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Farmers' Hubs as a vehicle to deliver solutions and services to farming communities

This project aimed to evaluate how and in which contexts Farmers’ Hubs facilitate the dissemination of new products, practices, and services to smallholder farmers and the broader farming community as commercial service providers. The traditional view of innovation in agricultural systems involves linear information dissemination, usually from a research provider, through a publicly-funded extension system to support the adoption of new practices by farmers.

Project code
CROP/2020/202
Program
Chief Scientist
Project start date
01 Dec 2020
Project end date
30 Jun 2021

Accelerating economic development through engagement and development of local industry institutions in Pacific island countries - Final report

This project aimed to identify actionable insights on how donors, governments and industry organisations can increase the momentum for change on the ground in the Pacific. Industry organisations are an important part of donor and recipient government strategies and initiatives to reinvigorate agriculture in the Pacific.

Rich learning makes research graduates world-ready

The unique graduate development program run by ACIAR has been recognised on its 10th anniversary as one of the best in Australia. ACIAR’s graduate program, which engages young Australian agricultural scientists in a two-year experiential-learning program, has been named as a finalist in the 2019 Australian HR Awards. The awards recognise outstanding achievements at the forefront of the human resource industry in Australia, with the winners announced at an awards night in September 2019.

Accelerating economic development through engagement and development of local industry institutions in Pacific island countries

This project aimed to identify actionable insights on how donors, governments and industry organisations can increase the momentum for change on the ground in the Pacific. Industry organisations are an important part of donor and recipient government strategies and initiatives to reinvigorate agriculture in the Pacific.

Project code
ADP/2010/024
Program
Agribusiness
Project start date
01 Jun 2010
Project end date
31 Oct 2020

Flavour of success

Could artisan chocolate do for Bougainville what whisky has for Scotland? Melbourne, for all its undoubted charms, is not usually associated with development in tropical agriculture. But when your product is the basis of that most urban and urbane of foods—chocolate—then the elegant Victorian state capital becomes a key location. Steven and Elizabeth Saveke, cocoa growers from Siwai on the Papua New Guinean island of Bougainville, recently spent a week in Melbourne after winning the 2018 Bougainville Chocolate Festival competition.

Strengthening institutions and individuals

What would the Pacific look like in 20 years... if it was a food-secure and healthy region?... if research was better managed and coordinated towards the sustainable impact on farmers’ livelihoods? The answers to these questions are the dreams of emerging leaders at ACIAR’s partner organisations in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific who are participating in a new program to strengthen the capacity of their institutions.

Creating wealth in smallholders farms through efficient credit systems in Pakistan - final report

The project aimed to investigate credit markets and schemes that promote entrepreneurial opportunities for Pakistani smallholders, especially women. Understanding the barriers and success factors in these two areas has enabled more effective development schemes. This study explored how giving farmers, particularly women, access to credit and entrepreneurial opportunities can help smallholders to improve agricultural productivity and reduce poverty.