Working Papers

The Mandarin translation of Working Paper 59.

Proceedings of the second workshop 14-16 March 2006, Penang, Malaysia.

Rhizobium science and inoculation as a means of facilitating nodulation and nitrogen-fixation of legumes.

Pacific island governments and communities are constantly seeking to tap new and established international markets for their farm produce.

The consumption of live reef fish is an important component of overall fish consumption in a number of Asian countries.

This report is the outcome of a cooperative program involving scientists from the Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, the Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Australia.

Results of a study to research the effectiveness of three participatory extension methods for scaling out forage and livestock technologies to new villages

The purpose of this assessment was to extend an earlier analysis by investigating the longer-term impacts of two ACIAR-funded projects

This working paper covers the proceedings of an international workshop held in Jianyang, Fujian Province, Peoples Republic of China on the 6-9 October 1997

Aquaculture is an important industry in Vietnam but one of the main constraints on increasing production is the lack of cost-effective feeds and feeding strategies

Poverty alleviation has become a primary goal of overseas development assistance for most donor countries and international financial institutions

Mud crab aquaculture has been practised for many years in Southeast Asia, based primarily on capture and fattening of juvenile crabs from the wild

Land and water management is increasingly being based on watersheds

The majority of pig producers are smallholders, most of whom are located in rural areas

Investment in agricultural research in developing countries is being increasingly targeted at those areas and issues where the economic and environmental benefits may be expected to be greatest

ACIAR was established in 1982 as a statutory authority within the Commonwealth Government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

This paper describes a project development assessment of a proposal for collaborative research (ACIAR project PN9422) between Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, a non-government organisation in India, and four Australian institutions

There is strong evidence that agricultural research is an important source of growth in agriculture, resulting in economic and environmental benefits

This paper reports on the outcomes and presents an impact assessment of two joint ACIAR-CSIRO-KARI projects which were both entitled 'The improvement of dry land agriculture in the African semi-arid tropics' and whose aim was to find effective management responses and affordable technological innovations as solutions to some of the problem of dryland farming in the semi-arid tropics

This project deals with two main problems in the pineapple industry: blackheart injury and crown deterioration

This small study follows from an earlier study (Mauldon 1998) that examined the external reviews of 111 ACIAR-sponsored large bilateral projects completed between 1990 and 1997

Electronic Version onlyThe Forages for Smallholder Project (FSP) is a participatory research program in Southeast Asia that commenced in 1995

ACIAR Project 8911, 'Mineral Elements Limiting Sheep Production in China', addresses the issue that inadequate supplies of essential minerals to grazing sheep in northern China have a significant detrimental effect on the production of those animals

This report was commissioned as part of ACIAR's response to an audit review of its Multi-lateral Sub-program which recommended that it implement evaluations of completed Special Purpose and Restricted Grant projects funded by the International Agricultural Research Centre (IARC) program

During the past seven to eight years ACIAR has been developing an institutional Information System to support decision-making at various levels within the Centre

During the past seven to eight years ACIAR has been developing an institutional Information System to support decision-making at various levels within the Centre

The four main challenges confronting international rice research at present are: to meet the food needs of rapidly growing populations in the less developed countries; to increase the social equity for poor rice-farming and rice-consuming families; to protect the environment; and to conserve natural resources for future generations

This small study is a second stage of a program of assessments being undertaken of the research capacity and community impact of bilateral projects sponsored by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) that were completed some five years previously

This paper describes the projected net economic impact of a collaborative research project on the replacements for methyl bromide in timber for quarantine purposes (ACIAR PN 9406) proposed by CSIRO and FRIM1 for funding by ACIAR

The motivation for writing this paper is well expressed in the following words of Pearce and Warford (1993, p 3): 'Most people are now painfully aware that pursuing economic growth without paying adequate attention to the environment-both built and natural-is unlikely to be sustainable: it cannot last