Tropentag 2016:

Solidarity in a competing world — fair use of resources

September 18 - 21, 2016,
organised by the
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU Vienna), Austria


Scientific contributions
oral presentations and poster presentations


Thematic Groups:

Plenary
Keynotes day 1
Keynotes day 3

Plants
Cropping systems I
Cropping systems II
Soil fertility and nutrient management I
Soil fertility and nutrient management II
Crop diversity and plant breeding
Environmental impact on soil and crop health
Crop biotic stresses (DPG session)
Rice

Animal science
Livestock systems, animal health and ruminants I
Livestock systems, animal health and ruminants II
Mobile dryland pastoralism I
Mobile dryland pastoralism II
Monogastric livestock
Aquaculture and fisheries

Natural resource management and ecology
Forestry, agro-forestry I
Forestry, agro-forestry II
Water and soils
Climate change, remote sensing and GIS tools
Agrobiodiversity, ecology and ecosystem services

Organic agriculture and food systems
Organic farming systems
Organic markets and certification
Organic strategies and policies

Socioeconomics
Adoption, innovation and gender perspectives I
Adoption, innovation and gender perspectives II
Markets and value chain analysis
Micro-economics and livelihoods I
Micro-economics and livelihoods II
Governance, policy, strategy and macro-economics I
Governance, policy, strategy and macro-economics II
Knowledge, participation, stakeholders and social networks I
Knowledge, participation, stakeholders and social networks II

Food and nutrition security and engineering
Food security and nutrition I
Food security and nutrition II
Engineering aspects

Special programmes and visiting CGIAR centre
Transfer of research results into practice - A panel discussion (BEAF/GIZ-BMZ)
Research for development - innovative partnerships in Africa, Central Asia and Southeast Asia (BMBF)
BMEL/BLE/BMLFUW/KEF: Diversified agriculture and nutrition
Seeds of resilience: Novel strategies for using crop diversity in climate change adaptation (Bioversity International)


Plenary

Keynotes day 1

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Michael Hauser, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Centre for Development Research (CDR), Austria
Date and Time: Monday, September 19th, 13:40 - 15:15
Location: Lecture hall

Lead paper

Oral presentations

13:40 - 14:10
M. ANN TUTWILER:
How the Equitable Sharing of Benefits from Genetic Resources Can Contribute to Fairness and Innovation
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14:10 - 14:40
POONPIPOPE KASEMSAP:
Solidarity in a Competing World and Food Security Challenge
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14:40 - 15:15
DAVID MOLDEN:
Sharing Benefits of Hindu Kush Himalayan Waters
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Postersession: Keynotes day 1

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

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Keynotes day 3

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Sara Kaweesa, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Centre for Development Research, Austria
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 11:45 - 13:15
Location: Lecture hall

Lead paper

Oral presentations

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JOSIANE NIKIEMA:
Resource Competition, Degradation and Recovery in Urbanizing Landscapes
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EDITH FERNANDEZ-BACA:
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources as Key to Rural Livelihoods: Challenges and Opportunities Within a Context of Climate Change
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ANDRE LEU:
Regenerative Organic Agriculture Can Increase Yields with Renewable Resources
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Postersession: Keynotes day 3

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

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Plants

Cropping systems I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Patrick van Damme, Ghent University, Dept. of Plant Production - Lab. for Tropical Agronomy, Belgium
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 9:30 - 11:00
Location: Lecture hall 1

Lead paper

Oral presentations

9:30 - 9:45
JAY NORTON, URSZULA NORTON, DENNIS ASHILENJE:
Conservation Agriculture in the Mt Elgon Highlands of Kenya and Uganda: Successes and Limitations
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9:45 - 10:00
DANIEL ORTIZ GONZALO, VICTOR SUAREZ VILLANUEVA, TODD ROSENSTOCK, MYLES OELOFSE, ANDREAS DE NEERGAARD, ALAIN ALBRECHT, PHILIPPE VAAST:
Climate-Smart Manure Management Practices in Smallholders Crop-Livestock Systems
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10:00 - 10:15
ALEJANDRA SARMIENTO, ERIC RAHN, DAVID MUKASA, SOPHIE GRAEFE, LAURENCE JASSOGNE, PIET VAN ASTEN, PHILIPPE VAAST:
Understanding Yield Constraints to Guide Climate Change Adaptation for Arabica Coffee on Mt. Elgon, Uganda
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10:15 - 10:30
CHRISTOPH GORNOTT, FRED HATTERMANN, FRANK WECHSUNG:
Liebig's Law – Increase and Stabilise Tanzanian Maize Yields by Combining Different Crop Modelling Approaches
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Postersession: Cropping systems I

Chair: Patrick van Damme, Ghent University, Dept. of Plant Production - Lab. for Tropical Agronomy, Belgium
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 9:45 - 11:00
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

LUKAS SCHüTZ, ANDREAS GATTINGER, MATTHIAS MEIER, ADRIAN MüLLER, MATHIMARAN NATARAJAN, PAUL MAEDER, THOMAS BOLLER:
How Reliable Are Microbial Inoculants in Agriculture for Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency and Growth Promotion? - A Meta-Analysis of Field Studies from 1981 to 2015
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KATJA GEISSLER, LISA SCHRADE, EVA OSTERTAG, NIELS BLAUM:
How Does Grazing Work in Semiarid Savannahs? – Responses of Desirable Perennial Grasses to Clipping and Water
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KATHARINA STEIN, DRISSA COULIBALY, SOULEYMANE KONATé, DETHARDT GOETZE, STEFAN POREMBSKI, KARL-EDUARD LINSENMAIR:
Bee Pollination Increases Yield and Quality of Cash Crops in Burkina Faso, West Africa
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KENALEKGOSI GONTSE, JOSEPH E MBAIWA, OLEKAET THAKADU:
Effects of Wildlife Crop Raiding on Livelihoods of Khumaga, Boteti-Sub District, Botswana
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NUTTAPON KHONGDEE, WANWISA PANSAK, THOMAS HILGER:
Growth and Resource Use of Young Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) on Hillsides in Northern Thailand
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SHADRACK NYAWADE, CHARLES GACHENE, NANCY KARANJA, ELMAR SCHULTE-GELDERMANN:
Effect of Soil Surface Roughness and Crop Cover on Runoff and Soil Loss under Potato Cropping Systems, Kenya
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KAREN ENCISO, STEFAN BURKART, JHON FREDDY GUTIERREZ SOLIS, MICHAEL PETERS:
Economic Analysis of Tropical Forages in Livestock Systems in the Eastern Plains of Colombia
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GRETA JORDAN, BAIGAL ULZIISUREN, SVEN GOENSTER-JORDAN, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Irrigated Crop Production in a Floodplain River Oasis of the Mongolian Altay Mountains
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ANNA LINA BARTL, DAVID MUKASA, ALEJANDRA SARMIENTO, SOPHIE GRAEFE, LAURENCE JASSOGNE, PHILIPPE VAAST, PIET VAN ASTEN:
Influence of Altitude and Management System on Coffee Quality in Mt. Elgon, Uganda
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GEZAHAGN GETACHEW, HANS SANDéN, BORIS REWALD, YOSEF DELELEGN, DOUGLAS L. GODBOLD:
Occurrence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and Dark Septate endophytes (DSE) Associated with Eragrostis Tef
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10 Posters

Cropping systems II

Oral presentations session:

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Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Cropping systems II

Chair: Patrick van Damme, Ghent University, Dept. of Plant Production - Lab. for Tropical Agronomy, Belgium
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 18:15 - 19:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

SOMAYE LATIFI, HOSSEIN RAHELI, MICHAEL HAUSER:
Challenges and Prospects for Transitions to Conservation Agriculture in Iran
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HOSSEIN SADEGHI, SHEIDAEI SAMAN:
Evaluation of the Effect of Planting Date and Density on Germination and Vigor of Soybean Seed
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ELVIS JONAS, ANTHONY KIMARO, MARTHA SWAMILA, EZEKIEL MWAKALUKWA, L.L. LULANDALA, PATRICK OKORI:
Optimising Growth and Yield of Maize and Pigeonpea in Kongwa and Kiteto Districts, Tanzania
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TAI KUI, DOMINIK RUFFEIS, BIRTE NASS-KOMOLONG, WILLIBALD LOISKANDL:
Crops and Cropping Strategies to Maintain Food Security under Changing Weather Conditions in Papua New Guinea
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CATHERINE MEYER, THOMAS HILGER, GEORG CADISCH:
Resource Use in Abaca (Musa textilis): A Versatile Smallholder Fiber Crop from the Philippines
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HARUN GITARI, CHARLES GACHENE, NANCY KARANJA, ELMAR SCHULTE-GELDERMANN:
Evaluation of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Nutrient Use Efficiency under Legume Intercropping Systems
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STEPHANIE MONTGOMERY, ROBERT J. MARTIN, CHRIS GUPPY, GRAEME WRIGHT, RICHARD J. FLAVEL, SOPHANARA PHAN, SOPHOEUN IM, VAN TOUCH, MATTHEW TIGHE:
Crop Choice and Planting Time for Upland Crops in Northwest Cambodia
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7 Posters

Soil fertility and nutrient management I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Florian Wichern, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 11:30 - 13:00
Location: Lecture hall 1

Lead paper

Oral presentations

11:30 - 11:45
ENOS ONYUKA, GODFREY NAMBAFU, HOLGER BESSLER, ANNA ADAM, DARIUS O. ANDIKA, JOSEPH PATRICK GWEYI-ONYANGO, SAMUEL MWONGA, CHRISTOF ENGELS:
Plant Residue-Derived Organic Carbon Input into Soil in African Indigenous Vegetable Production Systems
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11:45 - 12:00
MARC-ANDRé SPARKE, HANNES KARWAT, JACOBO ARANGO, JONATHAN NúñEZ, DANILO MORETA, IDUPULAPATI RAO, GEORG CADISCH:
Nitrate Reductase Activity as Potential Indicator for Biological Nitrification Inhibition in Brachiaria humidicola
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12:00 - 12:15
JACOBO ARANGO, DANILO MORETA, JONATHAN NúñEZ, ASHLY AREVALO, HANNES KARWAT, MANABU ISHITANI, JOHN MILES, MARGARET WORTHINGTON, MICHAEL PETERS, JOE TOHME, MARIO CUCHILLO HILARIO, STEFAN BURKART, NGONIDZASHE CHIRINDA, GLENN HYMAN, JESUS MARTINEZ, JEIMAR TAPASCO, MICHAEL SELVARAJ, PAOLA PARDO, MAURICIO EFREN SOTELO CABRERA, REIN VAN DER HOEK, MARTíN MENA, ALVARO RINCóN, REYNALDO MENDOZA, MARC-ANDRé SPARKE, KONRAD EGENOLF, GUNTUR SUBBARAO, GEORG CADISCH, IDUPULAPATI RAO:
Climate-Smart Crop-Livestock Systems for Smallholders in the Tropics: Regulation of Nitrification in Soil by Brachiaria humidicola Hybrids
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12:15 - 12:30
DILFUZA EGAMBERDIEVA, MORITZ RECKLING, STEPHAN WIRTH:
Biochar-Based Inoculum of Bradyrhizobium Improve Plant Growth and Yield of Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) under Drought Stress
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12:30 - 12:45
MARCOS ALBERTO LANA, ANGELIKA WURBS, DENNIS MELZER, CLAAS NENDEL:
Improvement of Agronomic Practices in Sugarcane Production by Designing Homogeneous Management Zones
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Postersession: Soil fertility and nutrient management I

Chair: Florian Wichern, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Germany
Date and Time: Monday, September 19th, 17:00 - 18:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

URSZULA NORTON, JUDITH ODHIAMBO, JAY NORTON:
Conservation Agriculture Practices in Smallholder Farming of Western Kenya: Nutrient Cycling and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes
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FELIX GRAU, NIKITA DRECHSEL, DIETER TRAUTZ, JAYANTHA WEERAKODY, BADULA RANAWEERA:
Fertiliser Derived from Fecal Sludge in Sri Lanka: Analysis of Plant Nutritional Value and Heavy Metal Contamination
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MWANAIMA RAJAB RAMADHAN, STEFFI APPENBURG, OSMAN MAHGOUB, EVA SCHLECHT:
Effects of Water Restriction on Quality of Goat Manure
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CHARLOTTE CHRISTINA DIETRICH, MD. ARIFUR RAHAMAN, KIATKAMJON INTANI, SAJID LATIF, JOACHIM MüLLER, NICOLAI DAVID JABLONOWSKI:
Effects of Modified Biochars on the Growth of Maize (Zea mays L.)
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ISRAEL K. DZOMEKU, OSMAN ILLIASU, PETER T. BIRTEEB, STELLA OBANYI, TARA WOOD:
Modelling Effects of Residual biochar, Rice Husk and Rice Straw on Productivity of Maize (Zea mays L.) for Sustainable Soil Fertility Restoration in the Guinea Savannah Zone
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EDMUND KYEI AKOTO-DANSO, DELPHINE MANKA'ABUSI, STEFFEN WERNER, VOLKER HäRING, CHRISTOPH STEINER, GEORGE NYARKO, PAY DRECHSEL, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Effect of Biochar and Waste Water Irrigation on Crop Production in Urban Horticulture of Tamale, Ghana
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STEFFEN WERNER, KORBINIAN KäTZL, BERND MARSCHNER, MARC WICHERN, ANDREAS BUERKERT, CHRISTOPH STEINER:
Agronomic Benefits of Biochar after its Use as Waste Water Filtration Media in a Sudano-Sahelian Soil
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PHILIPP SWOBODA:
Rock Dust as Agricultural Soil Amendment: A Review
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JAMES MUGO, NANCY KARANJA, ELMAR SCHULTE-GELDERMANN, CHARLES GACHENE, KLAUS DITTERT:
Identification of Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Yield Limiting Nutrients in Kenya
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WIVINE MUNYAHALI, RONY SWENNEN, ROEL MERCKX:
Nutrient Requirements of Cassava under Different Management Systems in South-Kivu, D.R. Congo
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10 Posters

Soil fertility and nutrient management II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location:

Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Soil fertility and nutrient management II

Chair: Florian Wichern, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

RUTH NJOROGE, ABIGAEL OTINGA, MARY PEPELA, JOHN OKALEBO, ROEL MERCKX:
Assessment of Nutrient Imbalances Limiting Maize (Zea mays) Production in Western Kenya
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SIMON ALIBU, DANIEL NEUHOFF, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, MATHIAS BECKER, ULRICH KöPKE:
Effect of Mineral and Organic Fertilisers on Maize Productivity in an Inland Valley in Uganda
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SAEID SOUFIZADEH, MAJID AGHAALIKHANI, MOHAMMAD BANNAYAN, ESKANDAR ZAND, AHMAD M. MANSCHADI, GERRIT HOOGENBOOM:
Analysis of N Use Efficiency of Maize to Optimise N Fertiliser Application under Weed Competition
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MARIO CUCHILLO HILARIO, DANILO MORETA, JACOBO ARANGO, JOHANNA MAZABEL, PAOLA PARDO, STIVEN QUINTERO, MAURICIO EFREN SOTELO CABRERA, MARGARET WORTHINGTON, IDUPULAPATI RAO, JOHN MILES, MICHAEL PETERS:
Nutritive Value and Biomass Production of Brachiaria Humidicola Hybrids with Divergent Biological Nitrification Inhibition Activity
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JONATHAN NúñEZ, RYAN BARNES, LAURA ARENAS, IDUPULAPATI RAO, CATALINA TRUJILLO, CAROLINA ALVAREZ, NGONIDZASHE CHIRINDA, JACOBO ARANGO:
Brachiaria humidicola Grass Reduces Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Bovine Urine Patches under Tropical Conditions
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STEFAN BURKART, KAREN ENCISO, HANNES KARWAT, DANILO MORETA, JACOBO ARANGO, GEORG CADISCH, MICHAEL PETERS:
Economic Analysis of Maize Production and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Rotation with Brachiaria humidicola
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AMUDALAT OLANIYAN, ENOOBONG UDO, AYODEJI AFOLAMI:
Performance of Soybean (Glycine max L.) as Influenced by Different Rates and Sources of Phosphorus Fertiliser
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GODFREY NAMBAFU, ENOS ONYUKA, HOLGER BESSLER, NICOLAI HOEPPNER, DARIUS O. ANDIKA, JOSEPH PATRICK GWEYI-ONYANGO, SAMUEL MWONGA, CHRISTOF ENGELS:
Strategies of African Indigenous Vegetables to Cope with Phosphorus Deficient Soils
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FRANCESCA BEGGI, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Effects of Different Sources of N on Pearl Millet Growth and Yield in P-limited Environments of West Africa
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MOUDJAHID AKORéDé WABI, KAAT VERZELEN, PASCAL HOUNGNANDAN, WOUTER VANHOVE, GLèLè KAKAï ROMAIN LUCAS, PATRICK VAN DAMME:
Sesbania rostrata (Bremek & Oberm.) as Biological Nitrogen Fixator for Sustainable Lowland Rice Production
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10 Posters

Crop diversity and plant breeding

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eva Weltzien, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Lecture hall 1

Lead paper

Oral presentations

14:30 - 14:45
BRUCE PENGELLY, BRIGITTE L. MAASS, CHARLOTTE E. LUSTY:
Tropical Forage Genetic Resources – A Global Strategy for Conservation and Utilisation
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14:45 - 15:00
DJINGDIA LOMPO, HEINO KONRAD, JéROME DUMINIL, HANNES GAISBERGER, BARBARA VINCETI, MOUSSA OUEDRAOGO, THOMAS GEBUREK:
Genetic Diversity of Parkia biglobosa (African Locust Bean) and its Implications for Conservation Strategies
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15:00 - 15:15
DEJENE KASSAHUN MENGISTU, AFEWORK Y. KIROS, JEMAL N. MOHAMMED, CARLO FADDA:
Participatory Multi-Environmental Trials (MET) Identified Promising Durum Wheat Landraces in Northern Ethiopia
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15:15 - 15:30
EDOSSA ETISSA, TADESSE WELDEMARIAM, AKALU TESHOME, TECHANE GONFA ABEBIE:
Horticultural Crops Diversity and Cropping in the Smallholders Home Gardens in the Transitional Area of Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia
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15:30 - 15:45
FRIEDERIKE KRAEMER, ALBERTO CAMACHO:
Agrobiodiversity: The Key to Food Security, Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience
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Postersession: Crop diversity and plant breeding

Chair: Eva Weltzien, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America
Date and Time: Monday, September 19th, 17:00 - 18:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

ISABEL MADALENO:
Peru, Ten Years Later: Medicinal Plant Species from Piura
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JO-YI YEN, THU GIANG BUI, ROLAND SCHAFLEITNER, CHEN-YU LIN, SHU-MEI HUANG, LONG-FANG CHEN, RAMAKRISHNAN NAIR:
Marker-Assisted Selection of Disease and Pest Resistant Mungbean Lines Using Cel-I Genotyping
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WINDA PUSPITASARI, WOLFGANG LINK:
Quantitative Genetic Variation of Autofertility in Faba Bean (Vicia Faba L.)
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ROLAND SCHAFLEITNER, HOA THI LE, RAY-YU YANG, YUN-YIN HSIAO, YEN-WEI WANG, ANDREAS GRAMZOW, FEKADU DINSSA:
Genetic and Genomic Resources for Amaranth Breeding to Improve Income and Nutrition of Resource-Poor Farmers
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STACY HAMMOND, IVA VIEHMANNOVá, PETRA HLáSNá CEPKOVá, DUONG HANG:
Assessment of New Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) Genotypes Obtained via Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis
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EMMANUEL OMONDI, THOMAS DEBENER, MARCUS LINDE, MARY ABUKUTSA-ONYANGO, FEKADU DINSSA, TRAUD WINKELMANN:
Morphological Diversity and Performance of Cleome Gynandra (L.) Briq. an African Leafy Vegetable Germplasm Collections
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ALEMAYEHU TERESSA NEGAWO, FATHI HASSAN, EDGAR MAISS, HANS-JöRG JACOBSEN:
Advance in Grain Legumes Genetic Transformation: The Case of GM Pea and Cowpea
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DEJENE KASSAHUN MENGISTU, YOSEF GEBREHAWARYAT KIDANE, MARCELLO CATELLANI, ELISABETTA FRASCAROLI, CARLO FADDA, MARIO ENRICO Pè, MATTEO DELL'ACQUA:
High-Density Molecular Characterisation and Association Mapping in Ethiopian Durum Wheat Landraces Reveals High Diversity and Potential for Wheat Breeding
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CHIARA MANCINI, YOSEF GEBREHAWARYAT KIDANE, DEJENE KASSAHUN MENGISTU, MARIO ENRICO Pè, CARLO FADDA, MATTEO DELL'ACQUA:
Which Wheat for Smallholder Ethiopian Farmers? Joining Traditional Knowledge with Metric Phenotypes
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RAHEL WYSS, DOMINIQUE VINCENT GUENAT, ISABEL LOPEZ NORIEGA, DEVENDRA GAUCHAN, DEEPAK UPADHYA:
Seed Systems of Rice and Finger Millet in Nepal, Between Formality and Informality
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TILAHUN WOLDIE MENGISTU, SAURABH GUPTA, REGINA BIRNER:
How Would Ethiopian Farmers Like to Access Hybrid Maize Seeds? Evidence from a Choice Experiment on the Attributes of Seed Distribution Systems
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HARUKI ISHIKAWA, ISSA DRABO, CHRISTIAN FATOKUN, BOUKAR OUSMANE, SATORU MURANAKA:
Comparative Investigation of Farmer's Criteria for Cowpea Varieties via Farmers' Participatory Varietal Selection in Niger and Burkina Faso
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FATEMEH MAGHULY, MARGIT LAIMER:
Biotechnological Improvement of the Biofuel Crop Jatropha curcas
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13 Posters

Environmental impact on soil and crop health

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Birthe Paul, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Tropical Forages Program, Kenya
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Lecture hall 1

Lead paper

Oral presentations

16:30 - 16:45
JULIANE DAO, PHILIP AMOAH, KATHRIN STENCHLY, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Microbiological Analysis of Contamination Risks in Urban and Peri-Urban Vegetable Production of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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16:45 - 17:00
ISAIAH ETEMO MUCHILWA, OLIVER HENSEL:
Assessing Meteorological Risk Factors for Aflatoxin Contamination of Maize Dried on Small Farms in Kenya
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17:00 - 17:15
VONGAI CHEKANAI, REGIS CHIKOWO, KEN GILLER, FRED KANAMPIU:
Response of Common Bean to Rhizobia Inoculation, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Across Variable Soils in Zimbabwe
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17:15 - 17:30
EIKE LUEDELING, HAIFA BENMOUSSA, SEBASTIAN SAA, LIANG GUO, MICHAEL BLANKE, JENS GEBAUER, JOHANN MARTINEZ-LüSCHER:
Will Climate Change Threaten Temperate Fruit Trees in Warm Growing Regions?
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17:30 - 17:45
LOUIS VERCHOT, KRISTELL HERGOUALC'H:
Linking Stocks and Flows: New Emission Factors for Managed Tropical Histosols
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Postersession: Environmental impact on soil and crop health

Chair: Birthe Paul, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Tropical Forages Program, Kenya
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

SAYED EISA, NASR EL-BORDENY, AHMED ABDEL-ATI, MOHAMED EID, SAYED HUSSIN, SAFWAT ALI, ABDALLA MASOUD, ABD-EL-RAHMAN EL-NAGGAR:
Mechanisms of Resistance and Alteration of Chemical Compositions of the Potential Cash Crop Halophyte Leptochloa fusca L. Kunth under Salinity Stress
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ALIREZA KOOCHEKI, MEHDI NASSIRI MAHALLATI, ZARE HOSSEIN, SARA ASADI:
Effect of Temperature on Crop Water Use Efficiency: Case Study in the Northeast of Iran
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MAJID JAMIALAHMADI, ALIREZA POURKHABBAZ, BENT-OLHODA SANGAK SANI SANGAK SANI:
Pollution of Heavy Metals (Cadmium, Nickel & Lead) in some Farms of Torbat Jam, East of Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran
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NIKOLINA GRBIC, KERSTIN PASCHKO, INA PINKER, MICHAEL BöHME:
The Nutritional Treasure of Leafy Vegetable – Perilla Frutescens
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YIFRU ABERA, FASSIL ASSEFA, THUITA MOSES, CARGELE MASSO:
Preliminary Characterisation of Soybean Nodulating Rhizobia from Ethiopian Soils
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AMIRHOSSEIN MAHROOKASHANI, STEFAN SIEBERT, HUBERT HüGING, FRANK EWERT:
Effects of High Temperature and Drought Stress Around Anthesis on Wheat
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KOKOU ADAMBOUNOU AMOUZOU, JESSE B. NAAB, JOHN LAMERS, MATHIAS BECKER:
Suitability of Simulation Models for Crop Growth and Development in West African Sudan Savannah
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7 Posters

Crop biotic stresses (DPG session)

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Stephan Winter, Leibniz-Institute, German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures Gmbh, Plant Virus Department, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 11:30 - 13:00
Location: Lecture hall 2

Lead paper

Oral presentations

11:30 - 11:45
GRACE NGATIA, ABBAS EL-HASAN, BARBARA KAUFMANN, RALF T. VOEGELE:
Anti-Oomycete Activity of some Fungal Root Endophytes in the Potato-Phytophthora infestans System
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11:45 - 12:00
BRUCE OCHIENG OBURA, MONICA L. PARKER, CHRISTIAN BRUNS, MARIA RENATE FINCKH, ELMAR SCHULTE-GELDERMANN:
Organic Soil Amendments: A Potential Bacterial Wilt Control in Potato
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12:00 - 12:15
MARY MUSYOKI, JUDITH ZIMMERMANN, GEORG CADISCH, FRANK RASCHE:
The Biocontrol Agent Fusarium oxysporum F.sp. strigae – Its Impacts on Beneficial Indigenous Prokaryotes in a Maize Rhizosphere
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12:15 - 12:30
PAULINE DELTOUR, SORAYA FRANçA, MONICA HöFTE:
The influence of banana cultivars on pathogenic and non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum
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12:30 - 12:45
THUITA MOSES, BERNARD VANLAUWE, EDWIN MUTEGI, CARGELE MASSO:
Reducing Spatial Variability of Soybean Response to Rhizobia Inoculants in Siaya County of Western Kenya
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Postersession: Crop biotic stresses (DPG session)

Chair: Stephan Winter, Leibniz-Institute, German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures Gmbh, Plant Virus Department, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

SUWANNA PRANEETVATAKUL, PEPIJN SCHREINEMACHERS, PRASNEE TIPRAQSA:
How Much Do Farmers Care about Pesticide Externalities? A Choice Experiment among Thai Vegetable Farmers
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KEN FENING, ETHELYN FORCHIBE, FRANCIS WAMONJE, IBRAHIM ADAMA, KWAME AFREH-NUAMAH, JOHN CARR:
Aphids: A Major Threat to Cabbage Production in Ghana
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JENISH NAKARMI, FLORIAN M. W. GRUNDLER:
Development of the Different Population of Heterodera schachtii in Arabidopsis thaliana
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HéCTOR PABLO HERNáNDEZ ARBOLáEZ, STEFAAN DE NEVE, MONICA HöFTE, EDITH AGUILA ALCANTARA:
Effect of Soil Management on Suppressions of Rhizoctonia solani in Agroecosystems of Santa Clara, Cuba
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JOYCE AGUK, NANCY KARANJA, ELMAR SCHULTE-GELDERMANN, CHRISTIAN BRUNS:
Managing Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) of Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Using Indigenous Biological Control Agent
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MONICA CARVAJAL-YEPES, JENYFER JIMENEZ, SOPHEARITH SOK, SRENG CHEAHENG, POU M3, KRIS WYCKHUYS, STEF DE HAAN, WILMER CUELLAR:
Surveying Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD) and Sri Lankan Cassava Mosaic Virus (SLCMV) in Four Provinces of Cambodia
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RAJASEKARAN MURUGAN, SANJAY KUMAR:
Influence of Plant Functional Groups on Microbial Residue Accumulation Process in two Different Soil Types
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SHARA SABURA, RONY SWENNEN, JOZEF DECKERS, RUDI AERTS, FELEKE WELDEYES, GIRMA ABEBE, ALEMAYEHU HAILEMICHAEL, FANTAHUN WELDESENBET, GUY BLOMME, KAREN VANCAMPENHOUT:
Agro-Ecological Niche of Bacterial Wilt (Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum) of Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheessman) in Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia
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8 Posters

Rice

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Folkard Asch, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Lecture hall 2

Lead paper

Oral presentations

16:30 - 16:45
ABIBOU NIANG, MATHIAS BECKER, KAZUKI SAITO, FRANK EWERT:
Rice Yield Variability in West Africa and its Determinants
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16:45 - 17:00
ALEXANDRA SCHAPPERT, ANGELA SCHAFFERT, JöRN GERMER, FOLKARD ASCH:
Effects of Water Management on the Performance of NERICA 4 in Semi-Arid Areas, Tanzania
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17:00 - 17:15
MARC SCHMIERER, OLIVER KNOPF, FOLKARD ASCH:
Growth Dynamics and Yield Formation Related to Flag Leaf Photosynthesis and PSii Fluorescence in Rice
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17:15 - 17:30
ARISOA RAJAONA, ELKE VANDAMME, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, PEPIJN VAN OORT, KAZUKI SAITO:
Phenological Response of Lowland Rice Genotypes to Environmental Conditions - Case of Ambohibary, Madagascar
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17:30 - 17:45
PIETERJAN DE BAUW, ELKE VANDAMME, ROEL MERCKX:
'New Roots for Rice Production': Root Research in the Low-input Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Postersession: Rice

Chair: Folkard Asch, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 9:45 - 11:00
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

ADRIANO STEPHAN NASCENTE, ANNA CRISTINA LANNA, MARTA CRISTINA CORSI FILIPPI:
Soil Attributes and Grain Yield of Upland Rice as Affected by Cover Crops
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ADRIANO STEPHAN NASCENTE, VENERALDO PINHEIRO, LUIS FERNANDO STONE:
Rice Affected by Seed Treatment, Soil Compaction and Nitrogen at No-Tillage and Conventional Tillage
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ADRIANO STEPHAN NASCENTE, JOSé DAMBIRO:
Rice Grain Yield as Affected by Grain-Producing Cover Crops in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
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KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, FITTA SILAS SILLO, BONAVENTURE JANUARY TESHA, IBNOU DIENG, JONNE RODENBURG, KAZUKI SAITO, ELKE VANDAMME, CHRISTIAN DIMKPA:
Effects of Soil and Foliar Applied Micronutrients on Productivity and Profitability of Rice in Tanzania
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JULIUS KWESIGA, DANIEL NEUHOFF, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, MATHIAS BECKER, ULRICH KöPKE:
Soil Management Options for Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Rice in the Kilombero Flood Plains
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MICHAEL ASANTE, MATHIAS BECKER, CARLOS ANGULO:
Seasonal Nitrogen Dynamics in Lowland Rice Cropping Systems in Inland Valleys of Northern Ghana
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JANJIRA RUNGCHAROEN, SIRIPONG HUNGSPREUG, SUTHAT PLEUMPANYA, NUTTAYA SURIYAWONG, SATHIT MITHARN, SIRODE PRAKUNHUNGSIT, BOONLUE KACHENCHART:
Research on Water-Saving System for Paddy Field in Thai Highland Communities
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ASHLY AREVALO, JONATHAN NúñEZ, YOLIMA OSPINA, CECILE GRENIER, JACOBO ARANGO:
Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) in Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) for Contrasting Piedmont Llanos Soils of Colombia
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ASIS SHRESTHA, AMBROSE KWAKU DZIWORNU, MICHAEL FREI:
Genome-Wide Association Study to Understand the Genetics of Manganese Toxicity Tolerance in Rice
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TUALAR SIMARMATA, BETTY NATALIE FITRIATIN, BENNY JOY, EMMA TRINURANI, PURWANTO ISKAK, HERSANTI, TIEN TURMUKTINI, BRILJAN SUDJANA:
Application of Organic Ameliorant and Biofertilisers to Increase the Induced Systemic Resistance and Rice Productivity in Indonesia
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10 Posters

Animal science

Livestock systems, animal health and ruminants I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Maria Wurzinger, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Dept. of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 11:30 - 13:00
Location: Lecture hall 3

Lead paper

11:30 - 12:00
BARBARA ANN RISCHKOWSKY, SERKAN ATES, JANE WAMATU, MUHI EL-DINE HILALI, SOUHEILA ABBEDDOU, AZIZ NURBEKOV:
Closing the Feed Gap in Drylands for Enhanced Livestock Productivity and Efficient Resource Use
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Oral presentations

12:00 - 12:15
PABLO MODERNEL, SANTIAGO DOGLIOTTI, VALENTIN PICASSO, WALTER ROSSING, MARC CORBEELS, PABLO TITTONELL:
Land Use Change and Intensification, and Family Farmers in Uruguay: The Crop/Cattle Dilemma
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12:15 - 12:30
TATEK WOLDU, ANDRé MARKEMANN, CHRISTOPH REIBER, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Organisation of Smallholder Goat Breeding under Low Input Agricultural Systems of Ethiopia
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12:30 - 12:45
JOAQUíN CASTRO-MONTOYA, RAVINDRA GOWNIPURAM, ELMER COREA GUILLEN, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Effects of Feeding Tropical Forage Legumes on Nutrients Digestibility and Performance of Dairy Cows
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Postersession: Livestock systems, animal health and ruminants I

Chair: Maria Wurzinger, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Dept. of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Austria
Date and Time: Monday, September 19th, 17:00 - 18:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

JOHN GOOPY, JESSE GAKIGE, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL:
Improving Productivity in Kenyan Smallholder Dairy Systems through Selective, Intensive Education and Supported Adoption
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ALEMAYEHU TADESSE, MOSES MATOVU, YAYNESHET TESFAY, MARK BREUSERS, VEERLE FIEVEZ:
Balanced Feeding Could Improve Productivity of Cross-Breed Dairy Cattle in Smallholder Systems (Tigray, Northern Ethiopia)
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BEN LUKUYU, GREGORY SIKUMBA, JOB KIHARA, MATEETE BEKUNDA:
Intensification of Smallholder Livestock Production through Utilisation of Crop Residues for Livestock Feed in Tanzania
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ALICE ONYANGO, UTA DICKHOEFER, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL, JOHN GOOPY:
Digestibility and Metabolisable Energy Concentrations of Tropical Feeds as Estimated in Vitro or by Prediction Equations
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AMR SALAH MORSY, MOHAMED M. EISSA, MOHAMED M. ANWER, HESHAM GHOBASHY, SOBHY M.A. SALLAM, YOSRA SOLTAN, ADEL M SABER, EL-SAEED A. EL-WAKEEL, WAILED M. SADIK MOHAMED:
Immune Response and Milk Production of Ewes Fed Salt Tolerant Forages as a Replacement of Berseem Hay
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JHON FREDDY GUTIERREZ SOLIS, MAURICIO EFREN SOTELO CABRERA, BELISARIO HINCAPIE, MICHAEL PETERS, STEFAN BURKART:
Sustainable Beef Production with Forage Associations in the American Tropics
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WILSON NANDOLO, MARIA WURZINGER, GáBOR MéSZáROS, CURT VAN TASSELL, TIMOTHY GONDWE, HENRY MULINDWA, DOREEN LAMUNO, JOHANN SöLKNER:
Community-Based Goat Breeding Programs in Malawi: Set-Up and First Experiences
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KAHSA TADEL GEBRE, MARIA WURZINGER, SOLOMON GIZAW, AYNALEM HAILE, BARBARA ANN RISCHKOWSKY, JOHANN SöLKNER:
The Use of System Dynamics Modelling Methodologies in Sheep Breeding Programs and Management Systems
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RODRIGO MARTíNEZ, GáBOR MéSZáROS, DIEGO BEJARANO, Y GOMEZ, J RAMIREZ, J FERNANDEZ, N POLANCO, ARIEL JIMENEZ, GAëL EVEN, JOHANN SöLKNER:
Genomic Selection for Growth, Reproductive and Conformation Traits in Zebu Brahman in Colombia
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PAUL LEPARMARAI, MICHAEL KREUZER, ILONA GLUECKS, MWANGI MIANO, SVENJA MARQUARDT:
Performance of Camels and Cattle Kept Extensively on East African Rangelands
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JULIE OJANGO, MARTIN MENA URBINA, MARIA ALEJANDRA MORA, ROLDAN CORRALES, EDWIN OYIENG, ALESSANDRA GALIè, MARIA WURZINGER, REIN VAN DER HOEK:
Integrating Gender Analysis in Understanding Dual-Purpose Cattle Breeding Practices in Nicaragua
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BIRTHE PAUL, STIJN HEEMSKERK, JULIUS BWIRE, BEATUS NZOGELA, PABLO TITTONELL, JEROEN C.J. GROOT:
Potential Impacts of Increased Napier Cultivation in Lushoto, Tanzania
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CHRISTOPH REIBER, MIRA SIEMANN, KARIN STOCK DE OLIVERIA SOUZA, GUILHERME AMORIM FRANCHI, ANNE VALLE ZáRATE:
Balancing Extensive Goat Production and Conservation Interests in the Caatinga Rangeland Resource
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YOSEPH MEKASHA, AZAGE TEGEGNE, TESFAYE DUBALE:
Participatory Evaluation of Cattle Fattening Innovations of Smallholder Farmers in Gamogofa Zone of Southern Ethiopia
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14 Posters

Livestock systems, animal health and ruminants II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location:

Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Livestock systems, animal health and ruminants II

Chair: Maria Wurzinger, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Dept. of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

TAMIERATE DEBELE, JIREWAN KITCHAICHAROEN, UTA DICKHOEFER:
The Effect of Adopting an Improved Dairy Cattle Breed on Livelihoods of Ethiopian Smallholder Farmers
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JOHN LAFFA, CAMERON MCCULLOCH, DAGMAR SCHODER:
Indigenous Milk Hygiene and Preservation Techniques by Maasai Too Valuable to Lose
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CAROLINE MAKAU, JOSEPH MATOFARI, BOCKLINE BEBE:
Association of On-Farm Animal Feeds Handling Practices with Growth of Mycotoxin Producing Molds in Feeds on Smallholder Dairy Farms in Nakuru, Kenya
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RAHEL ZIEGLER, JAN GRENZ, PEDRO ROGELIO AGUIRRE JOCHIN:
Assessing and Improving Animal Welfare on Mexican Dairy Farms
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SVENJA MARQUARDT, NELSON JOAQUIN, MICHAEL KREUZER:
Seasonal Behaviour of Criollo-Chaqueño Compared to Crossbreds Kept in the Chaco Dry Forests of Bolivia
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MARLENE NALLEY, IIS ARIFIANTINI, EROS SUKMAWATI:
Semen Characteristics and Freezing Capability of Madura's Cattle
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SIHAM RAHMATALLA, AMMAR SAID AHMED, MONIKA REISSMANN, GUDRUN A. BROCKMANN:
Genetic Variation of the Alpha-Lactalbumin Gene in Sudanese Goat Breeds
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HORST JüRGEN SCHWARTZ, ANAS SARWAR QURESHI:
Herd Growth and Population Development in Camels (Camelus dromedarius) - A Neglected Research Agenda
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TILMAN REINHARDT, THI THANH THUY NGUYEN, NGAN GIANG VO, ASTRID TRIPODI:
Live-Bird-Selling in Greater Hanoi - The Case for Socially Equitable Solutions in Animal Disease Control
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SAMUEL MEKONNEN KIFLAY, JANE WAMATU, YESHAMBEL MEKURIAW, GETACHEW ANIMUT, ASHRAF ALKHTIB, BARBARA ANN RISCHKOWSKY:
Participation of Female-Headed Households in Sheep Fattening in Ethiopia
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SYLVESTER OKOTH, NICOLETTA BUONO, TINEGA ONG'ONDI, CORNELIA HEINE:
The Spread of East Cost Fever in South Sudan - Results of a Baseline Study
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FRED UNGER, YANG SHIBAO, LI WENGUI, YANG XIANGDONG, YANG GUORONG:
Brucellosis in Ruminants in two Counties of Yunnan, China and the Use of an Integrated Approach for Effective Control
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12 Posters

Mobile dryland pastoralism I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Christian Hülsebusch, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Lecture hall 3

Lead paper

Oral presentations

14:30 - 14:45
SAMUEL TUFFA KAWO, ANNA C. TREYDTE:
Modelling Boran Cattle Populations under Climate Change and Varying Carrying Capacity in Borana Rangelands
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14:45 - 15:00
FELIX JOHN, RUSSELL TOTH, KARIN FRANK, BIRGIT MüLLER:
The Economic and Ecological (Side-)Effects of Index Insurance for East African Pastoralists
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15:00 - 15:15
HORST JüRGEN SCHWARTZ, NEAL W. SOBANIA, MARKUS G. WALSH:
Ninety Years of Pastoralists Land Use Change - A Case Study from Northern Kenya
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15:15 - 15:30
ANDREAS JENET, NICOLETTA BUONO, KOEN VAN TROOS, STEFANO MASON, SARA DI LELLO, RITA SAAVEDRA, MARGHERITA GOMARASCA:
Relationships of Mobility and Markets in Different Pastoralist Hotspots
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15:30 - 15:45
SAMUEL MBURU, ALFONSO SOUSA-POZA, STEFFEN OTTERBACH, ANDREW MUDE:
Income and Asset Poverty among Pastoralists in Northern Kenya
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Postersession: Mobile dryland pastoralism I

Chair: Christian Hülsebusch, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 9:45 - 11:00
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

MAREIKE AUFDERHEIDE, HUSSEIN WARIO, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Borana Cattle Reproductive Performance and Modelled Herd Development under Different Restrictions of Mobility
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JENNY BISCHOFBERGER, STEFAN LIEHR, CHRISTIAN REUTTER, OLIVER SCHULZ:
The Integration of Stakeholder Knowledge – How Do Namibian Farmers Perceive Natural Resources and their Benefits?
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JASON SIRCELY:
Application of Scaling Frameworks to the Scaling of Grazing Exclosures in Ethiopia
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ANDREAS JENET, CORNELIA HEINE, NICOLETTA BUONO, KOEN VAN TROOS, STEFANO MASON, SARA DI LELLO, RITA SAAVEDRA, MARGHERITA GOMARASCA:
Multiple Scale Consultation in Pastoral Development Depicts Deficient Knowledge Management as Impediment to Decentralisation
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ANDREAS JENET, CORNELIA HEINE, NICOLETTA BUONO, KOEN VAN TROOS, STEFANO MASON, SARA DI LELLO, RITA SAAVEDRA, MARGHERITA GOMARASCA:
Relationships of Ecosystem Services in Pastoral Economy
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GEORGE GITAO, DAGMAR SCHODER, PEACE MUSIIMENTA:
Constraints and Solutions to Increased Productivity in two Pastoral Communities of Moroto and Samburu
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TAGESSE MELKETO, MICHELLE BONATTI, MARTIN SCHMIDT, STEFAN SIEBER, JONAS KOCHE:
Pastoral Households' Livelihood Diversification Strategies: Evidence from Afar Region, Northern Ethiopia
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DAGMAR SCHODER, JOHN LAFFA:
Could Cheese Be the Missing Hard, Stable Currency to Fortify Self-Sufficiency of Pastoralist Communities?
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CAROLINE MAKAU, JOSEPH MATOFARI, PATRICK MULIRO, BOCKLINE BEBE:
The Prevalence of Mycotoxin Contamination of Animal Feeds and Implications on Milk Safety in Kenya
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DIRK LOHMANN, ELISE MüNCH, FLORIAN JELTSCH:
The `Rhythm´ of Rangeland Management – Rest-Rotation Strategies in Simulated Savannah Vegetation Dynamics
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10 Posters

Mobile dryland pastoralism II

Oral presentations session:

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Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Mobile dryland pastoralism II

Chair: Christian Hülsebusch, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

JOY DEBORAH ORWA, JOSEPH MATOFARI, PATRICK MULIRO:
Milk Handling Practices and Microbial Contamination Sources of Raw Milk in Rural and Peri-Urban Farms in Nakuru, Kenya
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SAMUEL NATO, JOSEPH MATOFARI, BOCKLINE BEBE, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH:
Quality of Pasteurised Market Milk in Kenya
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BASOLE OLIVIER KASHONGWE, BOCKLINE BEBE, JOSEPH MATOFARI:
Characteristics of Farm-Level Practices Attributed to Postharvest Milk Losses in Smallholder and Pastoral Systems in Kenya
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MUHI EL-DINE HILALI, BARBARA SZONYI, BEKAHGN WONDIM, MINISTER BIRHANIE, AYNALEM HAILE, BARBARA ANN RISCHKOWSKY:
Quality of Milk and Dairy Products under Traditional Smallholder System in Northern Ethiopia
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FAITH NDUNGI, PATRICK MULIRO, ABDUL FARAJ, JOSEPH MATOFARI, RUTH MOMANYI:
Shelf Life of Raw Milk Based on Storage Containers
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FAITH NDUNGI, PATRICK MULIRO, ABDUL FARAJ, JOSEPH MATOFARI:
Utilisation of High Acid Milk at Rural and Peri-Urban Milk Value Chain Systems in Nakuru County, Kenya
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JACKLINE AKINYI OGOLLA, CHRISTIAN DEDE, MICHAEL WANDAYI OKOTH, OLIVER HENSEL, BARBARA STURM:
Strategies and Technologies for Camel Milk Preservation and Utilisation of Non-Marketed Milk in Pastoral Regions
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NICANOR ODONGO, JOSEPH MATOFARI, PETER LAMUKA, GEORGE ABONG':
Food Safety and Hygiene Knowledge and Practice Along the Pastoral Camel Milk Value Chain, Kenya
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SAMUEL NATO, JOSEPH MATOFARI, BOCKLINE BEBE, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH:
Predisposing Factors for Microbial Loads in Camel Milk Along the Dairy Value Chain in Kenya
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9 Posters

Monogastric livestock

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Regina Rößler, University of Kassel / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Lecture hall 3

Lead paper

Oral presentations

16:30 - 16:45
BRIGITTE L. MAASS, LILIA CHAUCA-FRANCIA, WANJIKU L. CHIURI, APPOLINAIRE DJIKENG, FELIX MEUTCHIEYE, BRUCE PENGELLY, CARLOS SERE:
From 'cuy' in South America to 'cavy' in Sub-Sahara Africa: Advancing Development through South-South Cooperation
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16:45 - 17:00
KEBEDE KEFENIE KEFELEGN, BODENA FEYERA, AMEHA NEGASSI:
Morphometric Differentiation of Indigenous Chicken Populations of Ethiopia Using Discriminant Analysis
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17:00 - 17:15
MICHAEL BROWN, GABRIEL TEYE, BENJAMIN ALENYOREGE, REGINA RößLER:
Phenotypic Characterisation, Performances and Husbandry Conditions of Local Poultry in (Peri-)Urban Households in Tamale, Ghana
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17:15 - 17:30
HAI QUAN NGUYEN, DUC NGOAN LE, PHUNG DINH LE, VEERLE FIEVEZ:
Pig's Diets Containing Fibre-Rrich Feedstuff Characterised through in vitro Simulation of Small Intestine Digestion and Colon Fermentation
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Postersession: Monogastric livestock

Chair: Regina Rößler, University of Kassel / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 18:15 - 19:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

CHRISTIAN LüCKSTäDT, NICOLAS GREIFFENSTEIN:
Dietary Potassium Diformate in Sow Nutrition in Latin America – Impact on Sows and Piglets
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CHRISTIAN LüCKSTäDT:
Effects of Dietary Potassium Diformate in Piglets and Fatteners under Tropical Conditions – a Performance Analysis
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AKHIR PEBRIANSYAH, PETRA SILBEROVá, DANIELA LUKEšOVá, ADéLA DOKOUPILOVá, KAREL JANDA:
Feed Consumption, Carcass Evaluation and Growth Performance of Broiler Rabbits Fed Different Levels and Processing Methods of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) Supplement
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MAHMOUD O. A. ELFAKI, OSAMAH F. HEZAM, KHADIGA A. ABDELATTI:
Effect of Supplementing Dietary Sunflower Sheath on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Broiler Chicks
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PILASRAK PANPRASERT, SUNISA ATTANALAI, THARARAT UTILA:
Comparison of Growth and Carcass Characteristics of Thai Native Pigs Fed Curd Milk Supplemented
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OLUWABIYI OLUREMI, EJEH AJIH, WINIFRED ANTHONY:
Evaluation of Rumen Filtrate for Fermentation of Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) Peel in Rabbit Feed
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LEONARD MARWA, BEN LUKUYU, SAID MBAGA:
Characterisation and Quantification of Different Indigenous Chicken Production, Feeding and Management Systems in Babati District, Tanzania
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ESAU GALUKANDE, JUSTINE ALINAITWE, HARRIET MUDONDO:
Improving Livelihoods of the Urban Poor in Kampala City Through Kuroiler Chicken Production
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AVWEROSUOGHENE OKORODUDU, OLUSEYI OLUWATOSIN, OLUSESAN FAFIOLU, ABDUL-RASAQ ADEBOWALE, ADEBAYO V. JEGEDE, ABIMBOLA OLADELE OSO, OLUGBEMIGA O. ADELEYE, JOHN MORAKINYO:
Performance Characteristics of Turkeys Fed Full-Fat Soybean or Soybean Meal Based Diets Supplemented with Varying Levels of Protease Enzyme and Related Feed Costs
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9 Posters

Aquaculture and fisheries

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Andreas Melcher, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Dept. of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Austria
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 9:30 - 11:00
Location: Lecture hall 3

Lead paper

Oral presentations

9:30 - 9:45
YAZDAN SOLTANPOUR:
Local Practices vs. Formal Regulations in the Management of Marine Resources
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9:45 - 10:00
MOHAMED MEGAHED, KHALED AHMED MOHAMED:
Integration of Aquaculture into Egyptian Smallholder Farming Systems: Practical Solution of Fish Farming Seasonality
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10:00 - 10:15
CHARLES DAWANG, SHUKURAT SANNI:
The Impacts of Fishery Resource Management Innovation on Nutrition of Households in Plateau State, Nigeria
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10:15 - 10:30
CLEMENTINA AJAYI:
Economic Implication of Bycatch Reduction as a Food Security Measure in Nigeria
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Postersession: Aquaculture and fisheries

Chair: Andreas Melcher, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Dept. of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 18:15 - 19:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

ANDREAS MELCHER, RAYMOND OUEDRAOGO, JAN SENDZIMIR:
Sustainable Fisheries Management in Burkina Faso, West Africa
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ASHRAF MOHAMMED, SAHAR MEHANNA, USAMA MAHMOUD:
Age and Growth Based on the Scale Readings of the two Carangid Species Carangoides bajad and Caranx melampygus from Shalateen Fishing Area, Red Sea, Egypt
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AHMED MOHAMMED, SAHAR MEHANNA:
Fish Production in Egypt: Current Status and Future Perspective
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SAHAR MEHANNA, FAHMY EL-GAMMAL, MARIA YANKOVA:
Stock Assessment of the Mediterranean Horse Mackerel, Trachurus mediterraneus in the Egyptian Mediterranean Coast Off Alexandria
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MOHAMED ESSA, EL-SAID EL-EBIARY, MOHAMED ELOKBY:
Improve the Productive Performance in Marine Fish Cage Farms in Mariout Valley, Egypt
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MOHAMED MEGAHED:
Fish and Shrimp as Resources for Livelihood Development of Coastal Fishing Communities in Egypt: DNA Barcoding Application in Fisheries Management, Marine Biodiversity Assessment, Management and Conservation
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6 Posters

Natural resource management and ecology

Forestry, agro-forestry I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Bohdan Lojka, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Fac. of Tropical AgriSciences, Dept. of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Czech Republic
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 11:30 - 13:00
Location: Lecture hall 4

Lead paper

Oral presentations

11:30 - 11:45
DIETMAR STOIAN, ALDO RODAS, JESSENIA ARGUELLO:
Prosperity Prospects in Contested Forest Areas: Evidence from Community Forestry Development in Guatemala and Nicaragua
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11:45 - 12:00
SHAOZE JIN, SHI MIN, HERMANN WAIBEL:
Environmentally Friendly Rubber Plantation in Southern China: Farmers' Awareness and Acceptance
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12:00 - 12:15
STEFAN MEYER, EDWARD KATO, EPHRAIM NKONYA, VINCENT H. SMITH:
Cash or Fertiliser – Which Incentive Do Farmers Prefer to Adopt Agroforestry in Malawi and Mozambique?
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12:15 - 12:30
KEVIN WAFULA NYONGESA, RHODA BIRECH, JOHN NGUGI KIGOMO, HARALD VACIK:
Wildfire Research and Management Supports Local Communities in Mt. Kenya
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12:30 - 12:45
CHRISTOPH SCHUNKO, CHRISTIAN R. VOGL:
Challenges and Lessons Learned in Interdisciplinary and Participatory (citizen science) Ethnobotanical Research on Community Conserved Areas in Indigenous Communities in Brazil, Bolivia and Mexico
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Postersession: Forestry, agro-forestry I

Chair: Bohdan Lojka, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Fac. of Tropical AgriSciences, Dept. of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Czech Republic
Date and Time: Monday, September 19th, 17:00 - 18:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

KATIUCIA CORRêA SACHET CARAUTA, MARCELO CARAUTA MONTENEGRO MEDEIROS DE MORAES, WYLMOR CONSTANTINO TIVES DALFOVO:
Evaluation of the Cost of Forest Restoration of Degraded Areas and Legal Reserves in Sinop-Brasil
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NIELS SCHWAB, ALINA SCHICK, EVA WIENERS, NINA KIESE, UDO SCHICKHOFF:
Scaling Sustainable Modernisation in Mountain Agriculture: Agroforestry Experiences in Kaule, Mid-Hills of Nepal
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AGNES GACHUIRI, SAMMY CARSAN, PARMUTIA MAKUI, SHEM KUYAH:
Contribution of Local Tree Fodder Resources in Smallholder Mixed Production Systems of Central Kenya
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WIENE ANDRIYANA, KARL HOGL, RALF NORDBECK:
People’s Forest Management on the Island of Java: How Have Changes Occurred After the Decentralisation Era?
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MóNICA ORJUELA, RONNIE DE CAMINO VELOZO:
Governance Challenges of Community Forestry: The Perspective of Local Actors in Petén, Guatemala and the Miskito Territory, Nicaragua
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NIDHI SINGH, SUVENDU ROUT:
Sustainable Forestry Development through Livelihood Enhancement of Fringe Forest Dwellers: A Case of Gujarat, India
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MD. ARIF CHOWDHURY, SOHAG MIAH, PEDRO DANIEL PARDO VILLEGAS:
Climate Change Adaptation with Community Based Management in the Village Common Forest of Bangladesh
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TOMAS SELECKY, SONOKO DOROTHEA BELLINGRATH-KIMURA, MARCOS ALBERTO LANA:
Analog Forestry - A Promising Strategy for More Sustainable Agriculture in Tropical Regions
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LINE VINTHER HANSEN, LAXMI LAMA, MILAN MILENOVIC, IRIS RIOS VARGAS, EDITH WELKER:
Land Fragmentation and Agroforestry: Shifting Practices and Perceptions of Trees on Small Farms
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KARENT KUPFERSCHMIED, INGRID FROMM, ARTHUR ROUANET:
Socio-Economic Study of an Implemented Agroforestry Project with Small Scale Cocoa Producers in Honduras
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GUIBIEN CLéOPHAS ZERBO, DAVID MILLOGO, BARBARA VINCETI, MOUSSA OUEDRAOGO, JéROME DUMINIL, DJINGDIA LOMPO:
Management of Parkia biglobosa in the Field of Farmers in Selected Sites in Burkina Faso
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NAOMI MILLNER, IRUNE PEñAGARICANO, MARIA FERNANDEZ, LAURA SNOOK:
Second-Tier Community Forestry Organisations and Equitable Resource Management in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala
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TEREZA ALVES, CAMILA SOUSA, LAURA SNOOK, ROGERIO JAMICE, ELIAS FERREIRA, LALISA DUGUMA, OSCAR CHICHONGUE, CHRISTOPH SCHUNKO, GEORG GRATZER, JUDY LOO:
Impacts of Uncontrolled Logging on the Miombo Woodlands of the Niassa Reserve in Mozambique
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ALEX MARTINEZ PRERA, BRYAN FINEGAN, LAURA SNOOK:
Using Dendroecology to Determine Growth Rates of Mahogany and Cedar in Community Forestry in Guatemala
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14 Posters

Forestry, agro-forestry II

Oral presentations session:

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Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Forestry, agro-forestry II

Chair: Bohdan Lojka, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Fac. of Tropical AgriSciences, Dept. of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Czech Republic
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

MARIANA PEREIRA, SARAH GLATZLE, VALéRIA ANA CORVALã DOS SANTOS, MARIA DA GRAçA MORAIS, JULIANA MARA DE FREITAS SANTOS, ROBERTO G. ALMEIDA:
Brachiaria brizantha cv. BRS Piatã Forage Yield under Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry Systems in Brazil
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BEYENE BELAY, CHRISTOPHER THURNHER, KIBRUYESFA SISAY, TESFAYE TEKLEHAYMANOT, KHLOT GEBREHANA, SIBHATU ABERA, HADERA KAHESAY, HUBERT HASENAUER:
Modelling the Carbon Dynamics of Tropical Forest Ecosystem in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
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ALEX POHL, CARSTEN MAROHN, BENJAMIN WARTH, GEORG CADISCH:
Modelling Landscape Effects of Agroforestry on Watershed- and Ecosystem Functions in a Small Watershed in Nicaragua
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FLORENT NOULEKOUN, JESSE B. NAAB, JOHN LAMERS, ASIA KHAMZINA:
Screening Woody Species for Afforestation of Degraded Croplands in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of Benin
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THE DUNG NGUYEN, MARTIN KAPPAS:
Above-Ground Biomass Estimation for Evergreen Broadleaf Forests in Xuan Lien Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa, Vietnam
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LAURA ARMENGOT, ERICK LOHSE, CHRISTINA VACCARO, PIETRO BARBIERI, FREDDY ALCON, VICTOR SOTO, JOACHIM MILZ, MONIKA SCHNEIDER:
Productivity of Different Cacao Cultivars Depends on the Production Systems
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DARíO VEINTIMILLA, BALTAZAR CALVAS, REINHARD MOSANDL, BERND STIMM, PATRICK HILDEBRANDT, SVEN GüNTER:
Silvicultural Treatments of Exotic and Native Tree Monocultures and Influence on Biodiversity Facilitation in Southern Ecuador. Preliminary Results
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HEINZ GATTRINGER:
Oil-Palm: An Amazing Plant as Reforestation Driver in the Tropics Despite its Evil Reputation
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MANUEL NARJES, CHRISTIAN LIPPERT:
Farmers' Preferences for Native Bee Conservation Measures after Experiencing a Past Pollination Crisis
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WANWISA PANSAK, JARUNTORN BOONYANUPHAP, NATTA TAKRATTANASARAN:
Effects of Upland Immature Para Rubber Plantation on Erosion and Nutrient Losses in Northern Thailand
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10 Posters

Water and soils

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Willibald Loiskandl, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, Austria
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 9:30 - 11:00
Location: Lecture hall 4

Lead paper

Oral presentations

9:30 - 9:45
BIRTHE PAUL, CELINE BIRNHOLZ, JESSICA KOGE, AN NOTENBAERT, JULIET BRASLOW, SUVARNA CHANDRAPPAGARI, BIYENSA GURMESSA, ��PELA KALCIC, ROLF SOMMER:
How Climate-Smart Are the GIZ Supported Soil Protection and Rehabilitation Technologies in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India and Kenya?
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9:45 - 10:00
MOUHAMED IDRISSOU, BERND DIEKKRüGER, BERNHARD TISCHBEIN:
Assessment of Surface and Shallow Groundwater Resources for Small Scale Farming in Inland Valleys in Dano, Burkina Faso
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10:00 - 10:15
NADJA REINHARDT, LUDGER HERRMANN:
Rapid Soil Mapping in Research for Development Projects: Combining Local Soil Knowledge and Gamma Spectrometry
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10:15 - 10:30
VERA MARIA HAENSEL, SEBASTIAN ARNHOLD, THOMAS KOELLNER, HANS HURNI:
Emerging Erosion Risk in South-West Ethiopia: Farmers Prepardness and Soil Conservation Strategies
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10:30 - 10:45
ASNA ASHARI FARAH:
Water Conservation Program and Practice in Irrigated Agriculture in Iran: A Case Study of Lake Urmia Basin
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Postersession: Water and soils

Chair: Willibald Loiskandl, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 9:45 - 11:00
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

SVEN GOENSTER-JORDAN, RAMIA JANNOURA, ANDREAS BUERKERT, RAINER GEORG JOERGENSEN:
Spatial Variability of Soil Properties in the Floodplain of a River Oasis in the Mongolian Altay Mountains
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ADIREK PUNYALUE, JEDSADA JONGJAIDEE, SANSANEE JAMJOD, BENJAVAN RERKASEM:
Maize Relay with Legume without Residue Burning Impact on Soil Erosion and N Loss in Northern Thailand
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WENCESLAS SOMDA, BERNHARD TISCHBEIN, JANOS BOGARDI:
Impacts Assessment of Climate and Land Use Changes in Inland Valleys Agricultural Systems and Overview of Adaptation Strategies in Dano, West Africa
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ROLF SOMMER, JOB KIHARA, JOHN MUKALAMA, ANNE NJERI KARANJA, GEORGE AYAGA, JOHN NYAMBATI, BIRTHE PAUL:
Impact of Soil Conservation Practices on Soil Health, Climate Smartness and Performance of Smallholder Farms in Western Kenya
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JAKUB HOUšKA, MAKUEI AWUOL, JANA JAKLOVá, ONDREJ DRáBEK, BOHDAN LOJKA, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
Soil Properties under Baobab Tree (Adansonia digitata L.) and their Influence on Fruit Nutrient Content
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5 Posters

Climate change, remote sensing and GIS tools

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Reinfried Mansberger, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Lecture hall 4

Lead paper

Oral presentations

16:30 - 16:45
JOHANNA I.F. SLAETS, CHRISTIAN RESCH, LEOPOLD MAYR, GEORG WELTIN, MARIA HEILING, ROMAN GRUBER, GERD DERCON:
High-Throughput and Homogeneous 13C-Labelling of Plant Material for Fair Carbon Accounting in Maize Cropping Systems
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16:45 - 17:00
ATHENA BIRKENBERG, REGINA BIRNER:
Carbon Neutral Certified Coffee as an Innovation for Solidarity with Future Generations
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17:00 - 17:15
AMIT KUMAR BASUKALA, CARSTEN OLDENBURG, JüRGEN SCHELLBERG, GUNTER MENZ, MURODJAN SULTANOV, OLENA DUBOVYK:
Towards Improved Land-Use Mapping of Irrigated Croplands: Evaluation of Field- and Pixel-based Parametric and Non-Parametric Image Classification Algorithms
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17:15 - 17:30
GISELA QUAGLIA, MELVIN LIPPE, PRASIT WANGPAKAPATTANAWONG, GEORG CADISCH:
Multi-criteria, GIS and InVEST for Evaluation of REDD+: Case Study in Northern Thailand
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17:30 - 17:45
BERTRAND NERO, DANIEL CALLO-CONCHA, MANFRED DENICH:
Urban Green Spaces Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Cities of the Global South: The Case of Kumasi, Ghana
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Postersession: Climate change, remote sensing and GIS tools

Chair: Reinfried Mansberger, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 18:15 - 19:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

MéLANIE FEURER, JUERGEN BLASER, DAVID GRITTEN, MAUNG MAUNG THAN:
The Role of Community Forests for Climate Change Adaptation in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
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XIN YOU, GUILHERME SILVA RAUCCI, CARLOS CLEMENTE CERRI, CARLOS EDUARDO P. CERRI, PRISCILA APARECIDA ALVES, FRANCISCO F.C. MELLO, LEIDIVAN DE ALMEIDA FRAZãO, CINDY SILVA MOREIRA:
Greenhouse Gas Assessment of Soybean Biodiesel in Brazil
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CORDULA WITTEKIND, FLORENS EWICH, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Climate Change Awareness and Smallholder-Oriented Constraints and Opportunities in the Upper Rift Valley in Ethiopia
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RIDWAN BELLO:
Sea Level Rise: Evaluating Adaptive Strategies and Options
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DOMINIK SCHMITZ, THOMAS LINDENTHAL, FLORIAN A. PELOSCHEK:
The Boku CO2 Compensation System
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BABACAR FAYE, HEIDI WEBBER, THOMAS GAISER:
Climate Impact Analysis and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change on Peanut in Senegal
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GEOFREY GABIRI, BERND DIEKKRüGER, CONSTANZE LEEMHUIS, FRANK THONFELD:
Monitoring Soil Moisture Patterns in an Agriculturally Used Wetland in Central Uganda
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KIBRUYESFA SISAY, CHRISTOPHER THURNHER, BEYENE BELAY, TESFAYE TEKLEHAYMANOT, KHLOT GEBREHANA, SIBHATU ABERA, HADERA KAHESAY, HUBERT HASENAUER:
Estimation of Aboveground Volume, Carbon Stocks and NPP of Forests in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia Using Terrestrial and Satellite Data
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FAZLULLAH AKHTAR, BERNHARD TISCHBEIN, USMAN KHALID AWAN, UMAR WAQAS LIAQAT:
Estimation of Actual Evapotranspiration Using Remote Sensing Based Surface Energy Balance System at the Data Scarce Kabul River Basin of Afghanistan
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9 Posters

Agrobiodiversity, ecology and ecosystem services

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Zbynek Polesny, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Fac. of Trop. AgriSciences, Dept. of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Czech Republic
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Lecture hall 4

Lead paper

Oral presentations

14:30 - 14:45
SOPHIA LüTTRINGHAUS, SEVERIN POLREICH, WILLY PRADEL, VICTOR SUAREZ, STEF DE HAAN:
Driving Factors of Agrobiodiversity: Which Characteristics Influence Intra-Household Potato Diversity in the Peruvian Andes?
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14:45 - 15:00
INGA HäUSER, MARC COTTER, FRANZISKA K. HARICH, PIA HE, ANNA C. TREYDTE, KONRAD MARTIN, JOACHIM SAUERBORN:
Biodiversity Assessment in Rubber Plantations – a Comparison of Different Species' Requests
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15:00 - 15:15
CHRISTOPH SCHRöTTER, LALISA DUGUMA, LAURA SNOOK, JUDY LOO, TEREZA ALVES, CAMILA SOUSA, GEORG GRATZER:
Destructive Harvesting of Wild Honey in Miombo Woodlands Affects Keystone Elements in the Ecosystem
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15:15 - 15:30
ANNA CHLáDOVá, BOHDAN LOJKA, MARIE KALOUSOVá, BOHUMIL MANDáK, JAKUB HOUšKA, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
Genetic Diversity of Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) Accessions Along an Elevation Transect in Kenya
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15:30 - 15:45
HANNES GAISBERGER, BARBARA VINCETI, JUDY LOO:
Spatially Explicit Threat Assessment to Target Food Tree Species in Burkina Faso
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Postersession: Agrobiodiversity, ecology and ecosystem services

Chair: Zbynek Polesny, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Fac. of Trop. AgriSciences, Dept. of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Czech Republic
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

ANDREA RUEDIGER:
Conservation of Genetic Resources through Multi-Level Initiatives in Eastern Ethiopia
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JOSIAH CHIVEU, MARCEL NAUMANN, ELKE PAWELZIK, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
Morphological Diversity of the Underutilised Fruit Species Guava (Psidium guajava L.) in Kenya
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CARLOS AHOYO, HOUEHANOU THIERRY, ALAIN YAOÏTCHA, MARCEL HOUINATO:
How Quantitative Ethnobotany Involves Biodiversity Conservation: A Tested Approach on Wari Maro Forest Reserve (Benin)
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VICTORIA VAGANAY, PABLO SILES, FALGUNI GUHARAY, CARSTEN MAROHN, GEORG CADISCH:
On-Farm Tree Diversity and Ecosystem Services at two Seasonally Dry Forest Sites of Nicaragua
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JAN�MíD, BOHDAN LOJKA, MARIE KALOUSOVá, BOHUMIL MANDáK, JAN BíLý, JAKUB HOUšKA:
Morphological and Genetic Diversity of Camu-Camu (Myrciaria dubia McVaugh) in Peruvian Amazon
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DRISSA COULIBALY, KATHARINA STEIN, SOULEYMANE KONATé, KARL-EDUARD LINSENMAIR:
Seasonal Diversity and Abundance of Bee Pollinator Species in a Sudanese Agro-Ecological System (Burkina Faso, West Africa)
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KAI BEHN, MIGUEL ALVAREZ, MATHIAS BECKER, BODO MöSELER:
Flora and Vegetation of East African Wetlands in the Context of Land Use Changes
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MARC COTTER, ARISOA RAJAONA, SABINE STüRZ, ALEXANDRA SCHAPPERT, FOLKARD ASCH:
Measuring Leaf Area Index in Asian Rubber Plantations – A Challenge
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JIGME TENZIN, HUBERT HASENAUER:
Assessing Forest Dynamics of Broad-Leaved Forest Ecosystems in the South-Central Part of Bhutan
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JONATHAN C. ONYEKWELU, ADEOLA A OLABIWONNU:
Understory Tree Diversity and Regeneration Pattern in Four Land-Use Systems in Tropical Rainforests, Nigeria
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FIDGERALD MAETERLINCK RAMANANORO, EVA SCHLECHT, PASCAL FUST:
Caught in the Act – Assessment of Intensity and Spatial Variation of Cattle Intrusion by a Network of Camera Traps in Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar
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BERTRAND NERO:
Tree Diversity of Green Spaces in Kumasi, Ghana: Theoretical Model and Ecosystem Function
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12 Posters

Organic agriculture and food systems

Organic farming systems

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Johannes Schuler, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Inst. of Socio-Economics, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 11:30 - 13:00
Location: Lecture hall 5

Lead paper

Oral presentations

11:30 - 11:45
WIEBKE NIETHER, INGA SMIT, MONIKA SCHNEIDER, GERHARD GEROLD:
Linking Land-Use and Product Quality: Do Micro-Environmental Growing Conditions Affect Cacao Bean Characteristics?
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11:45 - 12:00
GUNADHISH KHANAL, MARIKO INGOLD, CHRISTINE WACHENDORF, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Turnover of Soil Nitrogen in a Semi-Arid Tropical Soil: From Basic Research to Knowledge Application in Organic Agriculture
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12:00 - 12:15
NOAH ADAMTEY, DAVID BAUTZE, MARTHA MUSYOKA, EDWARD KARANJA, ANNE MURIUKI, MONICAH MUCHERU-MUNA:
The Influence of Conventional and Organic Farming Systems on Soil pH and Organic Carbon Storage in Nitisols
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12:15 - 12:30
AMRITBIR RIAR, NISAR BHAT, BHUPENDRA SISODIA, MAHAVEER SHARMA, AKETI RAMESH, SANJEEDA IQBAL, GURBIR S. BHULLAR:
Influence of Conventional and Organic Agricultural Management Practices on Soil Microbiological and Biochemical Parameters–Evidence from Semi-Arid Tropics
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12:30 - 12:45
MICHAEL KIRYA, ESAU GALUKANDE:
Improving Resilience of Cities through Urban Farming
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Postersession: Organic farming systems

Chair: Ulrich Köpke, University of Bonn, Inst. of Organic Agriculture, Germany
Date and Time: Monday, September 19th, 17:00 - 18:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

CHRISTIANE RINGLER, FRIEDRICH LEITGEB, CHRISTIAN R. VOGL:
Agrodiversity in Urban Farming Sites in Havanna (Cuba)
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AGEGNEHU SHIBABAW, GETACHEW ALEMAYEHU, BERNHARD FREYER:
Growth and Productivity of Clover in Response to the Preceding Crops and Organic Matter Applications in the Highlands of Awi Zone of Ethiopia
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MAGDALENA WANAWAN:
Wild Edibles and Organic Minor Crops for Household Food Security and Upkeep of Diversity
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NAOMI KETTER, ODULA OSIA, JOHN WESONGA, HARTMUT STüTZEL:
Growth Response of Ethiopian Kale (Brassica carinata) and Spider Plant (Gynandropsis gynandra) to Mulching
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ULF SCHNEIDEWIND, FLORIAN HACKMANN, FELIX HEITKAMP, MONIKA SCHNEIDER, GERHARD GEROLD:
Indicators for Carbon Cycling in Four Different Cacao Production Systems in Bolivia
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MARIA LAVINIA MAYRHOFFER, FRIEDRICH LEITGEB, CHRISTIAN R. VOGL:
Production and Distribution of Food Crop Diversity in Urban Horticultural Plots in Havana (Cuba)
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6 Posters

Organic markets and certification

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Christian R. Vogl, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Dept. for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Lecture hall 5

Lead paper

Oral presentations

14:30 - 14:45
PETER MUSINGUZI, ASKE SKOVMAND BOSSELMANN, POULIOT MARIéVE:
Livelihoods and Niche Markets: A Case Study of Kenyan Smallholder Bee Keepers in Mwingi
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14:45 - 15:00
KATHARINA KRUMBIEGEL, MEIKE WOLLNI:
Fairtrade Certification on Plantations: Household Welfare Implications for Hired Labour
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15:00 - 15:15
JOHANNES MöSSINGER, MATTHIAS SIEBOLD:
The International Soy Market - A Fair Production Alternative for Smallholders in Paraguay?
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Postersession: Organic markets and certification

Chair: Christian R. Vogl, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Dept. for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

FRANZISKA OLLENDORF:
Ethical Certification and Sustainable Transformation of the Cocoa Value Chain: Insights from Ghana
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IRENE VISSER, ANNE STINE HENRIKSEN, VILDE LAVOLL, SOFIE BUCH DALUM:
Effects of Certification Schemes and Related Trainings on Sustainability on Small-Scale Tea Farms in Othaya, Kenya
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BRUNO JACOBSON DA SILVA, PAULINE DELTOUR, OSCAR ROVER:
Short Supply Chains of Organic Food: Socioeconomic Emancipation of Family Farmers
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MARTA CLAUZET LEITE DE SOUZA, ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER:
Transaction Costs in an Association of Organic Farmers in Goiania, Brazil
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CHRISTIAN R. VOGL:
The Current Debate on Governance and the Regulatory Framework on Organic Farming in the European Union and for Actors Importing Organic Products into the European Union from the Global South
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5 Posters

Organic strategies and policies

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Anthony Kimaro, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Tanzania Country Programme, Tanzania
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Lecture hall 5

Lead paper

Oral presentations

16:30 - 16:45
BERNHARD FREYER, JIM BINGEN, YOSEPH TEWODROS DELELEGN:
The Future of Smallholder Farms in Ethiopia
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16:45 - 17:00
FRIEDRICH LEITGEB, CHRISTIAN R. VOGL:
Cuba's Agricultural Innovation System
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17:00 - 17:15
SOMAYE LATIFI, MICHAEL HAUSER, SARA KAWEESA:
Identifying the Barriers of Organic Crop Production in Hamedan, Iran
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17:15 - 17:30
ARNDT FEUERBACHER, OLE BOYSEN, HARALD GRETHE:
Organic Agriculture in Bhutan - A Two-Edged Sword? The Trade-Off Between Environmental Sustainability and Rice Self-Sufficiency
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17:30 - 17:45
FOROGH ALIGHOLI, AZIM AJILI, MASOUD YAZDANPANAH, MASOUMEH FOROUZANI:
Factors Affecting the Adoption and Rejection of Organic Crops in the Khuzestan, Iran
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Postersession: Organic strategies and policies

Chair: Stefan Sieber, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Inst. of Socio-Economics, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 9:45 - 11:00
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

SARAH SCHNEIDER, FRIEDRICH LEITGEB, CHRISTIAN R. VOGL:
Increasing Food Sovereignty with Urban Agriculture in Cuba
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HADI VEISI, ALI ALIPOUR, ALIREZA SHOKRI, HOUMAN LIAGHATI:
Farmer's Worlds of Justification for Conversion to Organic Farming
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ASHMITA PANDEY, UJJAL TIWARI:
Promoting Green Economy in Hill Areas of Nepal
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DANIELA MOURA DE OLIVEIRA BELTRAME, DANNY HUNTER, CAMILA NEVES SOARES OLIVEIRA, TERESA BORELLI, LIDIO CORADIN:
Opportunities for Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition into Institutional Food Procurement Programs in Brazil
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PIERRE ELLSSEL, MIA SCHOEBER, PAULA FLOTZINGER, BENJAMIN KLAPPOTH, SARAH OBERLäNDER, ANNA PORCUNA:
Challenges and Constraints for the Adoption of Organic Farming Methods by Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia
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5 Posters

Socioeconomics

Adoption, innovation and gender perspectives I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Margareta Lelea, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Lecture hall 6

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Oral presentations

14:30 - 14:45
SARAH NISCHALKE, MULUNESH ABEBE ALEBACHEW, BENEBERU ASSEFA WONDIMAGEGNHU, TINA BEUCHELT:
"Being a Woman Farmer Is Like Being Cursed" - Gender Challenges in Horticultural Research in South Western Ethiopia
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14:45 - 15:00
CATHERINE A. K. PEHOU, HOURIA DJOUDI, BARBARA VINCETI:
Access to Forest Resources: Women's Rights to Parkia biglobosa in Three Villages in Central-West Burkina Faso
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15:00 - 15:15
ANNE RIETVELD, SUSAN AJAMBO, ENOCH KIKULWE:
Economic Gain and Other Losses? Gender Relations and Matooke Production in Western Uganda
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15:15 - 15:30
CHARLOTTE KOTTUSCH:
The Socio-Ecological Impacts of Palm Oil Production in Rural Communities. A Regional MFA Study in the Micro-Region Tomé-Açu in Pará, Brazil
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15:30 - 15:45
MARKUS FRANK, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN, MARCOS EASDALE, ANJA CHRISTINCK:
Multi-Stakeholder On-Farm Experimentation and Demonstration for Innovation in Argentinean Smallholder Livestock Production Systems
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Postersession: Adoption, innovation and gender perspectives I

Chair: Margareta Lelea, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany
Date and Time: Monday, September 19th, 17:00 - 18:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

ARCHANA RAGHAVAN SATHYAN, THOMAS AENIS, LUTZ BREUER:
Participatory Climate Vulnerability Analysis of Watershed Communities: An Indicator Approach
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AMOS OWAMANI, THOMAS PIRCHER, MICHAEL HAUSER, ANN WATERS-BAYER:
Fostering Collective Action in Sustainable Natural Resource Management with the Enabling Rural Innovation Approach
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KATE M SCOW, ABRAHAM SALOMON, VICKI MORRONE:
Participatory Research to Identify Irrigation Technologies for Women and Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Uganda
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DIANE KAPGEN, LAURENCE ROUDART:
Agroecology in the Context of Rural Development Interventions in Burkina Faso: A Smallholders' Livelihoods' Catalyst?
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ENRIQUE ALBERTO HERNANDEZ LOPEZ, FRIEDER GRAEF, HANNES KöNIG:
Expectations and Reality Check. Evaluation of Impact Assessments of Upgrading Strategies for Food Security
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PIA FEHLE, DOMINIC BLäTTLER, ALESSANDRA GIULIANI, S. MANJUBARKAVI, MANJULA MENON, RENGALAKSHMI RAJ, M. N. SIVAKUMAR:
Ex-ante Assessment of the Adoption Potential of Innovations in Rainfed Agriculture in South India
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SARA KAWEESA, SOMAYE LATIFI, LORENZ PROBST:
Institutional Learning in Conservation Agriculture Innovation: Evidence from Iran, Uganda and Burkina Faso
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MARIA-VICTORIA ALOMIA, ERIKA N. SPEELMAN, ARUN THAPA, WEI HSIANG, ANDREW MCDONALD, PABLO TITTONELL, JEROEN C.J. GROOT:
Participatory Maize-Legume Experimental Trials as a Tool to Explore Social-Ecological Niches for Innovation Adoption in Small Scale Farming Systems
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ONJAHERILANTO RAKOTOVAO RAZANAKOTO, ROLLAND RAZAFINDRAIBE, LILIA RABEHARISOA:
Why Absence of "fihavanana" Is Limiting Agricultural Innovation Process in the Highlands of Madagascar?
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MARLEEN POOT, GIAN NICOLA FRANCESCONI:
Agricultural Cooperatives as Innovation Brokers: The Case of Climate Smart Agriculture in Uganda
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HYCENTH TIM NDAH, JOHANNES SCHULER, BIRTHE PAUL, BEATUS NZOGELA, WALTER E. MANGESHO, JULIUS BWIRE:
Influencing Factors for Adoption of Forage Technologies in Smallholder Dairy Systems in Lushoto, Tanzania
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KATHRINE DALSGAARD, GEORGIOS ORFANOS, CLARA ELIZABETH FOLKMANN VON STöCKEN MUSAEUS:
Gendered Economic Strategies: Division of Labour, Responsibilities and Controls Within Households in Nyeri County, Kenya
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MARIKA E. RöSEL, TIM K. LOOS:
Determinants of Multiple Adoption in Ethiopia and Effects on Income: A Double Selection Model
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13 Posters

Adoption, innovation and gender perspectives II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
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Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Adoption, innovation and gender perspectives II

Chair: Margareta Lelea, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

OLUWAFUNMISO ADEOLA OLAJIDE, DORCASS NGOZI ISHIE:
Gender Disparities in Intra-Household Roles and Decision Making among Cocoa Producing Households in Nigeria
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SHAIBU MELLON BEDI, BEKELE HUNDIE KOTU, GARDEBROEK KOOS, STEPHEN FRIMPONG:
Exploring Gender Differential in Adoption of Sustainable Intensification Practices in Northern Ghana
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ANIKA TOTOJANI, CARSTEN NICO HJORTSø:
The Formation of Organisational Networks in Emerging Economy: The Case of Agribusiness Incubators
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IVAN ADOLWA, STEFAN SCHWARZE, BOAZ WASWA, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Understanding System Innovation Adoption: Analysis of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Uptake in Ghana and Kenya
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LUKE KORIR, MICHAEL KIDOIDO, NILS TEUFEL:
Impacts of Dairy Goat Production on Nutrition and Income Security of Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania
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GöTZ UCKERT, HARRY HOFFMANN, JOHANNES HAFNER, FRIEDER GRAEF, OGOSSY GASAYA SERERYA, ANTHONY KIMARO:
Harming Own Interests? Lessons Learned from Accompanying Villagers Change of Perceptions Regarding Innovative Improved Stoves
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BRUCE OCHIENG OBURA, MONICA L. PARKER, CHRISTIAN BRUNS, MARIA RENATE FINCKH, ELMAR SCHULTE-GELDERMANN:
Cost Benefit Analysis of Seed Potato Replacement Strategies among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
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RAWIA DERBEL, NARCISA DE JESúS REQUELME, MARCO MONCAYO MIÑO:
Agricultural Innovations in Family Farming: Case Study from Esmeraldas in Ecuador
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LISBETH ROCIO RUIZ, STEFAN BURKART, JHON JAIRO MUñOZ QUICENO, KAREN ENCISO, JHON FREDDY GUTIERREZ SOLIS, ANDRES CHARRY, CRISTHIAN DAVID PUERTA RODRIGUEZ, NELSON JOSé VIVAS QUILA, N ALBáN LOPEZ, SANDRA MORALES VELASCO, MICHAEL PETERS:
Inhibiting Factors and Promotion Strategies for Increasing Adoption Levels of Improved Forages in Cattle Production
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CARLO FADDA, CHIARA MANCINI, DEJENE KASSAHUN MENGISTU, YOSEF GEBREHAWARYAT KIDANE, MATTEO DELL'ACQUA, MARIO ENRICO Pè:
A Crowdsourcing Approach to Detect Farmers' Preferences: Evidences from Ethiopia for Adapting to Climate Change
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10 Posters

Markets and value chain analysis

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Hycenth Tim Ndah, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of Socio-Economics, Germany
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 9:30 - 11:00
Location: Lecture hall 5

Lead paper

Oral presentations

9:30 - 9:45
BEYENE TEKLU MELLISSE, GERRIE VAN DE VEN, KEN GILLER, ABEBE TESFAYE, KATRIEN DESCHEEMAEKER:
Population Increase and Market Development as a Peril for Traditional Home Gardens and a Promise for Khat in Southern Ethiopia
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9:45 - 10:00
RUTH GITHIGA, EMMA OKETCH:
Investigating the Value Chain of African Indigenous Vegetables in Kenya from a Gender Perspective
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10:00 - 10:15
SABINE BRüNTRUP-SEIDEMANN, MARCUS KAPLAN, MARTIN NOLTZE, SIMON BETTIGHOFER:
The Contribution of Agricultural Value Chain Promotion to Food Security – Evidence from German Development Cooperation
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10:15 - 10:30
MATTHIAS JäGER, IRENE VAN LOOSEN, BYRON REYES, MARCO VASQUEZ, FRANCESCA LAROSA, LORENA GOMEZ, MILAGRO ESPINAL, JENNIFER WIEGEL, IVAN RODRIGUEZ, MARK LUNDY:
Traditional Markets for Poverty Reduction and Food Security: Exploring Policy Options in Honduras and Nicaragua
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10:30 - 10:45
AKALU TESHOME, JOCHEN DüRR:
Horticulture Value Chains in Ethiopia: Opportunities for Better Nutrition and New Market Access?
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Postersession: Markets and value chain analysis

Chair: Hycenth Tim Ndah, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of Socio-Economics, Germany
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

DENISE MARGARET MATIAS:
Decoding Fairness in the Value Chain of the Tagbanua Wild Honey Community Forestry Enterprise
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SCHOLASTICA LEAH MUSYIMI, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Regional Market Integration and Price Transmission in Supply and Consumer Markets
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RILEY LINDER, ALESSANDRA GIULIANI, KR ASHOK:
Market Constraints and Opportunities for Cassava Products in Tamil Nadu, India: A Value Chain Analysis
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DORCAS JALANG'O, DAVID OTIENO, WILLIS OLUOCH-KOSURA:
Economic Returns and Smallholder Participation in High-Value Markets for African Indigenous Vegetables in Rural Kenya
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JESSIE LIN, SAURABH GUPTA:
Exploring Potentials of the Bamboo Sector for Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods in Ethiopia: An Institutional and Market Analysis of Bamboo-Based Value Web
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MARCELO CUNHA:
Adapted Institutional Environment and Sustainable Resource Access for Co-Developing Brazil Nut Value Chains in the Amazon?
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AYOBAMI ADETOYINBO, SEGUN ADEWALE OGUNREMI, SAURABH GUPTA, VICTOR OKORUWA, REGINA BIRNER:
Institutional Challenges in an Emerging Bio-Economy: A Case Study of Maize Value-Webs in Nigeria
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ESTHER KIHORO, PATRICK IRUNGU:
Do Unique Farmer Trader Relations Enhance Resilience: Case of Greengram Markets in Mbeere County, Kenya
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DAMIAN AGOM, EDDY ATTE ENYENIHI, EKAETTE UDOH:
Oil Palm Tree (Elaeis guineensis) Value Chain in South - South Nigeria: Opportunities for Food Security
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REIN VAN DER HOEK, MARTíN MENA, ROLDAN CORRALES, MARIA ALEJANDRA MORA, JULIE OJANGO:
Sustainable Milk and Beef Production in Nicaragua: Actions and Opportunities for an Inclusive Value Chain
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10 Posters

Micro-economics and livelihoods I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Tina Beuchelt, University of Bonn - Center for Development Research (ZEF), Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 11:30 - 13:00
Location: Lecture hall 6

Lead paper

Oral presentations

11:30 - 11:45
EEFKE MOLLEE, MORAG MCDONALD, ANDERS RæBILD, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
Alternative Food Sources When Living in the City: Coping with Rising Food Prices in Kampala
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11:45 - 12:00
LE NGOC HUONG, LUDWIG THEUVSEN, VERENA OTTER:
The Influences of Contract Farming on Small-Scale Household Performance in Developing Countries: A Modelling Approach
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12:00 - 12:15
LILLI SCHEITERLE, JULIET KARIUKI, REGINA BIRNER:
Women and Power in the Market: A Case Study of Market Queens in Ghana
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12:15 - 12:30
BENJAMIN KOWALSKI, STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL:
The Future of Smallholder Societies in the Okavango Basin - Socio-Economic Transitions in Three Case Studies
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12:30 - 12:45
RASADHIKA SHARMA, THANH TUNG NGUYEN, ULRIKE GROTE, TRUNG THANH NGUYEN:
Changing Livelihoods in Rural Cambodia: Evidence from Panel Household Data in Stung Treng
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12:45 - 13:00
MARIE HERMAN:
The Impact of Changing Livelihoods on Micro Water Basins in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
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Postersession: Micro-economics and livelihoods I

Chair: Tina Beuchelt, University of Bonn - Center for Development Research (ZEF), Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Germany
Date and Time: Monday, September 19th, 17:00 - 18:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

JUSTIN KALISTI URASSA, SAMWEL ROBBY MAGWEIGA:
Irregular Migration and Agricultural Production among Smallholder Farmers in Kasulu District, Tanzania
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HEINRICH HAGEL, REINER DOLUSCHITZ:
Irrigated Family Farming as a Livelihood Potential for Rural Populations in Semi-Arid Northeast Brazil
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MARIANA ARZENO, FRANCISCO FERNáNDEZ ROMERO, EMANUEL ALBERTO JURADO, LUCILA MUñECAS, AYMARA ZANOTTI:
Rural Land Management: Challenges for Family Farming and its Contribution to Food Production in Argentina
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AYE MOE SAN, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Impacts of Rice Contract Farming System on Smallholders in Myanmar
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HESEKIA GAREKAE, OLEKAE THAKADU, JOYCE LEPETU:
Forest Resources and Rural Livelihoods: Evidence from Chobe Enclave, Botswana
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HARALD STERLY, PATRICK SAKDAPOLRAK:
TransRe: Building Resilience to Climate Change through Migration and Translocality
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JANNIKE WICHERN, MARK VAN WIJK, KATRIEN DESCHEEMAEKER, JOOST VAN HEERWAARDEN, ROMAIN FRELAT, KEN GILLER:
What Works Where for Whom – Identifying Farm Household Strategies for Food Security Across Uganda
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GERLINDE BEHRENDT, NORA BOEHM, KURT-JOHANNES PETERS:
Income Risk and Coping Strategies of Small-Scale Vegetable Farmers in the Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia
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CHRISTINE HUSMANN, ANNAPIA DEBARRY:
Micro-Level Impacts of Private Sector Investments in the Agriculture and Food Sector in Sub-Sahara Africa
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9 Posters

Micro-economics and livelihoods II

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Postersession: Micro-economics and livelihoods II

Chair: Tina Beuchelt, University of Bonn - Center for Development Research (ZEF), Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

LISE PARESYS, ERIC MALéZIEUX, JOëL HUAT, MARTIN KROPFF, WALTER ROSSING:
Expanding to Wetlands in Beninese Family Farms: A Trade-Off Between Collective and Individual Development Opportunities
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BENEBERU ASSEFA WONDIMAGEGNHU, SARAH NISCHALKE, MULUNESH ABEBE ALEBACHEW, TINA BEUCHELT:
Challenges and Prospects of Farm and Non-Farm Livelihood Strategies of Smallholder Farmers in Yayu Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia. A Qualitative Analysis
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EILEEN BOGWEH NCHANJI, IMOGEN BELLWOOD-HOWARD, NIKOLAUS SCHAREIKA, TAKEMORE CHAGOMOKA:
Family Farming in Urban and Peri-Urban Tamale, Northern Ghana
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CHO AME, TUN OO AUNG, STIJN SPEELMAN:
Assessment of Household Food Security through Crop Diversification in Natmauk Township, Magway Region, Myanmar
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FRANZISKA SCHUENEMANN, JAMES THURLOW, STEFAN MEYER, RICHARD ROBERTSON, JOAO RODRIGUES, MANFRED ZELLER:
Evaluating Irrigation Investments in Malawi: Economy-Wide Impacts under Uncertainty
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TRUONG LAM DO, TRUNG THANH NGUYEN, ULRIKE GROTE:
Impact of Livestock Production on Rural Poverty and Income Inequality: Evidence from Vietnam
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JENNIFER PROVOST, EVA SCHLECHT, STEPHAN VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL, HAMIDOU NANTOUMé, REGINA RößLER:
Agricultural Commercialisation and Species Diversity of Urban Livestock in Bamako
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LUKAS GRIESBACHER:
Agricultural Land-Use Change and Implications on Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study from Dagana, Bhutan
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8 Posters

Governance, policy, strategy and macro-economics I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Frank Hartwich, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Agribusiness Development Branch, Austria
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 9:30 - 11:00
Location: Lecture hall 6

Lead paper

Oral presentations

9:30 - 9:45
WILBERFORCE WALUKANO, PIET VAN ASTEN, D. NANFUMBA, A. ARINAITWE, D. BASALIRWA, R. ASIIMWE, PAMELA PALI:
Yield Gap Analyses to Inform Policy on Crop Intensification Pathways in Uganda
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9:45 - 10:00
FRANZISKA SCHUENEMANN, SIWA MSANGI, MANFRED ZELLER:
Policies for a Sustainable Biomass Energy Sector in Malawi: Enhancing Energy and Food Security Simultaneously
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10:00 - 10:15
OLAYINKA KAREEM:
Are Large-Scale Land Investments Only for Food Production? An Investigation of the Determining Factors and Sectoral Allocation of the Investments
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10:15 - 10:30
DANIEL TSEGAI, MICHAEL BRUENTRUP, MESAY KEBEDE DUGUMA:
Policy Options for Improving Drought Resilience and Implications for Food Security: The Case of Ethiopia and Kenya
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10:30 - 10:45
MAARTEN VAN ZONNEVELD, JUDY LOO, SILVANA MASELLI, JULIO JAVIER MADRID, MICHAEL HALEWOOD, JOSé LUIS ECHEVERRIA:
How Does Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing Affect Biodiversity Research?
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Postersession: Governance, policy, strategy and macro-economics I

Chair: Frank Hartwich, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Agribusiness Development Branch, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 18:15 - 19:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

HUONG THI DO, MICHAEL BöCHER, MAX KROTT:
Science-Based Support for Biodiversity Conservation Policy of Vietnam: A Case Study of Ngoc Son Ngo Luong Nature Reserve
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MAHMUDA NASRIN, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Factors Affecting Fertiliser Use Intensity among Farm Size Groups: Perception about Fertiliser Subsidy Policy in Bangladesh
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FAZLEEN ABDUL FATAH, STEPHAN VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL:
Measuring Rice Competitiveness: New Evidence Using an Extension of the Policy Analysis Matrix
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MD SAIFUR RAHMAN, LUKAS GIESSEN:
Bilateral Aid Drives Formal Development Goals or Informal Interests? Insight from Forest Development Aid in Bangladesh
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EMMANUEL DONKOR, STEPHEN ONAKUSE, JOE BOGUE, IGNACIO DE LOS RIOS:
Impact of Presidential Cassava Initiative on Cassava Productivity: Implication for Food Security and Economic Development
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FELICIA OLOKOYO, EVANS OSABUOHIEN, IBUKUN BEECROFT, UCHENNA EFOBI, PAUL ADEKOLA:
Large-Scale Land Based Investments and Employment in Nigerian Communities
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MASOUMEH FOROUZANI, MASOUD YAZDANPANAH, NEGAR RAHMKHODA, FATEMEHZAHRA ROMINA:
Do Energy Policies Work? Empirical Evidence from Targeted Fuel Subsides in the Agricultural Sector, Iran
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EIKE LUEDELING, KEITH SHEPHERD:
Decision-Oriented Research for Development – Making Best Use of Existing Information and Closing Critical Knowledge Gaps
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AYOBAMI ADETOYINBO, LILLI SCHEITERLE, SAURABH GUPTA, VICTOR OKORUWA, REGINA BIRNER:
Governance Challenges in an Emerging Bio-Economy: A Case Study of Maize Value-Webs in Nigeria
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SHILPI KUNDU, RAJESH S. KUMAR, NITY NISHANT, N.K. BINU:
Better Environmental Governance for Mitigation of Environmental Pollution - A Case Analysis of the Emerging Cities in South Asia
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RAOUL HERRMANN, CHARLES JUMBE, EVANS OSABUOHIEN:
Impact of Large-Scale Bioethanol Investments on Food Production: Insights from Sugarcane Outgrower Schemes in Malawi
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11 Posters

Governance, policy, strategy and macro-economics II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location:

Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Governance, policy, strategy and macro-economics II

Chair: Frank Hartwich, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Agribusiness Development Branch, Austria
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

DEGYE GOSHU HABTEYESUS:
Persistence of Food Price Shocks and Domestic Market Performance in Ethiopia
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GIRMA KELBORO, TILL STELLMACHER:
Farmland, Family Farms and Food Security in Ethiopia: The Case of Farming Families Around Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve
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BISRAT HAILE GEBREKIDAN, THOMAS HECKELEI, SEBASTIAN RASCH:
The Dynamics of Land-Use Change in Kilombero Valley Floodplain Wetland: An Agent Based Modelling Approach
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ADU-GYAMFI POKU, SAURABH GUPTA, REGINA BIRNER:
Governance Challenges in the Liberalisation of the Commercial Maize Seed System in Africa: A Case Study of Ghana
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FREDDY NOMA, AFOUDA JACOB YABI, RANGANATH LAKSHMAIAH, SIEGFRIED BAUER:
Marginal Willingness to Pay for Indirect Procurement Programme Attributes
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TIM K. LOOS, LILLI SCHEITERLE, ALINA ULMER:
What Can Ethiopia Learn from the Brazilian Sugarcane Sector Development?
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6 Posters

Knowledge, participation, stakeholders and social networks I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Brigitte Kaufmann, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Lecture hall 6

Lead paper

Oral presentations

16:30 - 16:45
ANNE EMDEN, MARIA JOSE RESTREPO RODRIGUEZ, MARGARETA LELEA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Activity and Knowledge Analysis of Small-Scale Milk Traders in Nakuru County, Kenya
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16:45 - 17:00
ABOUBAKAR IYABANO, GUY FAURE, LAURENS KLERKX:
Farmers Organisations' Position in the Development of Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Burkina Faso
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17:00 - 17:15
MAXI DOMKE, JüRGEN PRETZSCH:
Area Closure Management in Ethiopia: Social and Socio-Economic Aspects of Common Pool Resource Activities
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17:15 - 17:30
RAND ABU AJAMIA, MICHELA CANNOVALE-PALERMO, DANIEL NAEK CHRISENDO, KIM EDOU, KATJA GEORGE, SUSANNE HOFMANN-SOUKI, MARGARITA KABAKOVA, EMILY NACHTIGAL, STRAHINJA SAVIC, ELENA SCHAEGG, JAKOB SEIDLER, MITJA SEYFFERT, JOHANNA STRIECK, NATALIYA STUPAK, ANTONIA ZAMPA:
Participation in Water Management in the Mena Region – Perspectives from Refugee-Hosting Communities in Rural Jordan
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17:30 - 17:45
MIRJA MICHALSCHECK, BEKELE HUNDIE KOTU, IDDRISU BABA MOHAMMED, IRMGARD HOESCHLE-ZELEDON, JEROEN C.J. GROOT:
Complex Systems - Simple Solutions? The Importance of Social Context for Sustainable Intensification.
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Postersession: Knowledge, participation, stakeholders and social networks I

Chair: Brigitte Kaufmann, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 9:45 - 11:00
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

CRISTHIAN DAVID PUERTA RODRIGUEZ, STEFAN BURKART, KAREN ENCISO, ANDRES CHARRY, JHON FREDDY GUTIERREZ SOLIS, JHON JAIRO MUñOZ QUICENO, LISBETH ROCIO RUIZ, NELSON JOSé VIVAS QUILA, N ALBáN LOPEZ, SANDRA MORALES VELASCO, MICHAEL PETERS:
Networking, Information and Technology Adoption: A Social Network Analysis of Colombian Small/Medium Scale Cattle Producers
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ANA PAULA TURETTA, RAFAEL TONUCCI, LUCIANO MANSOR DE MATTOS:
Agricultural Management Strategies to Enhance Family Farming in Brazil
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GERBA LETA, GIRMA KELBORO, ANNA-KATHARINA HORNIDGE, KRISTOF VAN ASSCHE, TILL STELLMACHER:
Nikinake – an Agricultural Extension Campaign for Resource Management and Food Security: The Case of Bako and Yem, Southwestern Ethiopia
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JOANA SOUSA, GOTTLIEB BASCH, PAULO RODRIGUES, PETER KURIA, SAIDI MKOMWA, KALIFA COULIBALY:
Local Understandings of Soil Fertility, Rainfall and Conservation Agriculture in Laikipia, Kenya: A Qualitative Analysis
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SABINE HOMANN-KEE TUI, MICHAEL HAUSER, CARLOS QUEMBO, CLAUDIO GULE, FERNANDO ASSANE, FELICIANO MAZUZE, JULIO ONOFRE RAINDE, CLAUDIO SIXPENCE:
Towards Resilient and Profitable Farming Systems in Central Mozambique Using an Open Innovation Platform Approach
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PRAMILA THAPA, MARIA JOSE RESTREPO RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA NGWENYA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Assessment of Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for the Effectiveness of Innovation Processes among Tanzanian Smallholder Farmer Groups
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KATHARINA BITZAN, KATHARINE TRöGER, MARGARETA LELEA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Gender-Sensitive Stakeholder Characterisation and Analysis of the Pineapple Supply Chain in Uganda
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PER HILLBUR, CAITLIN MCCORMACK:
Building Trust and Collaboration through Co-Learning - Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Farming in Tanzania
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LATIFOU IDRISSOU, HERVE BISSELEUA, ADEBAYO OGUNNIYI, DJANA MIGNOUNA, PETER OLUROTIMI, DAVID OBISESAN:
Stakeholders' Participation in Innovation Platforms of Humidtropics in West Africa: Implications on Livelihood Outcomes
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KEHINDE OLAGUNJU, ADEBAYO OGUNNIYI, LATIFOU IDRISSOU:
Social Capital and Efficiency in Resource Utilisation among Cassava-Based Farmers in Southwestern Nigeria
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JOANA ALBRECHT, MARGARETA LELEA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Trust as Integral to Multi-Stakeholder Processes for Dairy Value Chain Improvement
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FELIX KRAUSE, MARGARETA LELEA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Participatory Assessment of Institutional and Operational Challenges Affecting Small-Scale Dairy Chain Actors' Market Participation in Kenya
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ADMASSU TESSO HULUKA:
The Impact of Farmer Field School Training on Productivity and Crop Income: Evidence from Smallholder Maize Farmers in Oromia, Ethiopia
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13 Posters

Knowledge, participation, stakeholders and social networks II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location:

Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Knowledge, participation, stakeholders and social networks II

Chair: Brigitte Kaufmann, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 18:15 - 19:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

THAI THUY PHAM, LUDWIG THEUVSEN, VERENA OTTER:
Collective Action Effects on Farm Productivity and Efficiency of Rice Producers in Vietnam
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JOHN-BAPTIST S. N. NAAH:
How Do Local Agro-Pastoralists Judge their Forage Resources?: Using Quantitative Ethnoecological Approach in West Africa
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ESTEPHANIA E. DELGADILLO JAIME, ERNESTINE MEFOR HALLE, FRIEDER GRAEF, BARBARA SCHRöTER:
Multi-Stakeholder Analysis in the Implementation of Upgrading Strategies (UPS) for Enhancing Food Security in Tanzania: Regional Differences Between Morogoro and Dodoma
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COLLINS SEBUUWUFU, GRACE KAGORO:
Operational Context as a Driver for Post-Harvest Product Handling Practices: The Case of Pineapple Value Chain in South Western Uganda
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LAURA SNOOK, TEREZA ALVES, CAMILA SOUSA, JUDY LOO, GEORG GRATZER, LALISA DUGUMA, CHRISTOPH SCHRöTTER, NATASHA RIBEIRO, ROSALINA MAHANZULE, FELICIANO MAZUZE, ESMERALDINA CUCO, MARLENE ELIAS:
Relearning Traditional Knowledge to Achieve Sustainability: Honey Gathering in the Miombo Woodlands of Northern Mozambique
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JUE WANG, THOMAS AENIS:
Stakeholder Analysis in Support of Joint Land Use Decision Making: Case from Xishuangbanna, Southwest China
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SEBASTIAN MENGEL, ALESSANDRA GIULIANI, COURTNEY PAISLEY:
Youth and Agriculture in the Drylands: Realities, Aspirations, Challenges of Rural Youth in Midelt, Morocco
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JULIA BOEDECKER, CéLINE TERMOTE, GINA KENNEDY:
Community-Based Development of Agricultural Activities Aiming to Improve Dietary Diversity in Western Kenya
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EMIL GEVORGYAN, STEFAN SIEBER, NANCY MUNYIVA LAIBUNI, SUSANNE NEUBERT, TUROOP LOSENGE, MARLEN BACHMANN:
Improving the Impact of Horticultural Research through Transdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange
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KATHARINA LöHR, MICHAEL WEINHARDT, STEFAN SIEBER:
World Café: A Key Method to Link Disciplines in International Research
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KADERI BUKARI, PAPA SOW, JüRGEN SCHEFFRAN:
Role of Chiefs in Managing and Resolving Resource Conflicts between Farmers and Pastoralists in Ghana
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11 Posters

Food and nutrition security and engineering

Food security and nutrition I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Irmgard Jordan, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Center for International Development and Environmental Research, Germany
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 9:30 - 11:00
Location: Lecture hall 2

Lead paper

Oral presentations

9:30 - 9:45
SIRAWDINK FIKREYESUS FORSIDO, TEFERA BELACHEW, OLIVER HENSEL:
Fighting Hidden Hunger: Diversity, Composition and Nutrient Adequacy of Diets of Lactating Mothers in Southwest Ethiopia
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9:45 - 10:00
GUDRUN B. KEDING, ADMASSU TESSO HULUKA, SIMONE KATHRIN KRIESEMER:
Seasonal Food Availability Calendars for Designing Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Ethiopia
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10:00 - 10:15
AZIN SADEGHI, MEIKE WOLLNI, HAMIDOU NANTOUMé, EVA SCHLECHT:
The Role of Urban Livestock Keeping in Household Food Security in Bamako, Mali
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10:15 - 10:30
ROFIAT B. ABDUS-SALAAM, OLUSEGUN O. ATANDA, MICHAEL SULYOK, MARTIN E. KIMANYA, RUDOLF KRSKA, CYNTHIA A. CHILAKA:
Dietary Exposure to Mycotoxins and Risk Assessment for Adult Consumers of Locally Processed Rice from Nigeria
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10:30 - 10:45
MILICA SANDALJ, EDDA TREIBER, THOMAS PFEIFFER, NICO WILMS-POSEN, DAVID BEXTE, ERIK DOLCH:
Smallholders and Quality Infrastructure. Safeguarding Quality of Agricultural Products and Natural Resources by Ghanaian Farmers
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Postersession: Food security and nutrition I

Chair: Irmgard Jordan, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Center for International Development and Environmental Research, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 8:30 - 9:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

FATANEH YARI:
Natural Preservatives Minimizing Products Waste in the Supply Chain of the Future
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KAREN MARSHALL, AYAO MISSOHOU, STANLY FON TEBUG, IRENE KAGERA, DELIA GRACE, JOHANNA LINDAHL:
Aflatoxins in Dairy Cattle Feed in Senegal
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CHEMEDA ABEDETA GARBABA, FIKRE LEMESSA OCHO, OLIVER HENSEL:
Fungal Pathogens Associated with Stored Maize and Nutritional Quality Losses Along Supply Chain in Southwestern Ethiopia: Implication for Food Security
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ADITYA PARMAR, BARBARA STURM, OLIVER HENSEL:
Assessment of Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Associated with the Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Root Value Chain in Southern Ethiopia
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DOLORES PENAFIEL, CARL LACHAT, RAMON ESPINEL, PATRICK VAN DAMME:
Traditional Foods Contribute to the Minimum Dietary Diversity Score of Indigenous Woman in Guasaganda, Ecuador
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HADIJAH MBWANA, JOYCE KINABO, CHRISTINE LAMBERT, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI:
An Agro-climatic Zone Perspective of Factors Influencing Stunting among Children in Rural Tanzania
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NARILALA RANDRIANARISON, SARAH NISCHALKE, SECONDE FRANCIA RAVELOMBOLA:
The Role of Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management in Food Security in South Eastern Madagascar
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OCHIENG RONALD MWANGA, SINDU KEBEDE, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN:
Dietary Contribution of African Indigenous Vegetables to Rural and Peri Urban Households in Kenya
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KARIN VANEKER, BAMWESIGYE DASTAN, ERWIN SLAATS:
The Role of Edible Aroids in the Elimination of Hunger and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
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9 Posters

Food security and nutrition II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location:

Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Food security and nutrition II

Chair: Irmgard Jordan, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Center for International Development and Environmental Research, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 18:15 - 19:30
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

RUBEN CASAS REATEGUI, ZBYNEK POLESNY, PABLO PEDRO VILLEGAS PANDURO:
Identification of Species and the Traditional Uses of Edible Insects by Indigenous Communities Awajún in Peruvian Amazon
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KAREN ENCISO, STEFAN BURKART, ANDRES CHARRY, CRISTHIAN DAVID PUERTA RODRIGUEZ, JHON JAIRO MUñOZ QUICENO, LISBETH ROCIO RUIZ, JHON FREDDY GUTIERREZ SOLIS, NELSON JOSé VIVAS QUILA, N ALBáN LOPEZ, SANDRA MORALES VELASCO, MICHAEL PETERS:
Consumer Preferences and Market Segmentation for Differentiated Beef with Less Environmental Impact
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ANDRES CHARRY, STEFAN BURKART, MANUEL NARJES, KAREN ENCISO, CRISTHIAN DAVID PUERTA RODRIGUEZ, JHON JAIRO MUñOZ QUICENO, LISBETH ROCIO RUIZ, JHON FREDDY GUTIERREZ SOLIS, NELSON JOSé VIVAS QUILA, N ALBáN LOPEZ, SANDRA MORALES VELASCO, MICHAEL PETERS:
Willingness to Pay for Beef with a Reduced Environmental Footprint in Cali and Popayán, Colombia
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SIEGLINDE SNAPP, PHILIP GRABOWSKI, MARK MUSUMBA, CHERYL PALM, REGIS CHIKOWO, MATEETE BEKUNDA:
Development of a Sustainable Intensification Indicators Framework: Reports from the Frontline in Mali and Malawi
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ALEMAYEHU TADESSE, VEERLE FIEVEZ, FRANS SMEULDERS, BRUNO GODDEERIS, JOZEF DECKERS, NIGSTI HAILEMARIAM, MARK BREUSERS:
Smoking of Milk Containers Improved Microbiological and Organoleptic Quality of Fermented Milk
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GERALDINE GANTIOQUE, MA. CRISTINA GRAGASIN, DARENE CARGO, MING VINCENT DELA CRUZ, JERALD PUZA:
Extraction, Characterisation and Application of Pectin from Indian Mango (Mangifera indica) Peels
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YONNA SACRE, MICHAEL BöHME, RACHAD SALIBA:
Evaluation of Fruits and Vegetables as Phytonutrients Potential in Jordan
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TEMESGEN FITAMO BOCHER, TAWANDA MUZHINGI, JAN LOW:
Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Adoption Improved Dietary Quality: Evidence from Women and Children in Western Kenya
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MOLLY AHERN, JESSICA RANERI, PASQUALE DE MURO, GINA KENNEDY:
Exploring the Effectiveness of a Rapid Participatory Method in Mapping the Role of Agricultural Biodiversity in Local Food Systems to Identify Potential Entry Points to Improve Peoples' Capabilities to Be Nutrition Secure
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TSIGE-YOHANNES HABTE, MICHAEL KRAWINKEL:
Optimum Food Consumption Can Save Natural Resources
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FEKADU ADDISU, WOLDESENBET FANTAHUN, KAREN VANCAMPENHOUT, LEEN VAN CAMPENHOUT:
Traditional Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Fermentation Process in Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia
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MUHAMMED USMAN, NICOLAS GERBER, EVITA HANIE PANGARIBOWO:
Determinants of Household Drinking Water Quality in Rural Ethiopia
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12 Posters

Engineering aspects

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Günter Langergraber, University of Naturel Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Lecture hall 2

Lead paper

Oral presentations

14:30 - 14:45
PHILIPP SCHAUBE, JON SUMANIK-LEARY, LUCIANA VANESA CLEMENTI:
A Comparative Analysis: Impacts and Sustainability of Rural Small Wind Electrification Programmes
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14:45 - 15:00
ANA SALVATIERRA, VICTOR TORRES TOLEDO, KLAUS MEISSNER, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Solar Powered Milk Cooling System for Small Dairy Farmers in Kenya
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15:00 - 15:15
PETRA SCHMITTER, AMARE HAILESLASSIE, YIGZAW DESALEGN, AMENTI CHALI, SEIFU TILAHUN, SIMON LANGAN, JENNIE BARRON:
Improving On-Farm Water Management by Introducing Wetting Front Detectors to Small Scale Irrigators in Ethiopia
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15:15 - 15:30
THERESA THEURETZBACHER, BRIAN VON HERZEN, GüNTER LANGERGRABER:
Concept Design for a Biochar Sanitation System in Kivalina, Alaska
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Postersession: Engineering aspects

Chair: Günter Langergraber, University of Naturel Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, Austria
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 9:45 - 11:00
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

LAKSHIKA HETTIARACHCHI, JOHANNES PAUL, SUDARSHANA FERNANDO, NILANTHI JAYATHILAKE, SANJA GUNEWARDENA, FELIX GRAU:
Strength and Disintegration Characteristics of Compost Pellets from Urban Waste in Sri Lanka
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HERNAUDE AGOSSOU, JANOS BOGARDI, BERNHARD TISCHBEIN:
Hydraulics and Uniformity Performances of an Innovative Bamboo Drip System
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ANA SALVATIERRA, MARCUS NAGLE, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Smart Power Management for Improved Energy Performance of an Inflatable Solar Dryer
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MERLIN RAUD, JüRI OLT, TIMO KIKAS:
Explosive Decompression Pretreatment in Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production
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KUKOM EDOH OGNAKOSSAN, HIPPOLYTE D. AFFOGNON, DANIEL N. SILA, SOUL-KIFOULY G. MIDINGOYI, WILLIS OMONDI OWINO, CHRISTOPHER MUTUNGI, OLIVER HENSEL:
On-Farm Maize Storage Systems and Rodent Postharvest Losses in Maize Growing Agro-Ecological Zones of Kenya
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CORY WHITNEY, EDIE MUKIIBI, CAROLYNE NAKAKETO, JENS GEBAUER, ANNE RIETVELD, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
Addressing Post-Harvest Losses During Traditional Banana Fermentation for Increased Food Security in Southwest Uganda
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6 Posters

Special programmes and visiting CGIAR centre

Transfer of research results into practice - A panel discussion (BEAF/GIZ-BMZ)

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Holger Kirscht, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Advisory Service on Agricultural Research for Development (BEAF), Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 11:30 - 13:00
Location: Lecture hall 7

Lead paper

Oral presentations

11:30 - 11:45
STEPHAN KRALL:
Transfer of Research Results into Practice - A Panel Discussion
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Postersession: Transfer of research results into practice - A panel discussion (BEAF/GIZ-BMZ)

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

0 Posters

Research for development - innovative partnerships in Africa, Central Asia and Southeast Asia (BMBF)

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Ludwig Kammesheidt, DLR Project Management Agency, International Bureau, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Lecture hall 7

Lead paper

Oral presentations

14:30 - 14:35
LUDWIG KAMMESHEIDT, KERSTIN SILVESTRE GARCIA:
Introduction to the Bmbf Funding Program "research for Development"
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14:35 - 14:50
NODIR DJANIBEKOV, MARTIN PETRICK, DAUREN OSHAKBAYEV, ROMAN MOGILEVSKII, KHODJAMAKHMAD UMAROV, GURBANMYRAT OVEZMYRADOV, YULIY YUSUPOV:
Agricultural Restructuring, Water Scarcity and the Adaptation to Climate Change in Central Asia: A Five-Country Study (AGRIWANET)
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14:50 - 15:05
IAN KEN DIMZON, ANN SELMA MORATA, JANINE MüLLER, ROY KRISTIAN YANELA, HEIKE WEIL, TERESITA PEREZ, FABIAN M. DAYRIT, THOMAS P. KNEPPER:
Impact of Water Quality on Aquaculture: Target and Non-Target Analysis of Trace Organic Substances and their Transformation Products
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15:05 - 15:20
AGOSTINO MERICO, WERNER EKAU:
Partnership in Fisheries – ZMT Projects along the West African Coast
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15:20 - 15:30
DIRK SELMAR:
The Uptake of Nicotine from the Soil – an Example for the "Horizontal Transfer of Natural Products"
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15:30 -
TOBIAS CREMER, THIDA SWE, JORGE DE VIVO, DIETER MURACH, JAN-PETER MUND:
Scientific Cooperation to Face International Challenges – Short Rotation Coppice Development for the Provision of Firewood and Hydrothermal Carbonisation of Water Hyacinth for Hydrochar Production in Myanmar
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FRANZ ROMáN, OLIVER HENSEL, DUNCAN MBUGE:
Development of Grain Drying Facilities That Use Superabsorbent Polymers (SAP) to Optimise Drying and Control Aflatoxin Contamination in Kenya
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Postersession: Research for development - innovative partnerships in Africa, Central Asia and Southeast Asia (BMBF)

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

0 Posters

BMEL/BLE/BMLFUW/KEF: Diversified agriculture and nutrition

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Henning Knipschild, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), International Cooperation and Global Food Security 323, Germany
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Lecture hall 7

Lead paper

Oral presentations

16:30 - 16:40
N.N.:
Diversified Agriculture for a Balanced Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa – Projects Supported by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, BMEL
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16:40 - 16:50
HEIDE HOFFMANN, KARIN FIEGE, CARSTEN PöTZSCH, SAMUEL QUIVE, ANTONIO PAOLO, DANIEL TEVERA, ABDULRAZAK KARRIEM, CHRIS D'AIUTO, MAXIMILIAN BAUMANN, PETER-HENNING CLAUSEN, DOREEN SPARBORTH:
Urban Farming in Southern Africa – Improved Food Safety and Income Options for Urban Disadvantaged Communities (UFiSAMo)
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16:50 - 17:00
KATHRIN MEINHOLD, YAHIA OMAR ADAM, MUNTHALI CHIMULEKE, ESTHER EVANG, JENS GEBAUER, TSIGE-YOHANNES HABTE, KATJA KEHLENBECK, MICHAEL KRAWINKEL, FLORIAN KUGLER, TARIG ELSHEIKH MAHMOUD, NYORI JEREMIAH MBUGUA, DAGMAR MITHöFER, KAVOI MUTUKU MUENDO, ANTHONY MAINA NJIRU, WILLIS OMONDI OWINO, FREDAH KARAMBU RIMBERIA, EL AMIN SANJAK, MARTIN SCHüRING, MUNEER ELYAS SIDDIG, ARTHUR STEVENS, MOHAMED EL NOUR TAHA, ANDREAS TRIEBEL, DIETRICH DARR:
The Baofood Project: Enhancing Local Food Security and Nutrition in Eastern Africa with the Baobab Tree
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17:00 - 17:10
IRMGARD JORDAN, JAN WELSCH, ANNA RöHLIG, SAHRAH FISCHER, SAMWEL MBUGUA, JULIUS TWINAMASIKO, PAUL FALAKEZA FATCH, MICHAEL KRAWINKEL, JULIUS MASINDE, LYDIAH WASWA, JENINAH KARUNGI, GABRIELLA CHIUTSI PHIRI, ERICK MAINA, ELIZABETH MBUTHIA, JOHNNY MUGISHA, CHARLES MASANGANO, THOMAS HILGER, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Crops for Healthy Diets: Linking Agriculture and Nutrition (HealthyLAND)
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17:10 - 17:20
CONSTANCE REIF, HADIJAH MBWANA, WOLFGANG STUETZ, MICHELLE BONATTI, STEFAN SIEBER:
Scaling-Up Nutrition: Implementing Potentials of Nutrition-Sensitive and Diversified Agriculture to Increase Food Security
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17:20 - 17:30
JOCHEN DüRR:
Progress and Experiences of the NutriHAF-Africa Project
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17:30 - 17:40
BERNHARD FREYER, FOLKARD ASCH, GETACHEW ALEMAYEHU, ENYEW ADIGO, RHODA BIRECH, JOYCE MALING'A, JOACHIM MüLLER, JöRN GERMER, TILAHUN TADDESE, AGEGNEHU SHIBABAW, MISGANAW TESHAGER, PATRICK AWUOR OORO, RAEL TAIY, YOSEPH TWODROS, CHADWICK DIGO:
Improving Rural Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sustainable and Climate-Smart Intensification of Agricultural Production (SMACC)
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Postersession: BMEL/BLE/BMLFUW/KEF: Diversified agriculture and nutrition

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

MICHELLE BONATTI, CONSTANCE REIF, STEFAN SIEBER, HADIJAH MBWANA, WOLFGANG STUETZ:
Impact of Food Knowledge and Social Structures on Educational Program Development in the Scale-n Project in Rural Tanzania
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CHARLES PETER MGENI, KLAUS MüLLER, STEFAN SIEBER, CONSTANCE REIF, ANJA FAßE:
Scaling-Up Effects of Food Value Chain Upgrading Strategies: Opportunities for Optimised Nutritional and Food Security for Local Food Systems in Tanzania
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2 Posters

Seeds of resilience: Novel strategies for using crop diversity in climate change adaptation (Bioversity International)

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Ronnie Vernooy, Bioversity International, Italy
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 21st, 9:30 - 11:00
Location: Lecture hall 7

Lead paper

Oral presentations

9:30 - 10:00
RONNIE VERNOOY:
Seeds of Resilience
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10:00 - 10:30
CATHERINE KIWUKA:
Uganda Case Study
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10:30 - 11:00
N.N.:
Multi-stakeholder Panel Discussion
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Postersession: Seeds of resilience: Novel strategies for using crop diversity in climate change adaptation (Bioversity International)

Chair: , ,
Date and Time: , -
Location: will be mentioned in the programme booklet

Posters

0 Posters

Overall 459 Contributions: 1 Keynotes, 137 Papers, 321 Posters
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