Deutscher Tropentag 2002:

Scientific Presentations - Papers and Posters

Scientific Groups:

GROUP 1: Sustainable Plant Production and Biodiversity
Subgroup 1a: Organic Farming
Subgroup 1b: Irrigated and Dryland Farming
Subgroup 1c₁: Resource Management and Biotechnology I: Genetic Resources, Neglected Crops and Seeds
Subgroup 1c₂: Resource Management and Biotechnology II: Land and Crop Management
Subgroup 1d: Precision Agriculture, Modelling and Land Use Planning

GROUP 2: Animal Husbandry and Welfare
Subgroup 2a: Animal Husbandry and Breeding
Subgroup 2b: Livestock Production and Nutrition
Subgroup 2c: Disease Control and Hygienics
Subgroup 2d: Aquaculture Systems

GROUP 3: Farming Systems and Management, Rural Development
Subgroup 3a: Sustainable Use of Farm Resources
Subgroup 3b: Diversity and Sustainability of Household Income
Subgroup 3c: Strategy, Infrastructure
Subgroup 3d: Forestry, Agroforestry

GROUP 4: Post Harvest Technology, Marketing and Policy
Subgroup 4a: Post Harvest Technology, Food Quality and Food Certification
Subgroup 4b: Market Structures and Fair Trade
Subgroup 4c: Research, Extension, Training
Subgroup 4d: Global Policy and Economy

GROUP 1: Sustainable Plant Production and Biodiversity

Subgroup 1a: Organic Farming

Keynote

REINHOLD G. MUSCHLER:
Organic Coffee, Biodiversity, and Agrochemicals: The Use of Shade Trees for Low-Input Coffee Production in Central America
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Oral Presentations

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SAIFUL MD. ISLAM, ABDUL M. MOMIN:
Prospects and Problems of Local Level Organic Vegetable Production in Bangladesh
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GEORG DEICHERT, SAING KOMA YANG:
Experiences with System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Cambodia
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Posters

JAN BANOUT:
PC Software for Optimizing of Raw Material Composition for Compost
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ANDREAS FRAHM, HOLGER BRüCK, RALF METTE, B. SATTELMACHER, J.M. PORTIELES:
Effect of Vermiculture and N Fertiliser Application on Yield of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batata L.) Clones
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RITA DAHIYA, R.S. MALIK:
Trash and Green Mulch Effects on Soil N and P Availability
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TARIK EL EDGHIRI:
Evaluation of Quality and Composition of Rich Organic Solid Waste in Developing Countries (Morocco), and Comparison with Europe
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BASILIOS PAPAGEORGIOU, JüRGEN HELBIG, CARMEN BüTTNER:
Ability of Watery Extracts of Composted Organic Waste from Urban Households to Control Airborne Plant Pathogens
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FRANCIS MAINA MWANGI, RüDIGER HAUSCHILD, RICHARD A. SIKORA, EUNICE MUTITU:
Does HCN from Pseudomonas fluorescens Isolate T58 Contribute in Biocontrol of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp lycopersici?
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TAYE TESSEMA, MONIKA GOSSMANN, CHRISTIAN OBERMEIER, CARMEN BüTTNER, REINHARD METZ, GERHARD EINHORN:
Importance of Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) and the Role of Pathogens as Biological Control in Ethiopia
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BERND DITSCHAR, A. M. MOAWAD, G. A. WOLF:
Micro-Plate Colourimetric Assay for Endo-Acting Amylase, Chitinase and 1,3-ß-Glucanase Activities in Chromolaena odorata Roots Colonized with (V)A Mycorrhizal Fungi
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BEATA NASCIMENTO, HELGA SERMANN, CARMEN BüTTNER:
Biology and the Natural Control of Pest Millipedes Spinotarsus caboverdus PIERRARD (1987) from Cape Verde
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JAN BERNHARD:
Plant Health Protection in Organic Coffee Cultivation in Peru: a Basic Programme for Obtaining and Applying Ecologically Acceptable Bio-Insecticides and Fungicides
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JAN BERNHARD:
Shade-Grown Organic Coffee Production in Peru: a Project Linking Ecological and Fair-Trade Issues with Efficient Marketing
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MOHAMED KANDIL, SALAH AHMED, EWALD SCHNUG:
Comparison of Conventional and Organic Grown Fennel in Egypt
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SUSANNE KRAUSE, SAHLE TESFAI, MICHAEL KARL:
NECOFA, "Network for Ecofarming in Africa"
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XIOMARA CASTILLO, RAINER GEORG JöRGENSEN:
Impact of Ecological and Conventional Arable Management Systems on Chemical and Biological Soil Quality Indices in Nicaragua
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JOHANNES HEEB:
Waste Heat Utilisation in a Tropical Greenhouse in Ruswil, Switzerland
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LUKAS KILCHER:
Umstellung von mineralisch-synthetischer auf organische Düngung - Herausforderung für Biobetriebe in den Tropen und Subtropen
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Subgroup 1b: Irrigated and Dryland Farming

Keynote

PETRA DöLL:
Water for Agriculture - A Global Systems Analysis Perspective
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Oral Presentations

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SABINE HöYNCK, ARMIN RIESER:
The Dynamics of Water User Associations in a Large-Scale Irrigation System in Thailand
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EL HOUSSAIN BAALI, MOHAMMED AZOUGGAGH, OMAR AHL RCHID:
Water Pumping for Irrigation in Moroccan Oasis
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EIKE LUEDELING, STEFAN SIEBERT, FLORIAN WICHERN, W. AESCHBACH-HERTIG, MAHER NAGIEB, TORSTEN MüLLER, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
The Hydrology of Mountain Oases in Northern Oman
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FOLKARD ASCH, ANDI BAHRUN, CHRISTIAN R. JENSEN:
Root-Shoot-Communication in Drought-Stressed Maize Is Modified by Atmospheric Conditions
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Posters

CORNELIUS JANTSCHKE, KLAUS SPOHRER, LUDGER HERRMANN, KARLHEINZ KöLLER:
Advanced Irrigation Scheduling for Lychee Orchards in Northern Thailand
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ROLF HüBENER:
The Challenge of Knowledge Transfer in Irrigated Agriculture
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NAZIR HUSSAIN, FAKHAR MUJEEB, GULAM SARWAR:
Long-Term Effects of High RSC Water and Ameliorative Strategies
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HORST WEIER, MAHER NAGIEB, STEFAN SIEBERT:
Water as a Natural Resource in Oases of the Oman Mountains
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MOHAMMAD MAJDALAWI:
The Resource Management and the Living Standard in Different Farming Systems according to Different Water Qualities: a Case from Jordan
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MOHAMMED HASSAN, HOLGER LILIENTHAL, EWALD SCHNUG:
Evaluation of Land Suitability for Agriculture in the El-Salam Region of the North Sinai
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ANJA GASSNER, GERD SPAROVEK, EWALD SCHNUG:
Soil Erosion and Land Use Effects on Phosphorus Dynamics in a Brazilian Watershed
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SABINE GOLOMBEK, EZZ AL-DEIN AL-RAMAMNEH:
Drought Tolerance Mechanisms of Pearl Millet
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Subgroup 1c₁: Resource Management and Biotechnology I: Genetic Resources, Neglected Crops and Seeds

Keynote

KARL HAMMER:
Recent Developments in Research on Plant-Genetic Resources
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Oral Presentations

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ZBYNEK POLESNY:
Tropical and Subtropical Plants With Sweetening Properties: the Potential Source of Low-Calorie Sweeteners
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JENS GEBAUER, KAMAL EL-SIDDIG, GEORG EBERT:
The Potential of Under-Utilised Fruit Trees in Central Sudan
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ADEL H. ABDEL GHANI, HEIKO K. PARZIES, H. H. GEIGER:
Estimation of Outcrossing Rate in Hordeum spontaneum and Barley Landraces from Jordan
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WERNER SCHENKEL, EWALD STICKSEL, GERHARD WENZEL:
Development of a Bambara Groundnut Core Collection from IITA Germplasm Based on Characterisation and Evaluation Data
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Posters

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SANGTIWA SURIYONG, SUCHADA VEARASILP, ELKE PAWELZIK, NATTASAK KRITTIGAMAS, SA-NGUANSAK THANAPORNPOONPONG:
Pre Emergence Effect to Imbibition of Soybean Seeds
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KARIN ZIPPEL, PETER LüDDERS:
Influence of Propagation Date to Sprout Development of Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesm.) at Different Climates
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ANDREA KLEEBERG, CHRISTIAN RICHTER:
Root Growth of Eight Different Varieties of the Grain Tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) from Ethiopia
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KARIN ZIPPEL:
Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesm.) in Subsistence Farming Systems in Ethiopia
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RENI LESTARI, GEORG EBERT:
Salak - the Indonesian Snake Fruit
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NORBERT STEINMüLLER, KAI SONDER, JüRGEN KROSCHEL:
Fodder Tree Research with Moringa stenopetala - a Daily Leafy Vegetable of Konso People, Ethiopia
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EDILEGNAW WALE, DETLEF VIRCHOW:
The Opportunity Cost of Growing Local Landraces: Challenges and Implications for the Design of Incentives for in situ Conservation of Wheat Genetic Resources in Ethiopia
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KAMAL EL-SIDDIG, GEORG EBERT:
Utilization of Non-Wood Forestry Products in Tropical Africa: Examples from the Sudan
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YASUYUKI MORIMOTO, PATRICK MAUNDU:
Community-Based Documentation of Indigenous Knowledge (IK), Awareness and Conservation of Cultural and Genetic Diversity of the Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) in Kitui District, Kenya
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ULRIKA FRANK, MARIO E. TAPIA, BRIGITTE L. MAASS:
In situ Conservation of Native Potatoes in the Peruvian Highlands
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STEPHANIE L. FRANCK:
The Allocative Potential of Property Rights to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA)
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PAULA A. JELDRES, BRIGITTE L. MAASS, ELKE PAWELZIK, URSULA DOLL, HERMINE M. VOGEL:
Agricultural Utilization for Genetic Resources Conservation of a Medicinal Plant from Chile: Buddleja globosa Hope
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A. AL-MASKRI, MAHER NAGIEB, KARL HAMMER, A. A. FILATENKO, I. KHAN, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Assessment of Triticum Landraces in Two Mountain Oases of Oman
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WOLFGANG ROHDE, VOLKER SNIADY, ANA HERRáN, D. BECKER, LUCY ESTIOKO, M. J. B. RODRIGUEZ, S. SINJE, A. KULLAYA, N. BILLOTTE, E. RITTER:
Construction and Exploitation of High Density DNA Marker and Physical Maps in the Perennial Tropical Oil Crops Coconut and Oil Palm: from Biotechnology towards Marker-Assisted Breeding
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KLAUS FLEISSNER, EWALD STICKSEL, WERNER SCHENKEL:
Participatory Breeding Approach of Neglected Crops - Experience with Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea) in Northern Namibia
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NADJIA ZERMANE, JüRGEN KROSCHEL, T. SOUISSI, M. KHARRAT:
Field Survey on Orobanche Infestation of Faba Bean in Tunisia
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Subgroup 1c₂: Resource Management and Biotechnology II: Land and Crop Management

Keynote

MARCO STARK, MEINE VAN NOORDWIJK:
Blending Local Knowledge and Agricultural Science for Integrated Natural Resource Management in the Southeast Asian Uplands
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Oral Presentations

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JAMES OWINO, RALPH GRETZMACHER:
Performance of Narrow Strips of Vetiver Grass (Vetiveria zizanioides) and Napier Grass (Pennisatum purpureum) as Barriers against Runoff and Soil Sediment Loss on a Clay Loam Soil (Andosol) in Kenya
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GUY-ERICK AKOUèGNON, VOLKER HOFFMANN, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT, NICOLE DE HAAN, SHIRLEY TARAWALI:
Local Perspectives on Legume Based Technologies: a Holistic Approach to Target and to Promote the Utilisation of Herbaceous Legumes in the Derived and Northern Guinea Savannahs of West Africa
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MARIAM AKHTAR-SCHUSTER:
Typical Fence-Line Contrasts - Land Degradation in Southern Namibia
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JüRGEN KERN, HEIDI KREIBICH, ASSAD DARWICH:
Basis for a Sustainable Use of the Amazon Floodplain Forest
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Posters

MOHAMED MURTEDZA, PETER OKSEN, TORSTEN MüLLER:
Land Use Zones and Land Use Conflicts Along the Main Road in the Liwagu-Labuk Watershed, Sabah, East-Malaysia
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GüNTER BURKARD, SYLVIA EBERSBERGER:
The Security of Land Tenure in Rainforest Margin Areas: the Case of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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ELKE MANNIGEL:
Participatory Solutions of Land Use Conflicts in Protected Area Management in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
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HANS-JüRGEN BUSS, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
More Sustainable Range Use in Semi-Arid Eco-Systems through Adapted Management: a Case Study on Namibian Farms Based on Bio-Economic Models
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KARL HERWEG, KURT STEINER:
Impact Monitoring & Assessment - Instruments for Use in Rural Development Projects with a Focus on Sustainable Land Management
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ZHIWEI FAN, BäRBEL GEROWITT:
Effects of Light, Nitrogen and Propagative Sources on Cirsium arvense (L.) scop.
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ALPHA YAYA KAMARA, ABEBE MENKIR, NTERANYA SANGINGA:
Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Some Maize Genotypes Improved or Selected for Tolerance to Low Nitrogen and Drought Stress
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ELKE FISCHER:
Detection of Water and Nutrient Pathways in a Small Catchment - the Tai Region Project on Hydrology
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DANIEL SEITZ, JOHANNES LEHMANN, MARCUS GARCIA, WERNER HANAGARTH, KLAUS H. HOFFMAN, WOLFGANG ZECH:
A Microcosm Experiment to Evaluate Influence of Nutrient Release as Mediated by Diplopods from Litter of Agroforestal Species Using 15N Marker
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DANIEL SEITZ, JOHANNES LEHMANN, MARCUS GARCIA, WERNER HANAGARTH, KLAUS H. HOFFMAN, WOLFGANG ZECH:
Role of Diplopods in Decomposition and Nitrogen Release from Litter of Different Qualities in Central Amazonian Agroforestry
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BERNARD LUDWIG, DIRK HöLSCHER:
Nutrient Retention in an Amazonian Ultisol: Implications for Sustainable Land Use
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JOSé HENRIQUE CATTANIO, RONALD KüHNE, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
N Dynamics of Leguminous Tree Residues as Indicator Plant under Greenhouse Conditions
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L.T.H. SEN, SENARATNE RANAMUKHAARACHCHI, MICHAEL ZöBISCH, MD. MAINUL HASAN, W. MESKUNTAVON:
Effect of Depth of Water and Duration of Inundation on Rice-Weed Competition and Grain Yield of Rice in the Central Plains of Thailand
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ERIC SALAMANCA, MARKUS RAUBUCH, RAINER GEORG JöRGENSEN:
Relationships of Soil Microbial Indices in Secondary Tropical Forest Soils
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, PATRICK KORMAWA:
Determinants of Manure Use in Crop Production in Northern Guinea Savannah Zone of Nigeria
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BARBARA WICK, EDZO VELDKAMP, WILLIAM ZAMBONI DE MELLO:
Soil Organic Matter Turnover in Pasture Sites Following Deforestation in the Humid Central Amazon of Brazil
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GEORG DECHERT, EDZO VELDKAMP:
Soil Fertility and Soil Parameter Changes in Different Land-Use-Systems After Conversion of Natural Forest to Agricultural Land
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CHRISTOPH STEINER, WNCESLAU TEIXEIRA, JOHANNES LEHMANN, THOMAS NEHLS, WOLFGANG ZECH:
Soil Charcoal Amendments Maintain Soil Fertility and Create a Carbon Sink
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ABDALLA ELHAGWA, CHRISTIAN RICHTER, ANDREA KLEEBERG:
Testing Salt Tolerance of the Main Sorghum Cultivars for Semi-Arid Conditions of Sudan
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Subgroup 1d: Precision Agriculture, Modelling and Land Use Planning

Keynote

ANCHA SRINIVASAN:
Precision Agriculture, Modelling and Land Use Planning
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Oral Presentations

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ESMAT AL-KARADSHEH, HEINZ SOURELL, RüDIGER KRAUSE:
Precision Irrigation: New Strategy for Irrigation Water Management
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THOMAS GAISER, FRANK-MICHAEL LANGE, INACIO DE BARROS:
Simulation of Biomass Production and Soil Water Dynamics on Highly Weathered, Acidic Soils in the Tropics with the EPICSEAR Model
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LA KARIMUNA, MANFRED DENICH:
Agricultural Zoning Based on Biophysical Land Properties in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
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CRISTIAN RODOLFO FELDKAMP, JUAN MANUEL PUEYO, MARíA LORENA IACOPINI, HORST JüRGEN SCHWARTZ:
Empirical Validation of Applied Forage Models
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PETRA DöLL, JOSEPH ALCAMO, THOMAS HENRICHS, FRANK KASPAR, BERND LEHNER, THOMAS RöSCH, STEFAN SIEBERT, SARA VASSOLO:
The Global Water Model WaterGAP 2: Hydrology Model and Water Use Model
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PIERRE IBISCH:
Concepts and Methods for the Development of Ecoregional Conservation and Resource Management Visions - the Example Bolivia
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CLAUDIA SüLTMANN:
Land Use Classification by Remote Sensing Techniques and GIS in the Tai Region Project on Hydrology (Côte d'Ivoire)
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VALENS MULINDABIGWI, MARC J.J. JANSSENS:
Influence of Land Use Systems on the Organic Matter Dynamics in the Upper Ouémé Catchement in Benin
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KAI OLE ROGGE:
Soil Survey and Evaluation of Agrochemical Implementation on Hydrology: the Tai Region Project (Côte d'Ivoire)
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MAHDI OSMAN, PETRA SAUERBORN:
A Preliminary Assessment of Characteristics and Long-Term Variability of Rainfall in Ethiopia - Basis for Sustainable Land use and Resource Management
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SUDIP MITRA, REINER WASSMANN, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Methane Production and Emission from Rice Soils and Their Variations in Topsoils, Subsoils and Their Blend
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GERHILD BOJE, HUBERTUS FRANZEN, HENNING KNIPSCHILD, VILMA PLUM, CHRISTIAN HORNSTEIN, THOMAS SCHAAF:
GARDEN: The New German Information System for Agricultural Research for Development, Environment and Nutrition
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FIRESENAI SEREKE, KLAUS SPOHRER, LUDGER HERRMANN, K. STAHR:
Land Evaluation for Sustainable Highland Agriculture in NW-Thailand (PangMaPha) - With Special Respect to Soil and Water Resources
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92 Contributions in Group 1

GROUP 2: Animal Husbandry and Welfare

Subgroup 2a: Animal Husbandry and Breeding

Keynote

AHMED E. SIDAHMED, PERIN SAINT ANGE:
Livestock Development for Rural Poverty Reduction: Issues and Options
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Oral Presentations

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TIMOTHY N.P. GONDWE, CLEMENS WOLLNY:
The State of Poultry Production and Breeding Systems in Malawi
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MARIA WURZINGER, JAVIER DELGADO, MICHAELA NüRNBERG, GUIDO UGARTE, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE, ANGELIKA STEMMER, JOHANN SöLKNER:
Genetics of Growth Traits in Bolivian Llamas
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BIRGIT ZUMBACH, KELAY BELIHU DESTA, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Organisation of Sustainable Breeding Schemes for Smallholder Dairy Farmers in the Highlands of Ethiopia
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RENATE L. DöRFLER, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
A Critical Reflection on Methodological Traditions in the Assessment of Animal Welfare with Relevance to Tropical Livestock Agriculture
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Posters

SEBASTIAN VILLAGRA, CLEMENS WOLLNY, CELSO G. GIRAUDO:
Fencing and Sheltering Increases the Number of Marketable Lambs in Northern Patagonia, Argentina
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AKHMAD SODIQ, SOEDITO ADJISOEDARMO, EZZAT S. TAWFIK:
Doe Productivity of Kacang and Peranakan Etawah Goats and Factors Affecting them in Indonesia
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ANASTASIOS NEOFITIDIS, EZZAT S. TAWFIK:
Goat Husbandry for Extensive Use
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MOHAMED MOMANI SHAKER, ABDULLAH ABDULLAH YOUSEF, RAMI T. KRIDLI:
Effect of Crossing Indigenous Awassi Sheep Breed with Mutton and Prolific Sire Breeds on Growth Performance of Lamb in Jordan.
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NATTAPHON CHONGKASIKIT, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN:
Heritability Estimates of Protein%, Fat%, Lactose%, Non Fat Solids and Total Solids of Dairy Cattle in Northern Thailand
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NATTAPHON CHONGKASIKIT, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN:
Variation of Skin Colour among Holstein Friesian Cows of Northern Thailand
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NATTAPHON CHONGKASIKIT, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN:
Effect of Sires and Raising Areas on Body Weight of Holstein Friesian Cows in Northern Thailand
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SANCHAI JATURASITHA, V. LEANGWUNTA, A. LEOTARAGUL, A. PHONGPHAEW, T. APICHARTSRUNGKOON, A. SIMASATITKUL, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN:
A Comparative Study of Thai Native Chicken and Broiler on Productive Performance, Carcass and Meat Quality
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Subgroup 2b: Livestock Production and Nutrition

Keynote

SALVADOR FERNANDEZ-RIVERA, EVA SCHLECHT:
Livestock Systems and Nutrient Cycling
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Oral Presentations

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UTE LEMKE, LE THI THUY, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN, NGUYEN DANG VANG:
Characterisation of Smallholder Pig Production Systems in Mountainous Areas of North Vietnam
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MARION ADAMS, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Indigenous Characterization of Local Camel Populations and Breeding Methods of Pastoralists in Northern Kenya
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ANDREAS JENET, AZAGE TEGEGNE, PASCAL O. OSUJI, ASFAW YIMEGNUHAL, MICHAEL KREUZER, GRAEME J. MCCRABB, SALVADOR FERNANDEZ-RIVERA:
Lifetime Under-Nutrition and Lactation Performance of Zebu and Zebu x Holstein Cows in the Tropics
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HANS-DIETER HESS, ANDRéS ABREU, JUAN E. CARULLA, MICHAEL KREUZER, CARLOS LASCANO:
Intake, Digestion and Duodenal Nitrogen Flow in Sheep Fed Tropical Diets Supplemented with Fruits of Sapindus saponaria
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Posters

WANDEE TARTRAKOON, KATTIKA WUTHIJAREE, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN:
Use of Lemon Grass Oil as Feed Additive in Weanling Pigs Diets
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FIDELIS FRU NJI, ERHARD NIESS, ERNST PFEFFER:
Performance of Growing Broiler Chicks Fed Bambara Groundnuts (Vigna subterranea)
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SANN VATHANA, K. KREOSNA, C.P. LOAN, G. THINGGAARD, J. D. KABASA, UDO TER MEULEN:
Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Performance of Broiler Chickens in Cambodia
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HERI AHMAD SUKRIA, FRANK LIEBERT:
Effects of Microbial Phytase and Citric Acid on Utilization of Phytate Phosphorus and Growth of Chicken
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SANCHAI JATURASITHA, W. COMPINIS, W. SIRINUPONGSANAN, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN, L. WORACHAI, C. KHANTAPANIT:
Effect of Soybean in Milk Replacers on Veal Calf Performance
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M. K. MOHSEN, EZZAT S. TAWFIK:
Growth Performance, Rumen Fermentation and Blood Constituents of Goats Fed Diets Supplimented with Bentonite
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ELIZABETH WINA, STEFAN MUETZEL, ELLEN HOFFMANN, H.P.S. MAKKAR, KLAUS BECKER:
Inclusion of Several Indonesian Medicinal Plants to in vitro Rumen Fermentation and Their Effects on Microbial Population Structure and Fermentation Products
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ELLEN HOFFMANN, STEFAN MUETZEL, KLAUS BECKER:
An Evaluation of Diversity in the Biochemical Composition of Moringa oleifera Seeds
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KAREN TSCHERNING, EDMUNDO BARRIOS, CARLOS LASCANO, MICHAEL PETERS, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT:
Comparison of Aerobic and Anaerobic Methods to Assess Quality of Tropical Multipurpose Shrub Legumes
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TOBIAS WüNSCHER, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT, MICHAEL PETERS, LIVARDO RIVAS, FREDERICO HOLMANN:
Early Adoption of Arachis pintoi as a Forage Legume in Huetar Norte, Costa Rica
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Subgroup 2c: Disease Control and Hygienics

Keynote

KARL-HANS ZESSIN:
Implications of Globalisation on Hygienic Measures in Animal Disease Control
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Oral Presentations

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ANKE GROSSE-HERRENTHEY, IVERALDO DOS SANTOS DUTRA, HELGE BöHNEL:
Botulism of Cattle in Brazil, Diagnosis and Vaccination.
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RICHARD SOVJáK, RADKA MATEJICKOVA:
Main Problems of Brucellosis in Zambia
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NARINTORN BOONBRAHM, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS, WANCHAI INTISANG:
Effect of Milking Strategies on Milk Yield and Udder Health of Crossbred Dairy Cattle in Thailand
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RAGY SAMY SELEIM, SAHAR R. MOHAMED, NOVERT M. HAFEZ, R.A. GOBRAN:
Salmonella Infection in Calves: Virulence Proteins and its Immunogenic Properties
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Posters

VICTOR SUáREZ, EZZAT S. TAWFIK:
Influencing Factors of Infestation With Endo and Ectoparasites on Hair Sheep in Tropical Ecuador
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E. M. A. SAEED, E.A. ELAMIN, M.O. ELBASHIR:
Investigation of Cameline Trypanosomiasis in Mid-Eastern Sudan Using AgELISA in Conjunction with Parasitological Examination
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SANCHAI JATURASITHA, S. KAMOPAS, S. PICHITPANTAPONG, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, L. WORACHAI, UDO TER MEULEN:
Effect of Gender on Nutritive Value and Sensory Evaluation of Bacon of Pigs Slaughtered at 110 Kilogram
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A. SIMASATITKUL, A. PHONGPHAEW, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN:
Ketonuria in Holstein Friesian Milking Cows in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Subgroup 2d: Aquaculture Systems

Keynote

GEORGE FRANCIS:
Perspectives in the Search for Future Fish Feed Ingredients
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Oral Presentations

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DONALD I OSUIGWE, AUSTIN I. OBIEKEZIE, JOHNNY ONYEMA OGUNJI:
Preliminary Evaluation of Jackbean (Canavalia ensiformis L. DC) Seed Meal as a Substitute for Fishmeal in Diets for Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)
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ANNE VAN DAM, TERESITA LOPEZ, MARK PREIN:
Quantitative Estimates of Ecological Sustainability in Upland Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Systems in the Philippines
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NAHID RICHTER, PERUMAL SIDDHURAJU, KLAUS BECKER:
Nutritional Quality Evaluation of Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) Leaves as an Alternative Protein Source for Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.)
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ALBERT ALTENA, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Effects of Rearing Temperatures on Sex Ratios in Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L., Investigations on a Local Population from the Lake Victoria in Kenya
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KAREN GüTHLER, INGRID LUPATSCH, GEORGE W. KISSIL, ERNST PFEFFER:
Response of Dietary Phosphorus Concentration and Phytase Supplementation on Weight Gain and Phosphorus Utilisation in Gilthead Seabream (Saprus aurata)
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Posters

ANDREAS MüLLER-BELECKE, U. SCHNEIDERAT, D. DHESPARASITH, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Artificial Reproduction of Asian Green Catfish (Mystus nemurus): Trials to Obtain High Quality Sperm from Alive Males
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JOHNNY ONYEMA OGUNJI, MANFRED WIRTH, BERNHARD RENNERT:
Assessing the Dietary Amino Acid Requirements of Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus Fingerlings
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49 Contributions in Group 2

GROUP 3: Farming Systems and Management, Rural Development

Subgroup 3a: Sustainable Use of Farm Resources

Keynote

HEINZ-PETER WOLFF:
Challenges towards the Sustainable Use of Farm Resources
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Oral Presentations

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LUQMAN ABIODUN AKINBILE, STELLA O. ODEBODE:
Determinants of Farmers Use of Sustainable Conservation Practices in Osun State, Nigeria
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NITAYA KIJTEWACHAKUL, GANESH P. SHIVAKOTI, EDWARD WEBB:
Forest Health under Institutional Development for Community-Based Upland Resource Management: Comparison of Villages in Lowland and Upland Settlement, Northern Thailand
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BARBARA ADOLPH, JOHN BUTTERWORTH, SATHEESH PERIYAPATNA, G N S REDDY:
Soil Fertility Management in Semi-Arid India: Its Role in Agricultural Systems and the Livelihoods of Poor People
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CHINEDUM NWAJIUBA, OLUFUNSO ADEOLA AKINSANMI:
Organic Manure Use among Smallholders in the Rainforest of Southeast Nigeria
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Posters

VIRGINIA ELISABETA ETGES, DIONEI MINUZZI DELEVATI, FREDERICO BONNENBERGER:
Study for a Sustainable Development of the Family Agriculture in the Region of Vale do Rio Pardo/RS/Brasil
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LUKE OLARINDE, V.M. MANYONG:
Differential Productivity and Economic Performances: Experiences from Two Rural Communities in South-Western Nigeria
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ANH TAI DO, WERNER DOPPLER:
Land Use and Household Economy in H'mong Mountainous Farming Systems in Vietnam - the Case of Mai Son District
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AFSANEH ZAMIRI TELEFONI:
Women's Role in Iran's Rural Development
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JIRAWAN KITCHAICHAROEN:
Socio-Economic Assessment of Farming Systems of Different Ethnic Groups - a Case of Northern Thailand
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GABRIELE STOLL, SENG RAW HEINZE, KABIR HUMAYUN:
Post-Civil War Socio-Economic Development in the Kachin State of Myanmar through Integrated Organic Rice-Based Farming Systems Using the Farmer Field School Approach
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TANJA PICKARDT, MARIA BROCKHAUS, SABINE SCHLIEPHAKE, HERMANN KAMBIRé, IRENE HOFFMANN:
Conflict Management Related to Natural Resources in South-West Burkina Faso
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BETTINA HEDDEN-DUNKHORST, ARISBE MENDOZA-ESCALANTE, JAN BöRNER:
The Impact of Innovations and Policies Affecting Smallholder Agriculture in the Eastern Amazon: Implications for Research and Implementation
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DENNIS SALAZAR, JüRGEN POHLAN:
Alternativen für eine nachhaltige Gestaltung von Agroökosystemen in Nicaragua
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RENATE WOLFF, HEINZ-PETER WOLFF:
Small Credits for Rural Women: Impacts and Recommendations - a Case from Burkina Faso
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AREGA ALENE:
Resource Use Efficiency in Maize Production Under Traditional and Improved Technology in Western Ethiopia
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DAVID CHIKOYE:
Reclamation of Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeuschel Infested Land Using Cover Crops and Subsequent Maize Yields in West Africa
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MAURICE OUKO, FOLKARD ASCH, MATHIAS BECKER:
Screening of Rice Genotypes for Early Leaf Nitrate Reductase Activity
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MAHER NAGIEB, STEFAN SIEBERT, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
GIS-Based Survey and Nutrient Fluxes in a Mountain Oasis of Oman
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MIE MIE AUNG, ULRICH EBERHARDT, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Studies on the Photosynthetic Carbon Acquisition of Azolla-Anabaena Symbiosis
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MICHAEL HAUSER:
Livelihood Security and Organic Agriculture. The Case of Uganda
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THAMEEN HIJAWI:
Economic Analyses of Water Quality in Farming Systems Development
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Subgroup 3b: Diversity and Sustainability of Household Income

Keynote

FRANZ HEIDHUES:
Diversity and Sustainability of Household Income
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Oral Presentations

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ANJA BLUME:
Managing Agrobiodiversity: Successful Farmers as Environmental Agents. A Case Study from Kenya and Tanzania
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CHARITY IRUNGU, MANFRED ZELLER:
On Targeting and Outreach of NGDO Safety Net Programmes: Evidence from Rural Kenya
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STEFAN SCHWARZE:
Determinants of Income Generation Activities of Rural Households in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Posters

FLORIAN WICHERN, CHRISTIAN RICHTER, RAINER GEORG JöRGENSEN:
Soil Fertility Breakdown in Soils of Subtropical South Africa Used as Kitchen Garden
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KATJA KEHLENBECK, NORBERT CLAASSEN, BRIGITTE L. MAASS:
Crop-Diversity, Soil Fertility and Management of Homegardens in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Subgroup 3c: Strategy, Infrastructure

Keynote

HARTMUT GAESE, SABINE HöYNCK:
Strategic Challenges to Higher Education in Agricultural Sciences for Sustainable Land Use Systems Development
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Oral Presentations

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BENEDIKT KORF:
Rural Livelihoods at Risk: Land Use and Coping Strategies of War-Affected Communities in Sri Lanka
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SABINE HöYNCK, HARTMUT GAESE:
Farming Systems in Northeast Brazil: Threats and Chances from Globalisation
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PETER LENTES:
Testing GIS/RS Based Approaches for Estimating Village Boundaries - the Case of a Region in North-Western Vietnam
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VLADIMIR KREPL:
Strategy in Ozone Depletion Substances in Agriculture in Developing Countries (Montreal Protocol)
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Posters

THOMAS DUFHUES, GERTRUD BUCHENRIEDER:
The Contribution of the Conjoint Analysis for the Demand Oriented Development of the Rural Financial Sector in Vietnam
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MIGUEL COOPER, GERD SPAROVEK, EWALD SCHNUG:
A National Soil Profile Database Developed for Brazil: Description and Suggested Applications
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MARION SCHOPP, CORNELIA BEHLE:
Analysis of Water Demand and Water Availability in the Catchment of the "Haute Ouémé"; Benin / West-Africa
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JOHANNES STAHL:
Rationalities in Cavineño Economic Strategies
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MARíA DE FáTIMA BOLAñOS ORTEGA:
Stand der Nutzung und Haltung von Zugtieren in Mittelamerika
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Subgroup 3d: Forestry, Agroforestry

Keynote

JüRGEN PRETZSCH:
Co-evolution between Ecological and Social Systems in Tropical Forest Management. Elements of an Action-oriented Theoretical Approach
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Oral Presentations

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OLIVER BRAEDT, REINHOLD GLAUNER:
Sustainability of Forest Product Use in Zimbabwe
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KINDEYA GEBREHIWOT, RALPH MITLöHNER, B. MUYS, MITIKU HAILE:
Natural Regeneration of Boswellia papyrifera (Del.). A Key Dryland Tropical Species in Northern Ethiopia
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GöTZ SCHROTH, PAULO COUTINHO, EDER ZANETTI, ANA LUISA ALBERNAZ:
Traditional Rubber Agroforests in Amazonia - a Model for Sustainability and Forest Conservation in an Ancient Frontier Region
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DAVID SIRIRI, THOMAS RAUSSEN:
Doubling Returns to Land and Labour? The Potential of Improved Tree Fallow in the Humid Highlands of Southwestern Uganda
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DARYA ZAVGORODNYAYA, K. HOLM-MüLLER, P. WEHRHEIM:
Organisational Efficiency of Water Users' Associations in Uzbekistan
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PUJA SAWHNEY, STEFANIE ENGEL:
Use of Forest Resources by People in Protected Areas and its Implications for Biodiversity Conservation
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SYLVIA EBERSBERGER:
Forest Utilization and Conversion in Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Challenges to Community-Based Conservation Strategies
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SARAH TEWOLDE-BERHAN, RALPH MITLöHNER, B. MUYS, MITIKU HAILE:
Comparison of Flora Development of Area Enclosures and 'Undisturbed' Forest in Tigray, Ethiopia
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ADRIANA CAMPOS, ROSA M. HERNáNDEZ, ISMAEL HERNáNDEZ-VALENCIA:
Effects of Pinus caribaea L. Plantation on Fractions of Soil Organic Matter in a Savannah Soil from Venezuela
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BOHDAN LOJKA:
Simulation of Agroforestry Using SCUAF Model in Czech Republic Condition
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ALEXANDER KLEINHANS, GERHARD GEROLD, SANCE LIPU:
Effects of Slash & Burn Agriculture and Cocoa Plantation on the Water Chemistry of a Small Rainforest Catchment on Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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ANDREAS BöHRINGER, D. RUSSEL, R. KATANGA, L. MATARIRIANO, ALEXANDRA SCHOMBURG, S. RUVUGA, JAQUET DE HAVESKERCKE:
From Technology Transfer to Innovation Development - Experiences in Scaling up the Use of Agroforestry in Southern Africa
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CHUMA EZEDINMA, L. T. OGUNREMI, JULIUS C. OBIEFUNA:
Status, Constraints and Sustainability Issues in the Agricultural Intensification of Humid Forest Inland Valley Ecosystems in Southern Nigeria
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73 Contributions in Group 3

GROUP 4: Post Harvest Technology, Marketing and Policy

Subgroup 4a: Post Harvest Technology, Food Quality and Food Certificationn

Keynote

FRANCOIS MAZAUD:
Niche Markets: an Opportunity for Developing Countries
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Oral Presentations

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MAURICE SCHILL:
Development of a Methodology to Analyse the Post Harvest Systems
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PETRA SCHILL, DORIS GUENTHER:
Developing Country Requirements for the Improvement of Food Quality and Safety
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JOCHEN NEUENDORFF, ULRICH SABEL-KOSCHELLA, DANIEL VILDOZO:
Certification of Organic Foodstuffs in Developing Countries
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ALBRECHT BENZING:
Is Certified Organic Farming an Answer to the Major Environmental Problems in the Tropics
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Posters

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SOPHIE GRAEFE, IVAN MANRIQUE, MICHAEL HERMANN, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Post Harvest Compositional Changes of Yacon Roots (Smallanthus sonchifolius Poepp & Endl.) as Affected by Storage Conditions and Cultivar
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FIDELIS FRU NJI, FUNMI ONAJOBI:
The Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Contents of Some Tropical Fruits
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Subgroup 4b: Market Structures and Fair Trade

Keynote

MICHAEL KIRK:
How do Agrarian and Agricultural Reforms influence Market Structures and Fair Trade?
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Oral Presentations

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NICOLAS GENNRICH:
The Impact of Microenterprises on Poverty Reduction: the Case of El Quiché - Guatemala
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VOLKER HAMANN:
Agricultural Development in Zacatecas, Mexico
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DANIEL TSEGAI, PATRICK KORMAWA:
Determinants of Urban Household Demand for Cassava and Cassava Products in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria
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JOCHEN STATZ:
The Nuts and Bolts of a Theory on NTFP Trade and Marketing - The Case of Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) Products from Sub-Saharan Africa
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Posters

KHIN MAR CHO, HERMANN BOLAND:
Participatory Learning for Agricultural Extension and Development in Future Myanmar
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Subgroup 4c: Research, Extension, Training

Keynote

HEIKE MICHELSEN:
Stakeholder Involvement in Research, Extension, and Training: Option or Necessity
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Oral Presentations

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PATRICK KORMAWA, JIM ELLIS-JONES, SIMON IBANA, DAVID CHIKOYE, S. SCHULTZ, O. K. NIELSEN, B. DOUTHWAITE, U. UDENSI:
A Participatory Appraisal of Imperata Management Strategies for Sustainable Land Use in the Sub-Humid Savannah of Nigeria
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D. AROKODOUN, I. GBEGO, ANNEMARIE MATTHESS, J. SAGBOHAN:
Institutionalizing Demand-Driven Agricultural Research: Experiences with the Management Cycle of Agricultural Research in Benin
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JOHN MBURU, REGINA BIRNER:
Wildlife Co-Management in Kenya: an Empirical Analysis of Landowners' Incentives for Participation
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FRANK HARTWICH, WILLEM JANSSEN, JAIME TOLA:
Agroindustry R&D Partnerships in Chile and Uruguay: Cases of Public-Private Partnerships for Agroindustrial Development
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Posters

HANNA EL-TABIEP ALBER:
The Efficiency of the Extension Workers in Improving the Adoption of the Environmental Friendly Methods by Small Scale Farmers
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ERIC TIELKES, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH:
Documenting Water and Soil Conservation Techniques in Niger to Better Target Extension Activities
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JEAN-CLAUDE RUBYOGO:
Food Security through Seed Security: Experiences from the Integrated Food Security Programme - Eastern Kenya
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ULRIKE ZDRALEK, PHILIP WANDAHWA, BERNHARD FREYER:
Impact of Organic Farming Courses for Small-Holder Farmers at Bakara Farmer's Training Centre on their Agricultural and Socio-Economic Development in Lake Nakuru Catchment Area, Kenya
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BOHUMIL HAVRLAND, RICHARD SOVJáK:
Contribution to the Sustainable Rural Development. Case Studies
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Subgroup 4d: Global Policy and Economy

Keynote

CHRISTOPH KOHLMEYER:
Global Policy and Economy
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Oral Presentations

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ANDRé HAEHNKE:
Modelling the Individual and Collective Aspects of Migrants' Decisions in Pakistan
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RUTH-SHARIFA DJEDJE, HEINZ-RüDIGER KORFF:
Opium at the Interface. Global and Local Interactions in the Golden Triangle
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HEINZ LOOS:
Mechanised Conservation Farming
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IMAD ABDEL KARIM, DIETER KIRSCHKE:
The Impact of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture on Sudan's Agricultural Trade
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Posters

ROLANDO KAPMEYER:
Why It Is so Difficult to Change Land for Peace? Experience from the Land Transfer Program in El Salvador
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JIANCHUN GUO, YOUPENG KE:
What Does WTO Mean for Organic Farming in the Tropical Region of China
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41 Contributions in Group 4