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Project Development
ACIAR has had a program with China since 1984. Major areas of research have included agricultural water management; selection of Australian trees suited to Chinese forestry; improvement and integrated pest management in Brassica crops; studies of livestock production and diseases with a focus on sheep and wool; quality management in grains; as well as broadacre crop and citrus improvement.
Adoption of conservation tillage in some central western provinces has been recognised as part of the solution to improve crop management and reduce wind-blown dust in Beijing. In 1999, the focus of ACIAR’s program shifted towards western China, in line with the need to raise farmers’ incomes in this part of China and better manage land and water resources.
In view of the significant human and financial resources available within the Chinese national agricultural research system and the strong mutual benefits to Australia, ACIAR requires projects in China to have significant sharing of costs by Australian and Chinese research providers. In many cases, ACIAR will seek a funding commitment through case-by-case exchange of letters at the stage of development of full project proposals.
Only a small proportion of the highest-priority projects can be supported. Projects chosen must:
- address the highest priorities of Chinese partners
- address overall Australia-China development policy to ‘Further mutual interest by supporting China’s balanced development policies and working together in the region’
- complement other schemes for China-Australia collaboration, including the AusAID Australia-China Environment Development program, which commenced in 2006
- be in areas where the overwhelming driver is Australian technical comparative advantage
- complement rather than duplicate activities of other (larger) donors
Within our stated priority areas, ACIAR will also fund small investments that foster collaborative linkages between activities that have been primarily funded from Australian and Chinese sources.
ACIAR projects form only one part of the China-Australia inter-Governmental cooperation in agriculture and natural resource management.
If you are interested in finding out more about project proposals please contact ACIAR Manager North Asia, Ms Catriona Murray or the ACIAR China Regional Manager, Dr Simon Hearn. Project proformas and guidelines are also available at our ACIAR website.