ASIA LINK Programme | Aculture

Workshop A

The Status of Agriculture and Horticulture in the Aceh Region Before and After the Tsunami

The first workshop was held at the Syiah KualaUniversity in Banda Aceh on the 28^th March, 2006. It comprised the introduction of the project partners and their potential for the support of the Tsunami Region Aceh. About 100 farmers, scientists, students, and representatives of national organizations attended the presentations of strategies, policies and challenges for agriculture and the social and economic situation of farmers in the Aceh region before and after the tsunami. Excursions to tsunami-affected areas also included the visit of potential model farms that are to be established within the Aculture project.

Flyer Workshop A

Workshop B

Soil Chemical Properties in Aceh, Methods of Phytoremediation, and Food Quality

A workshop was held from 19^th to the 25^th of February 2007 at the Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh. Presentation on the subject "Soil chemical properties in Aceh, methods of phytoremediation, and food quality" were held. Lectures that are planned to start in August 2007 were discussed and adapted to the conditions at the Syiah Kuala University.


Prof. Arif	Prof. Trosten	Welcome note by Rektor of USK	Presentation in Sabang

Presentation in Sabang 2	Presention in Sabang 3	Presentation in Sabang 4	Trip to Banda Aceh

Field trip 1	Field trip 2	Meeting with farmer 1	Meeting with farmer 2

The speakers	Presentation, Workshop 1	Participants of the Workshop	Presentation, Workshop 2

Field trip 3	Field trip 4	Field trip 5	Sabang Beach

Flyer Workshop B

Workshop C

SOIL MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND BIOFERTILIZER TECHNOLOGY

The third Aculture-workshop was held from 29^th of February until 2^nd of March 2008 at the Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh. Topics as Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria, Effective Microorganisms (EM), the application of Biofertilizers and Mykorrhiza Technology were discussed. After the workshop, the Aculture-members visited ICRAF and the Soil Research Institute in Bogor and Tadulako University in Palu.


Dr. Aiyen	Prof. George	Participants of the workshop	Participants of the workshop

Dr. Neumann	Break	Dr. Zaitun	Model farm Blang Krueng

Model farm Blang Krueng	Model farm Blang Krueng	Model farm Miruék Taman	Model farm Miruék Taman

Model farm Miruék Taman	Courtyard ICRAF	Prof. George at the Soil Research Institue	Workshop at Tadulako University

Dr. Pitopang, Dr. Schwarz and Students	Greenhouse at Tadulako	Animal farm at Tadulako	Dr. Barus and Dr. Neumann

Cacao plantations with vanille plants	Dr. Pitopang, Dr. Malik and a Rambutan tree	Mountain rainforest, Sulawesi	Prince John Ressort

Workshop A

Workshop B

Workshop C

Flyer Workshop C