Measuring Impact

Research that works for developing countries and Australia

 

Pacific Crops

Research Program Manager: Dr Richard Markham
Contact: markham@aciar.gov.au

The Pacific Crops program aims to improve the productivity, profitability and sustainability of horticultural, root and tree crop-based farming systems in Papua New Guinea, selected Pacific Island countries and Australia. It has a multidisciplinary emphasis on integrated crop management, emphasising the production, protection, postharvest handling and marketing of key crops grown in these countries.

All Projects

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PC/2005/077 - Integrated crop management package for sustainable smallholder gardens in Solomon Islands

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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