Deutscher Tropentag 2004:

Scientific Presentations - Papers and Posters

Scientific Groups:

GROUP 1: Institutional and Policy Challenges
Subgroup 1a: Policy Options for Targeted Rural Poverty Reduction
Subgroup 1b: Resource Tenure and Resource Access
Subgroup 1c: Institutions in Natural Resource Management (I)
Subgroup 1d: Institutions in Natural Resource Management (II)
Subgroup 1e: Self Help Organisations and Rural Enterprise Development
Issue Session 1f: Policy Options for Targeted Rural Poverty Reduction

GROUP 2: Globalisation Challenges
Subgroup 2a: Market Liberalisation and Institutional Transformation
Subgroup 2b: Knowledge Systems and Rural Education
Subgroup 2c: Food and Public Health
Subgroup 2d: Development Actions for Rural Poverty Reduction
Subgroup 2e: GIS and Precision Technologies to Improve Resource Use
Issue Session 2f: How to Maintain Regional Identity in Times of Globalisation

GROUP 3: Technology Innovation
Subgroup 3a: Technologies for Divergent Production Conditions - Plants (I)
Subgroup 3b: Technologies for Divergent Production Conditions - Plants (II)
Subgroup 3c: Application of Plant Modelling
Subgroup 3d: Technologies for Divergent Production Conditions - Livestock
Subgroup 3e: Technologies for Integration of Crop and Livestock Systems
Issue Session 3f: How to Make Technical Innovations Effective

GROUP 4: Natural Resources Management
Subgroup 4a: Sustaining Plant Genetic Resources
Subgroup 4b: Sustaining Plant Diversity
Subgroup 4c: Exploring and Sustaining Animal Genetic Resources
Subgroup 4d: Soil Quality and Conservation
Subgroup 4e: Soil Degradation
Issue Session 4f: The Role of Technology, Innovation and Policy to Address Land Degradation

GROUP 5: Water and Energy Resources Management
Subgroup 5a: Water Policies and Institutions
Subgroup 5b: Water Management Concepts and Water Use
Subgroup 5c: Rural Energy Supply and Strategies for Biomass Production
Subgroup 5d: Exploring and Sustaining Aquatic Systems
Issue Session 5f: Agricultural Research and Global Water

GROUP 1: Institutional and Policy Challenges

Subgroup 1a: Policy Options for Targeted Rural Poverty Reduction

ULRICH MOHR:
Experiences of Implementing Poverty Reduction Programmes and Policies
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Oral Presentations

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ANDREAS DEININGER:
Title for Dtt 2005
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AHMAD ERANI YUSTIKA, WINFRIED MANIG:
Lack of Institutional Arrangement: The Root of Poverty in Agricultural Sector
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ADEN AW-HASSAN, ROBERTO LA ROVERE, AHMED MAZID:
Can Agricultural Research Impact on the Poor? Evidence from Dry Marginal Areas in Syria and Yemen
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STEPHAN F. WEISE, MARTINE P. NGOBO:
Integrating Research Results into Decision Making about Natural Resource Management at the Forest-agriculture Interface: A Case Study in the Congo Basin
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VIJESH VIJAYA KRISHNA, UNAI PASCUAL:
Are Bioprospecting Benefit-Sharing Schemes an Option for Rural Poverty Reduction? An Enquiry about the Kani Community of Tropical India
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JULIA JOHANNSEN, MANFRED ZELLER:
The Subtle Distinction Between the Different Mayan Groups: Gender Gaps in Non-Agricultural Employment under the Focus of Interethnic Dlfferences in Rural Guatemala
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Posters

BASUNDHARA BHATTARAI, HEMANT R. OJHA, CLEMENS WOLLNY:
Innovative Policy Options for Poverty Alleviation: A Case of Leasehold Forestry of Nepal
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HARDWICK TCHALE, PETER WOBST:
The Role of Agricultural Policy in Soil Fertility Management Technology Choice among Smallholder Farmers in Malawi: Simulation with a Farm Household Bio-economic Model
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DANIEL TSEGAI:
Effects of Migration on the Source Communities in the Volta Basin of Ghana: Potential Links of Migration, Remittances, Farm and Non-farm Self-employment Activities
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INGA HäUSER, THOMAS DUFHUES, GERTRUD BUCHENRIEDER:
Measuring Poverty in Northern Vietnam: An Assessment of Different Poverty Indicators
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MARKUS BUERLI, ADEN AW-HASSAN:
Assessing the Impact of Village Credit and Savings Associations on the Rural Poor in Low Rainfall Areas in Syria
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DEGNET ABEBAW, JOHN MBURU, KARIN HOLM-MüLLER:
Risk Perceptions and Risk Management: A Socioeconomic Analysis of Ethiopian Smallholder Coffee Growers
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OLUFUNSO ADEOLA AKINSANMI, WERNER DOPPLER:
Socio-Economic Assessment of Rainfed Farming Systems in South East Nigeria
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YUANSHENG JIANG, ABAY ASFAW, JOACHIM VON BRAUN:
Cost of Illness and Coping Strategies in Rural China
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KHIN MAR CHO:
Towards Rural Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: The Role of Public Research and Extension Systems
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SVEN WUNDER, ARILD ANGELSEN:
Forests for Poverty Alleviation? Understanding Household Livelihoods to Better Target Poverty Reduction Efforts
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PEPIJN SCHREINEMACHERS, THOMAS BERGER:
How Important Is Growth in National Average Cereal Yield for Raising Food Security?
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PABLO VILLALOBOS, MANUEL LEPORATI, MANUEL MIRANDA:
Consumer Preferences as a Guide for Development Strategies for Small Farmers in Chile: The Model Promoted by the Institute of Agricultural Development (INDAP)
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CLEMENS BREISINGER, FRANZ HEIDHUES:
Can Social Accounting Matrix (SAM)--Based Models Serve as Appraisal Tools for Large-scale Infrastructure Projects? A Provincial CGE Approach for Vietnam
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OUSMANE COULIBALY, HELGA STAMM-BERG, JENNI HEISE:
Chances and Strategies of Scaling-up Processes in Sustainable Agriculture Projects
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BOLIER TORRES, RICHARD E. BILSBORROW, ALISSON F. BARBIERI:
Causes and Consequences of Low Farm Income and Land Use Change from 1990 to 1999: Agro-socio-economic Approaches in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon
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Subgroup 1b: Resource Tenure and Resource Access

Oral Presentations

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AYALNEH BOGALE, KONRAD HAGEDORN, BENEDIKT KORF, FEKADU BEYENE:
Conflicts, Entitlements, and Natural Resource Management in the Yerer Valley, Ethiopia
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GUENTER SCHAMEL, FRIEDERIKE HOENGEN:
Adverse Selection Problems in Developing Country Factor Markets: Fertilisers in Cambodia
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JUDITH BERNHARD, TANJA PICKARDT:
Differences in the Nutritional Situation of Population Groups as a Factor of Conflict Risk? The Case of Dagara and Fulani in South-west Burkina Faso
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PAMELA AYIERA MARINDA, FRANZ HEIDHUES:
Gender Discrimination and its Impact on Food and Nutrition Security in Kenya: A Case of West Pokot District
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KLAS SANDER, MANFRED ZELLER:
Forest Management between Conservation and Poverty Alleviation
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Posters

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AVINASH SHRIVASTAVA:
Forestry in Tripura: Case Study of Resource Access and Conflicts
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NGOC LAN DINH, FRANZ HEIDHUES, GERTRUD BUCHENRIEDER:
Land Allocation in Forestry in Northern Vietnam: Processes, Local People's Perception and People's Use of Forest Land
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JOHANNES WINTER, HEIKO FAUST:
Integration as a Precondition for Socio-Economic Welfare of Rural Migrants in the Bolivian Oriente
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ROBERT WEBER, HEIKO FAUST:
Cultural Aspects of Rural Poverty - Empirical Analysis on Access to and Use of Land in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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SYLVIA EBERSBERGER, ROBERT WEBER:
Migration, Population Growth and Forest Conversion – Exploring the Link on the Village Level
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SéRAPHINE MURAGIJEMARIYA, WALTER SCHUG:
The Role of Rwandese Women in the Agricultural Production with Special Consideration of the Soil Scarcity and the Civil War
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MICHAEL HOPPE, HEIKO FAUST:
Livelihood Strategies of the Rural Poor in Indonesia – Evidence from Transmigrant Villages in Central-Sulawesi
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FREDERIK PISCHKE, RALF SCHLAUDERER:
Traditional Risk Prediction and Prevention Strategies in the San Pedro Catchment Area, Potosi, Bolivia
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SUSANA PONCE:
Conflicting Uses of Natural Resources and Derived Problems in Mangrove Forest Remnants in Peru
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Subgroup 1c: Institutions in Natural Resource Management (I)

Oral Presentations

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HORST WEYERHAEUSER, FREDRICH KAHRL, SU YUFANG:
Traversing the Course for Collective Forestry in Southwest China a View from Yunnan Province
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BHAGIRATH BEHERA:
Institutional Dynamics and Natural Resource Management: A Study of Socio-economic and Ecological Impact of Joint Forest Management (JFM) in India
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TEKLU TESFAYE, THOMAS BIERSCHENK:
Wild Arabica Coffee Populations under Sever Threat: Farmers' perception of Existence, Access and Conservation Needs of Wild Coffee in Montane Rainforests of Southwestern Ethiopia
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THANH NGOC TRAN:
Factors Influencing Local Forest Institutions: A Case Study of Forest Devolution in Central Highlands of Vietnam
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TAN QUANG NGUYEN:
Forest Devolution in Dak Lak, Vietnam: Processes of Differentiation in Forest Benefits among Local Households
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REINHOLD GLAUNER, ULRICH BICK:
Development of Adequate and Reliable Certification Schemes Concerning the Import and Use of Tropical Timber for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
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ANKE FISCHER, LORENZ PETERSEN:
How Incentives Matter - A Conceptual Framework for Natural Resource Governance in German Development Co-operation
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AGNES BALOTA:
Exercising Community Property Rights in Water Resources Management
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IRIS PAULUS, UWE JENS NAGEL:
Supporting Institutional Change in the Highlands of Madagascar
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JOACHIM SCHMERBECK, BHAGIRATH BEHERA:
Resource Management in Practice: Community Forestry in Andhra Pradesh under the Joint Forest Management Program
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KONRAD VIELHAUER:
Linking Research and Development in Southwestern Burkina Faso
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WOLFGANG BAYER, ISABELLE CIOFOLO, ANNETTE VON LOSSAU:
Complementary Management of Wildlife and Livestock in West Africa - Utopia or Development Perspective?
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MIRJAM STEGLICH, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Sustainable Use of Animal Genetic Resources under Unfavourable Production Conditions: an Institutional Perspective Within a Natural Resource Management Framework
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JES WEIGELT:
Sustainable Financing of Natural Resource Management - an Example from the Brazilian Amazon and Implications for the German Bilateral Development Assistance
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DELIA GRACE, HIPPOLYTE AFFOGNON, PETER-HENNING CLAUSEN:
The Hidden Cost of Communal Action and How to Make It More Affordable
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SUSANNE STOLL-KLEEMANN, BARBARA THIERFELDER, MONIKA BERTZKY, AUGUSTIN BERGHöFER:
Governance and Biodiversity: Linking Conservation Success with Management Perspectives. The Case of Biosphere Reserves
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Subgroup 1d: Institutions in Natural Resource Management (II)

Oral Presentations

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MALIKA ABDELALI-MARTINI, ADEN AW-HASSAN:
Are Local Institutions Blessing Or Curse for the Poor? the Case of Dairy Sheep Systems in a Dry Marginal Area of Syria
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MARIA BROCKHAUS, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
The Arena of Conflict Management Between Farmers and Herders in the Southwest of Burkina Faso: Obstacles for Empowerment
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MARTINA PADMANABHAN:
Governing Agribiodiversity - institutional and Gender Analysis of Transition in South India
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KADIR OSMAN GYASI, STEFANIE ENGEL:
Determinants of Efficiency of Community-based Institutions for the Management of Small-scale Irrigation Systems in Northern Ghana
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BELLO UMAR, HAMZA KANKIYA:
Beyond the Poverty Alleviation Programmes: Towards a New Framework for Managing Natural Resources in Nigeria
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Posters

Subgroup 1e: Self Help Organisations and Rural Enterprise Development

Oral Presentations

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HARRY STREHLOW:
Community Action to Protect Fishery Resources in Nha Phu Lagoon, Vietnam
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HOLM UIBRIG, KANCHAN DEVI:
Micro Financing Within Joint Forest Management Committees for the Empowerment of Women Self Help Groups in India: A Case Study from Betul District, Madhya Pradesh
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ANDREAS EINIG:
Income Generation through Village-based Bamboo Development
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RAINER SCHWARZMEIER, FRANZ HEIDHUES:
Community Forestry in Northeast Thailand – an Approach for Sustainable Forest Use?
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AYMAN ALI, STEPHAN BAAS:
Community-based Organisations as Partners in Poverty Alleviation: Lessons Learnt and Good Practice Examples from Yemen
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INéS SOTO REYES, ALVARO ROJAS MARIN:
Incomes and Rural Differentiation- An Empirical Study in the Pelarco and San Rafael Community, VII Region, Chile
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ERI TRINURINI-ADHI:
The Indigenous Village Organisations in North Sumatra (Indonesia), Start the Self-Help from the Social Purposes
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JANA FRITZSCH, AXEL WOLZ, K. REINSBERG:
The Impact of Social and Human Capital on Farm Income - the Case of Polish Farmers
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NUNUNG NURYARTONO, STEFAN SCHWARZE, MANFRED ZELLER:
Smallholders Access to Credit and its Impact on the Adoption of Agricultural Technology: Evidence and Lesson from Agriculture Practices in the Vicinity of Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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NIKOLAS HASANAGAS, ALEJANDRA REAL:
External Consulting: an Irreplaceable Strategy for Optimising legitimisation, Fundraising, and Innovation of Private Organisations involved in Environmental Policy
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SUSANN REINER, INéS HINOJOSA, ROBERT MüLLER, KLAUS HECHT:
Rural Enterprises: the Key to Poverty Alleviation and Rainforest Conservation?
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Subgroup 1f: Policy Options for Targeted Rural Poverty Reduction

Oral Presentations

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TSEGAYE YILMA DESSALEGN, ERNST BERG, THOMAS BERGER:
Emancipating African Women through Agricultural Technologies: the Case of Irrigation Technology in Northern Ghana
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THOMAS DUFHUES, UTE LEMKE, ISABEL FISCHER:
New Ways for Rural Finance: Livestock Insurance Schemes in Vietnam
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HOLGER SEEBENS:
Farming and Husbands
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SHAHNAJ PARVEEN, INGRID-UTE LEONHäUSER:
Empowerment of Rural Women in Bangladesh: A Household Level Analysis
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LILA KARKI, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Technology Adoption and Household Food Security, Analysing Factors Determining Technology Adoption and Sustainability of Impact: A Case of Smallholder Peasants in Nepal
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GROUP 2: Globalisation Challenges

Subgroup 2a: Market Liberalisation and Institutional Transformation

Oral Presentations

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MICHAEL BRUENTRUP:
Agricultural Policies in Industrialised Countries and Rural Poverty in Sub-Sahara Africa. Is the Link Overvalued?
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SABINE DAUDE:
Agricultural Trade Liberalisation in the WTO and Its Poverty Implications: The Case of Rural Households in Northern Vietnam
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WEI SUN:
Chinese Rendered Animal Protein (MBM) Import Demand Estimation with Two Stage Budgeting AIDS and Source Differentiated AIDS Model
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KHALID MAHMOOD, AMIT SAHA, TORSTEN HEMME:
International Competitiveness of Small Scale Dairy Farms in Pakistan and India
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ANGELA MARIA HAU, MATTHIAS VON OPPEN:
Market Efficiency of Fruits and Vegetables in Northern Thailand
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BORBALA ESZTER BALINT:
Determinants of Commercial Orientation of the Individual Farms in Romania
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RODRIGO LUEG, ANNA MARIA HäRING, ECKHARD BENNER:
German Consumers Image towards Argentinian Agricultural Products: An Approach to Develop New Products and Processes
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PIRET HEIN:
Impact of the EU Accession on Competitiveness of the Estonian Milk Sector
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J. DANIELA HORNA, MATTHIAS VON OPPEN:
Sketching Private Participation in Agricultural Extension in Nigeria and Benin
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TRIANA ANGGRAENIE, NUNUNG NURYARTONO, STEFAN SCHWARZE:
Structure- Conduct-performance Analysis of the Cocoa Market in the Vicinity of Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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ALEXANDRA ZUM FELDE, ALEXANDER R. MENDOZA LUNA:
Transformations Within the Banana Industry to Protect Environmental and Worker Health
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KALYUZHNY TARAS, NORBERT BLEISTEINER, ULRICH GROß, RALF SCHLAUDERER:
Innovative Options for Market Access in Agricultural Engineering in the Ukraine Republic – the Example of an Investment Concept under Consideration of Selected Soil Treatment Systems
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KHALID MAHMOOD, AMIT SAHA, OTTO GARCIA:
Dairy Chains in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Southern Asia
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Subgroup 2b: Knowledge Systems and Rural Education

Oral Presentations

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FRIK SUNDSTOL, AREGAY WAKTOLA, FRED HAAKON JOHNSEN, STEIN R. MOE:
Poverty Reduction Strategies and Relevant Participatory Learning Processes in Agricultural Higher Education
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LIFENG WU, SUWANNA PRANEETVATAKUL, HERMANN WAIBEL:
IPM-FFS Impact Analysis: A Case Study of Cotton Production in Shandong Province, China
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DIEMUTH PEMSL, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Impact Assessment of Farmer Training in Developing Countries
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GEOFFREY I. NWAKA:
Using Indigenous Knowledge to Strengthen Local Governance and Development in Nigeria
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BOHUMIL HAVRLAND, JANA MAZANCOVA, JIRI HEJKRLIK, PETRA HOLIKOVA, PETR HOLECEK, MICHAEL SPICKA, SANTOS VICTOR FERREIRA:
Establishment of the Centre of Agricultural Education in Bie Province, Angola
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ANDREAS SCHöNEFELD, KWAKU AGYEMANG, SUSANNE MüNSTERMANN:
Regional Approach to Technical Training and Capacity Building for Improving Livestock Productivity in West Africa
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ANDREA WETZER:
Education and Qualification for Rural Development
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KHIN MAR CHO:
Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems in Myanmar – Implications for Technology Dissemination and Development
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Subgroup 2c: Food and Public Health

Oral Presentations

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CHRISTINE CHEMNITZ:
The Impact of Food Safety Measures on Small Producers in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the Moroccan Tomato Sector
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SHIBANI GHOSH, PETER L. PELLETT, ADEN AW-HASSAN:
Poverty, Food Systems and Nutritional Well-being of Children in North West Syria
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HILDEGARD GARMING, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Economic Valuation of Health Benefits through Farmer Training in Nicaragua: A Willingness to Pay Approach
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M. A. SIRAG, THOMAS BETSCHE, JöRG BRüGGEMANN, EDITH EICH, A. M. A. INAAM, E. S. MANAL:
Organochlorine Residues in Sudanese Workers of the Gezira Agricultural Scheme: Relations with Chronic Health Impairments?
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SHIBANI GHOSH, PETER L. PELLETT, ADEN AW-HASSAN:
Dietary Pattern and Socio-economic Status of Rural Households in Marginal Areas of North West Syria
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AMIT SAHA, OTTO GARCIA, KHALID MAHMOOD:
Who Is More Competitive in the Dairy Chain in India - Formal vs. Informal
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MICHAEL BöHME, THUAN NGO THI, GIA BUI THI, INA PINKER:
Potential of Native Leafy Vegetables Production in North-Vietnam
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JOSEPH FLORENT FEULEFACK:
Improved Integration of Underutilised Crops into Farm Household Economies: the Case Study of Vernonia Calvoana (Hook) in the West High Land Zone of Cameroon.
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ABDULKHALIG BABIKER, SULIEMAN EL SANOUSI:
Effects of Fattening on the Occurrence of Sheep Abscess Disease (Morel's Disease)
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EL TIGANI ASIL, ABDULKHALIG BABIKER, ADAM ABBAKAR:
Studies on Pathological Changes of Condemned Lungs of One Humped Camels (Camelus dromedarius)
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MOHAMED ABUBAKER, SUSANNE VON BARGEN, MARTINA BANDTE, SIDDIG ELHASSAN, CARMEN BüTTNER:
Investigations on Citrus Virus and Virus-like Diseases and their Spread in Citrus Orchards in Semi Arid and Savannah Zones of Sudan
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KHALID RODWAN, ABDULKHALIG BABIKER, SULIEMAN EL SANOUSI:
Studies on Vaccination Trials Against Morel's Disease and Monitoring of Transfer of Passive Immunity from Dams to Lambs
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KERSTIN HELL, RANAJIT BANDYOPADHYAY, RICHARD A. SIKORA:
Strategies for the Management of Mycotoxins in Maize in Benin, West Africa
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MATTHIAS DONNER, SEBASTIAN KIEWNICK, RICHARD A. SIKORA:
Aflatoxin Risk Assessment, Biological Control Options and Intervention
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Subgroup 2d: Development Actions for Rural Poverty Reduction

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KARIM SAHYOUN:
Phasing Out Development Interventions – Challenges and Opportunities for Participation
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LILA KARKI, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Foreign Aided Projects and Rural Livelihoods. Analysis of Impact of Project Intervention on Production Efficiency: A Case of Livestock Development Project in the Mid Hill Region, Nepal
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DJEIMY KUSNAMAN, HANS E. JAHNKE:
Research and Development in Smallholder Sericulture for Rural Poverty Reduction in Java, Indonesia
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DAGMAR MITHöFER, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Seasonal Vulnerability to Poverty and Indigenous Fruit Use in Zimbabwe
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DENIS AVILES:
Popular Participation and Decentralisation: The Role of Social Actors in Reconfiguring Power Relations
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ANH TAI DO, WERNER DOPPLER:
Land Resource, the Challenge and Potential for Future Economic Development in the Mountainous Area of Vietnam - the Case of Mai Son District
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DIETRICH DARR, HOLM UIBRIG:
Farm Forestry to Alleviate Poverty: Findings from Three Differently Developed Rural Economies in Central Laos
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IBRAHIM ALABDULHADI, HASSAN ALI-DINAR, GEORG EBERT:
Date Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera L.), a Potential Food Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Research and Development
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WIBKE HIMMELSBACH:
The Impact of Poverty on Natural Resources: Is There a Future for Working Elephants in Burmese Silviculture?
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HERTA AVALOS VIEGAS, WERNER DOPPLER:
Indigenous Local Identity on Managing Natural Resources in a Typical Rural Area of the Amazon Marginal Zone – The Case of Jave Indigenous Peoples in Bananal Island, Tocantins
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INéS SOTO REYES, JAN BARKMAN, JOSE DIAZ-OSORIO:
Effects of a Rural Poverty Alleviation Project on Production System and Farming Income in a Semiarid "secano" Area
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LARS FIEDLER, DAGMAR MITHöFER, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Adoption of Indigenous Fruit Tree Planting in Malawi and Zimbabwe: an Ex Ante Assessment
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SVETLANA GUNDORINA, NORBERT BLEISTEINER, HERBERT STRöBEL, RALF SCHLAUDERER:
Development Possibilities for Farms in Tschuwaschia, Russian Federation
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Subgroup 2e: GIS and Precision Technologies to Improve Resource Use

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HANS-WERNER GRIEPENTROG, B.S. BLACKMORE:
Sustainable Agriculture and Precision Farming in Developing Countries
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ALVARO CAñADAS, JUAN CARLOS CAMARGO, XIMENA REYES:
Communities Classification as a Base for the Understanding of Dynamics of the Land Use in Protected Forest Sumaco
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ANDREAS BUERKERT, MAHER NAGIEB, STEFAN SIEBERT, A. AL-MASKRI:
Nutrient Cycling and Field-based Nutrient Balances in Mountain Oases of Northern Oman
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KRISHNA BAHADUR K. C., WERNER DOPPLER:
Integrating Micro Level and Remote Sensing Data in GIS Analyses for Natural Resources Management and Socio-economic Development - A Case in Mountainous Watershed in Nepal
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MIET MAERTENS, MANFRED ZELLER, REGINA BIRNER:
Spatial Modelling of Land-use Patterns in Forest Frontier Areas. Theory and Empirical Assessment for Indonesia
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KRISHNA BAHADUR K. C., WERNER DOPPLER:
Developing Integrated Resources Management System in the Middle Mountains of Nepal: A Case of Galaudu Watershed, Dhading District, Central Nepal
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MARCO AURELIO GONZALEZ TAGLE, JAVIER JIMENEZ PEREZ:
Reconstructing Patterns in Fire Regimes from Fire-scar in Mixed Pine-oak Forest, Northeast Mexico
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AMALIA NAHíR DíAZ LACAVA, IRINA DIETER-GILLWALD:
GIS and Farming System Analysis
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QUANG BAO LE, SOOJIN PARK, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Simulating Spatial Patterns of Land-use and Land-cover Change: A Multi-agent Model and its Application to an Upland Watershed in Central Vietnam
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ANJA GAßNER, FAISAL MOHD NOOR, HOLGER LILIENTHAL:
Baseline Study to Implement an Integrated Pest Management Strategy for the Red Root Rot Disease at Sabah Tea Plantation, Malaysia
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DAVID MORALES-HIDALGO, CHRISTOPH KLEINN:
Guadua Bamboo (Guadua angustifolia) Inventory in the Coffee Region of Colombia
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CORNELIA CLAUS, LOTHAR WINKELMANN, WILFRIED STRAUCH, ELDA VáSQUEZ DE GODOY:
Disaster Mitigation in Central America: an Approach for a Geographical Information System (GIS) on Georisks for Mitigation Planning and Risk Management
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Subgroup 2f: How to Maintain Regional Identity in Times of Globalisation

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PARTO TEHERANI-KROENNER:
Food Security, Poverty Reduction and Gender the Debate on Food Security in Iran: Who Cares for Our Daily Meals?
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RITA SCHäFER:
Food Security, Poverty Reduction and Gender a Key to Food Security in Africa
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MIRJAM RöDER:
Food Security, Poverty Reduction and Gender Changes of Food Habits in Sudan
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MARTINA PADMANABHAN:
The Making and Unmaking of Gendered Crops in Northern Ghana
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GROUP 3: Technology Innovation

Subgroup 3a: Technologies for Divergent Production Conditions - Plants (I)

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STEPHAN HAEFELE:
Improving Farmer's Livelihood in Rainfed Rice-based Lowlands of Asia
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OLADIMEJI IDOWU OLADELE, JUN-ICHI SAKAGAMI:
Impact of Technology Innovation on Rice Yield Gap in Asia and West Africa: Technology Transfer Issues
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BEYENE TADESSE FERENJI, FRANZ HEIDHUES:
Deterioration in Total Factor Productivity in Food Production in the Post Reform Period: The case in TEF in Ethiopia
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MATHIAS BECKER:
Do Green Manures Have a Future in Rice-based Systems of Southeast Asia?
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JüRGEN ANTHOFER:
The Potential of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) for Poverty Reduction in Cambodia
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Posters

BEATE FORMOWITZ, F. ELANGO, TORSTEN MüLLER, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Bokashi Composting and the Effects of EM-Bokashi on Growth of Young and Adult Banana (Musa sp.)
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ASHABUL ANHAR, ROLF SOMMER, MANFRED DENICH, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Assessment of the Natural Abundance Method in Estimating Dinitrogen Fixation of Gliricidia Sepium (Jacq.) Walp in Cacao Agroforestry System in Central Sulawesi Indonesia
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BOHDAN LOJKA, JANA LOJKOVA, JAN BANOUT, ZBYNEK POLESNY:
Agroforestry Use of Inga edulis in the Peruvian Amazon
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RENI LESTARI, SUSANNE HUYSKENS-KEIL, DETLEF ULRICH, GEORG EBERT:
Consumer Acceptance and Sensory Attributes of Different Salak Cultivars (salacca Zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss)
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BEATA NASCIMENTO, HELGA SERMANN, CARMEN BüTTNER:
Possibilities for the Natural Adjustment of the Millipedes Exemplary of Spinotarsus caboverdus Pierrard (1987) on Cape Verde
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NADJIA ZERMANE, JüRGEN KROSCHEL, THOURAYA SOUISSI:
Options for Biological Control of the Parasitic Weed Orobanche in North Africa
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CARLOS ALBERTO RUIZ GARVIA, HANNES KOENIG, SEVERIN POLREICH, GERHARD GEROLD:
Disease Control in Certified Cacao Production Systems in the Alto Beni - Bolivia
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JOACHIM MEIER-DOERNBERG, REINHOLD GLAUNER:
Timber-stand-improvenmet through Early Thinning Operations in Acacia Mangium Willd. Plantations in Roraima, Brazil
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BOHUMIL HAVRLAND, VLADIMIR KREPL, JAIME MUNOZ:
Rural Poverty Reduction through Better Field Technologies
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DANIEL NEUHOFF, MEKURIA TADESSE:
The Situation of Coffee Growers in Ethiopia - Current Status and Perspectives for the Future Development
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AMARILIS SUáREZ QUESADA, FRANK ELLMER, REGINA SCHENK:
Einfluss von organisch-mineralischer Düngung auf Wachstum und Ertrag von Tabak (Nicotina tabacum L.)
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LILIAN GUZMáN PFEIFFER, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS:
Hydroponics Technology in Urban Iquitos, Peru
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Subgroup 3b: Technologies for Divergent Production Conditions - Plants (II)

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STEFFEN ABELE:
Innovations for Plant Production in the Risky Environment of Semi-arid Niger: A Multi-level Modelling Assessment
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DANSINOU SILVERE TOVIGNAN, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Adoption of Organic Cotton in Benin: Does Gender Play a Role?
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GOSPEL OLUOCH OMANYA:
Evaluation of Improved Pearl Millet Varieties with Farmers in West Africa
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KARIN ZIPPEL, PETER LüDDERS:
Adaptation of Cultivation Measures in Enset (Ensete ventricosum) to Different Climatic and Cultural Conditions
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KARIN ZIPPEL, PETER LüDDERS:
Propagation of Enset (Ensete ventricosum) among Different Climatic and Cultural Conditions
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LEANDRO JOSé HENZ, OLIVER HENSEL, KARLHEINZ KöLLER:
Technological Innovation in Processing of Coconut Water in Brazil
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KAMAL EL-SIDDIG, GEORG EBERT, JENS GEBAUER:
Biomass Production and Gas Exchange of Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) Seedlings Subjected to Repeated Cycles of Water Stress
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ALHASSAN LANSAH ABDULAI, FOLKARD ASCH, NICK VAN DE GIESEN:
Physiological and Morphological Responses of Sorghum Bicolor to Static and Dynamic Drought Conditions
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PHONPHAT PHONKAJORNYOD, ELKE PAWELZIK, SUCHADA VEARASILP:
Dry Synthetic Seed Production and Desiccation Tolerance Induction in Somatic Embryo of Sweet Pepper
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RAJA RAM KHANAL, FOLKARD ASCH, MATHIAS BECKER:
Phenological Responses of Rice Cultivars under Varying Thermal Environments in High Altitude Cropping Systems
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ADIL H. ABDELMAGEED, NAZIM GRUDA, BERND GEYER:
Effects of Temperature and Grafting on the Growth and Development of Tomato Plants under Controlled Conditions
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ABDELMAGID ELMOBARAK, ALI ELNAEM, ADAM ADAM, CHRISTIAN RICHTER:
Effect of Different Nitrogen Sources to Wheat on Two Soils in Sudan
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SIWAPORN PRADIDWONG, SANGTIWA SURIYONG, ELKE PAWELZIK:
Mungbean Seed Longevity and Quality Influenced by Initial Seed Moisture Content and Storage Temperature
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SIWAPORN PRADIDWONG, ANAND ISARASENEE, ELKE PAWELZIK:
Prediction of Mungbean Seed Longevity and Quality Using the Relationship of Seed Moisture Content and Storage Temperature
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PRATCHAYA VASSANACHAROEN, NATTASAK KRITTIGAMAS, SA-NGUANSAK THANAPORNPOONPONG:
Radio Frequency Heat Treatment to Controlled Seed-borne Macrophomina Phaseolina in Sesame Seed (Sesamum indicum L.)
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WASIU AKANBI, JAMES ADEDIRAN, AMUDALAT OLANIYAN, A. O. TOGUN:
An Economic Analysis of Split Application of Organomineral Fertiliser on Okra in Humid Forest Zone of Nigeria
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AMUDALAT OLANIYAN, HENRY AKINTOYE, MARUF BALOGUN:
Effect of Different Sources and Rates of Nitrogen Fertiliser on Growth and Yield of Sweet Corn
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PRATCHAYA VASSANACHAROEN, NATTASAK KRITTIGAMAS, SUCHADA VEARASILP:
Seed Qualities, Chemical Compositions and Dehydrogenase Enzyme Activity of Sesame Seed Affected by Radio Frequency Heat Treatment
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GREGOR HEINE, GEORGE TIKUM, WALTER HORST:
The Role of Silicon in the Control of Pythium Aphanidermatum in the Protected Cultivation of Tomato and Bitter Gourd in Thailand
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HABEN ASGEDOM, AZIZA AJJOURI, MATHIAS BECKER:
Seed Priming Enhances Germination and Seedling Growth of Barley under Conditions of P and Zn Deficiency
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NI NI TUN, BURKHARD HEILIGTAG, ANDREA KLEEBERG, CHRISTIAN RICHTER:
Changes in Redox Potential, pH and Nutrient Uptake of Wetland Rice on Six Soils in Myanmar
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ESAM ADAMS SALEH, FOLKARD ASCH, MATHIAS BECKER:
Evaluation of Residue Management in Irrigated Rice-based Systems of the Mekong Delta
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KESHAB RAJ PANDE, SUCHIT SHRESTHA, MATHIAS BECKER:
Managing Soil N-dynamics in Rice-wheat Cropping Systems Along an Altitude Gradient in Nepal
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HABEN ASGEDOM, MATHIAS BECKER, FRANCIS TURKELBOOM:
Management of Nutrient Fluxes for Barley Production in Northern Syria
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Subgroup 3c: Application of Plant Modelling

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ROBIN MATTHEWS:
Crop Modelling: What Has It Achieved and Where Is It Going?
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IR. ELIYANI, IR. HANDOKO, RONALD F. KüHNE:
Modelling Early Growth and Carbon Sequestration of Fast Growing Teak (Tectona grandis Linn. Fill.) as a Tool for Land Management in Indonesia
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ROLF SOMMER, WILLIAM D. BATCHELOR, JEFFREY W. WHITE, JAMES W. JONES, ARJAN J. GIJSMAN, CHERYL H. PORTER:
Modelling Conservation Agriculture
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FOLKARD ASCH:
Modelling Concepts for Sodium and Potassium Distribution in Salt-stressed Irrigated Rice - Getting Closer
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JAN GRENZ, AHMAD M. MANSCHADI, JOACHIM SAUERBORN:
Using Simulation Modelling to Evaluate the Efficacy of Strategies to Control the Parasitic Weed Orobanche crenata
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STIJN CLEEMPUT, BART MUYS, CHRISTOPH KLEINN, MARC J. J. JANSSENS:
Biomass Estimation Techniques for Enclosures in a Semi-Arid Area: A Case Study In Northern Ethiopia
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ANDREAS ROTH, FRANK GRESENS, HEINER GOLDBACH, JüRGEN BURKHARDT:
Simulation and Validation of Modelled Water Use and Biomass Production of Natural Plants in the Draa Valley (Southern Morocco) - A Case Study of Impetus Testsite Taoujgalt
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JAVIER JIMENEZ PEREZ, OSCAR ALBERTO AGUIRRE CALDERON:
Crown Structural Indicators in a Natural Mixed Coniferous Forest in Northeastern Mexico
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MARC SPORLEDER, JüRGEN KROSCHEL, AZIZ LAGNAOUI:
Development and Validation of a Temperature-based Simulation Model for the Potato Tuber Moth, Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera; Gelechiidae)
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Subgroup 3d: Technologies for Divergent Production Conditions - Livestock

Oral Presentations

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ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER, MARILIA CASTELO MAGALHAES, GRACIELA LUZIA VEDOVOTO, ESPEDITO CEZARIO MARTINS:
Using the Economic Surplus Method to Assess Economic Impacts of New Technologies: Case Studies of EMBRAPA
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HANS-JüRGEN BUSS, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Climate Change and Optimal Farming Strategies in Semi-arid Southern Africa
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SABINE HOMANN, BARBARA RISCHKOWSKY, JöRG STEINBACH:
Herd Mobility Leads the Way for Sustainable Pastoral Development: The Case of Borana Rangelands, Southern Ethiopia
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ANTHONY IKE, ANKE MANé-BIELFELDT, GIRMA ABEBE, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Comparison of Urban and Peri-Urban Dairying in Awassa, Ethiopia
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MARIANNA SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE, BARBARA RISCHKOWSKY, JONAS BASTOS DA VEIGA, JOHN M. KING:
Keeping Cattle in the Brazilian Eastern Amazon: Constraints on Improving Smallholder Management
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UMA KARKI, JOHN MILTON, IAN WILLIAMS, LAURA MC CANN:
Supplementation of Maiden Does in Late Pregnancy and Early Lactation to Increase Colostrum and Milk Production to Enhance Kid Growth and Capretto Quality to Increase Profits
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EUSTACE AYEMERE IYAYI, FOLASADE KEHINDE FAYOYIN:
Expanding Rural Poultry Production through the Use of Processed, Low Cost Cassava Fruit Coat as Alternative Fibre Source
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YEMI AKINBAMIJO, S. NOUALA, SUSANNE MüNSTERMANN:
Feeding Strategies for Dairy Cattle Nutrition in West African Cities
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SONTHAYA MOONSIKEAW, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, CHOKE MIKLED:
Effect of Fumaric Acid Supplementation on Rumen Fermentation in Dairy Cows
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WANDEE TARTRAKOON, SANGDEUN JUIPETCH, SURAPEE THONGLOM:
Use of Citric Acid and Clove Oil as Supplement in Weanling Pig Diets
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WIBKE HIMMELSBACH:
Employment of Working Elephants in Myanmar (Burma) - Myths and Tradition in Conflict with Reality
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TINNAGON TARTRAKOON, WANDEE TARTRAKOON, JOHN DAVID KABASA:
Effect of Phytase Supplement on Productive Performance of Growing - Finishing Pigs Fed Normal and Low Phosphorus Diets
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TINNAGON TARTRAKOON, WANDEE TARTRAKOON, JOHN DAVID KABASA:
The Effects of Feeding Diets with Normal and Low Phosphorus Contents Supplemented with Phytase on Phosphorus Excretion in Growing Pigs
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VATHANA SANN, LOAN CHHUM PHITH, SUHEANG SORN:
Free-range and Confined Production System of Layer Chicken in Cambodia
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ANNABé LOUW-GAUME, ALAIN GAUME, IDUPULAPATI RAO, EMMANUEL FROSSARD:
Adaptation of Brachiaria Species to Low-P Soils
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DELIA GRACE, THOMAS RANDOLPH, PETER-HENNING CLAUSEN:
Promoting the Rational Use of Animal Health Drugs for the Prevention of Drug Resistance
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HANS-DIETER HESS, TASSILO TIEMANN, MICHAEL KREUZER:
The Forage Potential of Tanniniferous Legumes: Search for Sustainable Ways to Cope with Nutritional Limitations in Smallholder Livestock
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HANS-DIETER HESS, HERNAN MANUEL ROMERO, CARLOS A. GOMEZ, HANS-RUDOLF WETTSTEIN, MICHAEL KREUZER:
Effect of Dry and Wet Season Feeding on Milk Production and Quality of Cows Kept at High Altitude in the Peruvian Andes
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Subgroup 3e: Technologies for Integration of Crop and Livestock Systems

Oral Presentations

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M.A. SLINGERLAND:
Technologies for Integration of Crop and Livestock Systems Aiming at Improved Livelihood Outcomes
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BUDISATRIA I GEDE SUPARTA, BALIARTI ENDANG, HENK UDO:
Small Ruminants Role in the Integration of Crop Production and Livestock System in Central Java-indonesia
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NORBERT STEINMüLLER:
Feeding More People per Hectare with a Vegetarian Diet or a Diet with Milk?
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WILBERT TREJO LIZAMA, RONALD SANTOS RICALDE, SIMON ANDERSON, ALBERT SUNDRUM:
Integrating Pigs and Maize Production in a Low Input Production System in the Tropic of Mexico
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VATHANA SANN, LOAN CHHUM PHITH:
The Effect of Replacing Fresh Water Spinach with Basal Diet on Performance of Fattening Pigs in Cambodia
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VATHANA SANN, SOPHORN KIMSAN, K. KREOSNA:
Nitrogen Balance of Ensiled Cassava Leaves in Piglets in Cambodia
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O. INSUNG, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, SEBASTIAN CHAKEREDZA:
Influence of Plant Species and Conservation Method on Voluntary Intake and Digestibility of Dry Matter and Organic Matter of Ruzi Grass (Brachiaria ruziziensis) and Streblus Leaf (Streblus Asper Lour) in Goat under the Humid Tropical Climate of Southern
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VATHANA SANN, LOAN CHHUM PHITH:
Performance of Broiler Chickens and Fattening Pigs Fed Cassava Leave Meal Irrigated with Biodigester Effluent
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WANDEE TARTRAKOON, KATTIKA WUTHIJAREE, KWANCHAT UDOMSRI:
Reduction of N-excretion in Growing-finishing Pigs Using Low Protein Diets
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JUAN KU, RUTILIO NAVA-MONTERO, ROBERTO BELMAR:
Evaluation of an Outdoor Pig Fattening in Tropical Conditions
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HIPPOLYTE AFFOGNON, HERMANN WAIBEL, THOMAS RANDOLPH:
An Improved Framework for the Economic Analysis of Animal Disease Control using the Damage Abatement Function
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MARC J. J. JANSSENS, HARTMUT GAESE, ALBRECHT GLATZLE, JüRGEN POHLAN:
Bridging the Gap Between Integrated and Organic Agriculture to Ensure Food Security in the Tropics
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VATHANA SANN, PAGNASOLEY SIP, LOAN CHHUM PHITH:
Application of Animal Manure and Chemical Fertiliser in Lettuce Plantation on Degraded Soil in Cambodia
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STEFAN HOHNWALD, BARBARA RISCHKOWSKY, JOSé ADéRITO RODRIGUES FILHO, ARI PINHEIRO CAMARãO, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT, JOHN M. KING:
Cattle Impact on Secondary Vegetation Proposed as Component for Smallholder Pastures in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil: Vegetation Development and Composition after 42 months of Grazing
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LENA MARGARETA DAVIDSSON, THOMAS RANDOLPH, RICHARD HURRELL:
Animal Source Foods and Nutrition During Early Life; an Evaluation of the Possible Link Between Livestock Keeping and Nutritional Status of Young Children in Resource Poor Areas
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ELIZABETH WINA, STEFAN MUETZEL, ELLEN HOFFMANN, KLAUS BECKER:
Saponin-containing Methanol Extract of Sapindus rarak Improved Sheep Performance Without Affecting Digestibility
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REIN VAN DER HOEK, MICHAEL PETERS, CHRISTOPH REIBER, VOLKER HOFFMANN:
Agronomic and Farmers' Assessments of Multipurpose Forage Crops in Central Honduras
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Subgroup 3f: How to Make Technical Innovations Effective

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BETTINA HEDDEN-DUNKHORST, MANFRED DENICH, JOHN MBURU, ARISBE MENDOZA-ESCALANTE, JAN BöRNER:
Assessing Technological Innovations for Smallholder Agriculture in the Eastern Amazon Region: Implications for Technology Adoption and Dissemination
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GROUP 4: Natural Resources Management

Subgroup 4a: Sustaining Plant Genetic Resources

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JAN ENGELS:
Managing Plant Genetic Resources in a Sustained Manner in a Quickly Changing Environment
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DANQUAH JONES ABREFA:
Assessment of Incentives for In-situ Conservation of African Leafy Vegetables Genetic Resources in Western Kenya
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BAMBANG IRAWAN, FRANZ GRUBER:
The Importance of Sprouting Ability in Conservation and Development of Ironwood (Eusideroxylon Zwageri T. et B.) Varieties
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ALOYSIUS IBEAGHA, SANJAY JAIN, RALPH HüCKELHOVEN, KARL-HEINZ KOGEL:
Mechanisms of Susceptibility and Resistance to the Hemibiotrophic Phytopathogenic Fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana
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TAHANI ELAGIB, HEIKO K. PARZIES, H. H. GEIGER:
Heterotic Grouping of Sudanese Sorghum Landraces
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ABDALLA ELHAGWA, CHRISTIAN RICHTER, ZAKIA I. ALI, ABDELMAGID ELMOBARAK:
Salt Tolerance of Main Sorghum Genotypes for Salt Affected Soils of Sudan
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ALICE BEINING, HEINER GOLDBACH, JüRGEN BURKHARDT:
Contrasting Adaptation to Drought Stress in Wild Populations of Coffea Arabica in Southwest Ethiopia
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ZBYNEK POLESNY, BOHDAN LOJKA, JANA LOJKOVA, JAN BANOUT, MARTIN KOCAREK:
The Potential of Neglected Fruit Trees of Ucayali Department of Peruvian Amazon
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BETTINA HEIDER, ELKE FISCHER, TANJA BERNDL, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT:
Pueraria montana - Genetic Diversity of a Neglected Crop in North Vietnam
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SAID ABDUL WALI DADSHANI, ANNETTE WEIDNER, GERHARD H. BUCK-SORLIN:
QTL Analysis for Salt Tolerance in Barley
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ELKE FISCHER, TANJA BERNDL, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT:
Identification of a Core Collection in Desmodium ovalifolium Based on Marker Data
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TEODARDO CALLES, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT, ORLANDO GUENNI:
Stylosanthes: An Underexploited Tropical Legume Genus?
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Subgroup 4b: Sustaining Plant Diversity

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RAINER SCHLIEP:
Worldwide Assessment on the Sustainable Use of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Species
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OSCAR ALBERTO AGUIRRE CALDERON, JAVIER JIMENEZ PEREZ:
Structure and Diversity of Ecosystems as a Tool for Forest Resource Management
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ALVARO CAñADAS, OLEG NENADIC, ANDREAS BOLTE:
Effects of Different Land Use Intensities on the Succession of Secondary Forest in the Protected Forest Sumaco, Ecuador
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GEMEDO DALLE TUSSIE, BRIGITTE L. MAASS, JOHANNES ISSELSTEIN:
Impact of Rangeland Degradation on the Food Security of Borana Pastoralists in Southern Oromia, Ethiopia
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GUDRUN B. KELLER, HASSAN MNDIGA, BRIGITTE L. MAASS:
Production and Consumption Issues of Traditional Vegetables in Tanzania from the Farmers Point of View
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TAYE TESSEMA:
The Role of Pathogens as Natural Biological Control Agents of Parthenium Weed in Ethiopia
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DAMIAN TOM-DERY, JOBST-MICHAEL SCHROEDER, REINHOLD GLAUNER, JöRG GANZHORN:
Species Diversity in Remnant Natural Forests of Timber Plantations in Ghana
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Subgroup 4c: Exploring and Sustaining Animal Genetic Resources

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KATINKA MUSAVAYA, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Gene Flow in Animal Genetic Resources – A Study on Status, Impacts, Trends
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EMILY OUMA, GIDEON OBARE, AWUDU ABDULAI, ADAM DRUCKER:
Assessment of Farmer Preferences for Cattle Traits in Smallholder Cattle Production Systems of Kenya and Ethiopia
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HELEN NAKIMBUGWE, JOHANN SöLKNER, ALFONS WILLAM:
Open Nucleus Cattle Breeding Programme in the Lake Victoria Crescent Region of Uganda
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UTE LEMKE, ANDRé MARKEMANN, TRONG BINH NGUYEN, LE THI THUY, JAVIER DELGADO, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Set up On-farm Performance Testing Schemes as a Component of Village Breeding Programs for Pigs in North Vietnam
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MARIA WURZINGER, SILKE ZEITELHOFER, JOHANN SöLKNER, LUIS LñIGUEZ, MONIKA ZAKLOUTA, MUHI EL-DIN HILALI, SAFUH RIHAWI:
Characterisation of the Production System of the Jabali Goat in Syria
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KERSTIN ZANDER:
How to Compensate Pastoralists for Conserving the Borana Cattle in Kenya and Ethiopia
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ANAS ABDELQADER, CLEMENS WOLLNY:
Adaptive Traits and Characterisation of the Production System of Local Chicken in Jordan
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TIMOTHY N.P. GONDWE, CLEMENS WOLLNY:
Valuing Functions and Losses of Scavenging Local Chickens in Rural Communities of Malawi
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VATHANA SANN, LOAN CHHUM PHITH:
Characterise the Promising Economic Indigenous Chicken in Cambodia
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THERDCHAI VEARASILP, WANDEE TARTRAKOON, NUCHA SIMASATIKUL:
Effect of Extrusion and Microwave Techniques on Nutrient Quality of Soybean in Piglet Diets
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NATTAPHON CHONGKASIKIT, JOHN DAVID KABASA, KESINEE GATPHAYAK, THERDCHAI VEARASILP:
Phenotypic and Genetic Correlation Estimates among Systematic Factors, Productive Traits and Fertility Traits
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NATTAPHON CHONGKASIKIT, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, KESINEE GATPHAYAK, JOHN DAVID KABASA:
The Effects of Calving Season and Calving Years on Productive and Reproductive Traits of Dairy Cattle Population in Thailand
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OUSMANE COULIBALY, SANCHAI JATURASITHA, WARAPORN LEUNGWANTA, DUANGPORN PICHPOL, KATCHAPORN TEMYORD, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, JOHN DAVID KABASA, UDO TER MEULEN:
Effect of Modified Atmosphere on Shelf Life of Fresh Poultry Meat Dipping in Propyl Gallate Combined with Phosphoric Acid
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WORKNEH AYALEW, ADAM DRUCKER, WOUDYALEW MULATU, SINTAYEHU ABDITCHO:
Facilitation of Community Action-learning Processes for Harnessing Trypanotolerance in Traditional Cattle Herds in the Ghibe Valley, Southwestern Ethiopia
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KESINEE GATPHAYAK, CHRISTOPH KNORR, NATTAPHON CHONGKASIKIT, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN, BERTRAM BRENIG:
Molecular Characterisation of the Porcine Lung Cancer Candidate Gene (FUS1)
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SUSANNE GRUND, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN, MARIANNA SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Type Differences in Rendille Camels of Northern Kenya with Regard to Drought Tolerance
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WOLFGANG BAYER, RAURI ALCOCK, PETER GILLES:
Going Backwards? Moving Forward ? Nguni Cattle in Communal KwaZulu-Natal
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HIPPOLYTE DOSSA, CLEMENS WOLLNY:
Community-based Management of Small Ruminant Genetic Resources in Benin: an Approach to Develop a Conceptual Framework
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SERGIY LOGVYNENKO, HENNING WILLEKE, BERNHARD NöRR, RALF SCHLAUDERER:
Determination of Marginal Utility of Central Characteristics for Pig Breeding in Ukraine
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BIRGIT ZUMBACH, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Critical Factors for the Success of Community Breeding Programmes for Smallholder Dairying in the Tropics
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C. PHILIPP RIEDEL, JES WEIGELT, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Strategies for the Sustainable Utilisation of Indigenous Breeds in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs)
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EVELINE IBEAGHA-AWEMU, GEORG ERHARDT:
High Genetic Diversity Indices of two West/central African Cattle Breeds: Hope for More Future Improvement Options?
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ULRIKE JANßEN-TAPKEN, HAJA N. KADARMIDEEN, JOHN GIBSON:
Evaluation of Small-holder's Breeding Strategies in Production Systems of Kenya and Ethiopia
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Subgroup 4d: Soil Quality and Conservation

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ADEMOLA BRAIMOH, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
The Impact of Soil Quality on Maize Yield in Ghana
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WAKENE NEGASSA CHEWAKA, HELUF HELUF GEBREKIDAN:
The Impact of Different Land Use Systems on Soil Quality of Alfisols of Western Ethiopia
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KATJA KEHLENBECK, BRIGITTE L. MAASS:
Soil Fertility Management of Homegardens in Central-Sulawesi, Indonesia
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KONRAD VIELHAUER, MANFRED DENICH, OSVALDO R. KATO, MARIA DO SOCORRO KATO, TATIANA DEANE DE ABREU Sá, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Viability of Mechanized Chop-and-mulch as an Alternative to Manual Slash-and-burn Land Preparation
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TEKLU ERKOSSA, KARL STAHR, GETACHEW TABOR:
Integration of Organic and Inorganic Fertilisers: Effect on Vegetable Productivity
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APOLONIUS KASHARU KATWIJUKYE, WERNER DOPPLER:
Socio-economic Analysis of Land Use Changes and Soil Conservation in Uganda
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JANE MERTENS, BARBARA WICK, ELEUSA BARROS, REGINA C.C. LUIZãO, BäRBEL KROSCHEWSKI:
The Spatial Distribution of Selected Soil Physical and Chemical Properties of the Surface Layer of the Primary Forest Reserve 'reserva Ducke' Near Manaus, Brazil
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PRASNEE TIPRAQSA, DIETRICH SCHMIDT-VOGT, GUENTHER MANSKE:
Does Integrated Farming Improve Livelihoods of the Farmers? the Case of Northeast Thailand
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BRITTA CHAFIK:
Soilscapes of the Drâa Basin / Southern Morocco
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SAIFUL MD. ISLAM, A. M. MOAWAD:
Indication of Phosphorus Nutrition in a Calcareous Soil in Bangladesh
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SEBASTIAN HEDEL, JOACHIM CLEMENS, UTE ARNOLD:
Composting Pig Excrements in the Mekong-Delta
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MICHAEL BöHME, ANH LE HUNG:
Use of Bioresources in Agriculture and Horticulture of Vietnam
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Subgroup 4e: Soil Degradation

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ERICK FERNANDES:
Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Management in Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, and Rural Development Programs
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GERHARD GEROLD:
Soil Degradation by Different Land Use Impacts in Tropical Rainforests and Consequences for Land Rehabilitation
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MEKURIA ARGAW, PAUL L. G. VLEK, SOOJIN PARK:
Assessment of Soil Erosion Using Caesium-137 on Cultivated Fields Following Natural Forest Conversion in the Kefa Zone of Southwest Ethiopia
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NANA KUENKEL:
Agricultural Development Patterns and Soil Degradation in South and Southeast Asia. A Regional Analysis Employing Multivariate Analysis and GIS
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BIRTE JUNGE, ARMIN SKOWRONEK:
Physical, Chemical and Biological Degradation of Tropical Soils in a Land Use System with Low Input
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LULSEGED TAMENE, PAUL L. G. VLEK, SOOJIN PARK:
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques to Understand Major Processes Triggering Reservoir Siltation in the Highlands of Northern Ethiopia
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THOMAS BAGAMSAH, MANFRED DENICH, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Nutrient Losses: The Role of Bushfires in the Savannah of Northern Ghana
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LAN DO THI, GERHARD GEROLD:
Effecting of Soil Degradation on Crop Productivity in the Upland of Vietnam: A Case of Ba Be District, Northern Vietnam
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JENS-PETER KRUEGER, GERHARD GEROLD:
Assessing Soil Degradation in Eastern Bolivia
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Subgroup 4f: The Role of Technology, Innovation and Policy to Address Land Degradation

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MARIAM AKHTAR-SCHUSTER:
Desertification - the Environmental and Socio-economic Consequences of Resources Mismanagement in Drylands
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GROUP 5: Water and Energy Resources Management

Subgroup 5a: Water Policies and Institutions

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KAVITA RAI:
Hydropower Development in Nepal: Local Responses to Technology and Formal Institutions
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CHARLOTTE VAN DER SCHAAF:
Decentralised Irrigation Management and the Role of the State in Eastern Burkina Faso
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JACKSON ROEHRIG, CRISTIANO DAS NEVES ALMEIDA:
Challenges and Instruments of Participatory Water Resources Management Systems in Brazil
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CHANDAN SAMAL, THILOTHAM KOLANU:
Water Pricing and Decentralised Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh: Schism Between Objectives and Realities
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Subgroup 5b: Water Management Concepts and Water Use

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HELMUT HERZOG:
Water Shortage: An Agronomic Challenge
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ISABEL MARIA MADALENO:
Aymara Indians in Chile: Water Use in Ancestral Cultures at Odds with Water Rights in Modern Times
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HEINZ-PETER WOLFF, SUSANNE NEUBERT:
Potentials and Limitations of Wastewater Re-Use in Rural Areas - A Comparison between Tunisia and Jordan
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UTE ARNOLD, JOACHIM CLEMENS:
Nutrient Fluxes in Waste Water in Farming Systems in the Mekong Delta
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TINA SCHIEDER, P. WEHRHEIM:
Integrated Economic-Hydrologic Water Management and Planning Model for the Khorezm Region in Uzbekistan
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FLORIAN WIENEKE, THOMAS KUTSCH:
Acceptance Analysis of New Technology for Decentralised Water Management - A Case Study of Operating Farm Households in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
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ROBERT M'BAREK, TANJA SCHMIDT, MARCUS KOLL:
Hydro Economic Modelling in South-east Morocco
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ZAKIA I. ALI, SABINE D. GOLOMBEK:
Interaction of Drought and Nitrogen Availability on Drought Tolerance Mechanisms of Some Sudanese Pearl Millet Genotypes
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GUNNAR KAHL, PAMORNWAN NUTNIYOM, THILO STRECK:
Lateral Water Flow and Transport of Agrochemicals in the Soils of a Sloped Litchie Orchard in Northern Thailand: Concept and Experimental Setup
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OLANREWAJU LAWAL, THOMAS GAISER, KARL STAHR:
Effect of Land Use Changes on Sediment Load in Zagbo River Catchment in Southern Benin
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CORNELIA BEHLE, WALTER SCHUG:
Rural Drinking Water Supply in Benin, West Africa
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GERHARD GEROLD, CONSTANZE LEEMHUIS:
Water Resource Availability and Concepts for Traditional Water Use in the Inner Tropics
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YVES EMENDACK, HELMUT HERZOG, ROLAND HOFFMANN-BAHNSEN:
Drought Performance in Grain Sorghum and Millet
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KLAUS-PETER GöTZ, HELMUT HERZOG:
Influence of Water Deficit on Digestibility of Soybean Organs
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MARTINA HAMMER, PETTER D. JENSSEN, TOR ARVID BRELAND:
Future Potentials for Food Production & Wastewater Treatment in Havana's Urban Vegetable Gardens
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SAMSON HUNI, HELMUT HERZOG:
Relationships Between Evapo-transpiration Efficiency and Various Plant Characteristics of Different Cowpea Genotypes
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SHAMA DAWELBEIT, CHRISTIAN RICHTER:
Fertigation of Onion Crops by Using Surface Irrigation in Sudan
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DILNESAW ALAMIREW CHEKOL, HELMUT EGGERS:
Development of Water Balance Model of Lake Ziway Watershed in Ethiopia
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THOMAS NUBER, HARRO STOLPE:
Appraisal of Drinking Water Resources of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
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WILKO SCHWEERS, THEIB OWEIS, ARMIN RIESER:
Potentials and Constraints of Irrigation Experiments with Farmer Cooperation in a Water-scarce Area of Northwest Syria
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CONSTANZE MUELLER, CORNELIUS JANTSCHKE, WOLFRAM SPREER, KARLHEINZ KöLLER:
Correction Factors for Tdr-soil Moisture Measurements Within the Tree's Root Zones
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Subgroup 5c: Rural Energy Supply and Strategies for Biomass Production

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KLAS SANDER:
Controls of Woodfuel Supply and its Impact on Biodiversity Conservation
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SAMUEL NII ARDEY CODJOE, PAUL L. G. VLEK, ECKART EHLERS, STEVE DUADZE:
Population Growth and Deforestation in the Volta River Basin of Ghana, 1960-2010. Integration of Remote Sensing and Census Data
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SURYAPRAKASH S., AMJATH BABU T. S., RAVI B. M.:
Socio-economics, Investment Analysis and Economics of Tree-crop Interactions: A Case of Agro-forestry in Rainfed Tropics
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VATHANA SANN, LOAN CHHUM PHITH:
Polyethylene Biodigesters as Energy-providing Sources and Integrated Farming Systems of Rural Household in Cambodia
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Posters

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KAMAL E. M. FADL, JENS GEBAUER:
Effect of Different Tapping Tools and Different Tapping Positions on 'Talh Gum' Yield of Acacia seyal var. seyal in South Kordofan, Sudan
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JöRN ACKERMANN, REINHOLD GLAUNER:
Forest Plantation Establishment on Private Land in the Savannah Zone of Ghana - a Problem Oriented Research Project
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ALVARO CAñADAS, FRANTISCEK VILCKO:
Tree Volume and Taper Function for Cordia alliodora in Agroforestry System, Protected Forest Sumaco
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BASHIR A. EL-TAHIR, JENS GEBAUER:
Non-timber Forest Products: Opportunities and Constraints for Poverty Reduction in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan
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TERESA ROJAS, MANFRED ZELLER, HOLM TIESSEN:
Economic Evaluation of Commercial Value of Timber and Non-timber Forest Products of Cordia Dodecandra (Ciricote) in the Southern of Mexico
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KAMAL E. M. FADL, JENS GEBAUER:
Effect of Time and Intensity of Tapping on 'talh Gum' Yield of Acacia Seyal Var. Seyal in South Kordofan, Sudan
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Subgroup 5d: Exploring and Sustaining Aquatic Systems

Oral Presentations

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HARRY STREHLOW, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Applying Integrated Natural Resources Management to Sustain Coastal Fisheries
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ANDREA VON SARNOWSKI:
The Artisanal Fisheries of Lake Albert and the Problem of Overfishing
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BETTY NYONGE, CARSTEN SCHULZ, FRANK KIRSCHBAUM:
Tropical Freshwater Fishes: Potential for Aquaculture Development and Ecophysiological Research
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MATTHIAS VON WUTHENAU, ARMANDO GARCíA-ORTEGA, ANA PUELLO-CRUZ, CHRISTIAN SCHLECHTRIEM, ULFERT FOCKEN, KLAUS BECKER:
The Free Living Nematode Panagrellus Redivivus as an Alternative Live Food to Artemia in the Nutrition of Larvae of the Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei
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KLAUS KNOPF, A. P. EKANEM:
Plant Extracts for the Treatment of Ichthyophthiriasis in Fish
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ANDREAS STAMER, ANDREAS MüLLER-BELECKE, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Screening of Environmental Effects on the Spawning Activity of Nile Tilapia
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PRASAN PORNSOPIN, GOMUT UNSRISONG, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Survival and Growth Comparisons of Rainbow Trout Populations (Oncorhynchus mykiss) under the Specific Environmental Conditions in Northern Thailand
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MUHAMMET ALTUNOK, ANDREAS MüLLER-BELECKE, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Cryopreservation of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Sperm
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ANDREAS MüLLER-BELECKE, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Development of a YY-male Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Strain and Growth Performance Testing of the Genetically All Male Progenies
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PRASAN PORNSOPIN, GOMUT UNSRISONG, SOMPORN KANTIYAWONG, ANDREAS MüLLER-BELECKE, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Induced Spawning and Early Development of Stonelapping Minnow, Garra cambodgiensis (Tirant, 1883)
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STEPHAN WESSELS, ANDREAS MüLLER-BELECKE, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Effects of Feeding Regimes on Carcass Traits in Triploid and All-male Nile Tilapia Populations (Oreochromis niloticus)
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GABY HOEBART:
Sustaining Tropical Marine Diversity of Coral Reefs in Costa Rica and Panama
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HENRIK WEITKAMP, WERNER KLOAS, FRANK KIRSCHBAUM, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS, CARSTEN SCHULZ:
Investigations on Reproduction Biology of Bronze Featherback, Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769)
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