Technical Reports

TR69 Achieving food security in China: implications of World Trade Organization accession
A report on the effect of China's WTO accession commitments on its agricultural sector.

TR68 Economic potential of land-use change and forestry for carbon sequestration and poverty reduction
A report on the potential for smallholders in developing countries to be involved in sequestering carbon in agroforestry systems.

TR67 Grassland degradation on the Tibetan Plateau: the role of small mammals and methods of control
This publication looks at degradation of the grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau.

TR66 Modelling minimum residue thresholds for soil conservation benefits in tropical, semi-arid cropping systems
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

TR65 A review of animal health research opportunities in Nusa Tenggara Timur and Nusa Tenggara Barat provinces, eastern Indonesia
This report looks into livestock production and health issues in Indonesia to determine future research directions.

TR64 Towards improving profitability of teak in integrated smallholder farming systems in northern Laos
Occurring naturally in Laos, teak is one of the world's finest timbers.

TR63 Controlled pollination methods for Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
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.

TR62 Pest and disease incursions: risks,threats and management in Papua New Guinea
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.

TR61 Production technologies for low-chill temperate fruits
Reports from the Second International Workshop on Production Technologies for Low-chill Temperate Fruits, Chiang Mai 2004.

TR60 Building economic decision-making capabilities of Chinese wool textile mills
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.

TR59 Using seasonal climate forecasting in agriculture: a participatory decision-making approach
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

TR58 Evaluation of International Provenance Trials of Casuarina equisetifolia
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

TR57 Trials of Cold-tolerant Eucalypt Species in Cooler Regions of South Central China
Eucalypts are of considerable economic, social and environmental importance in southern China

TR56 Feeds and Feeding for Inland Aquaculture in Mekong Region Countries
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

TR55 Chromolaena in the Asia-Pacific Region
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

TR54 Contract farming in Indonesia: Smallholders and agribusiness working together
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

TR53 Cooperatives: Issues and trends in developing countries
This report is the outcome of a workshop held in 2003

TR52 Rice-shrimp farming in the Mekong Delta: biophysical and socioeconomic issues
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

TR51 Heartrots in Plantation Hardwoods in Indonesia and Australia
Detection and identification of the causal fungi of heartrot disease is fundamental to effective disease management strategies for heartrot pathogens in tree plantations

TR50 Mapping Land Resource Potential and Agricultural Pressure in Papua New Guinea
This report outlines the development of new methods to assess land resource potential and agricultural pressure in Papua New Guinea

TR49 Chukrasia: Biology, Cultivation and Utilisation
This technical report on Chukrasia has been prepared as part of ACIAR forestry project FST/1996/005

TR48 Genetic Transformation, Regeneration and Analysis of Transgenic Peanut
Conventional breeding has led to the improvement of some peanut traits such as seed yield and drought tolerance

TR47 Coastal Shrimp Aquaculture in Thailand: Key Issues for research
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

TR46 Kava (Piper methysticum) in the South Pacific
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

TR45 Rodent Biology and Management
This technical report contains abstracts from an international conference on rodent biology and management held in Beijing in 1998.

TR44 A Variety Collection of Edible Nut Tree Crops in Solomon Islands
This technical report summarises results of a variety collection of indigenous edible nut tree crops

TR43 Grain Market Reform in China: Global Implications
The grain marketing system in China has become more competitive over the 1990s and domestic and international prices have become more closely aligned

TR41 SCUAF Version 4: A model to estimate soil changes under agriculture, Agroforestry and Forestry
SCUAF is a computer model which predicts the effects on soils of specific land use systems under given environmental conditions

TR40 A New Soil Conservation Methodology and Application to Cropping Systems in Tropical Steeplands
This technical report documents what may become something of a watershed in terms of the field investigation of soil erosion and soil conservation in biophysical terms

TR39 The Cut Flower Industry: Research and Development Issues
This publication examines the issues involved in the effective application of biotechnology in ACIAR-funded programs