Technical Reports

This report summarises the results from a pilot study on soil fertility management, and reviews sweetpotato-based cropping systems in the highlands of PNG. It also describes the lessons learnt from survey methodologies used to assess the socioeconomic and biophysical constraints to sweetpotato production in this area.

The tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean comprises a variety of fishing activities, the most important of which are the industrial-scale purse seine, longline and pole-and-line fisheries. The analysis reported in this publication focuses on characterising the target and non-target catch of the purse seine fishery in the PNG exclusive economic zone.

A report on the effect of China's WTO accession commitments on its agricultural sector.

A report on the potential for smallholders in developing countries to be involved in sequestering carbon in agroforestry systems.

This publication looks at degradation of the grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau.

Developing and promoting farming systems that make use of conservation tillage practices in combination with retention of crop residues is a strategy being pursued by many national and international research organisations

This report looks into livestock production and health issues in Indonesia to determine future research directions.

Occurring naturally in Laos, teak is one of the world's finest timbers.

The production of tea-tree oil from Melaleuca species in Australia began some 80 years ago, and the industry has grown steadily, if erratically, since then.

The papers in this report were presented at the 2nd PNG Plant Protection Conference and include information on crop pests, diseases and weeds and their management, pest incursions and quarantine, and pest and disease identification.

Reports from the Second International Workshop on Production Technologies for Low-chill Temperate Fruits, Chiang Mai 2004.

The models and analyses presented in this report are designed to assist wool textile mills as they implement new operational procedures, management practices and decision-making processes.

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

The results published in this report reveal a considerable amount of genetic variation between provenances of Casuarina equisetifolia and provide important information for people interested in agroforestry and fuelwood production in the tropics and subtropics

Eucalypts are of considerable economic, social and environmental importance in southern China

Aquaculture of freshwater species in the Mekong regions of Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand is an important source of protein and income for small-scale land owners

Chromolaena (Siam weed) is a serious weed which has spread from its original home in the West Indies to large areas of Africa and Asia

As developing countries continue on the path of economic liberalisation, there is an urgent need to bring the benefits of new trade and market opportunities to rural areas

This report is the outcome of a workshop held in 2003

The papers presented in this report are the proceedings of the project's final review workshop, held in December 2000 at Can Tho University, Vietnam

Detection and identification of the causal fungi of heartrot disease is fundamental to effective disease management strategies for heartrot pathogens in tree plantations

This report outlines the development of new methods to assess land resource potential and agricultural pressure in Papua New Guinea

This technical report on Chukrasia has been prepared as part of ACIAR forestry project FST/1996/005

Conventional breeding has led to the improvement of some peanut traits such as seed yield and drought tolerance

This report describes the results of a study that was carried out from 1994-1999, a period in which Thailand became the world's leading producer of farmed shrimp but also had to confront new shrimp diseases, trade issues and environmental concerns

This report discusses kava myths and ceremonies, the relative importance of kava as a cash crop, the kava plant and its cultivation, and the diseases and pests commonly found in kava gardens

This technical report contains abstracts from an international conference on rodent biology and management held in Beijing in 1998.

This technical report summarises results of a variety collection of indigenous edible nut tree crops

The grain marketing system in China has become more competitive over the 1990s and domestic and international prices have become more closely aligned

This publication summarises the modified BEAM model, including functions of the model, changes that were made and tutorials on how to use the model.