Food supply chains

Tracking the flow of food: How the Pacific Food Trade Database is helping with regional planning

The Pacific Food Trade Database provides a clear and consistent picture of food and beverage trade across the Pacific region.

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Barriers to tilapia aquaculture

A report on the major challenges to tilapia aquaculture in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.

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Makassar Seaweed Recipe Book

This book is a collection of traditional and innovative recipes using 3 types of edible seaweed produced by smallholders in South Sulawesi.

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Catfish analysis targets food loss in the Mekong Basin

Improving the use of resources and reducing food loss in the Pangasius catfish industries in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

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Addressing key technical bottlenecks in the grouper supply chain in Vietnam (and Australia) through manufactured feed and hatchery developments that aim to improve SME sector profitability

Addressing bottlenecks in the aquaculture grouper supply chain in Vietnam and Australia through research into nutritional constraints and drivers for commercial feed adoption.

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Project code

FIS/2022/148

Program

Fisheries

Project start date

01 Jun 2024

Project end date

01 Dec 2027

Integrating protected cropping systems into high value vegetable value chains in the Pacific and Australia - Final Report

Promoting the adoption of protected cropping systems appropriate for use in Pacific Island Countries and supporting growers producing vegetable crops using protected cropping systems in Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga to access high-value markets.

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Mining site to become food bowl in new ACIAR investment in Kenya

A new ACIAR-funded research initiative will connect smallholder farmers in Kenya to international markets while supporting the transition away from dependency on mining.

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Tackling food loss in the Mekong catfish value chain

New research will look to reduce food loss in the catfish value chain in the Mekong River Basin.

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Strengthening the Fiji papaya industry through applied research and information dissemination

This impact assessment reviews the outcomes and impacts of a project focused on strengthening the Fijian papaya industry, within the broader development goal of improving the livelihoods of rural people in Viti Levu. The project was found to have delivered benefits to both the Fijian and Australian papaya industries.

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High quality markets & value chains for small-scale & emerging beef cattle farmers in South Africa (Stage 2) - Final Report

Improving the profitability of emerging and smallholder cattle farmers through cost-effective and environmentally sustainable beef value chains that supply cattle to meet the specifications of high-value, free-range beef markets.

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An evaluation of fruit and vegetable market development research in north-western Vietnam

An outcome evaluation of several integrated agribusiness projects in Vietnam that were designed to improve vegetable production for women and ethnic minority smallholder farmers in Sơn La and Lào Cai provinces and to improve their access to fruit and vegetable markets.

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Integrating smallholder households and farm production systems into commercial beef supply chains in Vietnam

Investigating approaches between smallholder farming households and commercial intensive agricultural systems to establish and pilot best practice business model(s) based on these new approaches to Proof of Concept.

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Project code

AGB/2020/189

Program

Agribusiness

Project start date

01 Jul 2023

Project end date

30 Jun 2027

Reducing food loss in Pakistan and Sri Lanka

A new project seeks to reduce food loss in mango and tomato value chains in Pakistan and Sri Lanka to improve farmers’ incomes and food security.

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Making value chains work better for the poor

This toolbook provides value chain practitioners with an easy-to-use tools for value chain analysis, with a focus on poverty, gender, and social inclusion.

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An evaluation of the ACIAR Agriculture Sector Linkages Program

As a learning organisation, ACIAR is committed to understanding the diverse outcomes delivered by the research collaborations we develop, to demonstrate the value of investment of public funds, to continuously improve research design and to increase the likelihood that ACIAR- funded research improves the lives of farming communities in our partner countries.

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Enhanced fruit systems for Tonga and Samoa (Phase 2): Community-based citrus production

Increasing domestic citrus production in Tonga and Samoa in support of pro-health outcomes and wider community development.

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Project code

HORT/2019/165

Program

Horticulture

Project start date

01 Sep 2021

Project end date

30 Jun 2025

Improved processing to boost cocoa quality in the Pacific

New fermentation methods for cocoa beans developed and tested through ACIAR-funded research are improving bean quality and opening up new export opportunities for Pacific cocoa farmers.

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A business approach to product and market development for processed sweetpotato products in Papua New Guinea - Final report

Project ASEM-2014-008 aimed at assisting community groups and entrepreneurs in PNG to identify and assess product and market development opportunities for processed sweetpotato products.

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Managing food value chains for improved nutrition for urban vulnerable populations in Mzuzu City (AfricitiesFood)

Identifying and characterising the nature and scale of food and nutrition loss in urban agrifood chains in Mzuzu City and defining drivers and implications.

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Project code

CS/2021/115

Program

Agribusiness

Project start date

01 Sep 2021

Project end date

31 Aug 2023

PNG sweetpotato farmers to benefit from access to new markets

Sweetpotato farmers in PNG have gained valuable insight into consumer buying preferences helping to identify new market opportunities.

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Enhancing smallholder linkages to markets by optimising transport and logistics infrastructure - Final report

This project aimed to evaluate opportunities to reduce logistics costs to small-scale farmers, and contribute to more informed policy on infrastructure that promotes development and access to markets in Indonesia and Vietnam. View project page.

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Improved productivity, efficiency and sustainability of the culture-based fishery for finfish and giant freshwater prawn in Sri Lankan reservoirs

Introducing a robust, science based, inclusive management regime for Culture Based Fishery of giant freshwater prawn (GFP) and finfish species in Sri Lankan reservoirs.

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Project code

FIS/2018/157

Program

Fisheries

Project start date

01 Jun 2020

Project end date

30 Nov 2025

Sustainable intensification of maize-legume systems for food security in eastern and southern Africa (SIMLESA): Lessons and way forward

For almost a decade, ACIAR brokered and invested in an ambitious, multidisciplinary applied research program in eastern and southern Africa. This book is a synthesis of results and lessons, reflecting the hard work of more than 60 African and 15 international and Australian scientists.