Contents

• Impressum
• Preface
• Plenary Speeches
  • Dennis Garrity: Attacking the Tragedy of Hunger and Desperate Poverty Through Pro-Poor Agricultural Science
  • Christian Bonte-Friedheim: Global, Regional and National Fora for Agricultural and Development Oriented Research
  
  
• Session 1: Sustainable Plant Production and Biodiversity
  • Subsession 1a: Organic Farming
    • Keynote
      • Reinhold G. Muschler: Organic Coffee, Biodiversity, and Agrochemicals: the Use of Shade Trees forLow-Input Coffee Production in Central America
    • Oral Presentations
      • Johannes Kotschi: Organic Agriculture in Rural Development -- Whose Agenda?
      • Lukas Kilcher: Umstellung von mineralisch-synthetischer auf organische Düngung -- Herausforderung für Biobetriebe in den Tropen und Subtropen
      • Saiful Md. Islam, Abdul M. Momin: Prospects and Problems of Local Level Organic Vegetable Production in Bangladesh
      • Georg Deichert, Saing Koma Yang: Experiences with System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Cambodia
    • Posters
      • Jan Banout: PC Software for Optimizing of Raw Material Composition for Compost
      • 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
      • Rita Dahiya, R.S. Malik: Trash and Green Mulch Effects on Soil N and P Availability
      • Tarik El Edghiri: Evaluation of Quality and Composition of Solid Organic Waste in Developing Countries (Morocco), and Comparison with Europe
      • Basilios Papageorgiou, Jürgen Helbig, Carmen Büttner: Ability of Watery Extracts of Composted Organic Waste from Urban Households to Control Airborne Plant Pathogens
      • 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?
      • 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
      • 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
      • Beata Nascimento, Helga Sermann, Carmen Büttner: Biology and Natural Control of Pest Millipedes Spinotarsus caboverdus PIERRARD (1987) from Cape Verde
      • Jan Bernhard: Plant Health Protection in Organic Coffee Cultivation in Peru: a Basic Programme for Obtaining and Applying Ecologically Acceptable Bio-Insecticides and Fungicides
      • Jan Bernhard: Shade-Grown Organic Coffee Production in Peru: a Project Linking Ecological and Fair-Trade Issues with Efficient Marketing
      • Mohamed Kandil, Salah Ahmed, Ewald Schnug: Comparison of Conventional and Organic Grown Fennel in Egypt
      • Susanne Krause, Sahle Tesfai, Michael Karl: NECOFA, ``Network for Ecofarming in Africa''
      • Xiomara Castillo, Rainer Georg Jörgensen: Impact of Ecological and Conventional Arable Management Systems on Chemical and Biological Soil Quality Indices in Nicaragua
      • Johannes Heeb: Waste Heat Utilisation in a Tropical Greenhouse in Ruswil, Switzerland
  • Subsession 1b: Irrigated and Dryland Farming
    • Keynote
      • Petra Döll: Water for Agriculture -- A Global Systems Analysis Perspective
    • Oral Presentations
      • Sabine Höynck, Armin Rieser: The Dynamics of Water User Associations in a Large-Scale Irrigation System in Thailand
      • Hasan Degirmenci, Kemal Sulhi Gündogdu: Bewässerungsmanagementmodell: SUGIS
      • Eike Luedeling, Stefan Siebert, Florian Wichern, W. Aeschbach-Hertig, Maher Nagieb, Torsten Müller, Andreas Buerkert: The Hydrology of Mountain Oases in Northern Oman
      • Folkard Asch, Andi Bahrun, Christian R. Jensen: Root-Shoot-Communication in Drought-Stressed Maize Is Modified by Atmospheric Conditions
    • Posters
      • Cornelius Jantschke, Klaus Spohrer, Ludger Herrmann, Karlheinz Köller: Advanced Irrigation Scheduling for Lychee Orchards in Northern Thailand
      • Rolf Hübener: The Challenge of Knowledge Transfer in Irrigated Agriculture
      • Nazir Hussain, Fakhar Mujeeb, Gulam Sarwar: Long-Term Effects of High RSC Water and Ameliorative Strategies
      • El Houssain Baali, Mohammed Azouggagh, Omar Ahl Rchid: Water Pumping for Irrigation in Moroccan Oasis
      • Horst Weier, Maher Nagieb, Stefan Siebert: Water as a Natural Resource in Oases of the Oman Mountains
      • Mohammad Majdalawi: The Resource Management and the Living Standard in Different Farming Systems according to Different Water Qualities: a Case from Jordan
      • Mohammed Hassan, Holger Lilienthal, Ewald Schnug: Evaluation of Land Suitability for Agriculture in the El-Salam Region of the North Sinai
      • Anja Gassner, Gerd Sparovek, Ewald Schnug: Soil Erosion and Land Use Effects on Phosphorus Dynamics in a Brazilian Watershed
      • Sabine Golombek, Ezz Al-Dein Al-Ramamneh: Drought Tolerance Mechanisms of Pearl Millet
  • Subsession 1c₁: Resource Management and Biotechnology I: Genetic Resources, Neglected Crops and Seeds
    • Oral Presentations
      • Zbynek Polesny: Tropical and Subtropical Plants With Sweetening Properties: the Potential Source of Low-Calorie Sweeteners
      • Jens Gebauer, Kamal El-Siddig, Georg Ebert: The Potential of Under-Utilised Fruit Trees in Central Sudan
      • Adel H. Abdel Ghani, Heiko K. Parzies, H. H. Geiger: Estimation of Outcrossing Rate in Hordeum spontaneum and Barley Landraces from Jordan
      • Werner Schenkel, Ewald Sticksel, Gerhard Wenzel: Development of a Bambara Groundnut Core Collection from IITA Germplasm Based on Characterisation and Evaluation Data
    • Posters
      • Sangtiwa Suriyong, Suchada Vearasilp, Elke Pawelzik, Nattasak Krittigamas, Sa-nguansak Thanapornpoonpong: Pre Emergence Effect to Imbibition of Soybean Seeds
      • Karin Zippel: Influence of Propagation Date to Sprout Development of Enset (Ensete ventricosum (WELW.) CHEESM.) at Different Climates
      • Andrea Kleeberg, Christian Richter: Root Growth of Eight Different Varieties of the Grain Tef (Eragrostis tef (ZUCC.) TROTTER) from Ethiopia
      • Karin Zippel: Enset (Ensete ventricosum (WELW.) CHEESM.) in Subsistence Farming Systems in Ethiopia
      • Reni Lestari, Georg Ebert: Salak -- the Indonesian Snake Fruit
      • Norbert Steinmüller, Kai Sonder, Jürgen Kroschel: Fodder Tree Research with Moringa stenopetala -- a Daily Leafy Vegetable of Konso People, Ethiopia
      • 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
      • Kamal El-Siddig, Georg Ebert: Utilization of Non-Wood Forestry Products in Tropical Africa: Examples from the Sudan
      • 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
      • Ulrika Frank, Mario E. Tapia, Brigitte L. Maass: In situ Conservation of Native Potatoes in the Peruvian Highlands
      • Stephanie L. Franck: The Allocative Potential of Property Rights to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA)
      • Paula A. Jeldres, Brigitte L. Maass, Elke Pawelzik, Ursula Doll, Hermine M. Vogel: Agricultural Utilization for Genetic Resources Conservatin of a Medicinal Plant from Chile: Buddleja globosa HOPE
      • A. Al-Maskri, Maher Nagieb, Karl Hammer, A. A. Filatenko, I. Khan, Andreas Buerkert: Assessment of Triticum Landraces in Two Mountain Oases of Oman
      • 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
      • Klaus Fleissner, Ewald Sticksel, Werner Schenkel: Participatory Breeding Approach of Neglected Crops -- Experience With Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea) in Northern Namibia
      • Nadjia Zermane, Jürgen Kroschel, T. Souissi, M. Kharrat: Field Survey on Orobanche Infestation of Faba Bean in Tunisia
  • Subsession 1c₂: Resource Management and Biotechnology II: Land and Crop Management
    • Oral Presentations
      • James Owino, Ralph Gretzmacher: Performance of Narrow Strips of Vetiver Grass (Vetiveria zizanioides) and Napier Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) as Barriers against Runoff and Soil Sediment Loss on a Clay Loam Soil (Andosol) in Kenya
      • 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
      • Mariam Akhtar-Schuster: Typical Fence-Line Contrasts -- Land Degradation in Southern Namibia
      • Jürgen Kern, Heidi Kreibich, Assad Darwich: Basis for a Sustainable Use of the Amazon Floodplain Forest
    • 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
      • Günter Burkard, Sylvia Ebersberger: The Security of Land Tenure in Rainforest Margin Areas: the Case of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
      • Elke Mannigel: Participatory solutions of land use conflicts in protected area management in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
      • 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
      • Karl Herweg, Kurt Steiner: Impact Monitoring & Assessment -- Instruments for Use in Rural Development Projects with a Focus on Sustainable Land Management
      • Zhiwei Fan, Bärbel Gerowitt: Effects of Light, Nitrogen and Propagative Sources on Cirsium arvense (L.) scop.
      • 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
      • Elke Fischer: Detection of Water and Nutrient Pathways in a Small Catchment -- the Tai Region Project on Hydrology
      • 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
      • 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
      • Bernard Ludwig, Dirk Hölscher: Nutrient Retention in an Amazonian Ultisol: Implications for Sustainable Land Use
      • José Henrique Cattanio, Ronald Kühne, Paul L. G. Vlek: N Dynamics of Leguminous Tree Residues as Indicator Plant under Greenhouse Conditions
      • 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
      • Jan-Peter Mund, Thomas Christ: Sustainable Rehabilitation of Food Crop Production on Inland-Valleys Soils (Marais) in Central Rwanda. Agro-Ecological Conditions and Specific Pedological Determinations
      • Eric Salamanca, Markus Raubuch, Rainer Georg Jörgensen: Relationships of Soil Microbial Indices in Secondary Tropical Forest Soils
      • Adedeji Olusayo Adejobi, Patrick Kormawa: Determinants of Manure Use in Crop Production in Northern Guinea Savannah Zone of Nigeria
      • Barbara Wick, Edzo Veldkamp, William Zamboni de Mello: Soil Organic Matter Turnover in Pasture Sites Following Deforestation in the Humid Central Amazon of Brazil
      • Georg Dechert, Edzo Veldkamp: Soil Fertility and Soil Parameter Changes in Different Land-Use-Systems After Conversion of Natural Forest to Agricultural Land
      • Christoph Steiner, Wnceslau Teixeira, Johannes Lehmann, Thomas Nehls, Wolfgang Zech: Soil Charcoal Amendments Maintain Soil Fertility and Create a Carbon Sink
      • Abdalla Elhagwa, Christian Richter, Andrea Kleeberg: Testing Salt Tolerance of the Main Sorghum Cultivars for Semi-Arid Conditions of Sudan
  • Subsession 1d: Precision Agriculture, Modelling and Land Use Planning
    • Keynote
      • Ancha Srinivasan: Precision Agriculture, Modelling and Land Use Planning
    • Oral Presentations
      • Esmat Al-Karadsheh, Heinz Sourell, Rüdiger Krause: Precision Irrigation: New Strategy for Irrigation Water Management
      • 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
      • La Karimuna, Manfred Denich: Agricultural Zoning Based on Biophysical Land Properties in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
      • Cristian Rodolfo Feldkamp, Juan Manuel Pueyo, María Lorena Iacopini, Horst Jürgen Schwartz: Empirical Validation of Applied Forage Models
    • Posters
      • 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
      • Pierre Ibisch: Concepts and Methods for the Development of Ecoregional Conservation and Resource Management Visions -- the Example Bolivia
      • Claudia Sültmann: Land Use Classification by Remote Sensing Techniques and GIS in the Tai Region Project on Hydrology (Côte d'Ivoire)
      • Valens Mulindabigwi, Marc J.J. Janssens: Influence of Land Use Systems on the Organic Matter Dynamics in the Upper Ouémé Catchement in Benin
      • Kai Ole Rogge: Soil Survey and Evaluation of Agrochemical Implementation on Hydrology: the Tai Region Project (Côte d'Ivoire)
      • 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
      • Sudip Mitra, Reiner Wassmann, Paul L. G. Vlek: Methane Production and Emission from Rice Soils and Their Variations in Topsoils, Subsoils and Their Blend
      • 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
      • 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
  
  
• Session 2: Animal Husbandry and Welfare
  • Subsession 2a: Animal Husbandry and Breeding
    • Keynote
      • Perin Saint Ange, A. Sihamed: Livestock Development for Rural Poverty Reduction: Issues and Options
    • Oral Presentations
      • Timothy N.P. Gondwe, Clemens Wollny: The State of Poultry Production and Breeding Systems in Malawi
      • Maria Wurzinger, Javier Delgado, Michaela Nürnberg, Guido Ugarte, Anne Valle Zárate, Angelika Stemmer, Johann Sölkner: Genetics of Growth Traits in Bolivian Llamas
      • Birgit Zumbach, Kelay Belihu Desta, Kurt-Johannes Peters: Organisation of Sustainable Breeding Schemes for Smallholder Dairy Farmers in the Highlands of Ethiopia
      • Renate L. Dörfler, Kurt-Johannes Peters: A Critical Reflection on Methodological Traditions in the Assessment of Animal Welfare with Relevance to Tropical Livestock Agriculture
    • Posters
      • Sebastian Villagra, Clemens Wollny, Celso G. Giraudo: Fencing and Sheltering Increases the Number of Marketable Lambs in Northern Patagonia, Argentina
      • Akhmad Sodiq, Soedito Adjisoedarmo, Ezzat S. Tawfik: Doe Productivity of Kacang and Peranakan Etawah Goats and Factors Affecting them in Indonesia
      • Anastasios Neofitidis, Ezzat S. Tawfik: Goat Husbandry for Extensive Use
      • 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.
      • 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
      • Nattaphon Chongkasikit, Therdchai Vearasilp, Udo ter Meulen: Variation of Skin Colour among Holstein Friesian Cows of Northern Thailand
      • Nattaphon Chongkasikit, Therdchai Vearasilp, Udo ter Meulen: Effect of Sires and Raising Areas on Body Weight of Holstein Friesian Cows in Northern Thailand
      • 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
  • Subsession 2b: Livestock Production and Nutrition
    • Keynote
      • Salvador Fernandez-Rivera, Eva Schlecht: Livestock Systems and Nutrient Cycling
    • Oral Presentations
      • 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
      • Marion Adams, Brigitte Kaufmann, Anne Valle Zárate: Indigenous Characterization of Local Camel Populations and Breeding Methods of Pastoralists in Northern Kenya
      • 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
      • 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
    • Posters
      • Wandee Tartrakoon, Kattika Wuthijaree, Therdchai Vearasilp, Udo ter Meulen: Use of Lemon Grass Oil as Feed Additive in Weanling Pigs Diets
      • Fidelis Fru Nji, Erhard Niess, Ernst Pfeffer: Performance of Growing Broiler Chicks Fed Bambara Groundnuts (Vigna subterranea)
      • 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
      • Heri Ahmad Sukria, Frank Liebert: Effects of Microbial Phytase and Citric Acid on Utilization of Phytate Phosphorus and Growth of Chicken
      • 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
      • M. K. Mohsen, Ezzat S. Tawfik: Growth Performance, Rumen Fermentation and Blood Constituents of Goats Fed Diets Supplimented with Bentonite
      • 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
      • Ellen Hoffmann, Stefan Muetzel, Klaus Becker: An Evaluation of Diversity in the Biochemical Composition of Moringa oleifera Seeds
      • 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
      • 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
  • Subsession 2c: Disease Control and Hygienics
    • Keynote
      • Karl-Hans Zessin: Implications of Globalisation on Hygienic Measures in Animal Disease Control
    • Oral Presentations
      • Anke Grosse-Herrenthey, Iveraldo dos Santos Dutra, Helge Böhnel: Botulism of Cattle in Brazil, Diagnosis and Vaccination.
      • Richard Sovják, Radka Matejícková: Main Problems of Brucellosis in Zambia
      • Narintorn Boonbrahm, Kurt-Johannes Peters, Wanchai Intisang: Effect of Milking Strategies on Milk Yield and Udder Health of Crossbred Dairy Cattle in Thailand
      • Ragy Samy Seleim, Sahar R. Mohamed, Novert M. Hafez, R.A. Gobran: Salmonella Infection in Calves: Virulence Proteins and its Immunogenic Properties
    • Posters
      • Victor Suárez, Ezzat S. Tawfik: Influencing Factors of Infestation With Endo and Ectoparasites on Hair Sheep in Tropical Ecuador
      • 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
      • 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
      • A. Simasatitkul, A. Phongphaew, Therdchai Vearasilp, Udo ter Meulen: Ketonuria in Holstein Friesian Milking Cows in Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • Subsession 2d: Aquaculture Systems
    • Keynote
      • George Francis: Perspectives in the Search for Future Fish Feed Ingredients
    • Oral Presentations
      • 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)
      • Anne van Dam, Teresita Lopez, Mark Prein: Quantitative Estimates of Ecological Sustainability in Upland Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Systems in the Philippines
      • 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.)
      • 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
      • 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)
    • 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
      • Johnny Onyema Ogunji, Manfred Wirth, Bernhard Rennert: Assessing the Dietary Amino Acid Requirements of Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus Fingerlings
  
  
• Session 3: Farming Systems and Management, Rural Development
  • Subsession 3a: Sustainable Use of Farm Resources
    • Keynote
      • Heinz-Peter Wolff: Challenges towards the Sustainable Use of Farm Resources
    • Oral Presentations
      • Luqman Abiodun Akinbile, Stella O. Odebode: Determinants of Farmers Use of Sustainable Conservation Practices in Osun State, Nigeria
      • 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
      • 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
      • Chinedum Nwajiuba, Adeola Akinsanmi: Organic Manure Use among Smallholders in the Rainforest of Southeast Nigeria
    • 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
      • Luke Olarinde, V.M. Manyong: Differential Productivity and Economic Performances: Experiences from Two Rural Communities in South-Western Nigeria
      • Anh Tai Do, Werner Doppler: Land Use and Household Economy in H´mong Mountainous Farming Systems in Vietnam -- the Case of Mai Son District
      • Afsaneh Zamiri Telefoni: Women's Role in Iran's Rural Development
      • Jirawan Kitchaicharoen: Socio-Economic Assessment of Farming Systems of Different Ethnic Groups -- a Case of Northern Thailand
      • 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
      • Tanja Pickardt, Maria Brockhaus, Sabine Schliephake, Hermann Kambiré, Irene Hoffmann: Conflict Management Related to Natural Resources in South-West Burkina Faso
      • 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
      • Dennis Salazar, Jürgen Pohlan: Alternativen für eine nachhaltige Gestaltung von Agroökosystemen in Nicaragua
      • Renate Wolff, Heinz-Peter Wolff: Small Credits for Rural Women: Impacts and Recommendations -- a Case from Burkina Faso
      • Arega Alene: Resource Use Efficiency in Maize Production Under Traditional and Improved Technology in Western Ethiopia
      • David Chikoye: Reclamation of Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeuschel Infested Land Using Cover Crops and Subsequent Maize Yields in West Africa
      • Maurice Ouko, Folkard Asch, Mathias Becker: Screening of Rice Genotypes for Early Leaf Nitrate Reductase Activity
      • Maher Nagieb, Stefan Siebert, Andreas Buerkert: GIS-Based Survey and Nutrient Fluxes in a Mountain Oasis of Oman
      • Mie Mie Aung, Ulrich Eberhardt, Paul L. G. Vlek: Studies on the Photosynthetic Carbon Acquisition of Azolla-Anabaena Symbiosis
      • Michael Hauser: Livelihood Security and Organic Agriculture. The Case of Uganda
      • Thameen Hijawi: Economic Analyses of Water Quality in Farming Systems Development
  • Subsession 3b: Diversity and Sustainability of Household Income
    • Keynote
      • Franz Heidhues: Diversity and Sustainability of Household Income
    • Oral Presentations
      • Anja Blume: Managing Agrobiodiversity: Successful Farmers as Environmental Agents. A Case Study from Kenya and Tanzania
      • Charity Irungu, Manfred Zeller: On Targeting and Outreach of NGDO Safety Net Programmes: Evidence from Rural Kenya
      • Stefan Schwarze: Determinants of Income Generation Activities of Rural Households in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
      • Axel W. Drescher: Homegardens in African Spaces -- Management of Sustainable Production-Systems and Strategies for Household Livelihood Security
    • Posters
      • Florian Wichern, Christian Richter, Rainer Georg Jörgensen: Soil Fertility Breakdown in Soils of Subtropical South Africa Used as Kitchen Garden
      • Katja Kehlenbeck, Norbert Claassen, Brigitte L. Maass: Crop-Diversity, Soil Fertility and Management of Homegardens in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
  • Subsession 3c: Strategy, Infrastructure
    • Keynote
      • Hartmut Gaese, Sabine Höynck: Strategic Challenges to Higher Education in Agricultural Sciences for Sustainable Land Use Systems Development
    • Oral Presentations
      • Benedikt Korf: Rural Livelihoods at Risk: Land Use and Coping Strategies of War-Affected Communities in Sri Lanka
      • Sabine Höynck, Hartmut Gaese: Farming Systems in Northeast Brazil: Threats and Chances from Globalisation
      • Peter Lentes: Testing GIS/RS Based Approaches for Estimating Village Boundaries -- the Case of a Region in North-Western Vietnam
      • Vladimir Krepl: Strategy in Ozone Depletion Substances in Agriculture in Developing Countries (Montreal Protocol)
    • Posters
      • Beatriz Nussbaumer, Günter Lorenzl: The Impact of Outmigration on the Peasants Systems of Natural Resources Use. The Case of El Parque Chaqueño Argentina
      • Thomas Dufhues, Gertrud Buchenrieder: The Contribution of the Conjoint Analysis for the Demand Oriented Development of the Rural Financial Sector in Vietnam
      • Miguel Cooper, Gerd Sparovek, Ewald Schnug: A National Soil Profile Database Developed for Brazil: Description and Suggested Applications
      • Marion Schopp, Cornelia Behle: Analysis of Water Demand and Water Availability in the Catchment of the ``Haute Ouémé''; Benin / West-Africa
      • Johannes Stahl: Rationalities in Cavineño Economic Strategies
      • María de Fátima Bolaños Ortega: Stand der Nutzung und Haltung von Zugtieren in Mittelamerika
  • Subsession 3d: Forestry, Agroforestry
    • Keynote
      • Jürgen Pretzsch: Co-evolution between Ecological and Social Systems in Tropical Forest Management. Elements of an Action-oriented Theoretical Approach
    • Oral Presentations
      • Oliver Braedt, Reinhold Glauner: Sustainability of Forest Product Use in Zimbabwe
      • Kindeya Gebrehiwot, Ralph Mitlöhner, B. Muys, Mitiku Haile: Natural Regeneration of Boswellia papyrifera (DEL.) HOCHST. A Key Dryland Tropical Species in Northern Ethiopia
      • 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
      • David Siriri, Thomas Raussen: Doubling Returns to Land and Labour? The Potential of Improved Tree Fallow in the Humid Highlands of Southwestern Uganda
    • Posters
      • Darya Zavgorodnyaya, K. Holm-Müller, P. Wehrheim: Organisational Efficiency of Water Users' Associations in Uzbekistan
      • Puja Sawhney, Stefanie Engel: Use of Forest Resources by People in Protected Areas and its Implications for Biodiversity Conservation
      • Sylvia Ebersberger: Forest Utilization and Conversion in Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Challenges to Community-Based Conservation Strategies
      • Sarah Tewolde-Berhan, Ralph Mitlöhner, B. Muys, Mitiku Haile: Comparison of Flora Development of Area Enclosures and `Undisturbed' Forest in Tigray, Ethiopia
      • Adriana Campos, Rosa M. Hernández, Ismael Hernández-Valencia: Effects of Pinus caribaea L. Plantation on Fractions of Soil Organic Matter in Savannah Soil from Venezuela
      • Bohdan Lojka: Simulation of Agroforestry Using SCUAF Model in Czech Republic Condition
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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
  
  
• Session 4: Post Harvest Technology, Marketing and Policy
  • Subsession 4a: Post Harvest Technology, Food Quality and Food Certification
    • Keynote
      • François Mazaud: Niche Markets: an Opportunity for Developing Countries
    • Oral Presentations
      • Maurice Schill: Development of a Methodology to Analyse the Post Harvest Systems
      • Sandra Beck: The Traditional Use of Uncultivated Plants. Does Certification Increase the Utilisation of Local Plant Resources?
      • Petra Schill, Doris Guenther: Developing Country Requirements for the Improvement of Food Quality and Safety
      • Jochen Neuendorff, Ulrich Sabel-Koschella, Daniel Vildozo: Certification of Organic Foodstuffs in Developing Countries
    • Posters
      • 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
      • Fidelis Fru Nji, Funmi Onajobi: The Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Contents of Some Tropical Fruits
  • Subsession 4b: Market Structures and Fair Trade
    • Oral Presentations
      • Nicolas Gennrich: The Impact of Microenterprises on Poverty Reduction: the Case of El Quiché -- Guatemala
      • Volker Hamann: Agricultural Development in Zacatecas, Mexico
      • Daniel Tsegai, Patrick Kormawa: Determinants of Urban Household Demand for Cassava and Cassava Products in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria
      • 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
    • Posters
      • Khin Mar Cho, Hermann Boland: Participatory Learning for Agricultural Extension and Development in Future Myanmar
  • Subsession 4c: Research, Extension, Training
    • Keynote
      • Heike Michelsen: Stakeholder Involvement in Research, Extension, and Training: Option or Necessity
    • Oral Presentations
      • 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
      • D. Arokodoun, I. Gbego, Annemarie Matthess: Institutionalizing Demand-Driven Agricultural Research: Experiences with the Management Cycle of Agricultural Research in Benin
      • John Mburu, Regina Birner: Wildlife Co-Management in Kenya: an Empirical Analysis of Landowners' Incentives for Participation
      • Frank Hartwich, Willem Janssen, Jaime Tola: Agroindustry R&D Partnerships in Chile and Uruguay: Cases of Public-Private Partnerships for Agroindustrial Development
    • Posters
      • Hanna El-Tabiep Alber: The Efficiency of the Extension Workers in Improving the Adoption of the Environmental Friendly Methods by Small Scale Farmers
      • Eric Tielkes, Christian Hülsebusch: Documenting Water and Soil Conservation Techniques in Niger to Better Target Extension Activities
      • Jean-Claude Rubyogo: Food Security through Seed Security: Experiences from the Integrated Food Security Programme -- Eastern Kenya
      • Jörg Grunert, Thomas Christ: Das ``Projet Agricole et Social Interuniversitaire''. Agrar- und Geoökologisch Orientierte Hochschulkooperation in Forschung und Lehre zwischen den Universitäten Mainz und Butare (Rwanda)
      • 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
      • Bohumil Havrland, Richard Sovják: Contribution to the Sustainable Rural Development. Case Studies
  • Subsession 4d: Global Policy and Economy
    • Keynote
      • Christoph Kohlmeyer: Global Policy and Economy
    • Oral Presentations
      • André Haehnke: Modelling the Individual and Collective Aspects of Migrants' Decisions in Pakistan
      • Ruth-Sharifa Djedje, Heinz-Rüdiger Korff: Opium at the Interface. Global and Local Interactions in the Golden Triangle
      • Heinz Loos: Agricultural Mechanisation in Ghana. The Challenge to Combine the Need for Increased Productivity with Sustainable Land Management.
      • Imad Abdel Karim, Dieter Kirschke: The Impact of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture on Sudan's Agricultural Trade
    • Posters
      • Rolando Kapmeyer: Why It Is so Difficult to Change Land for Peace? Experience from the Land Transfer Program in El Salvador
      • Jianchun Guo, Youpeng Ke: What Does WTO Mean for Organic Farming in the Tropical Region of China
  
  
• Index of Authors and Keywords