News and media releases 2005

Perspectives on Globalisation's Challenges to Agricultural Eduction [1]
ACIAR's Director, Mr Peter Core, gave a Keynote address - Perspectives on Globalisation's Challenges to Agricultural Eduction - at the China Agricultural University Centenary Celebration, held on Friday 16 September 2005.

M.S. Swaminathan Lecture to ANU [2]
The Australia South Asia Research Centre carries out research on the economics and politics of development in the South Asia Region.  The Narayanan Lectures, honour India's immediate past-President Dr K R Narayanan through the delivery of an oration by a major public figure. The 2005 oration was delivered by M.S. Swaminathan.

Increase in Overseas Aid: Prime Minister Howard's Statement [3]
Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced an increase in Australia's overseas aid programme in New York.

Progress against the Millennium Development Goals [4]
Australia has released its first report on the Millennium Development Goals - titled A global partnership for development.

Research Partnership to Benefit South African Farmers [5]
A new project to benefit South African farmers was launched in South Africa on 30 August 2005.

Speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Alexander Downer to the Crawford Fund Seminar on Forestry [6]
Forests, wood and livelihoods: finding a future for all - Minister Downer's speech on forests and Australia's contribution to improving incomes from forestry in the Asia-Pacific.

Healing Wounds: An Australian Perspective [7]
Healing Wounds highlights the role of agricultural research in helping communities and nations recover from natural disasters and social conflict.

Helping improve irrigated agriculture in Asia [8]
A joint IWMI-ADB study into Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia has been released.

ACIAR's Tsunami Response [9]
As part of the Australian Government's response to the Indian Ocean tsunami, ACIAR is focusing additional effort and resources on Indonesia, including northern Sumatra.

New IRRI Director General named [10]
Los Baños, Philippines - An internationally respected plant pathologist, Dr Robert Zeigler, with more than 20 years experience in agricultural research in the developing world has been named as the next director general of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

ACIAR Service Charter [11]
Our Service Charter outlining the service delivery culture, standards and how these will be measured.

CGIAR Science Council Draft Working Priorities for 2005-2015 [12]
The CGIAR Science Council was established to: "enhance and promote the quality, relevance and impact of science in the CGIAR, to advise the Group on strategic scientific issues of importance to its goals and to mobilize and harness the best of international science for addressing the goals of the international agricultural research community”.

IRRI-CIMMYT Alliance [13]
January 2005 - Los Baños, Philippines, and Mexico City, Mexico:Two of the world's leading agricultural research centers - the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) - have announced details of a new IRRI-CIMMYT Alliance aimed at boosting international efforts to fight rural poverty and strengthen food security in the developing world. 

Visit the new CGIAR website [14]
The new CGIAR website is available.