ACIAR

Posted by | November 28, 2018
ACIAR/Griffith University Tropical Fruit Processing Research Project Workshop – Sanur, Indonesia, 24 and 25 November 2018

Key workshop speakers in Sanur, Indonesia. The first workshop was successfully delivered in Sanur, Indonesia on 24 and 25 November. Full details of the presentations can be found under the...

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Posted by | November 21, 2018
Lessons learned from ‘Integrating gender in value-chain research’

Hanoi workshop - participants learning about integrating gender in value-chain research I’m Linh, an agricultural researcher from SCAP based in Ho Chi Minh city. I had an opportunity to participate...

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Posted by | September 20, 2018
New ACIAR mango project- Planning the first year

Inception workshop attendees planned the research activities for the first year of the mango supply chain project.  Thank you to Dr Nozomi Kawarazuka from CIP for providing insights into applying...

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Posted by | September 18, 2018
New ACIAR project launched in September – Improving smallholder farmer incomes through strategic market development in mango supply chains in southern Vietnam

Official project launch at the Sao Mai Hotel, Dong Thap, Vietnam. Presentations and discussions were held between government, industry, farming community stakeholders from Dong Thap and Tien Giang and research...

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Posted by | July 9, 2018
New ACIAR Mango R&D Project to be launched in southern Vietnam

Planning is underway for a new mango research and development project. The ACIAR project Improving smallholder farmer incomes through strategic market development in mango supply chains in southern Vietnam (AGB/2012/061)...

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Mango Agribusiness Research Program workshop participants
Posted by | March 20, 2018
Mango Agribusiness Research Program – Launch

Mango Agribusiness Program launch, Workshop 1 held in Guangzhou, 19 March 2018. More information to follow over the next 18 months.

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Mango crop
Posted by | January 25, 2018
Boosting mango trade from the south

Mangoes represent a significant income opportunity for smallholder farmers in southern Vietnam. Improving mango productivity and competitiveness offers a significant opportunity to improve incomes and livelihoods of thousands of farming...

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Water-saving techniques
Posted by | January 24, 2018
Simple technologies improve yields on sandy soils

Farming communities in the south central coastal region of Vietnam face many challenges relating to infertile sandy soils and water shortages. Since 2007, four projects supported by A$5.4 million from...

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Mangoes being ripened in a Filipino wet market. (Photo: Daryl Joyce)
Posted by | January 24, 2018
Safe to handle

The Philippines stands to benefit from an Australian invention that is vastly improving the way fruit is ripened for market Easily bruised, fast-to-spoil fruit such as mangoes and bananas require relatively sophisticated...

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