TRAINING COURSES SINCE 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Australian Capital Informal training with the Department of Agriculture, Dr Nuchanart Mike Hodda Commonwealth Territory Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), the Commonwealth Tangchitsomkid Scientific and Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Industrial Research and Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre Organisation (CRC) (CSIRO) Nematodes in cropping systems and informal training Mr Thanakorn Mike Hodda CSIRO Thailand at CSIRO, DAFF and Plant Biosecurity CRC Chanmalee See Nuchanart Rice: research to production Mr David Gale Tony Fischer CSIRO Australia Development of an illustrated identification system for Dr Laurence Mound CSIRO pest species of Thysanoptera in Indonesia Developing and regulating agricultural biotechnology John Komen International Food Indonesia, products: sharing expertise from Australia and Policy Research Philippines, Southeast Asia Institute Methods of extension and participatory engagement in Alison Laing CSIRO Cambodia, India, Lao farming systems research PDR Rice: research to production Mr Aaron Preston Tony Fischer CSIRO Australia Honours Research Project: As and P in ground and Temma Ben MacDonald CSIRO Australian surface waters Carruthers-Taylor Capacity building in nematology communication Dr Mike Hodda CSIRO Fiji, Thailand Tree seed technology and seedbank management Tran Thi Hanh, Ms Bronwyn Clarke CSIRO Vietnam Duong Thanh Hoa Student ambassador program Dr John Kirkegaard CSIRO Argentina, Brazil, , India, Indonesia, Philippines Capacity building in nematology Noi Songvilay Dr Mike Hodda CSIRO

1 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries New South Wales Project management and leadership skills for food Dr Halifa Msami Dr Robyn Alders University of security Sydney, Australian National University Strengthening in Lao PDR through Dr Robyn Alders University of Lao PDR improved family poultry production – scoping, training Sydney and mentoring activity Capacity building in plant pathology and horticulture in Professor Lester Private Lao PDR Lao PDR Burgess Diagnostics, integrated disease management, crop Professor Lester Private Lao PDR management and farmer training, Champasak Province Burgess Improving market and value chain research: workshop Rodd Dyer Australian Centre Vietnam on agribusiness research for development methods for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) Statistics for livestock and fisheries research Dr John Schiller University of Lao PDR Queensland Southern Africa Landcare workshop Julian Prior, Mary Clinton Muller World Agroforestry , Botswana, Johnson, Theo Centre Lesotho, , Nabben Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe Pig nutrition and management Dr Joanne Millar Charles Sturt Lao PDR University Rice breeding – varietal and quality improvement Dr Naeem Ahmad Mark Drew Australian Khyber Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural Development Organisation (AKPADO)

2 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Strengthening food and nutrition security in Timor- Assoc Professor Robyn University of Timor-Leste Leste through improved family poultry production Alders Sydney Agri business planning, including scientific and Mr Sokchea An Dr Richard Culas Charles Sturt Cambodia economic analyses in agricultural production University Temperate pastures: productivity and management Professor Ted Wolfe, Dr Private Brazil, Colombia, Bob Clements Eritrea, Zambia Capacity building in crop protection in southern Lao Professor Lester Private Lao PDR PDR Burgess Citrus improvement in Lao PDR – focus on southern Professor Lester Private Lao PDR provinces Burgess Goat nutrition and management Dr Joanne Millar Charles Sturt Lao PDR University Pig nutrition and management Dr Joanne Millar Charles Sturt Lao PDR University Participatory extension training of trainers Dr Julian Prior University of New Myanmar England Diagnostics and integrated disease management of Dr Eric Cother New South Wales Lao PDR bacterial plant pathogens Department of Primary Industry (retired) Capacity building in crop health, extension, biosecurity Professor Lester Private Lao PDR and food safety in Lao PDR Burgess Capacity building for crop protection Professor Lester Private Lao PDR Burgess Social dimensions of agricultural research and Dr Joanne Millar Charles Sturt Timor-Leste extension in Timor-Leste University Social dimensions of agricultural research and Dr Joanne Millar Charles Sturt Indonesia, extension in NTT, Indonesia University Philippines, Singapore, Thailand

3 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Training-of-trainers for integrated disease management Professor David Guest University of Cambodia in durian: Samlout and Pailin, Cambodia Sydney Cattle nutrition, husbandry and biosecurity Russell Bush University of Lao PDR Sydney Capacity building in crop health, biosecurity and food Professor Lester Private Lao PDR safety in Lao PDR Burgess Capacity building in crop health in Lao PDR Professor Lester Private Lao PDR – Champasak Burgess Fusarium wilt of watermelon survey and allied activities Professor Lester Private Lao PDR for short-term volunteers and PAFO trainees Burgess Experience how linkages between producers, Dr Yorn Try Professor Peter Sharp University of Cambodia agronomic advice, input suppliers and off-farm value Sydney chains are organised and operate Preparatory training in development of train-the-trainer Dr Yorn Try Dr William Rathmell University of Cambodia programs in sustainable intensification of rice Sydney Digital mapping of peatlands training Dr Rudiyanto Professor Budiman University of Indonesia Minasny Sydney

4 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Northern Territory Collection and identification of Culicoides species Dr April Hari Dr Glenn Bellis Northern Australian Indonesia Wardhana Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) Integrated catchment management for improved rural Dr Bronwyn Myers Charles Darwin Indonesia, livelihoods: valuing environmental services University Timor-Leste Integrated catchment management for increased Mr Kristianus Hale Dr Bronwyn Myers Charles Darwin Indonesia agricultural productivity in West Timor Berek University International Mango Symposium Dr Lucy Tran-Nguyen Northern Territory Cambodia, Fiji, Government Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam Critical capacity building in context of natural Bertha Dr Natasha Stacey Charles Darwin Indonesia resources and indigenous livelihoods for marine Ronsumbre, University resource management practitioners from eastern Dinawanti La Rae Indonesia

5 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Queensland Experimental design data analysis and interpretation in Dr John Schiller Queensland Cambodia livestock research University Research paper writing workshop Dr Mike Webb CSIRO Papua New Guinea Introduction to seagrass watch monitoring Dr Renata Dr Robert Coles Queensland Philippines Bacaltos Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Increasing skills in farming systems research Neal Dalgliesh CSIRO Cambodia, Lao PDR Molecular techniques for wheat improvement for Dipendra Pokharel Dr Jack Christopher Queensland Nepal adaptation to drought stress University Identification of rust fungi using morphological and Dr Roger Shivas Queensland Vietnam molecular methods Government DAF Hands-on training on modern field agronomic research Daniel Rodriguez Queensland Ethiopia, , University Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania Mentoring laboratory technicians to undertake soil Ms Carla Da Silva Seeds of Life chemical analysis in East Timor – stage 1 Program Training in ecologically based rodent management Dr Simon Reid Queensland Fiji University Workshop on sustainable management of soil in oil Mr Herve Dr Paul Nelson James Cook Benin palm plantings Aholoukpe University Pre-congress tropical pastures tour, north Queensland Assoc Professor Max Queensland Argentina, Brazil, Shelton University Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand Identification and taxonomy of mango gall flies Dr Ian Newton Queensland Pakistan, Philippines Government DAF Application of new reproductive, genetic and genomic Dr Nguyen Hong University of the Vietnam techniques to enhance aquaculture productivity Nguyen Sunshine Coast

6 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Bayesian belief networks for agricultural Dr Ben Stewart-Koster Griffith University Vietnam decision-making Pathways for the sustainable intensification of Daniel Rodriguez Queensland Ethiopia, Kenya, agriculture in high- and low-income countries University Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Australia Post-harvest horticulture Dr Russ Stephenson Maroochy Research Pacific Islands Facility Production horticulture Dr Russ Stephenson Maroochy Research Pacific Islands Facility Training in virus testing procedures for sweet potato Michael Hughes Horticulture and Papua New Guinea Forestry Science, Queensland Government DAF Specialised training for Indonesian collaborators to Dr Stephen Harper Queensland Indonesia coincide with IHC 2014 Government DAF Mentoring laboratory technicians to undertake soil David John Lyons Private East Timor chemical analysis in East Timor – stage 2 APSIM training to improve crop simulation capability Mr Guillermo Ariel Fernanda Dreccer CSIRO Argentina on the impact of increasing night temperatures in Garcia winter cereal production Identification and integrated pest management of key Madaline Healey John Duff Queensland Lao PDR pests in southern Lao PDR Government DAF Soil fertility assessment by quality assured soil testing Dr Phil Moody Queensland Thailand laboratories Government Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation

7 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Tropical Agriculture Conference 2015: Meeting the Prof Robert Henry Queensland Indonesia, Malaysia, productivity change in the tropics Alliance for Mexico, Pakistan, Agriculture and Peru, Thailand, Food Innovation Vietnam Training in ecologically based rodent management Dr Simon Reid Queensland Fiji University Tropical tree fruit research and development in Dario P Lina Dr Kent Fanning Queensland Philippines the Philippines and northern Australia to increase Government DAF productivity, resilience and profitability Tropical fruit tree technologies for profitable and Mr Jan Diczbalis Queensland Philippines sustainable production Government DAF Research capacity building for veneer-based product Tien Manh Henri Bailleres Queensland Lao PDR, Vietnam development Ha, Phoulang Government DAF Chounlamounty Use of PCR to diagnose plant viruses infecting Khonesavath Dr Andrew Geering Queensland Lao PDR vegetables in Lao PDR Chittarath University

8 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries South Australia Writing scientific research articles for international Dr Margaret Cargill University of Indonesia submission Adelaide Soil and land mapping program Matolo Nyamai Dr Paul Dalby In Fusion Kenya Consulting Durum breeding strategies and integrated disease Mr Mohamed Dr Hugh Wallwork South Australian Tunisia management strategies for soilborne pathogens of Saleh Gharbi Research and wheat in direct-drill/no-till cropping systems Development Institute Writing and translation skills in agriculture, animal Mr Isman Colin Cargill South Australian Indonesia production and rural development Research and Development Institute Untangling the climate component of the genotype Fernando Matias Victor Sadras South Australian Argentina x environment interaction on wheat yield using Aguate Research and incomplete datasets Development Institute Analysis of arsenic and other elements in various Mr Manoj Kumar Dr Mahmud Rahman University of South India environmental samples using advanced analytical Australia techniques Support for a workshop seminar: Agricultural extension Dr Jay Cummins International Ghana challenges and opportunities in Ghana: lessons learnt Agriculture for from Australia Development Training in methods to assess nitrogen fixation in field- Guillermo Divito Assoc Professor Victor South Australian Argentina grown grain legumes Sadras Research and Development Institute Arsenic accumulation in vegetables: reduction Md. Harunur Mahmud Rahman University of South Bangladesh Rashid Australia

9 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Phosphorus fixation and mineralogical composition of Mbene Kenneth Professor Nanthi S. Centre for Cameroon soils within the Mount Cameroon region Bolan Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation (CERAR) Business planning for feed mill managers in Papua New Dr Phil Glatz South Australian Papua New Guinea Guinea Research and Development Institute Final Extension Workshop ACIAR Project AH/2007/106 Dr Colin F. Cargill Private Indonesia Upskilling Indonesian biology researchers for Margaret Cargill School of Indonesia international publication: training staff at Institut Agriculture, Food & Pertanian Bogor to write and mentor students in Wine, University of writing Adelaide Training needs in business planning for Papua New Dr Adele Feakes School of Animal Papua New Guinea Guinea women in agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide Converting waste into resource: beneficial and Dr Rai Kookana CSIRO India safe re-use of waste and wastewater in peri-urban agriculture in India On-farm participatory irrigation management for Jay Cummins International India maintaining regional food and water security in Agriculture for northern India Development Application of molecular tools to understand the Dr Upendra Kumar Gupta Vadakattu CSIRO Agriculture India biological functions in agricultural soils

10 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Tasmania Learning from farmers – training in beef cattle Dr David Parsons University of Vietnam production for Vietnamese farmers and extension Tasmania workers Study tour: agronomy and soils in Tasmania Philma Dr Richard Doyle University of Papua New Guinea Seta-Waken Tasmania Techniques for using molecular markers in tree Le Son, Phan Professor Rod Griffin University of Vietnam breeding studies Quyen Tasmania A value/supply chain analysis of technology Enopa Lindsay Dr Mark Boersma University of Papua New Guinea conceptualisation Tasmania Scientific paper writing course Dr David Parsons University of Vietnam Tasmania Mentoring workshop for scientific writing at University Dr Joanne Wilson Sea Solutions Indonesia of Papua Elasmobranch identification and market sampling: Sirachai Dr William White CSIRO Thailand specialist training Arunrugstichai Building scientific capacity in data analysis Ba Xuan Nguyen Assoc Professor Peter University of Vietnam Lane Tasmania Principles of soil and land assessment for erosion risk Dr Peter D. McIntosh Forest Practices Papua New Guinea Authority Train-the-trainers – promoting sustainable forest Sarah Munks Forest Practices Papua New Guinea management for biodiversity conservation by Authority developing effective systems of forest planning, monitoring and control Training in ecosystem characterisation and mapping Dr Vincent Lyne CSIRO Thailand for member country participants of the Bay of Bengal large marine ecosystem (BoBLME) Conservation management of elasmobranches Leontine Baje Dr William White CSIRO Papua New Guinea

11 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Coordination and training of stakeholders and NGOs Dr Vincent Lyne Private Myanmar to progress management of the environment and resources of the Myeik Archipelago Building scientific capacity in rice systems modelling Dr David Parsons University of Pakistan, Sri Lanka Tasmania Research capacity building for Cocoveneer production Assoc Professor Centre for Fiji Gregory Nolan Sustainable Architecture with Wood (CSAW), School of Architecture & Design, University of Tasmania Development of technical guidelines for natural Mr Muse Opiang Dr Sarah Munks University of Papua New Guinea and cultural value propositions to support the Tasmania implementation of the Papua New Guinea Logging Code of Practice

12 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Victoria Fourth international meeting on emerging disease and Ganesh Pant Dr John Allen CSIRO Nepal surveillance Australian Master Treegrower course Jon Lambert, Rowan Beyond Ethiopia, Lesotho, Reid Subsistence Niger, Uganda International workshop on pest fruit fly identification Mr Mohammad Mark Drew AKPADO Weng Fu Pakistan and management Shahid Scoping visit to Myanmar with a view to establishing a Professor Graham Private Myanmar degree program in animal production McDowell Translating the Australian Landcare model into a Pacific Bob Edgar Private Tonga village community African Master Treegrower course Jon Lambert Beyond Rwanda, Ethiopia, Subsistence Evaluating social and economic impacts of renewable Dr Joanne Millar Charles Sturt Bhutan natural resources research and development in Bhutan University Furniture design and application of design into finished Barbara Ozarska Melbourne Indonesia furniture products University Assessment and quality control of beneficial microbes Dr Lambert Brau Deakin University Cambodia, Lao PDR, in agriculture in Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia Myanmar Skills development in genomic approaches for Miss Kavery Assoc Professor Paul Melbourne Sri Lanka taxonomic identification of fungal plant pathogens Yogarajah Taylor University Translating the Australian Landcare model into a Pacific Bob Edgar, Horrie Private Tonga village community – completion of training and project Poussard review Participation in wheat pathology (BGRI) training and Damanjit Kaur Dr Julie Nicol International India meeting, field days and participation in the Norman Maize and Wheat Borlaug 100 year Anniversary Summit of Wheat for Improvement Food Security Center (CIMMYT) Development of better adapted forage species: from Anthony Leddin Plant Breeders Ethiopia the first cross to new varieties Without Borders, Valley Seeds

13 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries African Master Treegrower course Jon Lambert Beyond Uganda Subsistence Golden rules of smallholder dairy farming Amelia Fyfield Victorian Indonesia Government Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources Philippines Landcare training workshop: learning from Horrie Poussard Australian Indonesia, Philippines a decade of Philippines Landcare experience including Landcare on-ground programs, group facilitation and support, International organisational management, policy development and institutional strengthening African Master Treegrower course – fourth African Jon Lambert Beyond Ethiopia course Subsistence Furniture design with focus on solid and veneered Assoc. Professor School of Lao PDR, Vietnam furniture products Barbara Ozarska Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technical and Landcare training for climate change Horrie Poussard Australian Fiji Landcare International Morphological and molecular diagnostics of seedborne Abu Noman Faruq Professor David Cahill Deakin University Bangladesh pathogens of rice Ahmmed Identification and integrated pest management of key Dr Ian Smith Private Lao PDR pests in southern Lao PDR

14 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Western Australia Microspore culture and flow cytometry for double Dr Wallace Cowling University of Bangladesh, haploidy in plant breeding Western Australia Indonesia Development of procedures to rear entomological Mrs Murni Peter Johnson Western Australia Indonesia specimens and associated quality control procedures Indrawatmi Government Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) Training in glasshouse and laboratory management and Professor R. Bell Murdoch University Vietnam analytical chemistry of soils and plants Plant pathology and entomology training Abel Ximenes, Mar Hube AGWEST East Timor Joaquim Cabral International Post-harvest management of mangoes Peter Johnson Western Australia Indonesia Government DAFWA Quantifying epidemiology and forecasting risks of crop Willie Erskine University of Bangladesh, Nepal disease Western Australia Cost–benefit analysis of adopting new technology for Maulita Novelianto, Peter Johnson Western Australia Indonesia the Indonesian mangosteen industry Intan Farjasari Government DAFWA Coffee marketing Peter Batt Curtin University Papua New Guinea Fish pathology workshop Susan Gibson-Kueh Murdoch University Vietnam Social science methods for smallholder agricultural Professor George Curry Curtin University Papua New Guinea research: writing up qualitative and quantitative research for publication Workshop on mediterranean forage systems Dr Mike Ewing Western Australia Chile, Iraq, South Government Africa, Tunisia, DAFWA Uzbekistan Acclimatisation to heat in sheep: measurements in Mr Md Elayadeth Professor Shane University of India thermal physiology Meethal, Prasad Maloney Western Australia Ambazamkandi

15 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Training in reproductive frost field phenotyping Ms Diana Martino Dr Ben Biddulph Western Australia Argentina Government DAFWA Development of multi-objective spatial suitability Mr Abdul-Wadood Dr Ashraf M. Dewan Curtin University Ghana model: mining regions in focus Moomen Fish disease investigation training workshop Dr Susan Gibson-Kueh Murdoch University Australia, Brunei, India, Israel, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam Workshop on managing grain storage pests in Dr Kirsty Bayliss Murdoch University Indonesia, Southeast Asia Philippines, Singapore, Thailand Biosecurity workshop Dr Kirsty Bayliss Murdoch University Cambodia, Lao PDR, Papua New Guinea Training in research techniques to investigate weed Professor Richard Bell Land Management, Bangladesh control by herbicide application in conservation Environmental agriculture Sciences, Murdoch University Nodulation assessment in response to inoculation, Samson Professor John Murdoch University South Africa using and building the legume-nodulation database, Chimphango Howieson learning acetylene reduction and glasshouse screening techniques Improving smallholder linkages to high-value markets Peter Batt Private Cambodia, India, through direct marketing Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam Improving crop yield in sub-Saharan Africa, Phase II Deborah Pritchard Curtin University Uganda

16 Training Courses since 2011

Participating State/Territory Topic Individual Nominator Organisation countries Improving household income for indigenous coffee Peter Batt Private Myanmar, Thailand farmers in northern Thailand Whitefly species identification Laura Boykin School of Kenya, Mozambique, Chemistry and Rwanda Biochemistry, University of Western Australia Farm mechanisation and conservation agriculture for Erin Pope Western Australia Private Australia sustainable intensification Committee Sustainable rice production in Vietnam by innovative Koi Nguyen Nghia Roberto Busi University of Vietnam herbicide solutions for weedy rice control in rice Western Australia

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