The mariculture of sea cucumbers, and in particular sandfish (Holothuria scabra), is regarded as an economically attractive enterprise to meet several challenges faced by small-scale coastal fishing communities in the Philippines. Community-based sandfish sea ranching is still in its early stages in the Philippines, but potentially can contribute to livelihoods and help replenish wild stocks.

A report on opportunities for agricultural knowledge exchange through temporary international labour mobility schemes.

ACIAR has made a significant contribution to meeting the complex challenges of growing more food, reducing poverty and improving biosecurity in the Indo-Pacific region. Over this time ACIAR has committed to assessing impact and where possible, quantifying the achievements of our Australian and international research partners.

This publication is targeted at practitioners, extension agents, researchers, policy makers and industry representatives across the Asia–Pacific region, but the knowledge and lessons gained from the forum also contribute to improved management of the sandalwood resource at farm, community and policy levels.

This report is the 15th and final report of our Adoption Studies series. It documents the adoption results for 4 ACIAR-supported projects completed in 2014–15. The studies involved 4 partner countries – Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos and India – and focused on projects addressing timber furniture production, climate adaptation strategies and animal production systems (cattle and pigs).

Assessing impacts and progress against development objectives means evaluating much more than agricultural yields or gross margins per hectare. We need new approaches that are fit for purpose to evaluate the multiple and complex benefit streams that modern agricultural research for development seeks to catalyse.

A report on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food systems, with a focus on Indonesia, Pacific island countries, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Timor-Leste.

A rapid assessment of impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the responses to it, on smallholders and food systems in our region are reported in this ACIAR Technical Report.