ACIAR projects commence when all legal agreements have been signed and all project development processes completed. The links below are to the project details, including the lead organisation and collaborators, related projects (where relevant) and budget and expected duration.
The following projects have been signed off and activated in the past three months:
ADP/2005/066 Markets for high-value commodities in Indonesia: Promoting competitiveness and inclusiveness
ADP/2007/055 Improving the efficiency of land use change policy in China
ADP/2007/062 Facilitating efficient agricultural markets in India: An assessment of competition and regulatory reform requirements
ADP/2008/005 Viability of alternative frameworks for agricultural trade negotiations
AGB/2005/113 Structural adjustment implications of trade liberalisation in Vietnam
AH/2006/156 Livestock movement and managing disease in eastern Indonesia and eastern Australia
AH/2006/157 Animal health surveillance systems for Papua New Guinea
AH/2006/169 Cost-effective biosecurity for non-industrial commercial poultry operations in Indonesia
ASEM/2006/127 Commercial sector/smallholder partnerships for improving incomes in the oil palm and cocoa industries in Papua New Guinea
ASEM/2006/129 Early warning and drought preparedness for improved management of crop production in Papua New Guinea
CIM/2007/064 Linking India and Australia to a global strategy for the Ug99 stem rust pathotype
CP/2006/066 Improving productivity and fruit quality of sweet persimmon in Vietnam and Australia
CP/2006/112 Increasing the safe production, promotion and utilisation of indigenous vegetables by women in Vietnam and Australia
CP/2007/111 Incursion prevention and management of coffee berry borer (CBB) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Indonesia (South Sulawesi and Papua)
FIS/2006/137 Analyses of three databases of fisheries data from the Mekong River
FIS/2006/140 Achieving consistent spawning of captive yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) broodstock at Gondol Research Institute for Mariculture, Bali, Indonesia
FIS/2006/142 Developing new assessment and policy frameworks for Indonesia's marine fisheries, including the control and management of Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing
FST/2006/048 Processing of Canarium indicum nuts: adapting and refining techniques to benefit farmers in the South Pacific
FST/2006/120 Increasing downstream value adding in PNG’s forest and wood products industry
FST/2007/052 Improving governance, policy and institutional arrangements to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD)
FST/2007/057 Socio-economic constraints to smallholder sandalwood in Vanuatu
FST/2007/119 Mahogany and teak furniture: action research to improve value chain efficiency and enhance livelihoods
HORT/2006/109 The potential for increasing the value of cocoa industries in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa
HORT/2006/173 Tongan tropical fruit production - improving genetic diversity and production capacity building
HORT/2007/066 Enhanced profitability of selected vegetable value chains in the southern Philippines and Australia
HORT/2007/067 Improved domestic profitability and export competitiveness of selected fruit value chains in the southern Philippines and Australia
LPS/2008/013 Can we segment the South African market for beef palatability?
LWR/2005/144 Optimising canal and groundwater management to assist water user associations in maximising crop production and managing salinisation
LWR/2007/191 Improving farmer livelihoods through efficient use of resources in crop-livestock farming systems in western China
PLIA/2006/132 Policy instruments to address air pollution issues in agriculture - Implications for Happy Seeder technology adoption in India
PLIA/2007/094 Policy, institutional and economic constraints to aquaculture research adoption in Vietnam
PLIA/2007/096 The policy environment in Papua New Guinea and its impact on the adoption of the outputs of past ACIAR projects
SMAR/2007/063 Enhancing farmer engagement with specialty coffee chains in eastern Indonesia (AGB)
SMAR/2007/068 Productivity and profitability enhancement of tropical pulses in Indonesia and Australia (AGB)
SMAR/2007/193 Quality management to enhance effective supply chains for mangoes and rambutans in Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), Indonesia and Australia (AGB)
SMAR/2007/195 Smallholder commercial pig production in Nusa Tenggara Timur - opportunities for better market integration (AGB)
SMAR/2007/196 Market development for citrus from eastern Indonesia (AGB)
SMAR/2007/201 Improving goat production in integrated estate cropping systems in South Sulawesi (AGB)
SMAR/2007/202 Benchmarking the beef supply chain in eastern Indonesia (AGB)
SMAR/2007/203 Integrated tropical passionfruit production systems in South Sulawesi (AGB)
SMAR/2007/216 Improving rice productivity in South and Southeast Sulawesi
