Land and Water Resources

WP62 Report on a review of ACIAR-funded projects on Rhizobium during 1983-2004 [5]
Rhizobium science and inoculation as a means of facilitating nodulation and nitrogen-fixation of legumes.

WP55 Forages for the Red Soils Area of China [6]
This working paper covers the proceedings of an international workshop held in Jianyang, Fujian Province, Peoples Republic of China on the 6-9 October 1997

WP52 Watershed Management for Water Quality Improvement: the role of agricultural research [7]
Land and water management is increasingly being based on watersheds

TR59 Using seasonal climate forecasting in agriculture: a participatory decision-making approach [9]
The challenge in using seasonal forecasting in agriculture is to assess and capture the potential benefits so that the well-being of people is improved in terms of increased food security, protection of the resource base, lower costs or better economic outcomes within the community

TR50 Mapping Land Resource Potential and Agricultural Pressure in Papua New Guinea [10]
This report outlines the development of new methods to assess land resource potential and agricultural pressure in Papua New Guinea

TR40 A New Soil Conservation Methodology and Application to Cropping Systems in Tropical Steeplands [11]
This technical report documents what may become something of a watershed in terms of the field investigation of soil erosion and soil conservation in biophysical terms

TR19 Utilisation of Remote Sensing in the South Pacific [12]
Remote sensing is the interpretation of aerial photographs and electronic multispectral scanner (MSS) images in order to acquire information about the quantity, quality and distribution of terrestrial and marine resources

RN27 Assessing the extent and causes of degradation in India's arid rangelands [13]
Land use pressures are increasing degradation in India's arid zone

RN22 Management of Irrigation Areas: Irrigation Management in the Red River Delta of Vietnam [14]
Vietnam's future food security depends on the country's ability to expand agricultural production, and this in turn will rely heavily on the increased efficiency of irrigation systems associated with the Red River Delta in the country's north and the Mekong Delta in the south

PR127 Permanent beds and rice-residue management for rice–wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain [16]
The proceedings of a workshop on permanent raised beds for irrigated rice–wheat and alternative cropping systems.

PR123 Agricultural Water Management in China [18]
ACIAR has supported collaborative research on water management in agriculture in China for more than 15 years.

PR121 Evaluation and performance of permanent raised bed cropping systems in Asia, Australia and Mexico [20]
Permanent raised bed cropping systems are being adopted under a wide range of irrigated and dryland farming conditions.

PR118 Improving the Management of Irrigation Schemes in Vietnam [22]
Contains the main findings of a project carried out in Vietnam which focused on the operation and management of publicly managed irrigation systems

PR116 Water in Agriculture [24]
The availability of water and water quality are major concerns for everyone

PR114 Modelling Nutrient Management in Tropical Cropping Systems [25]
This is an end-of-project workshop proceedings with contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia and Latin America, focusing on improving capabilities in crop modelling for tropical cropping systems

PR106 Water Policy Reform: Lessons from Asia and Australia [27]
Proceedings of an international workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand which brought together researchers working in the area of water resource management

PR104 Agrochemical Pollution of Water Resources [29]
This volume records the main research findings of ACIAR Project LWR1/1994/054 as presented to a conference held in Thailand on 16-18 February 2000

PR102 Biological and Integrated Control of Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes [31]
These proceedings represent the current status of work on water hyacinth world-wide and include new research initiatives, overviews of water hyacinth implementation programs in various countries and a proposal for a mechanism to facilitate the dessemination of information on water hyacinth through a clearinghouse

PR088 Towards Better Management of Soils Contaminated with Tannery Waste [32]
Leather production is a major industry in India and makes a significant contribution to the country's export earnings

PR061 Agricultural Impacts on Groundwater Quality [33]
Groundwater contamination has been linked to intensive agriculture in many industrialised countries in temperate regions

PR056 Soil Organic Matter Management for Sustainable Agriculture [34]
These proceedings came from a workshop in Ubon, Thailand, designed to review current research and identify future research opportunities in the areas of soil organic matter dynamics and nutrient cycling in tropical and temperate regions -- topics already included in ACIAR projects that have attempted to assist smallholders to manage their lands by improving soil fertility and reducing soil losses

PR042 Productive Use of Saline Lands [35]
Salt-affected soils pose hazardous conditions for plant establishment

PR038 Forages on Red Soils in China [36]
The red soils region of south central China has been the focus of recent research as it represents large areas of upland cropping and animal enterprises

PR033 Sustainable Agriculture on Marginal Uplands of Southeast Asia [37]
These proceedings review the resources available for achieving sustainable development of upland areas in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, and examine some of the problems that must be overcome

PR029 Sulfur Fertilizer Policy for Lowland and Upland Cropping Systems in Indonesia [38]
ACIAR has supported a wide range of fertilizer-related projects within its plant nutrition program

PMg Nov 07-Feb 08 Partners Magazine November 2007 - February 2008 [40]
Partners magazine November 2007 - February 2008 is focused on climate change.

MN130 Soil constraints and management package (SCAMP): guidelines for sustainable management of tropical upland soils [42]
This book describes a decision-support framework called the Soil Constraints and Management Package (SCAMP).

MN121 Planters and their Components: Types, attributes, functional requirements, classification and description [44]
This manual provides a valuable reference for research and extension personnel engaged in the selection, adaptation and/or construction of complete planters appropriate to specific soil, crop, climate and residue conditions.

MN112 Landcare in the Philippines: Stories of People and Places [46]
This book contains a wide perspective of individual stories about the development of landcare in the Philippines, richly illustrated with more than 170 colour photos and maps

MN109 Community Based Resource Planning - Studies from Zimbabwe and Northern Australia [48]
This monograph describes research activities and outcomes from the ACIAR funded project 'Enhanced Resource-Use Planning for Tropical Woodland Agroecosystems' based in Zimbabwe and northern Australia