Tropentag 2007:

Scientific Presentations - Papers and Posters

Scientific Groups:

Resource use efficiency and diversity in agroecosystems
Livestock and fodder production systems
Livestock nutrition and feed quality
Land use and livelihood strategies
Technological innovations in agriculture
Livestock genetic resources and production systems
Plenary session

Towards the millennium development goals: Innovation and adoption in agriculture and forestry
Agricultural marketing and rural institutions
Determinants of technology adoption and implications for policy and program design
Research for development practitioners
Sustainable development in practice - examples from GTZ's projects
Food security and food safety

Diversity of land use and livelihood systems in the face of global change
Agroforestry and non-tree forest products
Biodiversity
Biodiversity and crop production
Conservation, environmental services and value chains in the Amazon region (GTZ, ACTO, AI, UNAMAZ)
Forestry

Ecosystem services in forest and agrarian landscapes
Scientific basis of ecosystem services
Assessment and valuation of ecosystem services
Institutions and management of ecosystem services
Biofuels
Trade-off between conservation and development goals

Current advances in analysis and modelling techniques
Soil fertility and management of organic matter
Organic agriculture
Current advances in analysis techniques
Spatial explicit modelling of land use change
New applications of modelling

Food production, food quality and food safety
Resource use and fertility management
Cropping techniques in dry and humid areas
Plant protection
Water use: current situation and perspectives

Resource use efficiency and diversity in agroecosystems

Livestock and fodder production systems

AKKE VAN DER ZIJPP:
Livestock and Livelihood Systems in the Face of Global Change
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Oral Presentations

JOLLY KABIRIZI, DENIS MPAIRWE, DAVID MUTETIKKA:
The Effect of Integrating Forage Legumes in Smallholder Crop/Livestock Farming Systems on Food, Fodder and Animal Performance
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ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER, TIAGO RIBEIRO RICARDO, PRISCILA DE OLIVEIRA, PEDRO MARQUES DA SILVEIRA:
Economic Viability of Crop Livestock Integration under Irrigated Conditions in Goiás State, Brazil
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YITAYE ALEMAYEHU AYENEW, MARIA WURZINGER, AZAGE TEGEGNE, WERNER ZOLLITSCH:
Urban and Peri-Urban Farming Systems and their Utilisation of the Natural Resources in the North Ethiopian Highlands
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Posters

LOK NATH PAUDEL, MATTHIAS GAULY, UDO TER MEULEN, CLEMENS WOLLNY:
Gender Role, Present Situation, Constraints and Opportunities: Is it a Challenge for Livestock Research and Development in Nepal?
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NORMAN GERHARDT, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, MICHAEL WACHENDORF:
Yield Development and Quality Changes of High Yielding Grasses During the Rainy Season in the "Natural Reserve Area Chacocente" on the Nicaraguan Pacific Coast
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KARIN BARTL, CARLOS A. GOMEZ, HANS-DIETER HESS, ANDREA CORINNA MAYER, MICHAEL KREUZER, FEDERICO HOLMANN:
Costs and Benefits of Traditional and Improved Dry Season Feeding Systems of Dairy Cattle for Smallholder Farmers in the Peruvian Andes
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ELSA SáNCHEZ, WERNER DOPPLER:
From Subsistence to Market Oriented Livestock Smallholders Development in Nicaragua and Honduras
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TIN AUNG, STEPHAN WESSELS, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Investigations on Rice-Fish Culture in Myanmar
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PETER LENTES, FEDERICO HOLMANN, MICHAEL PETERS, DOUGLAS WHITE, H. CRUZ:
Dry Season Resource Use Efficiency of Cattle Farms in Olancho, Honduras and Implications for Forage Technology Adoption
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JOHN DAVID KABASA, F. EJOBI, F. EBONG, P. ISABIRYE, JOLLY KABIRIZI:
Implications of Climate Change Clean Development Mechanisms on Livestock Agricultural Modernisation in Africa: Case Studies in Uganda
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WIRAT KRASACHAT:
Economic Efficiency of Feedlot Cattle Farms in Thailand
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EL TAHIR SALIH SHUIEP, IBTISAM E. M. EL ZUBEIR, OSMAN ALI EL OWNI:
Influence of Season and Management on Composition of Raw Camel (Camelus dromedarius) Milk in Khartoum State, Sudan
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HABIBULLAH BAHAR, TARIKUL ISLAM, MONIRUL ISLAM:
Evaluation of Lac Cultivation in two Southwestern Districts in Bangladesh
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CHRISTOPH REIBER, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT, MICHAEL PETERS, VOLKER HOFFMANN, CARLOS LASCANO:
Potentials and Constraints of Little Bag Silage in Honduras
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Livestock nutrition and feed quality

Oral Presentations

LAILA C. BERNAL, TASSILO TIEMANN, CARLOS LASCANO, MICHAEL KREUZER, HANS-DIETER HESS:
Effect of Supplementing a Tanniniferous Shrub Legume on Milk Yield and Composition of Dual Purpose Cattle Grazing Paspalum Notatum
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MARTHEN LUTHER MULLIK:
Efficiency of Microbial Protein Synthesis in Steers Fed Freshly Harvested Tropical Grass
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JOHNNY O. OGUNJI, THILO PAGEL, CARSTEN SCHULZ, WERNER KLOAS:
Apparent Digestibility Coefficient of Housefly Maggot Meal (magmeal) for Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus L.) and Carp (Cyprinus Carpio)
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DAI NGUYEN VAN, WERNER BESSEI:
Potassium Chloride Supplementation in Drinking Water of Laying Hens as a Means to Maintain High Productivity under High Ambient Temperature
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Posters

CHOKE MIKLED, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN, SONTHAYA MOONSIKEAW:
Nutritive Value and Utilisation of Ruzi (Brachiaria ruziziensis) and Napier (Pennisetum purpureum) Grass Silages by Cattle
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HENDERIANA BELLI, I. GUSTI NGURAH JELANTIK, WOLFGANG HOLTZ:
Effect of Supplementation to Grazing Bali Cows During Pre and Postcalving Period on Intake, Digestibility, and Rumen Environment
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SVENJA MARQUARDT, FELIX ENCINAS, STEPHAN BECK, HUMBERTO ALZéRRECA, MICHAEL KREUZER, ANDREA CORINNA MAYER:
Plant Species Selection by Free-Ranging Cattle in Subandean Mountain Forests of Southern Bolivia
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KAMAL ELDIN HASSAN ALI ELTOM, HELGE BöHNEL, FRANK GESSLER, ABDULKHALIG BABIKER, NASREEN OMER MUSA:
Haemophilus somnus: a Cause of Chronic Encephalopathy of Cattle in the Sudan?
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ROQUE G. RAMíREZ LOZANO, HUMBERTO GONZáLEZ RODRíGUEZ:
Seasonal Trends of Mineral Content in Forage of Range Grasses from Northeastern Mexico
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EUSTACE AYEMERE IYAYI, HOLGER KLUTH, MARKUS RODEHUTSCORD:
Diversification in the Use of the Seeds of Five Soil Nitrogen Enriching Tropical Plants Used on Marginal Lands for Livestock Production
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SEIMIYENKUMO TARIA OFONGO, ANTHONY D. OLOGHOBO:
Processed Kidney Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Broiler Feeding – Performance Characteristics
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OYEBIODUN LONGE, GBEMIGA ADEYEMO, LAWAL AKINTAYO:
Effects of Feeding Desert Locust Meal (Schistocerca gregaria) on Performance and Haematology of Broilers
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OLUFEMI P.A. OLOWU, J. OLUWASOLA AGBEDE, V. AYOBORE ALETOR:
Effects of Roxazyme -g on Growth Indices and Haematological Variables of Broilers Fed Maize Offal-Based Diets
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MOHAMMAD JAFARI, OPES MATANMI:
Sustainable Utilisation of Cassava Plant for Feeding Monogastric Animals
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AKINYELE OLUWATOMISIN KINGSLEY ADESEHINWA, OLUMIDE OLUTAYO OBI, AYODEJI ADEBAYO:
Utilisation of Cassava Peel Based Diet Supplemented with or Without FarmazymeR 3000 Proenx by Growing Pigs
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THERDCHAI VEARASILP, RUJIRAK TURAGIJ, SANCHAI JATURASITHA, T. APICHARTSRUNGKOON, NATTAPHON CHONGKASIKIT, NUCHA SIMASATIKUL, KESINEE GATPHAYAK, UDO TER MEULEN:
Dried Betel Vine (Piper Betel Linn) Leaves as Feed Additive in Weaning Pig Diets
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NUCHA SIMASATIKUL, DUANGPORN PICHPOL, PHAKTEMA BOONRUANG, PAWIN PADUNGTOD, KESINEE GATPHAYAK, PRAPAWADEE PIRINTRA, PANUWAT YAMSAKUL, UDO TER MEULEN:
Antibacterial Activity of Crude Extracted Betel Vine Leaf Against Salmonella Spp
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DONALD I OSUIGWE, C. NWOSU, JOHNNY O. OGUNJI:
Preliminary Observations on Some Haematological Parameters of Juvenile Heterobranchus longifilis Fed Different Dietary Levels of Raw and Boiled Jackbean (Canavalia ensiformis) Seed Meal
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MOSUN OLUFAYO:
Proximate and Mineral Composition of Parachanna obscura Juveniles Exposed to Derris elliptica Root Powder
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NGUYEN NGOC TUAN, SILKE STEINBRONN, DONGMEZA EULOGE BRICE, BUI DUNG, ULFERT FOCKEN, KLAUS BECKER:
Growth and Feed Conversion of the Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) Fed on Fresh Plant Material under Laboratory Conditions in Viet Nam
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KHALED MOHAMED:
Validation of Essential Amino Acids Requirements of Red Tilapia (O. Mossambicus x O. hornorum) Assess by the Ideal Protein Concept
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HANNO SLAWSKI, KLAUS-PETER GöTZ, CARSTEN SCHULZ:
The Use of Enriched 15n as an Indicator of the Assimilation of Fish Meal, Pea Seed Meal and Housefly Maggot Meal Protein in the Diet of Oreochromis Niloticus
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ANDREAS STAMER, RALPH NEIDIG, STEPHAN WESSELS, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Protein Concentrates for Animal Feedstuff Derived from Fly-massproduction: Hermetia-meal as an Alternative to Fishmeal
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ANDREA CORINNA MAYER, IMKE JOHANNA DE BOER:
Towards Ecological Sustainability in (sub)tropical Animal Nutrition - Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool to Identify Environmentally Sound Feeding Options
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CéLINE CLéMENT, NICOLE MILENA LOCHER, DANTE PONCE AGUIRRE, IKHLAS AHMAD KHAN, IVAN MANRIQUE, MICHAEL KREUZER, ANDREA CORINNA MAYER:
Influence of Colour Type on the Concentration of Potential Fertiliy Enhancing Secondary Metabolites of the Andean Plant Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp)
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UTA DICKHOEFER, ANDREAS BUERKERT, EVA SCHLECHT:
Feed Intake of Supplemented Goats on Communal Pastures in the Al-Jabal-Al-Akhdar Mountains, Northern Oman
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NASREEN OMER MUSA, SULIEMAN EL SANOUSI, ABDULKHALIG BABIKER, KAMAL ELDIN HASSAN ALI ELTOM:
Outbreak of Morels Disease (Sheep Abscess disease) in the Sudan
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JOERG JORES:
Collaborative German-ILRI Research to Discover New Diagnostic Tools for Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, the Most Devastating Cattle Disease in Africa
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TEKA OSCAR, VOGT JOACHIM, KINDOMIHOU VALENTIN, HOUESSOU LAURENT, SINSIN BRICE:
Socio-economic and Ecological Analysis of the Use of Controlled Fires in Pastoralism: Cases of two Agro-ecological Zones of Benin
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Land use and livelihood strategies

Oral Presentations

MOHAMMAD ASIF KHAN:
Factors Affecting Employment Choices in Rural Northwest Pakistan
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STEPHANIE BARRAL, ELSA PONCET:
Transmigration Policies in the South Sumatra and Rural Development : Comparative Study of two Villages
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IDHA WIDI ARSANTI, MICHAEL BöHME, HANS E. JAHNKE:
Resource Use Efficiency and Competitiveness of Vegetable Farming Systems in Upland Areas of Indonesia
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BERND HARDEWEG, HERMANN WAIBEL, SUWANNA PRANEETVATAKUL, PHUNG DUC TUNG:
Sampling for Vulnerability to Poverty: Cost Effectiveness Versus Precision
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Posters

KAREN TSCHERNING, HEITOR COUTINHO, HANNES KöNIG, KATHARINA HELMING, LIN ZHEN, STEFAN SIEBER:
Ex-ante Sustainability Impact Assessment of Multifunctional Land Use - Case Studies in China and Latin America
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ISRAT RAYHAN, ULRIKE GROTE:
Floods in Bangladesh: does Crop Diversification Mitigate Vulnerability of Rural Households?
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JEAN ADANGUIDI:
A Comparative Analysis of Land Use Systems in Benin
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GüNTER BURKARD:
Cocoa and Rural Transformations: Processes of Displacement and the Emergence of Agrarian Arrangements in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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VLADIMIR VERNER, PETRA HOLIKOVA, JIRI PACESNY:
Using Gini Coefficient as a Tool for Including Income Inequality into Human Development Index
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GüNTER BURKARD:
Conservation Agreements as an Institution for the Commons: Contexts, Situations and Consequences Evidence from the Napu and Kulawi Valleys, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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HEIKO ZELLER, MATTHIAS VON OPPEN:
Socio-economic Impact of Upland Rice Production on Rural Livelihoods – the Case of Three Nigerian States
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EVELINA BUDJUROVA, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Efficiency Analysis of Wheat Producing Farms in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan
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REGINA SCHOELL, CLAUDIA R. BINDER:
Perspectives of Farmers and Experts Regarding Future Agricultural Development: Results from a Future Structured Mental Model Approach
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SHEPHARD SIZIBA, FRANZ HEIDHUES, MULUGETTA MEKURIA:
A Comparative Economic Analysis of Conservation Tillage and the Mouldboard Plough in Zimbabwe's Subsistence Farming Sector.
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RASHMI NARAYANA, CHANDRAKANTH MYSORE, M.V. SRINIVASA GOWDA:
An Environmental Economic Assessment of Sujala Watershed Project in Tumkur District
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ABDALLAH DIOP, CHRISTIAN RICHTER:
Opportunities and Constraints of Urban and Periurban Agriculture - a Case Study of Vegetable Production in N'djaména
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CORAL MONJE, JUAN GUILLERMO COBO, GERD DERCON, GEORG CADISCH, ROBERT DELVE:
Assessing the Impact of Land Tenure on Maize Crop Response under Small-scale Farming Systems in North-east Zimbabwe
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NILS TEUFEL, OLAF ERENSTEIN, ARINDAM SAMADDAR:
Perceptions and Potential of Resource Conserving Technologies in the Crop-Livestock Systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains
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GODIHALD MUSHINZIMANA:
Improvement of Food Security and Income through Utilisation of Marshlands in the Province of Gitarama (Rwanda)
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YANJIE ZHANG, BERNHARD BRüMMER:
Economic Efficiency and Land Rights --A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Agricultural Production in China
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Technological innovations in agriculture

Oral Presentations

URBANUS N. MUTWIWA, JOHANNES MAX, HANS JURGEN TANTAU:
Effect of Greenhouse Cooling Method on the Growth and Yield of Tomato in the Tropics
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MARTIN KRATZEISEN, ELMAR STUMPF, JOACHIM MUELLER:
Development of a Plant Oil Pressure Stove
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ANJUM MUNIR, OLIVER HENSEL:
Development of a Solar Distillation System for Essential Oils Extraction from Herbs
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JöRN GERMER, MICHAEL YONGHA BOH, JOACHIM SAUERBORN:
Co-Composting as a Disposal Solution for Faecal Sludge from Innovative Pit Latrines
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Posters

FOLARIN ALONGE, OLAOLUWA ONIYA:
An Indirect Passive Solar Dryer for Crop Drying
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FRANZ ROMAN, MARCUS NAGLE, HERMANN LEIS, SERM JANJAI, BUSARAKORN MAHAYOTHEE, METHINEE HAEWSUNGCHAROEN, JOACHIM MUELLER:
Investigation of Solar Roof Collectors for Preheating of Air at Drying Facilities in Northern Thailand
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JUAN CARLOS GONZALEZ AZCARRAGA, MARCUS NAGLE, SARAWUT PHUPAICHITKUN, BUSARAKORN MAHAYOTHEE, METHINEE HAEWSUNGCHAROEN, SERM JANJAI, HERMANN LEIS, JOACHIM MUELLER:
Effect of Shifting Practices on Performance of a Fixed-Bed Convection Dryer for Longan
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MICHAL KULIK, JAN BANOUT, BOHDAN LOJKA, ZBYNEK POLESNY, JANA LOJKOVA:
Evaluation of Eryngium Foetidum L. Processing by Solar Dryers
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KATHARINE TRöGER, ANDREAS BUERKERT, OLIVER HENSEL:
Conservation of Onion and Tomato in Niger, Assessment of Post-Harvest Losses and Drying Methods
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SARANYA LAPSONGPHOL, BUSARAKORN MAHAYOTHEE, SARAWUT PHUPAICHITKUN, HERMANN LEIS, METHINEE HAEWSUNGCHAROEN, SERM JANJAI, JOACHIM MUELLER:
Effect of Drying Temperature on Changes in Volatile Compounds of longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour) Fruit
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OLAWALE JOHN OLUKUNLE, OLUWATOYIN FOLAKE OLUKUNLE:
Development of a Sustainable System for Cassava Starch Extraction
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OLAWALE JOHN OLUKUNLE:
Development of a Cassava Peeling Machine for Cottage Industries
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LEO AGBETOYE, OLADIPO OYENEYE:
Development of a Harvester for Amaranthus Vegetable
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SANDRA PATRICIA CUERVO, OLIVER HENSEL:
Experimental Determination of Desorption Isotherms for Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis L.)
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OLAWALE JOHN OLUKUNLE:
Development of a System for Fresh Fruit Juice Extraction and Dispensary
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MATTHIAS KINDERMANN, KEVIN WEIS, CHRISTIAN LIPPERT, JOACHIM MUELLER:
Economic Analysis of Different Processing Methods for Small-Scale Coconut Oil Production in the Philippines
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ADESOJI OLANIYAN, KAYODE OJE, FOLARIN ALONGE:
Development of Process and Equipment for Recovering Clean Shea Kernels from Raw Shea Fruits
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JOHNSON FASINMINRIN, PHILIP OGUNTUNDE:
Development and Calibration of a Digital Recording System for Automation of Runoff Measurement
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PHILIPP NUß, SIEGFRIED KLEISINGER, KLAUS BECKER:
Investigation of Biotechnical Conditions of Jatropha curcas L. Toward Gradual Harvest Mechanisation
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THIERRY GODJO:
Food Processing Equipment Design in West African Countries: Proposal of a Tool to Provide Better Understanding of the Need
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Livestock genetic resources and production systems

Oral Presentations

JEANNETTE VAN DE STEEG, MANITRA RAKOTOARISOA, AN NOTENBAERT, MARIO HERRERO:
Global Changes in Livestock-based Systems, Does it Matter for the Poor?
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SIMON RIEDEL, CLEMENS WOLLNY, WORKNEH AYALEW, TEMESGEN AYANA:
Participatory Assessment of Incidence and Perception of Bovine Trypanosomosis by Cattle Farmers in Dano, Western Ethiopia
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HARUN WARUI, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, HANS-PETER PIEPHO, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Reproductive Performance of Local Goats in Extensive Production Systems of Arid Northern Kenya: Implications on Reproduction Management of Small Ruminants
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ULRIKE JANßEN-TAPKEN, LUC L.G. JANSS, HAJA N. KADARMIDEEN:
Population Parameters for Trypanotolerance Traits in an N'Dama x Boran Crossbreeding Population
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Posters

ATHANASE YOUAN BI, DAO DAOUDA, LEHMANN BERNARD, DUMONDEL MICHEL:
Bovine Stock Breeding Systems Influence on the Farms' Technical Efficiency in Côte d'Ivoire
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SANCHAI JATURASITHA, SUPASID BOONNOUL, NUCHA SIMASATIKUL, AMNUAY LEAWTHARAKUL, MICHAEL WICKE, SEBASTIAN CHAKEREDZA, UDO TER MEULEN:
Fatty Acid and Amino Acid Profiles of Breast and Thigh Muscle of Bresse and Black-boned (Cheefah and Fahluang) Chickens Raised in North Thailand
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SANCHAI JATURASITHA, RAKKEART NORKEAW, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, THUMRONGSAKD PHONBUMRUNG, KHEMSAWAT CHEERAWAT, MICHAEL WICKE:
Effect of Type of Grazing on Meat Quality of Thai Native Cattle
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GUSTAVO GANDINI, KERSTIN ZANDER, ADAM DRUCKER:
Combating Extinction through the Economic Assessment and Capture of the Cultural Values of the Italian Valdostana Castana Cattle Breed
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KESINEE GATPHAYAK, RANGSUN CHAROENSOOK, SUMALEE TAESOONGNERN, SUPALERK LAIPRAWAT, NUCHA SIMASATIKUL, T. APICHARTSRUNGKOON, RATCHANEEWAN KUMPHAKARM, BERTRAM BRENIG, CHRISTOPH KNORR:
Identification of Porcine Hernia inguinalis/scrotalis Using Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in INSL3 and Bax Genes
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NUCHA SIMASATIKUL, NATTAPHON CHONGKASIKIT, NAKARIN PRIPWAI, THERDCHAI VEARASILP, UDO TER MEULEN:
Raising System, Carcass Percent and Composition of Native and White Lamphun Cattle in Northern Provinces of Thailand
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THI MAI HUONG PHAM, MARCUS MERGENTHALER, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Speciality Pork from Indigenous Pig Breeds to Improve Rural Incomes
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Plenary session

MIGUEL ALTIERI:
Agroecology: The Science of a Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture for the XXI Century
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Oral Presentations

Posters

Towards the millennium development goals: Innovation and adoption in agriculture and forestry

Agricultural marketing and rural institutions

Oral Presentations

LISA AIGELSPERGER, MICHAEL HAUSER, JEMIMAH NJUKI:
Commercialising Organic Agriculture. Does it Improve Household Food Security? A Case Study from south-western Uganda
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REINHILD BODE, JüRGEN PIECHACZEK:
Innovations Towards Product Differentiation - Farmers Organisations' Strategies to Integrate into Specialty Coffee Value Chains
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JASON DONOVAN, DIETMAR STOIAN, NIGEL POOLE:
Development of Rural Community Enterprises for Poverty Reduction: A Global Review of Critical Success Factors
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SIRAK BAHTA, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Anlysis of the Determinants of Market Participation within the South African Small-Scale Livestock Sector
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HOSSEIN MAHMOUDI, HOUMAN LIAGHATI, MAJID ZOHARI:
The Role of Organic Agriculture in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Prospects in Iran
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FRANKLIN SIMTOWE:
Who Is Credit Constrained? Evidence from Rural Malawi
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MARIA MIGUEL RIBEIRO, MICHAEL HAUSER:
Using Multi-Stakeholder Processes to Improve a Supply Chain of a Non-Timber Forest Product in Lao PDR
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ULRIKE MüLLER, ALEXANDER HOBINKA, CHRISTIAN BERG, SUSANNE BERCHER-HISS, MARTINA FELL, SIDDHARTH PRAKASH:
Linking the Poor to Domestic and Export Markets: an Analysis of Agricultural Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana
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BAROMEY NETH, BéATRICE KNERR, SAM OL RITH:
Using Ecotourism as a Rural Development Tool in Cambodian Protected Areas: Analysis of State and Global Politics
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TANTY S. THAMRIN:
Land use Diversification as A Community Coping Strategy to Face the Long-drought Effect. A Case Study from Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), Indonesia
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AZADEH SALEHI, MASOUD TABARI, JAHANGARAD MOHAMMADI:
Accumulation of Fe, Mn, Cr, Pb and Ni in Soil and Leaf of Pinus Eldarica Medw. Trees Following Irrigation with Municipal Effluent in Iran
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IVONE GORETE LUCENA FRIEDERICH, RALF NOLTEN:
Land Use Conflict or Cooperation: Challenges in the Management of the Serra Dos Orgaos National Park, Brazil
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KHIN MAR CHO, JOHN NETTLETON:
Sustainable Agricultural Marketing Development through Empire State Marketmaker
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NORMA ELY SANTOS:
Co-ops and the Climate Change Mitigation Activities: Handling with Low Carbon Businesses in the Rural Sector.
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NORMA ELY SANTOS:
Rural Employment Creation in Africa: A Review of the Main Strategies and Policies
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BOHUMIL HAVRLAND, PETRA HOLIKOVA:
Promotion of Agricultural Education at State Agrarian University of Moldova as a Tool for Agricultural Development
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Determinants of technology adoption and implications for policy and program design

Oral Presentations

ADEBAYO AKINOLA, AREGA ALENE, REMI ADEYEMO:
Determinants of Adoption and Intensity of Balanced Nutrient Management Systems in Northern Guinea Savannah of Nigeria
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LIFENG WU, DIEMUTH PEMSL, HERMANN WAIBEL:
The Role of Farmer Training in the Diffusion of Biotechnology in Cotton in China: A Multi-Period Analysis
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IMMACULATE NJUTHE NDUMA, INGRID-UTE LEONHäUSER, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Agricultural Technology and Information Response Initiative (ATIRI) in Kenya: Influence of Intrinsic Farmer-Group Characteristics on Household Adoption of Demand-Led Improved Agricultural Technologies
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SIMONE KRIESEMER, PATRICK GRöTZ, VOLKER HOFFMANN:
Adoption and Diffusion of Fish Ponds in Malawi
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Posters

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BJöRN SCHIPPERS, JANA JUHRBANDT, HEIKO FAUST, STEFAN SCHWARZE, JAN BARKMANN:
Effects of the Interaction of Migration, Financial and Social Capital on the Adoption of Agricultural Innovation and on Social Stratification in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)
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ELISABETH GOTSCHI, BERNHARD FREYER:
Implications of the New Land Law in Mozambique on Collective and Individual Ownership and Natural Resource Management
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BIRTE JUNGE, ROBERT ABAIDOO, DAVID CHIKOYE:
Assessment of Past and Present Soil Conservation Initiatives in Nigeria, West Africa
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TARIG GIBREEL, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Demand Estimation of Subsistent Farm Households in the Dry Land of the Sudan: Almost Ideal Demand System Approach
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DIEMUTH PEMSL, THONGPORN TONGRUKSAWATTANA, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Technology Adoption in Aquaculture in Developing Countries: Genetically Improved Tilapia in the Philippines
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ANNITA TIPILDA, HENDRIK EGELYING, NIELS KæRGåRD:
Impact Pathways Assessment of Research for Development Programme: A Dual Purpose Cowpea Breeding Programme of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Northern Nigeria
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Research for development practitioners

Oral Presentations

DIDIER PILLOT:
Is Agriculture Coming Back to the Front of the Stage? An Analysis of the Recent Evolution of the Mainstream Thinking
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ERMIAS HABTE:
The Developmental Effect of Food Aid, with a Special Inference to Social Capital; a Comparative Study of Food Aid Recipient and Non-recipient Villages in Northern Ethiopia
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DIETMAR STOIAN, JASON DONOVAN:
Value Chain Development from a Livelihoods Perspective: a Multi-chain Approach for Coffee and Cacao Producing Households in Central America
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Posters

BEATRICE NOWOTNICK:
Participatory research and land use management in the Atlantic Rainforest Biosphere Reserve: the case of the tobacco farmers in Atalanta- Santa Catarina- Brazil
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CORINNE VALDIVIA, ROBERTO QUIROZ, FRANK SPERLING, ROBERTO VALDIVIA, LENKIZZA ANGULO, DIANA SIETZ:
Climate Vulnerability, Local Knowledge and Adaptation to Climate Impacts in Peru
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HTUT YIN MIN, JüRGEN PRETZSCH:
An Analysis of Collective Action in Forest Plantation Establishment by Forest User Groups
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PETER LUSEMBO, AHMED KYAMBADDE-KYEYUNE, HEINZ LOOS:
Contests as a Tool to Enhance Farmer Innovativeness and Sharing of Information for Sustainable Farming; a Case for Uganda
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PIYATAT PANANURAK, SUWANNA PRANEETVATAKUL, HERMANN WAIBEL:
What Can We Learn from Country Comparisons of Investment in Farmer Education? The Case of Farmer Field Schools in Cotton in China, Pakistan and India
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MARCO OTTO, FRANK BLUME, THOMAS NEHLS:
Conservation of Peruvian Terraces through Intensification and Diversification - the Role of German Students in the Process
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SAMUEL MUHUNYU, SAHLE TESFAI:
NECOFA Kenya Initiative to Inculcate Positive Attitudes in the Youth Towards Sustainable Management of Food, Agriculture and Environment
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KENDRA LEEK, MICHAEL HAUSER, DOUGLAS WHITE:
Wealth, Livelihood Transitions and Poverty in Northern Lao, PDR. Why Targeted Development Interventions are Needed
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Sustainable development in practice - examples from GTZ's projects

Oral Presentations

CHRISTOPH KOHLMEYER, KARIN FOLJANTY:
What Means Sustainable Development for German Development Cooperation?
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MATHIAS BRAUN, CHARLOTTE HAEUSLER, LEA HERBERG:
Sustainet - Networking for Sustainable Agriculture to Combat Hunger
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PIER PAOLO FICARELLI:
Seed of Hope for Rural South Africa-bringing Innovations to Communities and Institutions
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FERNANDO GAST, HERBERT FRöMBERG:
Biodiversity and Development in Strategic Colombian Eco-regions - the Colombian Orinoco Region
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JOERG AMEND, TOBIAS STOLZ, IDOWU AJIBOLU:
Margarine from the Rain Forest: Income Generation through a New Non Timber Forest Product
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Posters

Food security and food safety

Oral Presentations

MARC ZOSS, STEFAN PLETZIGER:
Linking African Vegetable Smallholders to High Value Markets: potentials and Constraints in Smallholders Integration into Eurepgap-certified And/or Domestic African High-value Supply-chains
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JOFI PUSPA, RAINER KüHL:
Food Quality, Safety Measurement and Control: the Future Challenge for Indonesia
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EZEKIEL TEJUMOLA OTUNOLA, ELIZABETH OLUWASEUN SUNNY-ROBERTS, ADERONKE OLUWATOYIN SOLADEMI:
Influence of the Addition of Okra Seed Flour on the Properties of 'ogi', a Nigerian Fermented Maize Food
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LU CHEN, JüRGEN POHLAN, LI JIHONG, MARC J. J. JANSSENS:
Comparison in Cup Quality of Arabica Coffee from Yunnan, China
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Posters

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SANTOSH SATYA, GEETANJALI KAUSHIK, SATYANARAYAN NAIK, ANUSHREE MALIK:
Enhancing Food Quality and Safety in a Rural Habitat – A Holistic Perspective
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ELISANGELA DE ALBUQUERQUE SOBREIRA LAGE, ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER, ALBENONES JOSé DE MESQUITA, MOACIR EVANDRO LAGE:
Socioeconomic Impacts of Adulteration in Goat Cheese Production to Public Health in Brazil
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OLUBUNMI AYOBAMI DUDUYEMI, GALMAN OMITOGUN:
Assessing the Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnologies in the Tropics
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MUNA ALI ABDALLA, ABDELGADER H. KHATAB, ABDULLAHI H. EL TINAY:
Evaluation of the Nutritional Status of Children under Age of Five in Relation to their Feeding Patterns: Case Study-El Fau Rural Area, Sudan
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JOERG SCHUMACHER, EVA SCHLECHT, ANDREAS BUERKERT, OLIVER HENSEL:
Assessment Meat Production and Meat Processing in Niamey / Niger: Hygienic Quality of Fresh Meat and of the Dry Meat Product Kilishi
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ELIZABETH OLUWASEUN SUNNY-ROBERTS:
An Evaluation of the Nutritional and Physicochemical Properties of Candies from Imitation Milks
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STEPHANIE GOOD, YOSEPH SHIFERAW, LENA DAVIDSSON, THOMAS RANDOLPH, RICHARD HURRELL:
Animal Source Foods and Nutrition During Early Life
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SOTHEARA EM, VATHANA SANN:
Extending Shelf-Life of Soy Sauce Using Acetic Acid as Non-Feed Additives
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BüLENT TOPCUOGLU, M.KUBILAY ��NAL:
Heavy Metal Accumulation in the Eggplant (Solanum melongena) grown in MSW Compost Applied Soil
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M.KUBILAY ��NAL, BüLENT TOPCUOGLU:
The Effect of Spent Mushroom Compost on the Dry Matter and Mineral Content of Pepper (Piper nigrum) Grown in Greenhouse
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ANDRé GORDON, ROBERTA B. RODRIGUES, FRIEDHELM MARX, MENELAOS PAPAGIANNOPOULOS:
Antioxidant Capacity of Tamarillo Fruit (Cyphomandra betacea)
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IVA VIEHMANNOVá, LUIGI MILELLA, ELOY FERNáNDEZ CUSIMAMANI, JAROMíR LACHMAN:
Chemical Composition of Tuberous Roots and Leaves of Yacon [Smallanthus Sonchifolius (Poepp. et Endl.) H. Robinson]
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ANDREW NGEREZA, ANNA KEUTGEN, ELKE PAWELZIK:
Quality of Mango, Passion Fruit and Pineapple in Tanzania
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MAIKE LANGKAU, EVA SCHLECHT, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Assessing Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security in Nagaland (N.E.-India)
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KAMORU ADENIRAN, OLUDARE BABATUNDE:
Assessment of Nigeria Food Security Situation
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MOHAMED BABEKIR ELGALI, RAJAA MUSTAFA, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Supporting Sudanese Agriculture to Improve Food Security
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DETLEF VIRCHOW:
Increasing Vegetable Production and Consumption in Africa: Averting the Downward Trend of Malnutrition and Poverty
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ASHENAFI GEDAMU:
Triticale Crop and Food Security, and Determinants Influencing the Adoption of Triticale - Example from the Amhara Region, Ethiopia -
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CHRISTOPH EHLERT, HERMANN WAIBEL, DAGMAR MITHöFER:
Food Safety Standards, Farm Size and Farm Worker Welfare in Kenya
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INGRID FROMM, UTZ DORNBERGER:
Standards: an Imperative for Integration in Value Chains? Evidence from Agricultural Producers in Honduras
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DAMIAN M. GABAGAMBI:
Identification of Food Safety Compliance Costs: A Case of Nile Perch in Tanzania
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TILL STELLMACHER, ULRIKE GROTE, JöRG VOLKMANN:
Reappraising Ethiopian Forest Coffees: Prospects and Challenges of Fair Trade Certification
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PARICHAT THEANJUMPOL, SA-NGUANSAK THANAPORNPOONPONG, ELKE PAWELZIK, SUCHADA VEARASILP:
Milled Rice Physical Properties after Various Radio Frequency Heat Treatment
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Diversity of land use and livelihood systems in the face of global change

Agroforestry and non-tree forest products

Oral Presentations

TARIG GIBREEL, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Targeting the Challenges of Agro-Forestry System Disappearance under Rapid Commercialisation: Factor Affecting Farmers Land Use Options in Gum Belt of Western Sudan
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BABURAM RIJAL, RAJENDRA K. C., NETRA BHANDARI, CHRISTOPH KLEINN:
Nwfp Resource Assessment- Options and Challenges to Maximize Potential Contribution of Ntfps to Conservation
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ANDREW K. KIPLAGAT, DANIEL MUGENDI, JOHN MBURU:
Valuation of the Economic Role of NTFPs Consumption by Rural Households Living Around Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya
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BENNO POKORNY, GABRIEL MEDINA, JAMES JOHNSON:
"the King Is Naked": a Critical Analysis of the Community Forestry Concept as Applied in the Amazonian Region
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Posters

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NETRA BHANDARI, RAJENDRA K. C., BABURAM RIJAL, VOLKER HOFFMANN:
Community Based Nwfp Management Initiatives in Nepal- Innovations and Adoption in Non-timber Forestry in Nepal
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JAVAD MIRARAB, MAHBOOBEH FOSHAT, RAHIM MALEKNIA:
Non-Wood Products as a Way Towards a Sustainable Extension
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RAHIM MALEKNIA, MANOOCHEHR NAMIRANIAN, REZA AZIZI, JAHANGIR FEGHHI:
Effects of Traditional Agroforestry Systems on Forest Structure: Case Study in the West Forests of Iran
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HASSAN ELNOUR ADAM, MOHAMED ELNOUR TAHA:
Local Knowledge of Indigenous Tree Uses and Management in Rural Communities in North Kordofan State, Sudan
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BARBORA ROUSOVA, JANA LOJKOVA, BOHDAN LOJKA, JAN BANOUT, ZBYNEK POLESNY:
Agroforestry Systems Acceptability in Pucallpa, Peruvian Amazon
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BRUNA MISSAGIA:
Land Use Management in Rural Areas of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
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ANTONIO CARLOS REIS DE FREITAS, JAVIER DAVID SOSA RUIZ, CHRISTOPH GEHRING, ARIMAR LEAL VIEIRA:
Relationship Between Production Systems and Environmental Impacts in a Buffer Zone: Case Study in the South-Eastern Periphery of Amazonia, Maranhão State, Brazil
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JAN-PETER MUND:
Vulnerability and Resilience of the Cambodian Forest-Rural Interface
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MICHAEL KRAUSE, HOLM UIBRIG:
Risk in Diversifying Agricultural Land Use: Perceived Impacts of Woody Species and Livelihood Diversification Strategies in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia
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DO TRAN VAN:
Forest Tree Regeneration on Fallow Land after Shifting Cultivation in the Northwest Region, Viet Nam
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ISABEL MARIA MADALENO:
Sustainable Livelihood Examples from Water Deficient Easter Island and the Lower Amazon River Floodplains
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JUAN CARLOS CAMARGO, CHRISTOPH KLEINN:
Effect of Environmental Factors on Productivity of Guadua Angustifolia Stands in Coffee Region of Colombia
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UNDINE BEYERSDORFF, MICHAEL CHIRWA, MARION HERGARTEN, GERALD MEKE, IRMA MIKA, VIOLET MSUKWA, USTANZIOUS NTHENDA, JANA ROHRBACH, NINA STEPHAN:
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Land Use Alternatives in Malawi
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CHRISTIANE EHRINGHAUS:
Mobility, Rural-urban Linkages, and Land Use Change: Implications for Forest Livelihoods and Land Tenure Security in Amazonian Extractive Reserves
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Biodiversity

STEPHEN B. BRUSH:
The Human Ecology of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems: Culture and Maize in Mexico
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Oral Presentations

MARION MEHRING, SUSANNE STOLL-KLEEMANN, NADINE FRITZ-VIETTA, MONIKA BERTZKY, RAINER SCHLIEP, MARTIN HIRSCHNITZ:
Success Factors of Biodiversity Governance
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PAVLOS GEORGIADIS, VOLKER HOFFMANN, GOPAL S. RAWAT, VANDANA SHIVA:
Status of the Medicinal Flora and Indigenous Knowledge in the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India
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Posters

SA-NGUANSAK THANAPORNPOONPONG, WIWAT SOMSAK, ELKE PAWELZIK, SUCHADA VEARASILP:
Yield Component of Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) Grown under Northern Thailand Irrigated Area
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KOROUS KHOSHBAKHT, KARL HAMMER:
Allium Paradoxum (M.B.) G. Don A New Entry for Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops
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NIRMALA JOSHI, KATJA KEHLENBECK, BRIGITTE L. MAASS:
Traditional, Neglected Vegetables of Nepal: Their Sustainable Utilisation for Meeting Human Needs
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JONATHAN C. ONYEKWELU, REINHARD MOSANDL, BERND STIMM:
Tree Species Diversity and Soil Status of two Natural Forest Ecosystems in Lowland Humid Tropical Rainforest Region of Nigeria
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BAROMEY NETH, BéATRICE KNERR:
Development Synergy for Core Areas in the Tonle Sap Great Lake Region: Challenges and Opportunities for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods
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BHUWON STHAPIT, PERCY SAJISE, V. RAMANATHA RAO, PAUL QUEK, FELIPE DE CRUZ, FROUKJE KRUIJSSEN, MAURICIO BELLON:
Good Practices of in Situ Conservation of Tropical Fruit Tree Species Diversity: Linking Conservation and Livelihood
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ABBAS HASSAN ALI, JENS GEBAUER:
Effect of Tree Stem Diameter, Date of Tapping and Intensity of Tapping on Frankincense Yield of Boswellia papyrifera in the Nuba Mountains, Central Sudan
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PAUL BORDONI, IRMGARD HOESCHLE-ZELEDON:
Underutilised Plants - Engine to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
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KOROUS KHOSHBAKHT, MEHRABIAN AHMAD REZA, KARL HAMMER:
Phenotypic Diversity of Fruits and Kernels of Prunus Divaricata Ledeb. in Northern Iran – Implications for Domestication and Utilisation
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SITSKE DE GROOTE, EMMY DE CALUWé, PATRICK VAN DAMME:
Dadobat-development and Domestication of Baobab and Tamarind
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BALAKRISHNAN NAIR:
Traditional Medical Knowledge Systems and Piracy: the Issues Related to Trips and Beyond
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LUIGI MILELLA, IVA VIEHMANNOVá, ELOY FERNáNDEZ CUSIMAMANI, JAROMíR LACHMAN:
Phenolic Content and Molecular Markers of Different Yacon [Smallanthus Sonchifolius (Poepp. et Endl.) H. Robinson] Landraces
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Biodiversity and crop production

Oral Presentations

SUSY ALEJANDRA PINOS BARRETO, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT, VOLKER HOFFMANN:
Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plant Species Used by Traditional Midwives in Cotacachi, Imbabura Province, Ecuador
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EIKE LUEDELING, JENS GEBAUER, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Climate Change Affects Traditional High-altitude Fruit Production Systems in Oman
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GUDRUN B. KEDING, BRIGITTE L. MAASS, DETLEF VIRCHOW, MICHAEL KRAWINKEL:
Traditional and Exotic Vegetable Diversity in the Field and on the Plate of Women in two Different Agro-ecological Zones of Rural Tanzania
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JENNIFER LINN SCHREITER, GERHARD LANGENBERGER, JOACHIM HELLER, JOSEF MARGRAF:
Hodgsonia Heteroclita Hook. f. & Thomson (Cucurbitaceae) - a Neglected Oil Plant in Southwest China and its Relationship with the Weaver Ant Oecophylla Smaragdina
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Posters

ERIC BETT, BERNHARD FREYER, JOB LAGAT:
Effect of Agricultural Commercialisation on Selected Agrobiodiversity and Household Income; A Case Study of Smallholder Households, Nakuru, Kenya
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ONG-ARGE INSUNG:
Botanical Characteristics Yield and Chemical Compositions of 4 Varieties of Sorghum Bicolor Moench under the Humid Tropical Climate in Southern Thailand
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RICHARD ONWONGA, BERNHARD FREYER, WALTER WENZEL, JOYCE LELEI:
Agricultural Biodiversity: Lessons from the Smallholder Traditional Farming Systems of the Central Rift Valley Province of Kenya
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ARISOA MAMPIONONA RAJAONA, SANDRA MARIA GUIMARAES CALLADO, MARC J. J. JANSSENS:
Comparative Studies of Allometrical Parameters of Cashew Trees in Northeast Brazil
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VICTOR PATRICIO RUEDA AYALA, ROLAND GERHARDS:
Mapping of the Distribution and Abundance of the Key Plant Species, Serious Invasive Weeds in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), and Development of a Management Strategy against these Invasive Weeds
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SUNDAY ADEDUNTAN, THOMAS OFUYA, JOSEPH FUWAPE:
Influence of Land Use System on Diversity and Abundance of Insects in Akure Forest Reserve, Ondo State Nigeria
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ABDOLMAJID MAHDAVI DAMGHANI, ALIREZA KOOCHEKI:
Evaluation of Agrobiodiversity and its Effects on the Sustainability of a Wheat-Cotton Cropping System in Iran
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AKINDELE AKINNAGBE, OLIVER GAILING, REINER FINKELDEY:
Genetic Diversity of Mansonia Altissima (A. Chev.) and Triplochiton Scleroxylon (k. Schum) in an Agroforest Scenario in Akure Forest Reserve, Nigeria.
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SUPAPORN PONGTHORNPRUEK, SAVENT PAMPASIT, NIMIT SRIPRANG, KONGSAKDI PROMTEP, PENSIRI NABHEERONG:
Heavy Metal Accumulation of Some Fern Species at Phu-soi-dao National Park in Phitsanulok Province, Thailand
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KINDOMIHOU VALENTIN, AMBOUTA KARIMOU JEAN MARIE, SINSIN BRICE:
Diversity of Soil Fertility Management Practices in Sudanian Zone of Benin (Western Africa)
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Conservation, environmental services and value chains in the Amazon region (GTZ, ACTO, AI, UNAMAZ)

Oral Presentations

RICARDO FELIX SANTANA:
Environment Services and Livelihoods in Forest Areas in the Pan-Amazonian: A Comparative Study Between Brazil and Peru
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MARIA A. ROVAYO ANDRADE, JUAN RODRíGUEZ DILLON:
Income Distribution and Redistribution in Value Chains: A Case Study of Coffee and Cocoa Small-Scale Farmer Associations in Ecuador
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FERNANDO LOPEZ:
Compensation for Ecosystem Services in the Watersheds of Rumiyacu, Mishquiyacu and Almendra, Peru
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GLIDA GISELA HIDALGO, G. SOSA, R. CEDENO, M. GONZáLEZ, M. GUERRA:
Developing and Testing the Acceptability of Water Based Pineapple Ice Cream in the Venezuelan Amazon
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JENNY PAOLA LIS GUTIERREZ:
The Productive Chain of Rubber at the Forest Frontier in the Colombian Amazon
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GUIDO BOLLATI HURTADO:
Recuperation and Conservation of Native Fruit Species in Protected Areas, Bolivia
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MAGALLY ACUñA AZARTE:
Water Resource Planning in the Piura River Basin
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VIVIAN MAC-KNIGHT, ANA LUIZA MEIRELES, CARLOS EDUARDO FRICKMANN YOUNG:
Opportunity Costs of Deforestation in Mato Grosso State, Brazil
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Posters

Forestry

FERGUS L. SINCLAIR:
Ecosystem services in forest and agrarian landscapes
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Oral Presentations

UWE MUUSS, JOACHIM KIRCHHOFF, NETRA BHANDARI:
Meeting the Growing Demand for Wood: Sustainable Plantations and Commercial Harvesting Operations in Transition Countries
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BARBARA TAUBERT, JüRGEN PRETZSCH:
Cultural Influence of Forest Perception and Forest Use among the Tiriki Community in West Kenya
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VALDIR MARCOS STEFENON, OLIVER GAILING, REINER FINKELDEY:
Recovery and Conservation of Araucaria Forest in Brazil through Plantation's Establishment: a Genetic Point of View
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Posters

BERNARD NSIAH, JüRGEN PRETZSCH:
The Contribution of Smallholder Forest Plantation Development to Sustainable Livelihood of Farm Households in the High Forest Zone of Ghana
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HANS WULLAERT, EDZO VELDKAMP, MARIFE D. CORRE:
Immediate Impact of Elevated Nitrogen Input on Trace Gases Emissions in an Old-growth Lowland Forest in Panama
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WOLDE MEKURIA:
Vegetation Restoration in Exclosures: the Case of Douga Tembein, Central Tigray, Ethiopia
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JOSé ISIDRO UVALLE SAUCEDA, HUMBERTO GONZáLEZ RODRíGUEZ, ROQUE G. RAMíREZ LOZANO, ISRAEL CANTú SILVA, MARCO V. GóMEZ MEZA:
Seasonal Trends of Chlorophylls a and b and Carotenoids in Native Trees and Shrubs of northeastern Mexico
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HUMBERTO GONZáLEZ RODRíGUEZ, ISRAEL CANTú SILVA, ROQUE G. RAMíREZ LOZANO, MARCO V. GóMEZ MEZA:
Litterfall Production in Semiarid Woodlands, Northeastern Mexico
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LAZARE TIA, SEBASTIAN SCHMIDTLEIN, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Estimating and Upscaling Tree Density by Applying LAI-SEB Model to Optical Remotely Sensed Imagery within the Volta Basin (West Africa)
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PAUL GUTHIGA, JOHN MBURU, KARIN HOLM-MüLLER:
Factor Influencing Local Communities' Satisfaction Levels with Different Forest Management Approaches of Kakamega Forest, Kenya
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JORGE HUGO GARCíA SIERRA, MIGUEL ANGEL DOSSMAN GIL, LIGIA MARIA ARIAS GIRALDO, JUAN CARLOS CAMARGO:
Planning of Guadua Forest Based on Land Assessmnent and Site Quality
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JAVIER JIMENEZ PEREZ, OSCAR ALBERTO AGUIRRE CALDERON, HUMBERTO GONZáLEZ RODRíGUEZ, MARCO AURELIO GONZALEZ TAGLE:
Restoration of Endemic Dwarf Pine (Pinus culminicola) Populations in North Mexico
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HAI NGUYEN TIEN, HOLM UIBRIG:
Forestland Management by the Hmong Ethnic Group for Sustainable Livelihood in the Northern Uplands of Viet Nam
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PARVIZ FATEHI, MANOOCHEHR NAMIRANIAN, ALI ASGHAR DARVISHSEFAT:
The Study of Suitable Forest Territorial Organisation in the Northern Zagros
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ESTHER FICHTLER, MARTIN WORBES:
Climatic Signals in δ13c Time Series from Tropical Tree Rings
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FRéDéRIC THOMAS, JüRGEN POHLAN, MARC J. J. JANSSENS:
Transformation of Coffee Plantations through Tropical Timber Production in the Region of Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico
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Ecosystem services in forest and agrarian landscapes

Scientific basis of ecosystem services

Oral Presentations

GEMEDO DALLE, SIMON SHIBRU:
Species Richness and Conservation Status of Some Ecologically and Economically Important Species in Sheko Forest, Ethiopia
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JUAN CARLOS LASO BAYAS, CARSTEN MAROHN, GERD DERCON, SONYA DEWI, ANDREE EKADINATA, LAXMAN JOSHI, MEINE VAN NOORDWIJK, UWE MEYER, GEORG CADISCH:
Assessment of Physical Mitigation Provided by Tree Crops in the December, 2004 Tsunami Event in West Aceh-Indonesia
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TORSTEN SPRENGER:
Steps from Single Use Plantation to Multiple Use Production Areas: a Strategic Forest Management Combining Economic Demands with Social- and Ecosystem Services on Hainan Island, China
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UDO NEHREN, JüRGEN HEINRICH:
Landscape History and Degradation in the Serra Dos Órgãos, Brazil
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Posters

Assessment and valuation of ecosystem services

Oral Presentations

ANOOP PARAMESWARAN PILLAI, S. SURYAPRAKASH:
Use Values of an Estuarine Ecosystem: The Case of Ashtamudi Estuary in South India
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HARTMUT GAESE, SABINE SCHLüTER, RUI PEDROSO, JUAN CARLOS TORRICO:
Farming Systems and the Protected Environment "mata Atlântica" of Rio de Janeiro
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JAN BARKMANN, EVA MARIA SCHNEIDER, STEFAN SCHWARZE:
Sweet as Chocolate: Stabilisation of Ecosystem Services by Production of Cocoa in high-shade Agroforestry Systems in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)
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PABLO VILLALOBOS, CARLOS HUENCHULEO, RODRIGO SILVA:
Economic Valuation of Environmental Services in Nothofagus Alessandri (RUIL) Forests in the Region del Maule, 7th Region, Chile: an Application of the Choice Experiment Method
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Posters

MONICA IDINOBA, JOHNSON NKEM, YACOUBA COULIBALY:
Methodology for Vulnerability Assessment of Selected Economic Sectors of the Forest Ecosystem in West Africa
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JAN BARKMANN, JIONG YAN, ANNE-KATHRIN ZSCHIEGNER:
Attitudinal and Cultural Influences on Preferences for Sustainable Tourism Services in Southwestern China Forestry Landscape
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LIRON AMDUR, ELKE BERTKE:
Transformation of Agri-environmental Schemes in an International Context
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XIAOBIN DONG, WANGSHENG GAO, YUANQUAN CHEN:
Valuation of Fragile Agroecosystem Services in Loess Hilly-gully Region -A Case Study of Ansai County in China
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ZEMEDU LEMMA, KARIN HOLM-MüLLER:
Analysis of Economic Incentives for Nature Conservation: the Case of Amigna District, Ethiopia
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Institutions and management of ecosystem services

Oral Presentations

ASTRID ZABEL:
New Policy Approaches to Resolve Carnivore-Livestock Conflicts in the Tropics
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JöRG EGGERS, EVY METTEPENNINGEN, VOLKER BECKMANN:
Local Action Groups and Auctions: Assessing the Efficiency of Institutional Innovations for the Design and Implementation of Agri-environmental Measures in the EU – Results from an Expert Survey
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HORST WEYERHAEUSER, HE JUN:
Assessing Pro-poor Mechanisms of Payment for Environment Services from Forests: lessons Learned from Government-led Programs in Southwest China
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CHRISTINA SEEBERG-ELVERFELDT, STEFAN SCHWARZE, MANFRED ZELLER:
Payments for Carbon Sequestration Services - a Solution to Stop the Deforestation of the Lore Lindu National Park in Indonesia?
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Posters

TEKLU TESFAYE:
Resource and Community Attributes Influencing the Conservation and Use of Coffee Forests in Southwest Ethiopia
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GHASSEM HABIBI BIBALANI, LILA JOUDI, SHAHRIAR SOBHE ZAHEDI:
Soil Stabilizing Characteristics of Rangelands Vegetation in Northwest Iran (Misho Rangelands Protected Location of Shabestar)
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KLAUS GLENK, JAN BARKMANN, SUSANNE BöGEHOLZ:
Preferences for Rattan Around Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi (Indonesia) as an Ecosystem Product: A Socio-ecological Open Access Dilemma at Work
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TANTY S. THAMRIN:
Community Based Natural Resource Conflict Management: A Case Study from Lore Lindu National Park, Indonesia
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MARIJE D. BIJ DE VAATE, JULIA NDUNGU-SKILTON, TOBY HODGKIN:
The Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research
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JOHANNES RUPP:
Integration of Smallholder Farmers in International Co2-markets by Applying Agroforestry Practices in Western Kenya
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DEEPESH PUTHIYAPURAYIL CHANGAT, MANJUNATHA ARAHALLI VENKATARONAPPA:
Institutions of Sustainability: an Analysis of the Mangrove Ecosystem of Kerala, India
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Biofuels

Oral Presentations

MANFRED ZELLER, MARTIN GRASS:
Prospects and Challenges of Biofuels in Developing Countries
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TAMARA SOYKA, CHARLES PALMER, STEFANIE ENGEL:
The Impacts of Tropical Biofuel Production on Land-use
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NILS BERGER, ARLETE MORAES:
Neglected Native Oil Crops as Sources for Biodiesel Production in the Eastern Amazon Region of Brazil, Western Pará State
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BARBARA M. E. DANNENMANN, CHALATHON CHOOCHAROEN, WOLFRAM SPREER, MARCUS NAGLE, ANDREAS NEEF, JOACHIM MUELLER:
The Potential of Bamboo from Northern Laos as a Source of Renewable Energy
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Posters

TIL FEIKE, KEVIN WEIS, WILHELM CLAUPEIN, JOACHIM MUELLER:
Propagation of Physic nut (Jatropha Curcas L.) on Leyte Island, Philippines
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RAGHU CHALIGANTI, SUHAS P. WANI:
Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and Urban Environment: An Assessment of Biofuel Promotion in Andhra Pradesh, India
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ALETHEIA FERREIRA DA CRUZ, ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER, RENATO PINTO DA SILVA JUNIOR:
Economic Viability of Biogas Plant Use in Pig Production in Brazilian States of Minas Gerais and Goiás
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SIMEON OLATAYO JEKAYINFA, VOLKHARD SCHOLZ:
Assessment of Availability and Cost of Energetically Usable Crop Residues in Nigeria
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MARCUS NAGLE, KENNEDY HABASIMBI, HERMANN LEIS, BUSARAKORN MAHAYOTHEE, METHINEE HAEWSUNGCHAROEN, JOACHIM MUELLER:
Availability and Potential of Local Biomass Resources as Fuel for Drying of Tropical Fruits
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SHYAM PARIYAR, SEBASTIAN WULF, JOACHIM CLEMENS:
Influence of Enzyme Addition and Substrate Loading on the Efficiency of Biogas Production
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BLANKA KRIVANKOVA, ZBYNEK POLESNY, BOHDAN LOJKA, JANA LOJKOVA, JAN BANOUT, DANIEL PREININGER:
Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilis, Euphorbiaceae): a Promising Oilseed Crop from Peruvian Amazon
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NILS BERGER:
Low Cost Biodiesel Production Technology for Rural Regions
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Trade-off between conservation and development goals

SVEN WUNDER:
Payments for environmental services: bridging the trade-offs between tropical conservation and development
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Oral Presentations

DANIEL CALLO-CONCHA, MANFRED DENICH, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
An Approach to Environmental Services by Land-use Systems Assessment; Functional Biodiversity in Tropical Agroforestry Systems (The Case of Tomé-açú Community, Northern Brazil)
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SONJA VILEI, STEPHAN DABBERT:
Locally Derived Indicators for Evaluating Sustainability of Farming Systems
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Posters

Current advances in analysis and modelling techniques

Soil fertility and management of organic matter

Oral Presentations

NHAMO NHAMO, CHRISTOPHER MARTIUS, PATRICK C. WALL, CHRISTIAN THIERFELDER:
The Fate of Surface Residue Mulch During Dry Winter and Spring Seasons on Conservation Agriculture Plots in Zimbabwe
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WANWISA PANSAK, THOMAS HILGER, GERD DERCON, THANUCHAI KONGKAEW, GEORG CADISCH:
Mineralisation and Leaching of Nitrogen as Affected by Contour Hedgerow Systems on Moderate Slopes in Northeast Thailand
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GENTIANE BLANCHARD ORTIZ, ANNE CHABOUSSOU, SYLVIE SPOERRY, MIREILLE DOSSO:
An Integrative Approach of the Geography of Soil Organic Matter (SOM) Management Practices to Prospect Future Below-ground Biodiversity Erosion (BGBD), in the Taita Hills, South-East Kenya
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JENS GEBAUER, EIKE LUEDELING, KARL HAMMER, MAHER NAGIEB, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Agrobiodiversity in Mountain Oases of Northern Oman
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Posters

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OPEYEMI ANTHONY AMUSAN, PHILIP OGUNTUNDE, OLUSOLA ADUKE AMUSAN:
New Relationship Between Crop Yield and Soil in the Cocoa Belt of Nigeria
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ELIAS GICHANGI, PEARSON MNKENI, PHIL BROOKES:
Changes in Inorganic and Microbial P Fractions Over Time Following Goat Manure and Inorganic Phosphate Addition to a High P Fixing Soil
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MICHAEL DARE, OLAJIRE FAGBOLA, ROBERT ASIEDU:
Heritability Estimates of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonisation in Dioscorea Species in Yam Growing Regions of Nigeria
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REZA MIRZAEI TALARPOSHTI, JAFAR KAMBOUZIA:
Influence of Organic and Chemical Fertilisers on Growth and Yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum L.) and Soil Chemical Properties
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KINDOMIHOU VALENTIN, AMBOUTA KARIMOU JEAN MARIE, SINSIN BRICE:
Diversity of Soil Fertility Management Practices in Sudanian Zone of Benin (Western Africa)
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HOSSEIN SABAHI, HOUMAN LIAGHATI:
Study on Effects of Integrated and Convential Fertilisation Systems on Chemical Properties of Soil and Rapeseed (Brassica napus) Yield
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LALITA SIRIWATTANANON, MACHITO MIHARA:
Effects of Rainfall Intensity on Soil and Nutrient Losses from Fertilised Upland Fields and Farmers' Acceptability in Northeast Thailand
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ADRIANA CAMPOS, HOLM TIESSEN, BARBARA WICK:
Seasonal Effect on Enzyme Activities in Calcareous Soils from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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KHALID SAIFULLAH KHAN, RAINER GEORG JOERGENSEN:
Microbial C, N, and P Relationships in Moisture Stressed Soils of Potohar, Pakistan
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KARINA PEñA PEñA, VIOLETTE GEISSEN:
Effects of Land Use Change on Soil Chemical and Biological Properties in Teapa, Tabasco (SE-Mexico)
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BEATE FORMOWITZ, RAINER GEORG JOERGENSEN, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Separating Soil Chemical and Biological Effects of Legume Rotation-induced Cereal Growth Increases on West African Soils
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MINGRELIA ESPAñA, THOMAS BRUNE, ELLEN KANDELER, GEORG CADISCH:
effect of Plant Residue Quality on Soil Fungal Community in a Vertisol
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Organic agriculture

Oral Presentations

CHRISTINE ZUNDEL, LUKAS KILCHER, PAUL MAEDER:
What Can Organic Agriculture Contribute to Sustainable Development? – Long-term Farming System Comparisons in the Tropics
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PETER JUROSZEK, CHIN-HUA MA, HSING-HUA TSAI, DENG-LIN WU, MANUEL C. PALADA:
Organic Farming Research at AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center: Developing Systems for Smallholder Farmers in the Tropics
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BIRGIT WILHELM:
The Organic Tea and the Coffee Market - a Comparison of their Development
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ANDREAS OSWALD, ADRIANA ARIAS, JORGE CAYCHO:
The Potential of Organic Potato Production in the Central Andean Highlands of Peru
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Posters

AFRAH MOHAMMED, ANNA KEUTGEN, ELKE PAWELZIK:
Quality of Organic Tomatoes Grown in Two Different Locations
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ASFAW TIHUNE, SAHLE TESFAI:
Organic Coffee Production and Sustainable Agriculture: A Socio-ecological Analysis- Case Study
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TüLIN YüCEL, MEHMET BüLBüL, HARUN TANRIVERMIS:
Economic and Environmental Assessment of Organic Farming in Turkey
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JULIA SCHMITT, VOLKER HOFFMANN:
Non-timber Forest Product Certification in China: status, Challenges and New Approaches
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ABDOLMAJID MAHDAVI DAMGHANI:
Organic Farming in Iran: Opportunities and Challenges of Certification, Education and Development
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SHILPI SAXENA:
Organic Vegetables: Regional and Domestic Marketing Constraints and Opportunities for Small-scale Farmers in East Africa
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Current advances in analysis techniques

Oral Presentations

MELVIN LIPPE, NGUYEN VAN DUNG, TRAN DUC VIEN, T.T. KIEN, THOMAS HILGER, GEORG CADISCH:
Wanulcas Modelling of Improved Swidden Agriculture Systems by Indigenous Fallow Management with Melia azedarach in the Uplands of Ban Tat, Northern Vietnam
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FOLKARD ASCH:
Scale Specific Adaptations of Drought Responsive Systems
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MARCO OTTO, JAN RICHTERS:
Analysis of Vegetation Changes in High Andean Wetlands Using Remote Sensing as a Contribution to Environmental Planning in Southern Peru
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PAVEL PROPASTIN, MARTIN KAPPAS, STEFAN ERASMI:
Estimation of Carbon Balance in Drylands of Kazakhstan by Integrating Remote Sensing and Field Data with an Ecosystem Model
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TARIK RABIE, MOHAMED MANDOUR, HASSAN ZEWEIL:
An Affordable and Effortless Method for High-Throughput DNA Extraction from Animal Tissues
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HASSAN MAHMOUD WIFAG, JACKSON ROEHRIG, ETTAYEB GANAWA:
Assessing the Potential of Floodwater Harvesting in Seleit Area Wadis, Sudan - Using Remote Sensing and Gis
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TARIG ELSHEIKH MAHMOUD, MANAL AWAD KHEIRY:
Contribution of Gum Arabic Production to Household Food Security in North Kordofan, Sudan
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RUI PEDROSO, HARTMUT GAESE, SABINE SCHLüTER:
Exploring Land Use Systems in Rural Settlements, Upper Egypt, Combining Biophysical Possibilities and Socioeconomic Goals
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MARTINA PREDOTOVA, JENS GEBAUER, LUDGER HERRMANN, EVA SCHLECHT, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Gaseous Carbon and Nitrogen Losses in Urban Gardening of Niamey, Niger
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EIKE LUEDELING, JENS GEBAUER, JOERG SCHUMACHER, KAMAL EL-SIDDIG, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Spatial Expansion of Urban Agriculture in Khartoum, Sudan
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SALWA ALMOHAMED, WERNER DOPPLER:
Performance Measurement of Farming Systems in Resource Management Using Non-parametric Model - A Case from North Syria
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LIJALEM ZERAY, JACKSON ROEHRIG, DILNESAW ALAMIREW CHEKOL:
Calibration and Validation of Swat Hydrological Model for Meki Watershed, Ethiopia
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JAN-PETER MUND, SEYHA SOK:
Mapping Land Cover Changes and Agricultural Transformation Processes in Cambodian Upland Regions with its Spatial Impact on Smallholder Food Production
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KHALID SIDDIG, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Lessons Learnt from Three Social Accounting Matrices
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NAZAIRE S. I. HOUSSOU, MANFRED ZELLER, GABRIELA ALCARAZ V., JULIA JOHANNSEN, STEFAN SCHWARZE:
Proxy Means Tests for Targeting the Poorest Households: Applications to Uganda
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KAMAL EL-SIDDIG, SAHAR ABDALLA, MOIEZ FADUL, JENS GEBAUER, EIKE LUEDELING, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Baseline Mapping and Socio-economic Analysis of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (UPA) in Khartoum City, Sudan
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Spatial explicit modelling of land use change

Oral Presentations

MARCUS KAPLAN, QUANG BAO LE, FABRICE RENAUD:
Landuse Changes, Mangrove Destruction, and Vulnerability in Maduganga Lagoon, Sri Lanka - Empirical Analyses Towards Agent-based Modelling
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CARSTEN MAROHN, ANDREAS DISTEL, JUAN CARLOS LASO BAYAS, DIAN YUSVITA INTARINI, GERD DERCON, SONYA DEWI, BETHA LUSIANA, UWE MEYER, LAXMAN JOSHI, MEINE VAN NOORDWIJK, GEORG CADISCH:
Assessing Short and Long Term Time Dimensions of the Tsunami Impact on the Green Infrastructure in Aceh, Indonesia: A Challenge to Data Collection and Methodological Approaches
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KRISHNA BAHADUR K. C.:
Modelling and Measuring the Economic Success of Farming Families Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case from Mountains of Nepal
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JöRG A. PRIESS, MATTHIAS MIMLER, HEIKO FAUST, STEFAN SCHWARZE, ALEXANDER OLTCHEV, ALEXANDRA-MARIA KLEIN, STEFAN ERASMI:
Land Use Dynamics and their Socio-Environmental Impacts: Results from Simulation Studies with the Site Modelling Framework
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Posters

NDOH MBUE INNOCENT, JIWEN GE:
Impervious Surface Analysis of Terrestrial Watersheds: Implication for Sustainable Land Use and Land Management Practices in the Puding Area of Guizhou Province, China
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FOTSO LUCIEN, MARTIN KAPPAS, PAVEL PROPASTIN:
Remote Sensing Based Study on Land Use / Land Cover Change in a High Populated Region in Bamileke Highlands, Cameroon
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KATJA BRINKMANN, UTA DICKHOEFER, EVA SCHLECHT, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Integrated Assessment and Land Use Scenarios for a Sustainable Development of Al Jabal al Akhdar Oases in Northern Oman
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HARUN TANRIVERMIS, GöNENC SERTAC, MEHMET BüLBüL:
Land Use Change Analysis and Sustainable Use of Land Resources in Turkey
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MOHAMMAD JAFARI, MOHAMMAD TAHMOURES, HAMID REZA NASERI:
GIS Based Ecological Planning and Sustainable Development Model for the Sefidrood Basin, Iran
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HASAN AHMADI, ADEL KELARESTAGHI, MOHAMMAD JAFARI, MOHAMMAD TAHMOURES:
Land Use Changes Detection and Spatial Distribution Using Digital and Satellite Data, Case Study: Farim Basin, Iran
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DIAN YUSVITA INTARINI, CARSTEN MAROHN, GERD DERCON, DESI SUYAMTO, BETHA LUSIANA, LAXMAN JOSHI, MEINE VAN NOORDWIJK, GEORG CADISCH:
Modelling Farmer's Land Use Decisions after the 2004 Tsunami Event: A Case Study in West Aceh, Sumatra, with Respect to Annual and Tree-Crops-Based Systems
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New applications of modelling

Oral Presentations

GIUSEPPE FEOLA, CLAUDIA R. BINDER:
Integrated Modelling of Farmers' Decision Making on Pesticides' Use: The Case of Vereda La Hoya, Colombia.
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TINNE VAN LOOY, ERIK MATHIJS, ERIC TOLLENS:
Development and Application of a Bio-economic Agroforestry Model for the Tropics
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MATTHIAS LANGENSIEPEN, STEPHEN BURGESS, PATRICK MITCHELL:
Quantifying the Heterogeneity of Transpiration Fluxes from Tree Crowns: Results from a Case Study on Eucalyptus Trees in the West-Australian Wheat-Belt
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ALWIN KEIL, NILS TEUFEL, DODO GUNAWAN:
Modelling the Impact of El Niño-related Drought on Smallholder Farmers in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: An Interdisciplinary Approach Combining Climatic and Hydrologic Modelling with Regression Analysis and Linear Programming
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Posters

OGHAIKI ASAAH NDAMBI, OTTO GARCIA, TORSTEN HEMME:
Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability in Africa: Evaluation Tools for Assessing Policy Impacts on Dairy Farming
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BYRON MAZA:
Decision Making Models for Cattle Ranchers with Respect to Land Use Change and Silvopastoral Systems Adoption in Costa Rica
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LAZARE TIA, JOERG SZARZYNSKI, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Ecological Modelling of Tree Patterns and Diversity as a Means of Classifying Savannah Landscapes: Remote Sensing and GIS-based Mapping
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YAN LIU, JIANCHUN GUO, YOUPENG KE:
Study on Hainan Provincial Environmental and Resource CGE Model
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NEDUMARAN SWAMIKANNU, BEKELE SHIFERAW, K. PALANISAMI:
Integrated Crop-Livestock Bioeconomic Modelling Approach for Assessing the Impact of Productivity Enhancement Technological Interventions on Economic Performance, Soil Erosion and Nutrient Flow at Micro Watershed Level
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THOMAS GAISER, KARL STAHR, ANDREAS PRINTZ, VICTOR DUKHOVNY:
Development of a Regional Model Integrating Land and Water Management - Achievements and Lessons Learnt
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PAVEL PROPASTIN, STEFAN ERASMI, MARTIN KAPPAS, OLEG PANFYOROV:
Remote Sensing Based Investigation of Vegetation Response to the El-Nino Caused Drought Conditions over Indonesia
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Food production, food quality and food safety

Resource use and fertility management

Oral Presentations

SAMSON HUNI, HELMUT HERZOG:
Drought Effect on Yield, Leaf Parameters and Evapotranspiration Efficiency of Cowpeas
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ESTHER MITTERBAUER, ELISABETH ESCH:
Germplasm Diversity for Resource Protection in Crop Production
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WAKENE NEGASSA CHEWAKA, ABDENNA DERESSA, FITE GETANEH:
Integrated Use of Organic and Inorganic Fertilisers for Maize Production
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BHUWON STHAPIT, V. RAMANATHA RAO:
"Grassroots Breeding": a Way to Optimise the Use of Local Crop Diversity for the Well-being of People
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Posters

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RODRIGUE DIOGO, ANDREAS BUERKERT, EVA SCHLECHT:
Horizontal Nutrient Fluxes in Urban and Peri-Urban Gardens of Niamey, Niger
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GHOLAMALI PEYVAST:
Commercial Compost Increased Yields and Decreased Nitrate Amount of Several Vegetables
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SAAD ABDEL RAHMAN SULIEMAN, TAG EL-DIN E. M. HAGO:
The Response of Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) to Phosphorus as Influenced by Farmyard Manure
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OLAJIRE FAGBOLA, OLADUNNI AYOOLA OJO:
Responses of Three Tomato Cultivars to Organomineral Fertiliser and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi under Field and Greenhouse Conditions
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AWADALLA ABDALLA ABDELMULA, ISHRAKA KHAMIS ABUANJA:
Genotypic Response, Yield Stability, and Association Between Characters among Some of Sudanese Faba Bean (Vicia Faba L.) Genotypes under Heat Stress
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ELGILANY A. AHMED, ABUBAKR MOHAMED, KHALID SIDDIG:
Economics of Faba Bean Production and Marketing in Northern Sudan
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JONATHAN C. ONYEKWELU, OLAWOLE J. FAYOSE:
Effect of Storage Methods on the Germination and Proximate Composition of Treculia africana Seeds
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FRANZISKA BERAN, SUJIT ADHIKARY, SANKAR GAYEN, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, ARUNAVA GOSWAMI:
Genetic Polymorphism of Dolichos biflorus L. in India at the Seed Storage Level
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ELFADL ELFADL:
Effect of Nitrogen Rate and Seed Density on Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) under Low-input Farming System
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SILKE WILL, MARIANNE SCHüTT, CHRISTINE TISCH, TORSTEN MüLLER, VOLKER RöMHELD:
Efficiency of Foliar Micronutrient Fertilisation in Lychee
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ANNETTE WEIDNER, FOLKARD ASCH, GERHARD H. BUCK-SORLIN, ANDREAS BöRNER:
QTLs for Salt Resistance Vary with Development Stage in Field-Grown Barley
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SHAMA DAWELBEIT, CHRISTIAN RICHTER:
Effect of Water Intervals and Organic Fertilisation on Yield and Quality of the Muskmelon cultivar 'Galia'
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SUCHIT SHRESTA, FOLKARD ASCH, MATHIAS BECKER:
Phenological Responses of Rice Genotypes to Varying Thermal Environments in Nepal
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SUNILDA TERRE, FOLKARD ASCH, JON PADGHAM, RICHARD A. SIKORA, MATHIAS BECKER:
Influence of Root Zone Bacteria on Root Iron Plaque Formation in Rice Subjected to Iron Toxicity
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FOLKARD ASCH, TAM AUNG, MATHIAS BECKER:
Root Iron Plaque Formation as Resistance Mechanism to Iron Toxicity in Lowland Rice
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SABINE STüRZ, FOLKARD ASCH, MATHIAS BECKER:
Field Validation of a Quick Screening Method for Iron Toxicity in Lowland Rice
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THERESA KABAKERIS, SUJIT ADHIKARY, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, ARUNAVA GOSWAMI:
Evaluation of Drought Tolerance in Some Rainfed Upland Rice Cultivars
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AWADALLA ABDALLA ABDELMULA, SALIH ADAM IBRAHIM SABIEL:
Genotypic and Differential Responses of Growth and Yield of Some Maize (Zea Mays L.) Genotypes to Drought Stress
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STEFAN HAUSER:
Maize Yield Response to Mulch, Burning and Insecticide Application on an Ultisol
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OLAJIRE FAGBOLA, PETER WUSU OGUNGBE:
Productivity of Three Maize Cultivars as Affected by Organomineral Fertiliser and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi under Greenhouse Conditions
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JOSE ALOISIO ALVES MOREIRA, MARCIA THAIS MELO CARVALHO, ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER, AGOSTINHO DIRCEU DIDONET:
Growth and Productivity of Maize Cultivated in No-Tillage in Succession of Different Cover Crops
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VINCENT ADURAMIGBA-MODUPE, JOHN IDOWU:
Tillage and Fertiliser Effects on Sole Maize Cropping in a Degraded Nigerian Alfisol
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Cropping techniques in dry and humid areas

Oral Presentations

SITHIDECH ROYGRONG, WOLFRAM SPREER, WINAI WIRIYA-ALONGKORN, PITTAYA SRUAMSIRI, TORSTEN MüLLER, VOLKER RöMHELD:
Partial Canopy Shading as a Remedy of Leaf Chlorosis and its Influence on Flowering of Lychee Trees
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WINAI WIRIYA-ALONGKORN, SITHIDECH ROYGRONG, WOLFRAM SPREER, SOMCHAI ONGPRASERT, VOLKER RöMHELD, TORSTEN MüLLER:
Effectiveness of Micro-nutrient Fertilisation in Off-season Longan Production in Northern Thailand
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AMINA SAIED, JENS GEBAUER, MUHAMMAD SOHAIL, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Z. spina-christi and G. tenax as Promising Fruit Trees for Afforestation in Northern Sudan
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CHRISTINE KREYE, GEORGES REVERSAT, LUZVIMINDA FERNANDEZ, CASIANA VERA CRUZ, FRANCISCO ELAZEGUI, LIZZIDA LLORCA, JAMIE FARONILO, BAS BOUMAN:
Aerobic Rice, a Water-Saving Rice Production System, and the Risk of Yield Failure - A Case Study from the Philippines
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Posters

MAJA HERTEL, PETRA SCHMITTER, TRAN DUC VIEN, GERD DERCON, THOMAS HILGER, GEORG CADISCH:
Spatial Variability in Yield and Growth Performance Along Rice Paddies in the Mountainous Regions of North-west Viet Nam
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PAO SREAN, SOPHAL CHUONG, VISALSOK TOUCH, VATHANA SANN:
The Effect of Using Organic Fertiliser on Yield of Rice Produced in System of Rice Intensification
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TOLERA ABERA GOSHU, DABA FEYISA ARAREMME, MOHAMMED HASAN YUSUF, NEGASSA CHEWAKA WAKENE:
Effects of Tillage System, Previous Crops and N-P Rate on Agronomic Parameters of Wheat at Shambo in Horro Highlands, Ethiopia
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HAIDER SHAPO, ADAM ADAM:
Effects of Alley Cropping on Microclimate and Some Winter Crop Productivity in Northern Sudan
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MORITZ RECKLING, JENS GEBAUER, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Effects of Temperature and Water Availability on Plant Growth and Artemisinin Concentration of Artemisia annua L.
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AZADEH SALEHI, MASOUD TABARI, JAHANGARAD MOHAMMADI, ALIREZA ALIARAB:
Growth and Nutrient Elements Accumulation in Leaf of Pinus Eldarica Medw. Trees Irrigated with Municipal Effluents
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SOMCHAI ONGPRASERT, WINAI WIRIYA-ALONGKORN:
The Factors Affecting Longan Flower Induction by Chlorate
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Plant protection

Oral Presentations

CHRISTIAN GENOVA, KATINKA WEINBERGER, ANTONIO ACEDO:
Understanding Postharvest Losses in Vegetables Using an Upstream Supply Chain Approach in South East Asia
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HILDEGARD GARMING, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Do Farmers Adopt Ipm for Health Reasons? – the Case of Nicaraguan Vegetable Growers
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MELANIE WIESNER, TAYE TESSEMA, ANDREAS HOFFMANN, PESTEMER WILFRIED, CARMEN BUETTNER, INGA MEWIS, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS:
Impact of the Pan-tropical Weed Parthenium Hysterophorus L. on Human Health in Ethiopia
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ANNA JANKOWSKI, DAGMAR MITHöFER, BERNHARD LöHR, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Economics of Biological Control in Cabbage Production in two Countries in East Africa
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Posters

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SARWSHRI GANGURDE, KONRAD MARTIN, FRIEDHELM GöLTENBOTH, JOACHIM SAUERBORN, MARIA JULIET C. CENIZA:
Abundance Dynamics of Selected Arthropods in Relationship with Rice Plant Growth, Pests and their Natural Enemies
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ALI ALI, HELGA SERMANN, CARMEN BUETTNER:
Pathogenicity of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Lecanicillium Muscarium to Adults of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis Capitata
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CHARLES ADARKWAH, DANIEL OBENG-OFORI, SABINE PROZELL, MATTHIAS SCHöLLER, CHRISTOPH REICHMUTH, CARMEN BUETTNER:
Potential of the Parasitic Wasp, Lariophagus Distinguendus (Förster) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) as a Biological Control Agent for Sitophilus Zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curcuilionidae) in Stored Maize
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MAYMOONA AHMED EISA, MECHTHILD ROTH, A.E. EL HASSAN, ALI ELBADAWI, R.M. KHAFAGI, M.E. ELAMIN:
Ecological Characteristics of the Millet-worm Heliocheilus albipunctella (Lepidoptera: noctuidae), a Pest on Millet in Sudan
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KRITCHAYA ISSAKUL, ELKE PAWELZIK, ARAYA JATISATIENR, CHAIWAT JATISATIENR, SUCHADA VEARASILP:
Screening of Thai Local Plant Extracts for their Insecticidal Effectiveness and the Effect of its Active Compound on Diamondback Moth Larvae
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KHIN THEIN NYUNT, STEFAN VIDAL:
Predation Efficiency of Eocanthecona furcellata on Helicoverpa armigera Larvae Reared on Different Host Plants
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EMANA GETU:
Woolly Whitefly: A Guest Invasive Alien Insect Pest of citrus Fruits in Ethiopia
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THOMAS KUTTER, ALBA STELLA RIVEROS, BARBARA WICK, LUIS POCASANGRE, FRANKLIN E. ROSALES, HILMAR SCHRöDER:
Impact of Organic and Mineral Fertilisation on Banana Growth and Nematode Populations on Different Soils in Costa Rica
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THOMAS HENNIGER, MARTINA BANDTE, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, TAYE TESSEMA, SUSANNE VON BARGEN, CARMEN BUETTNER:
Studies on Transmission of the Phyllody of Parthenium by Cuscuta Sp. and Different Insect-vectors in Regard to Cultivated Plants
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MELANIE WIESNER, IVONNE ROTH, ARMIN BLIEVERNICHT, CARMEN BUETTNER, TAYE TESSEMA, ARUNAVA GOSWAMI, INGA MEWIS, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS:
Insecticidal Effects of Parthenium Hysterophorus Extracts Rich in Terpenoids and Phenolic Acids
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JULIA JANKE, MARTINA BANDTE, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, TAYE TESSEMA, SUSANNE VON BARGEN, CARMEN BUETTNER:
Studies on Phyllody in Parthenium Hysterophorus and Host Range of Phytoplasms Within Important Crops Cultivated in Ethiopia
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CHRISTIAN RUPSCHUS, DIETER KIRSCHKE, CARMEN BUETTNER, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, TAYE TESSEMA:
Economic Impacts of Invasive Weed Species in Developing Countries: the Case of Parthenium in Ethiopia
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VISALSOK TOUCH, EDWIN DE KORTE:
The Current Situation of Chemical Pesticide Use on Crop in Cambodia: Is There Any Driving Force to Halt This Application?
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YUSRAN YUSRAN, SAFRIZAL SAFRIZAL, MARKUS WEINMANN, GüNTER NEUMANN, TORSTEN MüLLER, VOLKER RöMHELD:
Improved Mycorrhisation in Tomato by Soil Inoculation with Pseudomonas sp. Proradix®
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KALPANA SHARMA, MARIA RENATE FINCKH:
Inducibility of Resistance in Tomatoes against Phytophthora infestans by Plant Strengtheners
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MOJEED LIASU:
The Effects of Mycorrhizal Inoculation and Composted Brewery Waste on Growth of Potted Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill) Plant
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AUNTIKA SAWATWANICH, PITIPONG THOBUNLUEPOP, CHAIWAT JATISATIENR, SUCHADA VEARASILP, ELKE PAWELZIK, SRISULAK DHEERANUPATTANA, ARAYA JATISATIENR:
Using Eugenol Extracted from Eugenia Caryophyllus (Spreng.) Bullock et Harrison for Seed Coating Technology as Storage Fungi Controller in Soybean Seeds
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PITIPONG THOBUNLUEPOP, CHAIWAT JATISATIENR, ARAYA JATISATIENR, ELKE PAWELZIK, SUCHADA VEARASILP:
Comparison of the Inhibitory Effect of Captan, Chitosan-Lignosulphonate Polymer and Eugenol Coated Seeds Against Rice Seed Borne Fungi
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ANDREA B. LUETTGER, RISHI KUMAR BEHL, GüNTHER MANSKE, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Infection in Wheat Roots - Effect of Genotypes, Location and Management
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PRATCHAYA VASSANACHAROEN, WANWARANG PATTANAPO, WOLFGANG LüCKE, SUCHADA VEARASILP:
Control Sitophilus Oryzae by Radio Frequency Heat Treatment as Alternative Phytosanitary Processing in Milled Rice
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PIYACHAT AKARANUCHAT, PICHET NOIMANEE, NATTASAK KRITTIGAMAS, DIETER VON HöRSTEN, SUCHADA VEARASILP:
Control Seed Borne Fungi by Radio Frequency Heat Treatment as Alternative Seed Treatment in Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
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JAMES W. MUTHOMI, GINSON M RIUNGU, JOHN M WAGACHA:
Management of Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat Using Antagonistic Microorganisms
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MAINA MWANGI, CAROLINE NANKINGA, ELDAD KARAMURA:
Challenges to Training Stakeholders for Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt
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ELDUR ZAHRAN, JOACHIM SAUERBORN, ABBASHER AWAD ABBASHER, ELAMIN ALI AHMED, DORETTE MüLLER-STöVER:
"Pesta" and Alginate Delivery Systems of Fusarium spp. for Biological Control of Striga Hermonthica (Del.) Benth. under Sudanese Field Conditions
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ABULEGASIM ELZEIN, BEEDEN FEN, ADOLPHE AVOCANH, JüRGEN KROSCHEL, PAUL MARLEY, GEORG CADISCH:
Compatibility of Striga-mycoherbicides with Fungicides Delivered Using Seed Treatment Technology and its Implication for Striga and Cereal Fungal Diseases Control
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AHMAD FAKHRO, DIETMAR SCHWARZ, PHILIPP FRANKEN, SUSANNE VON BARGEN, MARTINA BANDTE, CARMEN BUETTNER:
Application of the Endophyte Piriformospora indica in Hydroponic Cultures
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