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Current Issues
2009
| 13th May |  | ACIAR and the 2009-10 Federal Budget
ACIAR gets a total funding increase in the 2009-10 Budget. More... |
| 7th May |  | ABC Rural reporter visits Indonesia
ABC Rural reporter Sarina Locke spent two weeks travelling to Java, Bali and West Timor in April 2009 where she interviewed many of the scientists and farmers involved in ACIAR-funded projects.
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| 8th Apr |  | Helping farmers help themselves
A new radio series featuring conversations with Australian scientists working overseas, helping farmers in developing nations become resilient to global crisis events is now available online. |
| 5th Apr |  | Research partnership helps Sulawesi cocoa growers
Smallholder cocoa growers in Sulawesi, Indonesia, have the opportunity to boost their incomes by growing new pest-resistant, high-yielding cocoa varieties developed though an Australian and Indonesian research partnership. See our online multimedia feature. |
| 27th Mar |  | ACIAR cuts its electricity usage and installs solar panels
The Parliamentary Secretary for the International Development Assistance, Mr Bob McMullan today congratulated all ACIAR staff for their efforts to reduce electricity consumption and their decision to install a 48 panel solar facility. |
| 27th Mar |  | 2009 Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award
Nominations are now open for the Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award for an agricultural researcher with a distinguished record of involvement and achievement in the application of research in agriculture and natural resource management in a developing country or countries. |
| 13th Mar |  | 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. |
| 27th Feb |  | Seeds of Life review
An external team undertook a review of the Seeds of Life (SoL) program in East Timor in 2009, focusing on the second phase of the program from September 2005 to January 2009. The team found that the second phase of SoL has been very successful, and is directly responsible for food productivity improvements in more than a quarter of East Timor's villages. |
| 24th Feb |  | CGIAR embracing change
Agricultural research is entering into a new era of renewed commitment and heightened awareness of the benefits it can deliver for poverty reduction and economic development. The Change Management Initiative of 2008 set a new course for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) that will help it to do more and do it better. The CGIAR is producing a newsletter, Embracing Change, to provide updates on the process. The latest edition is June 2009. |
| 9th Feb |  | Family focus for technology delivery
Nasima, a woman farmer from Bangladesh, became the sole breadwinner for her family after she lost her husband in the Cyclone Sidr in November 2007. She continued her association with an ACIAR project and achieved one of the highest wheat yields in her district.
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| 16th Jan |  | Project story: Schoolchildren join the fight against agricultural pollution
Schoolchildren in the Philippines have joined an innovative scheme to help farmers minimise agricultural run-off into waterways in Laguna de Bay in the Philippines.
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