Contents

• Impressum
• Preface
• Message (Dirk Niebel)
• Plenary speeches
  • Zuzana Hlavicková: Czech Republic's Contribution to Global Development Beyond 2015
  • Richard Hall: Orientating and Keeping Scientific Research for Development on Track
  • Judith Francis: Food and Nutrition Security and Differing Capacities
  • Louwrens C. Hoffman: Can an Integrated Livestock Wildlife Production System Bridge the Gap Between Increasing Knowledge and Decreasing Resources?
  • Christel Weller-Molongua: From Lab to Field: The Role of Development Cooperation in Bridging the Gap Between Increasing Knowledge and Decreasing Resources
  • James Smith: Sustainable Research Options for Food, Nutrition and Economic Security: Health, Wealth and Environmental Benefits of Livestock
  • Miroslav Zámecník: Can Well Managed Consumptive and Non-consumptive Use of Wildlife Help in Protecting Endangered Species While Contributing to Local Economic Development?
  
  
• Plants and soils
  • Crop management
    • Invited Paper
      • Patrick van Damme: `Traditional' Agriculture Versus Biotechnology: Challenges for Research and (development) Practice
    • Oral Presentations
      • Sieglinde Snapp, Regis Chikowo, Wezi Mhango, Vicki Morrone, Mateete Bekunda, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon: Doubled-Up Legumes in Malawi: An Innovation for Sustainable Rain"=Fed Cereal Production in Developing Countries
      • Stefan Hauser, Tony Bakelana, Denis Bungu, Mbuta Kuhuma Mwangu: Root Yield Response of 12 Cassava Varieties to Leaf Harvest in DR Congo
      • Andreas Wilhelm Ebert, Tien-Hor Wu: Overcoming Seed Germination Problems of Traditional Vegetables after Cold Storage
      • Christian Andres, Eucebio Perez, Freddy Alcon, Romero Choque, Germán Trujillo, Joachim Milz, Monika Schneider: Cocoa Yield in Bolivian On-Farm Trials 2010-2013: Monitoring Outstanding Farmers and Comparing Clones and Sites
    • Posters
      • Noah Adamtey, Juan Guillermo Cobo, Martha Musyoka, Edward Karanja, Komi K. M. Fiaboe, Anne Muriuki, Monicah Mucheru-Muna, Estelle Berset, Andreas Fliessbach, Dionys Forster: Productivity of Maize and Baby Corn in Organic and Conventional Farming System
      • Aysun Peksen, Gulsun Dadayli, Zehra Satilmis, Savas Catal: Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreotus) Yield in Different Substrates Prepared by Cowpea Pod Shell Waste
      • Sayed Eisa, Ahmed Abdel-Ati, Mohamed Ebrahim, Mohamed Eid, Emad El-Din Abd El-Samad, Sayed Hussin, Nasr El-Bordeny, Safwat Ali, Abd-El-Rahman El-Naggar: Chenopodium quinoa as a New Non-Traditional Crop in Egypt
      • Leiter Granda, Elena Duskova, Guillermo Corredor, Deisy Rosero, Amparo Rosero, Radim Cerkal: Studying Quinoa Chenopodium quinoa Willd Adaptability from Tropical to Temperate Conditions
      • Uta Priegnitz, Willemien Lommen, René van der Vlugt, Stephen Onakuse, Paul Struik: Improving Seed Potato Quality in Southwestern Uganda for Strengthening Food and Cash Security
      • Elizabeth Metto, Bernhard Freyer, Kibet Ngetich, Arthur Wasukira , Susan Kamuru, Catherine Munyua: Dramatic Loss of Potato Yields - The Failure of Crop and Storage Management in Ugandan Smallholder Farms
      • Salaheldin Abdelgadir Mukhtar Eltahir, Ahmed Obeid, Hayder Abdelgader: Performance of Sugarbeet Sown in Sudan under Comparatively High Temperatures (May-July)
      • Sayed Eisa, Safwat Ali, Sayed Hussin, Nasr El-Bordeny: Evaluate the Potential Yields of Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) Cultivated in Coastal Salt Marshes of Egypt
      • Kristen Kelly: Impact of Cultivation and Gathering on Medicinal Aromatic Plants: A Case Study in Makwanpur District, Nepal
      • Majid Rostami, Abdol Reza Ahmadi: Analysis of Weed Flora in Traditional Vineyards of Malayer
      • Simeon Olatayo Jekayinfa, Afolayan Stephen Olaoye: On Farm Energy Analysis of Sweet Orange Production in Nigeria
      • Sonia Natalia Vásquez Díaz, Elber Giovanni Paez: Implementation of Cocoa Crops as a Measure for Replacement of Illicit Crops in Western Boyacá, Colombia
      • Rosella Giunta, Gaetano Laghetti, Paolo Direnzo, Patrizio Vignaroli, Federico Valori , Vieri Tarchiani, Domenico Pignone: Research and Development for a Modern Horticulture in the Groundnut Basin of Senegal
      • Danny Hunter, Mary Taylor, Adelino Lorens: Promoting Nutrition Sensitive and Climate Smart Agriculture through Increased Use of Traditional Underutilised Species in the Pacific
  • Crop management and abiotic stresses
    • Oral Presentations
      • Elsa Matthus, Lin-Bo Wu, Ando Razafindrazaka, Michael Fuh, Michael Asante, Yoshiaki Ueda, Stefanie Höller, Andres G C Sajise, Glenn Gregorio, Mathias Becker, Michael Frei: Genetic Basis of Iron Toxicity Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
      • Florian Wichern, Toufiq Iqbal, Conor Watson, Yashneeil Singh, Christoph Knoblauch, Rainer Georg Joergensen: Salinity Effects on Soil Microbial Properties and Nutrient Fluxes in a Rice Paddy Soil During Short Term Aerobic Incubation
      • Marc Schmierer, Folkard Asch: Whole-Plant Gas Exchange Characteristics of a Super Dwarf Rice Genotype
      • Beate Böhme, Mathias Becker, Bernd Diekkrüger: Evaluating Crop Production Potential in a Floodplain Wetland in Tanzania: The Challenge of Soil-Moisture Monitoring
      • Jayne Binott, Julius Owuoche, Dorothea Bartels: Comparative Physiological and Molecular Response of Kenyan Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Cultivars in Response to Abiotic Stress
      • Mansoure Hatamian, Hassan Salehi: Physiological Characteristics of two Rose (Rosa hybrida L.) Cultivars Grown under Different Levels of Shading
    • Posters
      • Kristina Grotelüschen, Anne Sennhenn, Anthony Whitbread, Brigitte L. Maass, Donald Njarui: Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet: A Promising Multipurpose Legume for Enhanced Drought Resistance in Smallholder Farming-Systems of Eastern Kenya
      • Julia Auber, M. Awais Khan, Evelyn Farfan, Merideth Bonierbale, Folkard Asch: Does Combining Canopy Reflectance and Canopy Temperature Allow Identifying Drought Resistance Strategies in Potato?
      • Anne Sennhenn, Jude J.O. Odhiambo, Brigitte L. Maass, Anthony Whitbread: Considering the Effects of Temperature and Photoperiod on the Growth and Development of Lablab (Lablab purpureus L.) in the Search for Short-Season Accessions for Smallholder Farming Systems
      • Leah Kuppinger, Julia Auber, Evelyn Farfan, M. Awais Khan, Merideth Bonierbale, Folkard Asch: Effects of Drought Stress on Crop Development, Growth and Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Five Potato Clones
      • Siamak Ghaffaripour, Nina van den Bilcke, Karen Wuyts, Roeland Samson: Traits Related to Drought Resistance in Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.)
      • Mervat Ahmed El-Far, Hans-Werner Koyro, Thomas Berberich: Polyamine Action in Sweetpotato Plants in Response to Environmental Stresses
      • Eder Pereira Gomes, Carolina Bilibio, Oliver Hensel, Arthur Carniato Sanches, Cesar José da Silva , Dhiones Dias: Analysis of Energy and Economic Efficiency of Irrigated Canola Production in Brazilian Central-West Region
      • Arthur Carniato Sanches, Eder Pereira Gomes, Carolina Bilibio, Oliver Hensel, Cesar J. Silva, Denise Nascimento Fabris, Lucas Filgueira: Potential Yield of Canola under Different Irrigation Frequencies and Nitrogen Levels in Brazilian Center-West Region
      • Ali Esmaeilpour, Marie-Christine van Labeke, Roeland Samson, Patrick van Damme: Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Tool for Evaluation of Drought Stress Tolerance in Iranian Pistachio Cultivars
      • Shadi Jafari, Roeland Samson: Differences in Morphology, Physiology and Biomass Between African Baobabs from Malian Provenances under Salt Stress
  • Plant nutrition and soil improvement
    • Oral Presentations
      • Andreas Fliessbach, Else Bünemann, Paul Maeder, Mira Portmann, Hannah Schmalz, Juan Guillermo Cobo, Anne Muriuki, Martha Musyoka, Noah Adamtey: Soil Fertility after Six Years of Organic and Conventional Management in two Long-Term Field Experiments in Kenya
      • Steffen A. Schweizer, Nisar A. Bhat, Bhupendra S. Sisodia, Sabine Zikeli, Georg Cadisch, Gurbir S. Bhullar: Soil Physical Properties under a Long-Term System Trial Comparing Organic and Conventional Management in India
      • Reinhold Jahn, Thimo Klotzbücher, Anika Marxen, Leuther Frederic, Doris Vetterlein: Availability and Management of Silicon Nutrition to Rice Plants in Contrasting Southeast Asian Regions
      • Christian Dold, Mathias Becker: Soil Attribute Changes and Effect on Plant Production in the Littoral Wetland of Lake Naivasha
      • Gabriel Marvin, Franziska Faul, Niko Roßkopf, Jutta Zeitz: Substrate Specification of Different Hydrogeomorphic Peatland Types in KwaZulu-Natal (ZA) with Focus on Cultivation and Restoration
      • Patrick Awuor Ooro, Rhoda Birech, Joyce Maling'a, Jörn Germer, Bernhard Freyer, Kibet Ngetich, Rael Taiy: Influence of Water Harvesting and Soil Fertility Management on the Performance of Wheat in Kenya
    • Posters
      • Alana Das Chagas Ferreira Aguiar, Emanoel Gomes de Moura, Elialdo Souza, Anágila Cardoso-Silva: Enhancement of Nitrogen Use Efficiency to Increase Yield and Maize Grain Quality in No-Till Systems
      • Clério Hickmann, Marcos Alberto Lana, Frank Eulenstein, Angelika Wurbs: How 23 Years of Different Soil Managements Affect a Tropical Acrysol? Lessons from a No-Tillage Experiment
      • Pin Pravalprukskul, Tanja Lübbers, Pernille Nielsen Spangsberg, Anne Damgaard Møller: Farmers' Soil Management Decision-Making and the Effects on Soil Fertility in Nyeri South District, Kenya
      • Idupulapati Rao, Jacobo Arango, Manabu Ishitani, Margaret Worthington, John Miles, Michael Peters, Joe Tohme, Mario Cuchillo Hilario, Aracely Castro, Glenn Hyman, Jeimar Tapasco, Jorge Duitama, Danilo Moreta, Jonathan Nuñez, Michael Selvaraj, Rein van der Hoek, Hannes Karwat, Alvaro Rincón, Reynaldo Mendoza, Mauricio Sotelo, Daniel Vergara, Paola Pardo, Gonzalo Borrero, Guntur Subbarao, Georg Cadisch: Developing Climate-Smart Crop"=Livestock Systems for Smallholders in the Tropics through Regulation of Nitrification in Soil
      • Keivan Mohit Rabari, Mahmoud Reza Roozban, Mohammad Kazem Souri: Foliar Application of Soluble Forms of Calcium Alleviates Boron Toxicity in Pistachio Seedlings
      • Abebe Nigatu, Sander Bruun, Thom Kuyper, Lijbert Brussaard , Andreas de Neergaard: Poverty-Driven Dependence on Agricultural Waste Streams: A Challenge for Soil Fertility Management to Smallholder Farmers
      • Moien Naieji, Mohammad Kazem Souri: The Potential for Organic Production of Savory (Satureja hortensis) in Iran
      • Mauricio Cruz, Martha Gómez, Carlos Moreno, Bettina Eichler-Loebermann: Strains of Trichoderma sp. and their Capacity to Mobilise Phosphorus
      • Elsa Rakhmi Dewi, Sara Hueso, Anthony Whitbread: The Dynamics of Residue Decomposition under Aerobic and Anaerobic Systems
      • Sattar Mandal, Matthias Kleinke: Converting Sand into Gold: The Case of Sand Bar Cropping in Bangladesh
      • Lilibet Pérez-Garlobo, Onelio Fundora, Yordán Ramallo, Iliá Lugo, Bettina Eichler-Loebermann: Application of Poultry Manure with Zeolite Reduces the Use of Commercial Fertilisers and Improves the Soil Fertility in Organic Sugar Cane Production
      • Meseret Kassie Desta, Herbert Hager, Monika Sieghardt, Belayneh Ayele Anteneh, Demel Teketay: The Role of Trees in Homegardens on Soil Nutrient Improvement in Maytemeko Watershed, Northwestern Highlands of Ethiopia
      • Samaneh Najib Nia, Alireza Koocheki, Mehdi Nassiri Mahallati, Hassan Porsa: Nutrient Capture Efficiency, Use Efficiency and Productivity in Sole Cropping and Intercropping of Rapeseed, Bean and Corn
      • Ricardo Romero Perez Grovas, Miet Maertens: Conservation Agriculture: An Alternative for Soil Erosion Control in Steep-Slope Regions Cultivated by Small"=Scale Farmers
      • Konrad Egenolf, Hannes Karwat, Frank Rasche, Georg Cadisch, Danilo Moreta, Jacobo Arango, Idupulapati Rao: Impact of ``Biological Nitrification Inhibition'' on N Recovery Efficiency, N Leaching and N<sub>2</sub>O Emissions Using the Example of Brachiaria humidicola
      • Francesca Beggi, Andreas Buerkert: Effect of Early Mycorrhisation and Root Length on Low Phosphorus Tolerance of West African Millet
      • Florian Wichern, Yashneeil Singh, Toufiq Iqbal, Conor Watson, Christoph Knoblauch, Peter Friedrich Simon: Interactive Effects of Polyacrylamide and Dicyandiamide on Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Dynamics
      • Isaac Danso, Thomas Gaiser, Heidi Webber, Frank Ewert: Evaluation of Climate Adaptation Options for Cotton Cultivation in the Sudan Savannah of West Africa
      • Iva Zivanovic, Aleksandar Simic, Vesna Rakic, Vladislav Rac, Tore Krogstad, Zeljko Dzeletovic: Nutritive Improvement Possibilities in Pasture Production Using Ammonia-Loaded Zeolite
  • Agrobiodiversity and plant genetic resources
    • Oral Presentations
      • Alemayehu Teressa Negawo, Fathi Hassan, Hans-Jörg Jacobsen: Regeneration and Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Cowpea
      • Jana Cízková, Eva Hribová, Pavla Christelová, Ines van den Houwe, Rony Swennen, Nicolas Roux, Jaroslav Dolezel: Characterisation of Wild Musa Accessions Recently Introduced to the International Gene Bank
      • Loyce Jepkorir, Joseph Wakibia, Stepha McMullin, Roeland Kindt, Katja Kehlenbeck: On-Farm Fruit Tree Species Richness and Diversity and its Influencing Factors in Western Kenya
      • Hana Dolezalova, Bohdan Lojka, Joel Esteban Odicio Guevara, David Honys: Genetic Diversity of Aguaje (Mauritia flexuosa L.f.) in Peruvian Amazon
      • Alois Antonín Hilgert-Delgado, Klíma Miroslav, Iva Viehmannová, Eloy Fernández Cusimamani: Effective Techniques for Resynthesized Rapeseed Production of Contrasting Components via Ovule Culture and Flow Cytometry
      • Severin Polreich, Stef De Haan, Henry Juarez, Alejandra Arce Indacochea, Franklin Plasencia, Raul Ccanto, Maria Mayer de Scurrah, Domingo Begazo Oliviera: An Interdisciplinary Monitoring Network of Diversity Hotspots for Long-Term in-situ Conservation of Potato Landraces
    • Posters
      • Gokul Paudel, Nils Teufel, Christian Böber, Andrew McDonald, Dhiraj Kumar Singh: Hybrid Maize for Food and Feed Security in Mixed Farming Systems of Western Nepal: An ex-ante Assessment
      • Awadalla Abdalla Abdelmula, Mohammed Ismail Ahmed, Maarouf Ibrahim Mohammed, Seifeldin Gasim: Combining Abilities and Heterosis for Yield and Quality Traits in Forage Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]
      • Karin Vaneker: Aroids: Orphans in the Global Food System
      • Molly Murage, Katja Kehlenbeck, John Wanangwe, Ken Njogu, Charles Waruhiu, Remmy Kasili, Barbara Stadlmayr: Morphological, Genetic and Chemical Fruit Characterisation of Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) Accessions from Kenya
      • Nien Chau Nguyen, Michael Böhme, Ina Pinker: Determination of Stable Traits for Morphological Characterisation of Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.) Accessions
      • Sandra Habicht, Michael Krawinkel, Ray-Yu Yang: Fruits and Leaves of Bitter Gourd Varieties Differ in Antidiabetic Effects on Cell Culture Level
      • Carlos Roberto Martins, Adenir Teodoro, Hélio Wilson Lemos de Carvalho: Yield Efficiency of Citrus Scions and Rootstocks in Northeastern Brazil
      • Andriati Ningrum, Matthias Schreiner: Pandan Leaves (Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.) ''Vanilla of the East'' and its Application as Food Ingredient
      • Emmanuel Idehen: Evaluation of Agronomic Characters of `egusi' Melon Genotypes from Various Agro-Ecological Zones of Nigeria
      • Mohammad Kazem Souri, Mohammad Ahmadi Hoseini: Morphological Diversity and Root Dry Extract Content of Different Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) Ecotypes from Five Provinces in Iran
      • Cengiz Toker, C.O. Ceylan, C. Ikten, B. Uzun: Transgressive Segregations in Interspecific Crosses Between Cicer arietinum L. and C. echinospermum P.H. Davis
      • C. Sylvestre Gerbert Dossa, M. Casiana Vera Cruz, Amelia Henry, Rolando Torres, Arvind Kumar, Ricardo Oliva, Edgar Maiss, Kerstin Wydra: Would Combination of Drought QTLs and Rice Xa Genes Be Suitable to Control Bacterial Blight under Climate Change?
      • C. Sylvestre Gerbert Dossa, Kerstin Wydra, Johnny Balidion, Ricardo Oliva, Edgar Maiss, M. Casiana Vera Cruz: Two Rice Major Xa Genes: Xa4 and Xa7 Showed Complementary Effects to Combined Stresses of Bacterial Blight and High Temperature
      • Michaela Hrdlicková, Eloy Fernández Cusimamani, Jana Ziarovská, José Luis Ros Santaella, Aleš Holík: Assessment of Genetic Fidelity of Micropropagated Plants and in vitro Polyploidisation in Monarda didyma L.
      • Lady Laura Tuisima Coral, Petra Hlásná Cepková, Bohdan Lojka: Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) Markers as Reproducible Tools for Genetic Diversity Analysis of an Agroforestry Tree Species Guazuma crinita from Peruvian Amazon
      • Eva Hribová, Jana Cízková, Ines van den Houwe, Rony Swennen, Nicolas Roux, Jaroslav Dolezel: Characterisation of Accessions Held at the International Musa Genebank
      • Goldis Perry Davila, Jana Ziarovská, Eloy Fernández Cusimamani, Jitka Perry: Morphological and Molecular Characterisation of 11 Varieties of Native Chilli Peppers (Capsicum spp.) of the Peruvian Amazon
      • Monica Omondi, Katja Kehlenbeck: Diversity of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Cultivars from Motherblocks in Kenya: A Morphological Characterisation Approach
      • Robert Gitahi, Remmy Kasili, Martina Kyallo, Katja Kehlenbeck: Morphological and Genetic Diversity of Local Mango Accessions from the Eastern Region of Kenya
      • Siamak Ghaffaripour, Nina van den Bilcke, Roeland Samson: The Environmental Variation of Traits for Interpreting Genotypic Characterisation in Broad-Adapted Populations of Tamarind
      • Erkut Peksen, Cengiz Toker, Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Farooq: A Preliminary Study on the Screening of Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) Genotypes for Adaptation Ability and Yield Potential
      • Petra Štréblová, Iva Viehmannová, Petra Hlásná Cepková, Jana Andrlova, Jan Vitamvas: In vitro Propagation of Puya berteroniana and Assessment of Genetic Stability Using Molecular Markers
      • Petra Hlásná Cepková, Václav Dvorácek, Iva Viehmannová, Martin Ocelák, Danter Cachique Huansi, Bohdan Lojka: Use of Lab-on-a"=Chip Technology in Characterisation of Seed Storage Proteins and Protein Fractions in Inca Peanut (Plukenetia volubilis) Samples
  • Crop biotic stresses (DPG session)
    • Oral Presentations
      • Monika Götz, Stephan Winter: Whitefly Transmitted Begomoviruses in Asia and their Impact on Europe
      • Miguel Dita, Ayla Schilly, Jorge Vargas, Nancy Chaves, Mauricio Guzmán, Jorge Sandoval, Charles Staver: Endophyte Microbiome of Banana Roots Reveals High Diversity and Potential for Agricultural Uses
      • Feyisara Olorunleke, Amayana Adiobo, Joseph T. Onyeka, Monica Höfte: Cocoyam Root Rot Disease Caused by Pythium myriotylum in Nigeria
      • Mary Musyoki, Georg Cadisch, Esther Enowashu, Judith Zimmermann, Esther Kathini Muema, Henry Wainwright, Bernard Vanlauwe, Frank Rasche: Response of the Abundance of Nitrifying Prokaryotes to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. strigae in a Maize Rhizosphere
      • Jacinter Atieno Otieno, Hans-Michael Poehling: Combination of Soil-Applied Azadirachtin with Entomopathogens for Integrated Management of Western Flower Thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis
      • Thomas Miethbauer, Jürgen Kroschel, Yanet Garay, Silvestre Quispe: Technology Transfer and Scaling up with Partners: The Plastic Barrier Technology for Pest Control in Community-Based Organic Potato Production in the Peruvian Andes
    • Posters
      • Marufa Fatema, Md. Mahbubar Rahman, Kamal Humayan Kabir: Use Pattern of Insecticides in Eggplant and their Residues in Farm Gate and Market Samples
      • Seraina Vonzun, Monika M. Messmer, Dharmendra Wele, Yogendra Shrivas, Thomas Boller, Hanamaraddi G. Kencharaddi, Manjula S. Maralappanavar, Shreekant S. Patil: Determining Tolerance of non-GM Cotton Cultivars Towards Cotton Bollworm in Central India
      • Lenard Mounde, Michael Yongha Boh, Marc Cotter, Joachim Sauerborn: Potential of Rhizobacteria for Promotion of Sorghum Growth and Suppression of Striga Development
      • Geoffrey Onaga, Kerstin Wydra, Birger Koopmann, Yacouba Sere, Andreas von Tiedemann: Changes in Magnaporthe oryzae Transcriptome During Rice Infection at High Temperature
      • Joshua Okonya, Thomas Miethbauer, Jürgen Kroschel: Practices and Use of Pesticides by Smallholder Potato Farmers in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Survey
      • Benjamin K. Badii, Jerry A. Nboyine, Charles Adarkwah: Integrated Pest Management in Cabbage in the Tamale Metropolis, Northern Ghana
      • Catherine Wanja Bogner, Beyene Zwedie, George Kariuki, Alexander Schouten, Florian M. W. Grundler: Mode-of-Action of Fungal Endophytes in Controlling the Root"=Knot Nematode Infection in Tomato
      • Adamu Usman Izge, Yusuf Garba: Correlation and Path Coefficients in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon Mill) under Fruitworm (Helicoverpa zea Buddie) Infestation in Line x Tester Breeding
      • Dalia Muftah Alkhayat, Katharina Döll, Petr Karlovsky, Stefan Vidal: Effect of Endophytic Entomopathogenic Fungi as Biological Control Agents on the Production of Phytohormons in Tomato and Cotton
      • Leone Miniato Ferrari, Andrés Flores, Fortunato Velasquez, Monika Schneider, Christian Andres, Joachim Milz, Germán Trujillo, Freddy Alcon, Ingrid Fromm: Organic Pest Management Strategies to Control the Cocoa Mirid (Monalonion dissimulatum Dist.), Alto Beni, Bolivia
      • Nora Kägi, Monika Schneider, Franco Weibel: Evaluation of a Visual Vitality Assessment to Detect Indicators for Stress and Yield for Cacao
      • Hanny Tantau, Hans-Peter Mühlbach, Annika Stubbe, Rakha Hari Sarker, Sheikh Shamimul Alam, Salim Khan, M. Imdadul Hoque: Grouping of Bacteria Isolated from Dieback-Affected Dalbergia sissoo in Bangladesh by Phylogenetic Analyses and ARDRA
      • Claudia Utz, Juliana Zweifel, Lokendra Singh Mandloi, Rajeev Verma, Christian Andres, Gurbir S. Bhullar, Christoph Studer: Self-Made Pest Control Products for Organic Cotton Production in Nimar Region, Madhya Pradesh, India
      • Adenir Vieira Teodoro, Maria de Jesus Sousa Silva, Jéssica Fontes Vasconcelos, Carlos Roberto Martins: Crude Cotton Seed Oil as an Alternative for Coconut Mite Management in Brazil
      • Marion Liebrecht, Pirasteh Pahlavan, Stephan Winter: Viruses in Orphan Crops of the Tropics and their Discovery
      • Alexander Schouten, Catherine Wanja Bogner, Florian M. W. Grundler: Containing Nematode Diseases in Crops by Fungal Endophytes: Current Standings and Prospects
  • Agrobiodiversity and plant genetic resources II
  
  
• Animal science
  • Animal feeding and nutrition
    • Oral Presentations
      • Christian Lückstädt, Maria Lourdes A. Cuvin-Aralar: Effect of Dietary Sodium Diformate on Growth Performance in Giant Freshwater Prawn under Controlled Conditions
      • Johnny Onyema Ogunji, Joan Ozigbo, Angela Ossai, Stephen Ochang: Response of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus to Diets of African Yam Bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) subjected to two Processing Methods
      • Johannes Pucher, Evgeniya Nikolaevskaya, Ulfert Focken: Apparent Digestibility of Earthworm Meal in Plant-Based Feeds for Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)
    • Posters
      • Khaled Mohamed, Mohamed Megahad: Effects of Phytogenic Feed Additive on Growth Performance, Feed Utilisation and Nutrient Digestibility of Nile Tilapia (Orechromis niloticus) Fingerling
      • Carsten Krome, Kim Jauncey, Ulfert Focken: Development of Aquafeeds for Tilapia and Carp Using Detoxified Jatropha curcas Meal as Protein Source
      • Petra Silberová, Adéla Dokoupilová, Karel Janda, Karel Mach, Lukáš Jebavý, Daniela Lukešová: Evaluation of the Effect of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) Supplement on Fattening Performance and Health Status of Broiler Rabbits
      • Mauricio Sotelo, Nelson José Vivas Quila, Siriwan Martens, Luz Stella Muñoz, Edwin Arley Vivas Orozco, Mario Cuchillo Hilario: Canavalia Brasiliensis Forage Meal in Broilers' Finishing Diets: in vivo Digestibility and Animal Performance
      • Patience Olusola Fakolade, Banwo Alabi, Olumuyiwa Jacob Osunkeye, Akinduro Victor Olabisi : Carcass, Organ and Palatability Characteristics of Broiler Fed with Graded Levels of Cowpea Testa Based Diets
      • Christian Lückstädt, Nicolas Greiffenstein, Ronnie Dari: Effect of Dietary Sodium Diformate in Broilers on the Productivity Index Against a Positive Control
      • Taiwo Akande, Akinyinka Akinwumi, Taye Abegunde: Nutritional and Economic Implications of Cashew Reject Meal in Diets of Laying Chickens
      • Akhir Pebriansyah, Petra Silberová: The Impact of the Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Supplement in the Feed Ration on the Quality of Poultry Products
      • O. I. Adeyosoye, A. K. Akintokun, Olanike Abiola-Olagunju, K. D. Afolabi, Elizabeth Omokoshi Joel: Early Stage Identification of Rumen Microorganisms from Selected Nigerian Breeds of Cattle
      • Iyad Badran, Rami Alqaisi, Muayad Salman, Mahmoud Fatafta: The Effects of Feeding Silage on Assaf Sheep Milk Quality and Quantity
      • Christian Lückstädt: Effects of Dietary Potassium Diformate on Growth and Gastrointestinal Health in Weaned Piglets in Vietnam
      • Brigitte L. Maass, Jolly Mary Kabirizi, Danilo Pezo, Natalie Carter, Emily Ouma, Emmanuel Zziwa, Wanjiku Chiuri: Opportunities for Feeding Forages to Pigs in Uganda
      • John Odedire, Femi Olidi: Nutritional Performance of West African Dwarf Goats Fed Wild Sunflower Leaf Meal Supplemented Diet
      • Abdelbagi Ahmed, Ikhlas Nour, Ibrahim Tibin: Body Measurements of Desert Sheep Fed Urea Treated Groundnut Hulls and Molasses under Range Conditions
      • Niranjan Panda, Braja Swain, Nils Teufel, Pradeep Sahoo, Prakash Behura: Efficient Feeding of Crop Residue and Livestock Productivity: An Experimental Study in an Eastern Indian State
      • Ashraf Alkhtib, Yahya Kaysi, Muhannad Muna, Jane Wamatu: Status, Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Utilisation of Pulse Crop Residues in Ethiopia
      • Dhiraj Kumar Singh, S.P. Sahu, Nils Teufel: Feeding `Balanced Concentrate Feed' to Increase Livestock Productivity: An Experimental Study in Bihar, India
      • Dhiraj Kumar Singh, Braja Swain, Nils Teufel: An Analysis of Dissemination of Livestock Feed Technology: The Case of Bihar an Eastern Indian State
  • Animal breeding and husbandry
    • Oral Presentations
      • Tesfaye Getachew, Gábor Mészáros, Solomon Gizaw, Maria Wurzinger, Aynalem Haile, Barbara Rischkowsky, Johann Sölkner: Analysis of Lamb Survival in Indigenous Sheep and their Crosses with Awassi under Farmers Management in Ethiopia
      • Anne Liljander, Victor Max Corman, Benjamin Meyer, Mario Younan, Mohammed Yahya Said, Ilona Gluecks, Erik Lattwein, Berend-Jan Bosch, Jan Felix Drexler, Set Bornstein, Marcel A. Müller, Joerg Jores, Christian Drosten : Presence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus Antibodies in East African Dromedary Camels
      • Sirak Bahta: Technical Efficiency in Beef Cattle Production in Botswana: A Stochastic Metafrontier Approach
      • Antje Hoppenheit, Burkhard Bauer, Peter-Henning Clausen, Hermann Waibel, Sabine Liebenehm, Déthié Faye, Cyrille Pissang, Zakaria Bengaly, Hervé Sèna Vitouley, Thomas Cherenet, Telahun Tekle, Marinda Oosthuizen, Luis Nevez, Komla Batawui, Eyaba Tchamdja, Abalo Kulo, Fernando Chaniso, Raffaele Mattioli, Annette McLeod, Jan van den Abbeele, Vincent Delespaux: Trypanosomosis Rational Chemotherapy - TRYRAC: Improved Trypanosomoses Management in a Community"=Based Approach
      • Sahar Mehanna: Reproductive Dynamics of the Common Sole Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) from Bardawil Lagoon, North Sinai, Egypt
    • Posters
      • Aulidya Nurul Habibah, Stephan Wessels, Frank Pfennig, Wolfgang Holtz, Gabriele Hörstgen-Schwark: Response to Elevated Temperature - Organogenesis of the Reproductive Tract of All-Female Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
      • Mohamed Megahad, Mai Wassel: Security Issues, Protection and ISO Certification of the Genetic Improvement Program
      • Abdulmojeed Yakubu: Comparative Evaluation of the Functionality of Non-Synonymous Substitutions in MHC DRB Gene of Nigerian Goats
      • Ibrahim Dowelmadina, Ibtisam E. M. El Zubeir: Impact of Management Systems and Breeds on Milk Yield and Herd Structure of Dromedary Camel
      • Asaminew Tassew, Johann Sölkner, Maria Wurzinger: Forces Driving Change in Ethiopian Smallholder Livestock Production: Implications for Policy and Practice
      • Stanly Fon Tebug, Isabelle Baltenweck, Elizabeth Jane Poole, Ayao Missohou, Patrick Jolly Ngono Ema, Jarmo Juga, Miika Tapio, Karen Marshall: Uptake of Artificial Insemination and Non-Indigenous Cattle in Small to Medium Scale Farms in Senegal
      • Karen Marshall, Steve Kemp: Genomics for Improved Productivity Within Developing Country Livestock Production Systems
      • Muayad Salman, Jihad Abdallah: Evaluation of Performance and Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Milk Yield and some Reproductive Traits in Sheep Breeds and Crosses in the West Bank
      • Mingyan Yu, Charity Muteti, Moses Ogugo, William A. Ritchie, Jayne Raper, Steve Kemp: African Trypanosomiasis Resistance in Cattle by a Transgenic Approach
      • John Gachohi, Bernard Bett: Mitigation of the Impacts of Rift Valley Fever through Targeted Vaccination Strategies
      • Juliano Issakowicz, Ana Claudia Koki Sampaio, Mauro Sartori Bueno, Luciana Morita Katiki, Ricardo Lopes dias da Costa, Concepta McManus, Adibe L. Abdalla, Helder Louvandini: Productive Performance and Parasitic Infection in Native Hair Sheep Mated with Dorper Rams
      • Immaculate Omondi, Kerstin Zander, Siegfried Bauer, Isabelle Baltenweck: Using Choice Experiments: Facilitating Priority Setting in Provision of Animal Health Services
      • Eduardo Rodrigues de Carvalho, Paulo Alexandre Perdomo Salviano, Alcido Elenor Wander: Characterisation of the Production System of Dairy and Beef Farmers from Iporá and Neighbourhood, Goiás State, Brazil
      • Thi Thu Huyen Nguyen, Nam Ha Duong, Van Hung Pham, Thi Duong Nga Nguyen, Fred Unger, Karl Rich, Lucy Lapar: Using a System Dynamics Framework to Assess Disease Risks of Pig Value Chains in Vietnam
      • Henderiana Belli, Petrus Kune, I Gusti Ngurah Jelantik, Marthen Luther Mullik: Calving Time and Birthweight of Bali Cattle under Semi-Intensive Rearing System in West Timor, Indonesia
      • Ja'far Al-Khaza'leh, Christoph Reiber, Anne Valle Zárate: Farmers' Perception of Water Availability for Goat Production in Southern Jordan
      • Sekou Amadou Traoré, Christoph Reiber, André Markemann, Anne Valle Zárate: Risk Perception of Cattle Keepers in Southern Mali
      • Helmy Metawi, Elsaid Oudah: Small Ruminant Performance in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Egypt
      • Abdulmojeed Yakubu, M.M. Muhammed, Mohammed Maikano Ari: Multivariate Path Analysis of Body Dimensions of Khaki Campbell and Pekin Ducks in Nigeria
      • Aneta Baklová, Eva Baranyiová: Reaction to Predators in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus)
      • Anna Kubátová, Iva Skálová, Tamara Fedorova: Seed Germination Test for Pregnancy Diagnosis from Urine in Alpacas (Vicugna pacos)
      • Iva Skálová, Anna Kubátová, Tamara Fedorova: Non-Invasive Urine Sampling and Pregnancy Diagnosis in Domestic Cattle and Alpacas
  • Pastoral livestock production
    • Oral Presentations
      • Jacobo Arango, Jonathan Nuñez, Danilo Moreta, Hannes Karwat, Ashley Arevalo, Manabu Ishitani, Lucia Chavez, John Miles, Guntur Subbarao, Michael Peters, Idupulapati Rao: Phenotyping of a Bi-Parental Brachiaria humidicola Population for its Biological Nitrification Inhibition Potential
      • Nicole Wrage-Mönnig, John Kigongo, Justine Nambi-Kasozi, Birthe Paul, Johannes Isselstein, Brigitte L. Maass: Nitrogen Fixation and Drought Resistance of Selected Forage Legumes for Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
      • Ditmar Bernardo Kurtz, Marcus Giese, Maria Fabiana Navarro Rau, Folkard Asch: Is High Impact Grazing-Trampling a Management Option to Reduce Excess Standing Biomass in Argentinean Grasslands?
      • Greta Jordan, Tsevegmed Munkhnasan, Andreas Buerkert, Eva Schlecht: Is Traditional Transhumance an Adapted Strategy or an Overhauled Way of Rangeland Management in the Chinese and Mongolian Altay?
      • Mariana Pereira, Davi Jose Bungenstab, Roberto G. Almeida, Horst Jürgen Schwartz: An Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Production System in Brazil
      • Pascal Fust, Tobias Feldt, Eva Schlecht: Agent-Based Modelling of Transhumant Cattle Herd Movements in Southwestern Madagascar
    • Posters
      • Miguel Angel Pequeño Ledezma, Alejandro Valdecantos Dema, Eduardo Alanis Rodriguez, Javier Jimenez Perez, Marco Aurelio Gonzalez Tagle, Israel Yerena Yamallel: Post-Grazing Secondary Succesion Dynamics of a Tamaulipian Thornscrub
      • Ditmar Bernardo Kurtz, María Cristina Goldfarb, Oscar Quiros, Francisco Nuñez, Folkard Asch: Does High Impact Grazing and Trampling Affect Grasslands Floristic Composition?
      • Abdelaziz Gaiballa, Mahgoub Sueliman, Darelniem Ramadan: Implications of Site Characteristics and Herding Practices on Rangelands Management in Semi-Arid Areas of Sudan
      • Tsevegmed Munkhnasan, Martin Wiehle, Eva Schlecht: Characterisation of Agro-Pastoralist Households Along the Bulgan River in the Altay Region of Western Mongolia
      • Takuya Soma, Andreas Buerkert, Eva Schlecht: Current Living Status and Social Use of Livestock in Nomadic Herders' Communities in Western Mongolia
      • Tobias Feldt, Regina Neudert, Eva Schlecht: Reproducive and Growth Performance of Extensively Managed Goat Herds in Southwestern Madagascar
      • Karin Stock de Oliveria Souza, Christoph Reiber, Marianna Siegmund-Schultze, Anne Valle Zárate: Resource Use and Resilience of Goat Production Systems in Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil
      • Michael Elias Mgalula, Uwe Richter, Oliver Hensel, Christian Hülsebusch, Brigitte Kaufmann, Oliver Wasonga: Monitoring Vegetation Index Dynamics in Semi-Arid Rangelands Using Rainfall, Ground Survey and MODIS Data
      • Tilo Gustavo Domínguez Gómez, Arturo Saul Juárez Reyes, Maria Andrea Cerrillo Soto, Maribel Guerrero Cervantes, Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, Roque G. Ramirez Lozano, Maria del Socorro Alvarado: Nutritional Value of two Native Shrub Species That Grow in the Tamaulipan Thornscrub from Mexico
  • Livestock-based options for sustainable food and nutritional security and healthy lives (ILRI session)
    • Oral Presentations
      • Dieter Schillinger: Setting the Context
      • Thomas Randolph, Michael Kidoido, Isabelle Baltenweck, Steve Staal, Delia Grace: Refocusing Livestock AR4D to Address Food and Nutritional Security Challenges
      • Delia Grace, Kristina Roesel, Bernard Bett, Fred Unger: Healthy Lives: Tackling Food-Borne Diseases and Zoonoses at ILRI
      • Eva Schlecht: Environmental Sustainability of Livestock Systems - Challenges and Prospects
      • Shirley Tarawali: Panel Discussion: Ensuring That Livestock Research Translates into Development Outcomes
      • Ann Waters-Bayer: Dynamizing Development Processes through Livestock Innovation Systems Research
    • Posters
      • James Wakhungu, Delia Grace, George Msalya, Fred Unger, Jomo Jesca, Silvia Alonso: Pastoralism: Animal Health and Food Safety Situation Analysis, Kenya and Tanzania, 2014
      • Silvia Silvestri, Patti Kristjanson, Mariana Cristina Rufino, Sabine Douxchamps, Maren Radeny, Wiebke Förch, Joash Mango, Ianetta Mutie, Anthony Ndungu, Carlos Quiros: Room to Adapt: Enhancing Food Security in East Africa
      • Delia Grace, Bernard Bett, Hung Nguyen, Fred Unger, Kate Jones: Sustainable Intensification: Implications for the Emergence and Maintenance of Zoonotic Diseases
      • Delia Grace, Hung Nguyen, Johanna Lindahl, Fred Unger, Purvi Mehta: The Business Case for One Health
      • Johanna Lindahl, Jagger Harvey, Delia Grace: Aflatoxins: Serious Threats to Food Safety and Food Security. But Is it Related to Livestock?
      • Fred Unger, Delia Grace, Rainer Asse, Korapin Tohtubtiang, Jeffrey Gilbert: Capacity Building on `Ecohealth' in Southeast Asia -- Successes and Challenges
      • Fred Unger, Bernard Bett, Elly Sawitri Siregar, Syafrison Idris, Thomas Randolph: Integrated HPAI Control in Kampong Chicken in Indonesia -- An Overview on ILRI's Research and Lessons Learned
      • Nam Ha Duong, Thi Thu Huyen Nguyen, Ninh Xuan Trung, Tran Van Long, Anh Duc Nguyen, Vu Khac Xuan, Thi Duong Nga Nguyen, Van Hung Pham, Karl Rich, Fred Unger, Lucy Lapar: Characterising Pig Value Chains in Vietnam (Descriptive Analysis from Survey Data)
      • Emily Ouma, Kristina Roesel, Michel Dione, Natalie Carter, Danilo Pezo, Francis Ejobi, Delia Grace: Participatory Research for Development to Upgrade Smallholder Pig Value Chains in Uganda
      • Sirak Bahta, Derek Baker, Baitsi Podisi, Marobela Orwell: Competitive Smallholder Livestock in Botswana: Results of a Livestock Value Chain Survey in Central District
      • Aziz Karimov, Jo Cadilhon: Uncovering the Potential of Maize Value Chain in Northwest Vietnam: Implications for Research and Development
      • Hung Nguyen, Phuc Pham Duc, Le Thu: Integrated Assessment of Human and Animal Waste
      • Silvia Alonso, Phil Toye, Joerg Jores, James Wakhungu, George Msalya, Delia Grace, Fred Unger: The Known and the Unknowns: A Multipathogen Survey to Identify Diseases in Cattle Herds in Tanzania
      • Jo Cadilhon, Aziz Karimov: Humidtropics Strategic Research Theme 1: System Analysis and Global Synthesis activity 1.1 -- Situational Analysis
      • Vish Nene: Planting the Orchard: ILVAC - An ILRI Livestock Vaccine Initiative
      • Jean Hanson: Forage Diversity: An Essential Resource to Support Forage Development
      • David Pelster, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Mariana Cristina Rufino, Todd Rosenstock: Improving Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimates from Livestock Production in Smallholder Farming Systems
      • Thomas Randolph: More Meat, Milk and Fish by and for the Poor: Solution-Driven Research with Development
      • Tezira A. Lore, Delia Grace: Managing the Health Risks Associated with Agriculture: An Overview of Research by the International Livestock Research Institute
      • Danilo Pezo, Emily Ouma, Michel Dione, Ben Lukuyu, Natalie Carter, Kristina Roesel: The Feeding Component in Rural and Peri-Urban Smallholder Pig Systems in Uganda
      • Alessandra Galiè, Isabelle Baltenweck, Sheila Onzere, Dorine Odongo, Immaculate Omondi, Jemimah Njuki: Gender Research at ILRI: An Overview of Developments in the Last Decade
  • Animal breeding and husbandry II
  
  
• Natural resources management
  • Forest management and agroforestry
    • Oral Presentations
      • Bustanul Arifin, Katsuya Tanaka, Ryohei Kada, Hanung Ismono: The Roles of Agroforestry System and Coffee Certificate in Improving Farmers' Economic and Environmental Benefits in Sumatra, Indonesia
      • Charles Staver, Pablo Siles, Oscar Bustamante, Nelson Castellon, Carlos Cerdan, Hildegard Garming, Jürgen Burkhardt: Can Science Contribute to Smallholder Management of Complex Systems? Lessons from Agroecological Intensification of Multi-Strata Coffee with Banana
      • Wiene Andriyana, Karl Hogl: Struggle Over the Diminishing Teak Forest of Java: The People, the State and the Forest
      • Franziska Schier, Stephan A. Pietsch: The Impact of Forest Degradation: Recovery of Carbon Stocks and Tree-Species Diversity under Forest Conservation
      • Dengkui Mo, Hans Fuchs, Lutz Fehrmann, Haijun Yang, Christoph Kleinn: Moving Window-Based Topographic Normalisation for Landsat 8 Imagery in Mountainous Forest
    • Posters
      • Wilma Blaser, Edward Yeboah, Johan Six: Sustainable Intensification in Cocoa Agroforests
      • Astari Widya Dharma, Soviana: Challenges Towards Sustainable Cocoa Production in Indonesia
      • Monika Schneider, Christian Andres, Germán Trujillo, Freddy Alcon, Patricia Amurrio, Renate Seidel, Franco Weibel, Joachim Milz: Cocoa in Full-sun Monocultures vs. Shaded Agroforestry Systems under Conventional and Organic Management in Bolivia
      • Niels Schwab, Eva Wieners, Alina Schick, Nina Kiese, Vera Kremer, Kristina Roth, Peter Borchardt, Udo Schickhoff: Transition to Agroforestry in the Mid-Hills of Nepal: Implications for Livelihoods and Environment
      • Emmanuel Benjamin, Matthias Blum: Certified Carbon Small-Scale Agroforestry around Mount Kenya Region: Determinants of Adoption by Smallholder Farmers
      • Ken Njogu, Stepha McMullin, Parveen Anjarwalla, Roeland Kindt, Katja Kehlenbeck: Influence of Biophysical and Socio-Economic Factors on Fruit Tree Diversity in Machakos County, Eastern Kenya
      • Klara Dzhakypbekova, Horst Weyerhaeuser: Agroforestry Practices in Kyrgyzstan
      • Lenka Ehrenbergerová, Jan Trochta, Hana Habrová: The Vegetation Structure and Effect of Crown Shade to Microclimatic Conditions of Coffee Plantation in Villa Rica, Peru
      • Paulus Maukonen, Pauline Donn, Laura Snook: The Distances Rural People Travel to Collect Forest Foods from Timber Trees in Cameroon
      • Hanadi Mohamed Shawgi Gamal, Claus-Thomas Bues: Acacia seyal var. seyal: A Multipurpose Tree Species for Rural Development, Hunger and Poverty Alleviation in Sudan
      • Tahiry Ranaivoson, Bakolimalala Rakouth, Andreas Buerkert, Katja Brinkmann: Analysis of Biomass Production of Tamarind Trees and their Role in Local Communities of South-Western Madagascar
      • Davi Jose Bungenstab, Roberto G. Almeida, Horst Jürgen Schwartz: Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry Systems: A Brazilian Experience for Sustainable Farming
      • Yemi Adeyeye: The Rationales, Knowledge Forms and Biophysical Outcomes of Community Forest Management in Nepal's Mid-Hills
      • Jutta Lax, Margret Köthke: Influencing Factors on Forest Utilisation under Participatory Forest Management Regimes in Nepal
      • Solomon Zena Walelign, Martin Reinhardt Nielsen, Helle Overgaard Larsen: The Role of Forests in Combating Rural Poverty in Nepal: Panel Data Evidence on Asset Accumulation from Four Villages
      • René Förster, Benno Pokorny: Towards Community Forest Management in Agricultural Frontiers: The Case of Quintana Roo, Mexico
      • Elena Mechik: Small Scale Forest Enterprises with Social Responsibility - Non-Destructive Forest Use and Poverty Alleviation
      • Mara Lindtner, Tina Jensen, Loet Rammelsberg, Emmanuel Asane Otoo, José Egas: Effects of Land Use Changes on Forest Use in the Rural Village Mentu Mawang, Malaysia
      • Appie van de Rijt, Walter Cano Cardona, Tina Bauer, Norbert Weber: The Response of Formal Institutions to Forest Governance Issues in the Bolivian Amazon
      • Oscar Alberto Aguirre Calderon, Javier Jimenez Perez, Israel Yerena Yamallel: Characterising Spatial Structure of Natural Forests in Mexico
      • Zdenekk Cermák: Root Layering in a Tropical Forest after Logging (Central Vietnam)
      • Rong Lang, Sergey Blagodatskiy, Georg Cadisch, Xu Jianchu: Soil Respiration in Rubber Plantation and Rainforest Indicate Different Processes During the Rainy Season
      • Xueqing Yang, Sergey Blagodatskiy, Georg Cadisch, Jian Chu Xu: Carbon Storage Potential of Rubber Plantations of Different Age and Elevation in Xishuangbanna
      • Daniel Ortiz, William Fonseca, Marilyn Rojas, Manuel Eduardo Chavarría, José Manuel Alvarado: Carbon Storage on Unmanaged Bamboo Plantations in Costa Rica
      • Xiaolu Tang, Yuangchang Lu, Lutz Fehrmann, David Forrester, Rubén Guisasola Rodríguez, Christoph Kleinn: Aboveground Stand Biomass Dynamics in a Chinese Fir [(Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook] Plantation in Shitai County, China
      • Yosias Gandhi, Ralph Mitlöhner: Tree Species Composition, Diversity and Structure in Tunas Logging Concession Area of Papua, Indonesia
      • Martin Wiehle, Karsten Wesche, Sven Goenster, Barbara Vornam, Andreas Buerkert: Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Populus laurifolia Stands in the Altay Mountains of Mongolia
      • Arisoa Rajaona, Alexandra Schappert, Sabine Stürz, Kunfang Cao, Folkard Asch: Comparison of Leaf Area Index Measurements in Rubber Plantations and Secondary Forest in Xishuangbanna, China
      • Jiri Lipensky, Bohdan Lojka, Manuel Soudre Zambrano: Effect of Indole-3-Butyric Acid on Rhizogenezis of Juvenile Leafy Cuttings of Swietenia macrophylla King
      • Azeem Tariq, Andreas de Neergaard: Assessment of Social, Economic and Environmental Implication of Short Rotation Coppice
  • Water management
    • Oral Presentations
      • Andrea Dührkoop, Perihan Tari Akap, Sinan Aras, Dilek Kahraman, Edward Muchiri, Oliver Hensel: Subsurface Irrigation as a Promising Approach to Reduce Pathogenic Impact When Using Wastewater
      • Syed Faiz-Ul Islam, Andreas de Neergaard, Jan Willem van Groenigen: Mitigation of Methane Emissions from Paddy Fields by Alternate Water Management
      • Sudeh Dehnavi, Beatrice Knerr, Houman Liaghati: Governmental Policies and Ground-Water Exploitation: The Case of Darab Central Valley, Iran
      • Thanh Lan Pham, Ilona Otto, Dimitrios Zikos: Effects of Rules in Irrigation Systems: Evidence from Experiments in China, India and Vietnam
      • Ranganath Lakshmaiah, Bruhan Konda, Yashoda Yashoda: Is Devolution Sufficient for Effective Institutional Performance of Participatory Irrigation Management? A Closer Look at Water Users' Groups in Tanks Irrigation in South India
      • Til Feike, Judith Hummel, Nan Ha, Yusuyunjiang Mamitimin, Reiner Doluschitz: Water Footprint of Cotton Production in China
    • Posters
      • Werner Balderer, Fanny Leuenberger: Origin, Anthropogenic and Climate Influences on the Occurrences of Saline Groundwater at the City of Cairo, Egypt Deduced by Chemical Parameters of Water Composition
      • Andrea Dührkoop, Abdelaali Bencheikh, Tarek Abdelmoneim Ouamane, Ahmed Madjed Djoudi, Oliver Hensel: Low Pressure Sub-Surface Irrigation Technology for an Optimal Irrigation Management - An Auto"=regulative Membrane Pipe
      • Afik Hardanto, Alexander Röll, Furong Niu, Andrea Hanf, Heri Junedi, Hendra Yanto, Dirk Hölscher: Water Use by Rubber and Oil Palm Plantations in the Lowlands of Jambi, Indonesia
      • Mariana Chrispim, Marcelo Antunes Nolasco, André Santos, Gabriel Inacio Silva-Neto, Neildes Souza Santana: Water Resources Saving: A Possibly Contribution from a Greywater Collection, Treatment and Reuse
      • Debora Lima, Günter Gunkel: Egeria densa in Itaparica Reservoir, Brazil - Need for a Management Strategy
      • Stephen Joseph Kilasi: Local Participation in Sustainable Community Water Management in Peri-Urban Areas of Greater Accra Region
      • Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu, Abiodun Elijah Obayelu, Zainab Aina Usman: Irrigation Technology, Technical and Resource-Use Efficiencies in Smallholder Urban Vegetable Farming in Lagos State, Nigeria
      • Anna Schwachula: Bridging Knowledge and Action: Enhancing a `Science for Development' in Water Resources Management
      • Til Feike, Yusuyunjiang Mamitimin, Nan Ha, Reiner Doluschitz: Development of Agricultural Land and Water Use and its Driving Forces in North-Western China
      • Masoumeh Forouzani, Ezatollah Karami: Looking at Food Security through the Agricultural Water Poverty Index
      • Guilherme José Ferreira de Araújo, Edvânia Tôrres Aguiar Gomes, Martin Coy: Challenges for Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Semi Arid Brazil: The Example of Irrigation Projects in the Itaparica Region
      • Til Feike, Thomas Lang, Nan Ha, Reiner Doluschitz: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Drip Irrigation in Cotton Production in China
  • Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services
    • Oral Presentations
      • Céline Termote, Jessica Raneri, Amy Deptford, Bruce Cogill: Screening Wild Foods for Reducing the Cost of a Nutritionally Adequate Diet in Kenya
      • Jessica Andriamparany, Katja Brinkmann, Andreas Buerkert, Vololoniaina Jeannoda: Role of Local Knowledge in the Use of Medicinal Plants in SW-Madagascar
      • Isabel Madaleno: Traditional Medicinal Knowledge in Goa, India
      • Manuel Toledo-Hernández, Yann Clough, Lisa Denmead, Teja Tscharntke: Management of Homegardens in Indonesian Agricultural Landscapes and its Impact on Invertebrate Diversity and Herbivore Predation
      • Inga Häuser, Reza Golbon, Marc Cotter, Joachim Sauerborn: Trade-Off Analysis between Single Ecosystem Services - State of the Art
      • Mustafa Mahmoud El Abbas, Elmar Csaplovics, Taisser H. H. Deafalla: The Role of Advanced Technique in Natural Resources Assessment
    • Posters
      • Ana Carolina Rodriguez, Michael Succow, Cecilia Accattoli: Bridges Between Knowledge and Practice in Neotropical Mires Conservation: The Case of Iberá Wetlands, Argentina
      • Madeleine Kaufmann, Alejandro Gonzalez Alvarez, Alessandra Giuliani: Linking Agrobiodiversity and Conservation in Man and the Biosphere (MaB) Reserves in Guantanamo, Cuba
      • Tobias Landmann, Olena Dubovyk: Contribution of Earth Observation to Emerging Environmental Challenges in Africa
      • Sven Goenster, Martin Wiehle, Jens Gebauer, Abdalla Mohamed Ali, Roger D. Stern, Andreas Buerkert: Use of Daily Rainfall Data in Reliable Rainfall Risk Assessment for Rain-Fed Farming in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan
      • Noromiarilanto Fanambinantsoa, Miadana H. Faramalala, Andreas Buerkert, Katja Brinkmann: Dynamics and Drivers of Land Use Changes in Southwestern Madagascar During the Past 60 Years
      • Aspasia Werner, Anthony Whitbread, Katja Kehlenbeck, Stepha McMullin, Gudrun B. Keding: Assessment of On-Farm, Market, and Wild Food Diversity in Three Agro"=Ecological Zones of Western Kenya
      • Johana Patricia Melgarejo Arzuza, Alessandra Giuliani: Geographical Indications of Handicrafts: A Tool to Improve Livelihood and Protect Biodiversity in Remote Communities?
      • Anna Snider, Vincent Canwat, Nashon Mogonchi, Nawa Malumo, Andreas de Neergaard, Nicole Sibelet: Farmers' Organisations in Nnindye, Uganda: Building Social Capital for the Conservation of Natural Resources
      • Milja Fenger, Victor Suarez Villanueva: The Domination of Community-Based Decision-Making by Village Level Elites in Oil Palm Conversion in Borneo
      • Deisy Rosero: Traditional Agroecosystems (SHAGRA) and New Approaches in Agriculture: The Case of an Indigenous Community in Pastos-Cumbal, Colombia
      • Cory Whitney, Jens Gebauer: Species Diversity and Post-Harvest Practices on the Forest Edge Homegardens in Southwestern Uganda
      • Aarati Pillai, Joyce Kinabo, Johannes Hermann, Michael Krawinkel: Home Gardens and Nutrition Knowledge among Households in the Urban Areas of Morogoro, Tanzania
      • Victor Wasike, Teresa Borelli, Danny Hunter: Can Local Foods Improve Dietary Diversity? The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Initiative in Kenya
      • Mohamed El Nour Taha, Hatim Mohamed Ahmed Elamin, Muneer Elyas Siddig, Taisser H. H. Deafalla: Valuation of Environmental Role of Acacia senegal Tree in Gum Belt of Kordofan and Blue Nile Sectors, Sudan
      • Ononamandimby Antsonantenainarivony, Herinavalona Rabemirindra, Vonjison Rakotoarimanana, Roger Edmond, Katja Brinkmann, Eva Schlecht: Regeneration and Biomass Production of Euphorbia stenoclada in the Coastal Plains of Southwestern Madagascar
      • Hana Habrová, Petr Nemec, Gabriela Steflova: Eradication of the Introduced and Potentially Invasive Species of Calotropis procera from Socotra
      • Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, Israel Cantu Silva, Roque G. Ramirez Lozano, Marco V. Gómez Meza, Juan M. López Hernández: Morphological and Physiological Leaf Traits in Ten Native Shrubs, Northeastern Mexico
      • Irena Hubalkova, Jindrich Pavlis, Gabriela Vichrova: Stem and Root Anatomy of Monocot Woody Plant Dracaena cinnabari Balf.f
      • Olga Rosero, Giovani Gómez: Feeding Habits and Reproduction of the Corvine (Cynoscion phoxocephalus) in the Gulf of Tortugas
  • Climate change (mitigation and adaptation)
    • Oral Presentations
      • Rael Taiy, Kibet Ngetich, Christopher Onyango, Rhoda Birech, Bernhard Freyer, Folkard Asch, Patrick Awuor Ooro: Analysis of Climate Change Related Challenges Experienced by Smallholder Potato Producers in Kenya
      • Gabriel Lekalakala, Munir Hoffmann, Jude J.O. Odhiambo, Kingsley K. Ayisi, Anthony Whitbread: Can in-situ Rainwater Harvesting or Conservation Tillage Practices Reduce Climate"=Related Risk for Maize Based Systems in the Limpopo Province, RSA?
      • Nguyen Loc Duc, Rattiya S. Lippe, Ulrike Grote: Determinants of Land Use Allocation in Rural Areas of Vietnam and Thailand
      • Michelle Bonatti, Marcos Alberto Lana, Sandro Luis Schlindwein, Stefan Sieber, Ana Carolina Feitosa de Vasconcelos, Alfredo Fantini, Frieder Graef: How Perceptions and Knowledge Can Lead the Process of Climate Adaptation Using Local Resources: Two Study Cases of Southern Brazil
      • Hilton Pinto, Jurandir Zullo Junior, Ana Maria Avila: Global Warming and the New Geography of Brazilian Coffee Production
    • Posters
      • Niharika Rahman, Jakob Magid, Andreas de Neergaard, Ken Giller, Thilde Bech Bruun: The Effects of Management Practices on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in Oil Palm Plantation
      • Hongxi Liu, Sergey Blagodatskiy, Georg Cadisch: Effect of Water Erosion and Land Management on the Soil Carbon Stock of Intensive Rubber Plantation in Xishuangbanna, South-West China
      • Israel Yerena Yamallel, Javier Jimenez Perez, Oscar Alberto Aguirre Calderon: Impact of Human Activities on Carbon Sequestration in a Semi-Arid Ecosystem of Northeastern Mexico
      • Andressa Natel, Rafael Canonenco Araujo, Tiago Prado Paim, Maria Regina Santos Rodeiro Peçanha, Carina Nazato, Adibe L. Abdalla: Effect of Nitrate Supplemented to Diets Differing in Concentrate to Forage Ratio on Methane Production in vitro
      • Joaquín Castro-Montoya, Veerle Fievez, Nico Peiren, Bernard De Baets, Sam De Campeneere: Milk Fatty Acids Relationships with Methane Emissions from Dairy Cattle: A Step Beyond Predictions Models
      • Nan Ha, Til Feike, Enno Bahrs: How to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Crop Production in the North China Plain - A Farmer's Perspective Analysis
      • Amelie Fritz, Regina Birner, Thanammal Ravichandran: Changed Weather Pattern and the Impact on Feed Security for Livestock
      • Marcos Alberto Lana, Frank Eulenstein, Angelika Wurbs, Michelle Bonatti, Stefan Sieber, Sandro Luis Schlindwein: It's a Matter of Strategic Knowledge: Adaptation Measures Increase Agricultural Systems Resiliency Against Climate Change
      • Mohammadreza Nazari, Sayyed Safdar Hosseini, Houman Liaghati: The Economic Contribution of Agricultural No Cost Adaptation Strategies to Cope with Climate Change
      • Freddy Noma, Afouda Jacob Yabi, Paul Cesaire Gnangle, Prosper Houessionon, Siegfried Bauer: Climate Change in Agro-Forestry Systems: Farmers Perception and Adaptation Strategies Efficiency in the Northern Shea"=Parks, Benin, West"=Africa
      • Rosaine Nerice Yegbemey, Afouda Jacob Yabi, Siegfried Bauer: A Sustainability Analysis of Observed Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Maize Farming in Northern Benin (West Africa)
      • Maxi Domke, Jürgen Pretzsch: Knowledge Management on Climate Change Adaptation: Communication and Learning Structures in Ethiopia
      • Prem Raj Neupane, Michael Köhl, Daniel Plugge: Supporting the Global Implementation of REDD and FLEGT
      • Agung Wibowo, Lukas Giessen: The Power Dynamics among Indonesian State Agencies: Examples from the REDD+ Program and the One Map Initiative
      • Michael Mussong, Setareki Qaliduadua: Linking REDD+ with SFM - A Case Study from the Fiji Islands
  • Forest management and agroforestry II
  • Forest management and agroforestry III
  
  
• Technologies and socioeconomics
  • Technology, engineering and food
    • Oral Presentations
      • Ademola Oyejide Adebayo, Simeon Olatayo Jekayinfa, Bernd Linke: Comparative Study of Energy Productions from Selected Crop Residues through Anaerobic Digestion at Mesophilic Temperature
      • Catalina Rodriguez Correa, Ariane Voglhuber, Dieter Oberlaender, Daniela Haupenthal, Andrea Kruse: Hydrothermal Carbonisation of Acrocomia aculeata for the Production of Hydrochar and Activated Carbon
      • Shkelqim Karaj, Sebastian Romuli, Joachim Müller: Sedimentation of Mechanical Extracted Jatropha curcas L. Oil Applying Multiphase Flow Fundamentals
      • Eva Hilt, Maria Jose Restrepo Rodriguez, Margareta Amy Lelea, Brigitte Kaufmann: An Actor-Oriented Analysis to Identify Postharvest"=Losses in Small"=Scale Milk Production Systems in Nakuru, Kenya
      • Adnan, Dieter von Hörsten, Daniel Mörlein, Elke Pawelzik: Prediction of Water Content in Indonesian Green Coffee Beans Using near Infrared Spectroscopy
    • Posters
      • Sebastian Romuli, Shkelqim Karaj, Joachim Müller: Microwave PRE-Treatment for Improving Oil Recovery of Mechanical Extraction of Jatropha curcas L
      • Shkelqim Karaj, Sebastian Romuli, Sebastian Awiszus, Joachim Müller: Performance of Pellets from Jatropha Hulls and Shells in a Prototype Small Scale Stove
      • Narayan Prasad Adhikari, Manfred Denich: Potential of Livestock Dung Based Biogas in Rural Households in Nepalese Context
      • Huynh Nhu Phan, Duc Loc Nguyen, Rattiya S. Lippe, Ulrike Grote: Determining Technical Efficiency of Farm Households in Vietnam
      • Natali Böttcher, Andreas Lemmer: Potential of Large-Scale Biogas Production in Urban Areas: A Case Study in Moshi, Tanzania
      • Emmanuel Saka, Lawrence Abbey, Charles Tortoe: Effects of a Prototype Solar Dryer on the Quality of Solar Dried Fish: Reducing Post-Harvest Losses at the Artisanal Fisheries Sector of Ghana
      • Anna Hubácková, Jan Banout, Iva Kucerová, Rithy Chrun, Miloslav Petrtýl, Lukas Kalous, Petra Chaloupkova: Using a Hybrid Solar Drier for Fish Processing
      • Helga Johana Hernández Hernández, Jan Banout, Adela Frankova, Pavel Kloucek: Using of Natural Preservatives for Meat Drying and Storage
      • Siham Rahmatalla, Lina Abd Aazeem, Mohamed Osman Mohamed Abdallah: Quality Evaluation of Set Yoghurt Supplemented with Turmeric Powder (Curcoma longa.L) During Storage Period
      • Ammar Said Ahmed, Siham Rahmatalla, Monika Reißmann, Ralf Bortfeldt, Gudrun A. Brockmann: Milk Protein Genetic Variation in Butana Cattle and Characterisation of a New -Lactalbumin Gene Variant
      • Eduardo Fuentes, Joe Bogue, Pierre-Yves Le Gal: Implications of Introducing a New Dairy Technology for Small-Dairy Production in the Peruvian Andes
      • John Kago, Erastus Kang'ethe, John Wangoh, Kohei Makita: Escherichia coli O157 Serotype in Beef Carcasses Post Slaughterhouse in Nairobi and Eldoret, Kenya
      • Patchimaporn Udomkun, Marcus Nagle, Dimitrios Argyropoulos, Busarakorn Mahayothee, Joachim Müller: Image Fusion System for Non-Destructive Colour Evaluation of Papaya During Drying
      • Fataneh Yari: Essential Oils: New Preservative for Mushroom Packaging
      • Laila Bernal, Mario Cuchillo Hilario, Patricia Avila, Alejandra Zambrano, Johanna Mazabel, Siriwan Martens: Optimising Ensilability of Sorghum-Soybean Mixture Using Epiphytic Lactic Acid Bacteria Inocula
  • Value chains and markets
    • Oral Presentations
      • Enrique Uribe Leitz, Kees Burger, Francois Ruf: Changes Induced by Certification Practices in the Cocoa Value Chain
      • Adefires Worku Gizaw, Jürgen Pretzsch, Habtemariam Kassa, Demel Teketay: Socio-Ecological Significance of Collection and Marketing of Ancient Forest Commodities: The Case of Myrrh and Opoponax in the Dryland Areas of Southeastern Ethiopia
      • Immaculate Omondi, Kerstin Zander, Siegfried Bauer, Isabelle Baltenweck: Using Dairy Hubs to Improve Farmers' Access to Milk Markets in Kenya: Gender Implications
      • Rakhma Melati Sujarwo, Thomas Kopp, Rita Nurmalina, Ratna Winandi Asmarantaka, Bernhard Brümmer: Choice of Marketing Channels by Rubber Small Traders in the Jambi Province, Indonesia
      • Dessy Anggraeni, Tinoush Jamali Jaghdani, Andriyono Kilat Adhi, Amzul Rifin, Bernhard Brümmer: Rice Price Volatility Measurement in Indonesia Using GARCH and GARCH-X Method
      • Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam: Participation in Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture Value Chain: Dynamics and its Determinants
    • Posters
      • Hanna Partio, Eija Pouta, Tuomas Kuhmonen: Finnish Citizens' Concerns about Global Food Security and Agri-Environmental Issues
      • Hynek Roubik, Jana Mazancova, Sandra Krupickova: Do Consumers Care about Ethics? Influence of DEAR and GDI on Buying Preferences
      • Lara Beisiegel, Nina Langen: Consumer Preferences Regarding Quality Rice in Thailand
      • Sirak Bahta, Alec Makgekgenene: Factors Affecting Profit Efficiency among Smallholder Beef Producers in Botswana
      • Henning Krause, Rattiya S. Lippe, Ulrike Grote: Do Thai Cut Orchid Producers Benefit from Q-GAP Certification?
      • Anna Snider, Guy Faure, Nicole Sibelet, Eva Kraus, Aske Skovmand Bosselmann, Andreas de Neergaard: Leveraging Sustainability: How Do Producer Cooperatives Use Coffee Certifications to Promote Sustainable Agricultural Practices?
      • Sanjay Bahti: Agri-Information on Mobile Platforms as a Tool to Bridge Rural"=Urban Markets for Hill Farmers in Uttarakhand
      • Iyabano Aboubakar Hayatou, Feintrenie Laurène, Miaro III Ludovic, Abdelhakim Tahani: Smallholder Oil Palm Value Chain in Cameroon: A Case Study from the Department of Sanaga-Maritime
      • Paulo Eterno Venancio Assuncao, Alcido Elenor Wander: Transaction Costs Between Dry Bean Producer Markets in Brazil
      • Andnet Abtew, Enrique Uribe Leitz, Irene Tamubula, Millicent Oyugi: Factors Influencing Coffee Marketing Strategies among Coffee Farmers in Ggolo Parish, Uganda
      • Horacio Villalon-Mendoza, Sandra Elizabeth Solis-Urbina, Moises Ramirez-Meráz, Teodoro Medina-Martínez, Fortunato Garza Ocañas: Reasons of Prices for Wild Chili (Capsicum annuum L. var. glabriusculum Heiser & Pickersgill) in North-East Mexico
      • Kerstin Schöll, André Markemann, Anne Valle Zárate: Factors for Success and Failure of Pig Production Marketing Groups in Vietnam
      • Braja Swain, Nils Teufel: An Exploratory Analysis of the Effectiveness of Milk Market in Odisha, India
      • Hanna Karg, Edmund Kyei Akoto-Danso, Pay Drechsel: Mapping Urban Foodsheds - A Comparison of Tamale and Ouagadougou
      • Linda Porebska, Martina Vlková, Vladimir Verner, Alexander Kandakov, Zbynek Polesny, Lukas Pawera, Nurudin Karabaiev, Jan Banout: Commercialisation of Plant-Based Farm Products and its Impact on Living Standard of Rural Households in Fergana Valley, South"=Western Kyrgyzstan
      • Mahmoud Fadl El Mula Ahmed, Yahia Omar Adam, Munthali Chimuleke, Dietrich Darr, Elwasila Mukhtar Mohamed Elwasila, Jens Gebauer, Tsige-Yohannes Habte, Henry Johnson, Katja Kehlenbeck, Michael Krawinkel, Tarig Elsheikh Mahmoud, Anthony Maina, Nyori Jeremiah Mbugua, Dagmar Mithöfer, Kavoi Mutuku Muendo, Rabea North, Willis Omondi Owino, Fredah Karambu Rimberia, El Amin Sanjak, Martin Schüring, Muneer Elyas Siddig, Mohamed El Nour Taha, Andreas Triebel: Promoting the Use of Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Rural Communities in Eastern Africa
      • Janet Karina Valverde Vilcara, Wolfgang Bokelmann: Competitiveness in the Peruvian Asparagus Industry
      • Prema Dhanavel, Ingrid Fromm, Manfred Borer: Enhancing the Farm-Level Cocoa Bean Quality through Sustainable Cocoa Production Program in West"=Sulawesi
      • Lana Repar, Stephen Onakuse, Joe Bogue: Management in Agri-Food Chains: What Do We Know about Contracts and How to Move Forward?
      • Olga Amurina, Ralf Schlauderer, Klaus Kammhuber: Problems and Development Potential of Hop Production in Russia
  • Livelihood strategies and farm-household systems
    • Invited Paper
      • Michael Hauser: Transformative Change Towards Sustainable Livelihoods - Too Big for Development-oriented Research?
    • Oral Presentations
      • Ann Waters-Bayer, Chesha Wettasinha, Laurens van Veldhuizen, Gabriela Quiroga, Kees Swaans: Bridging the Gap Between Formal and Informal Research in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
      • Maria Höhne, Margareta Amy Lelea, Brigitte Kaufmann: Assessing Innovation Needs in Tanzanian Mixed Smallholder Farming Systems: A Participatory Situation Analysis
      • Tina Bauer, André Lindner, Jürgen Pretzsch: Under a Changing Climate: Livelihood Strategies in Forest-Adjacent Communities. A Socio"=Economic Analysis from Lowland Bolivia
      • Ernah Ernah, Hermann Waibel: Sustainability Criteria of Smallholders' Oil Palm Farming in Indonesia: A Stakeholder View
    • Posters
      • Ghayoor Fatima, Andreas Buerkert, Iqrar Ahmad Khan: Socio-Economic Characterisation of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Growers in Pakistan
      • Paulo Alexandre Perdomo Salviano, Eduardo Rodrigues de Carvalho, Alcido Elenor Wander: Socio-Economic Characteristics of Farmers from Iporá and Neighbourhood, Goiás State, Brazil
      • Rafael Hologa, Hanna Karg, Johannes Schlesinger: Integrated Analysis of Household and Remote Sensing Data for Settlement Characterisation in Tamale, Northern Ghana
      • Isa Laura Schneider, Jana Schindler, Frieder Graef, Stefan Sieber: Cultural and Gender Differences in Assessing Upgrading Strategies (UPS) for Enhancing Food Security in Tanzania
      • Zoltán M. Ferenczi: Do Organisations Believe in Poverty Traps? An Empirical Study of Poverty Reduction Strategies
      • Martina Shakya, Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Hanna Karg, Johannes Schlesinger: The Role of Backyard Gardening in West African Cities - Evidence from Ghana and Burkina Faso
      • Margot Roux, Norman Martin Casas, Peter Worm, Laerke Isabel Norup Nielsen, Negar Latifi: The Influence of Rearing of Ruminant Animals on Livelihood Security in Witima Village, Kenya
      • Harriet Kuhnlein, Phrang Roy, Céline Termote, Danny Hunter: Living on the Margins: Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems, Biodiversity and Food Security
      • Gretta Fitzgerald, Lana Repar, Nicholas Chisholm, Mike FitzGibbon, Howard Dalzell: Impact of Crop Production Strategies on Household Food Security and Welfare in Malawi's Central Region
      • Lydiah Waswa, Irmgard Jordan, Johannes Herrmann, Michael Krawinkel, Gudrun B. Keding: Household Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Different Agro-Ecological Zones of Western Kenya
      • Krittiya Tongkoom, Carsten Marohn, Georg Cadisch: Comparison of Farmers' Decision Making Between two Different Scenarios of Shifting Cultivation in Northern Thailand
      • Volker Häring, Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Marc Hansen, Hanna Karg, Johannes Schlesinger, Martina Shakya, Bernd Marschner: Soil Science Meets Economics: An Interdisciplinary Study on Urban and Periurban Agricultural Production Systems in Ghana and Burkina Faso
      • Laurent C. Glin, Epiphane Sodjinou, Dansinou Silvere Tovignan, Gian Linard Nicolay, Jonas Hinvi: Impact of Organic Farming on Rural Households' Welfare: Evidence from Benin (West Africa)
      • Ravi Nandi, Wolfgang Bokelmann, Nithya Vishwanath Gowdru, Gustavo Henrique de Souza Días: Smallholder Organic Farmers' Attitudes, Objectives and Barriers Towards Production of Organic Fruits and Vegetables in India: A Multivariate Analysis
      • Fatemeh Rahimi, Masoud Yazdanpanah, Masoumeh Forouzani: Investigating Relationship Between Farmers' Water Conservation Behaviour and Social Capital
      • Balgah Roland Azibo, Gertrud Buchenrieder: When Nature Frowns: The Impacts of Floods on Livelihoods in Rural Cameroon
      • Kindah Ibrahim, Raid Hamza, Samira Soubh, Jana Mazancova: The Role of Social Safety Nets in Risk Management: Evidence from Syrian Rural Areas
      • Marther Ngigi, Ulrike Mueller, Regina Birner: The Impact of Multiple Shocks on Household Asset and Poverty in Kenya
      • Dewi Nur Asih, Stephan Klasen: Shocks and their Implications on Food Security of Vulnerable Households in Indonesia
      • Marolyn Vidaurre de La Riva, André Lindner, Jürgen Pretzsch: Livelihood and Economic Activities as Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Bolivian Andes
      • Thin Nwe Htwe, Katja Brinkmann, Andreas Buerkert: Socio-Economic Impact of Inle Lake Shoreline Changes on Surrounding Communities in Myanmar
      • Heinrich Hagel, Christoph Reiber, Reiner Doluschitz, José Ferreira Irmão, Christa Hoffmann: Socio-Economic Determinants Affecting the Farm Income of Small Fruit Producers in NE"=Brazil
  • Agricultural policies and institutions
    • Oral Presentations
      • Eliza Zhunusova, Roland Herrmann: Agricultural Incentives in Kyrgyzstan: The Impact of Domestic Policies and Changing Macroeconomic Conditions
      • Juliet Kariuki, Regina Birner: Why Are Market-Based Conservation Mechanisms Gender-Blind? Perspectives from Three Schemes in Kenya
      • Zoila Menacho Porras: Large-Scale Irrigation Projects in Northern Peru and their Social, Economic and Environmental Effects
      • Tina Beuchelt, John Hellin, Tania Carolina Camacho Villa, Roberto Rendon Medel, Ricardo Romero Perez Grovas, Bram Govaerts, Francisco Guevara Hernandez: Challenges to Operationalise Agricultural Innovation Systems: A Mexican Case Study
      • Taras Voznyuk, Jiri Hejkrlik: Local Agricultural Institutions as Agents of Development - Case Study of Effectiveness of Farmer's Associations in Woreda Angacha, Southern Ethiopia
    • Posters
      • Xiaoling Song: Sustainability Analysis of PES: Case Study of Sloping Land Conversion Program in China
      • Petra Brtníková, Zuzana Polívková, Petra Chaloupkova, Milan Slavik: Perceived Employability of Graduates on the Asian Labour Market: Different Perspective of Employers, Graduates and Universities
      • Vladimir Krepl, Badir Al-Gaboori, Patrick Francis Kapila: Manpower Development and Education System in Agriculture in Iraq after Conflict Period
      • Amit Kumar Srivastava, Thomas Gaiser, Frank Ewert: An Integrated Pathway of Production Systems Modelling Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
      • Michaela Meurer: The Transformation of Land Rights as an Instrument for Conservation? A Case Study from Pará, Brazil
      • Md. Salauddin Palash, Siegfried Bauer: Land-Use Alternatives of Small"=Scale Farmers' in Northern Bangladesh: Use of PROMOTHEE Analysis
      • Sophie Unger, Takemore Chagomoka: Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies Along the Urban-Rural Continuum in Tamale
      • Thomas Pircher, Amos Owamani: Enabling Rural Innovation - An Integrated Approach for Empowering Farmers in Managing Natural Resources and Accessing Market Opportunities
      • Bahram Fazli Khosroshahi, Christina Bantle: Development of a Framework on the Communication of Biodiversity: The Case of Australian Food Companies
      • Lere Amusan: Environmental Sustainability in the Era of Technological Development: Any Hope for Finite Resources Dependent States?
      • Shigeo Watanabe, Katharine Nora Farrell: Changes of Property Right Institutions on Namibian Marula Fruits as Impacts from Biotrade
      • Suraj Ghimire, Jiri Hejkrlik: A Causality Analysis on the Empirical Nexus Between Export and Economic Growth in Post-Soviet Countries: Evidence from Georgia
      • Detlef Virchow, Manfred Denich, Arnim Kuhn, Tina Beuchelt: The Biomass-Based Value Web as a Novel Perspective on the Increasingly Complex African Agro"=Food Sector
      • Tina Beuchelt, Rafaël Schneider, Detlef Virchow, Anna Mohr: Developing Food and Nutrition Security Criteria for Biomass Standards and Certifications
      • Oliver Kirui, Alisher Mirzabaev: Economics of Land Degradation in Eastern Africa: Case of Ethiopia, Tanzania and Malawi
      • Elias Danyi Kuusaana: Identifying Gainers and Losers When Land Prices Change under Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Ghana
      • Emmy Wassajja: Governance Challenges of Agricultural Recovery Programs in Regions under Stress: A Case Study of Post-Conflict in Northern Uganda
  • Value chains and markets II
  • Livelihood strategies and farm-household systems II
  
  
• Development cooperation
  • Community development and extension
    • Oral Presentations
      • Justice A. Tambo, Tobias Wünscher: Identification and Prioritisation of Farmer Innovations in Northern Ghana
      • Irune Peñagaricano, Gianna Lazzarini, Bernhard Freyer, Rein van der Hoek: How Innovations Survive after Researchers Leave the Research Site - Collaborative Learning Processes in Nicaraguan Smallholder Farmer Families to Increase the Sustainability of Farmer-Researcher Innovations
      • Thanammal Ravichandran, Alan Duncan, Nils Teufel: Innovation Platforms as a Tool for Small Holder Dairy Development: A Case from Uttarakhand, India
      • Paul Osei-Tutu: Taboos as Informal Institution of Local Resource Management in Ghana
      • Gianna Lazzarini, Irune Peñagaricano, Bernhard Freyer: Challenges in Applying Social Indicator Systems - The Case of Forest Communities in Guatemala
      • Asmamaw Alemu Abtew, Jürgen Pretzsch, Laura Secco, Tarig Elsheikh Mahmoud: Comparative Analysis of Gum and Resin Value Chains and their Rural Development Potentials in the Drylands of Ethiopia and Sudan
    • Posters
      • Stefan Sieber, Katharina Löhr, Jane Wambura, Christian Hochmuth, Felix Wendenburg, Lars Kirchhoff, Dirk Sprenger, Frieder Graef: A New Management Tool: CPM-Systems in Science
      • Karoline Hemminger: Towards Integrated Assessment of Gender Relations in Farming Systems Analysis
      • Heike Vibrans: A Model for Understanding the Economic Rationality of Agricultural Modernisation of the Mesoamerican Milpa System
      • Philemon Chelanga, Rupsha Banerjee: Identifying Potential Methods of Up-Scaling Index Based Livestock Indurance: Lessons in Extension and Outreach
      • Matthias Jäger, Karen Amaya: Inclusive Business Models in Peru for Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity and Income Generation
      • Eike Luedeling, Todd Rosenstock, Jan de Leeuw, Keith Shepherd: Considering Imperfect Information in Supporting Development Decisions
      • Kumela Gudeta, Michael Braito, Marianne Penker, Maria Wurzinger, Michael Hauser: Application of Scenario Planning in the Context of Rural Transformation: The Case of North West Ethiopia
      • Pawan Kumar, Jóska Gerendás, Surender Roperia: Capacity Building of Women Farmers through Sustainable Agricultural Practices for Rural Prosperity
      • Luan Do Xuan, Huong Kieu Thi Thu, Siegfried Bauer: Impact of Access to Agricultural Extension Services on Tea Households' Income in the Northern Region of Vietnam
      • Mohamed Zakaria Yahia, Dietrich Darr, Ali Mohayad Bannaga: Effectiveness of Radio and TV Agricultural Information Programs in Sudan
      • Bernhard Martin: Traditional Agricultural Knowledge vs. Modernity. Changing Cultivation Practices and Generational Conflict in Northern Togo
      • Lenka Peskova, Jana Mazancova: How Does the Relation of Development Agents and Farmers Influence the Adoption of Land Improvement Techniques?
      • Shi Min, Hermann Waibel, Jikun Huang: Rubber Intercropping Adoption of Smallholders in Xishuangbanna, China
      • Hildegard Garming, Josefina Marin, Sonja Pürckhauer, Alirah Emmanuel Weyori, Charles Staver, German Rivera, Falguni Guharay: From Technology Adoption to Understanding Innovation: Lessons from Plantain Innovation Systems in Four Countries
      • Teferi Mequaninte, Regina Birner, Ulrike Mueller: Adoption of Land Management Practices in Ethiopia: Which Network Types Matter Most?
      • Alexander Nimo Wiredu, Edward Martey, Mathias Fosu: Describing Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Practices in Northern Ghana
      • Phassakon Nuntapanich: Small Organic Fertiliser Factory Promotion in Rural Communities of Northeast Thailand
      • Soviana: Assessing Community-Based Enterprise: A Case Survey
      • Thomas Aenis, Gerhard Langenberger, Jue Wang, Georg Cadisch: Adaptive Management of Inter- and Transdisciplinary R&D Projects: Case Study in Southwest China
      • Jue Wang, Thomas Aenis: The Role of Stakeholder Analysis for Sustainable Development: Experiences from Rubber Cultivation in Southwest China
      • Juliana Dalia Resende, Marcelo Antunes Nolasco: Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Wastewater Systems: Applications and Limitations
      • Per Hillbur: Rururbanisation - A Threat to Agricultural Intensification and Food Security?
      • Socheat Keo, Malyne Neang: Economics Analysis in Rice Production Providing Environmental Services in Central Region of Cambodia
      • Josephine Nguefo Gnilachi, Gertrud Buchenrieder: Challenges Rural Married Women are Facing after Receiving Microcredit: Evidence from West Cameroon
      • Comlan Hervé Sossou, Freddy Noma, Afouda Jacob Yabi, Siegfried Bauer: Modelling Farmers' Credit Allocation Decisions and Impacts on Farms Technical Efficiency in Benin, West Africa
      • Luan Do Xuan, Siegfried Bauer: Preferential Microcredit and Poverty Outreach in the Northwestern Mountainous Region of Vietnam
      • Abdelateif Hassan Ibrahim, Sayed Fadul Elmola: Is Microcredit Enhancing Ecosystem Payments and Environmental Services among Rural Farmers in Sudan? An Applied Dynamic Modelling Approach
      • Christine Husmann: Marginality as a Root Cause of Poverty: Identifying and Analysing Marginality Hotspots in Ethiopia
      • Oumaima Dridi, Sofia Förster, Marius von Osten Braathen, Jacob Raffn , Hayet Djebbi: To Develop or To Be Developed: Drivers, Dangers and Opportunities related to focus on rubber in Kesindu, Sarawak, Malaysia
      • Augustin Kouévi, Kowouan Florent Okry, Paul van Mele, Bob Muchina, Josephine Rodgers, Phil Malone: Improving Livelihoods of Rural People through Quality Training Videos: Lessons from Access Agriculture
      • Menale Wondie, Klaus Katzensteiner, Werner Schneider, Demel Teketay, Reinfried Mansberger, Fentahun Mengistu: Spatial Heterogeneity and Fragmentation Status of Ecosystem Services in Tara Gedam Watershed in the Highland of Northwest Ethiopia
  • GIZ experience on bridging the gap between increasing knowledge and decreasing resources
    • Oral Presentations
      • Peter Borchardt, Ute Fischer-Zujkov, Andrei Dörre: Cooperation Between German Universities and GIZ in the Walnut-Fruit Forest Area of Southwestern Kyrgyzstan: Experiences on Integrating Research Findings into a Development Project on Biodiversity Preservation and Poverty Reduction
      • Tanja Pickardt: Making Optimal Use of Reduced Resources: The Role of Food Losses
      • Felix Zeiske, Marita Dieling: Providing Existing Knowledge through Networks and Knowledge Sharing
  • Czech development cooperation - Sustainability of development projects in agriculture
    • Oral Presentations
      • Michal Kaplan: Czech Development Cooperation and the Role of the Czech Development Agency
      • Hynek Ciboch: Czech Development Cooperation in the Field of Agriculture
      • Jan Svitalek: Agriculture Projects in Afhanistan - From Relief to Development
      • Hana Habrová, Petr Nemec: Czech Development Assistance Project on Soqotra: Support of Small-Scale Farmers and Agricultural Education on the Soqotra Island
      • Michal Basovnik, Eva Rehorova: Implementation and Development of Artificial Insemination of Cattle for Small Holder Farmers in Zambia
      • Jan Rosmus: Strengthening Capacity of Bih Veterinary Laboratories and Veterinary Inspection Services for Implementation of National Residue Monitoring Program in Accordance with EU Standards
      • Kristina Rusarova, Hidare Diriba Debar: Enhancement of Quality and Extent of Extension Services of Angacha Woreda, Kembata Tembaro Zone
      • Michal Kaplan: Panel Discussion + subsequent Poster session - see below from ca. 18:00 onwards
    • Posters
      • Jana Mazancova, Ganchimeg Gombodorj, Jiri Hejkrlik, Alena Neradova: Increasing Quality of Education at Mongolian University of Life Sciences
      • Alena Neradova, Jiri Hejkrlik, Pavla Pijanova, Buba Jafarli: European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD): Enhancing Small Farmers' Cooperation and Productivity in Imereti Region, Georgia
      • Petra Chaloupkova, Miloslav Petrtýl, Lukas Kalous, Jan Banout: Capacity Building of Higher Agricultural Education in Cambodia
      • Jana Mazancova, Jiri Hejkrlik, Roman Kvasnicka: Enhancement of Quality of Education at Akaki Tsereteli State University
      • Tatiana Ivanova, Bohumil Havrland, Alexander Kandakov: Czech Republic Development Cooperation in Moldova
  • Community development and extension II
  • Community development and extension III
  
  
• Index of Authors and Keywords