RAID have been a busy network over the last 12 months with some fantastic events and competitions in this past year. The...
Once again, we were treated from beautiful and creative entries to the 2024 rendition of the RAID Network research photo comp! ...
RAID Network is pleased to announce the roll-out of the 4th cohort of this exciting opportunity! Following on from Phase 2 of t...
RAID Network (Researchers in Agriculture for International Development) brings exclusive 3-part webinar series designed to empo...
Are you a student or young professional based in Canberra and curious about relevant opportunities to apply your background to ...
A networking event to engage with students, professionals, and institutions who are working or have interest in working in Agri...
Keep up to date with everything happening with the RAID Network! Our Winter newsletter has loads of information about upcoming ...
With so many in town for the 2024 Crawford Fund Conference, this evening is a great opportunity for early career researchers an...
We all know that effectively communicating your research involves much more than just publishing a paper. Photos are a powerful...
Date: Thursday 25 July 2024 Time: 4:00-5:15pm AEST Venue: Online (Teams) Theme: Everything to do with PLANT research! The RAID ...
Date: Wednesday 17 July 2024 Time: 10:30am-12:30pm (lunch will follow presentations) Venue: The University of Western Australia...
Keen to hear from your fellow early and mid career researchers? The Brown Bag Seminar aims to provide a platform for early and ...
Written by Bridget Mullany This month we are delighted to have the wonderful Mia Dunphy as our RAID member spotlight!! Mia is i...
Thursday 2 May 2024 from 3pm-5pm at the Rules Club, Wagga Wagga Cnr Fernleigh Rd & Glenfield Rd, Glenfield Park Hosted by R...
Date: Wednesday 13 March 2024 Time: 5.00-7.00pm (presentations from 5pm with refreshments to follow at 6pm) Venue: Bayliss Lect...
Are you looking to make your research more impactful? Are you interested in the power of agriculture to meet development outcom...
In 2023, as part of a pilot project funded by the Crawford Fund and Australian Volunteers Program, six RAIDers signed on as Aus...
Written by Bridget Mullany We make our way upstairs, the wooden stairs creak under my feet. At the top I brush the sand off my ...
SESSION 1: Finding Your Purpose Thursday 11 January 2024 from 4:00pm – 5:30pm AEDT SESSION 2: Personal Brand to Impact Good Thu...
RAID Network have had a busy 12 months with some fantastic events and competitions in this past year. The Annual Report expands...
In August 2023, RAID invited its members to enter ‘your research in one photo’ competition. We all know that effectively commun...
Manita Raut, who is on RAID’s central committee, is one of 17 students who received a Crawford Fund 2023 student award. T...
On 19 July 2023, RAID WA hosted a networking lunch at the University of Western Australia (UWA). The event attracted approximat...
A group of Australian and Vietnamese early-to-mid career researchers are on a mission to strengthen collaboration and build the...
We all know that effectively communicating your research involves much more than just publishing a paper. Photos are a powerful...
THURSDAY 3 AUGUST 2023 3:00pm-4:30pm (AEST) Online (Teams) REGISTER HERE The RAID network are giving its members the opportunit...
Over 40 agricultural researchers, including 15 researchers on a study tour from Bangladesh, attended the RAID WA networking eve...
RAID WA is hosting a networking event to coincide with a Bangladeshi study tour on Thursday 8 June from 4:30-6:30pm (AWST) at M...
Enjoy free pizza and refreshments while learning about international agriculture/aquaculture research opportunities!
Biosecurity Champions – building capacity and facilitating agricultural transformation in Africa and The Pacific Register for o...
A bustling room of international attendees, swarming a cosy pub in rural Armidale, was an invigorating site after the COVID hia...
What kinds of activities are subsidised? The Early to Mid-Career Researchers Prize has been designed to enable participation in...
Role: Project Support Trainer We are excited to bring you this 5-week remote volunteer opportunity which involves an online wor...
Don’t miss this opportunity to submit your application for the 2023 Crawford Fund Student Awards! If you are a university...
Thursday 8 December 2022 | 5pm-7pm AWST Bayliss Lecture Theatre, University of Western Australia Invitation open to all inte...
Whether you are a student from La Trobe University, AGRIBIO, Uni Melb, Deakin university or elsewhere, already working in Agric...
Are you interested in international development and agricultural research? Join your peers for a long over-due networking event...
RAID Network online workshop Thursday 20 October 2022 4:00pm – 5:30pm AEDT Facilitator: Dr Anika Molesworth Workshop summ...
Date: Tuesday 27 September Time: 5:00-6:30 pm Venue: Learning Hub (Level 3, Life Sciences), UTAS Join us at the Learning Hub (L...
RAID and the Australian National Committee for Irrigation and Drainage have put together an amazing program for young professio...
Background RAID is looking to engage a Program Coordinator to oversee an international research exchange program in conjunction...
With so many in town for the Crawford Fund Conference, this evening is a great opportunity for early-mid career researchers and...
This RAID networking/mentoring event will be held in association with the UWA Institute of Agriculture 2022 Industry Forum on t...
Join us and the @Crawford Fund for an information and networking event for people interested in working or studying in internat...
Date: Wednesday 25 May 2022 | Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM AEDT Online | Register now Join us for our third instalment of the...
Livestock production contributes to 40% of total agricultural emissions production in high income countries and 20% in low to m...
As we enter 2022, we have some brand new, fresh set of faces here on RAID’s Central Committee. While we are super sad to ...
Date: Friday 19 November 2021 | Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM AEDT Online (Zoom) AG PATHWAYS TO MAKING A GLOBAL DIFFERENCE Natio...
Date Friday 24 September 2021 Time 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM AEST We are excited to announce our first ‘Spotlight on Series̵...
Date and time Tuesday 14 September 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ACST Location The University of Adelaide – Waite Campus Beltan...
The earth may be warmer than it’s ever been and the world in disarray, but after reading the IPCC report this month – my only s...
Despite limitations on face-to-face opportunities, the RAID Network team have put together some fantastic virtual events in thi...
Committee Positions Vice-President Treasurer Partnership’s Coordinator (lead) Partnership’s supporting role Communications Coo...
The Framing of Farming: Regenerative Agriculture. A deep dive into what Regenerative Ag is and how best we can reshape the futu...
In the past week, as I reflect on the Earth Month Activation Program and the question of accessibilities influence on climate a...
My discipline is in agronomy and I am project leader of an Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) pr...
NextGen Opportunities Crawford Fund 2021 Annual Conference After having to postpone their 2020 Annual Conference, the Crawford ...
CLIMATE WORK is everywhere. From the vegetables we consume, our daily commute, to our identities, values and often-subconscious...
As a second-year Master of Global Food and Agricultural Business student, I was able to undertake an internship with Researcher...
RAID’s Capacity Building Team invites YOU to participate in our 2021 Cross-Cultural Collaboration Workshop About this event Ear...
RAID Earth Month activation program participants RAID is excited to announce the 17 RAIDers that have been selected to undertak...
RAID Network’s Armidale regional office in collaboration with the University of England organised an event on the 27 Apri...
Students or early career researchers (ECRs) who are interested in getting involved in International Ag. And for those who have ...
Visibility for influence and impact in research and agriculture: RAID Earth Month activation program Monday 3rd May 4:30-5:30pm...
The intersection of ag, environment and people: Towards mitigation and adaption to climate change Symposium (Armidale & Onl...
Kiss the Ground: Moonlight Movie at St Lucia & Gatton (QLD) Join us for two outdoor movie events to watch the 2020 document...
PLEASE NOTE: Due to COVID restrictions in WA, this workshop will be re-scheduled. A new date will be posted when confirmed. We ...
As climate change impacts all parts of our global community, agriculture is a large contributor to this increasing crisis, whil...
Being a scientist in a rural province of Zambia allows me to experience life as both a researcher and a farmer. I ask many ques...
Broadening our understanding of gender to promote diversity. RAID committee members, Ebony, Josh and Ruby ventured to Melbourne...
As I sit here reminiscing about my time when I got to participate in ag R4D I can’t stop the smile crossing my face. My time in...
Topic: International Agricultural Research in African Nations – space for collaboration and opportunities? Friday 19 March 2021...
“WHAT CAN FARMERS DO?” Farmer-Led, Science-Based Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Strategies for Australia and Abroad A Workshop on I...
After a short sleep to recover from a rush day trip visiting Bangkok, the transfer picked me up at 3 AM from my hotel and dropp...
When I started studying agriculture and environmental science at university, never in a million years would I have thought that...
For me, Agricultural Research for Development is about connecting worlds and helping people live the lives they want. Anthropol...
Sitting on the shelves of libraries worldwide are countless books about agricultural development. What is it? How can we achiev...
COVID-19 has created personal and professional challenges for all of us. As agricultural scientists, we face similar challenges...
What better way to bring in the New Year than to announce the RAID in Retrospect Photo Competition winners! The RAID Events tea...
Looking back on ‘the year that was’, quite frankly, is amazing! Like many many (!) other groups and organisations, RAID had to ...
Winner! 3rd Prize 2020 RAID Network Blog Competition From the lecture hall to experiencing it all In a village somewhere in sou...
To celebrate the end of the year, the Sydney RAID representatives are hosting a NSW wide networking session for those intereste...
Winner! 2nd Prize 2020 RAID Network Blog Competition Four Hours in … 4 hours in of being hot and sticky, 4 hours in of mi...
Winner! 1st Prize 2020 RAID Network Blog Competition What is Ag Research for Development for me? It’s Sustainability and Breaki...
In the world of COVID-19, we all have had to adapt and shift how we interact with each other. For those working in agriculture ...
We are inviting you to join us in announcing and celebrating the winners of our first ever RAID in Retrospect Photo Competition...
Voting is now closed for the 2020 RAID in Retrospect Photo Competition: People’s Choice Award! The judging panel selected their...
What else would you do with your time in this year of COVID-19 other than enter blog competitions? Well we had a good number of...
Wade Lu is a master’s student and is collaborating with RAID to help evaluate its outcomes and impacts. I was born and grew up ...
REMOTE VOLUNTEERING ‘Fostering International R4D collaboration in a COVID-19 world’ On 19 October 2020, six Australian voluntee...
The circumstances over the past year has resulted in a number of challenges and opportunities for those within the agriculture ...
The RAID Network have been busy bee’s this past year and putting together this annual report show’s the enormous ef...
The global disruption from COVID-19, including to the health and livelihoods of so many, has been profound. Within the context ...
Online Zoom Event – Watch the video Thursday 27 August 2020 – 1:00pm AEST – Register Now Join us for a pa...
The RAID Network, the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), ACIAR and the Australian Volunteers Program are develo...
Zoom Webinar – 4 June 2020 Following on from our first extremely well-received webinar, “Doing International Resear...
Can you do international agricultural research without getting your hand dirty? With ongoing travel restrictions due to the COV...
31st July | 1pm – 2.30pm AEST – WATCH THE VIDEO Please join us to hear how: The RAID Network, the Vietnam National ...
WATCH THE VIDEO Please join us for presentations and discussion on how climate change is impacting women in agriculture and the...
WATCH THE VIDEO Join us with a panel of agricultural researchers to discuss how to do international research in lockdown! Hear...
Tamaya Peressini ACIAR Graduate Research Officer Treasurer RAID Network and Plant protection enthusiast Yes that’s right – I sa...
2019 politely came and went, then 2020 introduced itself to us without so much as a pleasantry. Amongst it all, announcing the ...
Background Firstly, let’s clarify the question on everyone’s lips: Are maize and corn the same thing? Well, yes and no… Corn is...
Why Lao PDR? I found myself in Laos the same way I find myself in many situations – throwing myself into the most daunting and ...
The Crawford Fund have some fantastic opportunities available in the coming months, and would love it if you could encourage y...
By Jack Hetherington, RAID President The silly season is once again upon us! As we all prepare to wind up the year with a lot (...
By Nikki Dumbrell On Monday 2 December 2019 I spoke at a Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA) Food, Fibre ...
By: Tiago Silva and Priscilla Gerber Two Brazilians entered a plane on the way to Vietnam… Yes, I know it sounds like the begin...
By Peta Stockwell Vanuatu: while most of us may know this Pacific Island nation as a popular cruise ship destination and a trop...
By Manoj Kumar M K Agricultural production is a critical issue for many Pacific Island Countries (PICs) as most of the populati...
By Lucinda Dunn In light of plastic-free July hashtagging its essential message throughout the internet and social media highli...
By April McElligott Mid-January 2018, an hour and a half from Nakai, of Khammouane Province, my University Professor and fieldt...
The 2019 RAIDers Network annual networking event for Crawford Fund scholars and ACT RAID members took place at the (historic) K...
By Emma Hand In August of 2018, I lead a group of seven students from Charles Sturt University (CSU) on a New Colombo Plan shor...
By Marisa Mitchell I’m a Research Officer on a one-year assignment with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) a...
(Unexpected constraints to production), and other lessons from life in Lao PDR I have been a field pathologist for… well,...
Vietnam is a beautiful country, alive with culture, tradition and a vibrant society. Unfortunately this has not always been the...
In November 2018 I set off to Điện Biên Province in North-West Vietnam, my 5th trip to this area in 4 years. My PhD research is...
January sidled by (without hesitation) and it’s time we start sharing some of the blogs we’ve been holding on to… But first – w...
Where has the year gone! Last week it felt like February. But here we are with Christmas just days away and everyone is getting...
By Joe Vile and Sam Coggins Did you know that Australian science and knowledge contributes to the diets of 400 million people w...
Are you an agriculture enthusiast from Australia keen to work with farmers in developing countries? Here is a list of funded op...
In the absence of a fantastically clear career plan (which very few people actually have), what you do for a living and where y...
International Volunteer Day, celebrated each year on December 5, was started by the United Nations (UN) in 1985 to acknowledge ...
By Bianca Das and David Mcgill We often think about our jobs purely as scientists – ‘crunching the numbers and writing go...
I have always been interested in how agricultural R&D has spillover benefits or interactions to other areas of internationa...
A little bit of team bonding, some long work days, a lot of humidity, and a touch of heat stroke & dehydration led to that ...
RAID partnered with the Crawford Fund to present another intensive workshop on agricultural research leadership and management ...
I’ve just come back from my first field season in Cambodia for my PhD fieldwork. My PhD is aimed at networking a way to sustain...
For those of you haven’t attended a speed-networking event or haven’t yet read Jack Koci’s blog, speed networking is speed dati...
World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on October 16 and is an opportunity to reflect on the progress to achi...
When thinking about a career in agriculture, most people envisage acres of cattle and miles of fencing. Having myself grown up ...
We have all heard about the public-private partnerships (PPP) when it comes to governments building infrastructure like toll ro...
You’ve already read about the rich cultural experience and unique development opportunity of Nick’s role as a plant pathologist...
This is where I now live – Savannakhet, Lao PDR. There are around 100,000 people in the city. There are three other Austr...
Our crew of Northern Territory RAIDers is growing thanks to the active efforts of our NT State Rep Maddison. NT RAID kicked off...
I’m now coming to the end of my candidature. I’ve nearly made it! Looking back at the three-year journey I have made plenty of ...
It’s hard to cross a road in the Philippines – let alone create high resolution soil maps. Yet Australian and Filipino re...
RAID were in attendance at the 2018 Crawford Fund conference ‘Reshaping agriculture for better nutrition – The Agriculture, Foo...
In last week’s blog on women’s empowerment, Romana reminded us not to leave men behind. If both women and men can embrace chang...
Romana Roschinsky – International Research and Training Program Leader – Livestock Systems, University of New Engla...
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Blog by – Elizabeth Worrall with contribution from Shaun Coffey and Lynn O’Brien Leadership; easy to say, harder to practice. “...
Written by final year Veterianry Students (University of Melbourne); Samuel Duck and Madeleine Rowe (pictured) As final year Do...
Think of sardines and most people think of those that come tightly packed in a tin. But here in Timor-Leste, sardines come pile...
It’s #WorldMilkDay and there’s no better time to celebrate the extraordinary research our team in Pakistan has been working on ...
A lunchtime information and networking event was held at the University of Tasmania on 28th March 2018 to showcase RAID as an A...
Last night RAID’s ACT reps Dave and Kylie hosted Canberra’s first ever stand alone networking event – and it was a great succes...
Or maybe not. I was recently on a trip to Cambodia to set up the trials for my final year honours project: growing Mungb...
Ever wondered what it’s like to conduct research in a developing country? Here’s a sneak peak! Graham Centre for ...
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What do you think about when you think of South East Asia? You probably think bustling cities with crazy traffic and even crazi...
Recently I was on my first field research trip to Myanmar. What I knew before about this fascinating country was little: Golden...
By Jack Koci, Madaline Healey and Bianca Das Networking with RAID “The perils and blunders of working in agricultural developme...
2017 is coming to end with the “silly season” pretty much here! I am sure many of you are looking forward to enjoying some spar...
In the centre of a dense patch of dry dead weeds, a single tussock of vibrant green grass stands tall under the merciless Laoti...
Last month was International Day of Rural Women – a day that pays tribute to the invaluable role that women play in their homes...
The world is increasingly a digital space. Between 1995 and 2017, the number of people using the internet has grown from 16 mil...
Ann-Maree discussing health service needs in remote southwest Uganda with local midwife of 50+ years Mrs Angela Nakagwa Nalongo...
There was a good turnout to last week’s RAID event, organised by PhD Candidate Elya Richardson and Animal Science lecturer John...
Over the past five years, I have been absolutely infatuated by the concept of having a long and illustrious career that focusse...
By Dr Myrtille Lacoste – WA RAID Representative On 24 August, The Crawford Fund and the RAID network co-hosted a Sundowner at t...
“Would you like to join fieldwork in Fiji in three weeks?” my colleague Fran Cowley asked me in May. Well sure! What a great op...
By Emma Hand Before leaving Australia to embark on my 12 month, Australian volunteer assignment to Samoa, I was excitedly telli...
By Arundhita Bhanjdeo My first trip to Bhubhui, Jharkhand, India was three years ago. The first thing I came across was one of ...
After a huge (and successful) week at the Crawford Conference and hanging out with a bunch of incredible young scholars a few o...
With the upcoming Crawford Fund 2017 Annual Conference, it got us here at RAID thinking, what’s the key to effective networking...
By Brendon Bangma Sitting here in a small air conditioned office in provincial Laos I have put aside some work on upcoming fiel...
Jenny Hanks has a chat with Myo Thura in rainy Yangon while we wait for the power to come back on… Tell us a little about yours...
Renee’s blog from last week “Canaries of Climate change”, was a stark reminder of real and immediate challenges facing us in ag...
I write this as my mind is a whirlwind of thoughts – what I need to pack, what I’ll likely forget to pack, the fact that I’m fl...
Australian researchers in international agriculture need to re-focus on communicating the value of our research in a time of re...
I’m being offered a lot of advice at the moment! In 2017 I’m getting married and having my first child and everyone seems to ha...
Are you a young researcher focusing on food and sustainability issues? If so, be aware of the BCFN YES! research funding opport...
I was recently on a writing retreat with my research group. Ostensibly arranged by our boss to workshop each other’s current pu...
Have you been to any of RAID’s events? What do YOU think RAID should be doing? Are we perfect and don’t need to change? Or do y...
5. This is the number of hours it took, on average, to complete my paper-based survey questionnaire during the pre-testing in V...
I recently came across the blog ‘Blood and Milk’ by Alanna Shaikh. Alanna writes on all things international development, shari...
RAID president, Jack Koci, spends 10 minuts with soil scientist Paul Nelson Tell us a little bit about yourself? I’m a research...
Who Me? When I left school, I was determined to follow in my father’s footsteps and started studying medicine. However, this wa...
Wes is currently a Media Officer with Charles Sturt University, with experience working with multicultural teams in developing ...
It takes 15 seconds to read this first paragraph. Fifteen seconds to get an idea of what I am doing. If the idea interests you,...
My mate Amila was puzzled. I had just asked him if he ever gets sick of eating rice. I was certainly sick of it. I was halfway ...
Why is gender important? In smallholder research projects it is common to use “household typologies” to look at the impact of d...
By: Dr Lila Singh-Peterson, Research Fellow, USC Queensland I would like to take a few moments to explain why I think the role ...
Reflections and ethical dilemmas from 8 years in African agricultural development. Helping – that’s why we do what we do. It’s ...
By Dave Shearer I worked with ACIAR for 10 years, doing some really interesting stuff in the early days of the agribusiness pro...
English is the predominant language of science. For me it’s my first language but for many of my colleagues it is their second ...
The experience of working in agricultural research for development taught me some valuable lessons that I’ve recently found mys...
By David McGill & Jenny Hanks Having students, whether they be undergrad/postgrad/local/international/short-term/long-term,...
At RAID we hear a lot of stories from people working in international agriculture. The challenges of frequent travel and workin...
By Omid Neishaboory Nejad Coming from a fast developing country with different levels of exposure to modern and complex urban l...
No matter where you are and how you celebrate, from the RAID team we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! If...
Does the thought of sitting back and relaxing over Christmas and New Year with nothing to do terrify you? After a hectic year w...
By: Ms Phonevilay Sichanthongthip, Research Entomologist, National Agriculture and Forestry Institute, Vientiane, Lao PDR I stu...
Starting out with the ACIAR SIMLESA Project Prior to taking up a position as a soil scientist within ACIAR’s project SIMLESA, I...
Let’s start by being very upfront about this topic. There are many people out there that do not enjoy statistics or crunching n...
By Di Mayberry, Lindsay Bell and Kendrick Cox Before you fly 1. Pack your hand luggage carefully. – Make sure you have ev...
My father came to Myanmar as a backpacker in 1981. Driving back from swimming training he would tell us stories of a land of ho...
By Robbie Mitchell The holiday blues. We all get them, particularly soon after having returning back to our nine to five jobs. ...
RAID is calling for applications to its Annual Capacity Builing Event on Mobile Acquired Data (MAD) Apps Theme: Digital ...
Madaline Healey has a chat with plant pathologist and international agricultural researcher Lester Burgess Tell us a little abo...
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Dr Stephen Ives, Research Fellow, UTAS. The underlying objective of conducting research for development in Asia, the pacific an...
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I recently read a journal article which highlighted smallholders in East Asian economies as persistent and resilient, but only ...
Caitlin McQuarrie (BVSc V, University of Sydney) Recently, as part of my final year of my Veterinary training, I undertook a mo...
As an early career researcher, I have been fortunate to be involved in an Australian Centre for International Agricultural Rese...
Skye Gabb and David McGill This week we attended the Crawford Fund Annual Conference “Waste not, want not: the circular economy...
There is so much to learn as an early career researcher, the phrase ‘the more I learn the more I realise I don’t know’ comes to...
For National Science Week 2016 Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, is calling on all Australians to get to know the na...
By Perry Poulton and Skye Gabb Perry Poulton is a research agronomist with CSIRO Agriculture and Food who has over 30 years exp...
On the 8th August, 35 University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) students and staff gathered by lakes at USC to enjoy a BBQ and tal...
RAID has enjoyed another great year, connecting, engaging and supporting early to mid-career researchers involved in agricultur...
I am more than half way through my Honours research project on “Retention of Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags in selec...
Researchers in Agriculture for International Development and the Crawford Fund recently formed a new partnership which will see...
Chris Jacobson I’ve had some fortuitous opportunities in my career as a social scientist working in climate resilience and agri...
You know what’s fun? Analysing data – that’s what! You know what’s not fun? Spending hours and hours of time ‘analysing’ data, ...
By Di Mayberry, Julia Hoy, Nick Hudson, Dennis Poppi, Megan Sullivan Conferences are an important part of being a scientist. An...
By Neal Dalgliesh and Skye Gabb Neal Dalgliesh is an agricultural research consultant and CSIRO research fellow who has worked ...
By Neal Dalgliesh and Skye Gabb Neal Dalgliesh is an agricultural research consultant and CSIRO research fellow who has worked ...
By Lachlan Dennis After a quick scramble to make the connection from Port Moresby I’m there. On a plane to tropical Kavieng for...
My many moments in Myanmar continue this year. Although now they are a little less frequent, as at the end of last year I moved...
By Peter Wynn Working with youth A single meeting with a young school student in a village in Western Punjab remains indelibly ...
Part 1: The complexities of buffalo production influenced who the project engaged with The beginning: It was with some trepidat...
Last night we had a good turn out to a Victorian RAID event in Melbourne. Jenny Hanks and Anthony Leddin did a great job rallyi...
By Evan Christen, Research Program Manager, Land and Water Resources, ACIAR HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH F...
By Jeff Corfield I fell into international R4D almost by chance, having spent most of my 35 year CSIRO career working in rangel...
Picture this. I’m sitting on a concrete floor, in a thatched house, in the heart of the Mekong Delta. It’s hot. Really hot. My...
I remember as a 17-year-old telling all my high school friends that I was heading off to university to study agriculture. “Agri...
This blog comes off the back of a previous blog in which I wrote about some of my experiences of traveling overseas during my t...
Growing up, scientists to me were people in white lab coats staring down microscopes and occasionally winning very serious and ...
More often than not, Pakistan is in the media for all the wrong reasons. When people generally think about this country the thi...
University of Sydney Veterinary Science student, Nina Matsumto shares her 2xxFM (http://www.2xxfm.org.au/) interview with Rhyll...
Travelling to unique and remote places is one of the highlights of working in R4D. However, one of the downsides of this is tha...
Last year I attended a RAID event and was lucky enough to hear Tony Fisher’s advice for young researchers. Amongst his wise wor...
As my first year as a grad at ACIAR comes to a close I looked back at some of the work I have been involved in and thought what a
NAME: Anthony Ringrose-Voase CURRENT ROLE AND ORGANISATION: Principal Research Consultant, CSIRO Agriculture Photo 1: Fi...
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For those of you considering applying for the new ACIAR graduate position, read on to get a first-hand account of the experienc...
I am a fourth year Animal and Veterinary Bioscience student at the University of Sydney. I am currently in Cambodia working on ...
Current role and organisation: Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney How did you get involved...
Julia de Bruyn, Sydney University, tells us about her work with village based poultry vaccination programs in the Majiri Villag...
“Do you have Australian money?” the police officer asked after he pulled me over on the motorbike I was loaned to get around th...
‘Bor dai’…… It’s a phrase I’ve learnt to accept. It means ‘can not’ in Lao. It’s not that it happens all the time, but when it ...
Well folks, that’s another year done and dusted. In this, our final blog of the year, RAID would like to thank all of the excel...
We are coming to the end of a dairy development project in Pakistan investigating approaches to improve the extension system to...
Wow – seems like this year has flown by and 2016 is rapidly approaching! I’m not sure about you, but for our research tea...
Current role & organisation: Agriculture Scientist working as a consultant for ACIAR, FAO and other European donors. How di...
G’day everyone – just sharing some of the videos produced from our RAID video communication workshop earlier in the...
Firstly I would like to thanks and congratulate those that submitted their videos. Bonnie and I had a great time watching them....
Why is gender an important part of agricultural research projects In smallholder research projects it is common to use “househo...
Ever since I heard about the Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) in an aquaponics course years ago, I thought about their potential...
RAID WANTS YOUR VOTE Vote for your favourite RAID video! Recently RAID hosted a video communications workshop for its members t...
The countdown is on: one week until World Egg Day 2015! It’s not on your calendar? Before I started a PhD working with small-sc...
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Facebook used to be the main social network for the younger generation and now every farmer and their mums are using it. Litera...
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In RAIDs “10 minutes with…” series we interview experienced researchers to ask a few questions about their ca...
by Tereza Nemanic Tereza is a 4th year Bachelor of Animal Veterinary Bioscience student at The University of Sydney. As part of...
What a privilege to have just returned home from 1 month adventure in Cambodia and Lao PDR to take part in an ACIAR funded proj...
Luisa Olmo, BAnVetBioSc Honours student, University of Sydney I recently had the eye-opening experience of spending 3 weeks in ...
Good communication is key to the success of any project, but things get tricky when the people you need to communicate with are...
I have just recently returned from a month’s annual leave. It’s the first time I have taken leave or holidays that has lasted f...
Over 25 RAIDers from around Australia have participanted in a workshop on using videos to help communicate their research. Rich...
With the EOFY stress subsiding, RAID’s core management committee considered it to timely to reflect on achievements over ...
If you asked me what I was going to be doing with myself going through my undergrad at Sydney University- Bachelor of Animal an...
Last year I started my PhD at Charles Sturt University. Prior to this I worked for 3 years with the ASLP Dairy Project (an ACIA...
Too often we work in our science ‘silos’ and fail to think in a systems or even global framework. And this is harder than it so...
Name: Dr Doug Gray (interviewed by Bec McBride) Current role and organisation: Private Consultant How did you get involved? Whi...
One of the highlights of working in international agriculture is seeing the different farming systems in different countries. I...
Very occasionally, when I’m talking about upcoming travel, I get met with ‘you always go to ‘weird’ countries’ or a personal fa...
“I’m interested in international agricultural research for development, but how do I get my foot in the door?”...
RAID is calling for expressions of interest! FREEcommunication workshop for RAID members Topic: Using new media to communicate...
RAID has a new blog series titled: “10 minutes with…” where experienced researchers are interviewed to provid...
A joy – or sometimes a hazard – of working in international development is trying local food, one of which has been ‘mato...
Two big chocolate brown eyes looked up at me from behind long dark eyelashes. This cow knew how pretty she was, and nonchalantl...
I’m sitting in a hotel room in Kupang Indonesia on a warm, sunny Sunday and writing a blog about publishing scientific research...
Almost 50% of all children in Laos are stunted. Yes, that’s right, you read correctly – 50%. That means nearly half of al...
As the name suggests, the Central Dry Zone (CDZ) doesn’t exactly have a cool climate. It’s hot. It’s like stepping into a furna...
In the past couple of months my Mum has been to visit. So as with any visitor I wanted to show her what is unique and special a...
During my final year of veterinary science I was given the opportunity to travel to Laos to carry out my public practice placem...
Photo: Vietnamese and Australian social researchers Nguyen Thi Da Thao and Lydia Turner Being involved in the ACIAR project ‘De...
Earlier in the week as I started my day, I was busy Facebooking and I noticed one of my sisters had posted something about Inte...
From the dusty van window I looked out at the passing countryside. I was hypnotized by the blur of verdant green paddies, monol...
Are you interested in applying your skills and gaining experience in agricultural development projects in Eastern Indonesia? Th...
Written By: Jessica Bogard ‘Mache bhate Bengali’ – ‘Fish and rice make a Bengali’. Situated on the deltas of three of the world...
It was one of those “what if” moments, sitting in a hostel in London reading an advertisement for a research assistant on a vil...
Tales of Taveuni, Fiji Your picture of Fiji …… idyllic sandy beaches, palm trees, blue, blue water…. and loads of tourists. Tak...
As a young vet working in clinical practice, in my first 3 years out of uni, I’d already seen change. I’d been lucky enough to ...
About 3 months ago you saw a blog from me about moments in Myanmar and I guess this is the sequel… I’m going to be writing a bl...
Ever since I did agriculture at university I wanted to make a difference in the world and on that journey I found that even tho...
August, 2013. A veterinary clinic consulting room in Sydney. An irate woman is demanding to know why her Bichon Frise no longer...
Today we celebrate World Soils Day and look forward to the International Year of Soils in 2015. Since last week’s blog you have...
It’s Friday afternoon, 5:00 pm. For the past 4 hours you’ve been sitting at your computer thinking about the moment you can fin...
One of the things you get from friends before you leave on project activities in developing countries is…. so you are off on an...
Working on international agriculture projects means travelling overseas. A lot. I’m a big fan of travelling light, and it doesn...
Australian Volunteer for International Development I am fortunate. Really fortunate. So are you by the way. Chances are we’ve a...
Working in a normal 9-5 job was never for me. You get to a point when you realise that there has to be more to life than doing ...
Six months ago I arrived in Myanmar ready for the adventure of getting a livestock research project started, not knowing what t...
My study and career path, such that it is having only been working for three years, has followed a series of chance meetings wi...
I decided I wanted to be a vet after spending a week in a clinic during year ten work experience. I watched with delight as the...
As a graduate officer at ACIAR, I have been involved in developing a project from scoping study to project inception on the des...
Back in year twelve when the biggest decision you had to make was what your university preferences were going to be, I was adam...
No small task, but this is what the Crawford Fund conference last week grappled with. I was lucky to be there as a Crawford sch...
The international development community is facing an uphill battle in attracting young scientists into the exciting world of ag...
Like many other RAIDers, my entry into R4D work came via a stint volunteering overseas. During my PhD I decided that internatio...
If you are reading this, you’ve probably just made the best decision of your life. You have taken the first step towards a more...