Policy Linkage

IAS55 ACIAR fisheries projects in Indonesia: review and impact assessment
This study provided a review of all ACIAR-funded fisheries research in Indonesia and selected two different programs of research for detailed studies – tuna capture fisheries and shrimp aquaculture. The returns attributed to the ACIAR supported component of tuna capture fisheries was assessed to be $168 million, indicating a return on ACIAR and partner-invested funds of a benefit to cost ratio of 179:1. For shrimp aquaculture the net present value of the welfare gains from the impact was found to be $547 million with a benefit to cost ratio of 52:1.

IAS54 Impact of improved management of white grubs in peanut-cropping systems in India
This project looked at the problems caused by various species of white-grub pests in peanut production in India and Australia. The impact assessment study shows that the project has generated important benefits for a crop that is largely grown by the poorer farmers in this part of India.

IAS53 The impact of increasing efficiency and productivity of ruminants in India by the use of protected-nutrient technology
The dairy industry is a large and important sector for India and availability of quality feed is a significant issue for cow productivity. The ACIAR project assessed in this impact study focused on this major constraint and adapted some technologies readily available in Australia to suit the types of feed available in India. The impact was shown to be substantial, with a benefit to cost ratio of 124:1.

IAS48 Assessment of capacity building: overcoming production constraints to sorghum in rainfed environments in India and Australia

This project uncovered new sorghum plant material with characteristics of considerable potential benefit to Australia. Through other Australian funding, this was subsequently developed into a new variety. Although no new sorghum varieties were developed in India, it markedly enhanced the capacity of the Indian collaborators in some new biotechnology research techniques. This enhanced capacity aided successful application for funding from other sources.

IAS47 Improved Australian tree species for Vietnam

Australian tree species are being used extensively throughout the world because of their rapid growth and adaptability to many (harsh) environments. This study looks at the impact on Vietnam of some past ACIAR research activities. It shows that, through adaptation, significant improvements in productivity can be achieved by selecting tree provenances that are best suited to specific environments.

IAS46 Mite pests of honey bees in the Asia-Pacific region
Mite pests of bees are one of the major production constraints facing the apiary industry throughout the world. In most countries, the mites are present and have a significant impact on productivity and production costs. In Australia, the only country in the world without these mites, the maintenance of effective quarantine strategies against them is a major aim. ACIAR has funded research on these pests for about 15 years, which has made a significant contribution internationally to a better understanding of the mites, especially species, and their host conditions.

IAS44 Impact Assessment of capacity building and training: assessment framework and two case studies
Capacity building and training have long been recognised as an important component of most research-for-development activities.

IAS43 Water management in public irrigation schemes in Vietnam
Irrigation systems in most of Vietnam, like in many countries, are public systems.

IAS42 Benefits to Australia of selected CABI products
CAB International is one of the 15 International Agriculture Research Centres that ACIAR provides funding for in its multilateral program.

IAS41 ACIAR and public funding of R&D: submission to the Productivity Commission
ACIAR provided the Science and Innovation Commissioned Study with a submission detailing it's unique and interesting role which transcends both Australia's aid program and its innovation system.

IAS40 Zero tillage for weed control in India: the contribution to poverty alleviation
This report took the opportunity of an existing survey in India to try to measure poverty-reduction impacts of research.

IAS39 Benefits to Australia from ACIAR-funded research
While funding research in developing countries, ACIAR also delivers benefits to Australia and, in particular, to Australian agriculture.

IAS38 Future directions for ACIAR's animal health research
To meet the escalating demand for animal protein in the Asia-Pacific region, ACIAR's challenge is to underpin the sustainability of increased livestock and fisheries production for poor farmers and consumers.

IAS37 Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific
Economic analysis of project benefits and costs suggests that the total investment in fruit fly research will deliver considerable benefits, mainly to Fiji, but also to Tonga, Samoa, the Cook Islands and Vanuatu.

IAS36 Impacts of Mud Crab Hatchery Technology in Vietnam
This report describes a benefit-cost analysis carried out to quantify the economic impacts in Vietnam from adoption of the mud crab hatchery technology developed by two ACIAR-funded projects.

IAS35 Review of the returns to ACIAR's bilateral R&D Investments
ACIAR's investment in bilateral research over the past 22 years has more than paid for itself, as revealed in a review of returns to ACIAR's Bilateral R&D investments.

IAS34 Identifying the Sex Pheromone of the Sugarcane Borer Moth
The project evaluated in this report helped to identify the sex pheromone (attractant chemical) of the sugarcane borer.

IAS33 Research into Conservation Tillage for Dryland Cropping in Australia and China
The ACIAR projects evaluated in this report explored the suitability of Australian conservation cropping techniques for China, aiming to maximise wheat and maize yields while conserving moisture and reducing soil degradation.

IAS32 Shelf-life extension of leafy vegetables: Evaluating the impacts
The project evaluated in this report examined handling and storage methods in China and Australia for a number of leafy vegetables

IAS31 Review of ACIAR's Research on Agricultural Policy
This review includes a framework for assessing future 'ideal' policy projects; a meta-analysis of ACIAR's policy portfolio and a more detailed analysis of clusters of projects completed over the past decade in China, Indonesia and India

IAS28 Water and Nitrogen Management in Wheat-Maize Production on the North China Plain
The North China Plain supports a large number of highly intensive small farms that produce winter wheat traditionally followed by a summer crop of maize

IAS27 Acacia Hybrids in Vietnam
This impact assessment focuses on the net economic, environmental and social value of the spill-over benefits accruing to Vietnam

IAS22 Saving a staple crop: impact of biological control of the banana skipper on poverty reduction in Papua New Guinea
The ACIAR-supported Banana Skipper project led to the successful introduction of a biological control agent against the butterfly pest of bananas that was reducing the productivity of the banana crop

IAS21 Improving Methods in Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Information Management of Foot and Mouth Disease in SE Asia
Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) is a major animal health issue in Southeast Asia, causing losses due to reduced milk and meat production

IAS20 Mama Lus Frut scheme: an assessment of poverty reduction
The Mama Lus Fruit scheme was established to increase the productivity of smallholder palm-oil plantations in Papua New Guinea

IAS19 Measuring the poverty impact of ACIAR projects: a broad framework
This report sets out some broad ideas about how poverty evaluation could be conducted for ACIAR research projects

IAS18 Controlling Phalaris Minor in the Indian Rice-Wheat Belt
The ACIAR-managed project CS1/1996/013, Herbicide-resistant weeds of wheat in India and Australia: integrated management, was designed to find a long-term method of control of Phalaris minor, a problem weed of the rice-wheat cropping system of north-western India

IAS17 Breeding and feeding pigs in Australia and Vietnam
This study identifies and examines the impacts if ACIAR research project AS2/1994/023

IAS16 Control of Footrot in Small Ruminants of Nepal
Footrot, a bacterial disease which attacks the feet of sheep and goats causing lameness and high levels of flock mortality, was endemic in the western districts of Nepal

IAS15 Use and management of grain protectants in China and Australia
An ACIAR-supported project 'Integrating Grain Protectants into Storage Pest Management' was based in China and Australia.