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Agricultural Development Policy

Research Program Manager: Dr Simon Hearn
email: hearn@aciar.gov.au

The Agricultural Development Policy program supports research on the enabling environment for a more productive and sustainable agriculture, and covers three broad strategies: agricultural trade policy, natural resource management economic policy and rural development policy.

All Projects

ADP/1996/136 - Fiji sugar industry: assessing international sugar market reforms and their impacts and defining appropriate responses

ADP/1996/227 - The impact of genetic diversity on wheat productivity - a comparative analysis of China and Australia

ADP/1996/228 - Priorities for public investment in Chinese agriculture

ADP/1997/021 - Chinese grain market policy with special emphasis on the domestic grain trade

ADP/1997/066 - The identification of key agricultural and agribusiness policy issues in developing APEC economies and Australia and their implications for Australian trade and investment

ADP/1997/092 - Impacts of alternative policy options on the agricultural sector in Vietnam

ADP/1998/091 - Equity driven trade and marketing policy strategies for improved performance of Indian agriculture- a scoping exercise

ADP/1998/094 - Sustainable management of the live reef fish trade-based fishery in Solomon Islands

ADP/1998/095 - An investigation of the determinants of food choice in Fiji and their role in demand trends for high nutritional valued foods and nutrition security

ADP/1998/128 - Achieving food security in China - implications of WTO accession

ADP/2000/004 - International food safety regulation and processed food exports from developing countries: A comparative study of India and Thailand

ADP/2000/007 - Farmer-based adaptive rodent management, extension and research system in Cambodia

ADP/2000/100 - Contract farming, smallholders, and rural development in East Java, Bali and Lombok

ADP/2000/126 - Microfinance for agricultural producers in West Nusa Tenggara (WNT) Province, Indonesia: Issues and opportunities for a sustainable financial intermediary system

ADP/2001/066 - Strengthening agricultural market information activities in Vietnam

ADP/2001/068 - Technical support for regional plant genetic resources development in the Pacific

ADP/2001/092 - Fish in food: The critical role of fish in world food issues

ADP/2002/021 - Sustainable land use change in the north west provinces of China

ADP/2002/047 - Trade liberalisation, agriculture and land degradation in Fiji: implications for sustainable development policies

ADP/2002/089 - Agricultural trade liberalisation and domestic market reforms in Indian agriculture

ADP/2002/114 - Rural poor and smallholders in western China under WTO: A regional and community level analysis

ADP/2003/022 - Feasibility study of economic impacts of developments in the live reef fish food trade in the Asia-Pacific region

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

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

ADP/2004/016 - A systems approach to rodent management in upland environments in Lao PDR

ADP/2004/044 - Economic analysis of technical barriers limiting agricultural trade of China

ADP/2004/045 - Exploring alternative futures for agricultural knowledge, science and technology (KST)

ADP/2005/005 - Crawford Fund Masterclass - CGE modelling

ADP/2005/041 - Trade and agricultural development in developing countries - China, India

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

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

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

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

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

SFS/2002/041 - Ecologically-based management of rodents in rainfed cropping systems in Myanmar