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Country News and Stories

Breeding the chalk out of rice
Australian scientist Dr Melissa Fitzgerald is looking for ways to overcome the problem of chalky rice, which threatens the rice supply of 2.5 billion people.

Joint project to boost canola production
The quality and yield of canola and other brassica species is set to improve in India, China and Australia, thanks to a three-way research project supported by ACIAR and Australia's Grains Research and Development Corporation.

Delivering impacts for India’s dairy farmers
An ACIAR project on improving milk production in India, which included the adoption of a CSIRO-developed feed supplement, is estimated to have delivered benefits worth A$230 million.

World Food Day
To mark World Food Day ABC Radio Australia has interviewed the project leader of ACIAR's East India Plateau project, Dr Peter Cornish, on food security issues being experienced in parts of India.

Engaging women in research key to success
A joint project between ACIAR and the Indian NGO PRADAN assisting farmers on the East India Plateau has found engaging women as partners in research is a key to success.

South Asia newsletters
Newsletters from the ACIAR South Asia office

Dr Bhagirath Singh Chauhan
Dr Bhagirath Singh Chauhan, Postdoctoral Fellow, International Rice Research Institute, India

Dr Kamaludeen Sara Parwin Banu
Dr Kamaludeen Sara Parwin Banu, Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India

Study opportunities making a difference
The long-term benefits of providing postgraduate scholarships to partners from developing countries is highlighted by the number who are now playing key roles and passing on their valuable knowledge and skills.

Indian shepherds benefit from international research
A gene discovered in Australian Merinos and traced back to the Indian Garole breed is now being used in India to help raise the incomes of poor shepherds.

Australia Backs Indian Food Security Research
Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Stephen Smith, has used a visit to an Australian-funded agricultural research project in India to emphasise the need to protect the world’s food crops from the adverse impact of climate change. Australia and India have several joint research programs that are applying the latest advances in biotechnology and plant breeding to develop improved crop varieties able to sustain high yields under dry conditions. Indian and Australian farmers share similar agro-climate conditions in their grain growing regions.

ICAR-ACIAR workshop on development of a marker assisted selection in wheat breeding program
A joint Indo-Australian workshop on marker assisted selection in wheat.