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.
This project aimed to quantify current yield gaps (physiological, economic, and sustainable-water) for major food crops at sentinel sites across the IGP, and make preliminary assessments on the effects of conservation agriculture-based system intensification (CASI) technologies, future climate scenarios, and some economic variables. View project page.
This project aimed to better understand key challenges facing Farmer Organizations, focused on the critical factors for successful development, and to identify practical ways for District Agriculture and Forestry Offices to use in advising smallholder farmers.
Cook like the locals in Vietnam, Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines, Tanzania and Mozambique.
In what might be a first, ACIAR-supported researchers have introduced the historically coastal crop of cocoa to the PNG Highlands.
This project aimed to increase productivity, marketing options, incomes and livelihood choices of smallholder cattle farmers in Vanuatu; meeting markets and developing the industry. View project page.
