Proceedings

Native forest management in Papua New Guinea: advances in assessment, modelling and decision-making

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PR135

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$60.00

Author(s): 

J.C. Fox, R.J. Keenan, C.L. Brack and S. Saulei (eds)
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This report reviews the historical context of forest management and the recent focus on tropical forest-based climate-change mitigation in PNG, and identifies challenges and priorities. Advances in the assessment of timber, carbon stocks and biodiversity, as well as in the quantitative understanding of forests through modelling, are described in order to provide a scientific basis for forest-management decision-making at both the community and the government level.

Elimination of aflatoxin contamination in peanut

Publication Code: 

PR089

Author(s): 

Ralf G. Dietzgen (ed)
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Proceedings of A collaborative workshop project between the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia and Bogor Agriculture University, Indonesia.

Recent developments in acacia planting

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PR082

Author(s): 

Turnbull, J.W., Crompton, H.R. and Pinyopusarerk, K.
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Recent developments in acacia planting. Proceedings of an international workshop held in Hanoi, Vietnam, 27-30 October 1997. ACIAR Proceedings No. 82.

Agroforestry and animal production for human welfare

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PR055

Author(s): 

Copland, J.W., Djajanegra. A., and Sabrani, M.
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proceedings of an international symposium held in association with the 7th AAAP Animal Science Congress, Bali. Indonesia. 11-16 July 1994. This paper reviews the animal production potential of agroforestry systems. Factors influencing animal productivity include the forage contribution from tree and nontree sources, competition between tree and understorey, compatibility between tree crop and animals, and the service role of the tree in ameliorating the microclimate of the animal.

Soil fertility and climatic constraints in dryland agriculture

Publication Code: 

PR054

Author(s): 

Craswell. E.T. and Simpson, J. ed.
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Proceedings of ACIAR/SACCAR workshop held at Harare, Zimbabwe 30 August I September 1993. This volume records the proceedings of a workshop held to consider the problems of dry land agriculture. The workshop was organised jointly by AClAR and the Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research and Training (SACCAR)

Sandalwood in the Pacific region

Publication Code: 

PR049

Author(s): 

McKinnell, F.H., ed.
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The papers reproduced here are edited versions of presentations given at the Symposium on Sandalwood Conservation at the XVII Pacific Science Congress, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, in June 1991. This symposium was a follow-up to a previous symposium on Sandalwood in the Pacific held at the East-West Center, University of Hawaii, April 9-11, 1990.

Pasteurellosis in production animals

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PR043

Author(s): 

B.E. Patten, T.L. Spencer, R.B. Johnson, D. Hoffmann and L. Lehane
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Proceedings of An international workshop sponsored by ACIAR held at Bali, Indonesia, 10-13 August 1992. A general review is made of specific diseases of economic importance in production animals, dealing in depth with those diseases and aspects of them not covered by other plenary speakers. The diseases reviewed are haemorrhagic septicaemia, bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis, pasteurellosis of sheep and goats, and, briefly, atrophic rhinitis.

Peanut improvement: a case study in Indonesia

Publication Code: 

PR040

Author(s): 

Wright. G.C. and Middleton. KJ.
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Proceedings of an ACIAR/AARD/QDPI collaborative review meeting held at Malang, East Java, Indonesia, 19-23 August, 1991. These proceedings present a brief summary of the activities and results of six years of collaboration between Indonesia and Australia under the ACIAR project Peanut Improvement in Indonesia.

Development of sustainable livestock systems on grasslands in north-western China

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PR134

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$40.00

Author(s): 

D.R. Kemp & D.L. Michalk
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These proceedings present the results of the first ACIAR project on livestock farming systems in north-western China.

Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Publication Code: 

PR017

Author(s): 

Sutherst, R.W.
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Proceedings of an international workshop on the ecology of ticks and epidemiology of tick-borne diseases, held at Nyanga, Zimbabwe, 17-21 February 1986.