historic setting of biological control in Australia and the Asia-Pacific.

MN028 The Economics of Papua New Guinea Tuna Fisheries

OUT OF PRINT - electronic version available Fisheries represent an important resource for the South Pacific

MN029 Stock Assessment of Coconut Crabs

Coconut crabs are a resource unique to the island communities of the tropical Indo-Pacific region

MN030 A profit in our own country

(Available electronically only) This publication is a record of a seminar conducted by the Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research at Parliament House Canberra, May 17 1994.

MN031 Nutrient Disorders in Plantation Eucalypts

OUT OF PRINT: replaced by Monograph 74

MN032 Working with Mycorrhizas in Forestry and Agriculture

This manual is the result of an ACIAR-sponsored workshop to promote the use of mycorrhizal fungi for eucalypt plantation forestry in China

MN033 Illustrated guide to the identification of banana varieties in the South Pacific

ACIAR has funded research in Western Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands in collaboration with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries to introduce banana varieties resistant to the highly damaging leaf disease black sigatoka

MN034 Breeding for Resistance to Infectious Diseases in Small Ruminants

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in controlling livestock diseases through selective breeding

MN035 A Survey of the Subsistence and Artisanal Fisheries in Rural Areas of Viti Levu, Fiji

ACIAR funded this survey in 1993 and 1994 to gather as much information as possible about the subsistence fishery in Fiji

MN036 Ruminant Nutrition and Production in the Tropics and Subtropics

The first section of this book explores the principles of nitrogen metabolism in ruminants, indicates relatively simple ways in which deficiencies of nitrogen can be diagnosed, and explores practical ways to overcome such deficiencies

MN037 Detection and Treatment of Mineral Nutrition Problems in Grazing Sheep

This monograph presents selected papers from a workshop held in Beijing in October 1995

MN038 Protected area assessment in Vanuatu: a socieconomic approach

This monograph describes the outcomes of an ACIAR project which undertook a socioeconomic assessment of native forest use in Vanuatu

MN039 Economic evaluation of agricultural research in Australia and New Zealand

Proceedings of a Research Evaluation Group for Agricultural Economists (REGAE) workshop in conjunction with the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economies Society 40th Conference

MN040 Essential Oils of Tropical Asteromyrtus, Callistemon and Melaleuca Species

Essential oils - those oils usually obtained from leaves, fruit, bark or wood through steam distillation - are used as flavours or fragrances, and for medicinal or healthcare purposes

MN041 The Problem of Maintaining Soil Fertility in Eastern Kenya: a review of relevant research

Rapid population growth in Africa together with low inputs of soil nutrients and intensive cropping have resulted in a gradual decline in per capita production of food grains

MN042 Global food security: implications for Australia

Record of a seminar conducted by the Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research, Parliament House, Canberra, 28 May 1996

MN043 Management of Soil, Nutrition and Water in Tropical Plantation Forests

OUT-OF-PRINT Although some plantation forests have grown successfully for hundreds of years, most experience is from temperate environments

MN044 The Major Invertebrate Pests and Weeds of Agriculture and Plantation Forestry in Southern and Western Pacific

This publication provides data needed to help countries throughout the Southern and Western Pacific select appropriate target pests for classical biological control

MN045 Report on ACIAR-Funded Research on Viroids and Viruses of Coconut Palm and Other Tropical Monocotyledons 1985-1993

This publication describes many aspects of the work that followed the discovery of the viroid agent of the disease

MN046 The Distribution and Importance of Arthropod Pests and Weeds of Agriculture and Forestry Plantations in Southern China

The use of naturally occurring enemies to control native insects continues to be a dominating influence on biological control in China today

MN047 Partners in the Harvest

Record of a serminar, "NGOs, scientists and the poor: competitors, combatants or collaborators?", conducted the Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research and World Vision Australia

MN048 Nutrient Disorders of Sweet Potato

This publication is based on a systematic approach to research involving controlled experiments and field surveys in the collaborating Pacific Island nations

MN049 Biological control of weeds: theory and practical application

Weed problems in the Asia-Pacific region are becoming increasingly difficult to manage.

MN050 Saline Agriculture for Irrigated land in Pakistan

Saline agriculture is a rich collection of possible systems for the use of saline land, involving combinations of salt-tolerant trees, shrubs and crops

MN051 Biological Control of Insect Pests: Southeast Asian Prospects

This is a companion volume to Biological Control of Weeds: Southeast Asian Prospects (Waterhouse 1994)

MN052 Improving Smallholder Farming Systems in Imperata Areas of Southeast Asia: Alternatives to Shifting Cultivation

The predominant form of land use by smallholders on Imperata grassland is shifting cultivation

MN053 Field Experiments with Forages

The first edition of this practical guide was compiled by the Forages for Smallholders Project and the Lao Department of Livestock and Fisheries, with the assistance of many researchers and field workers throughout Southeast Asia

MN054 Survey Toolbox for Livestock Diseases: A Practical Manual and Software Package for Active Surveillance in Developing Countries

This book deals with a series of techniques for the collection of animal health information in developing countries The techniques have been developed to provide high quality information at a minimal cost, taking infrastructure and other constraints into account

MN055 Food and other Crops in Fiji

The scope of this bibliography includes published and unpublished documents on research and development activities that are readily accessible or available

MN056 Bibliography of Trees, Shrubs and Grasses for Saltlands

This publication is a revised and expanded version of the book 'A bibliography of forage halophytes and trees for salt-affected lands' which was produced in 1990 by Shoaib Ismail and Rafiq Ahmad (Botany Department, University of Karachi, Pakistan) and Clive Malcolm (Agriculture Western Australia)

MN057 Haemorrhagic Septicaemia

Haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) is an acute, fatal, septicaemic disease of cattle and buffaloes caused by specific serotypes of the bacterium Pasteurella multocida

MN058 Understanding Animal Health in Southeast Asia: Advances in the Collection, Management and Use of Animal Health Information

OUT OF STOCK Livestock diseases cause enormous losses through death and decreased production impacting directly on food security and local economics

MN059 Ecologically-based Rodent Management

The genesis of this book was a common concern on the lack of progress in rodent pest management over the past 20 years in both developing countries and elsewhere

MN060 Biological Control of Water Hyacinth

(Available electronically only) Water hyacinth is widely recognised as the world's worst aquatic weed.

MN061 A Visual Guide to Nutritional Disorders of Tropical Timber Species: Swietenia macrophylla and Cedrela ordorata

The recognition of symptoms on leaves and stems which result from nutritional disorders is a powerful tool in determining nutritional constraints to the growth of trees, especially when little other nutritional information is available

MN062 Developing Forage Technologies with Smallholder Farmers: how to select the best varieties to offer farmers in Southeast Asia

(Available electronically only) This booklet is based on the experiences of researches and farmers working with the AusAID-funded Forages for Smallholders Project (FSP) in Southeast Asia.

MN063 The Food and Environment Tightrope

This is a record of a seminar conducted by the Crawford Fund for International Agricultural research, Parliament House, Canberra, 24 November 1999

MN066 A Review of Papua New Guinea's Red Meat Industry

This study of the red meat industry, funded by AusAID under special funding arrangements with ACIAR, provides a much needed analysis

MN067 The Distribution and Importance of Arthropod Pests and Weeds of Agriculture in Myanmar

The preferred approach to pest control is now unquestionably Integrated Pest Management

MN068 Distribution and importance of arthropods associated with agriculture and forestry in Chile

This publication in both English and Spanish contains information on the most important pest species in Chile

MN071 Developing Forage Technologies with Smallholder Farmers: how to select the best varieties to offer farmers in Southeast Asia [Vietnamese translation]

Vietnamese translation.

MN072 Developing Forage Technologies with Smallholder Farmers: how to select the best varieties to offer farmers in Southeast Asia [Chinese translation]

Chinese translation

MN073 Food, Water and War: Security in a World of Conflict

This report is a record of a conference conducted by the Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research at Parliament House, Canberra, 15 August 2000

MN074 Nutrient Disorders in Plantation Eucalypts

The purpose of this manual is to illustrate the symptoms associated with essential nutrient deficiencies of thos species of eucalypts which are now widely established in plantations

MN075 Socio-Economic Evaluation of the Potential for Australian Tree Species in the Philippines

This study has involved development of an approach to studying the prospects of, and impediments to, Australian tree species in the Philippines which is considered to have applicability to other forest technology transfer studies

MN076 Plant Genetic Resources in the Pacific

The conservation, improvement and management of crop genetic resources is particularly important in the Pacific because of the region's dependence on agriculture

MN077 Classical Biological Control of Arthropods in Australia

This publication provides ready access to a summary of information on the natural enemies that have been liberated for classical biological control of anthropods in Australia up to 2000, including their origin, year of liberation, whether they have been established and with what effect

MN078 Soil Conservation Technologies for Smallholder Farming Systems in the Philippine Uplands

Human-induced soil erosion and consequent degradation of agricultural land in the Philippines upland is recognised as a major environmental and socioeconomic problem

MN079 Biological Control of Water Hyacinth 2

Water hyacinth is widely recognised as the world's worst aquaric weed

MN080 Setting Policy Priorities for the Development of Tree Crop Industries in Papua New Guinea

OUT OF STOCK A set of assessments of policy options is made in this paper to identify policy priorities for the development of the tree crops sub-sector

MN081 Policy Options for the Tree Crop Industries in Papua New Guinea

OUT OF STOCK - electronic version available This publications covers the outcomes of a research project funded by ACIAR aimed at developing the tree crops sub-sector in Papua New Guinea.

MN082 Controlling Newcastle Disease in Village Chickens: A Field Manual

This manual aims to present information that will enable veterinary departments and development agencies to implement a sustainable Newcastle Disease control program

MN083 How to Unravel and Solve Soil Fertility Problems

This book provides a way for farmers in developing countries to benefit from scientific knowledge on plant nutrition and soil fertility

MN084 Regional Water and Soil Assessment for Managing Sustainable Agriculture in China and Australia

This book summarises the results of a collaborative project between Chinese and Australian scientists to improve agricultural water use efficiency and thereby increase agricultural productivity and sustainability in the North China Plain and the Loess Plateau in China and the Murray Darling Basin in Australia

MN085 Fruits of Oceania

This book covers the woody species, which cultivated or wild, produce the great majority of fleshy and non-fleshy fruits of the Pacific.

MN086 Controlling Newcastle Disease in Village Chickens: A Training Manual

This manual aims to assist trainers to enable farmers to become successful community vaccinators against ND

MN087 Controlling Newcastle Disease in Village Chickens: A Laboratory Manual

This manual describes the procedures needed to produce and test live, thermostable avirulent I-2 vaccine against Newcastle disease of poultry

MN088 Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages

(Available electronically only) Farmers have to spend much time feeding their animals, grazing them in distant areas or cutting feed far from their homes. Supplementing traditional feed resources with planted forages is a simple solution to decreasing natural feed resources

MN089 [Lao] Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages

(Available electronically only) The Lao translation of Monograph 88 Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages.

MN090 [Indonesian] Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages

(Available electronically only) The Indonesian translation of Monograph 88 Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages. Smallholder farmers traditionally have fed their animals on freely-available forage resources which have no value to smallholders except as livestock feed. These include crop residues and natural vegetation such as grasses, herbs and tree leaves. As livestock numbers and cropping areas have increased these once abundant feed resources have become increasingly limited.

MN091 [Chinese] Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages

(Available electronically only) The Chinese translation of Monograph 88 Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages. Smallholder farmers traditionally have fed their animals on freely-available forage resources which have no value to smallholders except as livestock feed. These include crop residues and natural vegetation such as grasses, herbs and tree leaves. As livestock numbers and cropping areas have increased these once abundant feed resources have become increasingly limited.

MN092 [Thai] Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages

(Available electronically only) The Thai translation of Monograph 88 Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages. Smallholder farmers traditionally have fed their animals on freely-available forage resources which have no value to smallholders except as livestock feed. These include crop residues and natural vegetation such as grasses, herbs and tree leaves. As livestock numbers and cropping areas have increased these once abundant feed resources have become increasingly limited.

MN093 [Vietnamese] Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages

(Available electronically only) The Vietnamese translation of Monograph 88 Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers - how to grow, manage and use forages. Smallholder farmers traditionally have fed their animals on freely-available forage resources which have no value to smallholders except as livestock feed. These include crop residues and natural vegetation such as grasses, herbs and tree leaves. As livestock numbers and cropping areas have increased these once abundant feed resources have become increasingly limited.

MN094 Survey Toolbox for Aquatic Animal Diseases: A Practical Manual and Software Package

The tools presented in this book will be valuable for anybody who needs to collect reliable information about aquatic diseases or production

MN095 Improving Indonesia's Beef Industry

(Available electronically only) The project described in this report aimed to provide an analytical modelling framework to help beef industry analysts and advisers understand how changes in the general economic environment and in government policy are likely to affect each component of the cattle to beef supply chain, from production through sales

MN096 Rats, Mice and People: Rodent Biology and Management

All the papers published in this book were presented at the 2nd International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management

MN097 Effects of Globalisation and Economic Development on the Asian Livestock Sector

This report analyses the impact of growth in demand for livestock products and trade liberalisation on the performance of the beef, pig meat, poultry and dairy systems in China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand

MN098 Domestication of Chukrasia

ACIAR has supported a project that helps develop domestication strategies for commercially important indigenous tree species in Southeast Asia

MN099 Developing agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers - how to get started with participatory approaches

This book describes a participatory approach used by development workers in Southeast Asia to help smallholders integrate forages onto their farms.

MN099a Developing agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers - how to get started with participatory approaches [Thai translation]

Thai translation

MN100 Field Methods for Rodent Studies in Asia and the Indo-Pacific

Over the past decade rodents have emerged as significant agricultural pests throughout Southeast Asia

MN101 The Coconut Odyssey: the bounteous possibilities of the tree of life

Mike Foale has spent more than 40 years researching coconuts in the Solomon Islands and elsewhere

MN102 Lantana: Current Management Status and Future Prospects

This book brings together the available information about lantana and the insects and diseases that have been studied to control it

MN103 Developing agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers - how to get started with participatory approaches [Lao translation]

Lao translation

MN104 Developing agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers - how to get started with participatory approaches [Vietnamese translation]

Vietnamese translation

MN105 Developing agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers - how to get started with participatory approaches [Chinese translation]

Chinese translation

MN108 Pig Husbandry in New Guinea: A Literature review and Bibliography

There are nearly two and a half million domestic pigs in New Guinea, or approximately one animal for every three people

MN109 Community Based Resource Planning - Studies from Zimbabwe and Northern Australia

This monograph describes research activities and outcomes from the ACIAR funded project 'Enhanced Resource-Use Planning for Tropical Woodland Agroecosystems' based in Zimbabwe and northern Australia

MN110 Advances in Grouper Aquaculture

Aquaculture of high-value finfish species, such as groupers, is an industry of increasing importance throughout the Asia-Pacific

MN111 High-yielding anthracnose-resistant Stylosanthes for agricultural systems

This comprehensive book summarises new knowledge about Stylosanthes research and development

MN112 Landcare in the Philippines: Stories of People and Places

This book contains a wide perspective of individual stories about the development of landcare in the Philippines, richly illustrated with more than 170 colour photos and maps

MN113 Worm Control for Small Ruminants in Tropical Asia

This book and the accompanying CD draw together information from a number of sources to describe the state of research and development on worm control in Asia and the Pacific

MN114 Diversity and Management of Phytophthora in Southeast Asia

This publication focuses on the Phytophthora pathogens present in Southeast Asia, their hosts, general biology and economics

MN115 Nitrogen Fixation in Acacias

Over the past two decades scientists have learnt a great deal about acacias and their symbiotic micro-organisms and the development of methods to exploit efficient symbioses

MN116 China's agricultural and rural development in the early 21st century

This book discusses several of the key agricultural and rural development policy issues faced by China in the first years of the 21st century.

MN117 Selecting Safer Pesticides - integrating risk assessment, monitoring and management of pesticides

This book describes a process to select safer pesticides and to improve the management of pesticide use.

MN117a Selecting Safer Pesticides - integrating risk assessment, monitoring and management of pesticides [Vietnamese translation]

Vietnamese translation

MN118 Integrating knowledge for river basin management

The authors have developed an integrated water resources assessment and management framework.

MN119 Guidelines for surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific

This manual will assist plant health scientists to devise surveillance programs and to transmit specimens to the laboratory for identification and preservation.

MN119a [Indonesian] Guidelines for surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific

Indonesian translation of MN119, the manual on surveillance programs for plant health.

MN119b [Vietnamese] Guidelines for surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific

The Vietnamese translation of MN119, the manual on surveillance programs for plant health.

MN119c [Thai] Guidelines for surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific

The Thai translation of MN119, the manual on surveillance programs for plant health.

MN120 Better-practice approaches for culture-based fisheries development in Asia

Culture based fisheries are an effective way of increasing supplies of fish in rural areas.

MN120a [Lao] Better-practice approaches for culture-based fisheries development in Asia

The Lao translation of MN120, a manual on integrating community based fisheries into rural development plans.

MN120b [Vietnamese] Better-practice approaches for culture-based fisheries development in Asia

The Vietnamese translation of MN120, a manual on integrating community based fisheries into rural development plans.

MN120c [Tamil] Better-practice approaches for culture-based fisheries development in Asia

The Tamil translation of MN120, a manual on integrating community based fisheries into rural development plans.

MN120d [Sinhalese] Better-practice approaches for culture-based fisheries development in Asia

The Sinhalese translation of MN120, a manual on integrating community based fisheries into rural development plans.

MN121 Planters and their Components: Types, attributes, functional requirements, classification and description

This manual provides a valuable reference for research and extension personnel engaged in the selection, adaptation and/or construction of complete planters appropriate to specific soil, crop, climate and residue conditions.

MN122 Gardens of Oceania

Gardens of Oceania summarises available knowledge about numerous food plants with commercial potential.

MN123 Agricultural development and land policy in Vietnam

The main aims of the project, which provided the information for this book, were to assess the impacts of the Vietnamese government's new policies on agriculture and to provide economic models suitable for analysing policy reforms.

MN123a [Vietnamese] Agricultural development and land policy in Vietnam

This is the Vietnamese translation of 'Agricultural development and land policy in Vietnam'.

MN124 Economically important sharks and rays Indonesia

Obtaining reliable species composition and abundance data from catches is essential for effective fishery management.

MN125 Aquaculture in Papua New Guinea: status of freshwater fish farming

This publication provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the history of aquaculture and fish stock enhancement programs in PNG.

MN126 Agricultural development and land policy in Vietnam: policy briefs [Bilingual version]

A bilingual (English and Vietnamese back-to-back) version of chapter 12 of MN123: Agricultural development and land policy in Vietnam.

MN127 Postlarval fish capture and grow-out

This manual describes a new method for Pacific islanders to catch valuable fish and crustaceans for the aquarium trade. It explains the stages involved in setting up a 'capture and grow-out' operation and will help readers decide if this business is right for them and their community.

MN128 Quality management of fresh produce from the highlands of Papua New Guinea

This spiral-bound postharvest manual is a valuable reference for farmers, marketers and extension personnel as they seek to improve the management and marketing of highlands-based fresh produce.

MN129 Diagnostic manual for plant diseases in Vietnam

A manual designed to help plant pathologists develop basic skills in the diagnosis of the cause of diseases, focusing on fungal diseases of the roots and stems.

MN129a [Vietnamese] Diagnostic manual for plant diseases in Vietnam

The Vietnamese translation of MN129, a manual designed to help plant pathologists develop basic skills in the diagnosis of the cause of diseases, focusing on fungal diseases of the roots and stems.

MN130 Soil constraints and management package (SCAMP): guidelines for sustainable management of tropical upland soils

This book describes a decision-support framework called the Soil Constraints and Management Package (SCAMP).

MN131 Integrated pest and disease management for sustainable cocoa production: a training manual for farmers and extension workers

(Available online only) This booklet addresses knowledge gaps in cocoa production.

MN131a [Indonesian] Integrated pest and disease management for sustainable cocoa production: a training manual for farmers and extension workers

(Available online only) This is the Indonesian translation of MN131, a booklet that addresses knowledge gaps in cocoa production.

MN132 TaroPest: an illustrated guide to pests and diseases of taro in the South Pacific

A guide to the pests and diseases of taro in the South Pacific.

MN133 Overcoming liver fluke as a constraint to ruminant production in South-East Asia

This monograph addresses the knowledge gaps in the genetics, immunology, epidemiology and control of liver fluke disease.

MN134 Growing peanuts in Papua New Guinea: a best management practice manual

A best management production manual aimed at the wide spectrum of industry stakeholders interested in growing and marketing peanuts in PNG. It is designed to assist agricultural researchers, extension people, smallholder producers, agricultural consultants and commercial producers by providing information on best management practices that will improve peanut productivity and quality.

MN135 Sea cucumber fisheries: a manager's toolbox

Outcomes of the ‘Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands and Northern Australia Sea Cucumber Fisheries Management Workshop’, held at Motupore Island Research Centre, Papua New Guinea, 20–23 March 2006.

MN136 Measuring plant-associated nitrogen fixation in agricultural systems

Nitrogen is one of the key drivers of global agricultural production, with between 150 and 200 million tonnes required each year to produce the world’s food, animal feed and industrial products. Improving the efficiency with which Nitrogen is used in world agriculture is vital to the long-term sustainability of the planet, as gaseous losses contribute to global warming, and leaching and erosion losses to the degradation of watercourses and storages.

MN137 Jorani and the green vegetable bugs

This book is for primary school children for use in the ‘Life Skills’ part of the Cambodian School curriculum. It will teach children about integrated pest management (IPM) in crops and the positive impact on the environment.

MN137a [Khmer] Jorani and the green vegetable bugs

This is the Khmer translation of MN137, a book for primary school children for use in the ‘Life Skills’ part of the Cambodian School curriculum. It will teach children about integrated pest management (IPM) in crops and the positive impact on the environment.

MN138 Landcare in the Philippines: a practical guide to getting it started and keeping it going

The Australian aid program has been working with the landcare movement in the Philippines for 10 years, encouraging farmers and their communities to take control of their own problems and to implement appropriate solutions. This book provides practical guidelines for all those involved in this important role.

MN139 Improving village chicken production: a manual for field workers and trainers

Australia has supported the implementation of effective village chicken production programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America, including several research projects funded by ACIAR. This investment in research and development, always in collaboration with producers, traders and other stakeholders, has been shown to increase poultry numbers, household purchasing power, home consumption of chicken products (resulting in improved nutrition for families) and the decision-making power of women. This manual is focused on developing countries.

MN140 A guide to upland cropping in Cambodia: maize

In response to the Royal Cambodian Government’s National Poverty Reduction Strategy (2003–2005), ACIAR funded research to develop sustainable farming systems for crops. The aim was to help reduce poverty and contribute to food security at household and national levels through the development of technologies and opportunities for the production of non-rice upland crops. This book is part of a series of publications produced by ACIAR in support of the on-going rollout of onfarm demonstrations for upland crops in Cambodia.

MN140A [Khmer] A guide to upland cropping in Cambodia: maize

This book is part of a series of publications produced by ACIAR in support of the on-going rollout of onfarm demonstrations for upland crops in Cambodia.

MN141 Weeds of upland crops in Cambodia

A weed identification guide for farmers and extension workers in the upland cropping systems of Cambodia. Sponsored by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the NSW Department of Primary Industries, and the Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute. This book is part of a series of publications produced by ACIAR in support of the on-going rollout of on-farm demonstrations for upland crops in Cambodia.

MN142 Forages and farmers - Case studies from South-East Asia

Copublished by ACIAR and CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture), this book recounts the stories of innovative farmers, both men and women, who transformed marginal farming into productive, profitable and market-oriented enterprises.

MN143 Insects of upland crops in Cambodia

An insect identification field guide for farmers and extension workers in the upland cropping systems of Cambodia.

MN144 Yam nutrition: nutrient disorders and soil fertility management

This book draws together what is currently known about the mineral nutrition of yams. It is intended as a useful reference for agronomists and extension personnel, and also researchers.

Partners Magazine

 - (Back to top)
PMg Jul-Oct 09 Partners Magazine July - October 2009

This edition of Partners focuses on Global Partnerships and the Millenium Development Goals.

PMg April 05 Partners Magazine April 2005

This edition focuses on ACIAR's activities in China, reporting on the benefits of ACIAR projects in that country that are helping poor farmers and improving environmental management.

PMg Autumn 06 Partners Magazine Autumn 2006

ACIAR's work in the South Pacific, focusing on fisheries management, crop improvement and protection and poultry is profiled.

PMg December 04 Partners Magazine December 2004

The December edition of ACIAR's Partners Magazine focuses on Papua New Guinea, reporting on the positive impacts of several ACIAR projects in that country.

PMg Jul-Oct 07 Partners Magazine July - October 2007

Partners for July to October 2007 features articles on biosecurity, including research addressing Avian Influenza (Birdflu), pig viruses, eucalypt rust, and potato and banana diseases.

PMg Jul-Oct 08 Partners Magazine July-October 2008

Partners magazine July - October 2008 is focused on gene technology.

PMg July 05 Partners Magazine July 2005

The July 2005 edition of Partners magazine is now available online. Indonesia is the main focus of this edition,with ACIAR's activities helping poor farmers featured

PMg June 04 Partners Magazine June 2004

Partners in Research for Development June 2004 magazine, reporting on the people who help us achieve our goals and those who benefit from better policies, increased productivity and more sustainable agriculture.

PMg Mar-Jun 08 Partners Magazine March - June 2008

Partners magazine for March - June 2008 is focused on the role of women in agriculture. It also includes a story on a public/private partnership that is helping to revitalise the pyrethrum industry in Papua New Guinea.

PMg Mar-Jun 09 Partners Magazine March - June 2009

This issue of Partners Magazine highlights the important link between natural resource management and food security. It focuses on ACIAR-supported initiatives and partnerships which are delivering sustainable approaches to agriculture, with examples of projects that demonstrate that environmental sustainability can also help smallholders increase their productivity.

PMg Mar-Jun 2010 Partners Magazine March - June 2010

Partners Magazine March-June 2010 focusses on Policy to Plate. ACIAR is trialling a new e-magazine version of Partners. Have a look and let us know what you think of the e-magazine in our online survey.

PMg Mar-Jun07 Partners Magazine March-June 2007

Partners in research for development - from farm to market

PMg Nov 07-Feb 08 Partners Magazine November 2007 - February 2008

Partners magazine November 2007 - February 2008 is focused on climate change.

PMg Nov 08-Feb 09 Partners Magazine November 2008 - February 2009

The latest edition of Partners magazine is focused on food security. It includes stories on a market driven collaboration reducing rural poverty in Indonesia, creating aquaculture opportunities in India and Australia, raising farm production in Bangladesh and boosting horticulture in the Pacific.

PMg Nov09-Feb10 Partners Magazine November 2009 - February 2010

Partners Magazine November 2009 to February 2010 examines the issues of water management and agriculture, and how these impact on food security.

ACIAR is trialling a new e-magazine version of Partners. Have a look and let us know what you think of the e-magazine in our online survey.

PMg October 05 Partners Magazine October 2005

ACIAR's Partners Magazine, October 2005 edition features stories on project activities in South Asia.

PMg September 04 Partners Magazine September 2004

The September 2004 edition of Partners Magazine focuses on the dual themes of the International Year of Rice, and Caombodia and Laos and ACIAR's role in building research capacity and food security.

PMg Spring 06 Partners Magazine Spring 2006

ACIAR's Partners Magazine, Spring 2006 edition features stories on project activities in the Mekong Region.

PMg Summer 05-06 Partners Magazine December 2005

ACIAR's Partners Magazine, Summer 2005-06 edition features stories on project activities in the Philippines.

PMg Winter 06 Partners Magazine Winter 2006

ACIAR administers the Australian Government's contribution to CGIAR and other research centres.

Proceedings

 - (Back to top)
PR013 Bacterial Wilt Disease in Asia and the South Pacific

OUT OF STOCK Bacterial wilt, caused largely by Pseudomonas solanacearum, is one of the most destructive bacterial plant diseases

PR018 Food Legume Improvement for Asian Farming Systems

OUT OF STOCK Food legumes are grown throughout Asia for human and animal nutrition

PR019 Technological Change in Postharvest Handling and Transportation of Grains in the Humid Tropics

Significant advances in grain harvesting, drying, handling, storage and milling have occurred in the ASEAN region in the last decade

PR020 Management of Wild and Cultured Sea Bass/Barramundi (Lares calcarifer)

Lates calcarifer, known as sea bass or barramundi, occurs widely and ia prized eating fish in the Indo-Pacific region, but interest in detailed studies of its biology has only arisen recently

PR021 Banana and Plantain Breeding Strategies

Bananas and plantain (musa spp) are one of the few tropical crops that have not been bred successfully

PR022 Bulk Handling and Storage of Grain in the Humid Tropics

OUT OF STOCK High yields from new early-maturing varieties of rice and the development of systems enabling two crops per year have created problems for the existing grain handling system in the ASEAN region

PR023 Transport of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

OUT OF STOCK These proceedings are the outcome of a workshop held under the auspices of ACIAR

PR024 Smallholder Agricultural Development in Tonga

These proceedings detail the findings of the ACIAR smallholder agriculture project which were presented at a workshop held in Tonga in May 1988

PR025 Fumigation and Controlled Atmosphere Storage of Grain

OUT OF STOCK These proceedings stem from aconference held in Singapore in February 1989

PR026 Economics of Fishery Management in the Pacific Islands Region

OUT OF STOCK These are the proceedings of a conference held to assess the need for economic research into increasing fisheries productivity for island nations in the South Pacific region

PR027 Draught Animals in Rural Development

OUT OF STOCK The estimated one billion draught animals throughout the developing world provide vital power, transport, milk, meat and security to millions of rural families

PR028 Tropical Tree Seed Research

These proceedings from a workshop of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) focus on the seed problems of multipurpose trees

PR029 Sulfur Fertilizer Policy for Lowland and Upland Cropping Systems in Indonesia

ACIAR has supported a wide range of fertilizer-related projects within its plant nutrition program

PR030 Tuna Baitfish in the Indo-Pacific region

OUT OF STOCK These proceedings arise from a workshop held in Honiara, Solomon Islands in December 1989

PR031 Bacterial Wilt of Groundnut

These proceedings are the outcome of an ACIAR/ICRISAT joint planning meeting on bacterial wilt disease of groundnut (peanut), held in Malaysia in March 1990

PR032 Forages for Plantation Crops

OUT OF STOCK This proceedings provides information needed by extension workers and farmers to increase the productivity of ruminants in plantation crops

PR033 Sustainable Agriculture on Marginal Uplands of Southeast Asia

These proceedings review the resources available for achieving sustainable development of upland areas in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, and examine some of the problems that must be overcome

PR034 Buffalo and Goats in Asia

These seminar proceedings report the results of ACIAR sponsored research which commenced in 1985

PR035 Advances in Tropical Acacia Research

OUT OF STOCK Australian acacias have received attention in recent years because they are proving suitable for reforestation projects in the tropics

PR036 Fungi and Mycotoxins in Stored Products

Contamination of stored food and feedstuffs by fungi and the mycotoxins they produce poses a serious health risk for humans and livestock and causes economic losses worldwide

PR037 Breeding Technologies for Tropical Acacias

Fast-growing acacias are being used to reforest degraded grasslands and cutover rainforest in the humid tropics

PR038 Forages on Red Soils in China

The red soils region of south central China has been the focus of recent research as it represents large areas of upland cropping and animal enterprises

PR039 Newcastle Disease in Village Chickens

OUT OF STOCK Newcastle disease (ND) is a widespread and important cause of loss in productivity of village poultry

PR041 Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya

Much of sub-Saharan Africa is semi-arid and the burgeoning population depends heavily on small-scale dryland agriculture

PR042 Productive Use of Saline Lands

Salt-affected soils pose hazardous conditions for plant establishment

PR044 Bovine Ephemeral Fever and Related Rhabdoviruses

OUT OF STOCK Joint research into bovine ephemeral fever involving China and Australia was instigated in response to a massive epidemic in 1983

PR045 Bacterial Wilt

Bacterial wilt is primarily of importance in the tropics and subtropics

PR046 Draught Animal Power in the Asian-Australasian Region

The economic structure of draught animal power in Asia varies from country to country according to national policy, social patterns and agricultural practices

PR047 The Biology and Mariculture of Giant Clams

OUT OF STOCK These proceedings are the result of research undertaken at giant clam hatcheries throughout the Pacific

PR048 Australian Tree Species Research in China

ACIAR has supported collaborative forestry research between China and Australia since 1985

PR050 Postharvest handling of tropical fruit

(Available electronically only) These proceedings present the contributions made at the International Conference on Postharvest Handling of Tropical Fruits held in Chiang Mai, Thailand in July 1993.

PR051 Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Southeast Asia

Australia and Thailand have collaborated for six years to study foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a disease which is endemic in Asia

PR052 Tuna Baitfish in Fiji and Solomon Islands

These proceedings are the culmination of a workshop held in Fiji in August 1993, and provide a background to the tuna baitfish industry as well as canvassing management issues, baitfish biology and the current status of baitfishing in the Solomon Islands

PR053 Coconut Improvement in the South Pacific

These proceedings arose from a workshop held in conjunction with the final review of the ACIAR coconut improvement project

PR056 Soil Organic Matter Management for Sustainable Agriculture

These proceedings came from a workshop in Ubon, Thailand, designed to review current research and identify future research opportunities in the areas of soil organic matter dynamics and nutrient cycling in tropical and temperate regions -- topics already included in ACIAR projects that have attempted to assist smallholders to manage their lands by improving soil fertility and reducing soil losses

PR057 Leucaena - Opportunities and Limitations

OUT OF STOCK These proceedings provide an update on progress with research on multipurpose trees in general and leucaena in particular. They include details on priorities for future research and the establishment of LEUCNET, the international network to promote leucaena research and development worldwide.

PR058 Development of Postharvest Handling Technology for Tropical Tree Fruits

These proceedings arose from a workshop associated with an ACIAR project on the development of postharvest handling technology for selected tropical tree fruits

PR059 Fish Drying in Indonesia

These proceedings examine the issues behind Indonesia's dried fish industry and prospects for improving the quality of dried fish

PR060 Postharvest Technology in Vietnam

Vietnam is striving to increase its agricultural production, but gains in productivity are offset by large postharvest losses

PR061 Agricultural Impacts on Groundwater Quality

Groundwater contamination has been linked to intensive agriculture in many industrialised countries in temperate regions

PR062 Mycorrhizas for Plantation Forestry in Asia

Mycorrhizal associations are an integral part of natural and managed forests

PR063 Matching Trees and Sites

Considerable progress has been made during the last three years in developing databases and analytical methods to answer the questions: What tree will grow where and how well will it grow? These proceedings present the results from a workshop held in Bangkok in April 1995

PR064 Integration of Ruminants into Plantation Systems in Southeast Asia

There are already instances of successful introduction of ruminants into Southeast Asia's rubber, oil palm and coconut plantations, in ways that enable more intensive use of these areas

PR065 Mineral Deficiencies in Root Crops

Sustainable crop production is dependent on good nutrient management

PR066 Bluetongue Disease in the Asia-Pacific Region

In most of Asia, bluetongue is an infection which has existed since cattle, buffalo and deer have been present

PR067 Sugarcane Germplasm Conservation and Exchange

Estimates given in 1987-88 place sugar as the fourteenth most important crop in developing countries with a gross value of production of over US$7 billion

PR068 Exploring Approaches to Research in the Animal Sciences in Vietnam

Enormous changes have occurred in Vietnam since 1990

PR069 South Pacific Indigenous Nuts

(Available electronically only) This publication brings together most of the papers presented at a five day workshop held in Vanuatu in 1994

PR070 Management of Clay Soils for Rainfed Lowland Rice-based Cropping Systems

In Asian countries rice is the most important staple food

PR071 Grain Drying in Asia

Grain drying has taken on an important role in Asia as countries strive to produce grains for world export

PR072 Sterility in Wheat in Subtropical Asia

Wheat in subtropical Asia is a potential minor crop although consistently high yields have not yet been achieved

PR073 Mineral Problems in Sheep in Northern China and Some Other Regions in Asia

China has vast areas of arid and semi-arid pastoral land in its northern provinces

PR074 Sustainable Parasite Control in Small Ruminants

Small ruminants are important to the nations of tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific Islands, but their productivity is severely constrained by inadequate nutrition and gastrointestinal parasites

PR075 Jembrana Disease and the Bovine Lentiviruses

Jembrana is a disease similar to rinderpest, and found to affect Indonesian cattle and buffalo

PR076 Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific

This publication presents extended abstracts of the papers presented to a workshop held in Nadi, Fiji 28-31 October 1996

PR077 Breeding Strategies for Rainfed Lowland Rice in Drought-prone Environments

These proceedings present the results of five years collaborative research involving scientists from Australia, Thailand and Lao PDR

PR078 Mud Crab Aquaculture and Biology

Until recently, mud crabs have only been reared from stock captured from the natural environment, in those countries where they are being farmed

PR079 Trochus: Status, Hatchery Practice & Nutrition

Trochus shell is highly sought after for buttons and costume jewellery

PR080 Disease Resistance in Fruit

The objective of this workshop on disease resistance in fruit was to review recent research on non-chemical control of fruit diseases, with particular emphasis on utilisation and enhancement of constitutive or inducible host defence mechanisms.

PR081 Disease Control and Storage Life Extension in Fruit

Treatments which extend storage life by reducing disease and delaying ripening are essential if tropical fruit are to be shipped to distant markets

PR083 Inland Saline Aquaculture

ACIAR cosponsored a workshop in Perth, Western Australia in August 1997

PR084 Sandalwood and its Products

These proceedings are a record of the papers presented at an international seminar held at Bangalore, India, 18-20 December 1997

PR085 Seeking Agricultural Produce Free of Pesticide Residue

A review of options for monitoring and minimising the contamination of agricultural produce and the environment by pesticide residues, while maintaining the benefits of pesticide use for agricultural production

PR086 Leucaena: adaption, quality and farming systems

These proceedings report the presentations at the international workshop on Leucaena held at the Vietnam National University in Hanoi, 9-14 February 1998 and comprise three major sections: Taxonomy and Agronomy, Forage Quality and Farming Systems

PR087 Upland Farming Systems in the Lao PDR: Problems and Opportunities for livestock

Improvements in disease control are desperately needed making the 1997 Vientiane workshop organised jointly by the Department of Livestock and Fisheries (GoL) and ACIAR, extremely timely

PR088 Towards Better Management of Soils Contaminated with Tannery Waste

Leather production is a major industry in India and makes a significant contribution to the country's export earnings

PR090 Towards Sustainable Shrimp Culture in Thailand and the Region

Shrimp farming expanded rapidly in Thailand and other countries in Asia in the early 1990s, but productivity plateaued and then went into decline

PR091 Fire and sustainable agricultural and forestry development in eastern Indonesia and northern Australia

Over the past decade or so there has been growing recognition of the impacts of biomass burning in the wet forests of Indonesia

PR092 Tannins in Livestock and Human Nutrition

Tannins are one of the most common secondary products found in plants species, and represent one of the greatest hurdles to effective utilisation of forages by grazing livestock

PR093 Integrated nutrient management in farming systems in southeast Asia and Australia

Proceedings of an International Workshop held at the National Agricultural Research Centre, Vientiane, Laos 21-22 April, 1999

PR094 Classical Swine Fever and Emerging Diseases in Southeast Asia

The drive in Southeast Asia to satisfy the increasing demand for animal protein has resulted in many changes to common agricultural practices

PR095 Working with Farmers: The Key to Adoption of Forage Technologies

This proceedings puts on record the papers and posters which were presented and the discussions which were held at the international workshop which marked the completion of the Forages for Smallholders Project

PR097 Hypsipyla Shoot Borers in Meliaceae

Damage from shoot borers of the genus Hypsipyla Ragonot present the greatest deterrent to the establishment and cultivation of the high value timber species belonging to the family Meliaceae, including species of Swietenia, Khaya, Toona and Cedrela

PR098 Reservoir and Culture-Based Fisheries: Biology and Management

Reservoirs are a major, and for several Asian countries an expanding, water resource which is very diverse both in terms of size and fisheries potential

PR099 Food Security for Papua New Guinea

Overall, food security is high in PNG as most rural people have access to land and can grow most of their food requirements

PR100 Quality Assurance in Agricultural Produce

This publication contains the 125 papers presented at the 19th ASEAN/1st APEC Seminar on Postharvest Technology held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 9 to 12 November 1999

PR101 Increased Lowland Rice Production in the Mekong Region

These proceedings report the outcome of an International Workshop held in Vientiane, Laos, 30 Oct to 2 Nov 2000 to coincide with the beginning of a new ACIAR project, Increased productivity of rice-based cropping systems in Lao PDR, Cambodia and Australia

PR102 Biological and Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes

These proceedings represent the current status of work on water hyacinth world-wide and include new research initiatives, overviews of water hyacinth implementation programs in various countries and a proposal for a mechanism to facilitate the dessemination of information on water hyacinth through a clearinghouse

PR103 SADC Planning Workshop on Newcastle Disease Control in Village Chickens

This publication is a record of papers presented at a workshop in Maputo, Mozambique 6-9 March, 2000 on Newcastle disease in village chickens

PR104 Agrochemical Pollution of Water Resources

This volume records the main research findings of ACIAR Project LWR1/1994/054 as presented to a conference held in Thailand on 16-18 February 2000

PR105 Postharvest Handling of Fresh Vegetables

This proceedings covers papers presented at end of project workshop in Beijing in 2001

PR106 Water Policy Reform: Lessons from Asia and Australia

Proceedings of an international workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand which brought together researchers working in the area of water resource management

PR107 Wood-Cement Composites in the Asia-Pacific Region

This proceedings covers the papers presented at the 5th Pacific Rim Bio-based Composites Symposium that was held in Canberra, Australia on 10 December 2000

PR108 Development Strategies for Genetic Evaluation for Beef Production in Developing Countries

This workshop was organised so that Thailand could share its experiences and results with other Southeast Asian countries who share similar production environments and constraints with the aim of sharing information and ideas and to foster cooperation in Southeast Asia for beef production and breeding

PR109 Inoculants and Nitrogen Fixation of Legumes in Vietnam

This report covers research carried out in an ACIAR project to increase yields and nitrogen fixation of soybean, groundnut and mungbean in Vietnam through rhizobial inoculation

PR110 Strategies to Improve Bali Cattle in Eastern Indonesia

This publication brings together Indonesian and Australian expertise on Bali cattle production and herd improvement

PR111 Eucalypts in Asia

Papers presented at an international workshop in China, April 2003 examine the role of eucalypt species in Asia

PR112 Breeding of drought-resistant peanuts

These proceedings report papers presented at the final external review of ACIAR project CS97/114 held at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India on 25-27 February 2002

PR113 Agriculture: New directions for a new nation East Timor (Timor-Leste)

An urgent task in the newly emerging nation of East Timor is to develop a sustainable agricultural sector

PR114 Modelling Nutrient Management in Tropical Cropping Systems

This is an end-of-project workshop proceedings with contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia and Latin America, focusing on improving capabilities in crop modelling for tropical cropping systems

PR115 Tropical Legumes for Sustainable Farming Systems in Southern Africa and Australia

The papers in this book come from an ACIAR project to develop sustainable animal and cropping systems in southern Africa

PR116 Water in Agriculture

The availability of water and water quality are major concerns for everyone

PR117 Control of Newcastle Disease and Duck Plague in Village Poultry

These proceedings cover the papers presented at a workshop in Vietnam

PR118 Improving the Management of Irrigation Schemes in Vietnam

Contains the main findings of a project carried out in Vietnam which focused on the operation and management of publicly managed irrigation systems

PR119 Agriproduct Supply-Chain Management in Developing Countries

Progressing beyond self-sufficiency, whether at the farm or national level, requires the capacity for reliable production and profitable marketing of products sought by consumers

PR120 Spiny lobster ecology and exploitation in the South China Sea region

Tropical spiny lobsters, and particularly the ornate lobster Panulirus ornatus, are a valuable resource for most countries bordering the South China Sea

PR121 Evaluation and performance of permanent raised bed cropping systems in Asia, Australia and Mexico

Permanent raised bed cropping systems are being adopted under a wide range of irrigated and dryland farming conditions.

PR122 Improving yield and economic viability of peanut production in Papua New Guinea and Australia

Peanuts are an important cash crop for many smallholder farmers in Papua New Guinea.

PR123 Agricultural Water Management in China

ACIAR has supported collaborative research on water management in agriculture in China for more than 15 years.

PR124 Heart rot and root rot in tropical Acacia plantations

Fast-growing hardwood plantations are increasingly important to the economies of many countries around the Pacific rim. However fungal heart rot and root rot are impacting on the industry.

PR125 Coconut revival: new possibilities for the 'tree of life'

Proceedings of the International Coconut Forum held in Cairns, Australia, 22-24 November 2005

PR126 Integrated rural development in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

These proceedings report on an international workshop held in Kupang, in April 2006, to identify opportunities and constraints to improving livelihoods in East Nusa Tenggara using an integrated rural development approach, and to discuss directions for future activities.

PR127 Permanent beds and rice-residue management for rice–wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

The proceedings of a workshop on permanent raised beds for irrigated rice–wheat and alternative cropping systems.

PR128 Management of classical swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease in Lao PDR

These proceedings are a compilation of research papers presented at a workshop in Vientiane on foot-and-mouth disease and classical swine fever, which continue to be a problem for livestock producers.

PR129 Silvicultural management of bamboo in the Philippines and Australia for shoots and timber

A symposium was organised in November 2006 in the Philippines, to provide an opportunity for bamboo researchers to present their findings. The peer-reviewed papers contained herein provide an opportunity to fully report on the research.

PR130 Efficient nutrient use in rice production in Vietnam achieved using inoculant biofertilisers

These proceedings provide a summary of the research outputs of work in Vietnam to assess the significance of a biofertiliser called BioGro, which provides significant benefits for the growth and yield of rice.

PR131 Village chickens, poverty alleviation and the sustainable control of Newcastle disease

These proceedings are a collection of papers presented at an international conference of 102 village poultry researchers and animal health specialists from eastern, southern and western Africa, South-East Asia, Europe and Oceania, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, October 2005. The proceedings showcase the background, methodology and results of the AusAID-funded Southern Africa Newcastle Disease Control Project.

PR132 Spiny lobster aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region

This publication, in the ACIAR Proceedings series, is a compilation of papers presented at the International Symposium on Spiny Lobster Aquaculture that was held at Nha Trang, Vietnam in December 2008.

PR133 Use of the FecB (Booroola) gene in sheep-breeding programs

Proceedings of the Helen Newton Turner Memorial International Workshop held in Pune, Maharashtra, India, 10–12 November 2008. The workshop was the conclusion of ACIAR projects that entailed more than a decade of research in India on improved meat sheep production.

Research Notes

 - (Back to top)
RN22 Management of Irrigation Areas: Irrigation Management in the Red River Delta of Vietnam

Vietnam's future food security depends on the country's ability to expand agricultural production, and this in turn will rely heavily on the increased efficiency of irrigation systems associated with the Red River Delta in the country's north and the Mekong Delta in the south

RN23 Measurement and maintenance of duck and hen egg quality in Vietnam

The albumen quality of duck and hen eggs declines very rapidly when eggs are stored at ambient temperature especially in hot climates

RN24 Bringing trees back in the Philippines

Reforestation is recognised as an urgent need in the Philippines following the clearing of most of the native forest cover

RN26 Non-chemical Control of Rodents in Lowland Irrigated Rice Crops

Rodents are a major agricultural pest across much of Southeast Asia

RN27 Assessing the extent and causes of degradation in India's arid rangelands

Land use pressures are increasing degradation in India's arid zone

Technical Reports

 - (Back to top)
TR069 Achieving food security in China: implications of World Trade Organization accession

A report on the effect of China's WTO accession commitments on its agricultural sector.

TR08 New Technologies for Rainfed Rice-based Farming Systems in the Philippines and Sri Lanka

This publication focuses on rice and rice based farming systems as critical components of the Asian food system

TR11 Economic Prospects for Vanilla in the South Pacific

Information on the vanilla industry in the South Pacific has not been readily available, so this report was prepared to fill this information gap

TR13 Rainfed Rice Production in the Philippines: a combined agronomic/economic study of Antique Province

This report contains details of two ACIAR projects: an agronomic project designed to study environmental constraints to increase productivity of rainfed rice-based farming systems in the lowlands and upland areas of Sri Lanka and the Philippines and; an economic project focusing on the factors responsible for the difference between potential productivity and actual farm performance

TR14 Transport of Vegetables in Papua New Guinea

This report contains a description of an ACIAR supported project concerned with the postharvest transport of fresh fruit and vegetables in Papua New Guinea that has demonstrated how fresh produce can be moved from the Highlands to the main markets of Papua New Guinea and arrive in good condition

TR15 Marketing Perspectives on a Potential Pacific Spice Industry

The scarcity of information on spices became apparent during an ACIAR study on the economics of vanilla production

TR16 Mineral Nutrition of Food Legumes in Thailand

ACIAR has supported two complementary studies in Thailand that have confirmed deficiencies of the micronutrients boron and molybdenum and the macronutrients phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and nitrogen in a high proportion of food legume crops

TR17 Rice Production in Sri Lanka: a combined agronomic/economic study in the intermediate and dry zones

This is a companion volume to Technical Report No 13 (a study of rainfed rice production in Antique Province, Philippines)

TR18 Post-Flask Management of Tissue-cultured Bananas

Banana production, an important component of the island economies of the South Pacific, is threatened by the fungal leaf disease black Sigatoka

TR19 Utilisation of Remote Sensing in the South Pacific

Remote sensing is the interpretation of aerial photographs and electronic multispectral scanner (MSS) images in order to acquire information about the quantity, quality and distribution of terrestrial and marine resources

TR20 Hybridisation Techniques for Acacias

OUT OF PRINT Manipulation of the genetic composition of a plant via crossing and selection offers the opportunity for improvements in both yield and quality

TR21 Production of Pathogen-tested Sweet Potato

In 1985 a program for the improvement of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (Lam) L) was funded by ACIAR

TR22 Plants Fed to Village Ruminants in Indonesia

This report presents original information on the composition of 136 species of plants known to be fed to village ruminants, mostly in West Java

TR23 Allozyme Electrophoretic Methods for Analysing Genetic Variation in Giant Clams (Tridacnidae)

The analysis of electrophorectically detectable protein variation has revolutionised population genetics and allowed the extent and structure of genetic variation in natural populations to be described

TR24 Tuna Baitfish and the Pole-and-Line Industry in Kiribati

OUT OF PRINT The pole-and-line fishery (a low-cost high-employment technique of tuna fishing(requires live baitfish to lure the tuna close to the boat

TR25 Economic Aspects of Raw Wool Production and Marketing in China

The Chinese Government has placed a high priority on the development of the nation's raw wool industry

TR29 Research and Development Prospects for Faba Bean

This report is the result of a workshop held in Melbourne in March 1994, which aimed to define research and development priorities for faba beans at a regional, national and international level

TR30 A Review of the Biology and Management of Rodent Pests in Southeast Asia

Twenty-nine species of rodents have been identified as having economic importance in Southeast Asia

TR31 Styrax tonkinenis: taxonomy, ecology, silviculture and uses

Styrax tonkinensis is a fast growing tropical species that occurs naturally in the forests of northern Laos and Vietnam, but is also cultivated in plantations

TR32 Production of Fine Wool in Northern China: effect of nutrition and helminth infections

The northern provinces of China where the land is suitable only for grazing livestock supports approximately 100 million sheep based on Merino types originally from Russia and Australia

TR33 Afforestation of Imperata Grasslands in Indonesia

This report describes results from industrial tree plantation research trials at Teluk Sirih on Pulau Laut, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia, where the performance of several eucalypts and acacia species was measured under a range of treatments on land made unproductive by colonisation of Imperata grass (Imperata cylindrica)

TR34 Techniques for Pollinating Eucalypts

This report describes the practical steps necessary to produce controlled cross seed of eucalypts as a means of tailoring plantations for increased vigour and desirable traits such as high wood density, high pulp yield, optimum fibre length, low extractives content and a higher content of essential oils

TR35 Biotechnology and Its Implications for ACIAR

This publication examines the issues involved in the effective application of biotechnology in ACIAR-funded programs

TR36 A Guide to the Zygotic Embryo Culture of Coconut Palms (Cocos nucifera L.)

Coconut embryo culture has many applications, foremost of which is in the facilitation of germplasm movement

TR37 Mycotoxin Contamination in Grains

High levels of mycotoxin are hazardous to human and animal health

TR38 Principles of Grain Marketing: some lessons from the Australian experiences

This technical report emphasises the importance of efficient methods for determining price in agricultural markets and the importance of transport in developing efficient domestic and international marketing systems

TR39 The Cut Flower Industry: Research and Development Issues

This publication examines the issues involved in the effective application of biotechnology in ACIAR-funded programs

TR40 A New Soil Conservation Methodology and Application to Cropping Systems in Tropical Steeplands

This technical report documents what may become something of a watershed in terms of the field investigation of soil erosion and soil conservation in biophysical terms

TR41 SCUAF Version 4: A model to estimate soil changes under agriculture, Agroforestry and Forestry

SCUAF is a computer model which predicts the effects on soils of specific land use systems under given environmental conditions

TR42 Modified BEAM rubber agroforestry models: RRYIELD and RRECON

This publication summarises the modified BEAM model, including functions of the model, changes that were made and tutorials on how to use the model.

TR43 Grain Market Reform in China: Global Implications

The grain marketing system in China has become more competitive over the 1990s and domestic and international prices have become more closely aligned

TR44 A Variety Collection of Edible Nut Tree Crops in Solomon Islands

This technical report summarises results of a variety collection of indigenous edible nut tree crops

TR45 Rodent Biology and Management

This technical report contains abstracts from an international conference on rodent biology and management held in Beijing in 1998.

TR46 Kava (Piper methysticum) in the South Pacific

This report discusses kava myths and ceremonies, the relative importance of kava as a cash crop, the kava plant and its cultivation, and the diseases and pests commonly found in kava gardens

TR47 Coastal Shrimp Aquaculture in Thailand: Key Issues for research

This report describes the results of a study that was carried out from 1994-1999, a period in which Thailand became the world's leading producer of farmed shrimp but also had to confront new shrimp diseases, trade issues and environmental concerns

TR48 Genetic Transformation, Regeneration and Analysis of Transgenic Peanut

Conventional breeding has led to the improvement of some peanut traits such as seed yield and drought tolerance

TR49 Chukrasia: Biology, Cultivation and Utilisation

This technical report on Chukrasia has been prepared as part of ACIAR forestry project FST/1996/005

TR50 Mapping Land Resource Potential and Agricultural Pressure in Papua New Guinea

This report outlines the development of new methods to assess land resource potential and agricultural pressure in Papua New Guinea

TR51 Heartrots in Plantation Hardwoods in Indonesia and Australia

Detection and identification of the causal fungi of heartrot disease is fundamental to effective disease management strategies for heartrot pathogens in tree plantations

TR52 Rice-shrimp farming in the Mekong Delta: biophysical and socioeconomic issues

The papers presented in this report are the proceedings of the project's final review workshop, held in December 2000 at Can Tho University, Vietnam

TR53 Cooperatives: Issues and trends in developing countries

This report is the outcome of a workshop held in 2003

TR54 Contract farming in Indonesia: Smallholders and agribusiness working together

As developing countries continue on the path of economic liberalisation, there is an urgent need to bring the benefits of new trade and market opportunities to rural areas

TR55 Chromolaena in the Asia-Pacific Region

Chromolaena (Siam weed) is a serious weed which has spread from its original home in the West Indies to large areas of Africa and Asia

TR56 Feeds and Feeding for Inland Aquaculture in Mekong Region Countries

Aquaculture of freshwater species in the Mekong regions of Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand is an important source of protein and income for small-scale land owners

TR57 Trials of Cold-tolerant Eucalypt Species in Cooler Regions of South Central China

Eucalypts are of considerable economic, social and environmental importance in southern China

TR58 Evaluation of International Provenance Trials of Casuarina equisetifolia

The results published in this report reveal a considerable amount of genetic variation between provenances of Casuarina equisetifolia and provide important information for people interested in agroforestry and fuelwood production in the tropics and subtropics

TR59 Using seasonal climate forecasting in agriculture: a participatory decision-making approach

The challenge in using seasonal forecasting in agriculture is to assess and capture the potential benefits so that the well-being of people is improved in terms of increased food security, protection of the resource base, lower costs or better economic outcomes within the community

TR60 Building economic decision-making capabilities of Chinese wool textile mills

The models and analyses presented in this report are designed to assist wool textile mills as they implement new operational procedures, management practices and decision-making processes.

TR61 Production technologies for low-chill temperate fruits

Reports from the Second International Workshop on Production Technologies for Low-chill Temperate Fruits, Chiang Mai 2004.

TR62 Pest and disease incursions: risks,threats and management in Papua New Guinea

The papers in this report were presented at the 2nd PNG Plant Protection Conference and include information on crop pests, diseases and weeds and their management, pest incursions and quarantine, and pest and disease identification.

TR63 Controlled pollination methods for Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel

The production of tea-tree oil from Melaleuca species in Australia began some 80 years ago, and the industry has grown steadily, if erratically, since then.

TR64 Towards improving profitability of teak in integrated smallholder farming systems in northern Laos

Occurring naturally in Laos, teak is one of the world's finest timbers.

TR65 A review of animal health research opportunities in Nusa Tenggara Timur and Nusa Tenggara Barat provinces, eastern Indonesia

This report looks into livestock production and health issues in Indonesia to determine future research directions.

TR66 Modelling minimum residue thresholds for soil conservation benefits in tropical, semi-arid cropping systems

Developing and promoting farming systems that make use of conservation tillage practices in combination with retention of crop residues is a strategy being pursued by many national and international research organisations

TR67 Grassland degradation on the Tibetan Plateau: the role of small mammals and methods of control

This publication looks at degradation of the grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau.

TR68 Economic potential of land-use change and forestry for carbon sequestration and poverty reduction

A report on the potential for smallholders in developing countries to be involved in sequestering carbon in agroforestry systems.

TR70 Characterisation of the tuna purse seine fishery in Papua New Guinea

The tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean comprises a variety of fishing activities, the most important of which are the industrial-scale purse seine, longline and pole-and-line fisheries. The analysis reported in this publication focuses on characterising the target and non-target catch of the purse seine fishery in the PNG exclusive economic zone.

TR71 Soil fertility in sweetpotato-based cropping systems in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

This report summarises the results from a pilot study on soil fertility management, and reviews sweetpotato-based cropping systems in the highlands of PNG. It also describes the lessons learnt from survey methodologies used to assess the socioeconomic and biophysical constraints to sweetpotato production in this area.

TR72 Beef palatabililty in the Republic of South Africa: implications for niche-marketing strategies

ACIAR supports research on improving the competitiveness and profitability of smallholder cattle producers in the Republic of South Africa. The consumer research presented in this report highlights the potential for smallholder producers of indigenous cattle to gain a share of markets currently dominated by grain-fed beef from feedlots.

TR73 Balsa: Biology, production and economics in Papua New Guinea

This study provides information on the biology of balsa, the status of the balsa industry, and explores the relative merits of the main balsa production systems in PNG.

TR74 Social capital and cattle marketing chains in Bali and Lombok, Indonesia

This study provides evidence of the importance of social capital in the process of alleviating poverty through rural development initiatives, particularly with respect to Indonesian smallholders accessing cattle market opportunities.

Training Manuals

 - (Back to top)
TM001 Financial and economic research methods

Training manual.

TM002 Research planning and management for foresters

Training Manual.

TM003 Communicating science

Training manual

TM004 Social and community dimensions to ACIAR research

Training manual.

Working Papers

 - (Back to top)
IAP-WP01 Project development assessment: Project 8938: management of clay soils for lowland rice-based cropping systems

This paper reports the results of one of ACIAR's early project development assessments of a research proposal

IAP-WP02 Project development assessment: genetic identification and stock improvement of tilapia in Malaysia and Fiji: project 9206

Tilapia are an extremely versatile fish for aquaculture, with high reproductive and growth rates

IAP-WP03 Disaggregation rather than mathematical manipulation for incorporating research impacts on supply

Most accepted approaches for evaluating the potential impact of research on agricultural production rely on a measure of the shift in the supply due to the research as the basis for estimating the welfare gains

IAP-WP04 A model for evaluation of waste reducing postharvest research

Evaluation of the impact and potential impact of agricultural (and other sector) research has been the focus of a significant amount of research during the past 25 to 30 years

IAP-WP05 Project development assessment: mineral elements limiting sheep production in China (project 8911)

ACIAR Project 8911, 'Mineral Elements Limiting Sheep Production in China', addresses the issue that inadequate supplies of essential minerals to grazing sheep in northern China have a significant detrimental effect on the production of those animals

IAP-WP06 Project development assessment: Pacific Island pearl oyster resources development (project 9131)

The ACIAR Fisheries Program is considering a project proposal aimed at investigating the development of the pearl oyster resources in the South Pacific

IAP-WP07 Some economic aspects for considering future directions for tropical forage research

During the past seven years ACIAR has been developing an information system (IS) designed to provide a systematic basis for supporting research decision-making

IAP-WP08 Evaluation of postharvest research: results for an application to tropical fruit research projects and some further methodologic

As most economies develop there is an important trend to specialisation in the production of most activities

IAP-WP09 An economic evaluation of postharvest tropical fruit research: some preliminary results

As most economies develop there is an important trend to specialisation in the production of most activities

IAP-WP10 Estimating the social cost of the impacts of fungi and aflatoxins

Fungi are a diverse group of organisms ranging from simple single cells through to complex structures

IAP-WP11 Project development assessment: the application of plant tissue culture techniques to the propagation and breeding of tea in Ind

Tea is a very important crop not only in Indonesia, but also in a number of other countries in the world

IAP-WP12 Collaboration between ACIAR and other research institutions in research evaluation: experience in the Asia, Pacific and African

The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) was established in 1982 to support collaborative research between Australian scientists and scientists from developing countries

IAP-WP13 Inclusion of environmental and human health impacts in agricultural research evaluations: review and some recent evaluations

The motivation for writing this paper is well expressed in the following words of Pearce and Warford (1993, p 3): 'Most people are now painfully aware that pursuing economic growth without paying adequate attention to the environment-both built and natural-is unlikely to be sustainable: it cannot last

IAP-WP14 Project development assessment: the application of plant tissue culture techniques to the propagation and breeding of tea in Ind

Tea is a very important crop not only in Indonesia, but also in a number of other countries in the world

IAP-WP15 An overview of ACIAR's economic evaluation activities with an animal sciences program focus

During the past seven to eight years ACIAR has been developing an institutional Information System to support decision-making at various levels within the Centre

IAP-WP16 Incorporating atmospheric environmental degradation in research evaluation of options for the replacement of methyl bromide

This paper describes the projected net economic impact of a collaborative research project on the replacements for methyl bromide in timber for quarantine purposes (ACIAR PN 9406) proposed by CSIRO and FRIM1 for funding by ACIAR

IAP-WP17 Integration of research evaluation analysis into research institution decision-making: An overview of progress at ACIAR

Since it was created in 1982, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has placed considerable importance on developing a systematic information base to support its research resource allocation decision-making

IAP-WP18 An overview of ACIAR's economic evaluation activities with a forestry program focus

During the past seven to eight years ACIAR has been developing an institutional Information System to support decision-making at various levels within the Centre

IAP-WP19 Dry land farming in the semi-arid tropics of Kenya: ACIAR project experience

This paper reports on the outcomes and presents an impact assessment of two joint ACIAR-CSIRO-KARI projects which were both entitled 'The improvement of dry land agriculture in the African semi-arid tropics' and whose aim was to find effective management responses and affordable technological innovations as solutions to some of the problem of dryland farming in the semi-arid tropics

IAP-WP20 Project development assessment: pineapple quality improvement (PN9407)

This project deals with two main problems in the pineapple industry: blackheart injury and crown deterioration

IAP-WP21 The human health benefits of research to reduce the hydrogen cyanide potential in cassava cultivars in Africa: A completed proje

This paper describes a completed project assessment of an ACIAR project PN9007 entitled 'Cassava cyanide: Improved techniques for estimation and influence of environment on concentration' and an associated small project entitled 'Cassava safety: Development and evaluation of simple tests of the cyanogenic potential of cassava flour and cassava tubers'

IAP-WP22 Overcoming the shortage of fuelwood and poles through forestry research: estimate of benefits from three completed ACIAR forest

This paper describes a completed project assessment of three ACIAR funded projects

IAP-WP23 Estimates of realised and potential impacts of three ACIAR projects on the ecology, epidemiology and control of ticks and tick-b

This paper describes a completed project assessment of the following three ACIAR-funded projects: (1) Ecology, epidemiology and control of ticks and tick-borne diseases (PN8303); (2) Develop better methods to manage tick resistance to acaricides in Zimbabwe and Australia (PN9047); and (3) Improved methods for the diagnosis and control of bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis in Zimbabwe and Australia (PN9118)

IAP-WP24 Project development assessment: profilic worm-resistant meat sheep for Maharashtra, India and Australia

This paper describes a project development assessment of a proposal for collaborative research (ACIAR project PN9422) between Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, a non-government organisation in India, and four Australian institutions

IAP-WP25 A preliminary evaluation of 54 ACIAR-supported projects in Thailand (1983-1995)

This report is the first of a two-stage activity with the aim of undertaking economic evaluations of all ACIAR-supported projects completed (as of Novemver 1996) in Thailand

IAP-WP26 An economic evaluation of realised and potential impacts of ACIAR's biological control projects (1983-1996)

Over the 14-year period from 1983, ACIAR invested significantly in biological control research

IAP-WP27 Evaluation of the Crawford Fund master class in biotechnology: A tracer study of participants, their sponsoring institutions and

The master classes in biotechnology represent a new development in the retraining of professional scientists in developing countries The specific purpose of this training has been to expose mid-career scientists and scientific administrators involved in agricultural research to the principles of molecular biology underlying the new techniques and tools of biotechnology, and the application of these to improve the efficiency and outcomes of the research activities in their own institutions

IAP-WP28 Project development assessment: an economic evaluation of the potential benefits of integrating apomixis into hybrid rice

The four main challenges confronting international rice research at present are: to meet the food needs of rapidly growing populations in the less developed countries; to increase the social equity for poor rice-farming and rice-consuming families; to protect the environment; and to conserve natural resources for future generations

IAP-WP29 An assessment of the success and impact of ACIAR projects based on independent reviews of 111 ACIAR projects September 1990 to S

In 1990, Bruce A Auld reviewed 71 independent assessments of ACIAR projects which had been undertaken between the time ACIAR was established in 1982 and March 1990

IAP-WP30 A global agro-climatic analysis of the distribution and production of livestock commodities

Investment in agricultural research in developing countries is being increasingly targeted at those areas and issues where the economic and environmental benefits may be expected to be greatest

IAP-WP31 An assessment of ACIAR-funded IARC special and restricted grants project

This report was commissioned as part of ACIAR's response to an audit review of its Multi-lateral Sub-program which recommended that it implement evaluations of completed Special Purpose and Restricted Grant projects funded by the International Agricultural Research Centre (IARC) program

IAP-WP32 ACIAR economic impact model for use in project development (ex-ante) and completed project (or ex-post) evaluations: a user's ma

This paper discusses the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Economic Impact Model which can be used in ex-ante and ex-post evaluations of projects

IAP-WP33 A qualitative assessment of the research capacity and community impacts of three randomly selected ACIAR-sponsored projects

This small study follows from an earlier study (Mauldon 1998) that examined the external reviews of 111 ACIAR-sponsored large bilateral projects completed between 1990 and 1997

IAP-WP34 Research capacity and general community impacts of five ACIAR-sponsored projects

This small study is a second stage of a program of assessments being undertaken of the research capacity and community impact of bilateral projects sponsored by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) that were completed some five years previously

IAP-WP35 Poverty alleviation through agricultural research: the ACIAR experience

A recent external review of ACIAR (Nairn et al 1998) recommended (p 42) that ACIAR should more effectively communicate the way in which the benefits flow from ACIAR projects to ultimately achieve poverty alleviation

IAP-WP36 Research capacity and general community impacts of five ACIAR-sponsored projects

This report is the third resulting from a program of assessments being undertaken of impacts of ACIAR projects that were completed some five years previously

IAP-WP37 Determining international agricultural research priorities

ACIAR was established in 1982 as a statutory authority within the Commonwealth Government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

IAP-WP38 Impact assessments of forty-nine Thailand/Australia collaborative projects funded by ACIAR during 1983-1995

There is strong evidence that agricultural research is an important source of growth in agriculture, resulting in economic and environmental benefits

IAP-WP39 The dual approach to research evaluation: a simplified empirical illustration

In this paper, the dual approach to ex ante research evaluation in a multiple-input, multiplt-output industry is explained and demonstrated

IAP-WP40 Socioeconomic study on farmers' adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies in brassica vegetable crops in China

China is both a big vegetable consumer and a big vegetable producer in the world

IAP-WP41 Developing forage technologies with smallholder farmers: how to monitor and evaluate impacts

Electronic Version onlyThe Forages for Smallholder Project (FSP) is a participatory research program in Southeast Asia that commenced in 1995

IAP-WP42 Assessment of 25 ACIAR-supported projects in the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines

While ACIAR has invested heavily in scientific biological research in agriculture, interest has evolved in other areas of disipline such as in agricultural policy

IAP-WP43 Impact assessment of 21 ACIAR-supported projects based at the University of the Philippines, Los Banos (1983-1995)

This paper discusses project evaluation of twenty-one ACIAR-supported projects based at the University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB) funded between 1983-1995

IAP-WP44 Defining practical guidelines for evaluating long-term, smallholder decision-making in developing countries

Upon developing a new agricultural technology, national agricultural research services (NARS) and international agricultural research centres (IARCs) need to determine whether the innovation will provide long-term, sustainable benefits to their targeted stakeholders, usually smallholder farmers in developing countries

IAP-WP45 Collect, access and use of agricultural statistics in the Pacific Islands

Informal discussions among SPC staff, many of whom have considerable experience of working in the Pacific Islands, suggested that there were problems with accessing and using agricultural statistical information in the region

IAP-WP46 Understanding the socioeconomic significance of livestock disease with particular reference to surra (trypanosomiasis) in select

This project was designed to provide preliminary information about the cultural, social, political and economic context of livestock disease in Indonesia, and to determine the likely effect on the transfer to Indonesian institutions

WP47 Results of a Social and Economic Impact Assessment of Integrated Pest Management Strategies in Brassica Vegetable Crops in China

The purpose of this assessment was to extend an earlier analysis by investigating the longer-term impacts of two ACIAR-funded projects

WP52 Watershed Management for Water Quality Improvement: the role of agricultural research

Land and water management is increasingly being based on watersheds

WP53 Priorities for Pig Research in Southeast Asia and the Pacific to 2010

The majority of pig producers are smallholders, most of whom are located in rural areas

WP54 Mud Crab Aquaculture in Australia and Southeast Asia

Mud crab aquaculture has been practised for many years in Southeast Asia, based primarily on capture and fattening of juvenile crabs from the wild

WP55 Forages for the Red Soils Area of China

This working paper covers the proceedings of an international workshop held in Jianyang, Fujian Province, Peoples Republic of China on the 6-9 October 1997

WP56 Agricultural Research and Poverty Alleviation: Some International Perspectives

Poverty alleviation has become a primary goal of overseas development assistance for most donor countries and international financial institutions

WP57 A Survey of Marine Trash Fish and Fish Meal as Aquaculture Feed Ingredients in Vietnam

Aquaculture is an important industry in Vietnam but one of the main constraints on increasing production is the lack of cost-effective feeds and feeding strategies

WP58 Scaling out impacts: A study of three methods for introducing forage technologies to villages in Lao PDR

Results of a study to research the effectiveness of three participatory extension methods for scaling out forage and livestock technologies to new villages

WP59 A survey of the mineral status of livestock in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China

This report is the outcome of a cooperative program involving scientists from the Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, the Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Australia.

WP59a [Mandarin] A survey of the mineral status of livestock in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China

The Mandarin translation of Working Paper 59.

WP60 Economics and marketing of the live reef fish trade in Asia-Pacific

The consumption of live reef fish is an important component of overall fish consumption in a number of Asian countries.

WP61 The seaweed industry in the Pacific Islands

Pacific island governments and communities are constantly seeking to tap new and established international markets for their farm produce.

WP62 Report on a review of ACIAR-funded projects on Rhizobium during 1983-2004

Rhizobium science and inoculation as a means of facilitating nodulation and nitrogen-fixation of legumes.

WP63 Economics and market analysis of the live reef-fish trade in the Asia-Pacific region

Proceedings of the second workshop 14-16 March 2006, Penang, Malaysia.

Back to top