Research that works for developing countries and Australia

Agricultural Development Policy

• All Projects
• Current Projects
• Concluded Projects
• Relevant Publications

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.

Concluded Projects

ADP/1988/011 - Economic aspects of raw wool production and marketing in China

ADP/1992/012 - Optimal land use in Sri Lanka with particular application to land degradation and the plantation industries

ADP/1994/005 - A bioeconomic analysis of tuna purse seining in the Pacific Islands region

ADP/1994/008 - Assessment of price support schemes for tree crop export industries in Papua New Guinea and policy recommendations on future assistance

ADP/1994/026 - Accelerating growth through globalisation of Indian agriculture

ADP/1994/028 - The economics of preserving genetic diversity in Papua New Guinea's indigenous food crops in the context of world agriculture

ADP/1994/049 - Policy analysis of linkages between Indonesia's agricultural production, trade and environment

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/2002/114 - 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/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/2005/005 - Crawford Fund Masterclass - CGE modelling

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

ANRE2/1992/011 - Socio-economic evaluation of soil conservation technologies for upland farming systems in the Philippines

ANRE2/1994/009 - Improving smallholder farming systems in Imperata areas of Southeast Asia - A bioeconomic modelling approach

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