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

Project ID:
ASEM/2006/068: Analytical equipment in support of the ACIAR/Unitech Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme
Collaborating Countries:
Papua New Guinea
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