FWPA Cullity Fellowship AR Redman

FWPA Cullity Fellowship research program - Characterisation of wood properties and transverse anatomy for vacuum drying modelling of commercially important Australian hardwood species.

ACIAR Strengthening the Fiji Papaya Industry

Strengthening the Fiji Papaya Industry through applied research and information dissemination.

ACIAR Integrated crop production of bananas

Integrated crop production of bananas to manage wilt diseases for improved livelihoods in Indonesia and Australia.

ACIAR Improving soil health in support of sustainable development in the Pacific

The proposed project focuses on developing research-based indicators that growers and extensionists can use to assess soil health status (including key chemical, physical and biological variables), as well as extension approaches to communicate soil health.

ACIAR Producing virus-free sweetpotato planting material in Papua New Guinea

The aim of this small research activity (SRA) is to provide a foundation for establishing a national 'clean seed system' for sweetpotato in Papua New Guinea.

ACIAR Pacific Agribusiness Research for Development Initiative (PARDI)

PARDI provides a platform for stronger economic growth of Pacific island countries. The initiative aims to substantially improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the Pacific. Benefit to Queensland includes: 1) looking at supply chain (value chain) innovations for tropical horticultural commodities in both Queensland and the South Pacific to maintain competitiveness. 2) undertaking research on a product called canarium nut which is grown in the Solomon Islands. It is a new potential high value speciality product (similar to macadamia) in which macadamia industry partners are participating. 3) involvement in specific targeted supply chain business improvement with industry partners.

ACIAR Improving Postrainy Sorghum Varieties Grain and Fodder in India

Sorghum grown in India in the post-rainy season (Rabi) relies on residual soil moisture, and the crop is commonly exposed to terminal drought stress. But there is a ready market for its high-quality grain and stover (used as fodder on dairy farms). Steps to improve productivity while maintaining quality offer an attractive opportunity for sorghum farmers to improve their incomes. Genetically improving the efficiency of using stored soil moisture is a prime target to maximise grain/stover production and quality of Rabi sorghum. This project aims to achieve this through the application of DNA sequences known as quantitative trait loci (QTLs). The project scientists will introduce marker-assisted introgression of stay-green QTLs into sorghum lines, enhancing both the quality and the quantity of grain/stover of postrainy sorghum. They will also use modelling to identify the key physiological traits involved in a higher, more stable yield across water-limited environments of India and Australia, and the key stay-green QTLs contributing to these traits. The publicly available QTL isolines lines developed in this project will be the basis of new varieties to be bred in a subsequent phase.

ACIAR Scoping study for Improved food security and livelihoods in rural Zimbabwe

A short project to provide input to planning a project aimed at improving food security and rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe.

ACIAR Productivity and profitability enhancing tropical pulses in Indonesia and Australia

The project aims at improving the productivity and profitability of mung beans, soy beans and peanuts.

ACIAR Feasibility of farmers managing climate related crop production risk in India

Validation of new Indian seasonal climate forecasting products. In the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) kharif crops are heavily dependent on summer monsoon rains, where the timing and intensity of the rains affects crop yield. The majority of farms in AP are small and marginal, making them very vulnerable to yield reductions. Farmers also lack access to relevant information that might enable them to respond to seasonal conditions. Enabling farmers to utilise seasonal climate forecasting would allow them to respond to seasonal variability. To do this, farmers need a forecasting system that indicates a specific management strategy for the upcoming season, and effective and timely communication of the forecast information. Current agro-meteorological advisories in AP are issued on a bi-weekly basis, and they are relevant to an agro-climatic zone scale which may not be sufficiently relevant at a village level. Also, the information in the advisories may not be necessarily packaged in way relevant to cropping decisions by farmers. The objectives of this project are to evaluate the skill of seasonal climate forecasts to be issued for the 2008 monsoon season, to assess crop management options in response to seasonal scenarios that capture the range of seasonal climatic variability, to develop and evaluate options for effective communication and adoption of climate forecasts and agricultural advisories, and to synthesise and report on options for future research investments into seasonal climate forecasting.

Una teología samaritana : el estilo teológico de Jon Sobrino

El presente artículo se propone presentar las notas fundamentales de la teología de Jon Sobrino. Su particularidad radica en el abordaje en términos de estilo. El autor considera que el teologizar del sacerdote jesuita ha cobrado una identidad original y creadora que permite categorizarlo como estilo. Una de las tesis fuertes del artículo es la definición del teologizar de Sobrino en tanto “estilo” teológico. Luego de una fundamentación del enfoque estilístico que abreva fundamentalmente en H. U. von Balthasar y Ch. Theobald, se despliega la identidad de este estilo teológico en sus características. La otra tesis fuerte es que la realidad del sufrimiento histórico en América Latina configura centralmente el estilo teológico de Jon Sobrino, donde logos y pathos convergen en un movimiento único que cualifican su teología como teología samaritana o teología sentiente (X. Zubiri).

Carta de Alberto Elósegi dirigida a Ruiz de Aguirre, y artículo de Jon Kortazar sobre el poeta "Lauaxeta" (Esteban Urkiaga).

Fecha: 9-5-1987 / Unidad de instalación: Carpeta 48 - Expediente 7-12 / Nº de pág.: 4 (mecanografiadas)

Cartas enviadas por Jon Bilbao a Justo Garate entre 1948 y 1990

11 cartas + 1 fragmento (mecanografiadas) ; entre 215x135mm y 210x295mm.