News Stories
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.
October 2022
- Nutrition-sensitive aquatic food systems: Can mangroves support gendered food and nutrition security?
- Presenting Conference Scholar Reflections from WA
September 2022
- Assessing the potential of biochar in Vietnam’s forestry industry
- From Ag School to International Ag
- Our Conference Scholar Reflections from the ACT
- Conference scholar reflections all the way from PNG
- Welcoming new board members
- Presenting our conference scholar reflections from NSW
- A new patron for the Fund: The Hon Margaret Reid AO
- Introducing Our Conference Scholar Reflections…first up South Australia!
- “Native Foods” school plant science competition winners announced
- Conference Attention
- Applications now open for DPI NSW’s Biosecurity Summer Internship Program
August 2022
- 2022 Keynote Listeners report
- Dr Audrey Aumua presenting the 2022 Sir John Crawford Memorial Address: Video now available.
- For a Second Time in 2022 – Our Food Security Journalism Award winner is…
- Crawford Fund’s August 2022 Highlights e-newsletter
July 2022
- Our 2022 conference scholars: welcoming new faces into the #ag4dev fold
- Announcing the 2022 Crawford-in-Queensland International Engagement Award Winners
- Sustainable Intensification of Agri-Food Systems in South-East Asia – 11 July to 8 August 2022
- A GIFT to PNG fisheries
- Upcoming Master Class – investing in the future of the global agri-food systems
- Notes from the field in Nepal
- 2022 Student Awardees to take flight
- Mastering nematode morphology: a student’s perspective
- Development for a Better Future – more NextGen voices to inspire students
June 2022
- Crawford Fund 2022 Food Security Journalism Award – Take Two
- Recognising women’s contribution to fisheries through gleaning
- All in a PhD’s work – exploring the role of proteins for food security and better beer
- Research, gender and you
- Crawford Fund’s June 2022 Highlights e-newsletter
May 2022
- Australia – A Powerhouse of Agricultural Research
- Our Food Security Journalism Award winner is…
- Student Award applications – second round offer for NSW, WA & VIC
- Master Class on Sustainable Intensification of smallholder Agrifood Systems for SDG achievement
- Sustaining fisheries in Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
- Spreading Word of Teaching Materials
- E-mentoring continues momentum
April 2022
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Rafaela Barbosa de Andrade Aragao, Griffith University
- 2021 Crawford Fund annual conference proceedings now available
- Celebrating plant science enthusiasm and competition
- 2022 Conference Scholarships opportunity for young West Aussies
March 2022
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Nicholas Metherall, Australian National University
- Crawford Fund 2022 Food Security Journalism Award
- Crawford Fund’s March 2022 Highlights e-newsletter now available
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Brendan Fu, The University of Queensland
February 2022
- Tastier Australian papaya through international collaboration
- Maintaining media interest in a pandemic
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Nicola McGunnigle, University of Adelaide
- Honing co-benefits: More than just carbon
- Resilience in a Time of Uncertainty
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Yichen Kang, The University of Queensland
- Staying connected for plant health
January 2022
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Amy Bates, Charles Sturt University
- Announcing the winners of the Biosecurity Summer Internship Program at DPI NSW
- Science for Food Security: First NextGen event for 2022
December 2021
- “How will you lead?” – Crawford Fund Conference Scholar Blog Competition
- 2021 Crawford Fund Conference Keynote Listeners Report
- Miss our Crawford Fund Medals Presentation? Now available with Dr Brian Keating and Dr TJ Higgins
- Dr Agnes Kalibata presenting the 2021 Sir John Crawford Memorial Address – video presentation now available
- Crawford Fund Annual Conference – presentations now available
- Live in NT, TAS or WA? Don’t miss out…we have Crawford Fund Annual Conference events for you!
- Ag Pathways to Making a Global Difference
November 2021
- Landcare Approach to Community NRM in Timor Leste
- Opportunity awaits! The Crawford Fund Student Awards are now open
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Greta Stark, University of Adelaide
- Collaboration is key! Improving tropical tree seedling quality in the Philippines
- NextGen News!
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Lauren Stoot, Charles Sturt University
October 2021
- Crawford Fund’s November 2021 Highlights e-newsletter now available
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Trinh Huynh, University of the Sunshine Coast
- Seeking New E-Mentors
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Sabrina Morrison, University of Queensland
- “Grow it, Taste it, Don’t Waste it!” school plant science competition winners announced
- Super Seaweed for Fish Health and Growth
- Getting to know our Student Awardees – Chitpasong Kousonsavath, University of Adelaide
- Join our Training Program – Expressions of Interest Sought
- Sugar beet germplasm for Iran thanks to our e-mentoring program
- COVID-interrupted e-mentoring in Nepal
September 2021
- No pausing for the pandemic – e-mentoring for inclusive, equitable agriculture
- Not just building skills, but building worth, esteem and capacity
- “A very positive experience, I have a new colleague and friend” – from Australia to Iran
- Welcome to another “Quick Year in Review”
- Competing with COVID
- Drum Roll – Crawford Fund Medals – 2020 and 2021
August 2021
- Being Flexible and Innovative in a COVID Year
- Our NextGen project wants to hear from you, again!
- Announcing the Biosecurity Summer Internship Program at DPI NSW
- From Adelaide to Bhutan, e-mentoring to improve grant writing skills
- Crop Protection by WhatsApp in the COVID-19 Era
- Accolades for former trainee
- From ‘in the field’ to ‘on the screen’: conducting training on remote platforms
July 2021
- Forgotten ancient grains and Type 2 Diabetes
- ‘Each session is of great worth’ says Irene Chand about her e-mentoring experience
- Travel or not – here they come!
- Announcing the 2021 Crawford-in-Queensland International Engagement Award Winners
- Annual Conference Postponed to December
- Gender, Genebanks and Food Loss – more teacher materials released to boost food and nutrition security resources
June 2021
- Our Nextgen Podcast Series Episode 5: Pathways to Making a Global Difference in Ag
- “Get out there and get out of your comfort zone” – New videos on many career pathways into international ag for development
- Peacekeeping through aquaculture
May 2021
- Our Nextgen Podcast Series Episode 4: Pathways to Making a Global Difference in Ag
- The importance of listening, questioning and summarising information for mentoring across cultures and cyberspace
- Apply now for our 2021 Conference Scholarships!
- A Finance Pathway to Ag for Development
- Career development and paper publishing advice by Zoom
April 2021
- Our Nextgen Podcast Series Episode 3: Pathways to Making a Global Difference in Ag
- A Communication Pathway to Ag for Development
- A Policy and Advocacy Pathway Into Sustainable Agriculture
- Generosity, a sense of satisfaction and mutual value delivered by our e-mentoring program
- Doing Well by Doing Good – update
- “An opportunity to give something back.” Improving communication skills, career development advice and strengthening leadership styles the focus of this mentoring pair
March 2021
- Nutrition Pathway to Ag for Development – A passion for Nutrition to Support Others
- Our Nextgen Podcast Series episode 2: Pathways to Making a Global Difference in Ag
- Now available online – Workshop: What Can Farmers Do? Farmer-led, science-based greenhouse gas mitigation strategies for Australia and abroad
- “You cannot learn with your mind closed.” Sharing leadership, management and research collaboration insights through our E-mentoring Program
- From Environmental Science to Ag for Development – People Matter!
- Crawford Fund Director of Operations – Job Description
February 2021
- Our Nextgen Podcast Series: Pathways to Making a Global Difference in Ag
- Workshop: What Can Farmers Do? Farmer-led, science-based greenhouse gas mitigation strategies for Australia and abroad
- Water Scarcity – a key challenge for food security
- Our Next NextGen Event Coming Up! Making a Global Difference
- An anthropology ‘people’ pathway to Ag4Development
- Mentoring Focus for Future Farmers
- A forestry pathway to international agricultural development
January 2021
- Crawford-in-Queensland International Engagement Awards now open
- Seeking Consultants – Doing Well by Doing Good
- Sharing the Wonderful World of Science for Food Security with CSIRO Scholars
- Vale Doug Anthony – the Fund’s inaugural Chair
December 2020
- Happy news-y year!
- Applications are open for our 2021 Student Awards!
- Remote Workshops & Remote Volunteering Pilot
November 2020
- WA science teachers meet international agriculture’s Nextgen
- Announcing our E-Mentors and E-Mentees
- Doing Well by Doing Good
- Celebrating Our 2020 Student Award Winners!
- Call for Nominations for the 2021 Crawford Fund Fellowship
- Tasmanian Forestry Mentors Remain Active and Effective
- Tagging Fish from Afar
- Partners widen their support for smallholder farming
- What’s been your path to Ag4D?
- The R4D challenge – anticipating every step
October 2020
- Senior Secondary Materials: Development for a Better Future
- Years 9-10 Materials: Development for a Better Future
- Food and Nutrition Security Teaching Materials Celebrate World Food Day 2020
- Plant Biosecurity Awareness – the Biosecurity Warrior gets on board!
- Sowing the seeds of the future
September 2020
- Quick Year in Review 2019-2020: Why invest in overseas agricultural R&D in a pandemic?
- Update on demand led breeding
- One Region, One Health: Limiting threats to food and health security
- Vale Kim Ritman
- From Paperwork to Pandemic: Engaging with South-East Asia to Manage Panama Disease
- Boosted #NextGenAg4D – not reinventing the wheel
- School Gardens – Growing the Future
- Vale Hon Tim Mulherin
August 2020
- Impacts Flowing in Timor-Leste
- Youth and experience – the passionate voices of international ag development
- NextGen deliver inspiration in National Science Week
- Wide benefits in detecting chickpea disease
- Student Award applications – second round offer for ACT, NSW & QLD
- Secrets of Success in Science
July 2020
- “A Win for Laos and for Australia”
- Plant Diseases, Biosecurity and Quarantine
- National Science Week – ACT Event
- National Science Week – NSW Event
- National Science Week – TAS Event
- Crawford Fund’s July Highlights e-newsletter now available
June 2020
- Adding ‘international’ to agriculture for the NextGen
- A New Era for Food, Health and Climate Resilience
- NextGen-ers continue to deliver and inspire!
- Our NextGen 2019 Student Awardee reflections – the COVID-19 edition
- Open Letter on COVID-19, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security
- What are rural livelihoods?
- Alone I have power but collectively we have impact
- More Career Advice from NextGen for NextGen
- Australia post COVID-19: a global role in agriculture and health
- Avoid pandemics with a ‘One-Health’ focus
- Calling for E-mentors – a small amount of your time and all your expertise
- Hands-on approach to all things rice in the Philippines
- Volunteering highlight – engaging with local farmers
May 2020
- Learning on the ground in Laos
- Passion for agriculture found in Laos NextGen
- Travel, work and create positive social change all at once
- Finding Bees and Friends in Remote Places
- Banana disease research in Costa Rica strengthens Australia’s biosecurity
- Announcing the 2020 Crawford-in-Queensland International Engagement Award Winners
- The beauty of agriculture: how it connects and interweaves with everything
- Improving maternal and child nutrition in Timor-Leste
April 2020
- Learning all about rice production in the Philippines
- Cassava disease screening for resistance to witch’s broom in Laos
- When Vulnerable People are our Food Producers
- Lessons from Laos – saying yes!
- COVID-19: Global Food and Nutrition Security and its Impacts on the Poor
- Improving livelihoods in Timor Leste – inspiration for Rhodes Scholar
- Lots done in last Laos visit before COVID-19
- Amazing maize in the heart of Kenya
- Thank heavens for the internet!
March 2020
- Queensland international engagement award a ‘fruitful’ collaboration
- Crawford Fund Annual Conference Postponed
- Message on COVID-19
- Do nomadic herders’ steppe dogs host vector borne diseases?
- More Laos Mentoring
- Further plans for mentoring program in Timor-Leste
- Investigating the potential of insects as aquafeed in Myanmar
February 2020
- Pesticide resistance: A creeping problem in crop protection
- Vital role for agricultural research in proposed new International Development Policy
- The ‘moving target of sustainable agriculture’
- Improving Small Ruminant Production and Supply in Samoa
- Nematode training in Myanmar
- ACIAR is an institution of which we can all be proud
- Fact sheets developed on PNG soil composition
- How to get your foot in the door of the CGIAR centres
- 2019 Crawford Fund Annual Conference Proceedings Released
- Farming on Thin Ice: Post-voyage reflection
- Essential Knowledge for Sustainable Fisheries in the Seychelles
- Thought for food: How university training in Laos can result in long-term change to agricultural capacity and food security
January 2020
- The impact of climate change denial on food security
- Join the Australian Volunteers Program, Volunteer Soils Agronomist in Savannakhet, Lao PDR
- Happy news-y year!
- Silviculture Mentoring and Study Tour Program
December 2019
- Be inspired these holidays by our ‘nextgen’ conference scholar reflections
- Animal health pilot study to improve livelihoods in Myanmar
- Biosecurity lessons from the outbreak and spread of African swine fever in Laos
- Quick Year in Review 2018-2019
- Opinion: Will the new agricultural revolution pass Australia by?
- Understanding the role of seaweed in Samoa and Kiribati to boost future intake
- Congratulations AgriEducate Essay Competition Winners
- Getting the #nextgen into international agricultural research for development
- ICT Smart for Climate Smart Ag in Nepal
- Read all about the experiences of our 2018 Student Awardees
- Getting MAD in Vietnam … participants report on RAID Network workshop
- 2019 GOAL Master Class in Vietnam focussing on IT/Data
- Forage assessment for intensification of beef cattle production in Vietnam
November 2019
- Mentoring continues as support for the professional and managerial skills of the Head of Forestry and staff in Tonga
- International Engagement Award a biosecurity win for the banana industry
- All things data: capacity building for Bangladeshi researchers
- Benefits for crops, farmers and the environment
- More Mentoring Activities in Vietnam
- Selecting for thermotolerance in sheep, TropAg
- Biological control of wireworm in sweetpotato, TropAg
- New achievements for banana streak virus diagnostics, TropAg
- The impact of Fusaristatin A production on crown rot pathogen in wheat, TropAg
- Driving smallholder cattle production in Indonesia
- High Impact Extension creates lasting impression in Vietnam
- The impact of heat stress on grain quality traits in rice, TropAg
- Using GIS to tackle unsustainable ag practices in Madagascar, TropAg
- Accessible and affordable equipment-free nucleic acid purification, TropAg
- Investigating plant-based diets for Yellowtail Kingfish, TropAg
- Creating quality feed for goats from plant waste in Lao PDR
- Cultivating Confidence – say ‘yes’
- Our Final Conference Scholar Reflections…delivered from sunny Queensland
- Applications are open for our 2020 Student Awards!
October 2019
- Soil fertility training in Uganda gains momentum
- Microbial friends for sustainable agriculture, TropAg
- Boosting zinc levels for healthier sweetcorn, TropAg
- Our Latest Conference Scholar Reflections…delivered by the ACT
- Navigating the Path to Leadership
- Crawford Fund mentoring program in Laos marches forward
- Our Wonderful Conference Scholar Reflections from New South Wales
- Announcing 2019 Crawford Fund Medal Recipient: Professor Lindsay Falvey
- Global Challenges for the ‘NextGen’
- What is it and how do I get involved: RAID’s guide into International Agricultural Research
- NextGen working on NextGen sequencing of chickpeas at ICRISAT
- Proudly Presenting our Conference Scholar Reflections from South Australia
September 2019
- Climate change and resilient small-scale fisheries
- Proudly Presenting our Conference Scholar Reflections from Tasmania
- Our Conference Scholar Reflections …from the Top End
- Our Conference Scholar Reflections …featuring Victoria
- Our NextGen work gets a boost
- Feed mill business planning workshop in Samoa
- Growing Plant Biosecurity in the Pacific
- 2019 Derek Tribe Award recipient Dr Robert Zougmoré honoured in Brisbane
- Introducing Our Conference Scholar Reflections…first up Western Australia!
- Africa: South Asia Bridge Consultation on Systems Approaches for Land Restoration
August 2019
- Our Conference Scholar Activities and Reflections
- “Pest Invaders” science students rewarded by the Crawford Fund Queensland
- Connecting through oysters in the Tropics
- 2019 Crawford Fund Conference Keynote Listeners Report
- Vale Tim Fischer
- Sir John Crawford Memorial Address 2019
- Addressing the Agriculture-Energy-Water-Climate Change Nexus: Conference Synthesis
- Our Food Security Journalism Award winner for 2019 is…
- “Every day we’re met with smiles!”
- Prof. Tim Reeves honoured with Farrer Medal for distinguished service in agricultural science
- Effective farmers confronting climate change
July 2019
- Two workshops on training in Smallholder ADOPT – Iran and India
- Introducing our 2019 conference Scholarship winners: Leaders in the making
- India and Australia – sharing knowledge for a sustainable future
- Next target for fighting ‘hidden hunger’
- Crawford Fund Mentoring Program grows a weedy focus in the Lao PDR
- Research management insights from Mali to Mexico: It’s all about people and relationships
- Understanding coastal livelihoods for greater impact in Timor-Leste
June 2019
- Biosecurity champions’ communication bootcamp
- Mentoring – support for the professional and managerial skills of the Head of Forestry and his staff in Tonga
- Presenting our 2019 IRRI Scholarship Winners
- Understanding genetic diversity for sea cucumber conservation in Vietnam and Australia
- Why applying a gender lens in agriculture matters
May 2019
- Understanding antibiotic resistance in the pork food chain in Vietnam
- Weathering the ‘perfect storm’: Your invitation to our 2019 Annual Conference
- Launching our 2019 Conference Scholarships
- Proudly announcing our 2019 Student Award Recipients!
- “For the People of the World”
April 2019
- Applications now open for Agricultural Research Leadership and Management Master Class
- Digital mapping of peatlands in Papua, Indonesia
- One Health Approach to Sustainable Biosecurity, Myanmar
- Scholarship opportunity at IRRI – Apply Now!
- Opinion: Healthy diets and sustainable food systems
- Opinion: 4 revolutionary tips to stop aquaculture and fisheries ignoring, resisting or eroding gender equality
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
- Understanding the Potential of Local Plants in Supporting Food Security: A Study Case in Salatiga
- Crawford Fund 2019 Food Security Journalism Award
- Plant Pathologist reports on visit to Pakse, Laos
- The Importance of Plant Biosecurity
- Capacity Building for Intercropping legumes in Vietnam and Myanmar
- Soil fertility assessments to improve taro production in Tonga
January 2019
- Building Landcare in Uganda
- Postharvest Management Training in Myanmar
- With a Strategy for the Future: Annual Report 2017-18
- Opinion: How Smart are “Smart Foods”?
- Fish Passages Master Class, 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
- Kick-Starting Rice Research and Production Knowledge
- Training on Advanced Bovine Embryo Flushing in Bhutan
- Capacity Building Program in the Lao PDR in Trade, Crop Health, Biosecurity and Food Safety
- Exploring New Practices for Cambodia’s Cassava Growers
- Establishing Sustainable Pest Management for Cambodian Rice Farmers
- 2018 Conference scholar reflections – the bumper edition
- Enhancing Animal Disease Investigation and Post Mortem Skills through Practical Workshops in Thailand and Bhutan
- Opinion: Avoiding a Global Nutrition Catastrophe
- Our Conference Scholar Reflections Delivered by … South Australia
November 2018
- Statistics in Research and Teaching in Agriculture 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
- Getting stuck into rice research and production
- Join the Australian Volunteers Program, Volunteer Horticulturalist (Vegetables) in Lao PDR
- Time to apply for our 2019 Student Awards!
- RAID partners with Crawford Fund for Adelaide workshop
- And lucky last, our conference scholar reflections from… Queensland
October 2018
- 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
- Building Confidence in Writing for Agricultural Journals Workshop
- Our Conference Scholar Reflections from … The Australian Capital Territory
- Agricultural Innovations for Communities in Timor-Leste
- Want to make a difference? Like to travel? We have overseas volunteering opportunities available in Laos
- Gaming as a Socioeconomic Research Tool for Lao Agricultural Scientists
September 2018
- Opinion: Key policy levers for healthy and sustainable diets: revisiting agricultural and health economic signals
- 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)
- Strengthening Impact Pathways through understanding the Adoption Process
- Gender Equality and Agricultural Development in the South Pacific
August 2018
- The 2018 Sir John Crawford Memorial Address
- 2018 Crawford Fund Annual Conference Keynote Listeners Report
- Opinion: Working harder against “truth decay” in science and agriculture
- Crawford Fund Medal 2018
- Clarisa Collis Wins Our 2018 Food Security Journalism Award
July 2018
- Announcing Our 2018 Annual Conference Scholars
- Student report from Timor-Leste: “It won’t be the last time that I come to this country”
- 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
- Opinion: Towards Food Security
- Call for Expressions of Interest for a Volunteer Diagnostic Plant Pathologist, Lao PDR
- Crawford Fund Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry on Aid Effectiveness
- Do you know your bugs? Want to make a difference? Like to travel? We have overseas volunteering opportunities available
- Dr Leigh Vial and the Laos Dry-Seeder Program
- Applications now open for Agricultural Research Leadership and Management Master Class
- Changing our Strategy for a Changing Environment: The Crawford Fund Strategic Plan 2018-2023
- News: 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 Crawford Fund 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
- We’re Hiring! Administrative Assistant, Canberra based
- NT Forum “Developing the Indo-Pacific Region and Developing the North: Opportunities and Partnerships,”
- Bhutanese researcher joins Agriculture Victoria to improve dairy cattle production
- Improving mango quality through post-harvest handling practices in Cambodia
- All Reflections from the 2017 Crawford Fund Student Award Recipients
- Support a Crawford Fund Scholar 2018
- New plant breeding methods for sustainable use of genetic resources and security of food production
March 2018
- The Crawford Fund: an example of Mentoring in International Agricultural Research
- Bhutanese researcher joins Agriculture Victoria Ellinbank on scholarship
- Crawford Fund Fellowship awarded to…
- Opinion: Moving towards a circular economy in Asia: Connecting the city with the farm
- 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
- Academic Writing in the Mountains of West Timor
- The health benefits of rice research
- Livestock research in Vanuatu gives better insights into cross-cultural issues
- QLD Forum “Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security – Involving the Next Generation,”
December 2017
- Horticulture Researchers in Southern Philippines Complete Statistical Analysis and Experimental Design Training
- Two workshops in Lao PDR herald milestone in capacity building program
- Understanding media coverage of fish for Pacific Island food security
- Agribusiness and Food Security Development in Timor-Leste
- Cross-cultural experience and research in North-West Cambodia,
- 2017 Crawford Fund Annual Conference Proceedings Released
November 2017
- Opinion: Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: adding value and adding health
- Crawford Fund at TropAg
- Common sense needs to drive plant breeding
- Genetic and agronomic zinc biofortification of sweetcorn, TropAg
- Women’s Bargaining Power in agricultural value chains, TropAg
- Preharvest and postharvest handling practices of flowers in Myanmar, TropAg
- News: Crawford Fund at TropAg, November 2017
- More Mentoring Planned
- Prospects of utilizing wild germplasm for future improvement of macadamia, TropAg
- Sea cucumber research advancing hatchery production using neurohormones to stimulate spawning, TropAg
- Improving coconut cloning technology, TropAg
- Micropropagation is the future of clonal propagation of avocado, TropAg
October 2017
- Building research management and leadership capacity
- Opinion: Trade can be a handmaiden to agricultural productivity growth
- WA 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
- VIC 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
- World Food Security: Impacts, Opportunities and Partnerships
- 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 2017
- Agricultural Sustainability – an ever ‘Moving Target’
- RAID and the Crawford Fund at the Agronomy Conference, Ballarat
- SA 2017 Conference Scholar Reflections
- First-hand Fishery Experience for Western Australian PhD Researcher
- Advancing GOALs for Genebanks in Asia Pacific
- Rice research & production methods plays its part in fostering regional sustainability
- 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
- Opinion: Why no public debate on aid policy?
- Keynote listeners report highlights from the 2017 Crawford Fund Annual Conference
- 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
- Opinion: Political will, policy change and scientific evidence: whither international agricultural R&D?
- ABC TV’s Landline Highlights Impact of Australian Agriculture Projects in Nepal, July
- 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
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