Proceedings - Balai Penelitian Tanah
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TECHNICAL CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES<br />
Sammut et al.<br />
Three interrelated ACIAR projects have utilised a ‘train the trainer’<br />
approach to build environmental assessment and management in<br />
skills in a team of Master Trainers at CBAD, Ujung Batee. The Master<br />
Trainers have the responsibility of training staff of District Dinas<br />
Kelautan dan Perikanan, NGOs and other donor agencies running<br />
pond reconstruction programs in Aceh. Master Trainers undergo<br />
competency testing to ensure that skill building is effective and at high<br />
technical standard. Under the umbrella of the AIPRD project, the<br />
Master Trainers deliver technical information to stakeholders through<br />
regular roadshows along the north east coast and at selected<br />
demonstration pond sites. A field team has also been established to<br />
provide technical support to farmers on soil assessment and<br />
remediation, pond management and canal and pond design. Training<br />
is provided at two levels. A higher level of technical training is<br />
provided to the Master Trainers whereas low level training is delivered<br />
to other stakeholders with supporting extension materials developed<br />
by other ACIAR projects. Master Trainers also play a role in the<br />
analysis and interpretation of environmental data collected from field<br />
sites. Technical support is also provided by the ACIAR Soil and Land<br />
Evaluation Research Team from RICA in Maros, UNSW and Gadjah<br />
Mada University (GMU).<br />
An important aspect of long term support to the aquaculture sector is<br />
the re-establishment of laboratory services at CBAD Ujung Batee.<br />
Environmental laboratories and hatchery facilities have been<br />
reconstructed at CBAD Ujung Batee with funding from the AIPRD.<br />
Complementary staff training has been conducted by the ACIAR<br />
projects to ensure that CBAD Ujung Batee is capable of providing<br />
high-quality services to the aquaculture industry in Aceh. The newly<br />
reconstructed laboratories will provide services to the farming<br />
community through disease diagnostics (including PCR testing for<br />
viruses), water and soil quality assessment, and general<br />
environmental analyses. The AIPRD has also provided a mobile field<br />
laboratory to provide onsite testing of soils and water. The CBAD<br />
laboratories were officially opened on 14 June 2008 by the Prime<br />
Minster of Australia, Hon. Mr Kevin Rudd, M.P.<br />
SOIL CHARACTERISATION AND MAPPING ACTIVITIES<br />
ACIAR Project FIS/2005/028 and FIS/2005/009 (technical capacity<br />
building and research support projects) have conducted extensive soil<br />
sampling and mapping to identify and characterise problem soil types.<br />
First approximation mapping has shown that over 470,000 ha of ASS<br />
are present in Aceh (Figure 1) and that more than 80% of ponds are<br />
affected by moderate to severe soil acidification (Sammut and<br />
International Workshop on Post Tsunami Soil Management, 1-2 July 2008 in Bogor, Indonesia