Contents

• Impressum
• Preface
• Plenary Session
  • Miguel Altieri: Agroecology: The Science of a Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture for the XXI Century
  
  
• Resource use efficiency and diversity in agroecosystems
  • 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
      • Marthen Luther Mullik: Efficiency of Microbial Protein Synthesis in Steers Fed Freshly Harvested Tropical Grass
      • Johnny Onyema 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)
      • 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
    • 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
      • Henderiana Belli, I. Gusti Ngurah Jelantik, Wolfgang Holtz: Effect of Supplementation of Grazing Bali Cows During Pre and Postcalving Period on Intake, Digestibility, and Rumen Environment
      • 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
      • 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?
      • Roque G. Ramírez Lozano, Humberto González Rodríguez: Seasonal Trends of Mineral Content in Forage of Range Grasses from Northeastern Mexico
      • 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
      • Seimiyenkumo Taria Ofongo, Anthony D. Ologhobo: Processed Kidney Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in Broiler Feeding -- Performance Characteristics
      • Oyebiodun Longe, Gbemiga Adeyemo, Lawal Akintayo: Effects of Feeding Desert Locust Meal (Schistocerca gregaria) on Performance and Haematology of Broilers
      • 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
      • Mohammad Jafari, Opes Matanmi: Sustainable Utilisation of Cassava Plant for Feeding Monogastric Animals
      • Akinyele Oluwatomisin Kingsley Adesehinwa, Olumide Olutayo Obi, Ayodeji Adebayo: Utilisation of Cassava Peel Based Diet Supplemented with or without Farmazyme 3000 Proenx by Growing Pigs
      • 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
      • 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.
      • Donald I Osuigwe, C. Nwosu, Johnny Onyema Ogunji: Preliminary Observations on some Haematological Parameters of Juvenile Heterobranchus longifilis Fed Different Dietary Levels of Raw and Boiled Jackbean (Canavalia ensiformis) Seed Meal
      • Mosun Olufayo: Proximate and Mineral Composition of Parachanna obscura Juveniles Exposed to Derris elliptica Root Powder
      • 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
      • Khaled Mohamed: Validation of Essential Amino Acids Requirements of Red Tilapia (O. mossambicus x O. hornorum) Assessed by the Ideal Protein Concept
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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)
      • Uta Dickhoefer, Andreas Buerkert, Eva Schlecht: Feed Intake of Supplemented Goats on Communal Pastures in the Al Jabal al Akhdar Mountains, Northern Oman
      • Nasreen Omer Musa, Sulieman El Sanousi, Abdulkhalig Babiker, Kamal Eldin Hassan Ali Eltom: Outbreak of Morels Disease (Sheep Abscess disease) in the Sudan
      • Joerg Jores: Collaborative German-ILRI Research to Discover New Diagnostic Tools for Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, the Most Devastating Cattle Disease in Africa
      • 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 Agroecological Zones of Benin
  • Livestock and fodder production systems
    • Invited Paper
      • Akke van der Zijpp: Livestock and Livelihood Systems in the Face of Global Change
    • 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
      • 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
      • 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
    • Posters
      • Tin Aung, Stephan Wessels, Gabriele Hörstgen-Schwark: Investigations on Rice-Fish Culture in Myanmar
      • 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
      • 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
      • Habibullah Bahar, Tarikul Islam, Monirul Islam: Evaluation of Lac Cultivation in two Southwestern Districts in Bangladesh
      • 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
      • Elsa Sánchez, Werner Doppler: From Subsistence to Market Oriented Livestock Smallholders Development in Nicaragua and Honduras
      • 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
      • Wirat Krasachat: Economic Efficiency of Feedlot Cattle Farms in Thailand
      • Christoph Reiber, Rainer Schultze-Kraft, Michael Peters, Volker Hoffmann, Carlos Lascano: Potentials and Constraints of Little Bag Silage in Honduras
      • 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?
      • 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
  • 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?
      • Simon Riedel, Clemens Wollny, Workneh Ayalew, Temesgen Ayana: Participatory Assessment of Incidence and Perception of Bovine Trypanosomosis by Cattle Farmers in Dano, Western Ethiopia
      • 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
      • Ulrike Janßen-Tapken, Luc L.G. Janss, Haja N. Kadarmideen: Population Parameters for Trypanotolerance Traits in an N'Dama x Boran Crossbreeding Population
    • Posters
      • 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
      • Sanchai Jaturasitha, Rakkeart Norkeaw, Therdchai Vearasilp, Thumrongsakd Phonbumrung, Khemsawat Cheerawat, Michael Wicke: Effect of Type of Grazing on Meat Quality of Thai Native Cattle
      • 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
      • 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
      • Nucha Simasatikul, Nattaphon Chongkasikit, Nakarin Pripwai, Therdchai Vearasilp, Udo ter Meulen: Influence of Production System on Carcass Composition of Native and White Lamphun Cattle in the Northern Provinces of Thailand
      • Athanase Youan Bi, Dao Daouda, Lehmann Bernard, Dumondel Michel: Bovine Stock Breeding Systems Influence on the Farms' Technical Efficiency in Côte d'Ivoire
      • Thi Mai Huong Pham, Marcus Mergenthaler, Brigitte Kaufmann, Anne Valle Zárate: Speciality Pork from Indigenous Pig Breeds to Improve Rural Incomes
  • 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
      • Martin Kratzeisen, Elmar Stumpf, Joachim Mueller: Development of a Plant Oil Pressure Stove
      • Anjum Munir, Oliver Hensel: Development of a Solar Distillation System for Essential Oils Extraction from Herbs
      • Jörn Germer, Michael Yongha Boh, Joachim Sauerborn: Co-Composting as a Disposal Solution for Faecal Sludge from Innovative Pit Latrines
    • Posters
      • Folarin Alonge, Olaoluwa Oniya: An Indirect Passive Solar Dryer for Crop Drying
      • 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
      • 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
      • Michal Kulik, Jan Banout, Bohdan Lojka, Zbynek Polesny, Jana Lojkova: Evaluation of Eryngium foetidum L. Processing by Solar Dryers
      • Katharine Tröger, Andreas Buerkert, Oliver Hensel: Conservation of Onion and Tomato in Niger, Assessment of Post-Harvest Losses and Drying Methods
      • 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 (Euphoria longana Lam.) Fruit
      • Olawale John Olukunle, Oluwatoyin Folake Olukunle: Development of a Sustainable System for Cassava Starch Extraction
      • Olawale John Olukunle: Development of a Cassava Peeling Machine for Cottage Industries
      • Leo Agbetoye, Oladipo Oyeneye: Development of a Harvester for Amaranthus Vegetable
      • Sandra Patricia Cuervo, Oliver Hensel: Experimental Determination of Desorption Isotherms for Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis L.)
      • Olawale John Olukunle: Development of a System for Fresh Fruit Juice Extraction and Dispensary
      • Matthias Kindermann, Kevin Weis, Christian Lippert, Joachim Mueller: Economic Analysis of Different Processing Methods for Small-Scale Coconut Oil Production in the Philippines
      • Adesoji Olaniyan, Kayode Oje, Folarin Alonge: Development of Process and Equipment for Recovering Clean Shea Kernels from Raw Shea Fruits
      • Johnson Fasinminrin, Philip Oguntunde: Development and Calibration of a Digital Recording System for Automation of Runoff Measurement
      • Philipp Nuß, Siegfried Kleisinger, Klaus Becker: Investigation of Biotechnical Conditions of Jatropha curcas L. Toward Gradual Harvest Mechanisation
      • Thierry Godjo: Food Processing Equipment Design in West African Countries: Proposal of a Tool to Provide Better Understanding of the Need
  • Land use and livelihood strategies
    • Oral Presentations
      • Mohammad Asif Khan: Factors Affecting Employment Choices in Rural Northwest Pakistan
      • Stephanie Barral, Elsa Poncet: Transmigration Policies and Rural Development in South Sumatra: Comparative Study of two Villages
      • Idha Widi Arsanti, Michael Böhme, Hans E. Jahnke: Resource Use Efficiency and Competitiveness of Vegetable Farming Systems in Upland Areas of Indonesia
      • Bernd Hardeweg, Hermann Waibel, Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Phung Duc Tung: Sampling for Vulnerability to Poverty: Cost Effectiveness Versus Precision
    • Posters
      • Günter Burkard: Cocoa and Rural Transformations: Processes of Displacement and the Emergence of Agrarian Arrangements in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
      • Günter Burkard: Conservation Agreements as an Institution for the Commons: Contexts, Situations and Consequences Evidence from the Napu and Kulawi Valleys, Sulawesi, Indonesia
      • Rashmi Narayana, Chandrakanth Mysore, M.V. Srinivasa Gowda: An Environmental Economic Assessment of Sujala Watershed Project in Tumkur District
      • Abdallah Diop, Christian Richter: Opportunities and Constraints of Urban and Periurban Agriculture -- A Case Study of Vegetable Production in N'Djaména
      • Yanjie Zhang, Bernhard Brümmer: Economic Efficiency and Land Rights -A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Agricultural Production in China
      • 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
      • Israt Rayhan, Ulrike Grote: Floods in Bangladesh: Does Crop Diversification Mitigate Vulnerability of Rural Households?
      • Vladimir Verner, Petra Holikova, Jiri Pacesny: Using Gini Coefficient as a Tool for Including Income Inequality into Human Development Index
      • Heiko Zeller, Matthias von Oppen: Socio-Economic Impact of Upland Rice Production on Rural Livelihoods -- The Case of Three Nigerian States
      • Evelina Budjurova, Siegfried Bauer: Efficiency Analysis of Wheat Producing Farms in Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan
      • Regina Schoell, Claudia R. Binder: Perspectives of Farmers and Experts Regarding Future Agricultural Development: Results from a Future Structured Mental Model Approach
      • Shephard Siziba, Franz Heidhues, Mulugetta Mekuria: A Comparative Economic Analysis of Conservation Tillage and the Mouldboard Plough in Zimbabwe's Subsistence Farming Sector
      • Coral Monje, Juan Guillermo Cobo, Gerd Dercon, Georg Cadisch, Robert Delve: Biophysical Factors Affecting Maize Productivity of Small-Scale Farming System under Three Settlement Schemes in North"=East Zimbabwe
      • Nils Teufel, Olaf Erenstein, Arindam Samaddar: Perceptions and Potential of Resource Conserving Technologies in the Crop-Livestock Systems of the Indo"=Gangetic Plains
      • Godihald Mushinzimana: Improvement of Food Security and Income through Utilisation of Marshlands in the Province of Gitarama (Rwanda)
      • Jean Adanguidi: A Comparative Analysis of Land Use Systems in Benin
  
  
• 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
      • Reinhild Bode, Jürgen Piechaczek: Innovations Towards Product Differentiation - Farmers Organisations' Strategies to Integrate into Specialty Coffee Value Chains
      • Jason Donovan, Dietmar Stoian, Nigel Poole: Development of Rural Community Enterprises for Poverty Reduction: A Global Review of Critical Success Factors
      • Sirak Bahta, Siegfried Bauer: Anlysis of the Determinants of Market Participation within the South African Small-Scale Livestock Sector
    • Posters
      • Maria Miguel Ribeiro, Michael Hauser: Using Multi-stakeholder Processes to Improve a Supply Chain of a Non"=timber Forest Product in Lao PDR
      • 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
      • Baromey Neth, Béatrice Knerr, Sam Ol Rith: Using Ecotourism as a Rural Development Tool in Cambodian Protected Areas: Analysis of State and Global Politics
      • Tanty S. Thamrin: Land Use Diversification as a Strategy to Cope with Long Drought Periods: A Case Study from Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), Indonesia
      • 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
      • Ivone Gorete Lucena Friederich, Ralf Nolten: Land Use Conflict or Cooperation: Challenges in the Management of the Serra Dos Orgaos National Park, Brazil
      • Khin Mar Cho, John Nettleton: Sustainable Agricultural Marketing Development through Empire State Marketmaker
      • Norma Ely Santos: Co-ops and the Climate Change Mitigation Activities: Handling with Low Carbon Businesses in the Rural Sector.
      • Norma Ely Santos: Rural Employment Creation in Africa: A Review of the Main Strategies and Policies
      • Hossein Mahmoudi, Houman Liaghati, Majid Zohari: The Role of Organic Agriculture in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Prospects in Iran
      • Franklin Simtowe: Who is Credit Constrained? Evidence from Rural Malawi
      • Bohumil Havrland, Petra Holikova: Promotion of Agricultural Education at State Agrarian University of Moldova as a Tool for Agricultural Development
  • 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
      • Jofi Puspa, Rainer Kühl: Food Quality, Safety Measurement and Control: The Future Challenge for Indonesia
      • 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
      • Lu Chen, Jürgen Pohlan, Li Jihong, Marc J.J. Janssens: Comparison in Cup Quality of Arabica Coffee from Yunnan, China
    • Posters
      • Santosh Satya, Geetanjali Kaushik, Satyanarayan Naik, Anushree Malik: Enhancing Food Quality and Safety in a Rural Habitat -- A Holistic Perspective
      • 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
      • Olubunmi Ayobami Duduyemi, Galman Omitogun: Assessing the Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnologies in the Tropics
      • 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
      • Joerg Schumacher, Eva Schlecht, Andreas Buerkert, Oliver Hensel: Assessment of Meat Production and Meat Processing in Niamey/Niger: Hygienic Quality of Fresh Meat and of the Dry Meat Product ``Kilishi``
      • Elizabeth Oluwaseun Sunny-Roberts: An Evaluation of the Nutritional and Physicochemical Properties of Candies from Imitation Milks
      • Stephanie Good, Yoseph Shiferaw, Lena Davidsson, Thomas Randolph, Richard Hurrell: Animal Source Foods and Nutrition During Early Life
      • Sotheara Em, Vathana Sann: Extending Shelf-Life of Soy Sauce Using Acetic Acid as Non"=Feed Additives
      • Bülent Topcuolu, M.kubilay Önal: Heavy Metal Accumulation in the Eggplant (Solanum melongena) grown in MSW Compost Applied Soil
      • M.kubilay Önal, Bülent Topcuolu: The Effect of Spent Mushroom Compost on the Dry Matter and Mineral Content of Pepper (Piper nigrum) Grown in Greenhouse
      • André Gordon, Roberta B. Rodrigues, Friedhelm Marx, Menelaos Papagiannopoulos: Antioxidant Capacity of Tamarillo Fruit (Cyphomandra betacea)
      • 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]
      • Andrew Ngereza, Anna Keutgen, Elke Pawelzik: Quality of Mango, Passion Fruit and Pineapple in Tanzania
      • Maike Langkau, Eva Schlecht, Andreas Buerkert: Assessing Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security in Nagaland (N.E.-India)
      • Kamoru Adeniran, Oludare Babatunde: Assessment of Nigeria Food Security Situation
      • Mohamed Babekir Elgali, Rajaa Mustafa, Siegfried Bauer: Supporting Sudanese Agriculture to Improve Food Security
      • Detlef Virchow: Increasing Vegetable Production and Consumption in Africa: Averting the Downward Trend of Malnutrition and Poverty
      • Ashenafi Gedamu: Triticale Crop and Food Security, and Determinants Influencing the Adoption of Triticale: Example from the Amhara Region, Ethiopia
      • Christoph Ehlert, Hermann Waibel, Dagmar Mithöfer: Food Safety Standards, Farm Size and Farm Worker Welfare in Kenya
      • Ingrid Fromm, Utz Dornberger: Standards: An Imperative for Integration in Value Chains? Evidence from Agricultural Producers in Honduras
      • Damian M. Gabagambi: Identification of Food Safety Compliance Costs: A Case of Nile Perch in Tanzania
      • Till Stellmacher, Ulrike Grote, Jörg Volkmann: Reappraising Ethiopian Forest Coffees: Prospects and Challenges of Fair Trade Certification
      • Parichat Theanjumpol, Sa-nguansak Thanapornpoonpong, Elke Pawelzik, Suchada Vearasilp: Milled Rice Physical Properties after Various Radio Frequency Heat Treatment
  • 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 Use of Balanced Nutrient Management Systems in Northern Guinea
      • Lifeng Wu, Diemuth Pemsl, Hermann Waibel: The Role of Farmer Training in the Diffusion of Biotechnology in Cotton in China: A Multi-Period Analysis
      • 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
      • Simone Kriesemer, Patrick Grötz, Volker Hoffmann: Adoption and Diffusion of Fish Ponds in Malawi
    • Posters
      • Elisabeth Gotschi, Bernhard Freyer: Implications of the New Land Law in Mozambique on Collective and Individual Ownership and Natural Resource Management
      • Birte Junge, Robert Abaidoo, David Chikoye: Assessment of Past and Present Soil Conservation Initiatives in Nigeria, West Africa
      • Tarig Gibreel, Siegfried Bauer: Demand Estimation of Subsistent Farm Households in the Dry Land of the Sudan: Almost Ideal Demand System Approach
      • 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
      • Diemuth Pemsl, Thongporn Tongruksawattana, Hermann Waibel: Technology Adoption in Aquaculture in Developing Countries: Genetically Improved Tilapia in the Philippines
      • 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)
  • Sustainable development in practice - examples from GTZ's projects
    • Oral Presentations
      • Christoph Kohlmeyer, Karin Foljanty: What Means Sustainable Development for German Development Cooperation?
      • Mathias Braun, Charlotte Haeusler, Lea Herberg: SUSTAINET - Networking for Sustainable Agriculture to Combat Hunger
      • Pier Paolo Ficarelli: Seed of Hope for Rural South Africa: Bringing Innovations to Communities and Institutions
      • Fernando Gast, Herbert Frömberg: Biodiversity and Development in Strategic Colombian Eco-Regions - The Colombian Orinoco Region
      • Joerg Amend, Tobias Stolz, Idowu Ajibolu: Margarine from the Rain Forest -- Income Generation through a New Non Timber Forest Product
  • 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
      • 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
      • Dietmar Stoian, Jason Donovan: Value Chain Development from a Livelihoods Perspective: A Multi-Chain Approach for Coffee and Cacao Producing Households in Central America
    • Posters
      • 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
      • Samuel Muhunyu, Sahle Tesfai: NECOFA Kenya Initiative to Inculcate Positive Attitudes in the Youth Towards Sustainable Management of Food, Agriculture and Environment
      • Htut Yin Min, Jürgen Pretzsch: An Analysis of Collective Action in Forest Plantation Establishment by Forest User Groups
      • 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
      • Marco Otto, Frank Blume, Thomas Nehls: Conservation of Peruvian Terraces through Intensification and Diversification - The Role of German Students in the Process
      • Kendra Leek, Michael Hauser, Douglas White: Wealth, Livelihood Transitions and Poverty in Northern Lao, PDR. Why Targeted Development Interventions are Needed
      • 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
      • Corinne Valdivia, Roberto Quiroz, Frank Sperling, Roberto Valdivia, Lenkizza Angulo, Diana Sietz: Climate Vulnerability, Local Knowledge and Adaptation to Climate Impacts in Peru
  
  
• Diversity of land use and livelihood systems in the face of global change
  • 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
      • Eike Luedeling, Jens Gebauer, Andreas Buerkert: Climate Change Affects Traditional High-Altitude Fruit Production Systems in Oman
      • 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 Agroecological Zones of Rural Tanzania
      • 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
    • Posters
      • 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
      • 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
      • Sunday Adeduntan, Thomas Ofuya, Joseph Fuwape: Influence of Land Use System on Diversity and Abundance of Insects in Akure Forest Reserve, Ondo State Nigeria
      • Abdolmajid Mahdavi Damghani, Alireza Koocheki: Evaluation of Agrobiodiversity and its Effects on the Sustainability of a Wheat-Cotton Cropping System in Iran
      • 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
      • Ong-Arge Insung: Botanical Characteristics, Yield and Chemical Compositions of 4 Varieties of Sorghum bicolor Moench under the Humid Tropical Climate in Southern Thailand
      • Arisoa Mampionona Rajaona, Sandra Maria Guimaraes Callado, Marc J.J. Janssens: Comparative Studies of Allometrical Parameters of Cashew Trees in Northeast Brazil
      • Supaporn Pongthornpruek, Savent Pampasit, Nimit Sriprang, Kongsakdi Promtep, Pensiri Nabheerong: Element and Heavy Metal Concentrations of Some Fern Species at Phu-Soi"=Dao National Park, Thailand
      • Kindomihou Valentin, Ambouta Karimou Jean Marie, Sinsin Brice: Diversity of Soil Fertility Management Practices in Sudanian Zone of Benin (Western Africa)
      • Eric Bett, Bernhard Freyer, Job Lagat: Effect of Agricultural Commercialisation on Selected Agrobiodiversity and Household Income: A Case Study of Smallholder Households, Nakuru, Kenya
  • Biodiversity
    • Invited Paper
      • Stephen B. Brush: The Human Ecology of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems: Culture and Maize in Mexico
    • Oral Presentations
      • Marion Mehring, Susanne Stoll-Kleemann, Nadine Fritz-Vietta, Monika Bertzky, Rainer Schliep, Martin Hirschnitz: Success Factors of Biodiversity Governance
      • Pavlos Georgiadis, Volker Hoffmann, Gopal S. Rawat, Vandana Shiva: Status of the Medicinal Flora and Indigenous Knowledge in the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India
    • Posters
      • Korous Khoshbakht, Karl Hammer: Allium paradoxum (M.B.) G. Don: A New Entry for Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Horticultural Crops
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • Sitske De Groote, Emmy De Caluwé, Patrick Van Damme: Dadobat-Development and Domestiation of Baobab and Tamarind
      • Balakrishnan Nair: Traditional Medical Knowledge Systems and Piracy: The Issues Related to Trips and Beyond
      • 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
      • Sa-nguansak Thanapornpoonpong, Wiwat Somsak, Elke Pawelzik, Suchada Vearasilp: Yield of Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) Grown in an Irrigated Area of Northern Thailand
      • Nirmala Joshi, Katja Kehlenbeck, Brigitte L. Maass: Traditional, Neglected Vegetables of Nepal: Their Sustainable Utilisation for Meeting Human Needs
      • 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
      • 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
      • Paul Bordoni, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon: Underutilised Plants - Engine to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
  • Agroforestry and non-tree forest products
    • Oral Presentations
      • Tarig Gibreel, Siegfried Bauer: Targeting the Challenges of Agroforestry System Disappearance under Rapid Commercialisation: Factors Affecting Farmers Land Use Options in the Gum Belt of Western Sudan
      • Baburam Rijal, Rajendra K. C., Netra Bhandari, Christoph Kleinn: NWFP Resource Assessment: Options and Challenges to Maximize Potential Contribution of NWPs in Conservation
      • Andrew K. Kiplagat, Daniel Mugendi, John Mburu: Valuation of the Economic Role of NTFPs Consumption by Rural Households Living Around Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya
      • Benno Pokorny, Gabriel Medina, James Johnson: ``The King Is Naked'': a Critical Analysis of the Community Forestry Concept as Applied in the Amazonian Region
    • Posters
      • Netra Bhandari, Rajendra K. C., Baburam Rijal, Volker Hoffmann: Community Based NWFP Management Initiatives: Innovations and Adoption in Non-Wood Forestry in Nepal
      • Javad Mirarab, Mahboobeh Foshat, Rahim Maleknia: Non-Wood Products as a Way Towards a Sustainable Extension
      • Rahim Maleknia, Manoochehr Namiranian, Reza Azizi, Jahangir Feghhi: Effects of Traditional Agroforestry Systems on Forest Structure: Case Study in the West Forests of Iran
      • Hassan Elnour Adam, Mohamed Elnour Taha: Local Knowledge of the Use of Indigenous Trees and their Management in Rural Communities in North Kordofan State, Sudan
      • Barbora Rousova, Jana Lojkova, Bohdan Lojka, Jan Banout, Zbynek Polesny: Agroforestry Systems Acceptability in Pucallpa, Peruvian Amazon
      • Bruna Missagia: Land Use Management in Rural Areas of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
      • 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
      • Jan-Peter Mund: Vulnerability and Resilience of the Cambodian Forest-Rural Interface
      • 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
      • Do Tran Van: Forest Tree Regeneration on Fallow Land after Shifting Cultivation in the Northwest Region, Viet Nam
      • Isabel Maria Madaleno: Sustainable Livelihood Examples from Water Deficient Easter Island and the Lower Amazon River Floodplains
      • Juan Carlos Camargo, Christoph Kleinn: Effect of Environmental Factors on Productivity of Guadua angustifolia Stands in Coffee Region of Colombia
      • 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
      • Christiane Ehringhaus: Mobility, Rural-Urban Linkages, and Land Use Change: Implications for Forest Livelihoods and Land Tenure Security in Amazonian Extractive Reserves
  • Forestry
    • Invited Paper
      • Fergus L. Sinclair: Ecosystem services in forest and agrarian landscapes
    • Oral Presentations
      • Uwe Muuss, Joachim Kirchhoff, Netra Bhandari: Meeting the Growing Demand for Wood: Sustainable Plantations and Commercial Harvesting Operations in Transition Countries
      • Barbara Taubert, Jürgen Pretzsch: Cultural Influence of Forest Perception and Forest Use among the Tiriki Community in West Kenya
      • Valdir Marcos Stefenon, Oliver Gailing, Reiner Finkeldey: Recovery and Conservation of Araucaria Forest in Brazil through Plantation's Establishment: A Genetic Point of View
    • Posters
      • 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
      • Wolde Mekuria: Vegetation Restoration in Area Closures: The Case of Douga Tembein, Central Tigray, Ethiopia
      • 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
      • Humberto González Rodríguez, Israel Cantú Silva, Roque G. Ramírez Lozano, Marco V. Gómez Meza: Litterfall Production in Semiarid Woodlands, Northeastern Mexico
      • 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
      • Hai Nguyen Tien, Holm Uibrig: Forestland Management by the Hmong Ethnic Group for Sustainable Livelihood in the Northern Uplands of Viet Nam
      • Parviz Fatehi, Manoochehr Namiranian, Ali Asghar Darvishsefat: The Study of Suitable Forest Territorial Organisation in the Northern Zagros
      • 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)
      • Paul Guthiga, John Mburu, Karin Holm-Müller: Factor Influencing Local Communities' Satisfaction Levels with Different Forest Management Approaches of Kakamega Forest, Kenya
      • 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
      • Esther Fichtler, Martin Worbes: Climatic Signals in 13c Time Series from Tropical Tree Rings
      • Frédéric Thomas, Jürgen Pohlan, Marc J.J. Janssens: Transformation of Coffee Plantations through Tropical Timber Production in the Region of Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico
      • Bernard Nsiah, Jürgen Pretzsch: The Contribution of Smallholder Forest Plantation Development to Sustainable Livelihood of Farm Households in the High Forest Zone of Ghana
  • 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
      • 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
      • Fernando Lopez: Compensation for Ecosystem Services in the Watersheds of Rumiyacu, Mishquiyacu and Almendra, Peru
      • 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
      • Jenny Paola Lis Gutierrez: The Productive Chain of Rubber at the Forest Frontier in the Colombian Amazon
      • Guido Bollati Hurtado: Recuperation and Conservation of Native Fruit Species in Protected Areas, Bolivia
      • Magally Acuña Azarte: Water Resource Planning in the Piura River Basin
      • Vivian Mac-Knight, Ana Luiza Meireles, Carlos Eduardo Frickmann Young: Opportunity Costs of Deforestation in Mato Grosso State, Brazil
  
  
• Ecosystem services in forest and agrarian landscapes
  • Biofuels
    • Oral Presentations
      • Manfred Zeller, Martin Grass: Prospects and Challenges of Biofuels in Developing Countries
      • Tamara Soyka, Charles Palmer, Stefanie Engel: The Impacts of Tropical Biofuel Production on Land Use
      • Nils Berger, Arlete Moraes: Neglected Native Oil Crops as Sources for Biodiesel Production in the Eastern Amazon Region of Brazil, Western Pará State
      • 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
    • Posters
      • 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
      • Simeon Olatayo Jekayinfa, Volkhard Scholz: Assessment of Availability and Cost of Energetically Usable Crop Residues in Nigeria
      • Shyam Pariyar, Sebastian Wulf, Joachim Clemens: Influence of Enzyme Addition and Substrate Loading on the Efficiency of Biogas Production
      • Til Feike, Kevin Weis, Wilhelm Claupein, Joachim Mueller: Propagation of Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas L.) on Leyte Island, Philippines
      • 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
      • Blanka Krivankova, Zbynek Polesny, Bohdan Lojka, Jana Lojkova, Jan Banout, Daniel Preininger: Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis, Euphorbiaceae): A Promising Oilseed Crop from Peruvian Amazon
      • Nils Berger: Low Cost Biodiesel Production Technology for Rural Regions
      • Raghu Chaliganti, Suhas P. Wani: Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and Urban Environment: an Assessment of Biofuel Promotion in Andhra Pradesh, India
  • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • Udo Nehren, Jürgen Heinrich: Landscape History and Degradation in the Serra Dos Órgãos, Brazil
  • 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
      • Hartmut Gaese, Sabine Schlüter, Rui Pedroso, Juan Carlos Torrico: Farming Systems and the Protected Environment ``Mata Atlântica'' of Rio de Janeiro
      • 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)
      • Pablo Villalobos, Carlos Huenchuleo, Rodrigo Silva: Economic Valuation of Environmental Services in Nothofagus alessandri (RUIL) Forests in the Region del Maule, 7^th Region, Chile: An Application of the Choice Experiment Method
    • Posters
      • Monica Idinoba, Johnson Nkem, Yacouba Coulibaly: Methodology for Vulnerability Assessment of Selected Economic Sectors of the Forest Ecosystem in West Africa
      • Liron Amdur, Elke Bertke: Transformation of Agri-Environmental Schemes in an International Context
      • Xiaobin Dong, Wangsheng Gao, Yuanquan Chen: Valuation of Fragile Agroecosystem Services in Loess Hilly-Gully Region - A Case Study of Ansai County in China
      • Zemedu Lemma, Karin Holm-Müller: Analysis of Economic Incentives for Nature Conservation: The Case of Amigna District, Ethiopia
      • Jan Barkmann, Jiong Yan, Anne-Kathrin Zschiegner: Attitudinal and Cultural Influences on Preferences for Sustainable Tourism Services in Southwestern China Forestry Landscape
  • Institutions and management of ecosystem services
    • Oral Presentations
      • Astrid Zabel: New Policy Approaches to Resolve Carnivore-Livestock Conflicts in the Tropics
      • 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
      • Horst Weyerhaeuser, He Jun: Assessing Pro-Poor Mechanisms of Payment for Environment Services from Forests: Lessons Learned from Government"=Led Programs in Southwest China
      • 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?
    • Posters
      • Teklu Tesfaye: Resource and Community Attributes Influencing the Conservation and Use of Coffee Forests in Southwest Ethiopia
      • Ghassem Habibi Bibalani, Lila Joudi, Shahriar Sobhe Zahedi: Soil Stabilizing Characteristics of Rangelands Vegetation in Northwest Iran (Misho Rangelands Protected Location of Shabestar)
      • Deepesh Puthiyapurayil Changat, Manjunatha Arahalli Venkataronappa: Institutions of Sustainability: An Analysis of the Mangrove Ecosystem of Kerala, India
      • Tanty S. Thamrin: Community Based Natural Resource Conflict Management: A Case Study from Lore Lindu National Park, Indonesia
      • Marije D. Bij de Vaate, Julia Ndungu-Skilton, Toby Hodgkin: The Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research
      • Johannes Rupp: Integration of Smallholder Farmers in International CO₂-Markets by Applying Agroforestry Practices in Western Kenya
      • 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
  • Trade-off between conservation and development goals
    • Invited Paper
      • Sven Wunder: Payments for Environmental Services: Bridging the Trade-Offs between Tropical Conservation and Development
    • 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)
      • Sonja Vilei, Stephan Dabbert: Locally Derived Indicators for Evaluating Sustainability of Farming Systems
  
  
• Current advances in analysis and modelling techniques
  • 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 Viet Nam
      • Folkard Asch: Scale Specific Adaptations of Drought Responsive Systems
      • Marco Otto, Jan Richters: Analysis of Vegetation Changes in High Andean Wetlands Using Remote Sensing as a Contribution to Environmental Planning in Southern Peru
      • 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
    • Posters
      • Eike Luedeling, Jens Gebauer, Joerg Schumacher, Kamal El-Siddig, Andreas Buerkert: Spatial Expansion of Urban Agriculture in Khartoum, Sudan
      • Lijalem Zeray, Jackson Roehrig, Dilnesaw Alamirew Chekol: Calibration and Validation of SWAT Hydrological Model for Meki Watershed, Ethiopia
      • 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
      • Khalid Siddig, Siegfried Bauer: Lessons Learnt from Three Social Accounting Matrices
      • Hassan Mahmoud Wifag, Jackson Roehrig, Ettayeb Ganawa: Assessing the Potential of Floodwater Harvesting in Seleit Area Wadis, Sudan - Using Remote Sensing and GIS
      • Tarig Elsheikh Mahmoud, Manal Awad Kheiry: Contribution of Gum Arabic Production to Household Food Security in North Kordofan, Sudan
      • Rui Pedroso, Hartmut Gaese, Sabine Schlüter: Exploring Land Use Systems in Rural Settlements, Upper Egypt: Combining Biophysical Possibilities and Socioeconomic Goals
      • Salwa Almohamed, Werner Doppler: Performance Measurement of Farming Systems in Resource Management Using Non-Parametric Model - A Case from North Syria
      • Nazaire S. I. Houssou, Manfred Zeller, Gabriela Alcaraz V., Julia Johannsen, Stefan Schwarze: Proxy Means Tests for Targeting the Poorest Households: Applications to Uganda
      • 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
      • Tarik Rabie, Mohamed Mandour, Hassan Zeweil: An Affordable and Effortless Method for High-Throughput DNA Extraction from Animal Tissues
      • Martina Predotova, Jens Gebauer, Ludger Herrmann, Eva Schlecht, Andreas Buerkert: Gaseous Carbon and Nitrogen Losses in Urban Gardening of Niamey, Niger
  • 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.
      • Tinne Van Looy, Erik Mathijs, Eric Tollens: Development and Application of a Bio-Economic Agroforestry Model for the Tropics
      • 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
      • 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
    • Posters
      • Byron Maza: Decision Making Models for Cattle Ranchers with Respect to Land Use Change and Silvopastoral Systems Adoption in Costa Rica
      • Thomas Gaiser, Karl Stahr, Andreas Printz, Victor Dukhovny: Development of a Regional Model Integrating Land and Water Management - Achievements and Lessons Learnt
      • Pavel Propastin, Stefan Erasmi, Martin Kappas, Oleg Panfyorov: Remote Sensing Based Investigation of Vegetation Response to the El Niño Caused Drought Conditions over Indonesia
      • Oghaiki Asaah Ndambi, Otto Garcia, Torsten Hemme: Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability in Africa: Evaluation Tools for Assessing Policy Impacts on Dairy Farming
      • 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
      • Yan Liu, Jianchun Guo, Youpeng Ke: Study on Hainan Provincial Environmental and Resource CGE Model
      • 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
  • Spatial explicit modelling of land use change
    • Oral Presentations
      • Marcus Kaplan, Quang Bao Le, Fabrice Renaud: Land Use Changes, Mangrove Destruction, and Vulnerability in Maduganga Lagoon, Sri Lanka - Empirical Analyses Towards Agent-Based Modelling
      • 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
      • Krishna Bahadur K. C.: Modelling and Measuring the Economic Success of Farming Families Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case from Mountains of Nepal
      • 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
    • Posters
      • 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
      • 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
      • Mohammad Jafari, Mohammad Tahmoures, Hamid Reza Naseri: GIS Based Ecological Planning and Sustainable Development Model for the Sefidrood Basin, Iran
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • Harun Tanrivermis, Gönenc Sertac, Mehmet Bülbül: Land Use Change Analysis and Sustainable Use of Land Resources in Turkey
  • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • Jens Gebauer, Eike Luedeling, Karl Hammer, Maher Nagieb, Andreas Buerkert: Agrobiodiversity in Mountain Oases of Northern Oman
    • Posters
      • Opeyemi Anthony Amusan, Philip Oguntunde, Olusola Aduke Amusan: New Relationship Between Crop Yield and Soil in the Cocoa Belt of Nigeria
      • 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
      • Kindomihou Valentin, Ambouta Karimou Jean Marie, Sinsin Brice: Diversity of Soil Fertility Management Practices in the Sudanian Zone of Benin (Western Africa)
      • Hossein Sabahi, Houman Liaghati: Study on Effects of Integrated and Convential Fertilisation Systems on Chemical Properties of Soil and Rapeseed (Brassica napus) Yield
      • Mingrelia España, Thomas Brune, Ellen Kandeler, Georg Cadisch: Effect of Plant Residue Quality on Soil Fungal Community in a Vertisol
      • Michael Dare, Olajire Fagbola, Robert Asiedu: Heritability Estimates of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonisation in Dioscorea Species in Yam Growing Regions of Nigeria
      • Reza Mirzaei Talarposhti, Jafar Kambouzia: Influence of Organic and Chemical Fertilisers on Growth and Yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) and Soil Chemical Properties
      • Adriana Campos, Holm Tiessen, Barbara Wick: Seasonal Effect on Enzyme Activities in Calcareous Soils from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
      • Khalid Saifullah Khan, Rainer Georg Joergensen: Microbial C, N, and P Relationships in Moisture Stressed Soils of Potohar, Pakistan
      • Karina Peña Peña, Violette Geissen: Effects of Land Use Change on Soil Chemical and Biological Properties in Teapa, Tabasco (SE-Mexico)
      • Beate Formowitz, Rainer Georg Joergensen, Andreas Buerkert: Separating Soil Chemical and Biological Effects of Legume Rotation-Induced Cereal Growth Increases on West African Soils
      • Lalita Siriwattananon, Machito Mihara: Effects of Rainfall Intensity on Soil and Nutrient Losses from Fertilised Upland Fields and Farmers' Acceptability in Northeast Thailand
  • 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
      • 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
      • Birgit Wilhelm: The Organic Tea and the Coffee Market -- A Comparison of their Development
      • Andreas Oswald, Adriana Arias, Jorge Caycho: The Potential of Organic Potato Production in the Central Andean Highlands of Peru
    • Posters
      • Asfaw Tihune, Sahle Tesfai: Organic Coffee Production and Sustainable Agriculture: A Socio-Ecological Analysis
      • Abdolmajid Mahdavi Damghani: Organic Farming in Iran: Opportunities and Challenges of Certification, Education and Development
      • Shilpi Saxena: Organic Vegetables: Regional and Domestic Marketing Constraints and Opportunities for Small-Scale Farmers in East Africa
      • Julia Schmitt, Volker Hoffmann: Non-Timber Forest Product Certification in China: Status, Challenges and New Approaches
      • Afrah Mohammed, Anna Keutgen, Elke Pawelzik: Quality of Organic Tomatoes Grown in Two Different Locations
      • Tülin Yücel, Mehmet Bülbül, Harun Tanrivermis: Economic and Environmental Assessment of Organic Farming in Turkey
  
  
• 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
      • Esther Mitterbauer, Elisabeth Esch: Germplasm Diversity for Resource Protection in Crop Production
      • Wakene Negassa Chewaka, Abdenna Deressa, Fite Getaneh: Integrated Use of Organic and Inorganic Fertilisers for Maize Production
      • Bhuwon Sthapit, V. Ramanatha Rao: ``Grassroots Breeding'': A Way to Optimise the Use of Local Crop Diversity for the Well-Being of People
    • Posters
      • Rodrigue Diogo, Andreas Buerkert, Eva Schlecht: Horizontal Nutrient Fluxes in Urban and Peri-Urban Gardens of Niamey, Niger
      • Gholamali Peyvast: Commercial Compost Increased Yields and Decreased Nitrate Amount of Several Vegetables
      • 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
      • Olajire Fagbola, Oladunni Ayoola Ojo: Responses of Three Tomato Cultivars to Organomineral Fertiliser and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi under Field and Greenhouse Conditions
      • 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
      • Elgilany A. Ahmed, Abubakr Mohamed, Khalid Siddig: Economics of Faba Bean Production and Marketing in Northern Sudan
      • Jonathan C. Onyekwelu, Olawole J. Fayose: Effect of Storage Methods on the Germination and Proximate Composition of Treculia africana Seeds
      • Franziska Beran, Sujit Adhikary, Sankar Gayen, Christian Ulrichs, Arunava Goswami: Genetic Polymorphism of Dolichos biflorus L. in India at the Seed Storage Level
      • Elfadl Elfadl: Effect of Nitrogen Rate and Seed Density on Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) under Low-Input Farming System
      • Silke Will, Marianne Schütt, Christine Tisch, Torsten Müller, Volker Römheld: Efficiency of Foliar Micronutrient Fertilisation in Lychee
      • Annette Weidner, Folkard Asch, Gerhard H. Buck-Sorlin, Andreas Börner: QTLs for Salt Resistance Vary with Development Stage in Field-Grown Barley
      • Shama Dawelbeit, Christian Richter: Effect of Water Intervals and Organic Fertilisation on Yield and Quality of the Muskmelon cultivar `Galia'
      • Suchit Shresta, Folkard Asch, Mathias Becker: Phenological Responses of Rice Genotypes to Varying Thermal Environments in Nepal
      • 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
      • Folkard Asch, Tam Aung, Mathias Becker: Root Iron Plaque Formation as Resistance Mechanism to Iron Toxicity in Lowland Rice
      • Sabine Stürz, Folkard Asch, Mathias Becker: Field Validation of a Quick Screening Method for Iron Toxicity in Lowland Rice
      • Theresa Kabakeris, Sujit Adhikary, Christian Ulrichs, Arunava Goswami: Evaluation of Drought Tolerance in Some Rainfed Upland Rice Cultivars
      • 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
      • Stefan Hauser: Maize Yield Response to Mulch, Burning and Insecticide Application on an Ultisol
      • Olajire Fagbola, Peter Wusu Ogungbe: Productivity of Three Maize Cultivars as Affected by Organomineral Fertiliser and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi under Greenhouse Conditions
      • 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
      • Vincent Aduramigba-Modupe, John Idowu: Tillage and Fertiliser Effects on Sole Maize Cropping in a Degraded Nigerian Alfisol
  • Water use: current situation and perspectives
    • Invited Paper
      • Pay Drechsel, Bernard Keraita, Philip Amoah: Urbanisation and Wastewater Irrigation in Developing Countries: Applied Research on Food Safety in the Rural-Urban Interface
    • Oral Presentations
      • Heinz-Peter Wolff, Mordechai Shechter, Thameen Hijawi, Amer Z. Salman: Forecasting Social and Economic Impacts from Climate Change on Farming Systems in Riparian Countries of the Jordan River - A Combined Model-based Approach
      • Manjunatha Arahalli Venkataronappa, Nagaraj Nareppa, P.G. Chengappa, Chandrakanth Mysore: Groundwater Depletion and Drip Irrigation as a Coping Strategy in Hard Rock Areas of Peninsular India
    • Posters
      • Francisco Marcuzzo, Edson Wendland, Lijalem Zeray: Mathematical Optimisation of Irrigation Pipes
      • Johnson Fasinminrin, Philip Oguntunde: Modelling the Soil Water - Yield of Amaranthus cruentus Grown under Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation Systems
      • Nicola Martin, Irit Eguavoen, Jean-Pierre Sandwidi, Alexandre Sessouma: Hydrogeological and Socio-Legal Aspects of Groundwater for Household Provision in the Volta River Basin
      • Aaron Leopold: Governing the (Ab)Use of a Dwindling Resource: The Water of Hyderabad, India
      • Kamoru Adeniran: Pollution Potentials of Cassava-Waste Effluent
      • Abdalla Elhagwa, Christian Richter: Characterisation and Evaluation of Irrigable Bare Lands of the White Nile Region, Sudan
      • Isaac Aiyelaagbe, Oluwaseyi Orodele: Leaf Gas Exchange and Growth Response of Juvenile 'Valencia' Orange to Dry Season Irrigation in Southwestern Nigeria
      • Andreas Distel, Carsten Marohn, Gerd Dercon, Fahmuddin Agus, Laxman Joshi, Meine van Noordwijk, Uwe Meyer, Georg Cadisch: Assessing Temporal Dynamics of Groundwater and Soil Salinity and Impact on the Green Infrastructure after the Tsunami Event in Aceh, Indonesia
      • Krishna Bahadur K. C., Werner Doppler, Jirawan Kitchaicharoen: Impact of Water Resources Development and Irrigation on Rural Livelihood: A Case Study from Phayao Province Northern Thailand
      • Christine Zöllmer, Melvin Lippe, Nguyen Van Dung, Tran Duc Vien, Thomas Hilger, Georg Cadisch: Development of a Simple PCRaster-Based Model for Rainfall"=Runoff Assessment in the Northern Mountainous Region of Viet Nam
      • Fite Getaneh, Abdenna Deressa, Wakene Negassa Chewaka: Influence of Irrigation on Soil Chemical Properties
      • Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Jackson Roehrig: Hydrological and Hydro-Chemical Investigation for Sustainable Agricultural Management in Bangladesh
      • Abdelmagid Elmobarak, Mahasin Ali Mohamed, Mohamed Ahmed Khair, Abdelhadi Abdelwahab, Christian Richter: Effects of Irrigation Interval, Sowing Method and Nitrogen Application on Forage and Grain Yield of Barley in the Gezira Scheme, Sudan
      • Ahmed Abu Shaban, Werner Doppler, Heinz-Peter Wolff: Socio-Economic Assessment of Treated Wastewater Irrigation in Northern Gaza
      • Elgilany A. Ahmed, Hamid H.M. Faki, Hashim A. Elobeid: Assessment of On-Farm Water Use Efficiency in the Public Irrigated Schemes in the River Nile State of Sudan
  • 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
      • 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
      • Amina Saied, Jens Gebauer, Muhammad Sohail, Andreas Buerkert: Z. spina-christi and G. tenax as Promising Fruit Trees for Afforestation in Northern Sudan
      • 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
    • 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
      • Pao Srean, Sophal Chuong, Visalsok Touch, Vathana Sann: The Effect of Using Organic Fertiliser on Yield of Rice Produced in System of Rice Intensification
      • 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
      • Haider Shapo, Adam Adam: Effects of Alley Cropping on Microclimate and Some Winter Crop Productivity in Northern Sudan
      • Moritz Reckling, Jens Gebauer, Andreas Buerkert: Effects of Temperature and Water Availability on Plant Growth and Artemisinin Concentration of Artemisia annua L.
      • Azadeh Salehi, Masoud Tabari, Jahangarad Mohammadi, Alireza Aliarab: Growth and Nutrient Elements Accumulation in Leaf of Pinus eldarica Medw. Trees Irrigated with Municipal Effluents
      • Somchai Ongprasert, Winai Wiriya-Alongkorn: The Factors Affecting Longan Flower Induction by Chlorate
  • 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
      • Hildegard Garming, Hermann Waibel: Do Farmers Adopt IPM for Health Reasons? -- The Case of Nicaraguan Vegetable Growers
      • 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
      • Anna Jankowski, Dagmar Mithöfer, Bernhard Löhr, Hermann Waibel: Economics of Biological Control in Cabbage Production in Two Countries in East Africa
    • Posters
      • 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
      • Ali Ali, Helga Sermann, Carmen Buettner: Pathogenicity of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Lecanicillium muscarium to Adults of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata
      • 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
      • Maymoona Ahmed Eisa, Mechthild Roth, A.E. El Hassan, Ali Elbadawi, R.M. Khafagi, M.E. Elamin: Ecological Characteristics of the Millet-worm Heliocheilus lbipunctella (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a Pest on Millet-Worm in Sudan
      • 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
      • Khin Thein Nyunt, Stefan Vidal: Predation Efficiency of Eocanthecona furcellata on Helicoverpa armigera Larvae Reared on Different Host Plants
      • Emana Getu: Woolly Whitefly: A Guest Invasive Alien Insect Pest of Citrus Fruits in Ethiopia
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • Julia Janke, Martina Bandte, Christian Ulrichs, Taye Tessema, Susanne von Bargen, Carmen Buettner: Studies on Phyllody in Parthenium hysterophorus and Host Range of Phytoplasma within Important Crops Cultivated in Ethiopia
      • 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
      • Visalsok Touch, Edwin De Korte: The Current Situation of Chemical Pesticide Use on Crops in Cambodia: Is there Any Driving Force to Halt this Application?
      • Yusran Yusran, Safrizal Safrizal, Markus Weinmann, Günter Neumann, Torsten Müller, Volker Römheld: Improved Mycorrhisation in Tomato by Soil Inoculation with Pseudomonas sp. Proradix®
      • Kalpana Sharma, Maria Renate Finckh: Inducibility of Resistance in Tomatoes against Phytophthora infestans by Plant Strengtheners
      • Mojeed Liasu: The Effects of Mycorrhizal Inoculation and Composted Brewery Waste on Growth of Potted Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) Plant
      • Auntika Sawatwanich, Pitipong Thobunluepop, Chaiwat Jatisatienr, Suchada Vearasilp, Elke Pawelzik, Srisulak Dheeranupattana, Araya Jatisatienr: Using Eugenol for Seed Coating Technology as Storage Fungi Controller in Soybean Seeds
      • 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
      • 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
      • Pratchaya Vassanacharoen, Wanwarang Pattanapo, Wolfgang Lücke, Suchada Vearasilp: Radio Frequency Heat Treatment: An Alternative Phytosanitary Processing Method for the Control of Sitophilus oryzae in Milled Rice
      • Piyachat Akaranuchat, Pichet Noimanee, Nattasak Krittigamas, Dieter Von Hörsten, Suchada Vearasilp: Radio Frequency Heat Treatment: An Alternative Seed Treatment for Seed-Borne Fungi in Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
      • James W. Muthomi, Ginson M Riungu, John M Wagacha: Management of Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat Using Antagonistic Microorganisms
      • Maina Mwangi, Caroline Nankinga, Eldad Karamura: Challenges to Training Stakeholders for Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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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