ACIAR is proud to partner with Global Landcare to publish this book, in which researchers and practitioners from 11 countries share their expertise and experience of landcare around the world.
Introducing conservation agriculture Soil and Land Management Program aims to help smallholders boost productivity through sustainable use of limited resources in a changing climate. Ensuring that agricultural production is sustainable—and benefits smallholder farmers—is a key challenge for long-term food security.
Two Fijian ACIAR Alumni are working with smallholder farmers to boost soil health and strengthen food security across the Pacific region.
Improving farmers' incomes and livelihoods by developing sustainable and inclusive vegetable value chains in Myanmar and Vietnam.
This project aimed to quantify the extent and intensity of serious constraints and problems affecting the production of coffee and black pepper in Central Highlands in order to improve the sustainability and productivity of the farming systems and value chains of these commodities in Gia Lai, Dak Nong and Dak Lak provinces. The project also aimed to deliver a situational analysis of on-farm coffee and black pepper production in three target provinces in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, and investigated the farming systems that rely on coffee and black pepper production and
This project aimed to improve the livelihoods of the people living in the coral atolls of Kiribati and Tuvalu. Atolls of the Pacific islands are among the most vulnerable communities to the impacts of climate change and are facing major challenges to their food and income security. Malnutrition is a significant concern and non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and micronutrient deficiencies, are increasingly evident because of low awareness of the effect of poor diet.
By Dr James Quilty, ACIAR Research Program Manager for Soil and Land Management
A research project aimed at improving the livelihoods of the people living in the coral atolls of Kiribati and Tuvalu.
New soil research is boosting sustainable production of vegetables in Indonesia
