Below is a list of stories that have featured on our home page. The stories are generally related to Crawford Fund public awareness or general news around food security, our training and our policy work.
The symbols below show the area to which each story relates. Where applicable, the Crawford Fund State Committee involved in the training is also indicated.
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March 2019
Developing scientific collaboration for a hunger free world at IRRI
Farming on Thin Ice
Building Enterprise in the Pearl Industry for Women in the Pacific
Call for Nominations for the 2019 Crawford Fund Fellowship
February 2019
Pig Nutrition and Management in Smallholder Systems, Lao PDR
Improving the Efficiency of Biogas – Power from Poo Research in Nepal
A Focus on Myanmar’s National Genebank
Local Food, Food Safety and Food Sovereignty
Understanding the Potential of Local Plants in Supporting Food Security: A Study Case in Salatiga
The Importance of Plant Biosecurity
Healthy Diets and Sustainable Food Systems
Crawford Fund 2019 Food Security Journalism Award
Plant Pathologist Reports on Visit to Pakse, Laos
January 2019
Capacity Building for Intercropping Legumes in Vietnam and Myanmar
Building Landcare in Uganda
How Smart are “Smart Foods”?
With a Strategy for the Future: Annual Report 2017-18
Fish Passages Master Class in Thailand
Is the world food system broken? “Food policy challenges and strategies: Australia, the Indo-Pacific region and beyond”
Global Tan Spot Disease Resistance in Wheat the Focus of QLD Student
Join the Australian Volunteers Program, Volunteer Soils Agronomist in Lao PDR
December 2018
Happy “New-sy Year” to you!
Kick-Starting Rice Research and Production Knowledge
Capacity Building Program in the Lao PDR in Trade, Crop Health, Biosecurity and Food Safety
Training on Advanced Embroyo Flushing in Bhutan
Exploring New Practices for Cambodia’s Cassava Growers
2018 Conference scholar reflections – the bumper edition
Establishing Sustainable Pest Management for Cambodian Rice Farmers
Enhancing Animal Disease Investigation and Post Mortem Skills through practical workshops in Thailand and Bhutan
November 2018
Opinion: Avoiding a Global Nutrition Catastrophe
Statistics in Research and Teaching in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Exploring Farmer Livelihoods and Herd Health in Rural Myanmar
Mentoring program spreads to Timor Leste
Investigating improved water supply and commercial horticultural production in Timor Leste
And lucky last, our conference scholar reflections from… Queensland
Getting stuck into rice research and production
Our Conference Scholar Reflections Delivered by … South Australia
Join the Australian Volunteers Program, Volunteer Horticulturalist (Vegetables) in Lao PDR
Time to apply for our 2019 Student Awards!
October 2018
Workshop on Agricultural Research Leadership and Management presented by RAID and the Crawford Fund
Opinion: Aligning our food security and environmental goals: The case for greening Asia’s irrigation
Queensland Training & Mentoring Awards open
Our conference scholar reflections delivered by… Victoria
Contributing to production and biosecurity – cattle and buffalo in Cambodia
We Are Pleased To Present Our Conference Scholar Reflections From … Tasmania
Want to make a difference? Like to travel? We have overseas volunteering opportunities available in Laos
Our Conference Scholar Reflections from … The Australian Capital Territory
Agricultural Innovations for Communities in Timor-Leste
September 2018
Building confidence in writing for agricultural journals workshop
Opinion: Key policy levers for healthy and sustainable diets: revisiting agricultural and health economic signals
Gaming as a Socioeconomic Research Tool for Lao Agricultural Scientists
Gender Equality and Agricultural Development in the South Pacific
Strengthening Impact Pathways through understanding the Adoption Process
Exploring difference for mutual benefit – mungbeans in Myanmar
Our Conference Scholar Reflections Thoughtfully Provided From… New South Wales
A Conference Scholar Reflection From… The Northern Territory
Our Conference Scholar Reflections Kick-Off With… Western Australia
2018 International Science Award (years 10-12)
August 2018
Gender Equality and Agricultural Development in the South Pacific
Opinion: Working harder against “truth decay” in science and agriculture
The 2018 Sir John Crawford Memorial Address
2018 Crawford Fund Annual Conference Keynote Listeners Report
Clarisa Collis Wins Our 2017 Food Security Journalism Award
Crawford Fund Medal 2018
July 2018
Opinion: Towards Food Security
Announcing Our 2018 Annual Conference Scholars
Student report from Timor-Leste
Acacia Plantations in Vietnam
Pacific Biosecurity Champions
Drum Roll for AgriEducate Essay Competition Winners
Study tour of sustainable forest management practices in Tasmania for forestry officers from Pacific Island Countries
June 2018
Call for Expressions of Interest for a Volunteer Diagnostic Plant Pathologist
Crawford Fund Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry on Aid Effectiveness
Applications now open for Agricultural Research Leadership and Management Master Class
Dr Leigh Vial and the Laos Dry-Seeder Program
Do you know your bugs? Want to make a difference? Like to travel? We have overseas volunteering opportunities available
Changing our Strategy for a Changing Environment: The Crawford Fund Strategic Plan 2018-2023
May 2018
NT Forum all about opportunities and partnerships
Australian mentors spend a week in Vietnam with Acacia breeders
Crawford Fund Fellowship awarded to…
2018 Conference Scholarships Launched
Drum roll – announcing our 2018 International Student Award Recipients
Training in seed collecting and conservation for forest species in Indonesia and PNG
April 2018
Opinion: The need for agriculture, good research and supporting development in our region
Novel diagnostic methods for identifying vectors and viruses in farmer’s fields
Dr Leigh Vial returns to Laos to check on our seeders project
NT Forum “Developing the Indo-Pacific Region and Developing the North: Opportunities and Partnerships”
Bhutanese researcher joins Agriculture Victoria to improve dairy cattle production
All Reflections from the 2017 International Student Award Recipients
Improving mango quality through post-harvest handling practices in Cambodia
Support a Crawford Fund Scholar 2018
New plant breeding methods for sustainable use of genetic resources and security of food production
March 2018
Opinion: Moving towards a circular economy in Asia: Connecting the city with the farm
Crawford Fund Fellowship awarded to…
The Crawford Fund: an example of Mentoring in International Agricultural Research
Bhutanese researcher joins Agriculture Victoria Ellinbank on scholarship
Strengthening food and nutrition security through family poultry and crop integration in Tanzania
Reducing Beef Calf Loss in South-East Asia
Increasing Beef Production in North-Western Vietnam
Investigating Vietnam’s undersupply of beef-products
Master Tree Grower training held in Luwero, Uganda
Building Awareness and Skills for Smarter Agriculture: Annual Report 2016-17
February 2018
QLD Forum & Networking Reception a Success
Mentoring Program Spreads to Vietnam
Crawford Fund Visit to the Global Seed Vault in Norway for 10th Anniversary
Opinion: Benefits to Australia from involvement in agricultural research for development, using WA as an example
NT student awardee attends international small-scale fisheries symposium in Malaysia
Female Farmers in Myanmar Complete Pesticide Safety Training
Saving the sweet potato: Could little fire ants be the solution?
Biological control workshop in Indonesia highlights urgent need for collaboration
Crawford Fund 2018 Food Security Journalism Award
Master Class builds Indonesian Biosecurity
Livestock research in Vanuatu gives better insights into cross-cultural issues
The health benefits of rice research
Academic Writing in the Mountains of West Timor
January 2018
QLD Forum “Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security – Involving the Next Generation”
December 2017
Cross-cultural experience and research in North-West Cambodia
Agribusiness and Food Security Development in Timor-Leste
Understanding media coverage of fish for Pacific Island food security
Two workshops in Lao PDR herald milestone in capacity building program
Horticulture Researchers in Southern Philippines Complete Statistical Analysis and Experimental Design Training
The 2018 Crawford Fund Student Awards
2017 Crawford Fund Annual Conference Proceedings Released
November 2017
November Highlights E-Newsletter
Opinion: Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: adding value and adding health
Common sense needs to drive plant breeding
Crawford Fund at TropAg
Genetic and agronomic zinc biofortification of sweetcorn
Preharvest and postharvest handling practices of flowers in Myanmar
Women’s Bargaining Power in agricultural value chains
More Mentoring Planned
Micropropagation is the future of clonal propagation of avocado
Improving coconut cloning technology
Sea cucumber research advancing hatchery production using neurohormones to stimulate spawning
Prospects of utilizing wild germplasm for future improvement of macadamia
October 2017
October Highlights E-Newsletter
World Food Security: Impacts, Opportunities and Partnerships
Building research management and leadership capacity
World Food Security: Impacts, Opportunities and Partnerships
WA 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
VIC 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
Pacific Week of Agriculture focus of journalist visit
TAS 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
Conference scholars reflect on the 2017 experience
Why Tissue Culture Matters – a volunteer’s experience
QLD 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
September Highlights E-Newsletter
September 2017
Agricultural Sustainability – an ever ‘Moving Target’
RAID and the Crawford Fund at the Agronomy Conference, Ballarat
SA 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
Rice research & production methods plays its part in fostering regional sustainability
Advancing GOALs for Genebanks in Asia Pacific
First-hand Fishery Experience for Western Australian PhD Researcher
NT 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
ACT 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
NSW 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
Join us at the RAID Agronomy Conference Networking Event, Ballarat
August 2017
Highlights E-Newsletter
Keynote listeners report highlights from the 2017 Crawford Fund Annual Conference
Opinion: Why no public debate on aid policy?
Lessons from conference scholars
A New Narrative for Ending Hunger: Lindiwe Sibanda Presents 2017 Sir John Crawford Memorial Address
ABC Reporter, Brett Worthington Wins Our 2017 Food Security Journalism Award
July 2017
Highlights E-Newsletter
Opinion: Political will, policy change and scientific evidence: whither international agricultural R&D?
ABC TV’s Landline Highlights Impact of Crawford Fund’s Nepal Agriculture Projects
Australian Students Take Their Studies Global Thanks to Crawford Fund State Committees
Drum Roll: 2017 Annual Conference Scholars
Soil fertility training in Uganda and for the first time, in Ethiopia, marked as a success
Thank you to Denis Blight
Behind the Scenes of a UNFAO Internship
June 2017
Highlights E-Newsletter
Introducing our New Director of Training and Master Classes, Professor Shaun Coffey
We need a comms assistant
Invitation to the 2017 Annual Conference
Laos Seeders Delivered
The Crawford Fund Annual Report and Review
The Crawford Fund appoints new CEO
May 2017
Highlights E-Newsletter
The Crawford Fund 2017 Annual Conference
2017 Conference Scholarships Launched
Svalbard is Safe
Get in quick for scholarship to IRRI
Fisheries in-country workshop [TAS]
Enhanced productivity analysis [WA]
Cereals and Saline Soils [WA]
Doing Well by Doing Good [Tas]
April 2017
Marketing for Smallholders [WA]
VALUE-AG Training [SA]
Highlights E-Newsletter
Lao Seeder Success!
Feeding 9 Billion: A Podcast
Irrigation Training in SA [SA]
Human Security—SE Asia [ACT]
Livestock & Food Security
2016 Conference Papers
GOAL Master Class—India
‘Smart Food’ Lecture
March 2017
2017 Journalism Award
From Paddock to Fork [Vic]
March Highlights
Dairy Farming Manual
International Treaty Visit
NSW Biosecurity Event [NSW]
Lao Seeders Rolled Out
Welcome to the Board!
65th Anniversary Award
Landcare in Zambia [Vic]
Welcome New Patron
2017 Rice Conference
Africa & Plant Biosecurity
DFAT White Paper
February 2017
Food Security & Peace
Latest Highlights
Qld Forum a Success! [Qld]
Announcing New Chair
Agricultural Soils Training [SA]
Pest Management: Tanzania [WA]
Qld Awards Launch [Qld]
Doing Well by Doing Good [Qld]
Women & Girls in Science
January 2017
What Young People Say
Highlights Newsletter
Master Tree Growers [Vic]
Predictions in Ag Research
SA Student Award Launch [SA]
Train the Trainer: Rice [NSW]
Tas Student Award Launch [Tas]
Biosecurity in Laos [Vic]
Recruitment for CEO
December 2016
Qld Awardee Report [Qld]
NSW Student Award Launch [NSW]
What Young People Say [Vic]
Vic Scholar Reflections [Vic]
WSU Interviews & Ideas [NSW]
Rabies Control in Bhutan [Vic]
End of Year Highlights
What Young People Say [Tas]
Tas Scholar Reflections [Tas]
Doing Well by Doing Good
What Young People Say [SA]
SA Scholar Reflections [SA]
Leadership & Management
Plant Health in Laos
What Young People Say [WA]
WA Scholar Reflections [WA]
AVID Entomologist [Vic & NSW]
Qld Scholar Reflections [Qld]
What Young People Say [Qld]
Celebrating Volunteers
November 2016
Focus on Nutrition Security
Crawford Highlights
The Myeik Archipelago [Tas]
WA Student Award Launch [WA]
NT Scholar Reflection [NT]
Plant Pathology in Lao PDR [Qld]
What Young People Say [ACT]
Making the Most of It
Crop Wild Relatives News
RAID in Wagga Wagga [NSW]
ACT Scholar Reflections [ACT]
Leadership MC in Penang
Food Composition Training [NSW]
WA Sundowner Event [WA]
October 2016
What Young People Say [NSW]
NSW Scholar Reflections [NSW]
CF Training Award Visit [NSW]
October Highlights
Crop Wild Relatives Event
Values & PNG Logging Code [Tas]
A Week on World Food
Innovative Veneer [Qld]
Soil Maps & Food Security
September 2016
2016 Conference Success!
Cattle Husbandry in Laos [NSW]
Commonwealth Voices
Big Shifts in R&D
Derek Tribe Visit
Take-Home Messages
Lao Seeder Update
August 2016
Crawford Fund Patrons
2016 Journalism Award
RAID-CF Partnership
2015 Conference Proceedings
Mechanisation in Laos
Soil Borne Pathogens [SA & Vic]
Fighting Hidden Hunger
IFPRI & Nestlé Keynotes
More Conference Scholars
Food Waste Conference—Register Now!
Biofortification Panel
July 2016
Whitefly Identification [WA]
Filipino Researchers Visit [Qld]
July Highlights
2016 Conference Scholars
June 2016
Crawford Address & 60Mins
Research Leadership MC
2016 Memorial Address
2016 Conference Invitation
2016 Conference Launch
Jackfruit R&D Training [Qld]
PNG Women in Agriculture [SA]
May 2016
Seeders for Lao Farmers
An Agricultural Path
May Highlights
Crawford Fund Fellowship
Weedy Rice Control [WA]
Qld’s Winning Scholars [Qld]
Africa Biosecurity Network
CF Soils Master Class [NSW]
Managing Water in India [SA]
April 2016
Journalism Award Visit
April Highlights
Nematodes in Laos [ACT]
Experience in Ethiopia [WA]
Marketing Coffee [WA]
Partnership Wins
2015 Derek Tribe Award
Train-the-Trainer Video [NSW]
Scholar Travel Report
Improved Wheat
Past Crawford Scholar Blog
March 2016
Training Visit Award [NSW]
Durian in Cambodia [NSW]
March Highlights
2016 Conference Scholarships
Beetles & Training in Laos
Young Crawford Updates
International Women’s Day
Vale Ian MacKinnon AM
Student Ambassadors [ACT]
Our Annual 2016 Conference
ACIAR John Dillon Fellows [Tas & NT]
Lester Updates from Laos
Conference to Solomons [NSW]
February 2016
Agribusiness in Asia
Fertile Soil in Uganda [WA]
Young Scientist Support [Qld]
More News on Watermelons
Pulse Smart
February Highlights
Managing Rodents [Qld]
Journalism Award Launch
More Blogging from Laos
WA Training and Ag. Awards [WA]
Harriet & Jill Blog in Laos [NSW]
Economists & Food Security
Australia Day Honours
Student Blog from Laos [NSW]
January 2016
In Memory of Don Mentz
Rice Pathogen Diagnostics [Vic]
Green Furniture Design [Vic]
Instagram for Awareness
January Highlights
December 2015
Livelihoods & Resources [NT]
December Highlights
Time for Renewal
Digital Soil Mapping [NSW]
Landcare Training in Fiji [Vic]
Marketing for Smallholders [WA]
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Social Research & Farming [NSW]
November 2015
Ag. Development & Women
Tribute to Meryl Williams
Water Reuse for Agriculture [SA]
November Highlights
Training in Mango Research [NT]
Crop Genetic Resources [Qld]
International Opportunity [Qld]
Crawford & 40 yrs of IFPRI
October 2015
Australia-Africa Biosecurity
Training in Cocoveneer [Tas]
Global Hunger Index
Catchment Management MC
October Highlights
All Things Wheat
Soil for Food Security [Qld]
WA Sundowner Event [WA]
September 2015
2015 Conference Scholars
Crawford Fund Presentation [WA]
Applied Fisheries Master Class [WA & Tas]
September Highlights
Window for Food Security
WA Networking Event Report [WA]
Feed Mill Business Planning [SA]
August 2015
‘Business of Food Security’ Summary
HE Gerda Verburg Opinion Piece
African Plant Biosecurity
August Highlights
2015 Crawford Fund Medal
Ms Sarina Locke—Our 2015 Journalism Awardee
July 2015
“Seeds of Time” Movie Event
2015 Conference Scholars
Support Young People
WA Networking Event [WA]
Sweetpotato Virus Workshop [Qld]
Dairy Farming in West Java [Vic]
Focussing our Training
Welcome Melina
June 2015
Farmer Training in Indonesia [SA]
2015 Crawford Fund Fellowship
Biosecurity Opportunity
“Having a Go” Video
Pest Prevention in South East Asian Flour Mills [WA]
Mining Regions in Focus [WA]
Training for Goat Growth [NSW]
Perplexing Citrus Pathogens [Vic]
May 2015
Sharing Fifteen Years Experience
The Business of Food Security in lower Mekong
Pest Threats and Invasions [NSW & WA]
Capacity-building for the future in Tasmania [Tas]
Networking with Nepalese [Tas]
Celebrating Dick Austen’s Contribution [NSW]
Training and collaboration leads to publication [NSW]
Queensland Award Recipients Announced [Qld]
Training Myanmar’s Future Trainers [NSW]
Future of food growing
Scholarships for Wheat Breeding Technology Workshop
Grazing legumes from indigenous flora [WA]
April 2015
Tropical Dairy Translation [Vic]
Communications Master Class in India
Introduction to the Red List [Tas]
Videos show researchers “Having a go” [Qld]
Communication knowledge spreads in PNG
Having a go at international agricultural research [Qld]
March 2015
IFPRI – Advances and Setbacks in Global Food Security
African Communication
Vale Dr Lloyd Evans
Tree Seed Training [ACT]
Cow talk [Vic]
Plant Breeders Without Borders [Vic]
Climate Smart Agriculture
From Famine to Feast in 40 Years
February 2015
Nutrition security in Timor-Leste through poultry [NSW]
2015 Journalism Award launched
Young Scholar’s Perspective on Aid Conference [ACT]
International Training Award Program [Qld]
Young Qld Ag Scientists Take Note! [Qld]
Fish disease investigation goes digital [WA]
Advancing the march towards a food secure Africa: The role of biosciences and the BecA-ILRI Hub
NSW Committee tours Laos [NSW]
Young Ag Scientists Networking in WA (event report) [WA]
Africa Communication Master Class Open
January 2015
Improving PNG Soils & Forests [TAS]
Young Scientists Share Experiences in WA (event announcement) [WA]
Our former chair to head Murray-Darling Basin Authority
More Congratulations – Tony Fischer
What happens when we remain silent?
Great feedback on Pacific Master Class
December 2014
Training to publish results in English [SA]
Crawford Fund Fellowship recipient, Dinar Hartawan, concludes visit
UWS student interviews at Crawford Fund conference on YouTube
November 2014
Forum with SA expertise [SA]
Protecting Africa’s bees for food security and health
Safe and effective herbicide use in Bangladesh [WA]
Demand led plant variety design
Finite Phosphorous [SA]
African biosecurity ‘change champions’ on the way
October 2014
Collaboration Leads to Publication [ACT]
Train the trainer in biodiversity in PNG [Tas]
Philippines Landcare – a training ground [Vic]
Bringing home the bacon [NSW]
Short or long hoes? [WA]
African biosecurity ‘change champions’ on the way
Biosecurity for aid and trade
Mentoring on soils in Timor L’este [Qld]
World Food Prize for a Breeder Without Borders
Profiting from the private sector – so seeds meet needs
Congrats to UQ Alumni
September 2014
Landcare’s 25th anniversary in Australia
Making more with less – how do we feed the world as the population soars?
Learning about opportunities to work in, with and for developing countries [NSW]
August 2014
Crawford Fund Medal: Robyn Alders 2014
Journalism Award Winner 2014
Legend in Soil Science
The Hon John Kerin AM appointed ICRISAT International Ambassador of Goodwill
All things fruit, vege, nuts, berries and flowers
Tony Gregson appointed to ACIAR Commission
2014 Crawford Fund Fellowship: Dinar Hartawan
Harvest Radio: Doing Well and Doing Good
July 2014
Biosecurity: International Dimensions, Threats and Strategies [Vic]
Introducing Colin Chartres
Results from Rice Training [NSW]
Ensuring science-based biosafety regulation
Communicating and networking takes off
June 2014
Informing G20 on the World’s Food Needs
May 2014
Australian and African farmers tackle food security [Qld]
Long-term friendships through ag research
Free flowing fish for food security [NSW]
Increasing crop yields should be the focus for achieving global food security
Ecosystem characterisation of the Bay of Bengal
April 2014
Enhancing rural livelihoods in Africa [WA]
Norman Borlaug celebrations well covered
Getting turned on to international agricultural research
March 2014
Aussie wild relatives in the mix at Svalbard
Facing the global food crisis using trade and aid for a food secure world
Pig nutrition in Laos [NSW]
Power to the farmers [Vic & SA]
February 2014
Sustainable aquaculture [Qld]
QLD seminar: ‘Engaging Young Scientists’
Early detection of plant pathogens [Qld]
Strengthening biosecurity in Timor Leste and the region [NT/WA]
Landcare popular in Popua, Tonga [Vic]
Making the public aware – welcome to Wendy
January 2014
Buckets of gratitude for Sallyanne Atkinson
Decision-making for mangosteens [WA]
Earlier stories
Extension for climate change adaptation practices, November 2013
Recognition of lifetime contribution: capacity building and food security, November 2013
2013 Global hunger index – greater resilience-building needed, October 2013
A couple of agronomists, October 2013
“The win is ours” PNG women in agriculture, October 2013
Pursuing a passion for agriculture for development, 2013
A 2063 vision of agriculture, August 2013
Thank you to Dr Bruce Standen, July 2013
Master tree growing training, January 2013
Dramatic decline in food production in Asia & Pacific, February 2013
So much to do and so much opportunity, February 2013
Chickpea genome decoded, January 2013
New pact to secure genebanks: critical to food security, January 2013
Farming for more milk in Asia, November 2012
The rat flood, August 2012
Social science for agriculture in PNG, August 2012
Managing greater demands on Laos water resources, July 2012
Improving PNGs pyrethrum industry, April 2012
Forestry in Laos, April 2012
Young Crawfords up and running, March 2012
Coconut press presses ahead in