Scoping the governance and co-benefits of circular food-energy systems in Pacific Islands Countries

Identifying the structure of current circular biodigester systems and the potential climate co-benefits in Fiji and using the evidence, support a transdisciplinary research design approach for a multi-year project.

Project code
CLIM/2022/174
Program
Social Systems
Project start date
01 Jun 2023
Project end date
31 Mar 2026

Managing heavy metals and soil contaminants in vegetable production to ensure food safety and environmental health in the Philippines

Characterising short- and long-term soil constraints to vegetable production on upland acidic soils in the Philippines. Developing strategies to address these constraints.

Project code
SLAM/2020/117
Program
Soil and Land Management
Project start date
01 Feb 2023
Project end date
31 Jan 2027

Better soil and land information for improving PNG’s agricultural production and integrated land use planning – building a revitalised PNGRIS2

Developing and integrating the revitalised PNGRIS2 to demonstrate its value proposition to the PNG Government, the agriculture sector, and international agencies in PNG.

Project code
SLAM/2019/106
Program
Soil and Land Management
Project start date
01 Oct 2022
Project end date
31 Aug 2026

Livestock enhancement through ecohealth/ One Health assessment in South-East Asia (LiveHealth)

Socio-economic drivers linking the animal-human-animal interfaces at the local and national levels for the effective operationalisation of a unified One Health action in Southeast Asia.

Project code
LS/2022/163
Program
Livestock Systems
Project start date
12 Dec 2022
Project end date
31 Dec 2025

Transformation pathways for Pacific coastal food systems

Processes and tools to build capacity in the Solomon Islands, triggering a step-change in coastal food systems seen through improved diet, nutrition and community health; food self-sufficiency; better climate and disaster resilience, and diversified livelihoods.

Project code
CLIM/2020/178
Program
Social Systems
Project start date
01 Feb 2023
Project end date
31 Mar 2026

Developing strategies to reduce brucellosis transmission in Timor-Leste based on One Health collaboration

There are no control programmes for brucellosis in Timor-Leste. Reducing brucellosis transmission has potential to improve cattle reproduction and is a step towards improving international market access for cattle, which ultimately translates into better income, food security, and livelihood for farmers. This is a project which aims to identify risk factors for bovine brucellosis transmission and facilitate implementation of evidence-based brucellosis control measures in Timor-Leste using a participatory and One Health approach.

Project code
LS/2022/161
Program
Livestock Systems
Project start date
05 Dec 2022
Project end date
30 Jun 2026

Policy support to the Philippines’ National Surveillance and Control Programs

This research project is expected to contribute to achieving a safer and economically progressive community, a healthier and a more stable environment, and a more sustainable animal industry and animal health system in the Philippines. It aims to update research evidence and novel policy support to the Philippines' national surveillance and control programs on African Swine Fever (ASF), Avian Influenza (AI) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in strengthening the country's ecosystem and national development roadmap for food animal and agriculture, public health, and environment using the global One Health socio-economic and ecological system assessment approach.

Project code
LS/2022/162
Program
Livestock Systems
Project start date
12 Dec 2022
Project end date
31 Oct 2026

Livelihoods in Forest Ecosystem Recovery (LIFER)

The LIFER project addresses the urgent need for forest restoration to rebuild livelihoods in the Solomon Islands, centrally aimed at learning how to efficiently restore forests to meet critical needs of rural Solomon Islanders, accelerating and channelling forest development to support livelihoods.

Project code
FST/2020/135
Program
Forestry
Project start date
01 Nov 2022
Project end date
31 Oct 2028

Maintaining momentum within the pearl livelihoods sector in the western Pacific

Foundational groundwork to understand the shifted context as a result of COVID-19, particularly in relation to proposed work to build local capacity and skills for mabé enterprises, and to identify and support viable markets.

Project code
FIS/2022/168
Program
Fisheries
Project start date
19 Sep 2022
Project end date
31 Mar 2024

Improving peri-urban and remote inland fish farming in Papua New Guinea to benefit both community-based and commercial operators

Supporting National Fisheries Authority (NFA) to develop commercial tilapia production in peri-urban areas and reservoirs of PNG by investigating technical bottlenecks, farmer’s needs and socio-cultural aspirations, market opportunities, and data needs for the sustainable management of pond and reservoir-based fish farming.

Project code
FIS/2018/154
Program
Fisheries
Project start date
01 Oct 2022
Project end date
30 Jun 2028

Managing risk in South-East Asian forest biosecurity

Research carried out in Indonesia and Vietnam will provide new tools and technologies which can be implemented to better manage biosecurity risks throughout SE Asia. This project aims to transfer and embed this knowledge in public policy and public and private institutional arrangements and practices.

Project code
FST/2018/179
Program
Forestry
Project start date
24 Sep 2021
Project end date
28 Feb 2026

Strengthened surveillance for vector-borne zoonotic and livestock diseases in Papua New Guinea

A project that aimed to consolidate and build on previous SRA LS/2018/213, and to continue and expand a one health surveillance approach for Japanese encephalitis and zoonotic arboviruses in PNG.

Project code
LS/2021/158
Program
Livestock Systems
Project start date
19 Apr 2022
Project end date
31 Mar 2025

Planning and establishing a sustainable smallholder rice chain in the Mekong Delta

A project aimed at establishing a highly-productive, sustainable, traceable, quality-assured value chain for tropical medium grains in the Mekong Delta, benefiting rice-farming households and meeting established SunRice market requirements.

Project code
AGB/2019/153
Program
Agribusiness
Project start date
25 Feb 2022
Project end date
30 Dec 2025

Defining priority commercialisation pathways, and potential private commercialisation partners for viable long-term commercialisation of products emerging from FST/2019/128

Coconuts are pivotal in the livelihoods of quasi-subsistence smallholders who dominate Pacific primary production. Viability of this sector is being challenged by the increasing proportion of the coconut plantation estate becoming senile, characterised by significantly reduced fruiting capacity. This project aimed at addressing sustainable commercial supply of coconut veneer plywood sheets and other product formats to specific end use (consumer and/or industrial) markets.

Project code
AGB/2021/172
Program
Agribusiness
Project start date
21 Feb 2022
Project end date
30 Sep 2022