Analytical equipment in support of the ACIAR/Unitech Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme

Project ID:

ASEM/2006/068

Collaborating Countries:

Papua New Guinea

Project Locations

Commissioned Organisation:

University of Queensland, Australia

Project Leader

Dr Barry W Norton
Phone: 07 3289 0260
Fax: 07 3289 0103
Email: b.norton@uq.edu.au

Collaborating Institutions:

University of Technology, Papua New Guinea

Project Budget:

$149,930

Project Duration:

01/10/2006 - 30/06/2007

Project Extension:

01/07/2007 - 31/03/2008

ACIAR Research Program Manager

Dr Ken Menz

Project Background and Objectives

The ACIAR Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme for UNITECH was initiated in March 2005. Eighteen annual scholarships will be awarded to 12-15 students between 2005 and 2008 for research in a wide range of topics - crop physiology and agronomy of sweet potato, taro, peanut and cocoa, plant pathology, entomology, fish and poultry nutrition, animal health, agricultural engineering and extension - with most continuing on from Postgraduate Diploma to Masters of Philosophy. This small project activity will enable the purchase of a LECO carbon and nitrogen analyser (to measure these two important elements) and other equipment to give a laboratory at Unitech comprehensive capability for the analysis of macro- and micro-elements in plant, animal, soil and water samples.

Project Outcomes

Outcomes for this project are currently being prepared