Tropentag 2012:

Scientific Presentations - Papers and Posters

Thematic Groups:

Animals
Pastoralism and rangelands
Animal breeding and health
Monogastric production systems
Ruminant husbandry systems
Keynotes

Plants and Soils
Cropping systems and environment
Crop biotic stresses (DPG session)
Cropping systems to maintain soil quality and available soil moisture
Mineral fertilisation and resilience of cropping systems
Innovations in cropping systems
Innovations in cropping systems II
Cropping systems and environment II

Forestry
Forestry
Agroforestry
Forestry II

Socioeconomics
High-value markets
Innovation adoption and agricultural productivity
Rural development
Knowledge, learning and extension
Food security and adaptation

Engineering
Innovations in agricultural engineering
Water and energy
Post-harvest technology
Food, health and nutrition

Modelling
Systems modelling
Systems modelling II

Development Cooperation
Soils and resilience (CIAT session)
Poetry route
Central issues on resilience of agricultural systems against crises (GIZ session)

Animals

Pastoralism and rangelands

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

MARIO YOUNAN, DAVID M. MWANGI, E. NJUGUNA, WILLI DüHNEN:
Strengthening Resilience of Pastoralists through Improved Economic Integration
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Oral presentations

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STEFANIE CHRISTMANN, ADEN AW-HASSAN:
Increased Climate Change Resilience of Semi-Arid Regions Based on Collective Environmental Governance with Landscape Approach
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HAMID REZA ANSARI-RENANI, BARBARA RISCHKOWSKY, JOAQUIN MUELLER, SEYED MOJTABA SEYED MOUMEN, SEPEHR MORADI:
Nomadic Pastoralism in Southern Iran
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MENGISTU ALEMAYEHU, TILAHUN AMEDE, MICHAEL BöHME, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Collective Management on Communal Grazing Lands: Its Impact on Herbage Production and Land Degradation in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Northwestern Ethiopia
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CRISTIAN ANíBAL MORENO GARCíA, JüRGEN SCHELLBERG, FRANK EWERT, ANJA LINSTäDTER, JAN RUPPERT, SUSANA B. PERELMAN:
Responses of Communities Plant Functional Traits Along Grazing Gradients on South African Rangelands
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Postersession: Pastoralism and rangelands

Posters

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OMER ABDELHADI, SALIH BABIKER, IBRAHIM BUSHARA, AHMED IDRIS, BERNARD FAYE, CLAUDIA KIJORA:
Strategies of El-Kababish Camel Herders to Cope with Adverse Climate Conditions in Sudan
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FOLASADE ADEBOYEJO, SIMISOLA ODEYINKA:
Reproductive Performance of Female West African Dwarf Goat Fed with Moringa oleifera
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ABDELAZIZ ELSHEIKH, ABDALLA MOHAMED ABDALLA, TARIG ELSHEIKH MAHMOUD:
Adaptive Strategies by Pastoralists to Cope with Drought Episodes in North Kordofan, Sudan
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LENA RATHJEN, JAN PFISTER, FOLKARD ASCH:
Effects of Management Practices on Carbon Allocation in the Semi-Arid Savannahs of the Borana Region, Ethiopia
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SABINE BAUMGARTNER, ANNA C. TREYDTE, RINA GRANT:
Mammalian Herbivores as Designers of African Savannah Ecosystems
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NOUHOUN ZAMPALIGRé, EVA SCHLECHT:
Comparative Analysis of Ruminant Grazing Itineraries and Foraging Behaviour Across Three Agro-ecological Zones of Burkina Faso
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ESTANISLAO DíAZ FALú, MIGUEL ��NGEL BRIZUELA, DITMAR BERNARDO KURTZ, MARCUS GIESE, FOLKARD ASCH:
Cattle and Sheep Foraging Behaviour in a Heterogeneous Subtropical Grassland
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BRITTA M. BöSING, UTA DICKHOEFER, JUN HAO, LIJUN LIN, KATRIN MüLLER, CHENGJIE WANG, THOMAS GLINDEMANN, ANDREAS SUSENBETH:
Ecological and Economical Aspects of the Intensity of Sheep Grazing in the Inner Mongolian Steppe
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JUN HAO, BRITTA M. BöSING, LIJUN LIN, ANDREAS SUSENBETH, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Effects of Alternating versus Continuous Grazing on Feed Intake and Performance of Sheep in the Inner Mongolian Steppe, China
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TERRY ANSAH, HANNE HELENE HANSEN, EMMANUEL L. K. OSAFO, IDA K. HINDERICHSEN:
Variety, Harvest Date after Planting and Fraction of Napier Grass Influence Invitro Gas Production
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SHANG ZHANHUAN, R.J. LONG, L.M. DING, X.S. GUO:
Rangelands Ecosystems of the Tibetan Plateau: their Current Status and Sustainable Development Strategies
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Animal breeding and health

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

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SAMUEL MBUKU, ALEXANDER KAHI, ISAAC SANGA KOSGEY:
Management Strategies for Small Ruminants among Pastoralists in Semi-Arid Kenya: Do They Lead to Genetic Progress?
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ANNE FISCHER, BETH SHAPIRO, ANNE MURIUKI, MARTIN HELLER, CHRISTIANE SCHNEE, ERIK BONGCAM-RUDLOFF, EDY VILEI, JOACHIM FREY, JOERG JORES:
The Origin of the 'Mycoplasma mycoides Cluster' Coincides with Domestication of Ruminants
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CHARLES MOSES LYIMO, ANNETT WEIGEND, ULRIKE JANßEN-TAPKEN, PETER LAWRENCE MSOFFE, STEFFEN WEIGEND:
Assessing Genetic Diversity of Five Tanzanian Chicken Ecotypes Using Microsatellite Markers and Mitochondrial DNA D-loop Sequencing
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T.O. OKENO, ALEXANDER KAHI, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Genetic and Economic Evaluation of Alternative Breeding Objectives for Adoption in the Smallholder Indigenous Chicken Improvement Programme
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ERICK OUMA MUNGUBE, MALO NZIOKA:
Effect of Deltamthrin on Argas Persicus in Selected Clusters Within Machakos and Kitui Counties, Kenya
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JOHN ILUKOR:
Analysis of Animal Health Service Delivery in Uganda: An Application of the Social Network Approach
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Postersession: Animal breeding and health

Posters

THOMAS KAINGA MUASYA, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS, ALEXANDER KAHI:
Genetic Similarity and Environmental Sensitivity for Milk and Fertility Traits in Holstein-Friesian by Herd Hierarchy
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EVANS D. ILATSIA, ALICE WARUKIRA MURAGE:
Determinants of Access to Breeding Services by Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Kenya
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AZAGE TEGEGNE, AWOT ESTIFANOS, ASRAT TERA, DIRK HOEKSTRA:
Technological Options and Approaches to Improve Smallholder Access to Desirable Animal Genetic Material for Dairy Development: Experience with Hormonal Oestrus Synchronisation and Mass Insemination in Ethiopia
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MUHAMMAD TARIQ, ABDUL BASIT KHAN, MUHAMMAD YOUNAS, EVA SCHLECHT:
Body Measurements and Body Condition Scoring as Parameters for Estimation of Live-Weight in Nilli Ravi Buffalo
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BADAR A. AL-QAMASHOUI, STEFFEN WEIGEND, HENNER SIMIANER, OSMAN MAHGOUB:
Assessment of Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Omani Local Chicken Using 29 Microsatellites
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ITIDAL ABDALLAH BUSHARAH, MUSA TIBIN MUSA:
Botulism in Livestock in North Darfur State
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NASREEN OMER MUSA, KAMAL ELDIN HASSAN ALI ELTOM, SALAH M. ELAWAD, AHMED A. GAMEEL:
Causes of Condemnations of Sheep Carcasses in Abattoirs at Khartoum
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MUHAMMAD ASIF RAZA, EVA SCHLECHT, MUHAMMAD YOUNAS:
Comparative in vitro Efficacy of Selected Medical Plants from Cholistan Against Gastrointestinal Helminthes of Sheep and Goats
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LOK NATH PAUDEL, UDO TER MEULEN, CLEMENS WOLLNY, MATTHIAS GAULY:
Livestock Bio-diversity vis-à-vis Food and Nutritional Security: Pertinent Issues in Livestock Development in Nepal
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ELISE SCHIECK, JOERG JORES:
Accelerating CBPP Research Towards a Better Vaccine through the Application of Genome Transplantation
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Monogastric production systems

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

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PATRICIA I. SARRIA, DIEGO A. BUITRóN, ANDREA RENDóN, LEIDY J. TORRES, SIRIWAN MARTENS:
Nutritional Value of Canavalia brasiliensis CIAT 17009 Herbage Meal in Growing Pigs
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DIEUDONNé KATUNGA MUSALE, SAMY BACIGALE-BASHIZI, FIDèLE BALEMIRWE KATUNGA, BRIGITTE L. MAASS:
Feeding Rabbits and Cavies with Improved Forage Legumes in South Kivu, DR Congo
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MARY OBI, AUSAJI AYUK, BASSEY OKON:
Cost Effectiveness of Feeding Fermented Taro Cocoyam Meal to Laying Japanese Quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
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MUTAZ QUTOB:
Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NS ADS) for Reproduction Control in Nile Tilapia
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JOHANNES PUCHER, NGUYEN NGOC TUAN, TRINH THI HANH YEN, RICHARD MAYRHOFER, MANSOUR EL-MATBOULI, ULFERT FOCKEN:
Feeding Fish Without Fishmeal: Earthworm Meal as Alternative Animal Protein Source in Rural Areas
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ANOUMOU ADJOAVI CHRISTELLE NADIA, JOACHIM VOGT:
Common Use and Collapse of a Natural Resource in West Africa: The Fishery in Benin
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Postersession: Monogastric production systems

Posters

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KHADIGA ABDELATTI, MUAMER MUSA:
Effect of Dietary Levels of Decorticated Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Supplemented with Molasses on Broiler Chicks Performance
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BALGES IBRAHIM, KHADIGA ABDELATTI, HASSAN MUDAWI:
The Effect of β-glucanase Inclusion in Sorghum Based Diet on Performance of Broiler Chicks
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OLUTOLA JEGEDE, GBENGA ONIBI:
Effects of Soyabean Oil and Garlic-in-Water Supplementation on Performance, Carcass Traits and Blood Indices of Broiler Chicken
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MARTINS ANDOR ISIKA, FREDERICK UGBESIA IGENE, CHRISTOPHER ADAMS ENEJI:
Influence of Bitter Leaf and Ginger Supplementation on Growth and Haematological Indices of Broiler Chickens
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OLUBUNMI AYOBAMI DUDUYEMI, SAIDU OSENI:
Modelling Heat Stress Characteristics on Layers' Performance Traits in Southwestern Nigeria
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MUYIWA ADEGBENRO, AKINLOLU AYENI, JANET OLOWOYEYE, OLUSOLA MATTHEW BANKOLE, J. OLUWASOLA AGBEDE, GBENGA ONIBI, V. AYOBORE ALETOR:
Leaf Composite Mix as Alternative Premix to Commercial Premix in Broiler Finisher Diets
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SAMUEL ARO, SAMSON ADETANMI, ESTHER OGUNSHOTE, SAMUEL AROWOLO, V. AYOBORE ALETOR:
Performance, Digestibility and Carcass Characteristics of Broilers Fed Graded Levels of Fermented Cassava Tuber Wastes
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CARSTEN KROME, KIM JAUNCEY, ULFERT FOCKEN:
Jatropha curcas Kernel Meal as a Protein Source in Aquaculture Diets
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LADISLAO DI DOMENICA, MADHAV KUMAR SHRESTHA, STEPHAN WESSELS, GABRIELE HöRSTGEN-SCHWARK:
Small-Scale Cooperative Based Aquaculture in Katahr, Nepal
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M. HILARIOUS OGUNSIPE, J. OLUWASOLA AGBEDE, MARTINS ANDOR ISIKA:
Evaluation of Growth Indices, Dry Matter Digestibility and Economic Implications of Feeding Rabbits with Millet Offal
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Ruminant husbandry systems

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

Postersession: Ruminant husbandry systems

Posters

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THANAMMAL RAVICHANDRAN, NILS TEUFEL, MICHAEL BLüMMEL, ANDRé MARKEMANN, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Can an Improved Dual Purpose Groundnut Cultivar Increase Milk Production in Crop-Livestock Systems in India?
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DHIRAJ KUMAR SINGH, VIVEK KUMAR SINGH:
Fodder Production and Utilisation Patterns in Disadvantaged Areas: A Study of Eastern India
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AHMED IDRIS, MUNA AHMED, ELAGIB FARAHAIN MOHAMED, CLAUDIA KIJORA, HESSAIN YOUSIF:
The Effect of Supplementation Strategies on Productive Performance of Cows Kept under Different Husbandry Systems
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ALINE DOS SANTOS NEUTZLING, MEIKE WOLLNI, EVA SCHLECHT:
Milk Production on Small-Scale Farms in the South of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
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IVAN B. KOURA, BELARMAIN FANDOHAN, LUC HIPPOLYTE DOSSA, MARCEL HOUINATO:
Peri-Urban Cattle Production System and Herders' Feeding Strategies in the Coastal Area of Southern Benin
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MOHAMMAD REZA MARAMI MILANI, ANDREAS HENSE, ELHAM RAHMANI, ANGELIKA PLOEGER:
Effects of Climate Variability on some Main Compounds of Milk in Iran
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HASSEB ELBUKHARY, SALIH BABIKER:
Production Characteristics of Tagger Goats in Southern Kordofan State, Sudan
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SALLAM BAKHEIT, AHMED IDRIS, BERNARD FAYE:
The Impact of Management System on Sudanese Camel Calves Growth Rate
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FRANZISKA SCHULZ, SANDRA AHNERT, ANDREAS SUSENBETH, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Effects of Increasing Levels of Quebracho Tannin Supplementation on Nutrient Digestibilities in Heifers
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CLAUDIA XIMENA LLANOS, KATHERINE GARCíA, JORGE LUIS GIL, PATRICIA AVILA, SIRIWAN MARTENS, BERNARDO OSPINA:
Silage of Sweet Sorghum Residues for Animal Production
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MARTHA LUCíA MOLANO, MARIA LUISA CORTEZ, PATRICIA AVILA, SIRIWAN MARTENS, LUZ STELLA MUñOZ:
NIRS Prediction of Neutral Detergent Fiber Digestibility (NDFD) of Tropical Forages
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Keynotes

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

ACHIM DOBERMANN:
Looking Ahead: Mega Trends in the Rice Sector
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DEBORAH BOSSIO:
Soils and Resilience, Much More Than a Slow Variable
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RODOMIRO ORTIZ:
Agrobiodiversity Management for Food Security
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Oral presentations

Postersession: Keynotes

Posters

Plants and Soils

Cropping systems and environment

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

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WILFRED ELEGBA, ELAINE AZU, NUSRAT AFFUL, KENNETH DANSO:
Domestication of Shea Tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn) via ex-vitro Propagation
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EIKE LUEDELING:
Historic and Future Winter Chill for Temperate Fruit Trees and Knowledge Constraints to Orchard Planning
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BRAJA SWAIN, DHIRAJ KUMAR SINGH, M. MEHROTRA, NILS TEUFEL:
Mixed-Farming in South Asian An Era of Resilient Agricultural Systems
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PETER MUTH, OSAMA ELHASSAN, ABDALLAH MOHAMMED, H. FREDERICK W. RATTUNDE, ABOCAR TOURE, BETTINA I.G. HAUSSMANN:
Effect of Marker-Assisted Backcrossing to Introgress Resistance to Striga Hermonthica into African Sorghum Varieties
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MARIO PILZ, JüRGEN BURKHARDT, DANIEL NEUHOFF, OSCAR BUSTAMANTE, PABLO SILES, CHARLES STAVER:
Effects of Induced Drought and Different Shade Levels on Leaf Gas Exchange of Musa spp.
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SABINE STüRZ, ABDOULAYE SOW, FOLKARD ASCH:
Impact of Irrigation System on Microclimatic Parameters and Gas Exchange in Lowland Rice
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Postersession: Cropping systems and environment

Posters

ISABEL MADALENO:
Medicinal Herbs Cultivation, Trade and Consumption in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
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RENATE GARVI-BODE, JOSEF GARVI:
Developing New Fair Trade Markets Based on Local Wild Perennials: Boscia senegalensis (hanza) at the Base of a New Emerging Food Chain in Niger Republic
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KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL, LIN SHAN, MEIJU LIU, YANG GUANGJUAN, XUNHUA ZHENG:
ASsessing ThE Risk of Water Saving Ground Cover RICe Production Systems on Regional Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks (ASTERICS)
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BERNADETTA RINA HASTILESTARI, SEBASTIAN GURETZKI, MARINA MUDERSBACH, BETTINA BISKUPEK-KORELL, PATRICK VAN DAMME, JUTTA PAPENBROCK:
Euphorbia tirucalli L. – Physiological and Genetical Characterisation of a Drought Tolerant Plant and its Potential as a Source for Bioenergy Production
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BERNHARD LIESE, ANNIKA LOUISE HAß, KONG LUEN HEONG, JOSEF SETTELE, TEJA TSCHARNTKE, CATRIN WESTPHAL:
Pollination Services in Irrigated Rice Based Production Landscapes
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FRANCISCO JAVIER MARROQUIN AGREDA, DIEGO SANTIAGO RUIZ NORIEGA, JüRGEN POHLAN, ERNESTO TOLEDO TOLEDO, JOSé NOE LERMA MOLINA:
Potential of Crotalaria spp. in the Agroecological Restoration of Fruit Orchards in the Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico
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GHAYOOR FATIMA, IQRAR AHMAD KHAN, MUHAMMAD JAFAR JASKANI, MANSOOR HAMEED, MUHAMMAD ASIF RAZA:
Comparative Studies of Root Anatomy in Some Date Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera L.) Cultivars from Diverse Origin
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SAMI UL-ALLAH, ASIF ALI, SHOAIB REHMAN, MICHAEL WACHENDORF:
Forage Production with Limited Water and Nutrient Resources in Pakistan
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VAHID BAYAT, FARZAD PAKNEJAD, MOHAMMAD REZA ARDAKANI, SAEED VAZAN, ALIREZA PAZOKI:
Foliar Application of Methanol on Some Quality Traits of Soybean under Deficit Irrigation
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NASER ALMARRI, ALISTAIR MURDOCH, SIMON MORTIMER:
The Effect of Environmental Conditions on Seed Germination of Some Saudi Arabian Rangeland Species
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ITISHREE PATTNAIK, JHARNA PATHAK:
Issues and Challenges of Current Agricultural Patterns in India: A Step Towards Sustainability
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Crop biotic stresses (DPG session)

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CAMILO LESMES FABIAN, CLAUDIA R. BINDER:
Dermal and Inhalation Exposure Assessment of Pesticide Management in Greenhouse Flower Crops in Colombia
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LEILA KIANI, MOHSEN YAZDANIAN, BAHRAM TAFAGHODINIA:
Effects of Sanitation and using Insect-Proof Screens on Population Density of Chaetosiphon fragaefolii (Cockerell) on Strawberry in Greenhouse Conditions
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BRUCE OCHIENG OBURA, ELMAR SCHULTE-GELDERMANN, ZAKARI KINYUA:
Factors Influencing Performance of Seedplot Technique in Seed Potato Quality Improvement among Small Scale Farmers
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DALIA MUFTAH ALKHAYAT, STEFAN VIDAL, PETR KARLOVSKY:
Entomopathogens as Endophytes, an Innovative Biological Control Strategy
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ELLY ATIENO, ELMAR SCHULTE-GELDERMANN, RAMA NARLA:
Integrating Varietal Resistance and Phosphonate Fungicide in Management of Foliar Late Blight in Potato
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LUKAS SCHüTZ, STEFAN VIDAL:
Agricultural Practices and Possibilities for IPM and Sustainable Resource Management in the Mojanda Watershed, Ecuador
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Postersession: Crop biotic stresses (DPG session)

Posters

ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER, CLEYZER ADRIAN CUNHA, AGOSTINHO DIRCEU DIDONET:
Pesticide Contamination in Land Reform Settlements in Brazil: The Case of 'Cachoeira Bonita' in Caiaponia, Goias State
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R.F. VIEIRA, TRAZILBO JOSé DE PAULA JúNIOR, HUDSON TEIXEIRA, J.E.S. CARNEIRO, R.L. CARDOSO, M.S. LEHNER, M.V. QUEIROZ, A.L. PRADO:
Lines from Brazilian Dry Bean Breeding Programs with White Mold Resistance
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HENOK KURABACHEW, FRANK STAHL, KERSTIN WYDRA:
Global Gene Expression of Rhizobacteria and/or Silicon Mediated Induced Systemic Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
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HENOK KURABACHEW, KERSTIN WYDRA:
Characterisation of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and their Potential as Bioprotectant Against Tomato Bacterial Wilt Caused by Ralstonia Solanacearum
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ALICE WARUKIRA MURAGE, GIDEON OBARE, DAVID AMUDAVI, ZEYAUR KHAN:
Efficiency of Push-pull Technology Dissemination Pathways for Stemborer and Striga Control in Western Kenya: Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
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SUNIL ARYAL, MARC SPORLEDER, YAGYA PRASAD GIRI, JüRGEN KROSCHEL:
Formulation of a Granulovirus-Based Biopesticide for Managing the Potato Tuber Moth in Stored Potatoes in Nepal
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GEOFFREY ONAGA, KERSTIN WYDRA, BIRGER KOOPMANN, YACOUBA SERE, ANDREAS VON TIEDEMANN:
Effects of High Temperature on R Gene Mediated Resistance to Rice Blast in two Genetic Backgrounds of Rice
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BUDDHI SHARMA, GREGORY A. FORBES, HK MANANDHAR, SM SHRESTHA, RB THAPA:
Measuring Resistance in Potato to Phytophthora infestans with Field, Laboratory and Greenhouse Assays
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LOAN VO PHUONG HONG, ZITA SEBESVARI, FABRICE RENAUD:
Modelling Pesticide Fate in the Lower Mekong Delta
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RASHIDA ABUSIN, ALFATIH AHMED, ABDEL GABAR BABIKER:
Effects of Triclopyr and Nitrogen on Striga Incidence and Sorghum Growth and Yield
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AZZA SIDDIG HUSSIEN ABBO:
The Dark Side of Fungal Melanin; Alternaria Alternata as Example
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THOMAS MIETHBAUER:
Collective Action and On-farm Benefits of Pesticide Substitution: Case Study on Potato Pest Management Practices in the Peruvian Highlands
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RENZOANDRE DE LA PEñA LAVANDER, MARC COTTER, TOM VAN MOURIK, JOACHIM SAUERBORN:
A Model of the Potential Distribution of Striga Hermonthica in the African Continent and its Prospection under Climate Change
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SOULEYMANE NACRO, KARIM SAMA, DONA DAKOUO, NIANGO MALICK:
Developing an IPM Strategy at the Vallée Du Kou Irrigated Rice Scheme in Burkina Faso
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XIA HA, TINGTING WEI, BIRGER KOOPMANN, ANDREAS VON TIEDEMANN:
Microclimatic Requirements for Wheat Blast (Magnaporthe grisea) and Characterisation of Resistance in Wheat
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BENJAMIN BLUM, CHRISTIAN GROVERMANN, PEPIJN SCHREINEMACHERS, THOMAS BERGER, JIRAWAN KITCHAICHAROEN:
Multi-criteria Analysis for Identifying Appropriate Pest Management in Tomato Production in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
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Cropping systems to maintain soil quality and available soil moisture

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BIRTHE PAUL, BERNARD VANLAUWE, FRED AYUKE, MARIANNE HOOGMOED, ANJA GASSNER, TUNSISA HURISSO, SAIDOU KOALA, DAVID LELEI, TELESPHORE NDABAMENYE, YUSUKE TERANO, JOHAN SIX, MIRJAM PULLEMAN:
Medium-Term Impact of Tillage and Residue Management on Soil Quality and Crop Productivity
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NIKOLA TEUTSCHEROVá, BOHDAN LOJKA:
Amazonian Dark Earths and the Potential of Biochar for their Re-creation
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ANNE MURIUKI, MARTHA MUSYOKA, ANDREAS FLIESSBACH, DIONYS FORSTER:
Resilience of Organic versus Conventional Farming Systems in Tropical Africa: The Kenyan Experience
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ROBERT KAHLE, IDUPULAPATI RAO, GEORG CADISCH:
Responses of Different Tropical Forage Legumes under Stress Factors of Acid Soil and Drought
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KHALID HUSSAIN, CHALERMCHART WONGLEECHAROEN, THOMAS HILGER, THANUCHAI KONGKAEW, JAN DIELS, GEORG CADISCH:
Impact of Mixed and Alley Cropping on Grain Yield and Water Use of Maize
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FATOMA REZIG, ELSADIG ELHADI, MUBARAK ABDALLA:
Soil Organic Matter Fractions in Desert Tropics as Influenced by Application of Organic Residues
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ANA LUCíA CADENA GONZáLEZ-THIELE, MARTEN SOERENSEN, IDA THEILADE:
Social Local Factors that Determine Maintenance of Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Species in the Municipalities of Zetaquira and Campo Hermoso, Boyacá-Colombia: With an Analysis of the Local Depletion of Plant Species and Suggestions for Preservation
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SUMANA NGAMPONGSAI, VEERANA SINSAWAT FORRER, ARADA MASARI, SUWIMOL THANOMSUB, PAVEENA CHAIWAN, FONGSEN YANG, SAK PENGPHOL:
Regeneration of Vigna Subgenus Ceratotropis Collections in Thailand
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MODESTE BIZIMANA, RODRIGUE V. CAO DIOGO, DANIEL THOMAS RUKAZAMBUGA NTIRUSHWA, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Organic Amendment, Composting, Soil Fertility Improvement and Climbing Bean Yield in Degraded Soil of Rwanda
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LEONARD KIIRIKA, UDO SCHMITZ, FRANK COLDITZ:
Legume Small GTPase MtROP9 and its Role in Establishment of Plant Defense During Pathogenic and Symbiotic Interactions with Medicago Truncatula
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THANH THI NGUYEN, CHRISTIAN BRANDT, CARSTEN MAROHN, FRANK RASCHE, LAM THANH NGUYEN, TRAN DUC VIEN, GEORG CADISCH:
An Integrated Approach to Assess Land Use History in a Watershed in Northwest Vietnam
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V.D. TUAN, THOMAS HILGER, ERISA SHIRAISHI, TRAN DUC VIEN, GEORG CADISCH:
Viability of Soil Conservation on Steep and Fragmented Lands – Recent Experiences from Northwest Vietnam
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MARCUS OLALERE OLATOYE, WILLMAR L. LEISER, H. FREDERICK W. RATTUNDE, HEIKO K. PARZIES, MARKUS WEINMANN, GüNTER NEUMANN, BETTINA I.G. HAUSSMANN:
The Importance of Crown Root Angle and Mycorrhiza for Adaptation of Sorghum Genotypes from West Africa to Low-P Soils
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VIVEK KUMAR SINGH, NILS TEUFEL, DHIRAJ KUMAR SINGH, DEEPAK K. SINGH, S. POONIA, M.L. JAT:
Conservation Agriculture: Is it the Way Forward for Resilient Rainfed Farming Systems in India?
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HEINRICH HAGEL, CHRISTOPH REIBER, ANA PAULA AMAZONAS SOARES, CHRISTINE BEUSCH, REINER DOLUSCHITZ, JOSé FERREIRA IRMãO, JöRN GERMER, CHRISTA HOFFMANN, MARTIN KAUPENJOHANN, JAN MERTENS, JOACHIM SAUERBORN, MARIANNA SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE, KARIN STOCK DE OLIVERIA SOUZA, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
The Contribution of Innovative Agricultural Systems to Sustainable Water Reservoir Use in NE-Brazil
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ALI SALAHI, FRANZ GRUBER:
Cultivation on Polluted Areas with Heavy Metals and Naturally Enriched Areas
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AHMED CHACóN IZNAGA, MIGUEL RODRíGUEZ OROZCO, EDITH AGUILA ALCANTARA, MEILYN CARRAL PAIROL, YANET EDDITH DíAZ SICILIA, JOSSE DE BAERDEMAEKER, WOUTER SAEYS:
Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS): Prediction of Chemical Properties in Cuban Soils
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KAJO STELTER:
A Typology of the Rice Based Cropping Systems of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
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NGOME AJEBESONE FRANCIS, KELVIN MARK MTEI, MATHIAS BECKER:
Effects of Management Options on Soil Fertility Attributes, Weeds and Maize Yields on a Nitisol, Acrisol and Ferralsol of Western Kenya
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ELSADIG ELHADI, MUBARAK ABDALLA, FATOMA REZIG:
Improvement of Sand Dune Properties with Organic Waste Application for Sand Dune Fixation
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HOLGER PABST, KARIN SCHMIDT, YAKOV KUZYAKOV:
Microbial Biomass Dynamics in Eight Ecosystems During a Climatic Transition Phase at Mt. Kilimanjaro
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Mineral fertilisation and resilience of cropping systems

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ISMAIL CAKMAK:
Mineral Fertilisation for Higher Agronomic Benefits and Nutritional Value
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MOHAMMAD ABDEL-RAZEK, THOMAS GAISER, BERND DIEKKRüGER, HEINER GOLDBACH:
Triticum aestivum Yield and Water-use Efficiency in the Draâ Oases at South East Morocco: Irrigation and N-fertiliser Effects
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SHAMIE ZINGORE:
Maize Productivity and Response to Fertiliser Use as Affected by Soil Fertility Variability, Manure Application and Cropping System in Africa
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JOSEPH KUGBE, MANFRED DENICH, MATHIAS FOSU, LULSEGED TAMENE DESTA, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Season of Burning Influences Fire Induced P-Losses in Ghana
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XIANGPING JIA:
Farmers' Adoption of Improved Nitrogen Management Strategies in Maize Production in China: An Experimental Knowledge Training
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JOSEPH KUGBE, LULSEGED TAMENE DESTA, MANFRED DENICH, MATHIAS FOSU, PAUL L. G. VLEK:
Nutrient Deposition During the Harmattan Dry Season Across the Northern Region of Ghana
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YASSIN MOHAMED DAGASH, SAMIA OSMAN YAGOUB, NAHID ABD ALFATAH KHALIL:
Effect of Sowing Date, Irrigation Intervals and Fertilisers on Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) Yield
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TUALAR SIMARMATA, TIEN TURMUKTINI, ANIA CITRARESMINI, BENNY JOY:
Application of Straw Compost and Biofertilisers to Remediate the Soils Health and to Increase the Productivity of Paddy Rice in Indonesia
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DANIEL VAN VUGT:
An Assessment of Soybean-Maize Rotations and Biological Nitrogen Fixation on Smallholder Farmers' Fields in Malawi
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IBRAHIM OSMAN, ABDELKARIM AWADELKARIM:
Effect of Nitrogen Source, Soil Type and Depth of Application on Ammonia Volatilisation
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NAZAR OMER HASSAN SALIH, MUBARAK ABDALLA, ALI AHMED HASSABO:
Fate of Fertiliser N Applied to A Guar-Wheat Rotation System as Influenced by Crop Residue Incorporation in A Semi-Arid Vertisol
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OGOUDEDJI GEORGES PASCAL CODJOVI, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU, KORB JUDITH:
Maize Production Risks in Pendjari Region, Benin: Chemical Fertiliser and Termite (Macrotermes bellicosus) Fertlity Effects
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CHALERMCHART WONGLEECHAROEN, SUJINEE WONGLEECHAROEN, KHALID HUSSAIN, THOMAS HILGER, THANUCHAI KONGKAEW, WATTANAI ONSAMRAN, JAN DIELS, GEORG CADISCH:
Translocation and Utilisation of Fertiliser N in Tropical Sloping Land as Affected by Soil Conservation
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LUIS ERNESTO POCASANGRE:
The Use of the Musa Diversity to Address the Challenge of Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security
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MARTIN WIEHLE, KATHLEEN PRINZ, KATJA KEHLENBECK, SVEN GOENSTER, SEIFELDIN ALI MOHAMED, REINER FINKELDEY, ANDREAS BUERKERT, JENS GEBAUER:
Homegardens in Sudan - Domestication Spots for Wild Fruit Trees: The Case of Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Willd.
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ISALINE MERCERAT, CAROLINE WECKERLE, MICHAEL KESSLER, YOHANES PURWANTO, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
The Dynamic Role of Homegardens for Providing Food, Income and Ecological Services in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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SRUBA SAHA, TAMINA BEGUM, TAPASH DASGUPTA:
Analysis of Genotypic Diversity in Sesame Based on Morphological and Agronomic Traits
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MARIKO INGOLD, HERBERT DIETZ, EVA SCHLECHT, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Effects of Activated Charcoal and Tannin Amendments on Yields of Sweet Corn and Radish on an Irrigated Sandy Soil in Northern Oman
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ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER, BEATA EMOKE MADARI, MARCIA THAIS DE MELO CARVALHO:
Economic Viability of Biochar Use in Aerobic Rice Production in the Brazilian Cerrado
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MéNDEZ CUAUHTéMOC, JIMéNEZ JAVIER, EDUARDO ALANIS RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MANUEL MATA BALDERAS:
Structural Analysis of Rosette Desert Scrub in Northeast Mexico
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VAN NHA DUONG, FOLKARD ASCH:
Effects of Geohumus on Physiological Traits of Maize (Zea mays L cv Mikado) under Variable Water Supply
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OLIVER VAN STRAATEN, EDZO VELDKAMP, KATRIN WOLF, MARIFE D. CORRE:
Effects of Land Use Change on Soil Organic Carbon: A Pan-tropic Study
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CHRISTINE LUDWIG, MARIELLA KOPF, MARK SWAI, SANDRA HABICHT, MICHAEL KRAWINKEL:
Knowledge and Usage of Bitter Gourd as an Anti-Diabetic Plant in Tanzania
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LI JIANG, JIXUN GUO, MARCUS GIESE, YINGZHI GAO, HONGBIN WEI, HOLGER BRüCK, FOLKARD ASCH:
Transpiration Response of C3 and C4 Plants of Northern Chinese Steppe Ecosystem to Water Vapor Pressure Deficits (VPD)
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FANG YANG, YINGZHI GAO, YEWOINWHA TADESSSE ABEBE:
Effects of Salt-alkali Stress and Clipping on Stipa baicalensis
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VINCENT SCHMITT, PRIYANIE AMERASINGHE, DIONYS FORSTER, BHARADWAJA VADLOORI, URS NIGGLI:
Improving Peri-Urban Soils with Recycled Waste from the Municipality of Patancheru: An Indian Case Study
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JOHANNA JACOBI, MARIA ISABEL PILLCO, MONIKA SCHNEIDER, STEPHAN RIST:
Biomass and Carbon Stocks Related to Ecological Complexity and Tree Diversity in Three Different Cocoa Production Systems
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PROYUTH LY, LARS S. JENSEN, THILDE B. BRUUN, ANDREAS DE NEERGAARD:
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emission from the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) under Rainfed Lowland Ecosystem in Cambodia
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STEFAN HAUSER, DOMINIQUE MULUMBA MUNKENDI, ROBERT MUKENDI KAMAMBO, GERMAINE VANGU PAKA:
Maize, Soybean and Cassava Yield Response to Bat Manure in Congo Democratic Republic
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BENJAPON KUNLANIT, PATMA VITYAKON:
Vertical Distribution of Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Sandy Soil Treated with Different Quality Litter
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GRETA JORDAN, MARTINA PREDOTOVA, MARIKO INGOLD, HERBERT DIETZ, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Effects of Activated Charcoal and Tannin Added to Soil and Compost on Carbon and Nitrogen Emissions
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SVEN GOENSTER, MARTIN WIEHLE, MARTINA PREDOTOVA, JENS GEBAUER, ABDALLA MOHAMED ALI, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Partial Horizontal Carbon and Nutrient Balances in Homegardens of the Nuba Mountains, Sudan
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BüLENT TOPCUOGLU:
The Influence of Humic Acids on the Metal Bioavailability and Phytoextraction Efficiency in Long-term Sludge Applied Soil
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GABRIELA PEREYRA, FOLKARD ASCH, ALEJANDRO PIETERS, ELIZABETH RENGIFO:
Potential Yield of Venezuelan Maize Varieties under Variable Water Supply
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MARCUS GIESE, YINGZHI GAO, FOLKARD ASCH, HOLGER BRüCK:
Management Options for Sustainable Land-Use of Inner Mongolia Typical Steppe: Lessons from a Comprehensive N Balance
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Innovations in cropping systems II

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SETH NUAMAH:
Making Effective Use of Climate Information by Small Scale Farmer in Managing Rain-fed Maize Production: A Case Study in Bole, Ghana
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ALEXANDR ROLLO, MARIA MARGARIDA RIBEIRO, BOHDAN LOJKA, DAVID HONYS, HENRY DANTE SáNCHEZ DíAZ, JULIO ALFONSO CHIA WONG, HANA VEBROVá, RITA COSTA:
Genetic Variability in Wild and Domestic Populations of Inga edulis Mart. (Fabaceae) in Peruvian Amazon
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MARC SCHMIERER, HOLGER BRüCK, FOLKARD ASCH:
Skyfarming – Staple Food Production in Cities – Light vs Energy Demand
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TEMESGEN MAGULE OLANGO, MARCELLO CATELLANI, BIZUAYEHU TESFAYE, MARIO ENRICO Pè:
Linking Indigenous Knowledge System and Molecular Genetic Analysis for Management and Conservation of Enset (Ensete ventricosum), a Food Security Crop in Southern Ethiopia
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SANJEEV KUMAR, REENA SINGH, ALOK ADHOLEYA:
Organic Management Practices Enhance AM Biodiversity in Tropical Agricultural Soils
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TINA RONER, MONIKA M. MESSMER, MARIA RENATE FINCKH, DIONYS FORSTER, RAJEEV VERMA, RAJEEV BARUAH, SHREEKANT S. PATIL:
Participatory Cotton Breeding for Organic and Low Input Farming in Central India
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ANA MARIA MEDRANO ECHALAR, JUAN CARLOS TORRICO, JAVIER FORTANELLI:
Expansion of Quinoa Crop (Chenopodium quinoa WILLD.) and Soil Quality Analysis in the Bolivian Intersalar
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NIEN CHAU NGUYEN, MICHAEL BöHME, INA PINKER:
Plant Genetic Resources in Vietnam: Current Situation of Conservation and Utilisation
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CARLOS BETANCOURTH GARCíA, CLAUDIA SALAZAR GONZáLEZ, MARINO RODRIGUEZ:
Soil Coverage Evaluation with Calendula (Calendula officinalis l.), Crotalaria (Crotalaria Sp. L.) and Oat (Avena Sp. L.) in Meloidogyne spp. Control in Quito Orange (Solanum quitoense Lam.)
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SARRA AHMED MOHAMED SAAD, MOAWIA YAHIA BABIKER, ANTHONY WHITBREAD:
The Challenges of Maintaining Soil Productivity and Food Security in Sudan
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SHIMELES DAMENE SHIENE, PAUL L. G. VLEK, LULSEGED TAMENE DESTA:
Performance of Farmland Terraces in Maintaining Crop Productivity in Wello, Northern Highlands of Ethiopia
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VíVIAN DO CARMO LOCH, ALTAMIRO SOUZA DE LIMA FERRAZ JUNIOR, FRANCISCA HELENA MUNIZ:
Ethnoecological Analysis of Bacuri (Platonia insignis Mart.) Extractivism in the Chapada Limpa Reserve (Maranhão, Brazil)
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Cropping systems and environment II

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CHRISTOPH GEHRING, MáRCIO FERNANDES ALVES LEITE, FLAVIO HENRIQUE REIS MORAES:
Allelopathic Effects of the Babassu Palm on Crops, Pasture-Grasses and Key Soil Fungi
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CODJO SYLVESTRE GERBERT DOSSA, THOMAS CHRISTOPH ZIMMER, RALF NAUEN:
Characterisation of Insecticide Resistance in Clonal Cultures of Myzus persicae (Homoptera: Aphididae) Obtained from an Italian Field Population in 2010
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JONATHAN AMPONSAH, KENNETH DANSO, WILFRED ELEGBA:
Enhancing Germination of Aframomum melegueta K. Schum. through ex-vitro and in-vitro Propagation Techniques
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JOSé RIBAMAR GUSMãO ARAUJO, ROZALINO ANTONIO AGUIAR JúNIOR, CHRISTOPH GEHRING:
Turiaçu Pineapple: A New Cultivar Native from the Eastern Periphery of Amazonia, Maranhão State, Brazil
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ANSHUL PURI, SHANUJA BERI, ALOK ADHOLEYA:
Differential Expression of alp Gene and Sporulation Pattern of Glomus with Ri T-DNA Transformed Hairy Roots
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ALEMAYEHU TERESSA NEGAWO, HANS-JöRG JACOBSEN, FATHI HASSAN:
Development of Insect Resistant Transgenic Pea (Pisum sativum L.): Molecular and Functional Characterisation of Putative Transgenic Pea Plants
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JONATHAN C. ONYEKWELU, BERND STIMM, REINHARD MOSANDL, JOHNSON ADEYINKA OLUSOLA:
Seed Germination and Early Growth of Chrysophyllum albidum Seedlings under Different Light Intensities
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ELFADIL BASHIR, ADAM ALI, MOHAMAD ISMAIL, ELGAILANI ABDALLA, OMAR BAKHIT, SALIH SABEEL, ABDELBAGI ALI, BETTINA I.G. HAUSSMANN:
Characterisation of Sudanese Pearl Millet Germplasm as Source in Breeding for Adaptation to Climate Change
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YASSER MOURSI, HEIKO C. BECKER:
Genetic Variation in Salt Tolerance in Oilseed Rape
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AHMED SALLAM, N. EL-SAYED, M. HASHAD, M. OMARA:
Genetic Variation of Stem Characters in Wheat (Triticum astivum L) and their Relation to Yield Components under Drought and Heat Stress
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Forestry

Forestry

Oral presentations session:

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ISMAIL AZEEZ, KAFAYAT FALADE:
Access to Credit and Value Additions to Some Non-Timber Forest Products in Egbeda Local Government Area, Nigeria
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MOHAMED KHAMIS, EL NOUR EL SIDDIEG, AYOUB KHALIL:
Analysis of Natural Regeneration of Boswellia Papyrifera Stands in Southern Kordofan State, Sudan
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SUMAN GHIMIRE:
Benefit Sharing in Community Forestry in Nepal: Do Poor Actually Benefit?
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JOACHIM SCHMERBECK, JEAN POUYET, PATNAIK SUDATTA:
Can Development Interventions Reduce Human Pressure on Forest? A Case Study of a Long Term Observation in India
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THERESE HERTEL, BERND STIMM, REINHARD MOSANDL:
Tree Seed Procurement in Loja, Ecuador, Including a Concept for a Regional Tree Seed Program
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DUC LE, HANG NGUYEN, JüRGEN PRETZSCH, HUY BAO:
Livelihood of Local People and Dependence on Forest Resources – A Case Study in Son Lang Commune Located in Ha Nung State Forestry Company, Vietnam
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Postersession: Forestry

Posters

KARIN MARITA NAASE:
Farmers' Decisions Concerning the Rainforest in Land Reform Settlements in the Brazilian Amazon
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DARIUSZ KURZATKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER MARTIUS, MARTIN WORBES:
Seasonal Changes of Photosynthetic Activity in the Tropical Forest of the Araguaia River Floodplain, Brazil
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TANIA OSEJO CARRILLO, TOBIAS WüNSCHER, MATTHIAS DIETER:
Assessing the Opportunity Cost of Avoided Deforestation in Central America: Case Studies in Nicaragua and Costa Rica
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CHRISTINE WODA:
Food from the Forest – An Alternative to Agriculture in Crisis?
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TOA LOAIZA-LANGE, UDO NEHREN, GERHARD GEROLD:
Livelihoods Sustainability and REDD Implementation in Communal Lands in Northeastern Ecuador
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MUNEER ELYAS SIDDIG ELTAHIR, SVEN WAGNER:
Assessment of Regeneration Situation in Natural and in Plantation Parts of Elsareef Reserved Forest
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MUNEER ELYAS SIDDIG ELTAHIR, SVEN WAGNER:
Demographic Structure and Population Biology of Albizia amara and Terminalia brownii as the Dominant Tree Species in Elsareef Reserved Forest, Kordofan Region, Sudan
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KONSTANTINA MARIA BRIGITA KAMEUBUN, KATHLEEN PRINZ, YOHANIS NGILI, REINER FINKELDEY, MICHAEL MüHLENBERG:
Indigenous Knowledge for Classification and Utilisation of Wati (Piper methysticum Forst.) in Marind Tribe of Merauke Regency, Southern Papua
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YAZAR MINN, KATHLEEN PRINZ, REINER FINKELDEY:
Conservation and Genetic Variation of Teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f.) in Natural Populations in Myanmar
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HAI NGUYEN, KERSTIN WIEGAND, STEPHAN GETZIN:
Distance Correlations Do Not Scale with Size Correlations of Tree Species in a Tropical Rain Forest Stand
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THE LONG NGO, DIRK HöLSCHER:
Rare Tree Species in Limestone Mountain Forests of Northern Vietnam
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PAVEL PROPASTIN, OLEG PANFEROV:
Absorption of Photosynthetically Active Radiation by a Tropical Rainforest in Indonesia, Measurements and Modelling
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Agroforestry

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Lead paper

EDUARDO SOMARRIBA:
Shade Canopies and the Productivity, Sustainability and Resilience of Cacao Agroforestry Systems
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OLEG PANFEROV, ANDREI SOGACHEV, NINA TIRALLA, PAVEL PROPASTIN, ALEXANDER KNOHL:
Microclimate Controls of Shade Trees in Agroforestry
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SHEM KUYAH, CATHERINE MUTHURI, JOHANNES DIETZ, HENRY NEUFELDT:
Optimising the Measurement of Landscape Biomass Carbon in Agricultural Landscape Mosaics
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CAROLA PAUL, MICHAEL WEBER:
Enriching Forest Plantations with Understory Crops: An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Reforestation, Food Security and Resilient Production Systems
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JOHNSON ADEYINKA OLUSOLA, JONATHAN C. ONYEKWELU, REINHARD MOSANDL, BERND STIMM:
Domestication Potentials of Irvingia Gabonensis: Farm Level Tree Growth Characteristics Assessment, Fruit Phenology and Effect of Light Intensity on Seed Germination
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Postersession: Agroforestry

Posters

FRANCOIS JOST, JüRGEN PRETZSCH:
Influence of Agroforestry Systems in Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the Peruvian Andes
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HORACIO VILLALON-MENDOZA, TEODORO MEDINA-MARTINEZ, ARTEMIO CARRILLO-PARRA:
Agroforestry as Resilience Tool for Ecological Degraded Agricultural Areas of Northeastern Mexico
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HANA VEBROVá, BOHDAN LOJKA, THOMAS P. HUSBAND, MARíA ELENA CHUSPE ZANS, ALEXANDR ROLLO:
Tree Diversity in Cacao Agroforestry in San Alejandro, Peruvian Amazon
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NIKLAS HOLTNE:
Improving Smallholders' Access to Good Planting Material - Improving Input Supply Chains: A Baseline Survey
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JULIA SZULECKA, ELIZABETH MONGES ZALAZAR:
Making Social Forestry Work: A Comparative Study of Smallholder Reforestation Projects in Paraguay
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REIN VAN DER HOEK, ARACELY CASTRO, BISMARCK MENDOZA, MARTIN MENA, GLENDA BONILLA, JELLIN PAVON, ORLANDO TELLEZ, BERNHARD FREYER, DIANA KURZWEG, LAURENT ROUSSEAU, STEVE FONTE, PATRICK LAVELLE, IDUPULAPATI RAO:
Quesungual Slash and Mulch Agroforestry System: Improving Livelihoods of Smallholders in Central America
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PABLO SILES, HARVIN CENTENO, WILSON CABEZAS, CHARLES STAVER, JüRGEN BURKHARDT, OSCAR BUSTAMANTE:
Preliminary Characterisation of Common Legume Tree Species as Coffee Shade for Climate Change Readiness
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NIELS SCHWAB, UDO SCHICKHOFF:
Agroforestry for Resilient Agroecosystems in the Mid-hills of Nepal
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WILSON ABAYOMI JAYEOBA, BABATUNDE ADENIYI OSUNMADEWA, ABDULWAHAB ZAKARI:
Investigation of Agroforestry Practices within Eucalyptus camaldulensis Plantations: A Case Study of Kaduna State Forest Management Project, Buruku, Nigeria
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RANDY VILLARIN, OLIVER VILLARIN, REINER FINKELDEY:
Genetic Differentiation among Natural Populations of Shorea contorta and Parashorea malaanonan (Dipterocarpaceae) in the Philippines
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FRANZISKA K. HARICH, ANNA C. TREYDTE, JOACHIM SAUERBORN, ERASMUS H. OWUSU:
Not Only Humans Like Cacao: Conflicts with Wildlife Threaten Farmers' Livelihoods Around the Bia Conservation Area, Ghana
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Forestry II

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

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Postersession: Forestry II

Posters

THIDA SWE, DIETER MURACH, NYI NYI KYAW, SAN THWIN:
Fine Root Biomass and Soil Carbon Storage of Teak Plantations in Myanmar
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DUC LE, WALTER LINTANGAH, JüRGEN PRETZSCH, NORBERT WEBER, HUY BAO:
Implementation of Sustainable Forest Management in two Different Forest Management Unit Models in Vietnam and Malaysia
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MARLEEN DE BLECOURT, RAINER BRUMME, JIAN CHU XU, MARIFE D. CORRE, EDZO VELDKAMP:
Soil Carbon Stocks Decrease after Conversion from Degraded Forest to Rubber Plantation - Southern Yunnan China
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ELIZABETH MONGES ZALAZAR, JüRGEN PRETZSCH, JULIA SZULECKA:
Smallholder Tree Plantations in Paraguay: Comparative Assessment of Influencing Factors and Contribution to Income Generation
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CECÍLIA HERNANDEZ OCHOA-COUTINHO, SILVIO BRIENZA JUNIOR, ANA PAULA VIDAL BASTOS, JULIE ANDREWS DE FRANçA E SILVA, VANESSA GOMES DE SOUSA:
Floristic Composition of Soil Seed Bank in Forest Plantations in the Eastern Amazon, Pará, Brazil
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MIGUEL ANGEL PEQUEñO LEDEZMA, CARLOS ALBERTO MORA DONJUáN, ISRAEL YERENA YAMALLEL, JAVIER JIMéNEZ PéREZ, EDUARDO ALANIS RODRIGUEZ, MARCO AURELIO GONZALEZ TAGLE:
Analysis of the Livestock Passive Forest Restoration in the Tamaulipan Thornscrub in Northeast México
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MARCO AURELIO GONZALEZ TAGLE, JIMéNEZ JAVIER, DIANA YEMILET AVILA FLORES, WIBKE HIMMELSBACH:
Reconstructing Past Fire Regimes: Applications and Relevance to Fire Management
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VANESA RODRIGUEZ OSUNA, JAN BöRNER, UDO NEHREN, HARTMUT GAESE, RACHEL BARDY PRADO:
Enhancing Cost-Effective Watershed Management in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest by Valuing Forest Ecosystem Services Linked to Water Quality in the Guapi-Macacu Watershed
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Socioeconomics

High-value markets

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CHUTHAPORN NGOKKUEN, ULRIKE GROTE:
Can Geographical Indication Increase Household Welfare and Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Rural Northeastern Thailand
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EKO RUDDY CAHYADI, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Can Contract Farming Reduce Vulnerability to Poverty among Oil Palm Smallholders in Indonesia?
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BEATRICE W. MURIITHI, GEORG NOGA, ANIK BHADURI:
Commercialisation of Smallholder Horticulture: A Panacea or a Deterrent to Reduction of Rural Poverty Vulnerability: An Asset-Based Approach
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PRADYOT JENA, ULRIKE GROTE, TILL STELLMACHER:
Welfare Effects of Coffee Certification: Some Evidence from Nicaragua
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JOHN GACHIGI, ELOSY KANGAI, JOHN MBURU:
An Evaluation of Dynamism in Compliance with Global GAP Standards among Horticultural Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
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KHIN MAR CHO, DONALD JEROME TOBIAS:
Importance of Mobile Technology in Food and Agribusiness Value Chains: Electronically Linking Farmers with Markets
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Postersession: High-value markets

Posters

MIRA KIM TEOH, FRANK HARTWICH:
Value Chain Development Interventions in Francophone Africa: A Review of Donor Approaches
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BISMARK AGYEI YEBOAH, AGBETI SOWAH:
Farm and Farmer Characteristics that Influence Tomato farmers' Awareness and Willingness to Adopt Mobile Phone Based MIS in Ghana
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SABINA KHATRI KARKI, ULRIKE GROTE, PRADYOT JENA, HARTMUT STüTZEL:
Impact of Certification for Tribal Coffee Growers Wellbeing: A Case Study from Araku Valley, India
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GEBREMEDHIN WOLDEWAHID, BERHANU GEBREMEDHIN, DIRK HOEKSTRA, AZAGE TEGEGNE:
Watershed Conservation-based Market Oriented Commodity Development: A Move Towards Resilient Farming?
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TILL STELLMACHER, DIRK RöTTGERS, ETTI WINTER, ULRIKE GROTE:
International Market-Based Instruments and the Protection of Ecosystems in Tanzania: Potentials and Pitfalls
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MARCUS NAGLE, MARIA ISABEL MATUTE GIRON, KARLA PEñA PINEDA, MATTHIAS JäGER, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Environmental and Quality Assessment Along the Post-Harvest Value Chain for Export-Quality Capsicum Products in Peru
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ELIZABETH KABURA NYAGA, ANTHONY GIKANDI MURIITHI, JOSEPH PATRICK GWEYI-ONYANGO:
A Mechanism to Discover Hidden Markets and to Improve Information Flow Towards Food Producers: A Case of Kiambu District, Kenya
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PRIYANKA PARVATHI, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Fair Trade and Organic Agriculture in Developing Countries – A Review
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MARIA-BELEN ROLDAN, INGRID FROMM, ROBERT AIDOO:
From Production to Export Markets: The Case of the Cacao Value Chain in Ghana
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ANNE ULRICH:
Participation of Small-Scale Farmers in an Expanding Horticultural Market: Impacts of Global Production Processes on their Livelihoods
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FENGLI XIU, SIEGFRIED BAUER, FENGGUANG XIU:
Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness of China's Agricultural Products in the EU Market
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SOVI SOVIANA, JOFI PUSPA:
Multi-layer Distribution System of the Indonesian Fruit-Vegetable Sector: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives
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JUSTUS OCHIENG, BEATRICE KNERR, GEORGE OWUOR, EMILY OUMA:
The Role of Collective Action in Improving Market Performance of Smallholder Banana and Legume-based Systems in Central Africa
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Innovation adoption and agricultural productivity

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PRABHAKARAN RAGHU, VIJESH KRISHNA, ZAIDI PERVEZ:
Cultivar Selection for Farm Profitability and Risk Management: Case of Rainfed Maize in India
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MARTIN NOLTZE, STEFAN SCHWARZE, MATIN QAIM:
Impacts of Natural Resource Management Technologies on Agricultural Yield, Income, and Poverty: The System of Rice Intensification in Timor Leste
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THI HOA VU, TUNG PHUNG DUC, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Farm Size and Productivity: Empirical Evidence from Rural Vietnam
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SERGIE BANG, GAE GOWAE, JUDITH FRANCIS, GERD RUECKER:
Resilience of Pacific Agricultural Systems against Crisis
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ISABEL LAMBRECHT, ROEL MERCKX, BERNARD VANLAUWE, PIETER PYPERS, MIET MAERTENS:
Understanding the Dynamics of Agricultural Technology Adoption: Integrated Soil Fertility Management in South Kivu, DR Congo
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Postersession: Innovation adoption and agricultural productivity

Posters

THEA NIELSEN:
A Qualitative Approach to Understanding the Potential of Weather Indexed Crop Insurance to Help Ethiopian Farmers Cope with Risks
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MST. NADIRA SULTANA, MOHAMMAD MOHI UDDIN, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN:
Socio-economic Determinants of Milk Production in Bangladesh: An Empirical Evidence on Water Use Against Water Crisis
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SITA RANA, PRIYANKA PARVATHI, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Organic Pepper Farming in India
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AMBECHA O. GEMECHIS, PAUL STRUIK, BEZABIH EMANA:
Tomato Production in Ethiopia: Constraints and Opportunities
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GIRMA KELBORO, TILL STELLMACHER, VOLKER HOFFMANN:
Bridging Researcher-people Knowledge Gap in Biodiversity Conservation: the Case of Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia
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TIL FEIKE, NAN HA, MICHAEL KUSI APPIAH, REINER DOLUSCHITZ:
Yield Gap Analysis of Cotton in two Major Production Regions of China
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HYCENTH TIM NDAH, JOHANNES SCHULER, SANDRA UTHES, PETER ZANDER, KARIM TRAORE, MPHATSO-S GAMA, ISAIAH NYAGUMBO, BERNARD TRIOMPHE, MARC CORBEELS:
Adoption Potential of Conservation Agriculture in Sub-saharan Africa
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OLIVER WASONGA, FRANCIS OPIYO, MOSES NYANGITO, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH:
Adapting or Coping? Analysis of Pastoralists' Responses to Climatic Stressors in Kenya's Drylands
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CHRISTIAN STAACKE, CHRISTIAN BUNN, MARIA GUADALUPE BACA GOMEZ, PETER LäDERACH:
Efficiency Analysis of Coffee Cultivation: The Case of Smallholder Farming in the Coffee Sector of Nicaragua
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SATTAR MANDAL, AD SPIJKERS, NICOLE WRAGE, JENS GEBAUER, FLORIAN WICHERN:
Sustainable Development of Bangladesh Agriculture: Examples for Strategies to Adapt to a Changing Environment
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REGINALD TANG GUUROH, HOLM UIBRIG, EMMANUEL ACHEAMPONG:
Community Adaptation Strategies for Increasing Resilience of Homegardens – Case Study from Southern Burkina Faso
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LAM THANH NGUYEN, THANH THI NGUYEN, HUU NGUYEN XUAN:
Driving Factors of Land Use Changes in Chieng Khoi Catchment, Yen Chau District, Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam
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SENAKPON ERIC HAROLL KOKOYE, DANSINOU SILVERE TOVIGNAN, AFOUDA JACOB YABI, ROSAINE NERICE YEGBEMEY, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Land Use in Agriculture: Econometric Modelling of the Land Allocation within the Northern Benin Farms
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SABRINA MEERSOHN MEINECKE, ARJUN PANDEY, AUNG MYO THANT, ANNA MADALINSKA, CECILIE SøRENSEN, MARK WILSON:
Crop Production and Livelihood Strategies in Solio Village 3, Nyeri District, Kenya
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LENA HOHFELD, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Is There a Future for Agriculture in Rural Villages in Northeast Thailand?
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CHRISTOPHER MüNKE, CHAMNAN CHHOUN, THEA LACH, VEASNA AO, NANNA ROOS, CARSTEN NICO HJORTSø:
The Informal Market of Edible Crickets & Spiders in Cambodia. Potentials of a Traditional Food Source
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MARIA DANIELA NUNEZ BURBANO DE LARA, JUAN ANTONIO REYES-AGüERO, JOACHIM SAUERBORN, ANNE CAMILLA BELLOWS:
Changes in Traditional Cultivation and Use of Maguey (Agave spp.) and Nopal (Opuntia spp.) in the Upper Mezquital Valley of Mexico: Relevance for Sustainable Livelihoods
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Rural development

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THEA NIELSEN, ALWIN KEIL, MANFRED ZELLER:
The Influence of Socio-Economic Characteristics and Social Networks on Smallholders' Risk Preferences in Vietnam
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LUCREZIA TINCANI:
Constructing Resilient Livelihoods in Burkina Faso: Finding the Right Balance between Persistence and Adaptation
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JAN BARKMANN, BYRON MAZA, RAINER MARGGRAF:
Trade-Offs Between Biodiversity Protection and Poverty Alleviation Using Payment for Ecosystem Services at the Pasture-Forest Frontier in South Ecuador
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JOHN ILUKOR, REGINA BIRNER:
A Transaction-Cost Framework for Analysing Institutional Arrangements for Providing Animal Health Services in Developing Countries
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TINOUSH JAMALI JAGHDANI, BERNHARD BRüMMER:
Willingness to Pay for Irrigation Water from Groundwater in Spot Water Market by Self Selectivity: An Example from Iran
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LUCIE ANDELTOVá, KARIN HOLM-MUELLER, TOBIAS WüNSCHER:
The Role of Risk in Conservation Auctions for Outcome-Based Payments for Environmental Services and the Cost-Effectiveness Implications: Experiments in Kenya
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Postersession: Rural development

Posters

DIRK RöTTGERS, ETTI WINTER:
Implementing Sets of Institutions Using Economic Experiments: A Case with Diverse Stakeholders in Sikunga, Namibia
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HASSAN ROBA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Natural Resources Governance in Northern Kenya: Implication of Institutional Changes on Environmental Management
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JAENAL EFFENDI, HEIKO FAUST:
The Role of Islamic Micro-Finance Institutions on Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Awareness in Indonesia
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JULIANE ERBACH, EVA SCHLECHT, ULF LIEBE:
Decency of Women's Working Conditions in Peri-Urban Dairy Production Systems in the District Faisalabad, Pakistan
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BEZAWIT BEYENE CHICHAIBELU, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Financial Vulnerability and Indebtedness of Poor Households in Thailand and Vietnam
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JOHANNES PESCHKE:
Banking on Variety - Systems Diversity in Small Scale Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
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XIAOHUAN YAN, SIEGFRIED BAUER, JILIANG XUE:
Vocational Training to Facilitate Rural Urban Migration in China: A Nonparametric Analysis
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XIAOHUAN YAN, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Determinants of Household Participation in Land Rental Market in Rural China: Evidence from Henan Province
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XI ZHAO:
Return Migrants and Employment in Rural China
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MODUPE OLAJUMOKE OWOLABI, ANJA FASSE, ULRIKE GROTE:
Typical Farms in the Bio-Energy Value Chain: A Village Case Study in Tanzania
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YING HOU, MARION KANDZIORA, BENJAMIN BURKHARD, FELIX MüLLER:
Application of the DPSIR Model to Analyse Ecosystem Service Drivers of Agricultural Human-Environmental Systems
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JOCHEN DüRR:
Value Chains and the Forward and Backward Linkages of Agriculture in Guatemala
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NGUYEN LOC DUC, ULRIKE GROTE, KATHARINA RAABE:
Rural-urban Migration in Vietnam: Do Households and Migrants Get Better Off?
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ABDELATEIF HASSAN IBRAHIM, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Assessing the Effects of Credit Access on the Profitability of Farms in Rural Sudan: An Empirical Study from North Kordofan State
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CHO CHO SAN, BEATRICE KNERR:
Livelihood and Resource Use Situation of Mangrove Forest Dependent Rice Farmers in Yanbye Township, Myanmar
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Knowledge, learning and extension

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

LOES WITTEVEEN, RICO LIE:
Visual Problem Appraisal. Using Filmed Narratives for Learning and Mediated Participation
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Oral presentations

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SIMONE KATHRIN KRIESEMER, DETLEF VIRCHOW, KATINKA WEINBERGER:
Assessing Sustainable Technology Options to Increase the Resilience of the Poorest and Most Vulnerable
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BERNARD TRIOMPHE, ANN WATERS-BAYER:
Joint Learning to Enhance Innovation Systems in African Agriculture
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MARIA RESTREPO, CLAUDIA LEVY, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation as an Learning Tool: The Case of Agro-Pastoralists Testing Livestock Production Options to Enhance their Livelihood
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SUSANNE HOFMANN-SOUKI, THOMAS AENIS, MAJA-CATRIN RIECHER, JUDITH EMMERLING, ANNA KROPINA, UTA ZETEK, KAROLIN KöLLING, NAM LE PHUONG:
Impact-oriented Evaluation for Improvement of Extension Services in Vietnam
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Postersession: Knowledge, learning and extension

Posters

QUY HANH NGUYEN:
Towards Resilience? The Evolution of the Agricultural Knowledge System in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
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ROSEANE VIANA, ANNE CAMILLA BELLOWS:
The Right to Adequate Food within the School Feeding Program for Quilombola Communities in Amapá, Brazil
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LENKA PESKOVA, JANA MAZANCOVA, MILAN SLAVIK:
The Agricultural Extension Information Transfer Within the Rural Areas of Kembata Tembaro Zone, Ethiopia
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OYéMONBADé HERVé RODRIGUE AWOYE, EULOGE K. AGBOSSOU, ROSAINE NERICE YEGBEMEY, SENAKPON ERIC HAROLL KOKOYE:
Scientific and Local Knowledge on Climate Change in Tropical West Africa: Do Farmers' Perceptions Fit the Measured Changes?
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PHILIPP ��HLMANN:
The Impact of Religiosity on Economic Success in Rural South Africa
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SAMUEL MBUKU, ALEXANDER KAHI, ISAAC SANGA KOSGEY:
Indigenous Knowledge and Adaptation Strategies of Pastoralists to Climate Variability in Northern Kenya
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FANOS BIRKE, DIRK HOEKSTRA:
Innovative Approaches of Knowledge Management and Capacity Development for Market Oriented Agricultural Development in Ethiopia
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FANOS BIRKE, ANN WATERS-BAYER:
Institutionalising Participatory Innovation Development in Agricultural Extension: Case Study of Tahtay Maychew, Ethiopia
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ANN WATERS-BAYER, CHESHA WETTASINHA, YOHANNES GEBRE MICHAEL, SAIDOU MAGAGI, LAURENS VAN VELDHUIZEN:
Strengthening Local Adaptive Capacity: The Key to Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
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AMLAKU ASRES, JOHANN SöLKNER, RANJITHA PUSKUR, MARIA WURZINGER:
The Impact of Social Networks on Dairy Technology Adoption in North-West Ethiopia
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YINAGER DESSIE BELAY, MICHAEL HAUSER, MARIA WURZINGER:
Assessing the Impact of Social Learning and Social Capital for the Adoption of Soil Conservation Innovations: A Case Study in Northern Ethiopia
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LASSE ENGLYST OLSEN:
Farmer Learning in Rotational Farmer Groups: Case Studies from the Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda
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Food security and adaptation

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

Postersession: Food security and adaptation

Posters

SUSANNE NEUBERT, AXEL KRUMSIEK:
Increasing Resilience to Climate Change and Economic Shocks in Small Scale Agriculture in Zambia
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BALGAH ROLAND AZIBO, GERTRUD BUCHENRIEDER, INNOCENT NDOH MBUE:
Natural Shocks, Risk Perceptions and Resilience: Evidence from Cameroon
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JACKSON GILBERT MAJALIWA MWANJALOLO, RUGER WINNEGGE, NELE FOERCH:
Community Resilience and Climate Change
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ANJA CHRISTINCK, EVA WELTZIEN:
Plant Breeding and Food Security: Targeting the Needs of Resource-Poor Farmers in Plant Breeding Programs for Marginal Areas
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HARALD VON WITZKE, TILMAN BRüCK, THI HUONG DIU PHAM:
Effects of Vietnamese Rice Price Controls Policy on Competition with Thailand
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ABDELATEIF HASSAN IBRAHIM, SAYED ALI FADAL ELMOLA ZAREBA:
Household Food Security under the Conditions of Poverty: Evidence from Kordofan Region, Central-West Sudan
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FENGLI XIU, SIEGFRIED BAUER, FENGGUANG XIU:
China' Soybean Import Demand: An Analysis of Impacts of Price Fluctuation and Agricultural Policy Transition
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THOMAS VETTER, OLIVER CUPIT, HUGO FRANCISCO CHAVEZ AYALA, VICTORIA MUNKAGER, MATILDE LUND FRANDSEN, PHILIPP SCHLIEPER, IDA WELDINGH PEDERSEN:
Winds of Change: Livelihoods of an Iban Community in Transition
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ERIC WEISS, MOHAMED SALIFOU ISSAKA, ANDRé TANDJIEKPON, PETER KELLER:
Link Between Cash Crop Production and Household Food Security in West Africa: The Case of Cashew Promotion in Benin
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MAROLYN VIDAURRE DE LA RIVA, ANDRé LINDNER:
Assessing Adaptation to Climate Change: Environmental and Socioeconomic Changes in the Andes of Bolivia
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TSIGE-YOHANNES HABTE, MICHAEL KRAWINKEL:
Nutritional Adequacy in Africa: The Bases for Planning Sustainable and Diverse Food Supply
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ALICIA P. RONDóN-KRUMMHEUER, KARLHEINZ KNICKEL, LAURA SUSANNE SHUFORD:
Microfinance for Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (MEbA)
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KAI MAUSCH, CYNTHIA BANTILAN:
Applicability and Spillover Effects of Icrisat Technologies – Enhancing Benefits to the Global Farming Community
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MICHAEL PHILLIPH MUSYOKA, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Impacts of Rising Food Price on Household Welfare and Incidence of Food Insecurity in Kenya
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AFTON HALLORAN, JAKOB MAGID:
Can Urban Agriculture Land Use Planning Maintain the Resilience of Dar es Salaam's Food System?
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PHILEMON CHELANG'A, GIDEON OBARE, SIMON CHEGE KIMENJU:
Analysis of Urban Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) in Kenya: A Case of Eldoret Town
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HORST OEBEL, GEOFFROY GANTOLI, EVINCE OSVALD YEGBEMEY:
Value Chain Promotion for Food Security in Small-Scale Farming Context: Results of two Year Experiences in Atacora-Donga Region, Benin
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Engineering

Innovations in agricultural engineering

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

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UWE RICHTER, DAVID DUBA GOLICHA, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Development of a New Low Cost Long Time GPS-device for the Recording of Grazing Itineraries
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NOUHOU ALI:
Irrigated Agriculture in Niger: Which Strategy to Adopt Against Food Crises and Poverty?
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AGUS ARIP MUNAWAR, DIETER VON HöRSTEN, DANIEL MöRLEIN, ELKE PAWELZIK, JENS KARL WEGENER:
Non-destructive Method for Determining Inner Quality Attributes of Intact Mango by Near Infrared Spectroscopy
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CAROLINE PAUL, EKKEHARD KüRSCHNER:
Can Water-Saving Technology Increase Resilience in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes? Experiences from Bangladesh from a Socio-Economic Perspective
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MARCUS NAGLE, KIATKAMJON INTANI, BUSARAKORN MAHAYOTHEE, SARDSUD VICHA, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Non-destructive Mango Quality Assessment using Image Processing: Inexpensive Innovation for the Fruit Handling Industry
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MOHAMMAD KAZEM SOURI, MOJGAN BAKHTIARI ZADE:
Effects of Plant Essential Oils on Storage Decay of Valencia Oranges
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Postersession: Innovations in agricultural engineering

Posters

Water and energy

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

Postersession: Water and energy

Posters

ALEXANDER SCHöNING, MARTINA WEGNER, ELISABETH VAN DEN AKKER, KLAUS ACKERMANN:
Water Spreading Weirs: Improving Resilience in Dry Areas
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MOHAMMAD JAFARI, MAHSHID SOORI, ALI NOORI FARD:
Optimal Site Selection for the Construction of Small Dams as a Water and Soil Erosion Management Option: Case Study from Kermanshah Province, Iran
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KHALED OSATI, ALI SALAJEGHEH, MOHAMMAD MAHDAVI, PAUL KOENIGER:
Statistical and Trend Analysis of Surface Water Quality for the Upstream of Karkheh River in Iran
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WEILI ZHANG, AIGUO XU, S.X. WU:
Study on Driving Factors for Water Pollution in China
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ANDREA DüHRKOOP, OLIVER HENSEL:
Subsurface Irrigation by Auto-regulative Working Porous Pipes Tested in Field Trials
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FATIH ELRAHMAN ELDIRDIRI, YAHIA OMAR ADAM GUMA, MOHAMMED H. MOHAMMED:
Development of LPG and Household Woodfuel Consumption: Case Study of two Rural Areas in Gezira State, Sudan
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SEBASTIAN ROMULI, SHKELQIM KARAJ, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Optimisation of Mechanical Oil Extraction from Husked Kernels of Jatropha curcas L. Using Matrix Additives
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Post-harvest technology

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

Postersession: Post-harvest technology

Posters

ISAIAH ETEMO MUCHILWA, OLIVER HENSEL:
A Review of Computational Methods for the Design of Innovative Drying Systems for the Prevention of Postharvest Aflatoxin Contamination of Maize in Kenya
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OLIVER HENSEL:
Drying Kinetics of Yam Dioscorea batatas
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SONIA RINCON, PATRICIA CUERVO, OLIVER HENSEL:
Drying of Mentha Spicata in a Dual Solar-Biomass Tunnel Dryer in Colombia
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KAYODE ADEBISI AROWORA, CHARLES O. ADETUNJI, OLUYEMISI B. FAWOLE, S.S. AFOLAYAN, O.O. OLALEYE, J.B. ADETUNJI, BUKOLA AYOBAMI OGUNDELE:
Effects of Aloe vera Coatings on Quality Characteristics of Oranges Stored under Cold Storage
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OSILAMAH SOLOMON IMHOMOH, SøREN K. RASMUSSEN, STEPHEN ONAKUSE, IVY DRAFOR AMENYAH, MARGARET OTTAH ATIKPO:
Post-harvest Losses and Food Sustainability Challenges of Rural Farmers in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Rural Maize Farmers in Ghana
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AMRO BABIKER HASSAN, DIETER VON HöRSTEN, WOLFGANG LüCKE:
Controlling Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Maize Grains by Using Microwave and Radio Frequency Energy
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O. PETER KOLAWOLE, A.S. OGUNLOWO, LEO AGBETOYE, LATEEF SANNI, ABASS ADEBAYO:
Innovative Development of a Cassava Processing Machine
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NATTASAK KRITTIGAMAS, SUCHADA VEARASILP, DIETER VON HöRSTEN, WOLFGANG LüCKE:
Improving of Thermal Uniformity of Mango During Radio Frequency Heat Treatment for Insect Control
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MARCUS NAGLE, TOMOKO TADOKORO, BUSARAKORN MAHAYOTHEE, SARDSUD VICHA, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Monitoring of Ripening Processes in Mango Fruits using Laser Backscattering: An Innovative Optical Technique
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MAHA ADDAS, MUHI EL-DINE HILALI, BARBARA RISCHKOWSKY, PANAGIOTIS KEFALAS:
The Quality of Syrian Shanklish a Traditional Dairy Product
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SARANA SOMMANO, DARYL JOYCE, PRIYA JOYCE, K. RATNAYAKE, JOHANNES F. J. MAX, BRUCE D'ARCY:
Phytotoxicity by Essential Oil May Play a Role in Postharvest Browning Disorder of Cinnamon Myrtle (Backhousia myrtifolia) Tissues
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Food, health and nutrition

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

Postersession: Food, health and nutrition

Posters

FOLUSO OLUTOPE ADETUYI, IBRAHIM OLUSOLA DADA:
Nutritional, Zn Bioavailability and Antioxidant Properties of Water Leaf (Talinum triangulare) Mucilage
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IGNASIUS RADIX A.P. JATI, DONATUS NOHR, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI:
Iron, Zinc, Carotenoids, Bioactive Compound, and Antioxidant Activity of Indonesian Black Colored Rice
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ANDRIATI NINGRUM, NHUT NGUYEN MINH, MATTHIAS SCHREINER:
Carotenoids and Carotenoid Derived Compounds in Pandanus amaryllifolius from Indonesia
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PATRICIA CUERVO, SONIA RINCON, OLIVER HENSEL:
Effect of Drying Temperature on the Quality of Stevia rebaudiana
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GAMMAA A.M. OSMAN, EIMAN E. DIAB, NAGAT S. MAHMOUD, RANDA A. A. ELAGIB, MOHAMED A.H. RUSHDI, AMRO BABIKER HASSAN:
Effect of Gamma Irradiation and Storage on Fungal Growth, Aflatoxin Production and Quality Characteristics of Groundnuts
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FANTA DESISSA GUTEMA, DELIA GRACE:
Raw Milk Consumption Behaviour and Assessment of its Risk Factors among Dairy Producers in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia: Implication for Public Health
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PIYACHAT AKARANUCHAT, SUCHADA VEARASILP, SA-NGUANSAK THANAPORNPOONPONG, NATTASAK KRITTIGAMAS, SANGTIWA SURIYONG, ELKE PAWELZIK, WOLFGANG LüCKE, DIETER VON HöRSTEN:
Combining Radio Frequency Drying with Hot Air Oven for Energy Reduction in GABA Rice
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Modelling

Systems modelling

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

PETER CARBERRY:
Using Systems Modelling to Assess Production Efficiency in Contrasting Agricultural Systems
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Oral presentations

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MARIANA CRISTINA RUFINO, PHILIP K. THORNTON, STANLEY KARANJA NG'ANG'A, IANETTA MUTIE, PETER G. JONES, MARIO HERRERO:
Transitions in Agro-Pastoralist Systems of East Africa: Impacts on Food Security and Vulnerability
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ANTON EITZINGER, PETER LäDERACH, BEATRIZ RODRIGUEZ:
Central American Bean Systems and the Changing Climate
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GERHARD GEROLD, STEFAN HOHNWALD:
Models and Implementation of Carbon-Optimised Land Management Strategies in Southern Amazonia: Carbiocial
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MAKSUD BEKCHANOV, ANIK BADHURI:
Economic Gains from Benefit Sharing Based Water Allocation in the Aral Sea Basin
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