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For Food Security. Public awareness, training & ‘nextgen’ projects to benefit developing countries & Australia. On FB, LinkedIn & Insta too.
Canberra / National
Joined August 2010
Earlier this year, our South Australia Committee supported two dynamic workshops in South Asia using the PAiCE framework to help tackle climate risks in local agricultural systems! Facilitated by Brendan Brown @CSIRO and 2024 scholar Mackenzie Coopman 👉 https://t.co/wBA6gTkGrQ
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🔔 The QLD 2026 International Engagement Awards are now accepting applications. These awards support QLD scientists to mentor and train scientists in developing countries. 🔗 Find out more about the awards, selection criteria and how to apply 👉 https://t.co/9E74xiRJXS
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🎣 As part of her fieldwork in Vietnam and Laos, 2024 Student Awardee Yen Le @ourANU also spent time with an @ACIARAustralia project team, learning about their work assessing food loss in local catfish value chains 🐟🌏 Full story 👉 https://t.co/73XN3LMgrn
#NextGenAg4D
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☀️🌱 Climate adaptation through collaboration: The PAiCE workshops brought together experts from across South Asia to assess climate impacts and prioritise agronomic solutions — supported by @CSIRO and aligned with an @ACIARAustralia project. Read more 👉 https://t.co/wBA6gTkGrQ
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Our 2024 #NextGenAg4D Student Awardee, Yen Le @ourANU, travelled to Vietnam and Laos to study the freshwater fisheries value chain in the Mekong Basin 🇻🇳🇱🇦 Her research highlights sustainability challenges and opportunities in the region’s fisheries 👉 https://t.co/73XN3LMgrn
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Mushrooms are effectively connecting Indonesian smallholders with restaurants and hotels — tapping into growing tourism markets 📽️ 🍄 ✨ Our Journalism Award Winner @ABCaustralia’s @SaysEmmaField recently covered an @ACIARAustralia project led by @UniofAdelaide and partners 🇮🇩
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Improved feeds, stronger breeds and smarter farming, all point to a more sustainable, food-secure future — Our 2025 #NextGenAg4D Awardee, @Mel_Abdallah from @UNSW, reflects on the innovations she saw at the InfoFish Tilapia World Conference 🌏🐟 #Tilapia2025
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Troy from @Sydney_Uni assisted with mosquito surveillance, pig serum collection, and community engagement for Japanese Encephalitis Virus research in the Philippines as part of his Student Award experience. ℹ️ https://t.co/4RAgJgmvLU The 2026 #NextGenAg4D Awards open soon ⌛
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Hands-on learning in action 🇵🇭🐝🔬 Experts from the Philippines, PNG, WA and SA joined a hands-on diagnostics workshop hosted by AusPacBee, with support from our NSW Committee and @DAFFgov. Read the full story 👉 https://t.co/KbGMATZrRt
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🎥✨🇮🇩 Wrapping up a busy week in Indonesia, our 2024 Journalist Award winner, @SaysEmmaField of @ABCaustralia, visited a project near Bogor in West Java, working with smallholder dairy farms. This project is led by @UQ_News and partner universities. @dfat @ACIARAustralia
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🌏 Empowering the South Pacific! The Crawford Fund SA Committee backed workshops in Samoa and Fiji to enhance expertise in assessing agricultural innovations and socioeconomic routes. Read all about it 👉 https://t.co/DfX6uz28iO ACIARAustralia @dfat @UTAS_ @CSIRO
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How wonderful to have a @CrawfordFund @RaidNetwork #NextGenAg4D superstar @AnikaMolesworth addressing @TropAgAus on building the capacity of farmers for a sustainable future with hope and courage in face of so many challenges @farmingforever
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“The Crawford Fund Student Award allowed me to undertake overseas research as part of my student project," says our 2024 Student Awardee, Layla from @CDUni. Read more 👉 https://t.co/crt3GxGLYE 🔔 Our 2026 #NextGenAg4D Awards are launching soon — Stay tuned! @ACIARAustralia
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Thrilled to congratulate @SaysEmmaField of @ABCaustralia, one of our 2024 Crawford Fund Journalist Award recipients, on her Indonesian journey! From citrus biosecurity to smallholder agritourism — sharing stories of partnership and innovation! 🇦🇺🤝🇮🇩 @dfat @ACIARAustralia
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🌏 Applications are now open for the QLD 2026 International Engagement Awards! Up to $15,000 to support Queensland scientists mentoring peers in developing countries. Apply by 27 Feb 2026 👉 https://t.co/9E74xiRJXS
@ACIARAustralia @UQ_News @RaidNetwork @QAAFI @ICRISAT
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🐟 From improved breeds to new ways of preparing tilapia, our 2025 #NextGenAg4D Awardee @Mel_Abdallah found plenty of inspiration at the World Tilapia Conference held in Bangkok. She is developing a sustainable tilapia cage farming model in PNG, supported by @ACIARAustralia.
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From analysing acacia plantation data to mastering tissue culture techniques, Ava Christie, a Henzell Award recipient, is learning from our mentors and leading researchers at Vietnam’s Institute for Forest Tree Improvement and Biotechnology 🌿🔬 #NextGenAg4D @ACIARAustralia
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🇦🇺 As @TropAgAus kicks off this week, we’re sharing blogs from the scholars supported by our Queensland Committee 🤝 Learn more about their research: 🌟 M Ashraful Kader from @cook_jcu ➡️ https://t.co/tIXJ7C4aWk 🌟 Thi Minh Ngoc Tran from @usceduau ➡️ https://t.co/rVLmET07qe
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The Crawford Fund QLD Committee is again partnering with @TropAgAus to support 10 young researchers from developing countries to attend #TropAgAus in Brisbane this week! Discover Bongat Hadasha's journey from @Griffith_Uni here 👉 https://t.co/nldievcW0k
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This is your invite to join our seminar on the Business of Plant Breeding in Africa 🫘🌍🌱 📅 17 November 2025 🕓 2pm onwards 📍 Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU 🔔 Find out more details and register by COB Friday, 14 November 2025 👉 https://t.co/8yBCrUSx9e
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