• All Projects [1]
• Current Projects [2]
• Concluded Projects [3]
• Relevant Publications [4]

Current Projects

ADP/2003/060 [5] - Implementation of rodent management in intensive irrigated rice production systems in Indonesia and Vietnam

ADP/2003/069 [6] - Policy options for improving the value of land use in smallholder Fijian agriculture

ADP/2005/066 [7] - Markets for high-value commodities in Indonesia: Promoting competitiveness and inclusiveness

ADP/2005/140 [8] - Participatory needs assessment for capacity building in extension (Pacific Islands)

ADP/2007/055 [9] - Improving the efficiency of land use change policy in China

ADP/2007/062 [10] - Facilitating efficient agricultural markets in India: An assessment of competition and regulatory reform requirements

ADP/2008/005 [11] - Viability of alternative frameworks for agricultural trade negotiations

AGB/1998/005 [12] - Managing pest fruit flies to increase production of fruit and vegetable crops in Vietnam

AGB/2002/086 [13] - Improving postharvest quality of temperate fruits in Vietnam and Australia

AGB/2005/113 [14] - Structural adjustment implications of trade liberalisation in Vietnam

AGB/2005/167 [15] - Optimising the productivity of the potato/Brassica cropping system in Central and West Java

AGB/2006/066 [16] - Improving productivity and fruit quality of sweet persimmon in Vietnam and Australia

AGB/2006/112 [17] - Increasing the safe production, promotion and utilisation of indigenous vegetables by women in Vietnam and Australia

AGB/2006/115 [18] - Linking vegetable farmers with markets in West and Central Java, Indonesia

AGB/2007/187 [19] - Technical support facility for commercialisation of protein bait production in north Vietnam

AH/1997/058 [20] - Increasing the productivity of cattle in India and Australia with rumen fungal treatments

AH/1998/054 [21] - Poverty alleviation and food security through improving the sweet potato-pig systems in Indonesia

AH/2002/038 [22] - Improved productivity, profitability and sustainability of sheep production in Maharashtra, India through genetically enhanced prolificacy, growth and parasite resistance

AH/2003/001 [23] - Management of CSF and FMD at the village level in Lao PDR

AH/2003/008 [24] - Improved feeding systems for more efficient beef cattle production in Cambodia

AH/2004/020 [25] - The development of a national surveillance system for classical swine fever, avian influenza, and foot and mouth disease in Indonesia

AH/2004/032 [26] - Identification of policy responses to minimise negative socio-economic impacts of an avian influenza epidemic in Indonesia

AH/2004/040 [27] - The epidemiology, pathogenesis and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in ducks in Indonesia and Vietnam

AH/2004/046 [28] - Forage legumes for supplementing village pigs in Lao PDR

AH/2004/074 [29] - Large scale production of a vaccine and diagnostic reagents for Jembrana disease in Indonesia

AH/2005/086 [30] - Best practice health and husbandry of cattle, Cambodia

AH/2006/025 [31] - Understanding livestock movement and the risk of spread of transboundary animal diseases

AH/2006/050 [32] - Control and characterisation of highly pathogenic avian influenza strains in poultry in Indonesia

AH/2006/156 [33] - Livestock movement and managing disease in eastern Indonesia and eastern Australia

AH/2006/157 [34] - Animal health surveillance systems for Papua New Guinea

AH/2006/159 [35] - Best practice health and husbandry of cattle and buffalo in Lao PDR

AH/2006/161 [36] - Management of pig associated zoonosis in the Lao PDR

AH/2006/166 [37] - Improving veterinary service delivery in a decentralised Indonesia

AH/2006/169 [38] - Cost-effective biosecurity for non-industrial commercial poultry operations in Indonesia

ASEM/2002/051 [39] - Sustaining and growing landcare systems in the Philippines and Australia

ASEM/2003/007 [40] - CARF - Cambodian Agricultural Research Fund

ASEM/2003/009 [41] - Bridging the gap between seasonal climate forecasts and decision makers in agriculture

ASEM/2003/015 [42] - Enhancing PNG smallholder cocoa production through greater adoption of disease control practices

ASEM/2003/052 [43] - Improving financial returns to smallholder tree farmers in the Philippines

ASEM/2004/011 [44] - Evaluating domestic tuna fisheries projects

ASEM/2004/017 [45] - Assessment and improvement of quality management during postharvest processing and storage of coffee in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2004/042 [46] - Assessing and extending schemes to enhance the profitability of the PNG coffee industry via price premiums for quality

ASEM/2004/047 [47] - Sustainable management of coffee green scales in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2004/077 [48] - Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme for UNITECH, University of Lae, Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2005/008 [49] - Lao Agricultural Research Fund (LARF) Pilot

ASEM/2005/094 [50] - Improving the profitability of village broiler production in PNG

ASEM/2005/124 [51] - Extension approaches to scaling out livestock production in northern Lao PDR

ASEM/2006/023 [52] - Re-commercialisation of the PNG pyrethrum industry and improving harvested yields in Australia

ASEM/2006/035 [53] - Improving marketing efficiency, postharvest management and value addition of sweet potato in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2006/059 [54] - Community Agricultural Technology Program

ASEM/2006/060 [55] - Lao Agricultural Research Fund (LARF)

ASEM/2006/091 [56] - Enhancing tree seedling supply via economic and policy changes in the Philippines nursery sector

ASEM/2006/127 [57] - Commercial sector/smallholder partnerships for improving incomes in the oil palm and cocoa industries in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2006/129 [58] - Early warning and drought preparedness for improved management of crop production in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2006/130 [59] - Enhancing production and marketing of maize and soybean in north-western Cambodia and production of summer crops in north-eastern Australia

ASEM/2007/096 [60] - The policy environment in Papua New Guinea and its impact on the adoption of the outputs of past ACIAR projects

CIM/1999/062 [61] - Improving the quality of pearl millet residues for livestock

CIM/1999/072 [62] - Oilseed Brassica improvement in China, India and Australia

CIM/2002/106 [63] - Fertilisation-independent formation of embryo, endosperm and pericarp for apomictic hybrid rice

CIM/2003/014 [64] - Seeds of Life 2

CIM/2003/067 [65] - Ensuring productivity and food security through sustainable control of yellow rust of wheat in Asia

CIM/2004/003 [66] - Plant health management for faba bean, chickpea and lentils

CIM/2005/020 [67] - Molecular marker technologies for faster wheat breeding in India

CIM/2005/079 [68] - Seeds of Life 2 - Technical Advisory Committee

CIM/2005/111 [69] - More effective water use by rainfed wheat in China and Australia

CIM/2005/152 [70] - Australia-China linkage for improved rice cold tolerance

CIM/2006/040 [71] - Diversification and intensification of rainfed lowland cropping systems in Cambodia

CIM/2006/041 [72] - Increased productivity and profitability of rice-based lowland cropping systems in Lao PDR

CIM/2006/094 [73] - Enhancing farm profitability in northwest India and South Australia by improving grain quality of wheat

CIM/2006/176 [74] - Developing molecular markers to enable selection against chalk in rice

CIM/2007/064 [75] - Linking India and Australia to a global strategy for the Ug99 stem rust pathotype

CIM/2007/065 [76] - Sustainable wheat and maize production in Afghanistan

CIM/2007/120 [77] - Improving post-rainy sorghum varieties to meet the growing grain and fodder demand in India

CIM/2007/215 [78] - Improving the reliability of rain-fed, rice/livestock-based farming systems in North East Thailand

CIM/2008/027 [79] - Development of conservation cropping systems in the drylands of northern Iraq

FIS/1997/031 [80] - Pearl oyster resource development in the western Pacific

FIS/2001/058 [81] - Sustainable tropical spiny lobster aquaculture in Vietnam and Australia

FIS/2001/083 [82] - Inland aquaculture in PNG: improving fingerling supply and fish nutrition for smallholder farms

FIS/2002/001 [83] - Developing aquaculture in degraded inland areas in India and Australia

FIS/2002/068 [84] - Improving feeds and feeding for small scale aquaculture in Vietnam and Cambodia

FIS/2002/074 [85] - Capacity development to monitor, analyse and report on Indonesian tuna fisheries

FIS/2002/075 [86] - Application of PCR for improved shrimp health management in the Asian region

FIS/2002/076 [87] - Land capability assessment and classification for sustainable pond-based aquaculture systems

FIS/2002/077 [88] - Improved hatchery and growout technology for marine finfish in the Asia-Pacific region

FIS/2002/111 [89] - Culture, capture conflicts: sustaining fish production and livelihoods in Indonesian reservoirs

FIS/2003/027 [90] - Planning tools for environmentally sustainable tropical finfish cage culture in Indonesia and northern Australia

FIS/2003/033 [91] - Integrated fisheries resource management (Rinconada Lakes, Philippines and NSW Australia)

FIS/2003/051 [92] - Improving sustainability and profitability of village sea cucumber fisheries in Solomon Islands

FIS/2003/059 [93] - Sea ranching and restocking sandfish (Holothuria scabra) in Asia-Pacific

FIS/2004/065 [94] - Culture of promising indigenous fish species and bioremediation for barramundi aquaculture in northern Australia and PNG

FIS/2005/009 [95] - Technical capacity building and research support for the reconstruction of tsunami-affected, brackishwater aquaculture ponds in Aceh

FIS/2005/078 [96] - Culture-based fisheries development in Lao PDR

FIS/2005/096 [97] - Assessment of the impact of the PNG purse seine fishery on tuna stocks, with special focus on the impact of fish aggregation devices (FADs)

FIS/2005/108 [98] - Freshwater prawn aquaculture in the Pacific: Improving culture stock quality and nutrition in Fiji

FIS/2005/114 [99] - Building bivalve hatchery production capacity in Vietnam and Australia

FIS/2005/115 [100] - Improving capability for shrimp virus PCR testing laboratories in Vietnam

FIS/2005/169 [101] - Improving productivity and profitability of smallholder shrimp aquaculture and related agribusiness in Indonesia

FIS/2006/002 [102] - Aceh aquaculture rehabilitation project

FIS/2006/137 [103] - Analyses of three databases of fisheries data from the Mekong River

FIS/2006/138 [104] - Developing aquaculture based livelihoods in the Pacific Islands region and tropical Australia

FIS/2006/140 [105] - Achieving consistent spawning of captive yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) broodstock at Gondol Research Institute for Mariculture, Bali, Indonesia

FIS/2006/142 [106] - Developing new assessment and policy frameworks for Indonesia's marine fisheries, including the control and management of Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing

FIS/2006/144 [107] - Strengthening regional mechanisms to maximise benefits to small-holder shrimp farmer groups adopting better management practices (BMPs)

FIS/2006/172 [108] - Winged oyster pearl industry development in Tonga

FIS/2006/183 [109] - Development of fish passage criteria for floodplain species of central Laos

FIS/2007/045 [110] - Evaluation of production technology, product quality and market potential for the development of bivalve mollusc aquaculture in the Philippines

FIS/2007/094 [111] - Policy, institutional and economic constraints to aquaculture research adoption in Vietnam

FIS/2007/116 [112] - Improving resilience and adaptive capacity of fisheries-dependent communities in Solomon Islands

FIS/2007/117 [113] - Review of sandfish pond-culture progress in Vietnam

FST/1999/095 [114] - Improving the value chain for plantation-grown eucalypt sawn wood in China, Vietnam and Australia: Genetics and silviculture

FST/2001/021 [115] - Improving the value chain for plantation-grown eucalypt sawn wood in China, Vietnam and Australia: sawing and drying

FST/2002/112 [116] - Domestication of Meliaceae species in Southeast Asia and Australia, particularly management of the problem of Hypsipyla robusta attack

FST/2003/002 [117] - Development and evaluation of sterile triploids and polyploid breeding methodologies for commercial species of Acacia in Vietnam, South Africa and Australia

FST/2003/048 [118] - Management of fungal root rot in plantation acacias in Indonesia

FST/2003/049 [119] - Review of portable sawmills in the Pacific: Identifying the factors for success

FST/2004/009 [120] - Facilitating the availability and use of improved germplasm for forestry and agroforestry in Papua New Guinea

FST/2004/050 [121] - Value-adding to PNG agroforestry systems

FST/2004/053 [122] - Establishing forest pest detection systems in South Pacific countries and Australia

FST/2004/054 [123] - Improving value and marketability of coconut wood

FST/2004/055 [124] - Domestication and commercialisation of Canarium indicum in Papua New Guinea

FST/2004/057 [125] - Enhancing on-farm incomes through improved silvicultural management of teak and paper mulberry plantations in Luang Prabang Province of Lao PDR

FST/2004/058 [126] - Realising genetic gains in Indonesian and Australian plantations through water and nutrient management

FST/2004/061 [127] - Assessment, management and marketing of goods and services from cutover native forests in Papua New Guinea

FST/2005/089 [128] - Improved silvicultural management of Endospermum medullosum (whitewood) for enhanced plantation forestry outcomes in Vanuatu

FST/2005/100 [129] - Value adding to Lao PDR plantation timber products

FST/2005/177 [130] - Improving economic outcomes for smallholders growing teak in agroforestry systems in Indonesia

FST/2006/048 [131] - Processing of Canarium indicum nuts: adapting and refining techniques to benefit farmers in the South Pacific

FST/2006/088 [132] - Promoting diverse fuelwood production systems in Papua New Guinea

FST/2006/120 [133] - Increasing downstream value adding in PNG's forest and wood products industry

FST/2007/020 [134] - Improving silvicultural and economic outcomes for community timber plantations in the Solomon Islands by interplanting with Flueggea flexuosa and other Pacific agroforestry species

FST/2007/052 [135] - Improving governance, policy and institutional arrangements to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD)

FST/2007/057 [136] - Socio-economic constraints to smallholder sandalwood in Vanuatu

FST/2007/119 [137] - Mahogany and teak furniture: action research to improve value chain efficiency and enhance livelihoods

HORT/1999/081 [138] - Reducing spoilage and contamination risks of fresh vegetables in China and Australia

HORT/2000/043 [139] - Huanglongbing management for Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia

HORT/2001/049 [140] - Development of PRSV-P resistant papaya genotypes by introgression of genes from wild Carica species

HORT/2002/062 [141] - The development of integrated pest management for Brassica crops in DPRK and its improvement in Australia

HORT/2003/036 [142] - Managing pest fruit flies to enhance quarantine services and upgrade fruit and vegetable production in Indonesia

HORT/2003/045 [143] - Improvement of vegetable production and postharvest management systems in Cambodia and Australia

HORT/2003/071 [144] - Integrated pest management and supply chain improvement for mangoes in the Philippines and Australia

HORT/2004/034 [145] - Diagnosis and management of wilt diseases of banana in Indonesia

HORT/2004/048 [146] - Integrated disease management (IDM) for anthracnose, Phytophthora blight and whitefly transmitted geminiviruses in chilli pepper in Indonesia

HORT/2005/077 [147] - Integrated crop management package for sustainable smallholder gardens in Solomon Islands

HORT/2005/134 [148] - The use of pathogen tested planting materials to improve sustainable sweet potato production in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea

HORT/2005/136 [149] - Mitigating the threat of banana Fusarium wilt: understanding the agroecological distribution of pathogenic forms and developing disease management strategies

HORT/2005/142 [150] - Improving mandarin production in Bhutan and Australia through the implementation of on-farm best management practices

HORT/2005/153 [151] - Development of integrated crop management practices to increase sustainable yield and quality of mangoes in Pakistan and Australia

HORT/2005/157 [152] - Optimising mango supply chains for more profitable horticultural agri-enterprises in Pakistan and Australia

HORT/2005/160 [153] - Increasing citrus production in Pakistan and Australia through improved orchard management techniques

HORT/2006/106 [154] - Screening and field trials of high-carotenoid sweet potatoes in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea to improve human vitamin A status

HORT/2006/147 [155] - Integrated pest management of stem borers and insect vectors of viral diseases of sugarcane in Indonesia

HORT/2006/170 [156] - Plant biosecurity: Technological research and training for improved pest diagnostics in Thailand and Australia

HORT/2007/066 [157] - Enhanced profitability of selected vegetable value chains in the southern Philippines and Australia program

HORT/2007/067 [158] - Improved domestic profitability and export competitiveness of selected fruit value chains in the southern Philippines and Australia program

HORT/2007/072 [159] - Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme for University of South Pacific, Fiji

LPS/2001/094 [160] - Sustainable development of grasslands in western China

LPS/2002/079 [161] - Utilisation of local ingredients in commercial feeds for pigs

LPS/2002/081 [162] - Development of emerging farmer crop-livestock systems in northern RSA

LPS/2003/004 [163] - Building agricultural knowledge and R&D capacity in Timor Leste: a small projects facility

LPS/2003/028 [164] - Biological control of two major weeds affecting crop and livestock production in East Timor

LPS/2003/054 [165] - Feeding village poultry in the Solomon Islands

LPS/2004/022 [166] - Pasture development for community livestock production in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

LPS/2004/023 [167] - Strategies to increase growth of the weaned Bali calf

LPS/2004/073 [168] - Capacity building on cattle production at Dong Giang district, Quang Nam province, Vietnam

LPS/2005/063 [169] - Improving the competitiveness of pig producers in an adjusting Vietnam market

LPS/2005/129 [170] - Mineral response in Tibetan livestock

LPS/2005/132 [171] - Improving dairy production in Pakistan through improved extension services

LPS/2006/005 [172] - Evaluating strategies to improve calf survival in West Timor villages

LPS/2006/119 [173] - Integrated crop and dairy systems in Tibet Autonomous Region, PR China

LPS/2006/149 [174] - Using local feeds to reduce the cost of pig and poultry production in Tonga

LPS/2008/013 [175] - Can we segment the South African market for beef palatability?

LWR/2001/014 [176] - Improving water resource management in India's agriculture: Search for effective institutional arrangements and policy frameworks

LWR/2001/048 [177] - Legumes and reduced tillage for rice and maize based cropping in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)

LWR/2002/032 [178] - Integrated manure nutrient management in soybean/wheat cropping systems on vertisols in Madhya Pradesh and Queensland

LWR/2002/034 [179] - Refinement and adoption of permanent raised bed technology for the irrigated maize-wheat cropping system in Pakistan

LWR/2002/094 [180] - Promotion of conservation agriculture using permanent raised beds in irrigated cropping in the Hexi Corridor, Gansu, China

LWR/2002/100 [181] - Water harvesting and better cropping systems for the benefit of small farmers in watersheds of the East India Plateau

LWR/2003/026 [182] - Water allocation in the Krishna River Basin to improve water productivity in agriculture

LWR/2003/039 [183] - Improving the management of water and nitrogen fertiliser for agricultural profitability, water quality and reduced nitrous oxide emissions in China and Australia

LWR/2004/033 [184] - Zero-tillage rice establishment and crop-weed dynamics in rice and wheat cropping systems in India and Australia

LWR/2004/035 [185] - Technology for direct drilling into rice and other heavy stubbles in Pakistan and Australia

LWR/2005/001 [186] - Addressing constraints to pulses in cereals-based cropping systems, with particular reference to poverty alleviation in north-western Bangladesh

LWR/2005/144 [187] - Optimising canal and groundwater management to assist water user associations in maximising crop production and managing salinisation

LWR/2005/146 [188] - Expanding the area for Rabi-season cropping in southern Bangladesh

LWR/2006/073 [189] - Assessing the feasibility of farmers managing climate related crop production risk in Andhra Pradesh, India

LWR/2006/124 [190] - Fine-tuning the Happy Seeder technology for adoption in northwest India

LWR/2006/132 [191] - Policy instruments to address air pollution issues in agriculture - Implications for Happy Seeder technology adoption in India

LWR/2007/191 [192] - Improving farmer livelihoods through efficient use of resources in crop-livestock farming systems in western China

PC/2003/029 [193] - Management of potato late blight in Papua New Guinea

PC/2003/042 [194] - Fruit fly management in Papua New Guinea

PC/2003/046 [195] - Integrated control of powdery mildew and other disease, weed and insect problems in squash in Tonga and Australia

PC/2003/047 [196] - Improved plant protection in the Solomon Islands

PC/2004/030 [197] - Control of Asian honeybees in the Solomon Islands

PC/2004/049 [198] - Improved farming systems for managing soil-borne pathogens of ginger in Fiji and Australia

PC/2004/063 [199] - Integrated pest management in a sustainable production system for Brassica crops in Fiji and Samoa

PC/2004/064 [200] - Biological control of "mile-a-minute" (Mikania micrantha) in Papua New Guinea and Fiji

PC/2006/017 [201] - Management of Eumetopina flavipes: the vector of ramu stunt disease of sugarcane in Papua New Guinea

PC/2006/053 [202] - Evaluation of the impact of Dasheen mosaic virus on and other viruses on taro yield

PC/2006/063 [203] - Integrated pest management for Finschhafen disorder of oil palm in Papua New Guinea

PC/2006/109 [204] - The potential for increasing the value of cocoa industries in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa

PC/2006/114 [205] - Managing cocoa pod borer in PNG through improved risk incursion management capabilities, IPM strategies and stakeholder participatory training

PC/2006/173 [206] - Tongan tropical fruit production - improving genetic diversity and production capacity building

PC/2007/111 [207] - Incursion prevention and management of coffee berry borer (CBB) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Indonesia (South Sulawesi and Papua)

SMCN/2000/046 [208] - Overcoming magnesium deficiency in oil palm crops on volcanic ash soils of Papua New Guinea

SMCN/2002/033 [209] - Seasonal climate forecasting for better irrigation system management in Lombok

SMCN/2002/073 [210] - Efficient nutrient use in rice production in Vietnam achieved using inoculant biofertilisers

SMCN/2003/006 [211] - Enhancing agricultural production in the Philippines by sustainable use of shallow groundwater

SMCN/2003/010 [212] - Farmer evaluation and multiplication of sweet potato varieties on the North Coast of PNG

SMCN/2003/035 [213] - Improving the utilisation of water and soil resources for tree crop production in coastal areas of Vietnam and New South Wales

SMCN/2004/041 [214] - Productivity and marketing enhancement for peanut in Papua New Guinea and Australia

SMCN/2004/067 [215] - Soil fertility management in the PNG highlands for sweet potato based cropping systems

SMCN/2004/069 [216] - Minimising agricultural pollution to enhance water quality in Laguna de Bay (Philippines) and Mt Lofty Ranges (Australia)

SMCN/2004/071 [217] - Reducing pest and disease impact on yield in selected PNG sweet potato production systems

SMCN/2004/078 [218] - Evaluation and adoption of improved farming practices on soil and water resources, Bohol Island, the Philippines

SMCN/2005/075 [219] - Integrated soil and crop management for rehabilitation of vegetable production in the tsunami-affected areas of NAD Province, Indonesia

SMCN/2005/118 [220] - Restoration of annual cropping in tsunami-affected areas of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province, Indonesia

SMCN/2006/013 [221] - Increasing food security and farmer livelihoods through enhanced legume cultivation in the Central Dry Zone of Burma