Putting people at the centre of agricultural research-for-development The Social Systems Program takes a people-centred approach to agricultural research for development to reduce poverty. Particular emphasis is placed on research on gendered social relations to ensure equitable development for women and men. Other demographic issues such as age, education, income, assets, and distance to market are considered in project design.
An ACIAR-supported farmer learning model is reaching more Papua New Guinean families, thanks to its strong gender and livelihood improvement outcomes.
Professor Barbara Pamphilon is a co-convenor of the ‘Seeds of change’ conference. She spoke to Partners recently about her ongoing work in PNG and its likely extension into other Pacific regions.
The aim of the Family Farm Teams program is to provide one female and one male family head from a household with a series of workshops and family activities that will enable them to work as a family team and to plan together the further development of their agricultural activities. The program can also be used with full family teams (adults, young adults and youth) and with other types of families, such as a widow and adult son, for example, or with polygamous families.
Smallholder farmers in Western Province are benefitting from training to increase women and youth participation in agriculture.
A fusion of agricultural extension training and religious teachings in Papua New Guinea is gaining momentum, as efforts continue to improve women's engagement in agriculture.
A report on opportunities for agricultural knowledge exchange through temporary international labour mobility schemes.
Cook like the locals in Vietnam, Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines, Tanzania and Mozambique.
ACIAR-funded research in the Pacific is supporting smallholder cocoa farmers to improve their livelihoods.
