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Empowering women in remote communities through skills training
Blog post prepared by Craig Johns, Associate Director, Centre for Global Food and Resources Australian Aid money is at its most powerful when the impact is felt at the grassroots and community level. Last week I had the privilege of being part of a very talented team of trainers conducting practical workshops in municipal markets […]
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Regional Collaborative Platform (RCP) to enhance adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) technologies in Indian Gangetic Plains
Blog post prepared by Dr. Adam Loch Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) led Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funded project, “Value chain and policy interventions to accelerate adoption of zero tillage in rice-wheat farming systems across the Indo Gangetic Plains” had its final workshop activity in Kathmandu recently, on the 22-23rd […]
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Papua New Guinea’s ‘Galip Nut’ commercialised
‘Canarium Indicum’ is an agroforestry tree in Papua New Guinea that produces edible nuts and has been the focus of efforts by donor agencies and The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) to develop as a commercial crop. The first commercial products of the Canarium Indicum tree traditionally known as Galip in PNG was launched in […]
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Stakeholder engagement to accelerate Happy Seeder adoption
The Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) led project on accelerated adoption of Happy Seeder in Indian Gangetic Plains funded by Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has entered its final activity stage. Dr. Adam Loch and Dr. Jay Cummins recently visited Bangladesh and India to conduct three stakeholder engagement workshops at Rangpur […]
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Towards more profitable and sustainable vegetable farming systems in north-western Vietnam
The GFAR -led Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) – funded project “Towards more profitable and sustainable vegetable farming systems in north-western Vietnam” is drawing to an end in 2018. In April the project team presented progress and research findings to ACIAR and three independent reviewers at the end of a project review workshop. […]
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Happy Seeder – a catalyst to reduce environmental degradation
Today is World Environment Day. Preventing environmental degradation is critical to sustain agricultural production systems, curtail pollution and improving human health. In the past few blog posts, we have mentioned the issue of stubble burning in North West India and the harmful impact on the environment, which in turn affects soil and human health. A […]
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GFAR project under Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (SDIP)
A Centre for Global Food and Resources (GFAR) project funded by ACIAR has been featured under the Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (SDIP) program. Under the development assistance program in south and west Asia, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has launched the Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio (SDIP) , which aims to improve the integrated management […]
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A new Nut on the block!
Blog post written by Craig Johns, Associate Director Agribusiness Innovation, GFAR It is not every day you get to launch a new food product, particularly when it is the culmination of years of research and strong multidisciplinary collaboration across two countries. Well, this is what just happened in Papua New Guinea last week. Centre for […]
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A cup of coffee from Uganda
Blog post prepared by Rohan Yargop It is impossible to comprehend a start to the day without a cup of our favourite latte, long black or cappuccino! While most of us go about our daily routines with the support of our beloved coffee, we do not always think about the effort the coffee grower has […]
IndoGreen to support sustainable agriculture in Indonesia’s upland
Blog post prepared by Sacha Amaruzaman, PhD Student at the Centre for Global Food & Resources Indonesia’s agricultural sector in the last decade has rapidly expanded in order to provide food for the growing population, as well as boosting the economic growth. Much of this expansion is in the upland area, bringing trade-off between the […]
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