ACIAR Current Issues

Fellowships foster new leaders and build connections

knaus — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:19:50 +1100

Nine up-and-coming leaders from agricultural organisations in the Asia-Pacific region met with Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, Bob McMullan, on 16 March 2010.

Seeds of Life on ABC TV

knaus — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:58:10 +1100

The progress being made in building food production and reducing hunger in East Timor through the ACIAR-funded ‘Seeds of Life’ program is the focus of a special feature on ABC TV’s Landline program.

Website survey

knaus — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:44:04 +1100

ACIAR is conducting a survey of its website audience. Please take one or two minutes to fill in our survey and help contribute to a better ACIAR website. Click here to take the survey

Improving women's business acumen in Papua New Guinea

knaus — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:15:32 +1100

International Women’s Day 2010 (8 March 2010) has the theme of equal rights, equal opportunities: progress for all. ACIAR works with women across the Asia-Pacific region, and an example of this is a project in Papua New Guinea helping to improve the business acumen of women involved in the horticultural industry.

Outlook 2010: The Science of Food Security

knaus — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:09:06 +1100

At the 2010 ABARE Outlook conference in Canberra ACIAR CEO Dr Nick Austin outlined the need for a range of mini-revolutions in agricultural productivity to address global food security.