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Peter Core is Chief Executive Officer of ACIAR. He took up the position in July 2002. As Chief Executive Mr Core is responsible for developing and implementing ACIAR’s strategic and operational plans, and for managing the Centre’s operational functions. More
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John Skerritt is Deputy Chief Executive Officer responsible for Research and Development Programs, overseeing activities within ACIAR’s 14 research program areas. The programs develop, monitor and evaluate projects to deliver solutions against identified agricultural and natural resource management problems of developing countries. Dr Skerritt is also responsible for managing ACIAR’s Training and Fellowship schemes. More
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Simon Hearn is ACIAR’s Senior Adviser, responsible for coordinating activities and contributions to research and development partners. The position also oversees agency planning and is responsible for stakeholder relations. He is also responsible for managing the Agricultural Development Policy program. The Program supports economic policy research in the areas of trade, rural development and natural resources management. More
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Les Baxter is Research Program Manager for Horticulture.The program focuses on improving the productivity, profitability and sustainability of fruit,vegetable and ornamental crop production in developing countries and Australia. More
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Liz Clarke is Manager, Communications and Policy Secretariat unit. She is responsible for ensuring the communication of information, generated through ACIAR’s activities, to stakeholders in Australia and partner countries. Ms Clarke is also responsible for liaising with the Minister’s office and portfolio agencies, and providing support to ACIAR’s Board and Policy Advisory Council. More
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Jeff Davis is Program Manager for Policy Linkages and Impact Assessment. The program is responsible for monitoring, evaluating and assessing the impact of ACIAR-funded research. It also works to improve interdisciplinary linkages between economic and biophysical research and development activities. More
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Paul Fox is Research Program Manager for Crop Improvement and Management. The Crop Improvement and Management Program focuses on the protection of horticultural crops, cereals, food legumes, forages and oilseeds, with an increasing focus on biosecurity. More
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| Doug Gray is Research Program Manager for Animal Health. The program focuses on issues that enable smallholder farmers to refine their livestock management toward production and income-generation, in contrast to 'keeping' livestock solely as an asset. The emphasis is on diseases of regional significance, including transboundary diseases, zoonotic diseases, diseases affecting production and diseases affecting trade and market access. More |
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Russell Haines is Research Program Manager for Forestry. The Program supports the establishment, management and sustainable utilisation of forests through a central theme of developing Australian tree germplasm. More
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Gamini Keerthisinghe is Research Program Manager for Soil Management and Crop Nutrition. The program focuses on land and cropping systems and soil management, and concentrates at the field scale. More
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Caroline Lemerle is Research Program Manager responsible for Agricultural Systems Management. The Program commissions integrative economic, social and biophysical research within a systems context. More
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TK Lim is Research Program Manager for Crop Protection. The Crop Protection Program focuses on the protection of horticultural crops, cereals, food legumes, forages and oilseeds, with an increasing focus on biosecurity. More
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Christian Roth is Research Program Manager for Land and Water Resources. The Program focuses on water management and the interface between agriculture and environmental quality, with a broad scale concentration on these issues. More
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David Shearer is Research Program Manager for the Agribusiness Program. The program aims to improve incomes and productivity for farmers and agribusiness in Indonesia. It is linked to the AusAID-funded Support for Market-Driven Adaptive Research (SMAR) initiative. More
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Barney Smith is Research Program Manager for the Fisheries Program. The Program focuses on both wild harvest fisheries and aquaculture, with activities spread across a variety of production strategies and environments, aimed at solving key problems constraining the productive use and sustainability of fisheries and aquatic resources. More
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Kim Taylor is ACIAR’s Manager, Contracts and Agreements Unit. Ms Taylor manages, coordinates and provides policy and operational services and advice relating to contracts, agreements and other legal provisions including intellectual property. More
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| Debbie Templeton is the Research Program Manager (acting) for the Livestock Production Systems Program. The primary aim of the Program is to build a complete understanding of the biological, social and economic aspects of livestock systems kept by smallholder farmers (small and large ruminants, pigs and poultry). The Livestock Production Systems program focuses on enabling equitable access to markets; optimising crop-livestock systems and livestock production. More |
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Paul Tyrrell is Chief Finance Officer for ACIAR. His responsibilities include providing strategic financial advice to the Executive and Board, and oversight of the Finance Section’s operations. More
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