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Sustainable intensification of Rabi cropping in southern Bangladesh using wheat and mungbean
Publication Code:
TR078
Price:
$60.00
This report summarises findings from an ACIAR project that aimed to lift agricultural productivity in southern Bangladesh and address the large and growing wheat deficit of the country. The challenge was to determine whether wheat or other short-duration Rabi (dry-season) crops, including mungbean, could be grown profitably under the hot, humid and sometimes saline conditions of this region.
Hidden economies, future options: trade in non-timber forest products in eastern Indonesia
Publication Code:
TR077
Price:
$42.00
This report analyses a broad range of non-forest timber products to identify those that could be developed into a wider industry to improve the incomes and livelihoods of farmers and agribusiness in the East Nusa Tenggara province of eastern Indonesia.
Nutritional status of cocoa in Papua New Guinea
Publication Code:
TR076
Price:
$22.00
ACIAR Technical Report 76: Nutritional status of cocoa in Papua New Guinea
Afforestation and rehabilitation of imperata grasslands in southeast Asia: identification of priorities for research, education, training and extension
Publication Code:
TR028
THIS paper touches on edaphic, climatic, ecological, silvicultural. agricultural, anthropological, socioeconomic, demographic and political problems associated with afforestation and rehabilitation of lmperafa grasslands in Southeast Asia.
Selection for water-use efficiency in grain legumes
Publication Code:
TR027
Report of a workshop held at ICRISAT Centre, Andhra Pradesh, India, 5-7 May 1993
A review of food research in Vietnam, with emphasis on postharvest losses
Publication Code:
TR026
This report by a consultant, Dr My-Yen Lam, identifies where development assistance agencies such as ACIAR might best provide help to the postharvest subsector in Vietnam. It also gives wider information on food research, production, and handling that may be of value to food and agribusiness companies seeking to establish commercial partnerships with Vietnamese counterparts.
Biological control of Salvinia molesta in Sri Lanka: an assessment of costs and benefits
Publication Code:
TR012
In the mid 1980s the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) committed itself to a program of biological control of the aquatic weed Salvinia molesta in Sri Lanka. Salvinia in Sri Lanka interferes with irrigation and drainage of rice paddies, it reduces the fish catch in water reservoirs and it also poses a health risk in providing additional breeding opportunities for mosquitoes. The agent of biological control is a Brazilian weevil called Cyrtobagous solvinioe.
Bulk handling of paddy and rice in Malaysia: an economic analysis
Publication Code:
TR010
The focus of this study is to provide a conceptual framework in which both technological and policy choices can be evaluated in regards to the adoption of modern bulk handling methods and more efficient and effective grain-drying equipment in rice production in Malaysia.
Gaseous nitrogen loss from urea fertilizers in Asian cropping systems
Publication Code:
TR009
With increasing demands for food to meet the growing population throughout Asia, increasing quantities of nitrogen fertilizer are being used, particularly urea. However, urea broadcast on rice paddies by the method commonly used by farmers can lead to the loss from 30 to 90% of the applied nitrogen. This loss represents an enormous cost to farmers, and ways need to be found to increase the uptake of nitrogen by rice.
Building on success: agricultural research, technology, and policy for development
Publication Code:
TR007
Report of a symposium held at Canberra, 14 May 1987
