Completed Research Activities
UNE provided monitoring support to East Kalimantan Dinas Peternakan animal husbandry staff and their partners with the importation of Australian breeder cattle. Inputs were confined to the distribution and establishment phase of the project, where activities focused on ensuring that animals were appropriately managed and that the immediate needs to achieve good levels of animal welfare were addressed. Funding Organisation Completed in 2016 Contact Collaboration between the University of New England, Center for Sustainable Production and Consumption (Hue, Vietnam), and Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry. Funding Organisation Completed in 2015 Contact Continued farmer engagement and data collection from DGEA1 in Kenya and Uganda and gathered baseline information on status of dairy genetics in Tanzania and Ethiopia. Funding Organisation Completed in 2014 Contact This is a short term project to evaluate the impact and level of adoption of the technologies developed under ACIAR project AH/2002/038. Funding Organisation Completed in 2014 Collaboration between the University of New England and Cologne University, Germany. Funding Organisation Completed in 2013 Contact Collaboration between University of New England and Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam Funding Organisation Completed in 2013 Contact Collaboration between the University of New England and Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Funding Organisation Completed in 2013 Contact The aim of this small research activity was to determine the potential of soil fingerprinting techniques, which have been developed for purposes such as soil science, criminal forensics, geological exploration and archaeology, to provide evidence for animal origin in assist with biosecurity. This project developed a completely new approach to livestock tracking/provenancing. This was done by combining spectral analysis with data mining, using the concept that soils are spatially unique (i.e. have a spectral ‘fingerprint’). The approach was received enthusiastically by Cambodian government agency representatives. Funding Organisation Completed 2012 - 2013 Contact Research phase of a proposed long-term implementation program to develop and deliver appropriate germplasm into the small-holder dairy sectors of Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda (initially). Research includes determining in situ which genotypes work best for poor farmers and working with key players to develop a sustainable business model for widespread delivery of appropriate germplasm. Funding Organisation Completed 2010 - 2013 Contact The aim of the project was to design and validate protocols for ground-truthing remotely sensed data in approximating feed availability. Funding Organisation Completed 2012 Contact Maize is a relatively new crop in Cambodia with substantial potential but risk of declining sol fertility if not properly managed. The project develops and disseminates appropriate production, harvest and post-harvest methods. Funding Organisation Completed 2011 Contact Completed in 2011 Contact Several visits have taken place and several MSc/PhD students recruited. PSLP under development to assist in development of a suitable university curriculum. Funding Organisation Completed 2009 - 2011 Contact This was a short term consultancy to conduct a mid-project review of this ACIAR project. Funding Organisation Completed 2011 This project seeks to develop double cropping options for a rice/non-rice (mung bean, soybean and peanut) system for small-holder farmers in Cambodia, and to promote non-rice crop technologies that are efficient users of water and deliver higher financial returns to growers. Funding Organisation Completed 2006 - 2010 Contact The project explored the drivers and opportunities to invest in livestock genetics to improve livelihoods of poor farmers in SSA. Recommendations were made to the Foundation funding the project on four potential projects for investment that were expected to yield a large impact on farmer livelihoods. Funding Organisation Completed 2009 Contact An investigation of the minimum level fresh grass needed to supplement rice straw in the diet of cattle; Effects on feed intake, the rumen ecosystem and diet digestibility. Funding Organisation Completed 2009 Contact The aim of this project was to empower small-scale/emerging farmers in South Africa to be self-sustaining by opening new markets for their beef products. The project work was designed specifically to: Funding Organisation Completed 2004 - 2008 Contact This project consolidated and field tested, under shepherd management, the improved reproductive rate and parasite resistance of Decanni sheep, using genes that have been introduced from other Indian breeds as a result of earlier ACIAR funded research. A post-project workshop led to the publication: Use of the FecB (Booroola) gene in sheep breeding programs in India. Funding Organisation Completed 2004 - 2008
Northern Territory Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Professor John Gibson
Endeavour Scholarship
A/Professor Paul Kristiansen
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Professor John Gibson
ACIAR
Cologne University
A/Professor Paul Kristiansen
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
A/Professor Paul Kristiansen
University of New England and Maejo University
A/Professor Paul Kristiansen
ACIAR
Dr Matthew Tighe
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Professor John Gibson
National Research Council of South Africa
Dr Isa Yunusa
ACIAR
Professor Bob Martin
A/Professor Paul Kristiansen
ACIAR
Dr Karl Vernes
ACIAR
ACIAR
Professor Bob Martin
Professor John Gibson
CIAT
Centre for Tropical Agriculture
Dr Darryl Savage
ACIAR
Dr Heather Burrow (Beef CRC)
Associate Professor John Thompson
ACIAR