Tropentag 2010:

Scientific Presentations - Papers and Posters

Scientific Groups:

Food security and food quality
Food production
Food quality and technology
Food intake and nutritional impact

Natural resources Management
Nutrient cycling and crop nutrition
Forest management
Water management
Ecosystem services
Biodiversity
Land and soil use

Plant systems
Agronomic practices
Biotic and abiotic stress (DPG session)
Genetic resources
Mixed cropping, agroforestry and biofuels
Rice research
Agronomic practices - Poster session I
Agronomic practices - Poster session II
Biotic and abiotic stress (DPG session) - Poster session I
Biotic and abiotic stress (DPG session) - Poster session II

Animal sciences
Animal breeding, husbandry and health
Forages and feeding systems
Animal nutrition and supplementation
Aquaculture and fisheries

Markets and rural development
Value chains
Market development
Rural development
Communication and extension services
Transdisciplinary research
Value chains - Poster session I
Value chains - Poster session II
Market development - Poster session I
Market development - Poster session II
Rural development - Poster session I
Rural development - Poster session II
Nutrient cycling and crop nutrition - Poster session I
Nutrient cycling and crop nutrition - Poster session II

GTZ/DEZA

Food security and food quality

Food production

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

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CHRISTIAN FOLBERTH, HONG YANG, KARIM ABBASPOUR, RAINER SCHULIN:
Modelling Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Food Production in sub-Saharan Africa and Measures of Mitigation
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MAGDALENA WERNER, LASSINE DIARRA, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Securing Food Supply by Adapting Millet Growing to Climate Variability: Decision Making Rules of Fulani Agro-pastoralists in Mopti Region, Mali
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MST. NADIRA SULTANA, MOHAMMAD MOHI UDDIN, OTHMAN ALQAISI, OGHAIKI ASAAH NDAMBI, TORSTEN HEMME:
Measuring Water Footprints in Dairy Farms Worldwide: Implications for Food Security
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JUDITH SCHLEICHER:
The Sustainability of Bushmeat Hunting in Central Gabon and the Implications for Local Food Security
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MICHELE BAGGIO:
The Influence of Serially Correlated Shocks on the Conservation of Fish Stocks under Open Access Harvesting
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OLIVER JAKOBY, MARTIN F. QUAAS, STEFAN BAUMGäRTNER, KARIN FRANK:
Adaptation of Livestock Farming to Spatiotemporal Variability in Semi-arid Rangelands – an Ecological-economic Modelling Approach
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Posters

MARCOS ALBERTO LANA, ANA CAROLINA FEITOSA DE VASCONCELOS, EVA REINING, FRANK EULENSTEIN, KAREN TSCHERNING, ALFREDO CELSO FANTINI, SANDRO LUIS SCHLINDWEIN, ARMIN B. WERNER, EDGARDO GUEVARA, SANTIAGO MEIRA, ANDREA FERREIRA HOFFMANN:
Use of Geographical Information Systems and Crop Simulator Models for Agriculture
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MARIA BACA, PETER LADERACH, JEREMY HAGGER, ORIANA OVALLE:
Quantify the Impact of Climate Change on Mesoamerican Coffee Farmers Livelihoods and Develop Community-based Adaptation Strategies
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JANS BOBERT, OTTFRIED DIETRICH, JOHANNES DIETZ, RICHARD FESTO, JAPHET KASHAIGILI, KURT CHRISTIAN KERSEBAUM, STEFAN SIEBER, KAREN TSCHERNING:
Using Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Models and Downscaled Global Climate Scenarios to Assess the Impact of Climate Change in Morogoro Region, Tanzania
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MARCELO CUNHA, JAN BöRNER, PRISCILLA NASCIMENTO, CLAUDIO SZLAFSZTEIN, NATHALIA NASCIMENTO, ANKE KUSS:
Vulnerability of Rural Small-scale Producers in the Brazilian Amazon: Priorities and Research Needs for Climate Change Adaptation Planning
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BENEDICTA YAYRA FOSU-MENSAH, PAUL L. G. VLEK, AHMAD M. MANSCHADI:
Farmers' Perceptions and Adaptation to Climate Change: A Case Study in Sekyedumase District of Ashanti Region, Ghana
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JOANES ATELA, MANFRED DENICH, RALF NOLTEN:
Potential of Smallholder Farmers in Mau Forest, Kenya to Adopt Land Use Based Clean Development for Climate Change Mitigation
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MARIA FABIANA NAVARRO RAU, DITMAR BERNARDO KURTZ, RUBEN DARIO GONZALEZ, HéCTOR DANIEL LIGIER:
An Exploratory Climate Time Series Analysis in Mercedes, Argentina
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SEBASTIAN FRITSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD, AHMAD M. MANSCHADI, STEFAN DECH:
The Potential of Medium-resolution Satellite Imagery to Estimate Regional Yields of Cotton, Wheat and Rice in Irrigated Cropping Systems in Uzbekistan
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SUDEH DEHNAVI, BEATRICE KNERR, HOUMAN LIAGHATI:
Food Security Versus Water Security: A Policy Related Study about Iran
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TIL FEIKE, SIMONE GRAEFF-HöNNINGER, JUDIT PFENNING, WILHELM CLAUPEIN:
Adaptation of the CROPGRO Growth Model to Chinese Cabbage (Brassica pekinensis (Louv.) Rupr.)
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LE LE WIN, ANNA KEUTGEN, ELKE PAWELZIK:
Influence of Mineral and Organic Fertilisers as Source of Nitrogen on the Yield and Mineral Content in Roots of Carrots (Daucus carota L.) from Myanmar and Germany
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GößLING JOHANNES WILHELM, HANS-WERNER KOYRO:
Influence of Nitrogen and Water Availability on Biomass Yield, Water Relations and Leaf Gas Exchange of Chenopodium quinoa (Willd.)
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JAN GRENZ, CHRISTIAN THALMANN:
On the Road to Sustainability? Economic, Environmental and Social Performance of Kenyan Smallholdings from 2006 to 2009
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BALGAH ROLAND AZIBO, GERTRUD BUCHENRIEDER:
Does Technology Adoption Reduce Risks for Smallholder Farmers in Cameroon?
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Food quality and technology

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

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ANA SALVATIERRA, MARCUS NAGLE, DIMITRIOS ARGYROPOULOS, EDWIN SERRANO, LLERMé RIOS LOBO, CARLOS BEJARANO MARTINEZ, MATTHIAS JäGER, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Application of HACCP Principles to Local Drying Processes of Capsicum Species in Bolivia and Perú
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FOLUSHO UGWU, CHINENYENWA OBI:
Complimentary Feeding Practices and Nutrient Intake of Children Aged 6-18 Month in Ebonyi State, South East Nigeria
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ANNA SOPHIE FAHRION, DELIA GRACE, TOAN NGUYEN NGOC, THUY DO NGOC, STEVE STAAL, LUCY LAPAR:
Risk Assessment in the Pork Meat Chain in two Districts of Viet Nam
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ADEBAYO ABRAHAM ADEWUMI, PATIENCE OLUSOLA FAKOLADE, OLUFEMI ALABI:
Lean Meat for 21st Century: A Case Study of Emu Dromaius Novae Hollandiae [Le Souef 1907]
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JANE BEATRICE MUGENDI, ELIUD MWANIKI NJAGI:
Effects of Processing Mucuna Bean (MUCUNA Pruriens L.) on Protein Quality and Anti-nutrient Content
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Posters

VELLINGIRI VADIVEL, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI:
Bioactive Compounds in Velvet Bean Seeds: A Promising High Quality Legume to Attain Food Security in Developing Countries
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CHRISTOPH JANS, ANDREA GERBER, JOSéPHINE BUGNARD, PATRICK MURIGU KAMAU NJAGE, CHRISTOPHE LACROIX, LEO MEILE:
Novel Characteristics of African Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius Potentially Resposible for the Predominance over other Lactic Acid Bacteria in Spontaneously Fermented Camel Milk
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AFRAH MOHAMMED, ANNA KEUTGEN, ELKE PAWELZIK:
Effect of Location on the Chemical Composition of Organically-cultivated Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum MILL.) in Sudan
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SAID ZANTAR, YOUNES NOUTFIA, MOUAD CHENTOUF:
Characterisation of Goat Milk Industry in the North and Oases Region of Morocco
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JONAS HAGMANN, MUHAMMAD TARIQ, EVA SCHLECHT:
Factors Influencing Producer Milk Prices in Peri-urban Faisalabad, Punjab Province, Pakistan
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AMPHON WARITTHITHAM, CHRISTIAN LAMBERTZ, HANS-JUERGEN LANGHOLZ, WOLFGANG BRANSCHEID, MICHAEL WICKE, MATTHIAS GAULY:
Fat Quality and Intramuscular Fatty Acid Composition of Brahman × Thai Native and Charolais × Thai Native Crossbred Cattle
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ANDREW BABATUNDE OMOJOLA, EBUNOLUWA STANLEY APATA, OLUBUNMI OLUFEMI OLUSOLA:
Carcass and Meat Quality of Red Sokoto Buck Goats Differently Dressed
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CHRISTIAN HALLE, MARCUS NAGLE, DIMITRIOS ARGYROPOULOS, EDWIN SERRANO, KARLA PEñA PINEDA, CARLOS BEJARANO MARTINEZ, MATTHIAS JäGER, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Assessment of Current Drying Practices for South American Pepper Varieties (Capsicum spp) with Respect to Final Product Quality
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SHEHZAD NIAMAT, MARCUS NAGLE, DIMITRIOS ARGYROPOULOS, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Effects of Pretreatments on Drying Properties and Product Quality of Different Capsicum Varieties
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SANDRA PATRICIA CUERVO, OLIVER HENSEL:
Effects of Applying Different Drying Strategies on Quality Characteristics and Post-processing of Lemon Balm (Melissa Officinalis L.)
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TATIANA IVANOVA, BOHUMIL HAVRLAND, ALEXANDER MUNTEAN:
Analysis of Drying Process of Cherry Wood Chips in the Experimental Combined Dryer with Helio-collector
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PATIENCE OLUSOLA FAKOLADE, ANDREW BABATUNDE OMOJOLA:
Relevance of Dried Meat Product ('KUNDI'), an Intermediate Moisture Meat, for Food Security
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FRANZ ROMáN, OLIVER HENSEL:
Sorption Isotherms of Celery Leaves (Apium graveolens L. var. secalinum)
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DIMITRIOS ARGYROPOULOS, RAINER ALEX, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Determination of Sorption Isotherms for Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinula edodes) Using the Dynamic Vapor Sorption Method
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MUHAMMAD IRFAN, DIMITRIOS ARGYROPOULOS, MARCUS NAGLE, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Comparison between Different Methods to Determine Sorption Isotherms of Capsicum Species from South America
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Food intake and nutritional impact

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

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PETER ANDERSEN, RAM KRISHNA CHANDYO:
Orphan Crops and Nutrition: the Potential of Ricebean (Vigna umbellata) to Reduce 'hidden Hunger' among Rural Women in India and Nepal
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SAMAR ABDALLA, INGRID-UTE LEONHäUSER, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Measuring Food Consumption using Coping Strategies Adopted by Farm Households in the Dry Land Sector of Sudan
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GUDRUN B. KEDING, JOHN M. MSUYA, MICHAEL KRAWINKEL:
Measuring Dietary Patterns Instead of Single Nutrient Intake – a Holistic Approach for Investigating the Nutritional Status of Women in Rural Tanzania
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INGE SINDBJERG FOMSGAARD, MARIA CRISTINA AñON, ANA PAULINA BARBA DE LA ROSA,, CARSTEN CHRISTOPHERSEN, KAREL DUSEK, JOHN DéLANO-FRIER, JAVIER ESPINOZA PéREZ, AJAX FONSECA, DAGMAR JANOVSKá, PER KUDSK, RODRIGO S. LABOURIAU, MARTHA LORENA LACAYO ROMERO, NORA MARTíNEZ, KRISTINA MATUSOVá, SOLVEJG K. MATHIASSEN, ELKE JOHANA NOELLEMEYER, HANS A. PEDERSEN, HELENA STAVELIKOVA, STINE KROGH STEFFENSEN, ROSA M. DE TROIANI, ANDREU TABERNER:
Adding Value to Holy Grain: Providing the Key Tools for the Exploitation of Amaranth – the Protein-rich Grain of the Aztecs. Results from a Joint European - Latin American Research Project
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Posters

COLIN CERCAMONDI, INES EGLI, RICHARD HURRELL, MICHAEL B. ZIMMERMANN, CHRISTOPHE ZEDER, ELLA AHOUANDJINOU, ROMAIN DOSSA, LAMIDHI SALAMI, HAROLD TJALSMA, ERWIN WIEGERINCK, JEFF MILLER, JOSEPH HOUNHOUIGAN:
Afebrile P. falciparum Parasitemia decreases Absorption of Fortification Iron but does not Effect Systemic Iron Utilisation: A Double Stable Isotope Study in Young Beninese Women
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AMINA MAHARJAN, SIEGFRIED BAUER, BEATRICE KNERR:
Migration and Household Food Security Interlinkage: A Case Study in the Mid Hills of Nepal
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SEBASTIAAN DE SMEDT, DAVID SIMBO, JOHN VAN CAMP, BRUNO DE MEULENAER, GEERT POTTERS, ROELAND SAMSON:
Opportunities for Domestication of the African Baobab Tree (Adansonia Digitata L.) in Mali
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NAZANIN ROOHANI, MANOUCHEHR AMINI, RITA WEGMüLLER, AMIR HOSSEIN KHOSHGOFTARMANESH, MAJID AFYUNI, RICHARD HURRELL, RAINER SCHULIN:
Human Zinc Nutrition in Central Iran
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ABD ELAZIZ ALAMIN ELSHEIKH, TARIG ELSHEIKH MAHMOUD:
Traditional Strategies to Cope with Households Food Insecurity in Marginalized Quarters of Elobeid City, Sudan
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ENY PALUPI, MAGGY T. SUHARTONO, ANGELIKA PLOEGER:
The Instant Beverage Formulation Based on Small Crab Chitosan's (Portunus pelagicus) and Green Tea from Indonesia
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JOSHUA OKONYA, BRIGITTE L. MAASS:
Can Traditional Leafy Vegetables Reduce Protein and Micronutrient Malnutrition? A Look at the Nutritional Quality of Cowpea Leaves for two Landraces Grown in Uganda
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SIMONE KATHRIN KRIESEMER, KATINKA WEINBERGER, MADAN L. CHADHA:
Is there an Urban Market Niche for Vegetables from Tribal Jharkhand, India?
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THERESA ENDRES:
Mali's Vegetable Food System: Constraints and Opportunities
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BARBARA TROESCH, MARTHA E. VAN STUIJVENBERG, CORNELIUS M. SMUTS, H. SALOMè KRUGER, RALF BIEBINGER, RICHARD HURRELL, JEANNINE BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL B. ZIMMERMANN:
A Micronutrient Powder Containing a Low Dose of Iron and Zinc together with a Phytase Active at Gut pH Reduces Iron and Zinc Deficiency in South African Children
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NICOLAI PETRY, INES EGLI, CHRISTOPHE ZEDER, RICHARD HURRELL:
The Effect of Bean Polyphenols on Human Iron Absorption
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Natural resources Management

Nutrient cycling and crop nutrition

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

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VAJIHEH DOROSTKAR, MAJID AFYUNI, AMIR HOSSEIN KHOSHGOFTARMANESH, RAINER SCHULIN:
Improving Soil Zinc Bioavailability in Response to Crop Residues and Wheat Zn Efficient Genotype
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JELLE WILLEM DUINDAM, STEFAN HAUSER:
Consequences of Sequential Leaf Harvest on Root Yield and N Export of two Cassava Cultivars in South-central Cameroon
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SABINE DOUXCHAMPS, EMMANUEL FROSSARD, REIN VAN DER HOEK, AXEL SCHMIDT, IDUPULAPATI RAO, ASTRID OBERSON:
Integration of Canavalia brasiliensis into the Crop-livestock System of the Nicaraguan Hillsides: Environmental Adaptation and Nitrogen Dynamics
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MARTHA MUSYOKA, CHRISTINE ZUNDEL, ADENIRIN CHABI-OLAYE, ANNE MURIUKI, MONICAH MUCHERU-MUNA, BERNARD VANLAUWE:
Site-specific Organic and Conventional Crop Yields in a Long-term Farming Systems Comparison in Sub-humid Central Kenya
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Posters

Forest management

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

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THOMAS BALDAUF, DANIEL PLUGGE, MICHAEL KöHL:
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD): A Climate Change Mitigation Strategy on a Critical Track
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ANNA SEGERSTEDT, JANS BOBERT, ANJA FAßE, ULRIKE GROTE, HARRY HOFFMANN, H. KABIR, STEFAN SIEBER, GöTZ UCKERT:
Impact of Sustainability Standards on Jatropha Production in Tanzania: An Economic Land Evaluation Approach
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SONI SISBUDI HARSONO:
Performing Life Cycle Assessment and Zero Waste Application for Palm Oil Processing in Indonesia
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ZORA LEA URECH, JEAN-PIERRE SORG, HANS RUDOLF FELBER:
Are Livelihood Strategies Compatible with a Sustainable Management of Forest Fragments at the East Coast of Madagascar?
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MERCELYNE KHALUMBA, KARIN HOLM-MUELLER, TOBIAS WüNSCHER:
Conservation Performance Payment Schemes: An Economic Incentive to Save the Declining State Forests in Developing Countries
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NINING LISWANTI, LUCY RIST, TERRY SUNDERLAND, DOUGLAS SHEIL, OUSSEYNOU NDOYE, JULIUS TIEGUHONG, PATRICIA SHANLEY:
Conflict of Use in Tropical Forests: The Impacts of Logging on Non-timber Forest Product Availability
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DJOMO NJEPANG ADRIEN, GODE GRAVENHORST:
Modelling Stand Dynamics after Selective Logging: Implications for REDD and Estimations of Aboveground Carbon Pools from Forest Degradation
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STEPHEN WAMBUA, TOBIAS WüNSCHER:
Effect of the Adoption of REDD Policies on Household Fuelwood Use and its Impact on Forest Degradation: A Study of Kakamega Forest, Kenya
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DARIUSZ KURZATKOWSKI, MARTIN WORBES, LAURA S BORMA:
Estimation of Net Primary Production in the Transition Forest of South East Amazon
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THOMAS BALDAUF, DANIEL PLUGGE, AZIZA RQIBATE, MICHAEL KöHL:
Development and Implementation of a Holistic Assessment Scheme in the Scope of Redd – Results of a Case Study in Madagascar
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AZIZA RQIBATE, TAHIRY RABEFARIHY, ZO RABEMANANJARA:
Analysis Pertaining to an Agent of Deforestation and Forest Degradation: The Smallholder Farmer on the Forest Fringe in Madagascar
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ANJANA GIRI, KLAUS KATZENSTEINER:
Study on Vegetation Structure, Biomass Production and Regeneration of Broad Leaved Forest in the Eastern Himalayan Region, Nepal
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SUSANNE MARGARETE BRAUN:
Stakeholder Analysis of Resource Use in Eastern Madagascar – Conflicts, Potential, Solutions
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MIRCO PLATH, KARSTEN MODY, SILVIA DORN:
Do Planting Regimes Affect the Growth Performance of Native Timber Species in Pasture-Afforestation Systems Aiming at Improving Small-scale Farmers' Livelihood?
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RAJENDRA K. C., AASHA KHATTRI:
Unintended Outcomes of Community Forestry Programmes in Nepal
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MAIK REHNUS, JEAN-PIERRE SORG:
Adequate Perspectives of Unique Natural Walnut-fruit Forests in South Kyrgyzstan through Sustainable Management
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JULIE GWEN ZäHRINGER, JEAN-PIERRE SORG, HANSPETER LINIGER:
Where the Land is Greener - Some Evidence from the Impact of Sustainable Land Management in the Senegalese Sahel
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BELAYNEH AYELE ANTENEH, HERBERT HAGER:
Assessment of Soil Nutrient Depletion Levels in Different Land Use Types and its Economic Implication in Gelda Watershed, Ethiopia
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LALISA ALEMAYEHU DUGUMA, HERBERT HAGER:
Fuelwood Use and its Impacts on Food Crop Production and Nutrient Transport from Forests in the Highlands of Ethiopia
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PATRICK ARTUR GRöTZ, THOMAS AENIS:
The Sustainability of Systemic Land-use Innovations in Tropical China
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KALPANA DEVI DEVKOTA, SIMRON JIT SINGH:
Analyzing Community Forestry Internal Governance: Evidence from Western Nepal
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Water management

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

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BEATE BöHME, MATHIAS BECKER, GERD FOERCH, MATTHIAS LANGENSIEPEN, GATHENYA J. MWANGI, LUCY NJOROGE:
Key Determinants of Soil Water Availability for Agricultural Production in two Wetland Types in East Africa
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MATTHEW MCCARTNEY, IRIT EGUAVOEN:
Rethinking Water Storage for Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in sub-Saharan Africa
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PHILIPP WECKENBROCK, WAQAS AHMAD, AXEL W. DRESCHER, MUHAMMAD QAISER MAJEED, MUHAMMAD NAVEED ASHRAF:
Where There's Muck There's Brass – Wastewater Irrigation near Faisalabad, Pakistan
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NILHARI NEUPANE, T.S. AMJATH BABU, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Modelling the Bargaining on Scarce Water Resources in the Trans-himalayan Region of Nepal
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SISAY DEMEKU DERIB, KATRIEN DESCHEEMAEKER, AMARE HAILESLASSIE, TILAHUN AMEDE, BERNHARD TISCHBEIN:
Water Productivity as Affected by Water Management in a Small-scale Irrigation Scheme in the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
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SIMON COOK, TASSILO TIEMANN, MYLES FISHER, LARRY HARRINGTON:
Food, Water and Poverty: Basin and Global Scale Patterns of Water Availability, Use and its Impacts on Rural Development
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Posters

RAFAEL SCHMITT, PRIYANIE AMERASINGHE, JEROME PERRIN, LAURIANE DINIS, SHAKEEL AHMED, PAUL PAVELIC:
Assessing Hydrological Impacts of Wastewater Irrigation on Groundwater: A Case Study from Hyderabad, India
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NILHARI NEUPANE, T.S. AMJATH BABU, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Role of Social Capital in Coping Water Scarcity: Governance Lessons to Trans-Himalayan Region of Nepal from Pre-colonial South India
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LISA OBERKIRCHER:
Roles and Rules of Irrigation Water Use in Khorezm, Uzbekistan: A Lifeworld Analysis
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CHRISTIANE WEGENER, ADRIANA BRUGGEMAN, DIETER HORLACHER, THEIB OWEIS, AKHTAR ALI, CHRISTOF ENGELS:
Mechanized Micro-catchment Water Harvesting for Improving Arid Rangelands in Syria
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HUIJUN WU, WILKO SCHWEERS, WOLFRAM SPREER, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Photovoltaic Pumps for Greenhouse Irrigation in China – a New Perspective?
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AGNES POHLE, BEATRICE KNERR:
Exploring Interactions between Water Resource Depletion and Remittances from Labour Migration: The Case of Kerala
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FARSHID GHADERI-FAR, FARHAD KHAVARI, BORHAN SOHRABI:
Deficit Irrigation for Optimum Cotton Yield and Seed Quality
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YAKOB MOHAMMED UMER, SOLOMON SEYOUM DEMISSIE, KASSA TADELE:
Climate Change Impact Assessment on Soil Water Availability and Crop Yield in Blue Nile Basin: Case Study Anjeni Watershed, Ethiopia
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FARHAT NAZ:
Role of Women in Groundwater Management: A Case Study of Rural Northern Gujarat, India
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MIGUEL ALVAREZ, NEEMA MOGHA, BODO MARIA MOESELER, COLLINS HANDA, HELLEN KAMIRI, MATHIAS BECKER, NOME SAKANE, MATTHIAS LANGENSIEPEN:
Vegetation Analysis to Assess the Impact of Land Use History and Intensity on the Resilience of Small Wetlands in East Africa
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EEFJE AARNOUDSE, BETTINA BLUEMLING, QU WEI, PHILIPPUS WESTER, THIERRY RUF:
Changing Water Use Institutions and Farming Strategies as a Response to Aquifer Depletion - A Case Study in Minqin County, Gansu Province, China
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FUAD ABDO YASSIN, MCCARTNEY MATTHEW:
Evaluating the Technical Performance of the Koga and Gomit Reservoirs in the Blue Nile under Existing Conditions and Possible Climate Change
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SINA BESHARAT, AMIR HOSEIN NAZEMI, ALI ASHRAF SADRADDINI:
Water Flow in Vadose Zone with Root Water Uptake: From Measurements and Models to Optimal Irrigation
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PHILIPP WECKENBROCK, JOHANNA JACOBI:
The Impact of Wastewater Irrigation on Crop Diversity – two Studies from South Asia
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Ecosystem services

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Oral Presentations

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PETER J. EDWARDS, HARRY OLDE VENTERINK:
The Impact of Ranching on a Savannah Ecosystem in Tanzania
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LUTZ MERBOLD, MUKUFUTE M MUKELABAI, ROBERT J SCHOLES, WERNER L KUTSCH:
The Charcoal Trap: Miombo Woodlands versus the Energy Needs of People
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VIRGINIE BOREUX, KUSHALAPPA G. CHEPPUDIRA, PHILIPPE VAAST, JABOURY GHAZOUL:
Bee Pollination and Coffee Production in the Context of Various Management Practices
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MAHGOUB SULIMAN MOHAMEDAIN, ELMAR CSAPLOVICS:
Highlighting Threats of War on Biomass and Carbon Stocks Using Remote Sensing: Case Study of Darfur Crises
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Posters

HASSAN ELNOUR ADAM:
Developing an Operational Method for Assessing Forest Resources in Abu Haraz Reserved Forest in Kordofan, Sudan
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SHEM KUYAH, JOHANNES DIETZ:
How REDDy is African Agriculture? Supplying Robust Carbon Estimates for Agricultural Landscape Mosaics in Western Kenya
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THANH NGUYEN THI, OLIVER ZEMEK, CARSTEN MAROHN, THOMAS HILGER, LAM THANH NGUYEN, TRAN DUC VIEN, THI MINH HA HOANG, GEORG CADISCH:
Estimating CO2 Sequestration Potential in Northwest Viet Nam: Combination of Field Measurements and Remote Sensing Analysis
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KARIN KRONSEDER:
Estimation of Aboveground Biomass Across Forest Types at Different Degradation Levels in Central Kalimantan (Borneo) using LiDAR and Field Inventory Data
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SUNNY WINUJIWATI HOTMARISI REETZ, BERNHARD BRüMMER:
Determinants of Forest Cover Dynamics in the Margins of Protected Forest Areas
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FRIEDERIKE NAEGELI, ELAINE CARDOSO FIDALGO, MORT CANTY, HARTMUT GAESE, UDO NEHREN:
Satellite-based Analysis of Forest Fragmentation and Land Use Dynamics in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro
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SANAM AKSHA, YASHODA RIJAL, CHUDAMANI JOSHI:
Land Use and Population Dynamics in a Mountain Watershed of Nepal: A Case Study from Salakhukhola Watershed
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NAGHMEH MOBARGHEI, HOUMAN LIAGHATI, AMIR SAMAN MOHSENI:
Estimating the Water Conservation Value of Forest Ecosystems
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GURBIR SINGH BHULLAR, PETER J. EDWARDS, HARRY OLDE VENTERINK:
Role of Various Plant Species in Methane Emission from Soil: A Functional Group Based Large-scale Screening of Wetland Plant Species
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VALTER ZIANTONI, FERNANDO MEDINA, LETICIA HERMOSO:
Rapid Inventory in Oak-Beech Woodlands: Implications for Conservation Management in Coed Dolgarrog Nature Reserve in North Wales
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JUAN CARLOS CAMARGO, GUSTAVO CARDONA AGUIRRE, MIGUEL ANGEL DOSSMAN GIL, LIGIA MARIA ARIAS GIRALDO:
Developing Strategies for Managing Andean Agroecosystems in Colombia
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BIRUKTAYET ASSEFA BETREMARIAM, GERHARD GLATZEL, MONIKA SIEGHARDT:
The Role of Indigenous Highland Tree Species on Soil Fertility Management
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Biodiversity

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AYANA ANGASSA, GUFU OBA, ANNA C. TREYDTE:
Role of Traditional Enclosures on the Diversity of Herbaceous Vegetation in a Semi-arid Rangeland, Southern Ethiopia
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KATJA KEHLENBECK, JENS GEBAUER, HANNAH BERNHOLT, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Does Commercialisation Affect Tree Species Richness and Diversity in Urban and Peri-urban Gardens of Niamey, Niger?
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MARC COTTER, JAN GRENZ, JOACHIM SAUERBORN:
A Biodiversity Evaluation Tool for the GMS – Modelling Concept for Conservation and Planning
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HANA HABROVA, ANTONIN BUCEK:
Vegetation and Geobiocoenological Typology of the Soqotra Island
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Posters

NEEMA MOGHA, BODO MARIA MOESELER, MIGUEL ALVAREZ, MATTHIAS LANGENSIEPEN:
Impact of Land Use on Vegetation Communities and their Floristic Composition in the Small Wetlands of East Africa
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ADANE GIRMA GEBRESELASSE, EBERHARD FISCHER:
Plant Community and Vegetation of Nandi Forest, Western Kenya
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ISABEL MADALENO:
Traditional Medicinal Knowledge in Costa Rica
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KONSTANTINA MARIA BRIGITA KAMEUBUN, YANCE DE FRETES, MICHAEL MUEHLENBERG:
Tree Richness and Forest Structure of the Forests around Yongsu Dosoyo, Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
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MATTHIAS JäGER, XAVIER SCHELDEMAN, MAARTEN VAN ZONNEVELD:
Linking Gene Banks and Small Farmers to High Value Markets – the Example of Capsicum Diversity in Peru and Bolivia
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MOHAMMED ABDALLA, KAMAL ELKHALIFA:
Tree and Shrub Species at Lower Atbara River Basin, Northeastern Sudan
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ALEXANDR ROLLO, BOHDAN LOJKA, PETRA CEPKOVA-HLASNA, IVA VIEHMANNOVá, JITKA KRAUSOVA, DANIEL PREININGER, ZBYNEK POLESNY, JAN BANOUT:
Phenotypic Variability between Cultivated and Natural Populations of Indigenous Fruit Species Inga edulis Mart. (Fabaceae) in Peruvian Amazon
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ABDOLBASET GHORBANI, JOACHIM SAUERBORN, GERHARD LANGENBERGER:
Ethnobotanical and Ethnoecological Knowledge of Natural Resource Use and Management: A Case of Hani People from SW China
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EDUARDO ESTRADA CASTILLóN, ALFONSO DELGADO SALINAS, JOSé VILLARREAL QUINTANILLA:
Diversity, Uses, and Distributional Patterns of Legume Species in the Major Community Types of Northeastern Mexico
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FRANCESCA VERONES, LAURA DE BAAN, MICHAEL CURRAN, THOMAS KOELLNER, ANNETTE KOEHLER, STEFANIE HELLWEG:
Assessing and Compensating the Biodiversity Impacts of Agricultural Products in the North-South Context – "myEcosystem"
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FAKHREDDIN HASHEMI SCHADEGAN, KOROUS KHOSHBAKHT, ABDOLMAJID MAHDAVI DAMGHANI:
Rural Communities' Exploitation from Surrounding Biodiversity in Khamin Protected Area: An Ethonobotanical Survey
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LUDGER HERRMANN, BETTINA I.G. HAUSSMANN, PIERRE SIBIRY TRAORé:
Biodiversity as Adaptation Strategy for West African Farmers Towards Climate Variability
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Land and soil use

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RUBEN KRETZSCHMAR, JESSICA DITTMAR, ANDREAS VOEGELIN, LINDA ROBERTS, STEPHAN HUG:
Arsenic Cycling in Irrigated Paddy Soils in Bangladesh: Long-term Risks to Food Security
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JAN JANSA, MARTIN JEMO, EMMANUEL FROSSARD:
Importance of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis for Maize in a Cameroonian Soil
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MINA DEVKOTA, CHRISTOPHER MARTIUS, K.D. SAYRE, JOHN LAMERS, AHMAD M. MANSCHADI, OYBEK EGAMBERDIEV, RAY GUPTA:
Performance of Maize under Conservation Agriculture in Salt-affected Irrigated Systems of Uzbekistan
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WOLDE MEKURIA, EDZO VELDKAMP, MESFIN TILAHUN, ROLAND OLSCHEWSKI:
Economic Valuation of Land Restoration: The Case of Exclosures Established on Communal Grazing Lands in Tigray, Ethiopia
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Posters

FARIDEH AKBARI, BEHNAM KAMKAR, SEYYED ALIREZA MOVAHEDI NAEINI:
The Effect of Crop Residues on the Dynamism of Soil Microbial Communities
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CHRISTOPH GEHRING, ANTONIO CARLOS REIS DE FREITAS, RAFAELA ELOI ALMEIDA ALVES, EMANOEL GOMES MOURA:
Slash-and-Mulch in Amazonia does not Result in Significant Soil Carbon Sequestration
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CHRISTIAN BRANDT, FRANK RASCHE, THOMAS HILGER, N.T. LAM, TRAN DUC VIEN, GEORG CADISCH:
Compound-specific Stable-isotope Analysis to Trace Carbon Sink-and-Source Relationships between Areas of Critical Land Degradation and Deposition Areas in the Chieng Khoi Catchment
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SCOTT DEMYAN, FRANK RASCHE, ELKE SCHULZ, TORSTEN MüLLER, GEORG CADISCH:
Extending the Knowledge of Soil Organic Matter Stabilisation through Fractionation and Mid-infrared Spectroscopy
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VOLKER HäRING, HOLGER FISCHER, KARL STAHR:
Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in Northwestern Viet Nam
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KHALID BIRO, BISWAJEET PRADHAN, MANFRED BUCHROITHNER, FRANZ MAKESCHIN:
The Effects of Different Land Use Types on Soil Compaction and Infiltration Rate in the Drylands Vertisol of Gadarif Region, Sudan
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MOHAMMAD ABDEL-RAZEK, THOMAS GAISER:
Salinity Development during three Decades in the Oasis of Ktoua, South Morocco
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SHABNAM RATHORE, KARL STAHR:
Land Suitability Evaluation for Selected Trees using GIS Technique: A Case Study on Salt Affected Land of Southern Pakistan
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ELMUIZ MOHAMMEDSAEED ELJACK, ELMAR CSAPLOVICS, HASSAN ELNOUR ADAM:
Mapping and Assessment of Sand Encroachment on the River Nile, Northern Sudan, by Means of Remote Sensing and GIS
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Plant systems

Agronomic practices

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WOLFGANG PFINGST, OLIVER HENSEL:
Dendrobium Chrysotoxum – Cultivation, Processing and Marketing of an Endangered Orchid Species
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CAMILO LESMES FABIAN, GLENDA GARCIA-SANTOS, CLAUDIA R. BINDER:
Model for Dermal and Inhalation Exposure Assessment of Pesticide Application on Agricultural Products in Colombia
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ALI MOKHTASSI-BIDGOLI, MAJID AGHAALIKHANI:
Energy Use Analyses in Iranian Wheat Project
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KIBET NGETICH, HADIJA MURENGA, BERNHARD FREYER, DANIEL KYALO, RHODA BIRECH:
Does Ethnicity Matter in Adoption of Organic Agriculture? Evidence from Small Holder Farmers in Mau, Kenya
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MAZEN ALKHATEEB, HERMANN BOLAND:
Factors Affecting Olive Production: The Case of Olive-growing Farms in Syrian Drylands
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MUHAMMAD QASIM, BEATRICE KNERR:
Contribution of Improved Rain-fed Wheat Productivity towards Food Security in Pakistan
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Posters

Biotic and abiotic stress (DPG session)

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MAYMOONA AHMED EISA, HANAN MOHAMED ELHADI:
The Biotic (The Longhorned Beetles: Cerambycidae) and A Biotic (Drought) Effect on the Production and Sustainability of the Acacia Senegal, (L). Wild, Case Study of Northern Kordofan, Sudan
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TILAL ABDELHALIM, MARIA RENATE FINCKH, ABDEL GABAR BABIKER:
Effects of Phelipanche ramosa Seed Bank on Parasitism and Growth of Tomato
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KERSTIN WYDRA, HENOK KURABACHEW:
Induction of Defense Related Enzymes and Gene Expression after Resistance Induction by Rhizobacteria and Silicon Against Ralstonia Solanacearum in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
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ERIC RAHN, GIUSEPPE FEOLA, CLAUDIA R. BINDER:
Testing Environmental and Health Pesticide Use Risk Indicators: The Case of Potato Production in Boyacá, Colombia
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Genetic resources

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SAKINA ELSHIBLI, HELENA KORPELAINEN, ELSHIBLI ELSHIBLI:
Genetic Diversity and Adaptation of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
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AZADEH SADRARHAMI, AMIR HOSSEIN KHOSHGOFTARMANESH, RAINER SCHULIN:
Classification of Wheat Genotypes Based on Yield and Grain Zinc and Iron Density using Cluster Analysis
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HUAHONG WANG, EVANS NYABOGA, WILHELM GRUISSEM, HERVé VANDERSCHUREN:
Isolation of Root-specific Promoters and Generation of Abiotic Stress Resistance through Modulation of Antioxidant Expression in Cassava Storage Roots
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ALHASSAN LANSAH ABDULAI, HOLGER BRüCK, FOLKARD ASCH, MAMOUTOU KOURRESSY, MICHEL VAKSMANN:
Water-use Efficiency of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Genotypes in Mali, West Africa, Is Affected by Climate Variability
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SUSAN OTIENO, HARTMUT STüTZEL, RALF UPTMOOR:
Effects of Plant Density and Row Width on Canopy Architecture in Sorghum
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ZIA-UL-HASSAN SHAH SYED, MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, AZEEM KHALID:
Identifying Potassium-use-efficient Cotton Genotypes for Low Potassium Input Sustainable Agriculture
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SOLMERYHEL RODRíGUEZ, GUSTAVO FERMíN, MARíA RAYMúNDEZ, ANTONIETA PORCO, ISELEN TRUJILLO, RAINER SCHULTZE-KRAFT, TEODARDO CALLES:
Contribution to the Systematics of the Genus Centrosema (Leguminosae) through Molecular Analyses: an Ongoing Project in Venezuela
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EVANS NYABOGA, HUAHONG WANG, LEENA TRIPATHI, EDWARD NGUU, WILHELM GRUISSEM, HERVé VANDERSCHUREN:
Analysis of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Stress-inducible Promoters and Modulation of Antioxidant Expression in Cassava Storage Roots
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HELMUT HERZOG, MARCO GRABE, KLAUS-PETER GOETZ:
Water Use and Yield of Wheat Genotypes as Affected by Water and N-supply
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AWADALLA ABDALLA ABDELMULA, AHMED ABASHAR, OSMAN ABDALLA, SEIFELDIN GASIM, FRANCIS OGBONNAYA:
Screening and Selection of Some Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)genotypes Adapted to High-temperature Areas of Sudan
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MARTIN WORBES, TOBIAS GEBAUER, JAN KOKEMOR:
Photosynthesis of Jatropha curcas and J. mollissima under Drought Stress
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ISABEL MORENO, WILHELM GRUISSEM, HERVé VANDERSCHUREN:
Evaluation of Different Strategies to Engineer Cassava Brown Streak Virus (Potyviridae) Resistance in Cassava (Manihot esculenta).
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JENNI PONSENS, EVANS BASWETI, JEAN HANSON:
Selecting Rhodes and Napier Grass Genotypes for Dry Areas
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KUAN-TE LI, TERESA FITZPATRICK, WILHELM GRUISSEM, HERVé VANDERSCHUREN:
Biofortification of Cassava and Rice
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NGOC CHI DANG, MAGALI MUNSCH, INGRID AULINGER-LEIPNER, PETER STAMP:
Improvement in Protein Quality of Waxy Maize for South East Asia by Doubled Haploids and Marker Assisted Selection
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CHARLES OREK, WILHELM GRUISSEM, HERVé VANDERSCHUREN, MORAG FERGUSON:
Characterisation of Staygreen Trait Associated with Drought Tolerance in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
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ALVARO MONTEROS-ALTAMIRANO, DANNY ESSELINK, RONALD VAN DEN BERG, BEN VOSMAN:
Conservation of Potato Landraces in Three Microcentres of Diversity in Ecuador
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DAMODAR POUDYAL, LAXMAN KHATRI, RALF UPTMOOR:
Response of Tomato Introgression Lines to Low Root Zone Temperature and Drought
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Mixed cropping, agroforestry and biofuels

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STEFAN SIEBER, GöTZ UCKERT, HARRY HOFFMANN:
Strategies to Use Biofuel Value Chain Potential in Sub-saharan Africa to Respond to Global Change / Enhancing Low-productivity Farming in Tanzania and Linking to SMEs
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TIL FEIKE, QING CHEN, SEBASTIAN MUNZ, SIMONE GRAEFF-HöNNINGER, WILHELM CLAUPEIN:
Model-based Approach to Quantify the Production Potential of Chinese Cabbage/Maize Strip Intercropping in the North China Plain
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CHRISTIAN DOLD, CHARLES STAVER, PABLO SILES, OSCAR BUSTAMANTE, PAULO DOS SANTOS FARIA LICHTEMBERG, LUIS POCASANGRE, JüRGEN BURKHARDT:
Improving Banana Production in Coffee Agroforestry Systems in Central America
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BOHDAN LOJKA, JAN BANOUT, JANA LOJKOVA, ZBYNEK POLESNY, DANIEL PREININGER, RITA RIVA RUIZ, ABEL MEZA LOPEZ:
Is Multistrata Agroforestry a Viable Alternative for Small Farmers in Peruvian Amazon?
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MONIKA SCHNEIDER, PATRICIA AMURRIO, JAMES APARICIO, ISABEL GóMEZ, MIGUEL LIMACHI, JOACHIM MILZ, ULF SCHNEIDEWIND, RENATE SEIDEL, GERMAN TRUJILLO:
Research Design, Soil and Biodiversity Baseline for Long-term Farming Systems Comparison of Full Sun and Shaded Agroforestry Cocoa Production under Conventional and Organic Management in Alto Beni, Bolivia
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CHARLES OBIERO, RHODA BIRECH, BERNHARD FREYER:
Performance of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) under Different Soil and Climatic Conditions in Kenya
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Posters

BERNARDO CAVALCANTI, ALEXANDRE BORGES:
Economic Development and Biofuel Production: Towards a Sustainable Regulation Model
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NILS BERGER:
Jatropha curcas as a Potential Driver for Rural Development in Mesoamerica
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MARCUS VINíCIUS ALVES FINCO, WERNER DOPPLER, GOPAL DATT BHATTA:
Biodiesel and Social Inclusion in Rural Areas: A Study Based on Principal Component Analysis in the North of Brazil
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HARRY HOFFMANN, GöTZ UCKERT, STEFAN SIEBER:
Development of Sustainability Criteria in the Context of Bioenergy Production in Rural Tanzania: The Case Study of the Tandai/Morogoro
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ARISOA RAJAONA, HOLGER BRüCK, FOLKARD ASCH:
Response of Leaf Area and Biomass Partitioning of Physic Nut to Variable Water Supply
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SOPHIE GRAEFE, LUIS ARMANDO MUñOZ, ANDRES GIRALDO, PAOLA A. MORA, HORTENSIA SOLIS, HERNAN GARCES HERRERA, DOMINIQUE DUFOUR, ALONSO GONZALEZ:
Energy and Carbon Footprints of Biofuel Systems using Banana and Plantain Waste
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JELLE WILLEM DUINDAM, ANNEKE FERMONT, STEFAN HAUSER:
Pueraria Phaseoloides Fallows Improve Labour Effiency and Productivity of Cassava Systems in the Forest Zone of Cameroon
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OLGA SKLENICKOVA, ZBYNEK POLESNY, MARTINA MACKOVA, BOHDAN LOJKA, JANA LOJKOVA, JAN BANOUT:
Agroforestry Species in Peruvian Amazon: Farmers' Preference Survey
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JOHANNA JACOBI, STEPHAN RIST, MIGUEL LIMACHI, MONIKA SCHNEIDER:
Different Farming Systems and Resilience Building in a Changing Climate - On-farm Comparisons in Alto Beni, Bolivia
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JITKA KRAUSOVA, BOHDAN LOJKA, GOLDIS PERRY DAVILA:
Evaluation of Insect Biodiversity in Various Agroforestry Systems in Peruvian Amazon
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AIDA CUNI SANCHEZ:
We Do Want to Plant a Baobab Tree: The Story of Malawi
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JOHANNES DIETZ:
Survival and Growth of Selected Agroforestry Tree Species under Farm Conditions in Western Kenya
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MARTIN WIEHLE, SVEN GOENSTER, KATJA KEHLENBECK, JENS GEBAUER, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Diversity Determinants of Indigenous Fruit Trees in Homegardens of the Nuba Mountains, Central Sudan
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Rice research

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

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SUSANNE UFER, ALWIN KEIL, MANFRED ZELLER:
The Impact of Rice and Maize Price Volatility on Farm Households' Income and Consumption in Northern Vietnam
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TIMOTHY J. KRUPNIK, CAROL SHENNAN, WILLIAM H. SETTLE, ALASSANE BOUNA NDIAYE, MAKHFOUSSE SARR, MATTY DEMONT, JONNE RODENBURG:
Adaptive On-farm Evaluation of Resource Conserving Rice Cultivation Practices in the Middle Senegal River Valley
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PANCHIT PORNPRATANSOMBAT, SIEGFRIED BAUER, HERMANN BOLAND:
The Adoption of Organic Farming in Thailand: A Case of Organic Rice
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ACHIM DOBERMANN, MARCO WOPEREIS, JOE TOHME:
Transforming Global Rice Research to Meet Future Needs
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Posters

MATHIAS BECKER, FOLKARD ASCH:
Exploiting the Diversity of Adaptation Mechanisms for Site-specific Management of Iron Toxicity Stress in Lowland Rice
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SABINE STüRZ, FOLKARD ASCH, ABDOULAYE SOW, BERTRAND MULLER, BABOUCARR MANNEH:
Intra-annual Genotypic Patterns of Growth and Water Use of Irrigated Rice in the Sahel
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NADINE WOROU, THOMAS GAISER, HEINER GOLDBACH:
Model Comparison for Simulating Upland Rice Production in Small-holder Farming Systems in Benin
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JULIA HARTMANN, SABINE STüRZ, BABOUCARR MANNEH, ABDOULAYE SOW, FOLKARD ASCH:
Response of Transpiration of Lowland Rice Varieties to Water-saving Irrigation
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A. BASSO, A. SIDO, S. SARRA, A. ONASANYA, KERSTIN WYDRA, T. ADAM, M. SAADOU, YACOUBA SERE:
Characterisation of the Pathogenic Population of Bacterial Blight of Rice in West Africa
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NAVREET K. BHULLAR, CHRISTOF SAUTTER, WILHELM GRUISSEM:
Iron Biofortification of Rice Endosperm by Tissue Specific and Synergistic Action of Genes Responsible for Iron Uptake, Transport and Storage
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SUCHIT PRASAD SHRESTHA, HOLGER BRüCK, FOLKARD ASCH:
N Diagnosis in Rice Leaves by Photochemical Reflectance Index and SPAD
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MICHAEL FREI, KATRIN ENGEL, MATHIAS BECKER:
Role of Antioxidants in Developing Rice Varieties Tolerant to Iron Toxicity
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KRISHNA DEVKOTA, AHMAD M. MANSCHADI, OYBEK EGAMBERDIEV, MINA DEVKOTA, JOHN LAMERS:
Effect of Water Saving Irrigation, Tillage and Residue on Yield and Water Productivity of Rice in the Khorezm Region of Uzbekistan
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HANNES KARWAT, FOLKARD ASCH, SIGRID HEUER, STEPHAN M. HAEFELE:
Characterizing Effects and Potential Mechanisms of the Major Qtl "pup1" in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
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Agronomic practices - Poster session I

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

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MIYAKO KELLER, HERVé VANDERSCHUREN, CARMEN HOSTETTLER, SAMUEL ZEEMAN, WILHELM GRUISSEM:
Understanding Cassava Storage Root Development and Engineering Cassava for Improved Performance as an Industrial, Food & Energy Crop
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BENYAMIN TORABI, AFSHIN SOLTANI:
Evaluation Yield of Chickpea and its Stability in Dormant Seeding
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LINDA YUYA GORIM, FOLKARD ASCH:
Effects of Hydrophilic Coating on the Mobilisation of Endosperm Reserves in Seedlings of Summer Barley (Hordeum vulgare L. maltasia)
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LILIAN GUZMáN PFEIFFER, INGA MEWIS, NADJA FöRSTER, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS:
Soilless Culture of Pak Choi and Tomato in Iquitos, Peru
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MARC SCHMIERER, FOLKARD ASCH, JOACHIM SAUERBORN:
Aeroponics as Potential System for Fully Controlled Staple Food Production
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MOHAMMAD NASRI, MANSOUREH KHALATBARI:
Study of Silic Spraying and Plant Density on Some Agronomic Traits of rapeseed(Hyola-42) in Varamin Condition
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RAFAIL TOMA, MOSLEH DUHOKY:
Factors Involved in in vitro Shoot-tip Grafting of Apple (Malus domestics Borkh.) and Pear (Pyrus sp. L.)
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Agronomic practices - Poster session II

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

Posters

OLGA LUCIA ROSERO ALPALA, MILAN MAROUNEK, NATALIE BRENOVá, DANIELA LUKESOVA:
Determination of the Phytase Activity and Phytate P of Quinoa (Chenopodium Quinoa Willd.) using Spectrophotometric and Isotachophoretic Methods
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MOHAMMAD ABU DARWISH, Z.M. ABU-DIEYEH, AHMAD H. AL-FRAIHAT, SATI Y. AL-DALAIN:
Essential Oils and Heavy Metals Accumulation in Salvia officinalis Cultivated at Different Inter-raw Spaces in Ash-Shoubak, Jordan
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SONAM WANGCHUK, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Economic Contribution of Draft Power and Manure to Crop Farming System in Bhutan
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PANCHIT PORNPRATANSOMBAT, SUPAPORN THAIPAKDEE:
Key Success Factors of the Organic Vegetable Production System in Thailand
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Biotic and abiotic stress (DPG session) - Poster session I

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

Posters

SHAMAILA ZIA, KLAUS SPOHRER, WENYONG DU, WOLFRAM SPREER, XIONGKUI HE, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Effect of Wind and Radiation on the Crop Water Stress Index Derived by Infrared Thermography
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FATEMEH RAZZAGHI, SEYED HAMID AHMADI, VERENA ISABELLE ADOLF, CHRISTIAN R. JENSEN, SVEN-ERIK JACOBSEN, MATHIAS N. ANDERSEN:
The Multiple Effects of Salinity and Drought Stresses on Physiological Parameters and Transpiration Rate of Quinoa
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SUSANNE HUYSKENS-KEIL, MELLY NOVITA, MONIKA SCHREINER, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, NADJA FöRSTER, WERNER HERPPICH:
Possibility and Constrains of 1-mcp Application for Optimising Food Chain Management of Papaya Fruit (Carica Papaya L.)
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FRANK LIEBISCH, JOHANNES F. J. MAX, WALTER HORST:
Mitigation Strategies for Blossom-end Rot and Fruit Cracking of Tomato under Protected Cultivation in the Tropics
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MOHAMMED ABUL MONJUR KHAN, INGA MEWIS, NADJA FöRSTER, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS:
Brassica Italica Grown under Water Stress – Plant Response Affected by Phloem Feeding Aphids
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CAROLINA DIAZ QUIJANO, ALESSANDRO FAMMARTINO, WILHELM GRUISSEM, CHRISTOF SAUTTER:
Genetic Exploration of Quantitative Fungal Resistance in Wheat: Broad Spectrum vs. Specific Approaches
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FRANCIS E.A. NGOME, FRANK MUSSGNUG, MATHIAS BECKER:
Management Options to Control Weeds in Smallholder Maize Farms in Western Kenya
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RITA KHATHIR, DIETER VON HöRSTEN, WOLFGANG LUECKE:
Control of Stored Insects Pest the Sawtoothed Grain Beetle (Oryzaephilus surinamensis) by using Microwave Energy
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JENNIFER CORREDOR GOMEZ, OLIVER HENSEL, SOFRONY ESMERAL JORGE:
Optical Sensor System for Fuel Saving during Thermal Weed Control
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JENNIFER CORREDOR GOMEZ, OLIVER HENSEL, SOFRONY ESMERAL JORGE:
Non- Parameteric Techniques for Weed Detection
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AMRO HASSAN, DIETER VON HöRSTEN, WOLFGANG LüCKE:
Application of Microwave Energy to Control Maize Weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) in Maize Grains (Zea Mays)
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Biotic and abiotic stress (DPG session) - Poster session II

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

Posters

LEONARD KIIRIKA, KERSTIN WYDRA:
Phenotypic and Molecular Background of Resistance Induction by Single and Combined Application of Chitosan and Silicon in Tomato against Ralstonia solanacearum
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ALFONSO MARTINUZ, GUILLERMO NAVARRO MONGE, LUIS POCASANGRE, LUIS QUIROS, RICHARD A. SIKORA:
Assessment of Non-chemical Alternatives for Controlling the Burrowing Nematode in Banana in Costa Rica
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JOHN CHELAL, BERNHARD HAU:
Effects of Powdery Mildew (Oidium neolycopersici) Epidemics on Host Dynamics of Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L.)
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JULIUS MWINE, PATRICK VAN DAMME:
Evaluation of Selected Pesticidal Plant Extracts against Major Cabbage Insect Pests in the Field
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REHANA SYED, RICHARD SPLIVALLO, PETR KARLOVSKY:
Antifungal Properties of Sesame (Sesamum Indicum L.) Crude Extract and Purified Sesame Lignans
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MUNA SULTAN, HEINZ-WILHELM DEHNE, ULRIKE STEINER:
Histological Studies on the Efficacy of Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens on Early Developmental Stages of Phytophthora Infestans on Tomato Leaves
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PAULO DOS SANTOS FARIA LICHTEMBERG, LUIS POCASANGRE, CHRISTIAN DOLD, CHARLES STAVER, RICHARD A. SIKORA:
Fusarium Wilt (Fusarium oxysporum F. sp. cubense) in Gros Michel (AAA) Bananas: The Incidence at Smallholder Level of Nicaragua
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SANDRA GOMEZ, GERMAN ARBELAEZ:
Evaluation of Biological Components on the Infection of three Rose Varieties by Peronospora sparsa Berkeley under Controled Conditions
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SULIEMAN ALI, CHRISTIAN AHL:
Suppression of Cotton Bacterial Blight (Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum) by Compost and Vermicompost
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BISHNU KUMARI BHANDARI, HANS-MICHAEL POEHLING:
Induction of Resistance by Jasmonate and Salicylate Application to Control Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) in Tomato and Sweet Pepper
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MUHAMMED ALI HOSSAIN, WOLFGANG FRIEDT:
Isolation and Mating Type Determination of Phytophthora Capsici and Possibilities of its Biological and Chemical Control
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OGOUDEDJI GEORGES PASCAL CODJOVI, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU, JUDITH KORB:
Role of Ecosystem Services of Termite in Agriculture in Pendjari Region, Benin
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Animal sciences

Animal breeding, husbandry and health

Lead paper

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ALINE DOS SANTOS NEUTZLING, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN, EVA SCHLECHT:
Predicted and True Herd Development Over Ten Years by Applying a Bio-economic Model to Village Cattle in Southwestern Niger
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FARADILLA ATTAMIMI, MARIANNA SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Bali Cattle Performance in Smallholder Mixed Systems of Indigenous and Transmigrant Farmers on Ceram Island, Indonesia
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SIMON RIEDEL, ANNE SCHIBORRA, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, EVA SCHLECHT:
Variation in Reproductive Performance of Sows Kept by Smallholder Farmers in Xishuangbanna, Southern China
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BRIGITTE L. MAASS, DIEUDONNé KATUNGA MUSALE, WANJIKU CHIURI, RACHEL ZOZO, MICHAEL PETERS:
Livelihoods of Smallholders in South Kivu Depend on Small Livestock: The Case of the "cobaye"
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AYNALEM HAILE, GEMEDA DUGUMA, TADELE MIRKENA, MARKOS TIBBO, ALI MWAI OKEYO, LUIS IñIGUEZ, BARBARA RISCHKOWSKY, JOHANN SöLKNER, MARIA WURZINGER:
Indigenous Knowledge in Animal Management: Essential for Designing Community Based Sheep Breeding Programs
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Posters

SANOGO SOULEYMANE, MOHAMED MOMANI SHAKER, NANTOUME HAMIDOU:
Growth Performance and Milk Yield of Crossbred Sahelian Goats in the Semi-arid Zone of Mali
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EVANS ILATSIA, REGINA RößLER, A.K. KAHI, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Production Objectives, Trait Perception and Breeding Goals of Sahiwal Cattle Keepers in Kenya
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TRI SATYA MASTUTI WIDI, TETY HARTATIK, HENK UDO:
Traditional Art Contest of Sonok as an Alternative for Selection of Good Quality of Madura Cattle
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SALEEM MOHAMMAD, UR-RAHIM INAM, HENRI RUEFF:
Mountain Cattle Breed for Coping with Climate Change: Needs for Conserving and Reintroducing the Achai in the Hindu Kush Mountain of Northern Pakistan
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AKINYELE OLUWATOMISIN KINGSLEY ADESEHINWA, OLUFUNKE OLUWAKEMI OLUWOLE, JELILI OLAIDE SAKA, TEMILADE OLASEINDE:
Growth Performance, Blood Parameters and Return on Investment of Growing Weaner Pigs of Nigerian Indigenous Pig (NIP), Exotic (Large White X Landrace) and Hybrid (F1 Crossbred of Nip X Exotic) Origins under Intensive Management System
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MOHAMED MOMANI SHAKER, SANOGO SOULEYMANE, NAZIR HASSAN:
Fattening Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Awassi and their Crossbred Ram Lambs with Charollais and Romanov in an Intensive Feeding System
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FADI HOMOSH, MUHI EL-DINE HILALI, LUIS IñIGUEZ, BARBARA RISCHKOWSKY, SAMIR SLIK:
The Effect of Subclinical Mastitis in Awassi Sheep on Milk Quantity and Quality in Northern Syria
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WAYUTA PHILIP MSHELIA, PAUL AYUBA ABDU, ABDUSSAMAD MUHAMMAD ABDUSSAMAD, ALIYU MOHAMMED WAKAWA:
Prevalence of Endoparasites in Ostriches (Struthio camelus) Raised in Selected States of Northern Nigeria
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ERICK MUNGUBE, OUMAR DIALL, BURKHARD BAUER, DELIA GRACE, HIPPOLYTE AFFOGNON, THOMAS RANDOLPH, ZAKARIA BOUCOUM, ISSA SIDIBE, PETER-HENNING CLAUSEN:
Management of Trypanocide Resistance in the Cotton Belt of West Africa: Lessons Learnt During the 10 Years of the BMZ Funded Regional Coordinated Project
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ISAKO TURA, SIMON G. KURIA, H.K. WALAGA, JOSEPH LESUPER:
Camel Breeding Management among the Somali, Sakuye, Gabbra and Rendille Pastoralists of Northern Kenya
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NGO THI KIM CUC, HOANG VAN TIEU:
Vietnamese Animal Genetic Resources Conservation: Achievements and Future Strategy
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Forages and feeding systems

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KANITTA TIKAM, KARL-HEINZ SüDEKUM, CHOKE MIKLED, THERDCHAI VEARASILP:
Digestibility of Nutrients and Evaluation of Energy of Pangola Grass in Sheep as Compared to Napier Grass
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PATRICIA I. SARRIA, LUIS FERNANDO RIVERA, ROBERTO ARAUJO, MICHAEL PETERS, SIRIWAN MARTENS:
Growth of Pigs Fed with Vigna Unguiculata Herbage Meal as Protein Supplement
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JANA LEONIE MüLLER, MANI MATTOZHIYIL BABU, PREM LAL SAKLANI, MICHAEL KREUZER, SVENJA MARQUARDT:
Intake of Supplementary Feeds by Cattle and Goats in an Indian Pastoral System as Estimated by Direct Observations, Micro-histology and Owner Survey
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STEFAN HOHNWALD, JULIA TRAUTWEIN, ARI PINHEIRO CAMARãO, GERHARD GEROLD, CLEMENS WOLLNY:
Biomass Production and Relative Palatability of Possible Supplementary Forage Plants of the Northeastern Amazon
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MARTHEN LUTHER MULLIK, PUTRI EYANOER, DENNIS POPPI, STUARD MCLENNAN:
Energy and Protein Supplementation can Improve Liveweight Gain of Steers Grazing Good Quality Tropical Pasture in the Wet Season
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NILS TEUFEL, ARINDAM SAMADDAR, MICHAEL BLüMMEL, OLAF ERENSTEIN:
Quality Characteristics of Wheat and Rice Straw Traded in Indian Urban Centres
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Posters

ROMINA DREES, ANJA LINSTäDTER, BIRGIT MüLLER, KARIN FRANK:
The Role of Key Resources to Ensure Livelihood Security and Ecological Sustainability – a Range Management Modelling Study
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MARíA CRISTINA GOLDFARB, FRANCISCO NUñEZ, OSCAR QUIROS:
Forage Strategies to Overcome Extreme Weather Events in the Humid Subtropical Argentina
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HOANG THI HUONG TRA, PHILIPPE LEBAILLY, VU CHI CUONG, BRIGITTE DUQUESNE:
Beef Cattle Feeding Systems and Measuring Sustainable Agriculture in Bac Kan Province, the Northern Mountainous Region, Viet Nam
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DUPE OLUFUNKE OGUNBOSOYE, OLANIYI JACOB BABAYEMI:
The Effect of Forage Based Diets on Milk Composition, Lactation Stages and Growth Rate Kids from West African Dwarf (WAD) Goat in South West Nigeria
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SOUHEILA ABBEDDOU, HANS-DIETER HESS, MUHI EL-DINE HILALI, BARBARA RISCHKOWSKY, MICHAEL KREUZER:
Effect of Alternative Feeds Characteristic for Mediterranean Dry Areas on the Quality of Milk and Dairy Products from Awassi Sheep
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NICOLAS BERGER, RONALDO C. LUCAS, ADIBE L. ABDALLA, CARLA SOLIVA, MICHAEL KREUZER, SVENJA MARQUARDT:
Is the Methane Mitigating Potential of Tropical Woody Forage Species Reduced after Adapting the Ruminants to Tanniniferous Forage?
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SONJA HEINRITZ, SIRIWAN MARTENS, SANDRA HOEDTKE, ANNETTE ZEYNER, MICHAEL PETERS:
Silages of Tropical Forages for Feeding Pigs
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SALAH ABDELGABAR, IBRAHIM TIBIN, IKHLAS NOUR:
Effect of Management and Feed Supplement on the Performance and Fertility of Desert Sheep Raised under Range Conditions of Kordofan
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Animal nutrition and supplementation

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

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MOUNIR LOUHAICHI, MICHAEL D. JOHNSON, DOUGLAS E. JOHNSON:
Inference of Ruminant's Activity using GPS-based Animal Tracking Technologies
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VELLINGIRI VADIVEL, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI, MUTHIAH PUGALENTHI:
Evaluation of Protein Quality of Seed Materials of Mucuna Pruriens as a Feed Ingredient for Broiler Birds.
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MUHI EL-DINE HILALI, LUIS IñIGUEZ, HELMUT MAYER, WILHELM FRIEDRICH KNAUS, MONIKA ZAKLOUTA, MARIA WURZINGER, MATTHIAS SCHREINER:
Effect of Supplementation with Agro-industrial By-products on Milk Fatty Acids in Awassi Sheep
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JULIETA TORRES, CARLOS A. MONTOYA, LUZ STELLA MUñOZ, SIRIWAN MARTENS, MICHAEL PETERS:
Prececal and Cecal In-vitro Digestibility of Tropical Legume Grains for Pig Nutrition
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SANDRA AHNERT, UTA DICKHOEFER, LIJUN LIN, HAO JUN, ANDREAS SUSENBETH:
The Effect of Concentrate Supplementation on Feed Intake and Weight Gain of Sheep Grazing the Inner Mongolian Steppe, China
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EDWIN WESTREICHER, JEANNETTE BOGUHN, BASTIAN HILDEBRAND, MARKUS RODEHUTSCORD:
Effects of Urea Supplements on in vitro Microbial Protein Synthesis and Fermentation of two Tropical Grasses
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Posters

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ISAAC OSAKWE, HERBERT STEINGASS:
Effect of Dried Elaeis guineense Supplementation to Basal Hay Diet on Energy and Protein Metabolism of West African Dwarf Sheep
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MARTHA OLUMIDE, OLUFEMI ADEBIYI, OLUGBENGA OGUNWOLE:
Growth Response, Carcass Evaluation and Hematology of Broilers Fed Graded Levels of Enzyme Treated Cocoa Bean Shell Based
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OLUMUYIWA JACOB OSUNKEYE, OLUSEGUN A. OSINOWO, A. B. IDOWU:
Feed Intake and Survivability of Edible Land Snail Species under two Moisture and Temperature Conditions
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MOSES ARIGBEDE, YOUNG ANELE, KARL-HEINZ SüDEKUM, OLUWASEUN BOLAJI, ADEBAYO ONI, PETER DELE, IYABO SANUSI:
Chemical Composition of Different Parts of Wild Yam (Anchomanes difformis) and the Nutritive Potentials of its Tuber for Inclusion in Small Ruminant Diet
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ANURAGA JAYANEGARA, MICHAEL KREUZER, FLORIAN LEIBER:
Occurrences of Linoleic Acid and alpha-linolenic Acid in Tropical Plants and their Disappearances When Incubated in Buffered Rumen Fluid in Vitro
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MARTIN HEJRAL, ALES CINCIBUS, VLADIMIR KREPL:
The Technology of obtaining Water Extracts from Herbs and Plants of Tropics and Subtropics and their Influence on the Greenhouse Gases Emissions and the General Health of Animals
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AHMED IDRIS, MUNA AHMED, HESSAIN YOUSIF:
Effect of Feed Supplementation on the Performance of Nomadic Dairy Cows in Rangeland of Kordofan, Sudan
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Aquaculture and fisheries

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RAYMOND OUEDRAOGO, ANDREAS MELCHER, STEFAN SCHMUTZ:
Management of Fish Diversity in Lake Bam, Burkina Faso: Indigenous Knowledge and Implications for Conservation
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AKINWALE AKINLEYE, VIKAS KUMAR, HARINDER P. S. MAKKAR, MIGUEL ANGULO-ESCALANTE, KLAUS BECKER:
Kernel Meal from a New Non-toxic Jatropha Species - Jatropha platyphylla - as a Protein Source for Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) Diet
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JULIA JANTKE:
How Fishing Communities on the Sangihe Islands, Indonesia Struggle to Maintain their Traditional Livelihood while Adapting to the Modernisation of Fisheries
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Posters

JOHANNES PUCHER, RICHARD MAYRHOFER, TRAN QUANG HUNG, MANSOUR EL-MATBOULI, ULFERT FOCKEN:
Growth Functions of Fish Species Cultured in Small Scale Upland Aquaculture Systems under Traditional and Modified Pond Management Schemes in Yen Chau, Northern Viet Nam
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TIMO STADTLANDER, BERTA LEVAVI-SIVAN, H. DWEIK, MUTAZ QUTOB, SALEH ABU-LAFI, ZOHAR KEREM, GEORGE FRANCIS, ULFERT FOCKEN, KLAUS BECKER:
Effect of a Saponin Fraction Extracted from Trigonella Foenum-graecum L. and two Commercially Available Saponins on Sex Ratio and Gonad Histology of Nile Tilapa (Oreochromis Niloticus, L.) Fry
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TILL HARTER, FREDERIK BUHRKE, VIKAS KUMAR, ULFERT FOCKEN, HARINDER P. S. MAKKAR, KLAUS BECKER:
Detoxified Jatropha Curcas Kernel Meal as a Protein Source for White Leg Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) Diet
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SILVIA RENN:
Fish Production in and around Refugee Camps/Settlements in Zambia
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LIANE LüHMANN, STEPHAN WESSELS, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Detection of Non-additive Genetic Effects on Temperature Dependent Sex Determination in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
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Markets and rural development

Value chains

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MONISH JOSE, K.B. UMESH:
Value Chain Analysis of Medicinal Plant Market in Kerala
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BOHUMIL HAVRLAND, ALEXANDR KANDAKOV, TATIANA IVANOVA:
Agricultural Marketing Information System (AMIS)
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DANSINOU SILVERE TOVIGNAN:
Agricultural Value Chain Modelling and Governance: The Case of Shea Butter in Benin
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GOPAL DATT BHATTA, WERNER DOPPLER, KRISHNA BAHADUR K. C., IWAN RUDIARTO:
Socio-economic and Spatial Determinants of Farm Production and Local Livelihoods in the Middle Mountain of Nepal
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HOANG THI HUONG TRA, PHILIPPE LEBAILLY, VU CHI CUONG, BRIGITTE DUQUESNE:
Value Chain Analysis of Beef Cattle Production in Different Cattle Feeding Systems in Bac Kan Province
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KHIN MAR CHO, DONALD JEROME TOBIAS:
Impact Assessment of Direct Marketing of Small- and Mid-sized Producers through Food Industry Electronic Infrastructure MarketMaker
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Posters

Market development

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Oral Presentations

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MOTI JALETA, BERHANU GEBREMEDHIN:
Crop-Livestock Interactions in Smallholders' Market Participation in Ethiopia
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CHRISTINA HANDSCHUCH, MEIKE WOLLNI, PABLO VILLALOBOS:
Adoption of Food Safety and Quality Standards among Chilean Raspberry Producers – Do Smallholders Benefit?
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MILDRED GARCIA, INGRID FROMM:
Third Party Socio-environmental Certifications: A New Perspective for Small-scale Coffee Producers in Honduras?
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JONAS LUCKMANN, HARALD GRETHE, RICO IHLE, ULI KLEINWECHTER:
How were Vietnamese Upland Farmers Affected by the Recent Strong Fluctuations of Food Prices on the World Markets?
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Posters

Rural development

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Oral Presentations

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MASTEWAL YAMI DEGEFA, WOLDE MEKURIA, MICHAEL HAUSER:
Village Bylaws Strengthen the Sustainable Management of Exclosures in the Drylands of Northern Ethiopia
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THEDA GOEDECKE, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Is Agriculture a Good Shock Absorber for Economic Crisis? Evidence from a Rural Village in Thailand
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MARIA SCHWAB:
Global Price Changes and Local Livelihoods – the Impact of Agricultural Price Fluctuations on Rural Livelihoods in Cambodia
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WIBKE CREWETT:
Does Decentralisation Help to Fight Poverty? The Case of Community-based Pasture User Committees in Kyrgyzstan
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ELISABETH FISCHER, MATIN QAIM:
Linking Smallholder Farmers to High-value Markets – impacts of Producer Group Participation in Rural Kenya
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RISPER BEREM, GIDEON OBARE, OWUOR GEORGE:
Is Honey Production an Alternative Pathway out of Poverty by Resource Poor Households in Marginal Lands of Kenya? Evidence from Baringo District
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Posters

Communication and extension services

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OLUYEDE C. AJAYI, FESTUS K. AKINNIFESI, GUDENTA SILESHI, A.O. AJAYI, S. MNG'OMBA:
What has Path Dependence got to do with Smallholder Farmers' Decision to Adopt Agricultural Technologies? Lessons from Côte d'Ivoire
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DOMINIK RAMP, HENRI EISENBEISS, MARTIJN SONNEVELT, CHAMINDA EGODAWATTA:
Webgis Meegahakivula
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ATAHARUL HUQ CHOWDHURY, PAUL VAN MELE, MICHAEL HAUSER:
Learning through Moving Pictures: Farmer-to-farmer Video to Stimulate Farmers' Innovations about Botanical and Alternative Pest Management Practices in Bangladesh
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FRIEDERIKE EVERSHEIM:
"Aid-infoservice Germany": A Success Modell for the Development Cooperation
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SAVERIO KRATLI, NIKOLAUS SCHAREIKA:
Living off Uncertainty
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PAVLOS GEORGIADIS, JöRG SCHUMACHER, MANUEL HILSCHER, DHUSENTI MANOHARAN, ATHENA BIRKENBERG, STEFFEN SCHWEIZER, ANITA IDEL, URSULA HUDSON-WIEDENMANN, HANS RUDOLF HERREN, FRANZ-THEO GOTTWALD, ANDREA FADANI, ANNE CAMILLA BELLOWS, MICHAEL KRUSE, MANFRED ZELLER:
Food Ethics: A New and Necessary Academic Approach to Improve Food and Nutrition Security
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GRACE VILLAMOR, MEINE VAN NOORDWIJK, RATNA AKIEFNAWATI:
Simulating the Decision-making of the Local Farmers in Provisioning Ecosystem Services – the Case of Bungo District, Sumatra Island, Indonesia
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STEPHANIE HOY, HERMANN BOLAND:
Potential of Posters as Visual Pictorial Aids in the Process of Health and Nutrition Counselling in Cameroon
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DETLEF VIRCHOW, ALEXANDRA PRES, SURESH BABU, LUEDER CAMMANN:
Capacity Development as a Bridge to Transform Scientific Knowledge into Action for the World Food System
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MAZEN ALKHATEEB, HERMANN BOLAND:
Role of Agricultural Extension Agents (AEAs) in Syrian Drylands
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FRANK HARTWICH, INGRID FROMM:
Influence of Public and Private Agents in the Use of new Knowledge and Technology among Small-scale Producers: The Case of the Honduran Coffee Chain
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ALICE WARUKIRA MURAGE, JONAS CHIANU, DAVID AMUDAVI, GIDEON OBARE, ZEYAUR KHAN:
Impact of Dissemination Pathways on the Probability and Intensity of "Push Pull" Technology Uptake in Western Kenya
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KAI MAUSCH, ANAND BABU, CYNTHIA BANTILAN:
Research Spillover: Quantification Methods and Recent Experiences in ICRISAT Groundnut Research
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KOLAWOLE OGUNDARI, OPEYEMI ADELOYE, SYLVESTER OLUWADARE OJO:
Resource-productivity of Smallholder Croppers using an Endogenous Switching Regression: A Study of Farmers within and outside the National Program for Food Security (NPFS) in Nigeria
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MD. NAZMUL HOQUE, HERMANN BOLAND, SADIKA HAQUE:
Constraints of Eco-friendly Pest Management Practices in Bangladesh
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ASIF R. ANIK, GUNNAR BREUSTEDT, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
An Inquiry into Causes of Corruption: Instrumental Variable (IV) Approach
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MOHAMED EL NOUR TAHA, IHLAM ELGALIM ABDELHAMID, MAHMOUD ALI AMASEB:
The Role of Cooperative Societies of Gum Arabic Producers in Promoting Gum Arabic Production and Marketing in North Kordofan State, Sudan
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HANNES KöNIG, JOHANNES SCHULER, UTIA SUARMA, DESMOND MCNEILL, JACQUES IMBERNON, FRIETA DAMAYANTI, SYARIFAH AINI DALIMUNTHE, SANDRA UTHES, JUNUN SARTOHADI, KATHARINA HELMING, JAKE MORRIS:
Assessing the Impact of Land Use Policy on Urban-rural Sustainability Using the Fopia Approach in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Transdisciplinary research

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Oral Presentations

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MELVIN LIPPE, MARTINA PADMANABHAN, MONISH JOSE, ISABELLE KUNZE, HANNAH ARPKE, LYDIA BETZ:
Biodiva – the Challenge of Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research For equitable and Sustainable Use of Agrobiodiversity in Wayanad District, India
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CHINWE IFEJIKA SPERANZA:
Self-organisation in Building Resilience to Climate Change in Smallholder African Agriculture
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HOLGER HINDORF, MANFRED DENICH, TADESSE W. GOLE:
Conservation and Use of Wild Populations of Coffea Arabica in the Montane Rainforests of Ethiopia: From Research to Action
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IRENE MüLLER, DOMINIQUE VINCENT GUENAT, INGRID FROMM:
Impact Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for Farmer Field Schools in Kyrgyzstan: Optimising Resource Allocation for Higher Impact
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Posters

DOMINIQUE VINCENT GUENAT, MARIA KLOSSNER, KARIN ZBINDEN, AMPHAIVANH SOUKSANTY, THONGSAMOUT PHOUMMASONE:
Skills-based and Practice-oriented Curriculum Development for Sustainable Upland Agriculture in Northern Laos – Reaching Ethnic Groups and Women
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CLAUDIA LEVY, SIBONISO MOYO, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, EDWARD WEBSTER, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Processes of Change: Climate Variability and Agro-pastoralists' Livelihood Strategies in Gaza Province, Mozambique
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JAFAR YAGHOUBI, BAHMAN KHOSRAVIPOUR, NAHID FOROOSSHANI1:
Application of Mobile Learning in Agricultural Education: Case Study of Khuzestan, Iran
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SAIKUMAR C. BHARAMAPPANAVARA, S.M. MUNDINAMANI, NITHYA VISHWANATH GOWDRU, B.K. NAIK:
Socio-economic Profile, Resource Use Efficiency and Constraints Study in the Tank Commands of North Eastern Karnataka, India
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SAIKUMAR C. BHARAMAPPANAVARA, MARKUS HANISCH:
Women Empowerment by Self Help Groups: A Way-in for Education and Nutrition
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Value chains - Poster session I

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Oral Presentations

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ELISA FRANK, LAUREL SUTER, HALLIE EAKIN, DAVID LOPEZ-CARR:
Risk Perception and Adaptation to Climate Risk in the Coffee Sector of Chiapas, Mexico
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JUSTICE AKPENE TAMBO, THERESA GBEMU:
Resource-use Efficiency in Tomato Production in the Dangme West District, Ghana
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MUO KASINA, JOHN NDERITU:
Policy Implementation and Impact in Kenyan Agricultural Sector: A Case of Potato Marketing Regulations
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RAVEESHA SIDDAIAH, SAIKUMAR C. BHARAMAPPANAVARA, TANVEER AHMED:
Primary Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (PCARDBS) Credit Impact on Income and Employment of Borrowers and Participation of Weaker Section
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JUSTICE AKPENE TAMBO, LENSA SEFERA TAJEBE, DEO-GRACIAS S. O. HOUNDOLO, DESTAALEM G. GEBREMARIAM, SEBASTIEN GRENDA, JULIE SARRAZIN:
Agricultural Intensification: Determinants and Impacts in the Mae Ram Watershed of Northern Thailand
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THEA NIELSEN:
Collective Action Problems in Quality Control of Palm Oil
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CHRISTIN SCHIPMANN, MATIN QAIM:
Supply Chain Differentiation, Contract Agriculture, and Farmers' Marketing Preferences: The Case of Sweet Pepper in Thailand
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STEFAN BURKART, DAVID HOELLE, CAROLINA CONTRERAS ARIAS, DOUGLAS WHITE, MICHAEL PETERS, VOLKER HOFFMANN:
The Importance of Networking for Smallholder Swine Farmers in Colombia: A Social Network Analysis
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NITHYA VISHWANATH GOWDRU, ARUNKUMAR Y.S., SAIKUMAR C. BHARAMAPPANAVARA:
Efficiency of Bt Cotton over non-Bt Cotton Production: An econometric Analysis
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NEDA TRIFKOVIC, WUSHENG YU:
Export Performance, Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness: The Case of Moroccan Citrus Sector
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JUAN CARLOS CAMARGO, JOSE ALEXANDER RODRIGUEZ, HECTOR FABIO QUINTERO, EDISON HENAO, OSCAR MARINO MOSQUERA, JAIME NINO:
Enhancement of Possibilities for Farmers in the Coffee Region of Colombia Supported on Bamboo Forest Managing
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DHARMPAL MALIK:
Regulated Markets and Rural Development in India
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DANIEL KYALO, ERIC BETT, BERNHARD FREYER, RHODA BIRECH, KIBET NGETICH:
Analysis of Organic Products Marketing Channels in Kenya: A Transaction Costs Approach
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Value chains - Poster session II

Lead paper

Oral Presentations

Posters

LORENZ PROBST, ADéLAïDE ADOUKONOU, AKUFFO AMANKWAH, ALY DIARRA, MICHAEL HAUSER, CHRISTIAN REINHARD VOGL:
Exploring Factors Critical to Innovation of Urban Cabbage Production in Cotonou (Benin), Accra (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
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ANJA FAßE, EWALD GERVAS EMIL, AICHI J. KITALYI, GöTZ UCKERT, ULRIKE GROTE, MATHEW MPANDA:
Can Small-scale Farmers Sustain Household Energy Requirements from On-farm Produce? A Case from the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania
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PURAN MAL, DHARMPAL MALIK, M.S. LUHACH:
Economic Analysis of Tube Well Driven Sprinkler Irrigation and Furrow Irrigation for Agriculture in Haryana, India
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PURAN MAL, MANJUNATHA ARAHALLI VENKATARONAPPA, RAJ K. GROVER:
An Economic Analysis of Production and Marketing of Medicinal Plants in Northern India
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SVENJA BAROCH, HILDEGARD GARMING, ULRIKE GROTE:
A Value Chain Approach: Integrating Costa Rican Small-scale Banana and Plantain Producers into the Tourism Sector
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ISHTIAG FAROUG ABDALLA, SAHAR BABIKER ABDALLA, DETLEV MOELLER, JENS GEBAUER, KAMAL EL-SIDDIG, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Resource Constraints in Urban Food Production: A Survey of Red Bricks Kilns in Khartoum State, Sudan
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IBRAHIM ALABDULLAH, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Assessing the Competitiveness of Syrian Cotton Production: A Policy Analysis Matrix Approach
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SHAIK ZAKIR HUSSAIN, SIDDURA RAJESWARI MALLEGOWDA, MARKUS HANISCH:
Constraints and Opportunities in Paddy Value Chain in Andhra Pradesh, India – Linking Small Rural Producers to Urban Consumers
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NAPOLEON MOLINA, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN, GUSTAVO HENRIQUE DE SOUZA DíAS:
The Influence of Grades and Standards on Governance Relations: the Cases of Asian Vegetables Produced in Honduras and Northeast Brazil´s Grapes and Mangoes
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KATRIN WENZ, SUSANNE HOFMANN:
Incorporating Value Chain Research into Horticultural and Agricultural Study Programmes in Developing Countries
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