This project aimed to quantitatively evaluate the possible outcomes of applying a new economic growth model in Vietnam during the 2021-2030 decade with a vision towards 2050. Rapid economic growth and escaping the middle-income trap are a top-priority objective of Vietnam. The country has adopted a ‘dual economy’ model where some geographical regions and economic sectors have been prioritized, and they can have a higher level of development compared to the rest of the economy.

Insight into policies that promote protection against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1), with a focus on poultry owners’ livelihoods.

The nature, drivers, and consequences of rural transformation to design changes in the policies, institutions, and investments which support success.

Accelerating the adoption of Zero-Till seed drills to reduce crop residue burning and boost sustainable food energy and water security.

This project aimed to provide policy-makers with evidence-based economic analysis and advice so they can reduce constraints to pulses production and trade, and increase productivity in Pakistan.

This SRA aimed to perform agriculture-related policy review and analysis in order to create a strong policy framework in Vietnam.

This SRA evaluated the operational effectiveness and adequacy of Decree 57, to identify any misalignment between the policy design and the behavioural responses by the private sector, to recommend possible improvements to the decree, and to propose future policy directions for evidence-based agricultural policy in Vietnam.

Analysing gender transformative approaches to agricultural development with ethnic minority communities in Vietnam.

This project aimed to develop research as a core activity of Yezin Agricultural University and University of Veterinary Science, enabling these universities to meet Myanmar’s needs for agricultural and veterinary researchers, and to exploit the broader educational advantages of a research informed curriculum.

This project aimed to promote more socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable agricultural intensification in West Bengal and Bangladesh, with an emphasis on water Food production in India and Bangladesh has increased and intensified over the last 50 years. This is due largely to high-yielding crop varieties, better animal breeds and animal husbandry, aquaculture, fertilisation, mechanisation, irrigation, and pesticides. Agricultural intensification is increasing food production and meeting demand for food.

This project addressed two interacting issues: the decline in cocoa productivity on smallholdings and the effects of changes in the value chain and regulatory framework. As in two previous ACIAR projects, CP/2000/102 and SMAR/2005/074, the main focus was on the livelihood of smallholder cocoa growers in Sulawesi and West Papua.

Improving policies for forest plantation industry development in Lao PDR and Vietnam.

This project aimed to design practicable marketing policy reforms to improve producers’ and consumers’ welfare, with particular attention to gender and poverty dimensions.  Pakistan’s horticulture industry is one of the largest in the world with huge growth potential in both domestic and export markets. 

This project aimed to improve the capacity of Lao and Cambodian crop protection and plant quarantine staff in plant disease diagnosis and plant biosecurity. Biosecurity and plant protection systems in Cambodia and Lao PDR cannot effectively identify and diagnose pest interceptions or monitor pests in local crops. This is largely due to a lack of local expertise, information and physical resources at the operational level, and the absence of organisational processes and communication networks essential to the diagnostic process.

Reducing the knowledge and information gap on the inputs, performance, and outcomes of agricultural research systems in Southeast Asia

This project aimed to develop and monitor policy and design institutional arrangements at the national, provincial and local levels to effectively implement REDD+, and equitably distribute its benefits to communities. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is an important global response to the threat of climate change. Indonesia has consistently promoted the REDD+ mechanism reached at the 2010 Cancun meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

This project aimed to contribute to improved agricultural policies for rice-based farming systems in Laos and Cambodia, taking account of trends in Thailand and Vietnam, in line with ACIAR's food security initiative for the Mekong region. Rapid agrarian change in the Mekong region coupled with recent shocks to global food, fertiliser, and fuel prices have accentuated the risks and challenges facing farmers engaged in rice-based farming systems, particularly in the marginal environments of Laos and Cambodia.

Advising on policy interventions to enhance productivity, reduce negative environmental externalities, and improve household welfare in Indonesia’s upland catchments. 

This project aimed to develop policies that benefit smallholders in the Punjab and Sindh provinces, Pakistan.

This project will conduct an overview of Indonesian agricultural technologies, policies and associated data that impacted on economic growth and production efficiency.