Tropentag 2015:

Scientific contributions
oral presentations and poster presentations

Thematic Groups:

Plenary
Keynotes day 1
Keynotes day 3

Natural resource management under climate pressure
Land and water management
Climate change, carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases
Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Plant production under water and soil regimes
Soil management and crop nutrition I
Soil management and crop nutrition II
Water management in crop production systems
Crop biotic stresses (DPG session) I
Crop biotic stresses (DPG session) II

Animal science
Pastoralism and forage systems I
Pastoralism and forage systems II
Ruminant production systems I
Ruminant production systems II
Non ruminant production systems

Land use change, production systems and food security
Sustainable production systems
Agroforestry
Research, education and innovation: The global food security programme of BMBF
Land use management - IITA and sustainable intensification, the role of ISFM I
Land use management - IITA and sustainable intensification, the role of ISFM II
Methods, tools and impact applications

Socioeconomics
Gender perspectives, analyses and strategies
Value chain analysis and marketing I
Value chain analysis and marketing II
Sustainable livelihood strategies I
Sustainable livelihood strategies II

Knowledge and innovation systems and processes
Innovation systems and networks
Transdisciplinarity and participation
Knowledge management and adoption

Food and nutrition security
Food quality
Health, nutrition and food security
Processing of agricultural products into food and fuel
Diversified agriculture and nutrition - BMEL session

Institutions, development and politics
Research and development cooperation (GIZ session)
Cooperation and conflict management
Governance and policies
Institutions and cooperatives

Special topics
Pollination
Marine production systems and aquaculture

Plenary

Keynotes day 1

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

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THOMAS POGGE:
The Human Right to Adequate Food
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SHENGGEN FAN:
Building a Resilient Global Food System
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BRAVE NDISALE:
Empowering Rural Women: A Solution to End Hunger
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Postersession: Keynotes day 1

Posters

Keynotes day 3

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

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BERNARD VANLAUWE:
IITA, the Lead Research Partner Facilitating Agricultural Solutions to Overcome Hunger and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
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CARTER COLEMAN:
The Challenges of the Hub & Spoke Model. A Tanzania Case Study
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MIGUEL ALTIERI:
Agroecology: Enhancing Food Sovereignty and Resilience to Climate Change
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Postersession: Keynotes day 3

Posters

Natural resource management under climate pressure

Land and water management

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

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JENS HEINKE, MATS LANNERSTAD, MARIO HERRERO:
Livestock and Water Linkages - Opportunities for Sustainable Intensification
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ELISABETH VAN DEN AKKER, WOLF BERDEL, JEMAL NUR MURELE:
Reversing Natural Degradation into Resilience: The Afar Case
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TEKLU ERKOSSA JIJO, AMARE HAILESLASSIE, TILAHUN AMEDE:
Agricultural Water Productivity Across Landscape Positions and Management Alternatives
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SEBASTIAN FABIAN ZASTRUZNY, ANN-CHRISTIN STRUWE-VOSCUL, CHRISTINA NATALIE KOMPF, CHRISTIAN BRYN:
Conflict Potential over Water Resources and Effects of the Water Management at the Bathi River
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PRAISEGOD EMENIKE, IMOKHAI TENEBE, DAVID OMOLE, JULIUS NDAMBUKI, ADEBANJI OGBIYE, ADEBAYO SOJOBI:
Application of Water Recovery Option for Agricultural Use in Developing Countries: Case Study of a Nigerian Community
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Postersession: Land and water management

Posters

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MEIKE PENDO SCHäFER, OTTFRIED DIETRICH, BONIFACE MBILINYI:
Streamflow and Lake Water Level Changes and their Attributed Causes in Eastern and Southern Africa
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CAGATAY TANRIVERDI, HASAN DEGIRMENCI:
Assessment of Irrigation Schemes in Turkey: Cropping Intensity, Irrigation Intensity and Water Use
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KORBINIAN KäTZL, MANFRED LüBKEN, EDITH NETTMANN, MARC WICHERN:
Biochar and Woodchips as Alternative Filter Materials for Pre-Treatment of Wastewater with Roughing Filter
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AZHAR ABBAS, T.S. AMJATH BABU, HARALD KAECHELE, KLAUS MüLLER:
Analysing the Linkages of ex-ante and ex-post Coping Strategies to Flood Damages: Implications for Sustainable Flood Management in Rural Pakistan
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SATTAR MANDAL, MATTHIAS KLEINKE, NAZMUL CHOWDHURY, NIRMAL BEPARY:
Accessing Newly Accreted Land by the Poor Farmers: Innovations Toward Food Security in Bangladesh
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AZAMAT AZAROV, MARTIN KLAUS MAURER, DIETRICH DARR, HORST WEYERHAEUSER:
Resource Management and Food Security of Small Scale Farming Systems in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan
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CHARLES TAMOU, R. RIPOLL-BOSCH, IMKE DE BOER, SIMON OOSTING:
Competing Land Use in the Area of the W Biosphere Reserve, Benin Republic
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Climate change, carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

HERMANN LOTZE-CAMPEN:
Climate Impacts on Global Agriculture and Land Use Change: Insights from the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Projekt (AgMIP)
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Oral presentations

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MULUKEN ELIAS ADAMSEGED, ANDREAS THIEL:
Climate Change Adaptation, Local Level Institutions and Livelihood Dynamics in Rural Ethiopia
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BERNHARD FREYER, FOLKARD ASCH, JöRN GERMER:
Organic Farming to Cope with Climate Change – Raising Awareness for the Management of Systemic Interfaces
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KATHLEEN BRüSSOW, ANJA FAßE, ULRIKE GROTE:
Adopting Climate-Smart Strategies and their Implications for Food Security
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SOCHEAT KEO:
Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Production in North-West Cambodia
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Postersession: Climate change, carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases

Posters

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TUN OO AUNG, GUIDO VAN HUYLENBROECK, STIJN SPEELMAN:
Determining Factors for the Application of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Among Farmers in Magwe District, Dry Zone Region of Myanmar
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BARNABAS KURGAT, SILKE STöBER, SUSANNE NEUBERT, HILLARY KIPLANGAT BETT, WINIFRED CHEPKOECH, HERMANN LOTZE-CAMPEN:
Potential of African Indigenous Vegetables to Contribute to Climate-Smart Food Systems
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WINIFRED CHEPKOECH, SILKE STöBER, SUSANNE NEUBERT, HILLARY KIPLANGAT BETT, BARNABAS KURGAT, HERMANN LOTZE-CAMPEN:
Vulnerability to Climate Change of African Indigenous Vegetable Farmers in Selected Agro-Climatic Zones of Kenya
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CHRISTOPH GORNOTT, FRED HATTERMANN, FRANK WECHSUNG:
Yield Gap Analysis for Tanzania - The Impact of Climate and Management on Maize Yields
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AMIT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, CHO MILTIN MBOH, THOMAS GAISER, FRANK EWERT:
Yield and Biomass Gap Analysis of Maize in Ethiopia- A Case Study of Oromia Region
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ANDREAS SCHLUETER, WEIQING HAN, KATJA FRIEDRICH, ALEXANDER KNOHL:
The Impact of Climate Modes and Precipitation on Tanzanian Maize Yield
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BABA ADAM, ALEXANDER NIMO WIREDU, MICHAEL KUSI APPIAH:
Cost Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Soil and Water Conservation Methods in Northern Ghana
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AWAD ELKARIM KHALIFA, ELAMIN SANJAK, JüRGEN PRETZSCH, ASMAMAW ALEMU ABTEW:
Local Perceptions and Adaptation to Climate Change in North Kordofan State, Sudan
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HUNG NGUYEN, HU SUK LEE, JOHANNA LINDAHL, FRED UNGER, BERNARD BETT, DELIA GRACE:
Climate Sensitive Diseases in the Mekong Region: Can We Predict Pests by Climate Factors?
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ANTON EITZINGER, CLAUDIA R. BINDER:
Perception Shape Action: Will Smallholders in Colombia Adopt Climate Change Adaptation Practices Designed by Governments?
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EDWIN TREMINIO, ALVARO TINOCO, PABLO SILES, CARLOS ZELAYA, CHARLES STAVER:
Climate Change Impact on Legume Species Used as Shade Trees in Coffee Agroforestry Systems in Mesoamerica
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OGHAIKI ASAAH NDAMBI, DAVID PELSTER, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL:
Manure Management to Improve Soil Structure & Food Security and Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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DENNIS TUYOGON:
Effect of Rice Farming's Water Saving Managements on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Micronutrient Availability in Philippine Paddy Soils
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NAN HA, TIL FEIKE, HANS BACK, ENNO BAHRS:
GHG Mitigation through Implementation of Simple Fertilisation Strategies in Crop Production in Northern China
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RONG LANG, SERGEY BLAGODATSKIY, GEORG CADISCH, STEFANIE GOLDBERG, JIANCHU XU:
Rubber Cultivation Weakened the CH4 Sink Function of Tropical Upland Soil, Comparing with Rainforest
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XUEQING YANG, SERGEY BLAGODATSKIY, JIANCHU XU, GEORG CADISCH:
Meet the Balance of Carbon Emission and Land Use Productivity - Case Study from Naban National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna
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CARLOS A. GOMEZ, EDUARDO FUENTES, MELISA FERNANDEZ, KHATERINE SALAZAR, SAINZ-SáNCHEZ ALAN:
Improvement of Land Use Management to Reduce Livestock Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Peruvian Andes
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CARL-FRIEDRICH GAESE, DAVI JOSE BUNGENSTAB, AZIZ GALVAO, MARIANA PEREIRA, ROBERTO G. ALMEIDA, ANDRE DOMINGHETTI FERREIRA, FLAVIA ARAUJO MATOS, JOAO AJONAS:
Economic Costs of Implementation and Potential Carbon Sequestration of Agrosilvopastoral Systems in the Brazilian Cerrado
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AZEEM TARIQ, LARS S. JENSEN, STEPHANE DE TOURDONNET, REINER WASSMANN, BJOERN OLE SANDER, SYED FAIZ-UL ISLAM, ANDREAS DE NEERGAARD:
GHG Emissions in Relation to Background Soil Carbon, Organic Amendments and Water Management from Rice Production Systems
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MARíA INéS YáñEZ DíAZ, ISRAEL CANTU SILVA, HUMBERTO GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, JOSE MARMOLEJO MONCIVAIS, ENRIQUE JURADO, MARCO V. GóMEZ MEZA, RODOLFO ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ SOTO:
CO2 Efflux in Vertisol under a Wheat Field and Tamaulipan Thornscrub Vegetation in Northeast Mexico
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DANIEL ORTIZ GONZALO, MARIANA CRISTINA RUFINO, TODD ROSENSTOCK, PHILIPPE VAAST, MYLES OELOFSE, ANDREAS DE NEERGAARD, ALAIN ALBRECHT:
Intensification Options and Associated Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in Smallholder Crop-Livestock Systems in Kenya
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NIHARIKA RAHMAN, SYED FAIZ-UL ISLAM, JAKOB MAGID, KEN GILLER, THILDE BECH BRUUN, ANDREAS DE NEERGAARD:
Variations in the Diurnal Flux of Greenhouse Gases from Oil Palm Plantation in Indonesia
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SAIARA CONCEIçãO DE JESUS DA SILVA, NORMA ELY SANTOS BELTRãO:
Introducing Carbon Stock Value in Public Forest Concessions: Drawing Alternative Approaches for Concession Agreements in Brazilian Amazon
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XIAOXI WANG, ANNE BIEWALD, HERMANN LOTZE-CAMPEN, JAN PHILIPP DIETRICH, ALEXANDER POPP:
Trade Liberalisation and Forest Protection Policies: Leakage Effects of Deforestation and CO2 Emissions
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Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

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LOREDANA SORG, ANDREA WEHRLI, ALEXANDER WOSTRY, MARTIJN SONNEVELT:
Farmers' Perspective on Incentives for Ecosystem Services – Insights from Kenya and Tanzania
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CHECK ABDEL KADER BABA, BABATUNDE ADENIYI OSUNMADEWA, MAJDALDIN RAHAMTALLAH ABUALGASIM MOHAMMED, DILDORA ARALOVA, TAISSIR HASSAN, ELMAR CSAPLOVICS:
Assessing Ecosystem Services for the Integrated Management of Sakabansi Dam in Northern Benin
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MARA LINDTNER:
The Influence of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Land-Use Decisions in the Nicaraguan Agricultural Frontier
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PABLO MARTíN-ORTEGA, LUIS GONZAGA GARCíA-MONTERO, NICOLE SIBELET:
Payments for Ecosystem Services Using Product Bundles to Prevent Deforestation in Tropical Montane Cloud Forests
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LUCIE ANDELTOVá, TOBIAS WüNSCHER, KARIN HOLM-MüLLER, ELSA CARDONA SANTOS:
Action-Based versus Outcome-Based Payments for Environmental Services: An Experimental Auction for Tree Planting Contracts in Kenya
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GRACIA MARIA LANZA CASTILLO, MIRIAM VORLAUFER, MEIKE WOLLNI:
Effect of Social Capital on Land Allocation in Payment for Environmental Services Schemes under Individual and Collective Incentives
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Postersession: Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Posters

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MERON TEKALIGN, BART MUYS, JEAN POESEN, RAF AERTS:
Land Use Change Effects on Ecosystem Services and Opportunities to Enhance Food Security in Central Highlands of Ethiopia
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MARC COTTER, INGA HäUSER, JOACHIM SAUERBORN:
Valueing the Impact of Rubber Agroforestry: An Integrative Ecosystem Service Assessment Framework
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EMMANUEL OLATUNBOSUN BENJAMIN, JOHANNES SAUER:
Empirical Analysis of the Cost Effectiveness of Smallholder Ecosystem Services in Kenya
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MONIQUE HELEN CRAVO SOARES FARIAS, NORMA ELY SANTOS BELTRãO:
Incidence of Deforestation in Permanent Preservation Areas in Settlement of Agrarian Reform in Brazilian Amazon: A Case Study at the Pacajazinho Community
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REGINALD TANG GUUROH, ANJA LINSTäDTER, JESSICA FERNER, KRISTIJAN CANAK, SEBASTIAN SCHMIDTLEIN:
Management, Biodiversity and Plant Phenology Are the Most Important Predictors of Forage Provision and Erosion Regulation in West African Grasslands
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LISA STEFANIE LAUTZ, GUNTER BACKES, MARTIN WIEHLE:
The Genetic and Morphological Diversity of Nance (Byrsonima crassifolia) in Yucatán, Mexico
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JANINE PEIKERT, MAIK POMMERANZ, ARNE CIERJACKS:
How Does Biodiversity Work in Tropical Agroecosystems? - Physiological Responses of Cacao Plants to Neighbouring Plants
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LOUIS AMPRAKO, KATHRIN STENCHLY, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
The Impact of Landscape Characteristics on Biodiversity of Spider Assemblages in Okra Fields in West Africa
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BERHANU GEBREMEDHIN, TIRHAS MEBRAHTU:
Local Forest Management Institutions and their Role in Conserving Woody Species Biodiversity: A Case Study in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
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ELFADIL BASHIR, HEIKO PARZIES, BETTINA I.G. HAUSSMANN:
Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Sudanese Pearl Millet Landraces, and Relationship Between Genetic and Agro-Morphological Diversity
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MATTHIAS SCHöLLER:
Biodiversity of Beetles (Coleoptera) in Areas under Participatory Forest Management in Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia
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KAI BEHN, MIGUEL ALVAREZ, MATHIAS BECKER, SAMUEL MUTEBI:
Monitoring Wetland Vegetation Regeneration in an Inland Valley in Uganda
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ENRIQUE JURADO, GERARDO CUELLAR RODRIGUEZ, MARCO AURELIO GONZALEZ TAGLE, MARISELA PANDO MORENO:
Food and Timber Plants from Mexico, their Response to Spatio-Temporal Variations and Implications for Rural Development
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SIMON SHIBRU, BLAKE ALEXANDER SIMMONS, JOZEF DECKERS, KAREN VANCAMPENHOUT, HERWIG LEIRS:
The Role of Herbivores as Dung Seed Dispersing Agent for Encroaching Woody Species in Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia
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Plant production under water and soil regimes

Soil management and crop nutrition I

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

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GRACE ADUSEI, THOMAS GAISER, BOUKAR OUSMANE:
Response of Cowpea Genotypes to Low Soil Phosphorus Conditions in Africa
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JöRN GERMER, FOLKARD ASCH, ANGELA SCHAFFERT:
Tied-Ridging: Great Concept, But Rare Implementation – A Review of Knowledge and Risk Reduction Options
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MARIANE PORTO MUNIZ, JOACHIM WERNER ZANG, WARDE ANTONIETA DA FONSECA-ZANG, ANDREA SCHüCH, BETTINA EICHLER-LOEBERMANN, WILSON MOZENA LEANDRO:
Soybean Growth Affected by the Application of Biodigestates from Sugar Cane Vinasse
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HANNES KARWAT, DANILO MORETA, JACOBO ARANGO, DANIEL VERGARA, PAOLA PARDO, YEISSON HERRERA, JONATHAN NúñEZ, ASHLY AREVALO, MAURICIO EFREN SOTELO CABRERA, IDUPULAPATI RAO, ALVARO RINCóN, FRANK RASCHE, GEORG CADISCH:
Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) in Tropical Pasture and its Influence on the Recovery of Applied Nitrogen Fertiliser by Subsequent Maize Crop in the Llanos of Colombia
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SJOUKJE VISSER, AAD KESSLER, CHARLES-HENRI MOULIN:
Analysing Nutrient Flows in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems to Identify Efficient Practices in Western Kenya
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ARIANE KRAUSE, THOMAS NEHLS, ECKARD GEORGE, MARTIN KAUPENJOHANN:
Field Experiment on a Tropical Andosol in Karagwe, Tanzania Using Organic Wastes from Bioenergy Provision and Ecological Sanitation
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Postersession: Soil management and crop nutrition I

Posters

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TANJA LUEBBERS:
Smallholder Management Practices and their Effects on the Carbon and Nutrient Status of Peat Soils under Oil Palm Cultivation in Sebauh Sub-District, Sarawak, Malaysia
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YING WANG, LING YEE KHOR, KHALID SIDDIG:
Comparison of Determinants of Fertiliser Use Between Wheat and Maize in Hebei Province of China
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TUALAR SIMARMATA, ANIA CITRARESMINI, BRILJAN SUDJANA, BENNY JOY, TIEN TURMUKTINI:
Innovation of Biofertilisers-Organic Based Nutrients Management and Water Saving Technology to Secure Rice Productivity
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EUSUN HAN, CORY WHITNEY, WIEBKE NIETHER, WILLIAM NELSON, TON BAARS:
Effects of Biodynamic Preparation 500 (P500) Cow Horn Manure on Early Growth of Barley, Pea, Quinoa, and Tomato under Saline Stress Conditions
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HANNES SCHRITT, MARTIN KAUPENJOHANN:
Fluxes of Plant-Mineral Nutrients in Subsistence Agriculture of the Indigenous Community of Sarayaku
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DRIES ROOBROECK, GENEROSE NZIGUHEBA, CHERYL PALM, BERNARD VANLAUWE:
Assessing, Understanding and Targeting of Non-Responsiveness to Inorganic Fertilisers Across Heterogeneous Smallholder Farming Landscapes in Sub-Saharan Africa for Improved Maize and Soybean Production
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AMUDALAT OLANIYAN, OLALEKAN OLANIYI, MABAYOMIJE AKINTOLA:
Morpho-Physiological and Yield Response of Okra to Fertiliser Application and Weed Control Treatments
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ALICIA CORTINAS, HEINER GOLDBACH, RABEA SCHWEIGER, CAROLINE MüLLER:
The Influence of Nitrogen Nutrition on Root Exudates of Rice (Oryza sativa)
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JULIUS KWESIGA, DANIEL NEUHOFF, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, MATHIAS BECKER:
Nutrient Management Strategies for Rice Production in the Kilombero Flood Plain of Tanzania
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ONELIO FUNDORA, EMMA PINEDA, ILIá LUGO, RAY ESPINOSA, BETTINA EICHLER-LOEBERMANN:
Changes in Soil Fertility in 25 Years of Sugar Cane Monoculture in Comparison to Natural Ecosystems
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LEONARDO COLLIER, BETTINA EICHLER-LOEBERMANN, NICOLAI DAVID JABLONOWSKI:
Digested Sugar Cane Wastes Can Improve the Early Growth of Brazilian Leguminous Trees and Soil Chemical Parameters
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LETíCIA DE ABREU FARIA, ADIBE LUIZ ABDALLA, FELIPPE HOFFMANN SILVA KARP, PATRICIA PIMENTEL RIGHETO, ADIBE LUIZ ABDALLA FILHO, RONALDO C. LUCAS, ANDRESSA SANTANNA NATEL, LEANDRO CAROLINO GONZAGA:
Agronomic Biofortification of Brachiaria brizantha Stapf. cv. Marandu with Selenium in Urea Coating
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MARIELLE MOITA-NASSY, STEFAN HAUSER, PETER KULAKOW, CHRYSANTUS AKEM:
Root Yield Response of Contrasting Cassava Genotypes to Fertiliser Application and Leaf Harvest in Nigeria
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ELIREHEMA SWAI, KHAMALDIN DAUD MUTABAZI, SIZA TUMBO, NEEMA URASSA, LUTENGANO MWINUKA, DEVOTHA MCHAU, FRIEDER GRAEF, LUDGER HERRMANN:
Farmer's Perception on Soil Fertility Status and Soil Fertility Management in Semi-Arid Areas of Central Tanzania
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DENNIS MELZER, CLAAS NENDEL, WILSON MOZENA LEANDRO, ANGELIKA WURBS, MARCOS ALBERTO LANA:
Parametrisation of a Simulation Model for Tropical Soils for the Development of Sustainable Nutrient Management Strategies
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LUKAS SCHüTZ, KRISHANA SAHARAN, MATHIMARAN NATARAJAN, PAUL MAEDER, THOMAS BOLLER:
Microbial Inoculants for Sustainable Agriculture - Growth Promotion of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) and Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana) by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and its Hyphal Spread
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STEFAN HAUSER, DENIS BUNGU, JEAN PIERRE KABONGO, TONY BAKELANA, MBUTA KUHUMA MWANGU, ROBERT MUKENDI:
Grain Yield Response of Maize Varieties to Intercropping with Cassava and Fertiliser in DR Congo
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EMAD EL- DIN ABD EL-RAZEK, OSAMA AMIN, AMANY NAHRRAWY:
Effect of Biosimulate Nanomaterials on Yield and Fruit Quality of Mango Trees under Semi-Arid Conditions
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Soil management and crop nutrition II

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JOACHIM WERNER ZANG, WARDE ANTONIETA DA FONSECA-ZANG, WILSON MOZENA LEANDRO, NICOLAI DAVID JABLONOWSKI, LEONARDO COLLIER, ANDREA SCHüCH, SERGIO BOTELHO DE OLIVEIRA, ATHAYDES F. LEITE, MARIANE PORTO MUNIZ:
Plant Phenotyping Tests Using Anaerobic Digested Vinasse and Filter Cake from the Brazilian Sugar Cane Industry
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ENDERSON FERREIRA, LENIANY MOREIRA, ADRIANE WENDLAND:
Agronomical Performance of Common Bean Inoculated with New Rhizobial Isolates
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MD. ALAMGIR AKTER, MD. MOHI UDDIN, THAKUR PRASAD TIWARI, MARUFA FATEMA:
Performance of Wheat Varieties under Different Tillage Systems in Bangladesh
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HAG ATTWA EL AWAD, EL TAG MOHAMED, IBRAHIM ELTAIB:
An Appropriate Planting Method for Groundnuts and Cotton
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ISRAEL CANTU SILVA, ROMELIA MEDINA, HUMBERTO GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, MARCO V. GóMEZ MEZA, TETSUYA KUBOTA:
Changes in Hydro-Edaphological Properties Following Fire and Aerator Roller Treatments in Desert Microphylous and Rosetophylous Scrubland
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FERNANDO LOZANO OSORNO, BERNARDO CASTILLO H.:
Evaluation of Tillage Reduction for Potato Production in Slope Areas of Los Andes Mointains in Colombia
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MARC HANSEN, MARTINA SHAKYA, WILHELM LöWENSTEIN:
Welfare Impacts of Biochar as a Soil Amendment on Urban Vegetable Markets in West Africa
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KLEVER IVAN GRANDA MORA, BETTINA EICHLER-LOEBERMANN, YELENYS ALVARADO CAPó, ROLDáN TORRES-GUTIéRREZ:
Assessment of Ecuadorian Rhizobium Isolates under Field Conditions
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MAJDALDIN RAHAMTALLAH ABUALGASIM MOHAMMED, MOHAMED HASSAN DAHAB, HANADI MOHAMED SHAWGI GAMAL:
Optimal Use of Land Preparation for Increasing Soil Moisture to Raise the Crop Productivity on Marginal Lands in Sudan
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SIBYLLE FAUST, SUSAN HANISCH, ANDREAS BUERKERT, RAINER GEORG JOERGENSEN:
Soil Properties under Manured Tamarindus Indica in the Littoral Plain of South-western Madagascar
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HONGXI LIU, SERGEY BLAGODATSKIY, GEORG CADISCH:
Exploring Effects of Aboveground and Belowground Biomass on Soil Erosion During Rubber Development by Applying USLE Model
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SVEN GOENSTER, CHARLOTTE GRUENDLER, ANDREAS BUERKERT, RAINER GEORG JOERGENSEN:
Soil Microbial Indicators for Different Land-Use Types in River Oasis of the Altay Mountains
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KHALID HUSSAIN, THOMAS HILGER, ASHFAQ AHMAD, CHALERMCHART WONGLEECHAROEN, GEORG CADISCH:
Productivity Evaluation of Maize Based Cropping Systems on Tropical Hillside Agriculture with Soil Conservation Options
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KIATKAMJON INTANI, ZEBIN CAO, SAJID LATIF, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Characterisation of Biochar from Maize Residues Produced in Lab-Scale Batch Reactor without Using Carrier Gas
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JONATHAN SCHWEIKLE, WOLFRAM SPREER, KIATKAMJON INTANI, D. MICHAEL SHAFER, PIMSIRI TIYAYON, SUCHART SAEHANG, CHOOCHAD SANTASUP, KORAWAN SRINGARM, WAN WIRIYA, JOACHIM MüLLER:
In-Field Biochar Production from Crop Residues: An Approach to Reduce Open Field Burning in Northern Thailand
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CHRISTINE BEUSCH, MARTIN KAUPENJOHANN:
Addition of Biochar and Clay Increase the Nutrient Retention of a Tropical Arenosol
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MARCOS ALBERTO LANA, ANGELIKA WURBS, HENRIQUE COUTINHO JUNQUEIRA FRANCO, PAULO SERGIO GRAZIANO MAGALHãES:
Homogeneous Management Zones: An Approach to Improve Agricultural Efficiency of Sugar Cane Cultivated in Marginal Lands
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KOFI ATIAH, BERND MARSCHNER, ANDREAS BUERKERT, EDWARD YEBOAH, ERIC NARTEY, SAMUEL ADIKU:
Changes in the Physicochemical Properties of Biochars as Influenced by Feedstock Type and Pyrolysis Temperature
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JAN MERTENS, SONJA GERMER, JöRN GERMER:
Soil Amendment Impact on Root and Root-Tuber Development of Umbu Trees
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JONATHAN NúñEZ, ASHLY AREVALO, DANILO MORETA, HANNES KARWAT, MANABU ISHITANI, JOHN MILES, GUNTUR SUBBARAO, MARGARET WORTHINGTON, GEORG CADISCH, IDUPULAPATI RAO, JACOBO ARANGO:
Evaluation of Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) Capacity in a Biparental Mapping Population of Brachiaria humidicola
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NIKOLA TEUTSCHEROVá, DIANA SANTANA, EDUARDO VAZQUEZ, MARTA BENITO, ALBERTO MASAGUER:
Impact of Biochar Addition on Nitrification and CO2 Evolution from an Acid Palexerult
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Water management in crop production systems

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TIL FEIKE, LING YEE KHOR:
Determinants of Cotton Farmers' Water Use Efficiency in Arid Northwestern China
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EDMUND KYEI AKOTO-DANSO, HANNA KARG, PAY DRECHSEL, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Nutrient and Virtual Water Flow Analysis for Tamale, Ghana and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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JOSEPH MWANGI, HILLARY KIPLANGAT BETT, DIMITRIOS ZIKOS, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN:
Utilising Stream-Water and Valley-Land for Commercialising Indigenous Vegetables Production and Livelihoods Improvement in Peri-Urban Kenya
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MIKE BOURKE:
From Excess to Inadequate Water: some Implications of a Major El Nino Drought Developing in Papua New Guinea
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Postersession: Water management in crop production systems

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M. IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN, ABDULLAH J. AL-DAKHEEL:
Using alternate Water Resources for Cultivation of Salt Tolerant Perennial Grasses under Marginal Environment
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MARC SCHMIERER, EZEQUIEL BRUGUERA, FOLKARD ASCH:
Response of Rice to Changes in the Green and Far-Red Light Ratio
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MOJTABA NAGHDYZADEGAN, SHAHROKH ZAND-PARSA, FATEMEH RAZZAGHI:
Improving Barley Production by Optimising Water and Nitrogen under Land and Water Limiting Conditions
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NAZAR OMER HASSAN SALIH, ABDEL RAHMAN MOHAMED NOUR HAMED:
Effect of Irrigation Techniques on the Efficiency of Dyked and Free End Furrow Irrigation
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DEVESH SINGH, MATHIMARAN NATARAJAN, THOMAS BOLLER, ANSGAR KAHMEN:
Bioirrigation and Biofertilisation for Sustainable Intercropping of Pigeon Pea and Finger Millet
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ADEL MAHMOUD:
Water Use Efficiency of Sunflower Genotypes under Drip Irrigation
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DUY HOANG VU, SABINE STüRZ, FOLKARD ASCH:
Growth Response of Rice to Different Vapor Pressure Deficits and Diurnal Temperature Patterns
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CAROLIN WEILER, NIKOLAUS MERKT, SIMONE GRAEFF-HöNNINGER:
Effect of Water Stress on German and Israeli Table Grapes - Tolerant or Sensitive?
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Crop biotic stresses (DPG session) I

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STEFAN HAUSER, FRIDAY EKELEME, ALFRED GILBERT DIXON:
Weed Biomass Production and Cassava Yields in Varying Cassava Cropping Systems
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BOUDY VAN SCHAGEN, JAVIER EKBOIR, GUY BLOMME, MARIAM BUMBA, ALPHONSE BISUSA:
New Approaches for Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) Disease Management in South Kivu, DR Congo
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JULIET AKELLO, JOSEPH ATEHNKENG, MWESHI MUKANGA, HENRY NJAPAU, THOMAS DUBOIS, PETER COTTY, RANAJIT BANDYOPADHYAY:
Developing an Aflatoxin Biocontrol Product Against Aflatoxin-Producing Aspergillus spp. in Zambia
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ANNA KRUPP, ANNEROSE HELLER, OTMAR SPRING:
Resistance Reactions of Sunflower Against the Parasitic Weed Orobanche cumana
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JACINTER ATIENO OTIENO, HANS-MICHAEL POEHLING:
Additive and Synergistic Interaction Amongst Orius laevigatus, Entomopathogens and Neem for Western Flower Thrips Control
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ALPHA YAYA KAMARA, FRIDAY EKELEME, JIBRIN JIBRIN:
Assessment of Level, Extent and Factors Influencing Striga Infestation of Maize in the Dry Savannahs of Nigeria
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JULIANE LANGER, LUCIE ABA TOUMNOU, BENARD MUKOYE, SUSANNE VON BARGEN, MARTINA BANDTE, MICHAEL KUBE, EDGAR MAISS, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, WANJOHI WACEKE, CARMEN BüTTNER:
A First Survey on Plant Virus Infections of African Nightshade from Small Farms in Kenya
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JACKLINE KENDI MWORIA, LUCY KANANU MURUNGI, TUROOP LOSENGE, RAINER MEYHOEFER:
Fertiliser and Water Regime Influence Preference of Solanum scabrum (Solanaceae) by Tomato Red Spider Mite
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SAMAR SHEAT, ANJA BUTGEREITT, SABINE BONSE, STEPHAN WINTER:
Virus Indexing of Cassava – Developing Standardised Serological Methods for Field Diagnosis
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MONICA CARVAJAL-YEPES, JENYFER JIMENEZ, WILMER CUELLAR:
First Report of Natural Infection by Cassava Polero-Like Virus (Family: Luteoviridae) of Cassava in Colombia
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DANIEL MWANGI MUREITHI, JACKLINE KENDI MWORIA, RAINER MEYHOEFER, LUCY KANANU MURUNGI, TUROOP LOSENGE, KOMIVI SENYO AKUTSE, SUNDAY EKESI, KOMI K. M. FIABOE:
Survey for Pest and Natural Enemies of Amaranth and African Nightshades in Kenya and Tanzania
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SHEM NCHORE, WANJOHI WACEKE, MICHAEL KUBE, OMBORI OMWOYO, SABINE HOLZ, CARMEN BüTTNER, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS:
Molecular Characterisation of Root-Knot Nematodes Obtained from African Nightshades in Western Kenya
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PETER HONDELMANN, JOHNSON NYASANI, SEVGAN SUBRAMANIAN, RAINER MEYHOEFER:
The Importance of Alternative Host Plants as a Source of Infestation in Kenyan French Bean Production Areas
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ONNO GILLER, BOUDY VAN SCHAGEN, MARC SCHUT:
Ex-post Analysis of the Scaling Processes of BXW Control Methods in Rwanda, Uganda and DRC
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MAHMOOD ALANSARI, MARIA RENATE FINCKH, MIKE DEADMAN, ABDULLAH AL-SAADI:
The Incidence of Maize Root Rot in Oman and Exploring the Maize Rizosphere Microbiome from Differentially Managed Fields
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PAUL MUSAFIRI, STEFAN HAUSER, ALBERT LEMA, JAMES LEGG:
Control of Immature Bemisia tabaci Stages by Natural Enemies on Cassava in Eastern DR Congo
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Crop biotic stresses (DPG session) II

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AOUCO ARMEL, FAYALO GERMAIN, THIERY ALAVO, HELMUT BOCHOW:
Seed Dressing Using Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens FZB42 Reduces Aphid's Proliferation in Cotton
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PATRICK JUMA, PETER KIPNGENO, LUCY KANANU, TUROOP LOSENGE, RAINER MEYHOEFER:
Efficacy of Bacillus Subtilis and Trichoderma asperellum Against Damping Off in Ethiopian Kale and African Nightshade
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MóNICA MARíA ZAMORA CARRILLO, RAINER MEYHOEFER:
Preferences of the Aphid Parasitoid Diaeretiella Rapae (Braconidae) for Different Aphid-Host Plant Combinations
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SUCHADA VEARASILP, NATTASAK KRITTIGAMAS, SA-NGUANSAK THANAPORNPOONPONG, SANGTIWA SURIYONG, PIYACHAT AKARANUCHAT, DIETER VON HöRSTEN, ELKE PAWELZIK, YAOWALUK CHANBANG:
Comparison of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera Response to Insect Control by Radio Frequency Heating
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STEFANIE SCHLäGER, FRANZISKA BERAN, ASTRID T. GROOT, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, DANIEL VEIT, CHRISTIAN PAETZ, K.R.M. BHANU, SRINIVASAN RAMASAMY, MONIKA SCHREINER, INGA MEWIS:
Investigations on Pheromone Blend Variation among Geographically Different Maruca vitrata Populations
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FAROUK BOUROGâA, KLAUS BECKER, STEFAN VIDAL:
The Physic Nut Plant Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) in Pest Management
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AAMIR IQBAL, SAJJAD ALI, STEFAN VIDAL:
Influence of Bacterial Secondary Symbionts (BSS) on Sitobion Avenae (F.) Mortality and Fecundity Caused by Isolates of Beauveria Bassiana and Metarhizium Brunneum
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ALLAN MWEKE, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, SUNDAY EKESI, NGUYA KALEMBA MANIANIA:
Laboratory Evaluation of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana Isolates for the Management of Cowpea Aphid
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ANGEL ROLANDO ROBLES CARRIóN, ROLDáN TORRES-GUTIéRREZ, FELIPE LIDCAY HERREA ISLA, BETTINA EICHLER-LOEBERMANN, AMINAEL SáNCHEZ RODRIGUEZ:
Assesing Vascular Wilt Disease Progression and Severity in Babaco (Vasconcellea heilbornii var. Pentagona Badillo) by Artificial Inoculation under Greenhouse Conditions
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JOSHUA OKONYA, NORMA MUJICA, PABLO CARHUAPOMA, JüRGEN KROSCHEL:
Will Global Warming Affect the Distribution and Abundance of the Sweetpotato Butterfly Acraea acerata Hew. in Africa?
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GERARDO CUELLAR RODRIGUEZ, ENRIQUE JURADO, MARCO AURELIO GONZALEZ TAGLE, OSCAR ALBERTO AGUIRRE CALDERON, JAVIER JIMENEZ PEREZ, EDUARDO JAVIER TREVIñO GARZA, EDUARDO ALANIS RODRIGUEZ, MARISELA PANDO MORENO:
Space - Time Analysis of Forests Attacked by Dendroctonus mexicanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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MOHAMMED IBRAHIM, ABDALLA MOHAMED ABDALLA:
Bio-Ecology of Anacridium melanorhodon melanorhodon, (Orthoptera: Acrididae) on Acacia senegal in North Kordofan State, Sudan
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MAIKE GUSCHAL, JARCILENE ALMEIDA-CORTEZ, RAFFAEL ERNST:
Quantifying the Role of Amphibians and Reptiles as Biological Control Agents in Dry Forest Agroecosystems of Northeastern Brazil
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Animal science

Pastoralism and forage systems I

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BIRGIT MüLLER, FALK HOFFMANN, GUNNAR DRESSLER, KARIN FRANK:
Polarisation in (Post-)Nomadic Resource Use in Eastern Morocco -- Insights Using a Multi-Agent Simulation Model
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GEORGES DJOHY, ANGE HONORAT EDJA, NIKOLAUS SCHAREIKA:
State Policies and Farmers' Acquisition of Rangeland in Northern Benin
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EVELYNE KIHIU, FRANKLIN AMUAKWA-MENSAH:
Enhancing Livestock Market Access for Sustainable Rangeland Management and Improved Livelihoods in Kenya
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GANZORIG GONCHIGSUMLAA, STEPHAN VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL:
Competitiveness of Pastoral Livestock Production in Case of Mongolia: Application of Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM)
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ROHAN ORFORD, JOHN ANNANDALE, MICHAEL VAN DER LAAN, FOLKARD ASCH:
Can Pasture Cropping in Africa Improve Precipitation Use Efficiency for Rural Dryland Systems?
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SAMUEL TUFFA KAWO, ANNA C. TREYDTE, DANA HOAG:
Effects of Clipping and Irrigation on Grass Carbon Allocation: Implications for Rangeland Management and Food Security
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IBRAHIM DOWELMADINA, IBTISAM E. M. EL ZUBEIR, OMER ARABI, ADAM DAWOUD ABAKAR SALIM:
Observations on Adaptability and Grazing Behaviour of Camels (Camelus dromedarius) Reared at Different Production Systems in Sudan
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MISGINAW TAMIRAT ARFICHO, ANDREAS THIEL:
Informal Institutions and Climate Change Adaptation among Indigenous Communities of Southern Ethiopia
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GETAW TADESSE GEBREYOHANES, GODFREY BAHIIGWA, SAMSON JEMANEH:
The Impact of Health Extension (HES) on Health Care Practices of Pastoral Households in Ethiopia
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HOLLY HUFNAGEL:
Institutional Tools for Sustainable Natural Resources Management and Protection of Pastoral Mobility in Niger
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DAVID KREUER, MOHAMMED MAHDI:
Market Integration and Food Security in the Moroccan Mountains
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ANN WATERS-BAYER, WOLFGANG BAYER:
Pastoral Landuse Systems and Sustainability in a High-Tech World
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KADERI NOAGAH BUKARI:
Impact of Large-Scale Land Holdings on Fulani Pastoralists' Livelihoods in Agogo Traditional Area of Ghana
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AISHA ROLLEFSON, ILSE KöHLER-ROLLEFSON, HANWANT SINGH RATHORE:
The Social Sustainability of Sheep Pastoralism in Western India: Impacts on Food Security
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ABDOULAYE DIAOURé, KOEN VAN TROOS:
Pastoralism and Land Management in Niger - The Example of the PASEL Project
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STEPHEN KIMONDIU, NICOLETTA BUONO, MAURICE KIBOYE:
Participatory Epidemiology: Approaches, Methods, Experiences in Pastoral Areas in Northern Kenya
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Pastoralism and forage systems II

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ALIM SABIR, TSEVEGMED MUNKHNASAN, EVA SCHLECHT:
Reproductive Performance of Small Ruminants in the Transhumant Grazing Systems of the Chinese - Mongolian Altay Mountains
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GRETA JORDAN, ANDREAS BUERKERT, EVA SCHLECHT:
The Role of Environmental Factors and Grazing on Rangeland Productivity Along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Chinese and Mongolian Altay
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SASKIA WINDISCH, DITMAR KURTZ, FOLKARD ASCH:
Does High Impact Grazing Change Plant Species Composition or Diversity of Northern Argentinean Grasslands?
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DODJI PAOLO A. ARMEL LESSE, JONAS DJENONTIN, IBOURAIMA YABI, BRICE TENTE, MARCEL HOUINATO, SINSIN BRICE:
Mapping and Management of the Main Watering Points Planned for the Nomadic Cattle in Benin
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ABDELATEIF HASSAN IBRAHIM:
Contribution of Agro-Silvo-Pastoral System in the Livelihood of Rural Households in Central-West of Sudan
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SARAH GLATZLE, MARCUS GIESE, FOLKARD ASCH:
Screening for Water Saving Traits of Common Fodder Grasses Used in Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry Systems of Central West Brazil
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JENNY BISCHOFBERGER, KATHARINA BRüSER, STEFAN LIEHR, OLIVER SCHULZ:
Sustainable Management of Rangelands – Integrating Practitioner's Knowledge
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LUC HIPPOLYTE DOSSA, RODRIGUE V. CAO DIOGO, MAMADOU SANGARE, EVA SCHLECHT:
Use of Feed Resources in Intensive Urban Ruminant Production Systems: A Case Study from Burkina Faso
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IVAN B. KOURA, DEDEHOUANOU HOUINSOU, LUC HIPPOLYTE DOSSA, FREDERIC HOUNDONOUGBO, MARCEL HOUINATO:
Determinants of Crop-Livestock Integration by Small Farmers' in Benin
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JOHANNA GOETTER, ONONAMANDIMBY ANTSONANTENAINARIVONY, HERINAVALONA RABEMIRINDRA, EVA SCHLECHT, FRANK WäTZOLD:
Degradation of the Important Fodder Tree Euphorbia stenoclada in Southwest Madagascar and Approaches for Improved Management
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Ruminant production systems I

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SILVIA ALONSO, FRED UNGER, PHIL TOYE, JOERG JORES, JAMES WAKHUNGU, GEORGE MSALYA, DELIA GRACE:
Cattle Diseases in Dairy Herds in Tanzania - Farmers View and Laboratory Confirmation
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HIND A. SALIH, FAISAL EL-HAG, CLAUDIA KIJORA, ABDELMONEIM MUKHTAR ABUNIKHAILA, SIHAM RAHMATALLA:
Effects of Grazing Management and Watering Regimen on Sudan Desert Lambs Body Weights
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BERNHARD HIEBER, TIM K. LOOS, KHALID SIDDIG:
Livestock Productivity, Resilience to Climate Change and Coping Strategies in Namibia: Commercial versus Parastatal Feedlot Farms
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DAVI JOSE BUNGENSTAB, GILBERTO R.O. MENEZES, HORST JüRGEN SCHWARTZ, CRISTIAN RODOLFO FELDKAMP:
Suitability of a Greenhouse Gas Emission Indicator in a Beef Cattle Improvement Programme
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JOHN GOOPY, JESSE GAKIGE, DANIEL KORIR, MARKO KVACIC, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL:
Vines of the Sweet Potato (I. batatas): A Valuable Feed Supplement for Ruminants in Small Holder Systems
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FRIDAïUS U. SéDRIC VANVANHOSSOU, LUC HIPPOLYTE DOSSA:
Threats and Opportunities for the Sustainable Use of the Indigenous Somba Cattle Breed in the Mixed Crop-Livestock System in North West Benin
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MARIA WURZINGER, JULIE OJANGO, ROLDAN CORRALES, MARTIN MENA URBINA, REIN VAN DER HOEK, CARLOS QUIROS, ELIZABETH JANE POOLE, ALI MWAI OKEYO:
Dual-purpose Cattle Production in Nicaragua: Which Breed Fits Best?
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ALAA AHMED, AKI KOBOOTA:
Effect of Intercropping Clover with Wheat on Grain Yield and their Fodder Production on Dairy Goats Performance
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SAMY EMANUELLE CAVALCANTE, VANIA RODRIGUES VASCONCELOS, ADIBE LUIZ ABDALLA, ARNAUD AZêVEDO ALVES, ANDRESSA SANTANNA NATEL, DINESHKUMAR DHANASEKARAN, LILIA RAQUEL Fé DA SILVA, JEFFERSON COSTA SIQUEIRA:
Faecal Inoculum as Alternative Microbial Source for in vitro Rumen Fermentation Techniques
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RUKHSANA AMIN RUNA, ALEXANDER RIEK, LEA BRINKMANN, MARTINA GERKEN:
Natural Preference of Sheep for Saline Drinking Water in Relation to Ambient and Rumen Temperature
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MST. NADIRA SULTANA, MOHAMMAD MOHI UDDIN, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Economic and Water Footprint Evaluation Based on Intensity of Production for Dairy Farms in Bangladesh: Implications for Food Security
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AMMAR SAID AHMED, MONIKA REISSMANN, GUDRUN A. BROCKMANN:
Genetic Variation of Beta-Case in Gene in Sudanese Indigenous Cattle
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Ruminant production systems II

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PETER LAWRENCE, MAXIMILIAN BERGER, TIAGO MACHADO, AMERICO GARCEZ NETO, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Grazing Behaviour of Nellore Beef Cattle in Three Different Pastoral Systems in Western Paraná, Brazil
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AHMED IDRIS, HASSEEB ELBUKHARY, OMER ABDELHADI, HAMZA ELTAHER:
The Effect of Management System on Camel Milk Yield, Composition and Reproductive Performance in Sudan
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AL OLOFI SAMER, MOHAMED MOMANI SHAKER, TALAL AL KHEWANI:
Growth Ability and Carcass Characteristics of Purebred and Crossbred Lambs of Dhamari and Tehami Sheep Breeds in Yemen
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JOSé CRISóLOGO DE SALES SILVA, ADIBE LUIZ ABDALLA, ALEX ROMUALDO NUNES DE OLIVEIRA:
Spontaneous Selective Consumption of Forage Plants of the Caatinga by Goats
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MIRA SIEMANN, CHRISTOPH REIBER, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Adaptation Strategies to Challenges in Small Ruminant Production in NE Brazil: Farmers' vs. Experts' Views
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NELSON MANZANARES-MIRANDA, HORACIO VILLALON-MENDOZA, GUSTAVO MORENO-DEGOLLADO:
Increasing Food Security through Evaluation of Prospects Cattle Stallions of the Breed Simmental and Simbrah
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ANDRESSA SANTANNA NATEL, RAFAEL CANONENCO ARAUJO, TIAGO PRADO PAIM, CONCEPTA MCMANUS, ADIBE LUIZ ABDALLA:
Enteric Methane Emission and Nitrate Toxicity in Sheep Fed Encapsulated Nitrate
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SIHAM RAHMATALLA, MONIKA REIßMANN, UWE MüLLER, EVA MARIA STRUCKEN, GUDRUN A. BROCKMANN:
Genetic Variants of Candidate Genes Influencing Milk Yield, Composition and Somatic Cell Score in German Holstein Cows
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BORHAN SHOKROLLAHI, KARIM HASANPUR, NIAN GHANADI:
Factors Influencing the Occurrence of Abnormal Lactation Curves in Iranian Buffaloes
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DEEPASHREE KAND, JOAQUíN CASTRO-MONTOYA, S.A. HOSSAIN, P.L SHERASIA, B.T. PHONDBA, M.R. GARG, UTA DICKHOEFER:
In-vitro and in-vivo Methane Production from Improved and Traditional Rations of Dairy Cows in India
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SHIMELS WASSIE, JOAQUíN CASTRO-MONTOYA, TIAGO MACHADO, AMERICO GARCEZ NETO, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Effect of Carbohydrate and Nitrogen Sources on Feed Intake, Nitrogen Balance, and Performance of Sheep
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MOHAMED DIABY, JOAQUíN CASTRO-MONTOYA, SAOWALUCK YAMMUEN-ART, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Effects of Quebracho Tannin Extract on In-vitro-rumen Fermentation and Chemical Composition of Liquid-associated Microbes
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SALOME MIGOSE, BOCKLINE BEBE, SIMON OOSTING, IMKE DE BOER:
Sustainable Dairy Development in the Kenyan Highlands: Effect of Market Quality on Smallholder Farming Systems
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Non ruminant production systems

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THI THU TRA VU, HONG NGAN PHAM, VAN NHIEM DUONG, MINH HA NGO, FRED UNGER:
Biosecurity Practices in Small Scale Pig Farms in Hung Yen and Nghe An, Vietnam
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BORHAN SHOKROLLAHI, BEHZAD SHARIFI:
Nigella sativa Seeds Effects on Growth, Blood Parameters, Carcass Quality and Antibody Production in Quails
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MARSHALL AREBOJIE AZEKE, KOKOETE EKERETE EKPO:
The Effects of Garlic and Tea Supplementation on some Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Hen's Eggs
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NORMAN MARTíN CASAS, MARIO REINOSO-PéREZ, METTE OLAF NIELSEN:
Evaluation of the Potential Inclusion of Dichrostachys cinerea Pods in Pig Diets in Cuba
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NATALIE CARTER, CATHERINE DEWEY, DELIA GRACE, BEN LUKUYU, CORNELIS F.M. DE LANGE:
Increasing Smallholder Pig Farmers' Adaptive Capacity: Low-Cost Balanced Diets for East African Pigs Using Livestock and Plant Co-Products
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ISAAC OSAKWE, ROSEMARY IGWE:
Physiological Response of Laying Birds Fed Honey and Vitamin C in Drinking Water
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TAIWO AKANDE, RICHARD ALADE, FEYIDAPO FATOKI:
Performance, Egg Qualities and Blood Profile of Laying Hens Fed Mould Contaminated Diets Supplemented with Three Mycotoxin Adsorbents
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SAHEED AYODEJI SALAMI, EHIZOGIE MARYMARTHA AGBONLAHOR, JOB OLUTIMEHIN ATTEH, BASHIRAT ADEPEJU SIDEEQ, ABIOLA OLAYEMI SALAKO:
Effects of Supplemental Enzymes on Metabolisable Energy Values of Wheat Bran and Performance of Broilers
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ADEKOYA OLUSESAN OSOFOWORA, ADEDOTUN ADEGBENJO, RASHEED OLUSOLA OLOMIDE, IDOWU AGBEBIYI, OLUSEYI ODUGUWA:
Performance and Antibiotic Residues in Organs and Meat of Broiler Chickens Fed Supplements of Three Phytogenic Plants
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EMMANUEL OLUROPO AKINFALA, SAMUEL TEMITOPE OGUNDEJI, AKINYELE OLUWATOMISIN KINGSLEY ADESEHINWA:
Effects of Probiotics on the Utilisation of Fiber Feedstuffs by Weaner Pigs in the Humid Tropics
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MONA EBRAHIM, KHADIGA ABDEL ATTI, NAHLA HASSAN:
Effect of Dietary Camel Grass (Cymbopogon schoenanthus) on Performance, Parameters and Carcass Characteristics of Broiler Chicks
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MUTAZ MAHMOUD, AHMED MUSA, ABU ELGASIM AHMED, MEYMONA ISMAIL, HABIB HASSAN, IBTISAM YAGOUB, SAFWA SALIH:
Effect of Dietary Inclusion of Earthworm Meal Replacing Super-Concentrate on Broiler Performance and Carcass Characteristics
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AHMED MUSA, KHALID ELAMIN, NAHID IDAM:
Application of Physical Body Morphometric Parameters in the Evaluation of Sudanese Local Rabbits Breed
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Land use change, production systems and food security

Sustainable production systems

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MICHAEL EULER, MUNIR HOFFMANN, STEFAN SCHWARZE, ZAKKY FATHONI:
Exploring Yield Gaps in Smallholder Oil Palm Production Systems in Eastern Sumatra, Indonesia
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NITIKA THAKUR, AMAR SINGH KASHYAP, ASTHA TRIPATHI:
Impact of Organic versus Inorganic Approaches on Sustainable Intensification and Advance Food Security in Tomato (cv. Solan lalima) under Mid-Hill Conditions of Himachal Pradesh
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PRIYANKA PARVATHI, HERMANN WAIBEL:
The Yield Effects of Organic Farming: A Case Study of Black Pepper in India
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JACOB ASRAVOR, ALEXANDER NIMO WIREDU, KHALID SIDDIG:
Rice Productivity and Technical Efficiency: A Meta-Frontier Analysis of Rice Farms in Northern Ghana
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THU TRANG PHAM:
Role of Organic Agriculture in Natural Resources Management and Food Safety: Case Study in Vietnam
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ADIREK PUNYALUE, JEDSADA JONGJAIDEE, SIRIPONG HUNGSPREUG:
Evaluation of Yield and Economic Benefit of On-Farm Maize-Rice Bean Relay Cropping without Residue Burning
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DAO MINH QUANG, MICHAEL BöHME:
Evaluation of Sustainable Agricultural and Horticultural Land Use in in Rural Area of Northern Vietnam
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PATRICK AWUOR OORO, RHODA BIRECH, JOYCE MALING'A, JöRN GERMER, FOLKARD ASCH, BERNHARD FREYER, RAEL TAIY:
Effect of Pre-Crop on Growth and Yield of Potato in Kenya
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SUSANNE ZIEGLER, DANIEL NEUHOFF, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, MATHIAS BECKER, ULRICH KöPKE:
Potential of Agronomic Management Options on Rice Productivity in Valley Swamps of Uganda
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MIRJA MICHALSCHECK:
'Game Changers' Towards Greater Nutritional Diversity in Cereal-Based Smallholder Farming Systems, Ethiopia
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ANA PAULA TURETTA, HEITOR LUIZ DA COSTA COUTINHO, TADEU FABRICIO MALHEIROS:
Food and Biofuel: A Possible Dialogue? An Overview about Brazilian Ethanol Context
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REGINA RößLER, SERGE EUGèNE MPOUAM, TICHAONA MUCHEMWA, EVA SCHLECHT:
Classification of Urban and Peri-Urban Livestock Farm Types in Ouagadougou and Tamale
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DANNY COYNE, NESSIE LUAMBANO, MARY MAGANGA, BAITANI MUSHOBOZI:
Developing Healthy Vegetable Seedling Systems for Vegetable Smallholders in East Africa
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PABLO SILES, DIEGO VALBUENA, ORLANDO TELLEZ, ELBIS CHAVARRIA, EDWIN GARCIA, DANIEL VáSQUEZ:
An Integrated Assessment of Potential Legume Cover Crops for the Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Agriculture in the Dry Corridor of Central America
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CHRISTIAN BUNN, PETER LäDERACH, DIETER KIRSCHKE:
The Impacts of Changing Paradigms for Coffee Production in an Integrated Modelling Framework
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LOUISA OI YI WONG:
Farm Sustainability Assessment: The Case of Small Scale Organic Apple Production in Ningxia Province, PR China
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DILFUZA EGAMBERDIEVA, STEPHAN WIRTH:
Biochar-Based Biofertilisers: An Emerging Technology for Sustainable Crop Production
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OSMIRA FATIMA DA SILVA, ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER:
Economic Assessment of Common Bean Variety BRS Estilo in Brazil
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IDOWU BALOGUN, OLUSEGUN ADEAGA, FUNMILAYO OGUNLEYE:
Use and Management of Ado-Odo Wetlands, Ogun State, Nigeria for Agricultural Production
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CHARLES IKENNA NWANKWO, LUDGER HERRMANN, GüNTER NEUMANN:
Optimisation of Seedball Technology for Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Production in the Sahel
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HASSAN PORSA, AHMAD NEZAMI, ABDOREZA BAGHERI, SAMANEH NAJIB NIA:
Agronomic Assessment of Cold Tolerant Chickpea Genotypes in Fall Sowing at Mashhad Conditions
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Agroforestry

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ANTHONY KIMARO, STEFAN SIEBER, GöTZ UCKERT:
Agroforestry Options for Sustaining Food and Biomass Production and Adapting to Climate Change
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MERCEDES THIEME, KATJA KEHLENBECK, FRANK HELLWIG, JENS GEBAUER, KATHLEEN PRINZ:
Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Kenya – A Valuable Genetic Resource in a Changing Environment
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DIEGO VALBUENA, PABLO SILES, ARACELY CASTRO, STEVEN FONTE, MARTíN MENA, ORLANDO TELLEZ, LAURENT ROUSSEAU, REIN VAN DER HOEK:
Agroforestry Systems for Improved Food Production and the Restoration of Other Ecosystems Services in the Dry Corridor in Nicaragua
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LAURA ARMENGOT, PIETRO BARBIERI, CHRISTIAN ANDRES, JOACHIM MILZ, FREDDY ALCON, GERMáN TRUJILLO, MONIKA SCHNEIDER:
Labour Demand in Five Different Cocoa Production Systems in Bolivia
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YVES ZINNGREBE, LILY RODRIGUEZ:
Developing Capacities to Sustainably Manage Tropical Forests in the Peruvian Amazon - Communal Land-Use Planning and the Focal Model
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KEN NJOGU, STEPHA MCMULLIN, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
Fruit Tree Diversity and its Contribution to Food Security of Smallholder Farm Households in Western Kenya
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SAHRAH FISCHER, JOACHIM SAUERBORN, REGINA BIRNER, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
The Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Southern Kenya – A Study on Status, Distribution, and Use
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ISSAKA ABDULAI, LAURENCE JASSOGNE, SANDER MUILERMAN, RICHARD ASARE, SOPHIE GRAEFE, PHILIPPE VAAST:
Evaluation of Yield Gap and Production Factors in Cocoa Systems Along a Climatic Gradient in Ghana
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ARIANI WARTENBERG, WILMA BLASER, JAMES ROSHETKO, MEINE VAN NOORDWIJK, JOHAN SIX:
Shade-Tree Diversification in Cacao Agro-Forests: A More Sustainable Model?
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BENJAMIN WARTH, CARSTEN MAROHN, ORLANDO TELLEZ, PABLO SILES, GEORG CADISCH:
Modelling Crop Growth, Soil Fertility and Water Retention under Agroforestry and Slash-and-Burn Systems in Nicaragua
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LUIS GONZAGA GARCíA-MONTERO, FERNANDO GARCíA-ROBREDO, SIGFREDO ORTUñO, ESPERANZA AYUGA, LILIANA PINTO, PILAR PITA, CRISTINA PASCUAL, AMAYA ALVAREZ, LUIS BENITO-MATíAS, MARíA P. ANDRéS, THOM KUYPER:
Basis on Rhizoculture: Management of "Underground Agroforestry Systems" to Improve their Climate Change Resilience
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PIETRO BARBIERI, LAURA ARMENGOT, JOACHIM MILZ, FREDDY ALCON, MONIKA SCHNEIDER:
Systems and Managements Related Differences in Phenology of 12 Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) Cultivars
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OMARSHERIF MOHAMMED JEMAL, DANIEL CALLO-CONCHA:
A Preliminary Investigation on Locally-Based Identification and Use Determinants of Multipurpose Tree (MPT) Species in the Yayu Forest Coffee Biosphere Reserve, South West Ethiopia
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MARION WURTZ, LAURA ARMENGOT, CHRISTIAN ANDRES, JOACHIM MILZ, FREDDY ALCON, MONIKA SCHNEIDER:
Comparison of Methods to Assess Dry Bean Yield of Different Cocoa Cultivars
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ERIC RAHN, THERESA LIEBIG, LAURENCE JASSOGNE, PETER LäDERACH, PIET VAN ASTEN, PHILIPPE VAAST, CLAUDE GARCIA, JABOURY GHAZOUL:
Interactive Effects of Altitude and Management on Coffee Agro-Ecosystems Along a Transect on Mount Elgon, Uganda
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MARTINA GEHLING, THERESA LIEBIG, SOPHIE GRAEFE, PHILIPPE VAAST, PIET VAN ASTEN, LAURENCE JASSOGNE:
Characterisation and Spatial Distribution of Shade Trees and Bananas in Arabica Coffee Systems of Eastern Uganda
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SONOKO DOROTHEA BELLINGRATH-KIMURA, YUJI KOBATA, MASAAKI YAMADA, IRAê GUERRINI, HELIO UMEMURA, DOS SANTOS DINALDO:
Contribution of Internal Nutrient Cycling in a Successional Agroforestry in Tomé-Açu, Pará, Brazil
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VIVIAN VALENCIA:
The Role of Coffee Agroforestry in the Conservation of Tree Diversity and Community Composition in Native Forests
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KATJA CHAUVETTE, ISSAKA ABDULAI, LAURENCE JASSOGNE, RICHARD ASARE, PHILIPPE VAAST, SOPHIE GRAEFE:
Farmers' Local Knowledge of Shade Tree Species in Cocoa Agroforestry of Western Ghana
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PABLO SILES, DIEGO VALBUENA, REIN VAN DER HOEK, ORLANDO TELLEZ, GLENDA BONILLA, ARACELY CASTRO:
Maintaining Carbon Stocks and Tree Diversity in Agroforestry Systems in the Sub-Humid Pacific Region in Nicaragua
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LIN BAUTZE, CHRISTOPH NOWICKI, HARTMUT IHNE:
Participatory Forest Management in the Congo Basin – Ways for Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Development
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TAISSER H. H. DEAFALLA, ELMAR CSAPLOVICS, MUSTAFA MAHMOUD EL ABBAS, CHECK ABDEL KADER BABA:
Constraints of Sustainable Forest Management: A Case of Nuba Mountains Region
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Research, education and innovation: The global food security programme of BMBF

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PETER WEBERS:
Research, Education and Innovation: The Africa Strategy an Example for the International Perspective of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
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TINA BEUCHELT, MANFRED DENICH, ARNIM KUHN, CHRISTINE SCHMITT:
BiomassWeb: Improving Food Security in Africa through Increased System Productivity of Biomass-Based Value Webs
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WOLFGANG BOKELMANN:
Diversifying Food Systems - Horticultural Innovations and Learning for Improved Nutrition and Livelihoods in East Africa (HORTINLEA)
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MATHIAS BECKER:
Wetlands in East Africa: Reconciling Future Use with Environmental Protection
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OLIVER HENSEL, MICHAEL HESSE:
GlobE - RELOAD: an Approach to Facilitate Food Security in Sub Saharan Africa
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FRIEDER GRAEF, STEFAN SIEBER, KHAMALDIN DAUD MUTABAZI, SIZA TUMBO:
Trans-SEC - Innovating Strategies to Safeguard Food Security Using Technology and Knowledge Transfer – Current Status
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ANDREAS BUERKERT, BERND MARSCHNER, CHRISTOPH STEINER, EVA SCHLECHT, MARC WICHERN, NIKOLAUS SCHAREIKA, WILHELM LöWENSTEIN, AXEL W. DRESCHER, RüDIGER GLASER, GORDANA KRANJAC-BERISAVLJEVIC, ZACHARIA GNANKAMBARY, PAY DRECHSEL, DéSIRé JEAN-PASCAL LOMPO:
UrbanFoodPlus - African-German Partnership to Enhance Resource Use Efficiency in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture for Improved Food Security in West African Cities
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Postersession: Research, education and innovation: The global food security programme of BMBF

Posters

Land use management - IITA and sustainable intensification, the role of ISFM I

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

BERNARD VANLAUWE:
Is Integrated Soil Fertility Management a Viable Pathway Towards the Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa?
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FREDERICK BAIJUKYA, CARGELE MASSO, FRED KANAMPIU, BERNARD VANLAUWE, KEN GILLER:
Enhancing Legume Productivity for Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
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CHRISTINE KREYE, STEFAN HAUSER, PIET VAN ASTEN, BERNARD VANLAUWE:
Increasing Cassava Productivity in the Context of Sustainable Intensification
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LAURENCE JASSOGNE, PHILIPPE VAAST, PETER LäDERACH, RICHARD ASARE, CHRISTIAN BUNN, ALESSANDRO CRAPARO, KEN GILLER, JIM GOCKOWSKI, SOPHIE GRAEFE, ISSAKA ABDULAI, THERESA LIEBIG, MARK LUNDY, CHRISTIAN MENSAH, SANDER MUILERMAN, MARTIN NOPPONEN, ERIC RAHN, A. SARMIENTO, BERNARD VANLAUWE, LYDIA WAIREGI, PIET VAN ASTEN:
Climate-Smart Intensification of Coffee and Cocoa Smallholder Systems in Africa
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JIBRIN MOHAMMED JIBRIN, ALPHA YAYA KAMARA, MICHAEL HAERTEL:
Using Cropping System Models and Geospatial Tools to Bring Agronomy to Scale in the Savannahs of Nigeria
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Postersession: Land use management - IITA and sustainable intensification, the role of ISFM I

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RANAJIT BANDYOPADHYAY, PETER COTTY:
Aflasafe: Safe Crops, Better Health and Higher Income
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BUSIE MAZIYA-DIXON, OLABISI ALAMU, TIMOTHY GONDWE, ABEBE MENKIR, PETER KULAKOW, BOUKAR OUSMANE, RONY SWENNEN, TAHIROU ABDOULAYE:
Leveraging Agriculture to Improve Nutrition and Health
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DOROU KPINDOU, MUAKA TOKO, BENJAMIN DATINON, MANUELE TAMO:
Integrated Pest Management in Africa: Developing and Deploying Bio-Pesticides
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MICHAEL ABBERTON, BADARA GUEYE, TCHAMBA MARIMAGNE:
Conservation and Characterisation of Germplasm Diversity to Underpin Efforts to Enhance Food Security
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MICHAEL HAERTEL, TUNRAYO ALABI, STEFAN HAUSER:
Geo-Spatial Tools to Bring Agronomy to Scale
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LATIFOU IDRISSOU, RICHARD ASARE, HERVE BISSELEUA, STEFAN HAUSER:
Sustainable Systems Intensification: The Humidtropics Approach in West Africa
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SHIFERAW FELEKE, VICTOR MANYONG, TAHIROU ABDOULAYE, AREGA ALENE:
Actual and Potential Impacts of Improved Cassava Varieties in Sub-Saharan Africa
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PER HILLBUR, FESTO NGULU, MATEETE BEKUNDA:
Research-for-Development (R4D) Platforms - A Multi-Stakeholder Initiative for Integrated Farming Towards Sustainable Intensification
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KWESI ATTA-KRAH, VALERIE POIRE, ERIC KOPER:
Humidtropics, a CGIAR Research Program on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
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STEFAN HAUSER, CHRISTINE KREYE:
Sustainable Root & Tuber Crop Production Systems for Sub-Saharan Africa
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Land use management - IITA and sustainable intensification, the role of ISFM II

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

Oral presentations

Postersession: Land use management - IITA and sustainable intensification, the role of ISFM II

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PAUL LESTER WOOMER, CELISTER KALEHA, WYCLIFF WASWA:
From Rural Situation Analysis to Farmer Entry Points and Grassroots Actions: Humidtropics Research for Development in West Kenya
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EVELYN OHANWUSI:
IITA Youth Agripreneurs – An Initiative to Empower Young People
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NORBERT MAROYA, MORUFAT BALOGUN, BEATRICE AIGHEWI, ROBERT ASIEDU:
Aeroponics System: An Effective High Ratio Seed Yam Propagation Technology
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MELAKU GEDIL:
Biotechnology for Enhancing Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa – The Role of the IITA Bioscience Center
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ELISABETH Y. PARKES, ISMAIL RABBI, RICHARDSON OKECHUKWU, EDWARD KANJU, MORAG FERGUSON, PHENEAS NTAWURUHUNGA, NZOLA-MESO MAHUNGU, FEMI AINA, AFOLABI AGBONA, PAUL ILONA, ALFRED GILBERT DIXON, PETER KULAKOW:
Progress and Current Trends in Cassava Improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa by IITA and Partners
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ADEBAYO ABASS, WASIU AWOYALE, BAMIDELE ALENKHE, MALU MUIA NDAVI, BOLA ASIRU, VICTOR MANYONG, NTERANYA SANGINGA:
Transforming Cassava into Bread: The Contribution of Food Science and Technology Research at IITA to the Agro-Industrial Development of Cassava in Africa
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GEORG GOERGEN, OBINNA AJUONU, V. UMEH, MAURICE TINDO, C. GAITU, AIMé BOKONON-GANTA, MUAKA TOKO, MANUELE TAMO:
Managing Alien Invasive Species through Classical Biological Control: Case Study of the Papaya Mealybug in West and Central Africa
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RICHARD ASARE, STEFAN HAUSER, SANDER MUILERMAN, LAURENCE JASSOGNE:
Sustainable Intensification of Cocoa Farming Systems in West and Central Africa: the Iita R4D Experience
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P. LAVA KUMAR:
Controlling Emerging Virus Diseases of Food Staples in Sub-Saharan Africa
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BOUKAR OUSMANE, NOUHOUN BELKO, MICHAEL ABBERTON, CHRISTIAN FATOKUN:
Cowpea Breeding
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ABEBE MENKIR, SAMUEL AJALA, BAFFOUR BADU-APRAKU:
Maize Breeding at IITA
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DELPHINE AMAH, ALEX BAREKYE, JEROME KUBIRIBA, RONY SWENNEN, BRIGITTE UWIMANA, TENDO SSALI, ROBOONI TUMUHIMBISE, WILBERFORCE TUSHEMEREIRWE:
Improvement of Matooke and Plantain
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RANJANA BHATTACHARJEE, ANTONIO LOPEZ-MONTES, MICHAEL ABBERTON, P. LAVA KUMAR, ROBERT ASIEDU:
Advanced Technologies for Genetic Enhancement of Yam
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Methods, tools and impact applications

Oral presentations session:

Lead paper

REIMUND P. RöTTER, SEHOMI (LANDRY) FANOU, MARRIT VAN DEN BERG, JUKKA HöHN, JARKKO NIEMI:
On the Use of Agricultural Systems Models for Exploring Technological Innovations under Climate Risk in Africa
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BENJAMIN STUCH, RüDIGER SCHALDACH, JOSEPH ALCAMO:
Food Security, Species Richness and Nitrogen Budgets in Uganda - A Baseline and Scenario Analysis
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JAN DEMPEWOLF, CATHERINE NAKALEMBE, INBAL BECKER-RESHEF, JYOTESHWAR NAGOL, SIZA TUMBO, SIXBERT MAURICE, BERNARD ADUSEI, MATTHEW C. HANSEN, BONIFACE MBILINYI, ONASIMBA A. NTIKHA, VICTOR KONGO:
Agricultural Monitoring for Food Security in Smallholder Farming Systems
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SHERKO SOLTANPANAHI, PRAKASH T.N. KAMMARDI, HAMED GHADERZADEH:
Determinants of Rural Food Security in Iran: A VEC Model
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JULIO YUQUILEMA YUPANGUI, LING YEE KHOR, SUSANNE UFER, KHALID SIDDIG:
Assessing Land Use Diversity within Subsistence Production to Achieve Food Security in Northern Vietnam
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Postersession: Methods, tools and impact applications

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RAZAN SALIH IBRAHIM, MANAL AWAD KHIRY, TARIG ELSHEIKH MAHMOUD, AMNA.A HAMID:
Impact of War on Land Use Systems in South Darfur by Applying Multi-Temporal Satellite Imageries
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JAN SCHüNGEL:
Analysing the Effects of Different Land-Cover Datasets on Modelling Deforestation and GHG Emissions Associated with Land-Use Changes
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CHRISTINE BOSCH:
Food Security Impacts of Rural Households' Employment at a Large-Scale Biofuel Project in Madagascar
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MASOUD YAZDANPANAH, ZIBA BAKHTIYARI:
Energy Security and Global Warming Mitigation versus Food Security: What They Think about Biofuel
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MATTHIAS RIEDEL, JAN SLIVA, THOMAS SCHNEIDER, JOHANNES KOLLMANN, NARET GUERRERO:
Development of Land-Cover Classification Focusing on Wetlands Impacted by Subsistence Farming Using Satellite Remote Sensing
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BIRTHE PAUL, CELINE BIRNHOLZ, JESSICA KOGE, SIMON FRAVAL, JAMIE MCFADZEAN, AMOS OMORE, AN NOTENBAERT:
Rapid ex-ante Environmental Impact Assessment of Livestock Intensification Strategies on Mixed Crop-Livestock and Agro-Pastoralist Farmers in Tanga Region, Tanzania
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VICENTE C PIRES SILVEIRA:
Biodiesel in Brazil: Analysis of the First Decade of Production
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SARA AWAD ALKARIM AHMED, MANAL AWAD KHIRY:
Application of Remote Sensing Techniques to Assess Land Use Changes in Western Gedarif State, Sudan
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JAN GöPEL, RüDIGER SCHALDACH, KATHARINA H. E. MEURER, JAN SCHüNGEL:
Analysing Future Scenarios of Land-Use Change in Southern Amazonia and its Impacts on CO2 Emissions
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VERENA RODORFF, LIRON STEINMETZ, MARIANNA SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE, JAN MERTENS, JOHANN KöPPEL:
Using Bayesian Networks to Depict Favouring Frame Conditions for Sustainable Land Management: Umbuzeiro-Tree Planting by Smallholders in Brazil
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FRANK JOSEPH WAMBURA, OTTFRIED DIETRICH, GUNNAR LISCHEID:
Evaluation of Remotely Sensed Evapotranspiration as a Proxy of Water Balance and Land Cover Changes
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EILEEN BOGWEH NCHANJI, IMOGEN BELLWOOD-HOWARD, NIKOLAUS SCHAREIKA, RüDIGER GLASER, AXEL W. DRESCHER, TAKEMORE CHAGOMOKA, JOHANNES SCHLESINGER:
Land Use Changes and its Implication for Food Security and Sustainability in Northern Ghana
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HANNA KARG, JOHANNES SCHLESINGER, LEA BARTELS, AXEL W. DRESCHER, GEORGE NYARKO, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Mapping Urban Agriculture in West African Cities: Spatial Extent & Temporal Dynamics
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NADJA REINHARDT, LUDGER HERRMANN:
Soil-Borne Gamma Radiation and its Attenuation through Lime, Organic Material and Water
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CYRIL S. LISSU, BIRTHE PAUL, BRYAN CARLSON, CLAUDIO STöCKLE, SOLOMON W. MWENDIA, ROLF SOMMER:
Napier Grass Productivity under Different Cropping and Fertilisation Systems in Lushoto Highlands, Tanzania
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BABATUNDE AFONJA:
Evaluation and Analysis of On-Farm Demonstration Trials for Small-Scale African Farmers: Yield and Economic Parameters from four Countries (Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Mali)
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Socioeconomics

Gender perspectives, analyses and strategies

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EDMOND AUGUSTINE KANU, STEFANIE LEMKE, MARIA DANIELA NUNEZ BURBANO DE LARA, ANNA JENDEREDJIAN:
An Analysis of the Effects of Large Scale Land Acquisition on Rural Livelihoods in Sierra Leone. Integrating a Gender Perspective
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KERSTIN SCHULZ, PAMELA NGWENYA, MARGARETA AMY LELEA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Using Role-Play to Investigate How Gender and Socio-Economic Factors Influence Farmers' Selection of Innovations
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CARLA DOHMWIRTH, MARKUS HANISCH:
Can Cooperatives Contribute to Women's Economic Empowerment? A Case Study in South India
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KATHARINA ZANGERLE, LORENZ PROBST, ROMANA ROSCHINSKY, MANINDRA MALLA, CHINTAN MANANDHAR, MARIA WURZINGER:
A Gender Focused Analysis of Learning Processes of Smallholders within a Development Program in Nepal
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EVA SCHOBER, DOMINIC SCHUPPLI, KRISTINA LANZ:
Grazing Fields and Fishponds on the Rice Farm – The Contested Nature of a Commercial Agricultural Investment in Ghana
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NOORA-LISA ABERMAN, TERRENCE ROOPNARAINE:
Understanding the Pathways to Improved Diets from the Production of Nutritious and Marketable Commodities
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Postersession: Gender perspectives, analyses and strategies

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OLUWAFUNMISO ADEOLA OLAJIDE, IYINOLUWA OLUGBEMI:
Gender Discrimination in Land Access, Ownership and Control in Oyo State, Nigeria
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SADIKA HAQUE, MD. NAZMUL HOQUE:
Impact of Insufficient Land Rights to Women on Food Security in Bangladesh
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GüLAY CAGLAR, RUTH GITHIGA, ANNE KINGIRI, EMMA OKETCH:
How Do Women's Lands Rights Affect Their Value Chain Participation? The Case of African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) Value Chains in Kenya
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TAKEMORE CHAGOMOKA, EILEEN BOGWEH NCHANJI, IMOGEN BELLWOOD-HOWARD, RüDIGER GLASER, NIKOLAUS SCHAREIKA, AXEL W. DRESCHER, JOHANNES SCHLESINGER:
Gender, Land Tenure, Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Northern Ghana
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KAROLIN ANDERSSON:
Gender in Cassava Leaves Value Chains – An Exploratory Study of Tanzania
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ADEBAYO AKINOLA, CHRISTINE KREYE, OLAJUMOKE IROMINI, TAHIROU ABDOULAYE:
Constraints and Gender Perspectives at Various Nodes of Cassava Value Chain in Osun State, Nigeria
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BRIGITTE L. MAASS, WANJIKU L. CHIURI, CLEMENTINE S. NAMAZZI, EVE N. LUVUMU, GIDEON NADIOPE:
Understanding Gender Relations of Smallholder Farmers to Improve Pig Feeding in Uganda
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SOLOMON W. MWENDIA, DAVID G. NJENGA, BRIGITTE L. MAASS:
From Grazing to Stall-Feeding: Livestock Feeds Assessment in Nyandarua Highlands of Central Kenya
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TAISSER H. H. DEAFALLA, ELMAR CSAPLOVICS, MUSTAFA MAHMOUD EL ABBAS:
Participatory Approaches of Women and their Impact on Natural Resources Management
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TATU MNIMBO, JOYCE LYIMO-MACHA, JUSTIN URASSA, HENRY MAHOO, SIZA TUMBO:
Gender Roles, Choices of Crop Types and Value Chain Upgrading Strategies in Semi-Arid and Sub-Humid Tanzania
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ALICE WARUKIRA MURAGE, JIMMY PITTCHAR, CHARLES MIDEGA, CHARLES ONYANGO, KHAN ZEYAUR:
Gender Specific Perceptions and Adoption of the Climate-Smart Push-Pull Technology in Eastern Africa
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JOHANNES SCHULER, HYCENTH TIM NDAH, SAIDI MKOMWA, JANET ACHORA, GOTTLIEB BASCH, JOANA SOUSA, LORENZ PROBST, MICHAEL HAUSER:
Innovative Conservation Agriculture Approaches: Food Security and Climate Action through Soil and Water Conservation (INCAA)
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SARAH BEYER, DIMITRIOS ZIKOS:
Collective Action, Gender and Food Security
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MARIOLA ACOSTA FRANCES, EDIDAH AMPAIRE, WENDY OKOLO:
Unraveling the Gendered Effects of Climate Change Policy Frameworks in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Nwoya, Uganda
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CARLO ANTONIO GIALLOMBARDO:
Women, Cocoa and Natural Resource Conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon
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Value chain analysis and marketing I

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PETR VOPENKA, IVA NADVORNIKOVA, ZBYNEK POLESNY, BO ANNE ROHLIK, VLADIMIR VERNER:
Market Survey of Traditional Rice Varieties at Great Silk Road Bazaar in Osh City, Southern Kyrgyzstan
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ANNA SNIDER, NICOLE SIBELET, ISABEL GUTIéRREZ, ANA AFONSO GALLEGOS:
The Role of Social Capital in the Management of Sustainable Coffee Certifications
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RAOUL HERRMANN:
Agro-Industry Investments, Smallholders and Workers: Evidences on Household Income and Poverty Effects from Tanzania
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LILLI SCHEITERLE, ALINA ULMER, REGINA BIRNER:
Innovation Networks in the Bioeconomy: The Case of Sugarcane in Brazil
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LUITFRED KISSOLY, ANJA FAßE, ULRIKE GROTE:
Small-Scale Farmers' Integration in Agricultural Value Chains: The Role for Food Security in Rural Tanzania
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ENRIQUE URIBE LEITZ:
Private Standards, their Institutional Arrangements and their Theoretical Links to Livelihoods Improvement and Food Security
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