Tropentag 2017:

Future Agriculture: Social-ecological transitions and bio-cultural shifts

September 20 - 22, 2017,
organised by the
University of Bonn and the Center for Development Research, Bonn, Germany


Scientific contributions
oral presentations and poster presentations


Thematic Groups:

Plenary
Keynotes day 1
Keynotes day 3

Plants and land use
Biodiversity and underutilised species
Land use and land use change
Crop biotic stresses (DPG Session)
Biomass, biofuel and bioeconomy

Plants and soil
Soil and soil fertility
Fertilisers
Production systems
Crop genetic resources and abiotic stress

Resources and knowledge
Water and irrigation
Modelling
ICRAF session
Knowledge systems

Animals and food
Animal husbandry
Animal nutrition
Animal nutrition II
Agricultural and food technology
Agrobiodiversity and nutrition diversity

Economics
Markets
Value chains
Risk and awareness
Institutions and livelihood

Institutions
Central Asia I
BMEL session
GIZ session: Scaling Out - Cooperation between Research and Development
Central Asia II


Plenary

Keynotes day 1

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Christian Borgemeister, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Germany

Lead paper

MONTY JONES:
Future Agriculture: Challenges for Africa
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BINA AGARWAL:
Rethinking the Way We Farm
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ANTHONY SIMONS:
The Future of Agriculture: "Land-Use Change" or "Land Changing Uses"?
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Oral presentations


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Keynotes day 3

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Christian Borgemeister, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Germany

Lead paper

MARTIN KROPFF:
The Future of Agriculture: Which Way to Go?
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Plants and land use

Biodiversity and underutilised species

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Patrick Van Damme, Ghent University, Dept. of Plant Production - Lab. for Tropical Agronomy, Belgium

Lead paper

ELENA POPOVA, CHARLOTTE E. LUSTY, LUIGI GUARINO:
Building a Global System for ex situ Conservation of Crop Diversity
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Oral presentations

KATHARINA STEIN, KATHRIN STENCHLY, DRISSA COULIBALY, ALAIN PAULY, INGOLF STEFFAN-DEWENTER, SOULEYMANE KONATé, DETHARDT GOETZE, STEFAN POREMBSKI, KARL-EDUARD LINSENMAIR:
Bee Pollinator Communities and Human Disturbance in West African Savannahs – Implications for Crop Yield?
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KAI BEHN, SAMUEL MUTEBI, MIGUEL ALVAREZ:
Diversity of East African Wetland Vegetation: A Classification Based on Current and Historic Surveys
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NEEMA MOGHA, COLLINS HANDA, MIGUEL ALVAREZ, BODO MöSELER, HELLEN KAMIRI:
Plant Communities Changes in Relation to Land Uses and Soil Properties in Malinda Wetland, Tanzania
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MIRJAM PULLEMAN, PABLO SILES, EDWIN GARCIA, CARSTEN MAROHN, MELANIE MASON, ORLANDO TELLEZ, ELBIS CHAVARRIA, EMILY WEBSTER:
Agroforestry-Based Restoration and Enhanced Resilience of Agricultural Production through Adaptation of Smallholder Farming Systems, Nicaragua
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Postersession: Biodiversity and underutilised species

Chair: Patrick Van Damme, Ghent University, Dept. of Plant Production - Lab. for Tropical Agronomy, Belgium

Posters

PEDRO DANIEL PARDO VILLEGAS, PATRICIA LANDAVERDE GONZALEZ, SVEN WAGNER:
Vegetation-Based Indicators for Assessing Ecosystem Services of Cacao Agroforestry Systems, Buffer Zone of Abiseo River National Park, Peru
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STEFANIE CHRISTMANN, ATHANASIOS TSIVELIKAS, ABDELLAH BENBYA:
Farmers Have Too Low Knowledge to Protect and Benefit from Native Pollinators – Insight from Morocco
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STEFANIE CHRISTMANN, MOULAY SHRIF SMAILI, ABDELLAH BENBYA, TOSHPULOT RAJABOV, ATHANASIOS TSIVELIKAS:
Farming with Alternative Pollinators Creates High Incentives for Farmers for Pollinator Friendly Agriculture
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ISABEL MADALENO:
Flora Grown and Traded in Panama City, in the 16th Century and Nowadays
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LINDA HILGERS, PHILIP BECKSCHäFER, CHRISTOPH KLEINN:
Enhancing Biodiversity – Identification of Conservation Corridors in a Plantation Dominated Landscape in the Mekong Region
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DéBORAH OLIVEIRA, PATRíCIA MELO, ARNE CIERJACKS, JARCILENE ALMEIDA-CORTEZ:
Where Are the Young Umbuzeiros? How Managed Areas Influence the Recruitment of Spondias tuberosa Câm. (Anacardiaceae) in Northeastern Brazil
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EDUARDO ALBERTO LARA REIMERS, EDUARDO ANTONIO LARA RODRIGUEZ, JUAN MANUEL ZEPEDA DEL VALLE, ELOY FERNáNDEZ CUSIMAMANI, ZBYNEK POLESNY, LUKAS PAWERA:
Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants Used in the Zacatecas State, Mexico
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ALEXANDR ROLLO, BOHDAN LOJKA, MARIE KALOUSOVá, BOHUMIL MANDáK, MARIA MARGARIDA RIBEIRO:
Genetic Structure in Wild and Cultivated Populations of Inga edulis Mart. (Fabaceae) in Peruvian Amazon
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STACY HAMMOND, IVA VIEHMANNOVá, JIRI ZAMECNIK:
Slow-growth in vitro Conservation of Ullucus tuberosus (Loz.), an Andean Tuber Crop
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MIGUEL ALVAREZ, CONSTANZE LEEMHUIS, GEOFREY GABIRI, KAI BEHN, SONJA BURGHOF:
Hydrological Gradients in a Tanzanian Floodplain: The Potential Use of Indicator Plants for Bio-Monitoring
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SILKE LICHTENBERG, ELISABETH HUBER-SANNWALD, JUAN ANTONIO REYES-AGüERO, UDO NEHREN:
The Use of Pau-Brasil (Paubrasilia echinata Lam.) for Making Violin Bows: A Social-Ecological System Analysis Linking Environment and Art
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ANDREA RUEDIGER:
Securing Access to Seed - An Institutional Analysis of Informal Seed Assistance in Eastern Ethiopia
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MD KAMAL HOSSAIN, BARBARA STURM, ALEXANDER QUADT, OLIVER HENSEL:
A Sustainable Natural Resource (Moringa oleifera) in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Areas: An Intensive Literature Review
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DUNJA MIJATOVIC, MAEDEH SALIMI, HELGA GRUBERG CAZóN, REUBEN MENDAKOR SHABONG, ALEJANDRO GONZáLEZ�LVAREZ, SAJAL STHAPIT, STANLEY ZIRA, GHANIMAT AZHDARI, SONTHANA MANEERATTANACHAIYONG, ALBERTO TARRAZA RODRíGUEZ, EPSHA PALIKHEY, LAL WAKKUMBURE, NATALIA ESTRADA-CARMONA, TOBY HODGKIN:
Adaptive Management of Agrobiodiversity in Biocultural Landscapes: Experiences from the Field
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KERSTIN FISCHER, JULIET JABATY, ALIMOU CAMARA, SANDRA DIEDERICH, THOMAS HOENEN, ANNE BALKEMA-BUSCHMANN, ANDREAS MüLLER, ROLAND SULUKU, KRISTINA MARIA SCHMIDT, CéCILE TROUPIN, BASHIRU KOROMA, FELIXTINA JONSYN-ELLIS, NOEL TORDO, THOMAS C. METTENLEITER, MARTIN H. GROSCHUP:
Ebola Foresight: The Role of Livestock and Wildlife Species in the Biology of Filoviruses
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TERESA ROJAS LARA, DANIEL MERDES:
Linking up Wildlife Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation: The Case of Orangutans in Indonesia
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RAINER ZACHMANN, MáXIMO CONTRERAS LOBATO:
Training and Technical Assistance for Seed Production of Native Potatoes in Perú
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17 Posters

Land use and land use change

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Andreas Buerkert, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

MICHAEL THIEL, ALEJANDRA NARVAEZ VALLEJO, GERALD FORKOUR, MICHELLE UDER, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD:
Remote Sensing Based Mapping of Crop Rotation Systems in the Sudanian Savannah of West Africa
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PYI SOE AUNG:
Changes in Local Land Tenure System in Response to Swidden Transformation in Southern Chin State, Myanmar
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DIANA SIETZ, JENNY ORDOñEZ, MARCEL KOK, PETER JANSSEN, HENK HILDERINK, PABLO TITTONELL, HAN VAN DIJK:
Nested Archetypes of Vulnerability in African Drylands: Where Lies Potential for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification?
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MARC COTTER, KEVIN THELLMANN, SABINE BAUMGARTNER, GEORG CADISCH, FOLKARD ASCH:
Identifying Tipping Points in the Supply of Ecosystem Services in Rural Environments of South-East Asia
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ANITA HEIM, AILI PYHäLä:
Farming Inside a National Park - What Is the Way Forward?
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Postersession: Land use and land use change

Chair: Andreas Buerkert, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

ARCHANA RAGHAVAN SATHYAN, CHRISTOPH FUNK, THOMAS AENIS, PETER WINKER, LUTZ BREUER:
Climate Vulnerability Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis in Rainfed Farming Communities of Kerala, India
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ROMAN SELIGER, DIETMAR SATTLER, ANTONIO SOARES DA SILVA, HELGA RESTUM HISSA, JüRGEN HEINRICH:
Status, Drivers and Management of Degraded Sloped Pastures in the State of Rio de Janeiro
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MARCOS JIMéNEZ-MARTíNEZ, FRANCIS MOLUA MWAMBO, CHRISTINE FüRST:
Alternative Landscapes to Face Land and Energy Scarcity: Case Study in Sudanian Savannah of Ghana
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GOHAR GHAZARYAN, OLENA DUBOVYK, FABIAN LöW, NATALIIA KUSSUL, JüRGEN SCHELLBERG:
Crop Type and Condition Monitoring: A Multi-Temporal and Multi-Sensor Approach
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STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL, JONATHAN HOLDEN, BENJAMIN KOWALSKI:
Characterizing the Human-Nature Relationship and its Changes Using Mefa in Angola: A Village Case Study
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TIPHAINE LEUZINGER, DOMINIC BLAETTLER, AQILA HAIDERY, PIA FEHLE:
Livelihoods and Sustainable Land Management in the Mountainous North of Afghanistan
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TILL MONTAG, PHILIP BECKSCHäFER, CHRISTOPH KLEINN:
Assessing Phenological Patterns of Rubber Tree Plantations (Hevea brasiliensis) in Xishuangbanna with Landsat Satellite Imagery
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ACHILLE JEAN JAZA FOLEFACK, DIETRICH DARR, MARIE GAELLE NGO NJIKI:
Safeguarding the Ngwei Forest Areas (Cameroon) by Increased Oil Palm Productivity and Production Factors
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ANDREW CHILOMBO, DAN VAN DER HORST, CASEY RYAN:
Optimism and Populism of Land Acquisitions: A Case Study of Nansanga Farm Block in Zambia
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MICHAEL ELIAS, UWE RICHTER, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, OLIVER WASONGA, RICHARD Y. M. KANGALAWE:
Examining Land Use and Cover Change Along the Great Ruaha River Catchments in Southern Tanzania with Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: 1986 – 2015
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YASMINA ADEBI, JOACHIM VOGT, LAURENT G. HOUESSOU, BRICE A. SINSIN:
Assessing the Impact of Porto Novo Lagoon Utilisation and its Sustainable Management in Benin Republic
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VIRGINIA RODRIGUEZ GARCIA, PATRICK MEYFROIDT, FRéDéRIC GASPART:
Linking Land Use Displacement, Agricultural Intensification and Forest Transitions - A Contribution to Theory Development in Land System Science
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BIBIANA BETANCUR CORREDOR, JUAN CARLOS LOAIZA USUGA, MANFRED DENICH, CHRISTIAN BORGEMEISTER:
Site-Specific Management Approach for Reclamation of Alluvial Gold-Mining Waste Deposits with Agroforestry Systems in Colombia
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MONA BARTLING, CHRISTIAN BUNN, FABIO CASTRO, HENRIETTE WALZ:
Identification of Suitable Tea Growing Areas in Malawi under Climate Change Scenarios
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WILLIAM NKOMOKI, JAN BANOUT:
Land Conservation and Food Security Threats in Southern Zambia: A Land Tenure Dimension
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CHANTAL INGABIRE, PATIENCE MSHENGA, CHRISTINE BIGLER, MICHèLE AMACKER, ELIUD BIRACHI:
Shifting from Subsistence Farming in Rwanda: Understanding the Effects on Food Access among Smallholder Farmers
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16 Posters

Crop biotic stresses (DPG Session)

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Falko Feldmann, German Phytomedical Society, Managing Director, Germany

Lead paper

STEPHAN WINTER:
New Incursions of Pests and Diseases Present Serious Threats to Plant Health and Sustainable Agricultural Production in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Oral presentations

SAID EL SALAMOUNY, MARTIN SHAPIRO, MERLE SHEPARD:
Plant Derived Oils as Ultraviolet Protectants for the Beet Armyworm Nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeNPV)
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ADRIANE WENDLAND, STELLA CRISTINA DIAS VALDO, LEILA GARCêS:
Systemic Infection and Aggressiveness of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens Analysed by Scanning Electron Microscopy in Different Genotypes of Phaseolus vulgaris
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MURITHI HARUN, JAMES HAUDENSHIELD, FENTON DOUGLAS BEED, GEORGE MAHUKU, MATTHIEU JOOSTEN, GLEN L. HARTMAN:
Virulence Diversity of Soybean Rust Isolates from Africa
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OLIVER CHITAMBO, SOLVEIG HAUKELAND, KOMI FIABOE, FLORIAN M. W. GRUNDLER:
African Nightshades and African Spinach Lures Plant Parasitic Nematodes to a Dead-End
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Postersession: Crop biotic stresses (DPG Session)

Chair: Falko Feldmann, German Phytomedical Society, Managing Director, Germany

Posters

CHRISTIAN LüCHAU, JOSEPH CUTLER, JULIANE LANGER, SUSANNE VON BARGEN, CARMEN BüTTNER:
Detection and Characterisation of a New Ilarvirus in Passiflora edulis
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JOSEPH CUTLER, CHRISTIAN LüCHAU, JULIANE LANGER, SUSANNE VON BARGEN, ORLANDO LOSADA ACOSTA, FáNOR CASIERRA POSADA, ADRIANA CASTAñEDA CáRDENAS, MóNICA BETANCOURT VAQUEZ, WILMER CUELLAR, EDUARDO ARVYDAS STASIUKYNAS, EMILIO AREVALO-PEñARANDA, CARMEN BüTTNER:
Development of a Certification Program for Virus-Tested Plant Material in Colombia – a Collaborative Initiative
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LAURA ARMENGOT, CLAUDIA VADERNA, JOACHIM MILZ, MONIKA SCHNEIDER:
Evaluating Pest and Disease Incidence in Different Cacao Production Systems in Bolivia
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VIVIEN KRELL, DESIRéE JAKOBS-SCHOENWANDT, STEFAN VIDAL, ANANT PATEL:
Improved Metarhizium brunneum Endophytism for Biological Protection of Potato Plants
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KATHARINA HERMANN, PASCAL HUMBERT, STEFAN VIDAL, MICHAEL PRZYKLENK, ELISA BEITZEN-HEINEKE, WILHELM BEITZEN-HEINEKE, ANANT PATEL:
The Project ATTRACAP: Optimisation of an Attract-and-Kill Strategy for Wireworm Control in Potato
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LINDA MUSKAT, PASCAL HUMBERT, JüRGEN GROSS, LOUISA GöRG, CORNELIA DIPPEL, ELISA BEITZEN-HEINEKE, WILHELM BEITZEN-HEINEKE, MICHAEL PRZYKLENK, ANANT PATEL:
The Project PICTA-KILL - Novel Strategies for Biological Psyllid Pest Control
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ALEXANDER NIMO WIREDU, PATCHIMAPORN UDOMKUN, FLEMMING NIELSEN, BERNARD VANLAUWE, RANAJIT BANDYOPADHYAY:
Awareness and Perception about the Occurrence, Causes and Consequences of Aflatoxin Contamination and the Willingness to Pay of Aflatoxin Control in Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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JULIET AKELLO, MWESHI MUKANGA, HENRY NJAPAU, JOSEPH ATEHNKENG, JOAO AUGUSTO, PETER COTTY, RANAJIT BANDYOPADHYAY:
Influence of Farming Systems on Aflatoxin Contamination of Groundnut Crops under Field Conditions in Zambia
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DOROTHEA LINK, NAJIM TOUHAMI, ROLF GEISEN, MARKUS SCHMIDT-HEYDT, HANS-GEORG WALTE, CHARLES NKONGE, MARYGORETTI GACHAGUA, STEVE MUCHIRI, CHRISTINE SCHWAKE-ANDUSCHUS:
Networking on Aflatoxin Reduction in the Food Value Chain - AflaNet
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PATCHIMAPORN UDOMKUN, ALEXANDER NIMO WIREDU, CHARITY MUTEGI, JOSEPH ATEHNKENG, MARCUS NAGLE, FLEMMING NIELSEN, JOACHIM MüLLER, RANAJIT BANDYOPADHYAY, BERNARD VANLAUWE:
Aflatoxin Distribution in Crop Products from Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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LEA FORSTER, CARLOS CASTILLEJOS CRUZ, SALVADOR GARIBAY:
Ecofunctional Management Strategies for Diaphorina citri on Organic Orange Orchards
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EMMANUEL OLAJIDE, SOLVEIG HAUKELAND, WIM BERT:
Efficacy of Commercial and Non-Commercial Fungal Isolates for Suppression of Root-Knot Nematode on Pineapple
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ESMAT HEGAZI, CORNEL ADLER, WEDAD E. KHAFAGI, ESSAM AGAMY:
Host-Preference and Parasitic Capacity of Five Trichogramma Species (Hym.:Trichogrammatidae) against some Stored Product Moth Pests
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ALLAN NDUA MWEKE, SUNDAY EKESI, KOMI FIABOE, NGUYA KALEMBA MANIANIA, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS:
Performance of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorok and Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. Isolates against Cowpea Aphid (Aphis Craccivora Koch) in Cowpea
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14 Posters

Biomass, biofuel and bioeconomy

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Tina Beuchelt, University of Bonn - Center for Development Research (ZEF), Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

LISA BIBER-FREUDENBERGER, JAN BöRNER:
The Global Bioeconomy Landscape: What Determines National Strategic Choices?
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GLEICE ALVES DE SOUSA, JOACHIM WERNER ZANG, WILSON MOZENA LEANDRO, ATHAYDES F. LEITE, SUELENE VAZ DA SILVA, WARDE ANTONIETA DA FONSECA-ZANG:
Study of Implementation of Biogas Production in the Fruits and Vegetables Wholesale CEASA-GO, Goiás, Brazil
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FLORIS DALEMANS, MIET MAERTENS, BART MUYS:
Adoption of Agroforestry-Based Biofuel Programs: A Case Study in Hassan District, India
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TILAHUN WOLDIE MENGISTU, SAURABH GUPTA, REGINA BIRNER:
What Do Smallholder Maize Growers Do with their Maize Biomass? Empirical Evidence from the Maize Belts of Ethiopia
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NAZIA YASMIN, PHILIPP GRUNDMANN:
Intra-Household Barriers in the Adoption of Alternate Technology: A Case of Biogas Technology in Pakistan
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Postersession: Biomass, biofuel and bioeconomy

Chair: Tina Beuchelt, University of Bonn - Center for Development Research (ZEF), Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Germany

Posters

HABTAMU DEMILEW YISMAW, BAMLAKU ALAMIREW ALEMU, TIM K. LOOS:
Is Bamboo a Poor Man's Timber in Ethiopia? Employment Prospects of Bamboo among Poor Rural Farm Families
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EEFKE MOLLEE, MORAG MCDONALD, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
Plant Species Richness and Diversity in Urban Uganda: An Inventory of Kampala's Homegardens
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JAN BöRNER, LISA BIBER-FREUDENBERGER, NEUS ESCOBAR, JAN JANOSCH FöRSTER, ANGELA GUBELT, KIRSTEN SELBMANN-LOBBEDEY:
An Interdiscipliniary Framework for Sustainability Assessment in the Global Bioeconomy
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JAN JANOSCH FöRSTER, NEUS ESCOBAR:
Life Cycle Thinking in Governance: The Case Study of Bioplastic Production in Thailand
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MICHAEL NASSL, TINA BEUCHELT:
Is Food Security Sufficiently Taken into Account in Estimates of Global Biomass Potentials for Non-Food Uses?
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MATHIAS NEUMANN ANDERSEN, SELORM Y. DORVLO, EMMANUEL AMOAKWAH, JOSEPH OSAFO EDUAH, KWADWO KUSI AMOAH, ERIC OPPONG DANSO, ISAAC BAIDOO, FINN PLAUBORG, EDWARD BENJAMIN SABI, STEPHEN ABENNEY-MICKSON, ULRIK HENRIKSEN, JESPER AHRENFELDT, KWAME AGYEI FRIMPONG, MARK ABEKOE, HENRIK BREUNING-MADSEN, KINGSLEY JOSEPH TAAH, FULAI LIU, DANIEL SARPONG, SIMON BOLWIG, FAUZIATU AHMED, EMMANUEL ARTHUR:
Green Cohesive Agricultural Resource Management – The WEBSOC Project
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ROBERT GUMISIRIZA, OLIVER HENSEL, JOSEPH HAWUMBA:
Processing of East African Highland Green Bananas: Banana Waste Characterisation for Bio-Energy Production in Uganda
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SEBASTIAN AWISZUS, SAJID LATIF, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Evaluation of the Bio-Methane Potential of By-Products from Cassava Starch Processing
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CHEN QIU:
Biomass Energy Use, Price Changes and Labour Allocation in Rural Areas: An Agricultural Household Model-Based Analysis
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CHRISTINE SCHMITT, NIKOLAS BOEHLKE, RAYMOND JATTA, JELANA VAJEN, MANFRED DENICH:
BiomassNet: The First Expert Network for Food and Non-Food Biomass in Africa
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KATJA KEHLENBECK, JUSTIN ORINA, JOHN BOSCO MUKUNDI, FREDAH KARAMBU RIMBERIA, MONICA A. OMONDI, JENS GEBAUER:
Population Structure and Tree Densities of Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Kilifi County, Kenya
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11 Posters

Plants and soil

Soil and soil fertility

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Kathrin Stenchly, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics (OPATS), Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

JOSEPH OSAFO EDUAH, HENRIK BREUNING-MADSEN, MARK ABEKOE, MATHIAS NEUMANN ANDERSEN:
Phosphorus Fractionation and Sorption Characteristics of Biochar Amended Soils of Ghana
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STEFFEN WERNER, EDMUND KYEI AKOTO-DANSO, DELPHINE MANKA'ABUSI, CHRISTOPH STEINER, VOLKER HäRING, ANDREAS BUERKERT, BERND MARSCHNER:
Nutrient Leaching in Urban Agriculture, Effects of Waste Water Irrigation and Biochar Application to a Petroplinthic Cambisol in N-Ghana
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IRABELLA THIEMANN, EVA LEHNDORFF, WULF AMELUNG, JAN SIEMENS:
Preferential Flow Paths in Rice Systems as Hot Spots for Nutrient Cycling
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RONG LANG, SERGEY BLAGODATSKIY, STEFANIE GOLDBERG, JIANCHU XU, GEORG CADISCH:
Rubber Cultivation Weakened the Soil Methane Sink Function Compared to Natural Forest
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NIKOLA TEUTSCHEROVá, EDUARDO VAZQUEZ, ASHLY AREVALO, YAMILETH CHAGüEZá, ENNA DíAZ, MARTA BENITO, JACOBO ARANGO, MIRJAM PULLEMAN:
Is There a Link Between Biological Nitrification Inhibition and Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Brachiaria Grasses?
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Postersession: Soil and soil fertility

Chair: Kathrin Stenchly, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics (OPATS), Germany

Posters

FLORIAN WICHERN, MD. RAFIQUL ISLAM, CONOR WATSON:
Salinity Effects on Short-Term Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralisation and Soil Microbial Properties in a Paddy Rice Soil under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions
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ALEXANDRA SANDHAGE-HOFMANN, JöRG LöFFLER, CHRISTIAAN C. DU PREEZ:
The Impact of Management Systems on Bush Encroachment and Soil Properties in Savannahs of South Africa
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JULIANE DAO, DéSIRé JEAN-PASCAL LOMPO, KATHRIN STENCHLY, VOLKER HäRING, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Effects of Gypsum on Degraded Alkaline Soils and Plant Growth in Urban Agriculture of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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DELPHINE MANKA'ABUSI, VOLKER HäRING, CHRISTOPH STEINER, BERND MARSCHNER, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Effects of Biochar on Gaseous Carbon and Nitrogen Losses During Composting of Farm Residues in Northern Ghana
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HANNES KARWAT, KONRAD EGENOLF, JACOBO ARANGO, JONATHAN NúñEZ, DANILO MORETA, IDUPULAPATI RAO, FRANK RASCHE, GEORG CADISCH:
δ15N Leaf Signature in Brachiaria Humidicola Reflects the Potential Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI)
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ATHENA BIRKENBERG, SIGRUN WAGNER, THOMAS HILGER, PETER LäDERACH, REGINA BIRNER:
Offsetting Emissions through On-Site Carbon Accounting in Agroforestry: The Case of Carbon Neutral Certified Coffee
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CLAUDIA SCHEPP, BERND DIEKKRüGER, MATHIAS BECKER, CONSTANZE LEEMHUIS:
Slope-Valley Bottom Water and Nutrient Fluxes in an Inland Valley Wetland in Uganda
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SAHRAH FISCHER, THOMAS HILGER, SEBASTIAN POCHERT, JULIUS TWINAMASIKO, JAN WELSCH, CATHERINE MEYER, ANN-KATHRIN HEHL, KATHINKA LANG, JAKOB HENI, GEORG CADISCH:
Saving Mt. Elgon's Soils – How Relevant Is Farmers' Knowledge in a Rapidly Changing Environment?
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EDUARDO VAZQUEZ, NIKOLA TEUTSCHEROVá, YAMILETH CHAGüEZá, CéSAR BOTERO, MARTA BENITO, JHON FREDDY GUTIERREZ SOLIS, MAURICIO EFREN SOTELO CABRERA, JACOBO ARANGO, MIRJAM PULLEMAN:
Soil Macrofauna as Indicator of Soil Quality in Improved (Silvo-)Pastoral Systems in the Tropics
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ALENA RABITZ, ALEXANDER HOLLAUS, TIEN DUC PHAM, BINH MINH TU, SOPHIE ZECHMEISTER-BOLTENSTERN, AXEL MENTLER:
Soil Fertility and Agricultural Sustainability Strategies in the Desertified Area of Binh Thuan, Vietnam
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ISAAC BALUME, CARSTEN MAROHN, GENEROSE NZIGUHEBA, FRANK RASCHE:
Soil Fertility Variability Influenced by Resource Endowment and Farmer Knowledge in Smallholder Farming Systems of DR Congo
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GODFREY NAMBAFU, ANNA ADAM, ENOS ONYUKA, HOLGER BESSLER, DARIUS O. ANDIKA, SAMUEL MWONGA, JOSEPH PATRICK GWEYI-ONYANGO, CHRISTOF ENGELS:
Nutrient Fluxes from Soil to Market in African Indigenous Vegetables Production System
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HYCENTH TIM NDAH, GöTZ UCKERT, JOHANNES SCHULER, SARA KAWEESA, LORENZ PROBST, PETER KURIA, SAIDI MKOMWA, PAULO RODRIGUES, JOANA SOUSA, GOTTLIEB BASCH:
Feeding the Soil and Feeding the Cow – Conservation Agriculture in Kenya
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IVONNE KAMPERMANN, CARSTEN MAROHN, PABLO SILES, MIRJAM PULLEMAN, GEORG CADISCH:
N2-Fixation and Water Stress in Beans in Agroforestry or Slash & Mulch Systems in Nicaragua
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EMMANUEL AMOAKWAH, EMMANUEL ARTHUR, MATHIAS NEUMANN ANDERSEN, RAFIQ KHANDAKAR ISLAM, KWAME AGYEI FRIMPONG:
Corn Cob Biochar Improves Aggregate Characteristics of a Tropical Sandy Loam
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EMILY WEBSTER, AMéLIE GAUDIN, MIRJAM PULLEMAN, PABLO SILES, STEVEN FONTE:
Establishment of Silvopastoral Systems Supports Early Indicators of Soil Restoration in Low-Input Agroecosystems of Nicaragua
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MILKA KIBOI, FELIX NGETICH, DANIEL MUGENDI, ANNE MURIUKI, NOAH ADAMTEY, ANDREAS FLIESSBACH:
Potential of Soil Fertility Management Techniques on Agricultural Productivity in Tharaka-Nithi and Murang'a Counties, Kenya
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NURUDEEN ABDUL RAHMAN, ASAMOAH LARBI, BEKELE HUNDIE KOTU, ANDREWS OPOKU, FRANCIS MARTHY TETTEH, IRMGARD HOESCHLE-ZELEDON:
Livestock Corralling, Plant Density and N Fertiliser Effects on Soil, Weed, Maize Yield and Income
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RICHARD NDEMO ONWONGA, CAROLINE CHEPKOECH, R.G. WAHOME, HENNING HøGH JENSEN, BERNHARD FREYER:
Synchronising Legume Residue Nutrient Release with Kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) Uptake in a Nitisol of Kabete, Kenya
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19 Posters

Fertilisers

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Nicolas Brüggemann, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-3, Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

OGHAIKI ASAAH NDAMBI, MARION DE VRIES:
Financial Incentives for Manure Management Solutions in a Peri-Urban Context
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IANNA RAISSA MOREIRA DANTAS, MANFRED ZELLER, HUGO DE GROOTE, M ZACHARY GITONGA:
Improved Varieties of Maize and Mineral Fertiliser in Kenya: Determinants and Intensity of Use by Smallholder Farmers
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CHARLES IKENNA NWANKWO, LUDGER HERRMANN, DORIS VETTERLEIN, SEBASTIAN R.G.A. BLASER, GüNTER NEUMANN:
Seedball-Induced Changes of Root Growth and Physico-Chemical Properties in the Rhizosphere of Pearl Millet Seedlings
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DEVESH SINGH, MATHIMARAN NATARAJAN, THOMAS BOLLER, ANSGAR KAHMEN:
Bioirrigation and Biofertilisation for Sustainable Intercropping of Pigeon Pea and Finger Millet
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ROLDáN TORRES-GUTIéRREZ, KLEVER IVAN GRANDA MORA, BETTINA EICHLER-LOEBERMANN, JOSé FRANCISCO GUAMáN DíAZ, YELENYS ALVARADO CAPó:
Impact of Native Rhizobium Strains Inoculation on Local Common Bean Production at Southern Ecuador
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Postersession: Fertilisers

Chair: Nicolas Brüggemann, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IBG-3, Germany

Posters

CHARLES IKENNA NWANKWO, LUDGER HERRMANN, GüNTER NEUMANN, ALI MAMAN AMINOU, HANNATOU MOUSSA OUMAROU, MAMAN KASSOUM NOURI, OUSMANE SY:
Seedball Technology Improves Pearl Millet Yield in Sahelian Production Systems
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LAURA ARENAS, NADINE ANDRIEU, ANA MILENA OSORIO, DEISSY MARTíNEZ, ANA MARIA LOBOGUERRERO, LILIANA PAZ, LUIS ORTEGA, SANDRA LOAIZA, NGONIDZASHE CHIRINDA:
Does Organic Fertilisation in the Colombian Climate Smart Village Support the Transition Towards Climate Smartness?
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VITALIJ DOMBINOV, SILVIA SCHREY, JOACHIM WERNER ZANG, MICHELLE WATT, NICOLAI DAVID JABLONOWSKI:
Does Sugarcane Bagasse Ash Modify Soybean Growth and Development?
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REINOUT IMPENS, OLIVIER DASSOU, XAVIER BONNEAU, PATRICK VAN DAMME:
Fertilisation of Young Oil Palms in Nigeria: Effects on Growth, Production and Profitability of Plantations
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PIERRE G. TOVIHOUDJI, PIERRE BIENVENU IRéNIKATCHé AKPONIKPE, EULOGE K. AGBOSSOU, CHARLES BIELDERS:
Understanding Variability in Maize Yield and Profitability under Fertiliser Microdosing Technology in Farmers' Fields in Northern Benin
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CRUZ BARRERA FREDY MAURICIO, DESIRéE JAKOBS-SCHOENWANDT, SILKE RUPPEL, MATHIAS BECKER, BEATRICE BERGER, HELMUT JUNGE, KRISTIN DIETEL, ANANT PATEL:
Compatible Solutes Accumulation Capacity of the Endophytic Bacteria Kosakonia radicincitans
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YULDUZKHON ABDULLAEVA, DINAH NASSAL, MARIE UKSA, ELLEN KANDELER:
The Effect of Pseudomonas jessenii RU47 on Phosphomonoesterases Activities and their Gene Abundances in the Rhizosphere of Tomato
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KANAKO SUZUKI, CHRISTIAN FATOKUN, BOUKAR OUSMANE:
Increasing Cowpea Productivity Combining Rock Phosphate and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation in Sub-Saharan Africa
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MORITZ NABEL, SILVIA SCHREY, VICKY TEMPERTON, ROBERT KOLLER, ULRICH SCHURR, NICOLAI DAVID JABLONOWSKI:
The Importance of Organic Fertilisation and Perennial Crops for Land Degradation Neutrality
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AMIT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, CHO MILTIN MBOH, THOMAS GAISER, FRANK EWERT:
Estimation of Fertiliser Use Efficiency in Current Maize Production Systems in Ethiopia
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OSMIRA FATIMA DA SILVA, ENDERSON FERREIRA, ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER:
Agroeconomic Viability of Co-Inoculation in Common Beans
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HOANG KHANH NGUYEN, ANH HUNG LE, MICHAEL BöHME:
Application of Biogas Digestate as Biofertiliser for Paddy Rice Cultivation in Southern Vietnam
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AGEGNEHU SHIBABAW, GETACHEW ALEMEYEHU, ENYEW ADGO, JöRN GERMER, FOLKARD ASCH, BERNHARD FREYER:
Effect of Organic Manure and Sound Crop Rotation Pattern on Growth and Yield of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in the High Lands of Awi Zone, Ethiopia
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ZHU YUHAO, LUTZ MERBOLD, DAVID PELSTER, EUGENIO DIAZ-PINES, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL:
Effect of Manure Quantity and Quality on GHG Fluxes from Tropical Pastures in Kenya
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14 Posters

Production systems

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Bernhard Freyer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Division of Organic Farming, Austria

Lead paper

Oral presentations

GEORGE AYAGA, JOHN ACHIENG, JOB KIHARA, FLORA AJWERA:
Conservation Agriculture: A Panacea for Food Insecurity among Smallholder Farmers in East Africa
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JULIET WANJIKU KAMAU, CHRISTIAN BORGEMEISTER, TILL STELLMACHER, LISA BIBER-FREUDENBERGER:
Characterisation of Organic and Non-Organic Smallholder Farms: A Case of Highlands and Lowlands in Kenya
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LIN BAUTZE, ADRIAN MüLLER, MATTHIAS MEIER, ANDREAS GATTINGER:
The Potential of Alley Cropping as a Multi-Dimensional Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
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JULIUS KWESIGA, DANIEL NEUHOFF, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, ULRICH KöPKE, MATHIAS BECKER:
On-Farm Evaluation of Yields and Yield Gaps of Rainfed Lowland Rice Using Good Agriculture Practices
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OMARSHERIF MOHAMMED JEMAL, DANIEL CALLO-CONCHA, HABTAMU S. ARAGAW:
Contribution of Local Agroforestry Systems to Food and Nutrition Security of Small Farming Households in Yayu, Southwestern Ethiopia
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Postersession: Production systems

Chair: Bernhard Freyer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Division of Organic Farming, Austria

Posters

BALDUR JANZ, SEBASTIAN WELLER, DAVID KRAUS, REINER WASSMANN, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL, RALF KIESE:
Global Warming Potential of Diversified Tropical Rice Rotation Systems after Straw Return and Legume Intercropping
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SUSANNE ZIEGLER, DANIEL NEUHOFF, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, MAUREEN NAMUGALU, KRISTINA GROTELüSCHEN, BJöRN GLASNER, MATHIAS BECKER, ULRICH KöPKE:
Increasing Crop Productivity in Rainfed Rice Systems of Central Uganda
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BERNHARD LIESE, REINER WASSMANN, MATHIAS BECKER:
Effects of Diversified Rice-Based System on Nutrient Balances and Yield Gaps in the Philippines
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CHRISTINE KREYE, CHARLES CHIGEMEZU, EJALONIBU SHOLA, THANNI BOLAJI, REBECCA ENESI, STEFAN HAUSER, ABDULAI JALLOH, ADEYEMI OLOJEDE, OMOLARA ONASANYA, INNOCENT ONYEKWERE, PIETER PYPERS, FELIX SALAKO, MARK TOKULA, BERNARD VANLAUWE:
Assessing Yield Responses in Cassava - Maize Intercropping Across Diverse Environments in Southern Nigeria
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RALF RATHSACK, SILKE ELWERS:
Smart Designed, Mechanised Large-Scale Cocoa Plantations as a Forward-Looking Component of Sustainable Cocoa Production
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AYE AYE THANT, MARIE KALOUSOVá, HLA THAN:
Effects of Seed Sizes and Varieties on Growth, Yield, and Oil and Protein Contents of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
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RIJANTA:
In the Shadow of Large Infrastructure Development: Sustainability of Sawah Surjan Systems in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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PIERRE ELLSSEL, GEROLD RAHMANN, BERNHARD FREYER:
Evaluation of Agronomic Interventions Regarding Productivity and Profitability on Smallholder Farms with Wheat Production in Arsi, Ethiopia
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CHRISTIAN BUNN, FELIX SCHREYER, FABIO CASTRO:
Assessing the Needs for Different Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Ghana's Cacao Sector
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CARLOS A. HOUDEGBE, E. O. DEEDI SOGBOHOSSOU, ENOCH G. ACHIGAN-DAKO:
Effect of Agronomic Practices on Growth and Leaf Yield in Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.
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MONIQUE ALTMANN, RICO MöLLER, DETHARDT GOETZE, CHRISTIANA OLUSEGUN, STEFAN POREMBSKI, KATHARINA STEIN:
Germination and Seedling Performance of Cotton and Sesame under Projected Climate Conditions in Burkina Faso
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SIMON ALIBU, DANIEL NEUHOFF, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, MATHIAS BECKER, ULRICH KöPKE:
Production Potential of Dry Season Maize in an Inland Valley in Central Uganda
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ISABEL MUPFURUTSA, ANYWAY KATANHA, DOUGLAS MANYENGAVANA:
Inland Aquaculture and Resilience in Semi-Arid Spaces: The Case of Mukoma Village in Mt Darwin District, Zimbabwe
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MARIE DUPRé, THIERRY MICHELS, PIERRE-YVES LE GAL:
Management of Agroecological Transitions Within Diversified Farms
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ARASH MOHAMMADZADEH, JAVAD VAFABAKHSH, ABDOLMAJID MAHDAVI DAMGHANI, REZA DEIHIMFARD, HOUMAN LIAGHATI, FATEME AGHAMIR:
Monitoring Sustainability of Saffron and Canola Production Systems in Maragheh, Northwestern Iran
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15 Posters

Crop genetic resources and abiotic stress

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Folkard Asch, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany

Lead paper

MATTHIAS WISSUWA:
Unlocking Genetic Variation Stored in Gene Banks for the Benefit of Resource-Poor Farmers
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Oral presentations

ARISOA RAJAONA, TOVOHERY RAKOTOSON, HANNAH WRIGHT, JEMIMA AMIELLE RAMAROLAHY, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, KAZUKI SAITO, ELKE VANDAMME:
Responses of Grain Yield and P Uptake to Water Management and Phosphorus in Lowland Irrigated Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
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LARA ERGEZINGER, TOAVINTSOA RAJONANDRAINA, LIN-BO WU, TOVOHERY RAKOTOSON, MICHAEL FREI:
Management and Genotype Effects on Resistance to Iron Toxicity in Lowland Rice in Madagascar
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ANNA PUCHER, CHARLES TOM HASH, OUSMANE SY, IGNATIUS IJANTIKU ANGARAWAI, JADA GONDAH, ROGER ZANGRE, MOUSSA D. SANOGO, MAHAMA. O. OUEDRAOGO, BETTINA I.G. HAUSSMANN:
Pearl Millet Breeding in West Africa – Steps Towards Higher Productivity and Nutritional Value
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ALEJANDRO PIETERS, SABINE STüRZ, FOLKARD ASCH:
Impact of Root Temperature Regime on Growth, Photosynthesis and Carbon Allocation in Rice Plants
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Postersession: Crop genetic resources and abiotic stress

Chair: Folkard Asch, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany

Posters

ARISOA RAJAONA, ANDO LALAINA RAZAFINDRAZAKA, BAYUH BELAY ABERA, BOSHUWENDA ANDRE CHUMA, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, MARC COTTER, FOLKARD ASCH:
Multi-Country Analysis of Genotype x Environment Interactions of Lowland Rice to Improve RiceAdvice Prediction
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ANDO LALAINA RAZAFINDRAZAKA, MARC COTTER, ARISOA RAJAONA, FOLKARD ASCH:
Spikelet Sterility of Lowland Rice Related to Temperature at Booting Stage in Different Thermal Environment in Madagascar
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BAYUH BELAY ABERA, MARC COTTER, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, FOLKARD ASCH:
Variation in Phenological Development and Yield Performance of Rice Genotypes under Cold Stress in the Fogera Plain, Ethiopia
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BOSHUWENDA ANDRE CHUMA, ELIE-RENE GASORE, KALIMUTHU SENTHILKUMAR, ARISOA RAJAONA, MARC COTTER, FOLKARD ASCH:
Adaptation of Fertiliser Application Strategies to Low Temperatures at High Altitudes Sites in Lowland Rice
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TAHMINA ISLAM, M.K. REDDY:
Evaluation of Cd2+ Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Rice by Overexpressing PgGPx Gene that Maintains Cellular Ion and Reactive Oxygen Species Homeostasis
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SUMITRA PANTHA, SHAMBHU PRASAD KHATIWADA, KALYAN PANTHA, RESHAM BABU AMGAI:
Evaluation of Submergence Tolerance Characteristics on Nepalese Rice
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YAYA HASANAH, LISA MAWARNI, TEUKU IRMANSYAH:
Production and Physiological Characters of Soybean under Drought Stress with Foliar Application of Exogenous Antioxidant
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LEONILO GRAMAJE, JOANNE CAGUIAT, RENETH MILLAS, JAKE CARAMPATANA, QUIRINO DELA CRUZ:
Heterosis, Combining Ability and Genetic Relationship of Selected Parent Lines for Hybrid Rice Development
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JULIA HOELLE, LEAH KUPPINGER, JESUS ZUMARAN, EVELYN FARFAN, MUHAMMAD AWAIS KHAN, MERIDETH BONIERBALE, FOLKARD ASCH:
Drought Effects on the Synchrony of Aboveground and Belowground Phenology of Five Potato Clones
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MOCTAR KANTE, H. FREDERICK W. RATTUNDE, WILLMAR L. LEISER, BALOUA NEBIé, BOCAR DIALLO, ABDOULAYE DIALLO, ABOCAR TOURé, IGNATIUS IJANTIKU ANGARAWAI, MARY YEYE, EVA WELTZIEN, BETTINA I.G. HAUSSMANN:
Sorghum Hybrids - A Contribution to Future Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in West Africa
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VIRGINIA TAPAT, BELINDA TAD-AWAN:
Morpho-Genetic Characterisation, Diversity Analysis and Evaluation of Rice Landraces in Benguet
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FELIX SATTLER, ANNA PUCHER, OUSMANE SY, AHMAD ISAAKA, CHARLES TOM HASH, BETTINA I.G. HAUSSMANN:
Identification of Combining Ability Patterns for Pearl Millet Hybrid Breeding in West Africa
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JOANNE CAGUIAT, LEONILO GRAMAJE, JAKE CARAMPATANA, FRODIE WAING, MARLON GARCILLANO:
Development of Hybrid Rice Variety (PR40638) with Bacterial Leaf Blight Resistance
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13 Posters

Resources and knowledge

Water and irrigation

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Bernhard Tischbein, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

PIA SCHNEIDER, BJOERN OLE SANDER, FOLKARD ASCH, REINER WASSMANN:
Coping with Water Scarcity: Alternate Wetting and Drying as Mitigation Strategy for Water-Shortages in a Rice Irrigation System in the Philippines
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JENS HEINKE, JENNIE BARRON, MATS LANNERSTAD:
Assessing the Scope for Resilient Crop Yields through Rainwater Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
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WIEBKE NIETHER, ULF SCHNEIDEWIND, LAURA ARMENGOT, NOAH ADAMTEY, MONIKA SCHNEIDER, GERHARD GEROLD:
Reciprocal Effects of Soil Moisture Dynamics and Land-Use Systems with Cocoa in Alto Beni, Bolivia
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XIALIN WANG, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
A Tool of Future Trans-Boundary Water Sharing to Facilitate Land Use Transition and Poverty Alleviation in the Okavango River Basin
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HELEN BERGA PAULOS, CLAUDIA RINGLER, ELIZABETH BRYAN, HAGAR EL DIDI, SARA ELNASIKH:
Addressing Transboundary Cooperation in the Eastern Nile through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from an E-Survey and Key Informant Interviews
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Postersession: Water and irrigation

Chair: Thomas Falk, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Innovation Systems for the Drylands Program, India

Posters

TESFAYE BERHANU WOLDEYOHANES, ARNIM KUHN:
Simulating Hydro-Economic Impacts of Potential Water Rights Trade in the Lake Naivasha Basin
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THOMAS FALK, SHALANDER KUMAR, SRINIVASA SRIGIRI:
Experimental Exploration of Institutional Transition Options for Sustainable Management of Common Watershed Infrastructure in India
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EPHRAIM SEKYI-ANNAN, BERNHARD TISCHBEIN, BERND DIEKKRüGER, ASIA KHAMZINA:
Whole-System Efficiency of Small- and Medium-Scale Reservoir-Based Irrigation Schemes in Northern Ghana
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LUNA BHARATI, AMBIKA KHADKA, SUDHIR KUMAR, SURENDRA SHRESTHA:
Hydrological Analysis of Mountain Spring Systems in Nepal for Improved Watershed Management
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ANA ALICIA DIPIERRI, DIMITRIOS ZIKOS:
Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Common-Pool Resources Management: The Case of Collective Irrigation Systems in Argentina
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GRACE VILLAMOR, DAWIT GUTA:
Heterogeneity of Smallholder Farm Households Affecting the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Ethiopia
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SARAH GLATZLE, SEVERIN HüBNER, MARIANA PEREIRA, MARCUS GIESE, ROBERTO G. ALMEIDA, FOLKARD ASCH:
Soil Moisture and Microclimate in Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry Systems of Central West Brazil
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ALEXANDRA SCHAPPERT, ANGELA SCHAFFERT, JöRN GERMER, FOLKARD ASCH:
Run-Off, Soil Moisture, and Weed Management Strategies to Increase Water Productivity in Rain-Fed Crops in Tanzania
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LISA PATACZEK, MIKENNA SMITH, THOMAS HILGER, ROLAND SCHAFLEITNER, ZAHIR AHMAD ZAHIR, GEORG CADISCH:
Impact of Deficit Irrigation on Biomass and Nitrogen Accumulation in Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.)
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SEVERIN HüBNER, SARAH GLATZLE, MARCUS GIESE, ROBERTO G. ALMEIDA, FOLKARD ASCH:
Field Water Dynamics in Integrated Systems in the Brazilian Cerrado Region
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JESSICA LLOYD, IVAN LANDERS, FOLKARD ASCH:
Evaluation of Effect of Ridging on the Rainwater Use Efficiency of Soybean Production in Northern Ghana
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MUHAMMAD TARIQ, MUHAMMAD TARIQ, PERVEZ AKHTAR, MUHAMMAD NAFEES, EVA SCHLECHT, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Agriculture and Water Management System in Karimabad, Hunza Valley, Pakistan
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12 Posters

Modelling

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Matthias Langensiepen, University of Bonn, Inst. Crop Sci. and Res. Conserv. (INRES), Germany

Lead paper

EIKE LUEDELING, CORY WHITNEY, TODD ROSENSTOCK, KEITH SHEPHERD:
Modelling Agricultural Realities to Support Development Decisions
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Oral presentations

CARSTEN MAROHN, RAINER WEISSHAIDINGER, GIAN LINARD NICOLAY, ABIGAEL OTINGA, ALEX POHL, ROEL MERCKX, RUTH NJOROGE, ERIC KOOMSON, FRANCIS KERRE, JANE WANGARURO, SAMUEL NJOGO, BERNICE MUNINI, GEORG CADISCH:
A Framework of Biophysical Measurements, Innovation Platforms and Modelling for Agricultural Stakeholders' Landscape-Scale Decisions
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BENJAMIN WARTH, CARSTEN MAROHN, FOLKARD ASCH:
Assessing Savannah Grassland Intensification Impacts - Integrating Vegetation Community Functions into Physiological Crop Models
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EHSAN EYSHI REZAEI, THOMAS GAISER:
Change in Crop Management Could Double the Maize Yield in Africa
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Postersession: Modelling

Chair: Matthias Langensiepen, University of Bonn, Inst. Crop Sci. and Res. Conserv. (INRES), Germany

Posters

ERIC KOOMSON, TARIRAI MUONI, CARSTEN MAROHN, ALAN DUNCAN, INGRID�BORN, GEORG CADISCH:
Measuring and Modelling Soil Loss and Runoff Mitigation Potential of Legume-Led Crop Rotations under Varying Slope Lengths in a Small SW Kenyan Catchment
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HONGXI LIU, XUEQING YANG, SERGEY BLAGODATSKIY, CARSTEN MAROHN, MARCUS GIESE, GEORG CADISCH:
Climate Change Impacts on Erosion Control in a Watershed with an Integrative Modelling Approach
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EEUSHA NAFI, THOMAS GAISER, ISAAC DANSO, HEIDI WEBBER, JESSE B. NAAB:
A Multi-Model Ensemble Approach to Assess the Effects of Alternative Management Practices on Soil Properties and Crop Yield
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WENZHI ZENG, GUNTHER KRAUSS, THOMAS GAISER, BABACAR FAYE, STEFAN SIEBERT:
Development, Calibration, and Validation of an Intercropping Model
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THANH THI NGUYEN, MELVIN LIPPE, CARSTEN MAROHN, VIEN DUC TRAN, GEORG CADISCH:
Assessing Impacts of Long-Term Maize-Cultivation Using the 'Dynamic of Total Carbon and Nitrogen Distribution' Model
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FESTO RICHARD SILUNGWE, FRIEDER GRAEF, SONOKO DOROTHEA BELLINGRATH-KIMURA, MARCOS ALBERTO LANA, SIZA TUMBO, FREDERICK C. KAHIMBA, ELIREHEMA SWAI:
Evaluation of Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Variability and its Implications on Pearl Millet Production in Semi-Arid Areas
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KOKOU ADAMBOUNOU AMOUZOU, JESSE B. NAAB, JOHN LAMERS, PAUL L. G. VLEK, MATHIAS BECKER:
Yields and Water Use Efficiency of Maize and Sorghum under the Impacts of Climate Change in West Africa
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KHALID HUSSAIN, AYESHA ILYAS, ASHFAQ AHMAD, THOMAS HILGER:
Agro-Forestry: A Sustainable Cropping Option for Uplands in Western Thailand
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FLORENT NOULEKOUN, JESSE B. NAAB, JOHN LAMERS, NI'MATUL KHASANAH, MEINE VAN NOORDWIJK, ASIA KHAMZINA:
Simulating the Growth Dynamics of Afforestation Species under Climate Change Impacts in Northern Benin
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CHARLOTTE KOTTUSCH, JASMINE PUTERI, PING YOWARGANA, LINDA SEE, SABINE FUSS, SONYA DEWI, ALINE MOSNIER, FERNANDO RAMOS, GILBERTO CâMARA, NIRATA SAMADHI, ZULFIRA WARTA, PAUL CHATTERTON, FLORIAN KRAXNER:
RESTORE+: A New Methodology for Addressing Landscape Restoration on Degraded Land (in Indonesia and Brazil)
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DIANA XIMENA JAIME ACEVEDO, JOHANNES MöSSINGER, THOMAS BERGER:
Participatory Mathematical Farm Programming - A Management Tool for Smallholders in Transition
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ANDREA GONELLA JIMENEZ, TOBIAS WüNSCHER, JAN BöRNER:
Modelling the Opportunity Cost of Reforestation in the Upper East Region of Ghana
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12 Posters

ICRAF session

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eike Luedeling, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

NIELS THEVS, KUMARBEK ALIEV, EVA STRENGE, MAKSAT ERAALIEV, AZIM BAIBAGYSOV, PETRA LANG, FRANK THOMAS:
Towards a More Water Efficient Agriculture in Central Asia through Agroforestry
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RAVI PRABHU, MARK SCHAUER:
Can Science Lower Risks of Failure for Transformative Development Projects? The Example of Restoration and Regreening of the Sahel
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KARL HUGHES, SETH MORGAN, KATHERINE BAYLIS, JUDITH ODUOL, EMILIE SMITH-DUMONT, TOR-GUNNAR VAGEN, HILDA KEGODE, MARY MUTEMI:
Assessing the Downstream Socioeconomic and Land Health Impacts of Agroforestry Promotion in Western Kenya
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JAVED RIZVI, V. PAL SINGH, DEVASHREE NAYAK, SUNIL LONDHE, RAKESH BHUSHAN SINHA, SUROJ POKHREL, BISHWA NATH OLI, RAM HARI PANTHA, KESHAB ADHIKARI, GIASHUDDIN MIAH, TAYAN GURUNG, S.M. BOKTIAR:
Policy Interventions Accelerating Investment and Adoption of Agroforestry in South Asia
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KEITH SHEPHERD, ERMIAS BETEMARIAM AYNEKULU, ERICK TOWETT, MARKUS G. WALSH:
A New Paradigm for Evidence-Based Land and Soil Management Recommendations
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CORY WHITNEY, DENIS LANZANOVA, KEITH SHEPHERD, EIKE LUEDELING:
Nutritional Impacts of Transitioning from Homegardens to Industrial Farms in Uganda
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Postersession: ICRAF session

Chair: Eike Luedeling, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany

Posters

DEVASHREE NAYAK, V. PAL SINGH, JAVED RIZVI, JAGDEESH RAO PUPPALA, LOUIS VERCHOT:
Rehabilitation of Degraded Lands through Agroforestry Systems at Rajasthan and Odisha, India
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NIELS THEVS, KUMARBEK ALIEV:
77 Million Trees for Kyrgyzstan
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RODRIGO CIANNELLA, RAVI PRABHU:
Sustainable Bioenergy Production through Agroforestry Systems in India, Brazil and Kenya
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JAMES ROSHETKO, GERHARD MANURUNG:
Smallholder Teak Production Systems in Gunungkidul, Indonesia
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NGUYEN LA:
Agroforestry for Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in Northwest Vietnam – Research in Development
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ELOK MULYOUTAMI, JAMES ROSHETKO, ENDRI MARTINI, JANUDIANTO:
Gender, Species Priorities, and Domestication in South and Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
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ENDRI MARTINI, JAMES ROSHETKO:
Agroforestry Farmer Field Schools: Informed Farmers for Sustainable Landscapes
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AULIA PERDANA:
Strategy for Value Creation: Commodity Value Chains in Sulawesi, Indonesia
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ATIEK WIDAYATI, NI'MATUL KHASANAH, PANDAM PRASETYO, JHON R. SIRAIT, SRI DEWI BIAHIMO, CHANDRA I. WIJAYA, ELISSA DWIYANTI, SONYA DEWI, JAMES ROSHETKO:
Landscape Management Strategies for Rural Livelihoods and Ecosystem Service Protection in Sulawesi, Indonesia
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OGOSSY GASAYA SERERYA, ANTHONY KIMARO, LEOPOLD LUSAMBO, GöTZ UCKERT, JOHANNES HAFNER, STEFAN SIEBER, FRIEDER GRAEF:
Integrated Food and Biomass Production Systems for Enhanced Food Security and Environmental Sustainability in Tanzania
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ALICE MUCHUGI, JIANCHU XU, AGNES GACHUIRI, JACINTA KIMITI, GACHERI MURIIRA, FESTUS MUTISO:
Calotropis procera: A New Investment for African Drylands
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MUHAMMAD MEHMOOD-UL-HASSAN:
EU-World Agroforestry Center Collaboration for Developing R&D Capacity in Agroforestry: Key Highlights from 2011-2016
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NEGUSSE YIGZAW, CORY WHITNEY, CHRIS-ACKELLO OGUTU, JOHN MBURU, EIKE LUEDELING:
Viability of an Irrigation Development Intervention in Tigray: An Application of Stochastic Impact Evaluation
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ISSOUFOU LIMAN, CORY WHITNEY, JAMES KUNGU, EIKE LUEDELING:
Modelling Risk and Uncertainty in Flood-Based Farming Systems in East Africa
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HAIFA BENMOUSSA, MOHAMED GHRAB, MEHDI BEN MIMOUN, EIKE LUEDELING:
Tunisia's Temperate Fruits and Nuts Are Threatened by Climate Change
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15 Posters

Knowledge systems

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Brigitte Kaufmann, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

LORENZ PROBST, HYCENTH TIM NDAH, PAULO RODRIGUES, GOTTLIEB BASCH, KALIFA COULIBALY, JOHANNES SCHULER:
From Adoption Potential to Transformative Learning Around Conservation Agriculture in Burkina Faso
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PAMELA NGWENYA, MARIA JOSE RESTREPO RODRIGUEZ, RAúL FERNANDEZ, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Participatory Video Proposals: A Tool for Empowering Farmer Groups in Transdisciplinary Innovation Processes?
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GIANLUCA BRUNORI, EMIL GEVORGYAN, MANON LELARGE:
Integration of Local and Academic Knowledge to Enhance Agroecological Production of African Indigenous Vegetables (Kenya)
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MST. SHARMIN AKTER, HARRO MAAT, CEES LEEUWIS:
Dissemination and Communication of Scientific Forecast Information and Advisory Services to Farming Communities in Jamalpur District, Bangladesh
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FANOS MEKONNEN BIRKE, ANDREA KNIERIM, AZAGE TEGEGNE:
ICT-Based Platform for Facilitating Knowledge Access in Agriculture Extension Offices: A Case Study in Ethiopia
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Postersession: Knowledge systems

Chair: Brigitte Kaufmann, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany

Posters

GERBA LETA, GIRMA KELBORO, TILL STELLMACHER, ANNA-KATHARINA HORNIDGE:
Social Learning in Agriculture and the Battle Against Systemic Inequalities: The Case of Southwestern Ethiopia
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CYNTHIA ADDOQUAYE TAGOE, ANTOINETTE TSIBOE-DARKO, FELIX A. ASANTE, MAKAFUI DZUDZOR:
Gendered Roles in Yam Cultivation and Food Security in West Africa
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ESTHER MIEVES, PAMELA NGWENYA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Farmers' Views on Innovation Outcomes: Participatory Outcome Evaluation with Smallholder Farmer Groups in Tanzania
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ANJA SCHELCHEN, NICOLE PAGANINI:
Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Systems: The Case of Urban Agriculture in Maputo and Cape Town
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KATHRIN MEINHOLD, NYORI JEREMIAH MBUGUA, ANTHONY MAINA, DIETRICH DARR, EL AMIN SANJAK, JOSEPH G. TUNJE, MWAMUYE POLE:
Baobab Production and Utilisation in Kilifi County, Kenya: Assessment of Information and Training Needs
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ANETT KUNTOSCH, BETTINA KöNIG:
Systemic Barriers to the Adoption of Food Security Related Innovations: Three Examples from Tanzania
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EMMA JANE LORD:
Schooling, Knowledge and REDD+, by Lake Tanganyika
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MIRIAM ROMERO, KATRIN RUDOLF, MEIKE WOLLNI:
Promoting Trees at the Oil Palm Frontier: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia
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LISA JäCKERING, THEDA GöDECKE, MERCY WANJIRU MBUGUA, MICHAEL NJUGUNA, MEIKE WOLLNI:
How Does Social Capital Influence the Success of Development Projects? Insights from a Randomised Controlled Trial in Kenya
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ISAAC MBECHE NYANG'AU, GIRMA KELBORO, ANNA-KATHARINA HORNIDGE, CHARLES MIDEGA, CHRISTIAN BORGEMEISTER:
Stakeholder Interaction and Social Learning: The Trans-Disciplinary Research Process in Push-Pull Technology Implementation in Ethiopia
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NATHALIE OBERSON, URS SCHEIDEGGER:
Participatory Variety Selection – Farmer Participation in Testing and Evaluating New Cultivars of Groundnut, Sorghum and Pearl Millet in Chad
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ANTONIA ZAMPA, DIANA NAIKOBA, BARBARA SCHRöTER, FRIEDER GRAEF:
Assessing Implementation Processes of Food Securing Innovations among Rural Farmers in Tanzania
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MAXI DOMKE, JüRGEN PRETZSCH:
Knowledge Management for Sustainable Agricultural Development. A Multi-Level Analysis of Obstacles and Potentials in Ethiopia
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DENISE MARGARET MATIAS, CHRISTIAN BORGEMEISTER, HENRIK VON WEHRDEN:
Ecological Changes and Local Knowledge Shifts in an Indigenous Honey Gathering Community in the Philippines
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ANDREW KIPLAGAT, ANIKA MAHLA, KARIN GAESING, ROSE LOKOYEL:
Innovating in the Fight Against Poverty: Evidence from 'Big-Push' Interventions in Samburu County, Kenya
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JONATHAN STEINKE, JACOB VAN ETTEN, MARK VAN WIJK:
Learning from the Most Successful: Prioritizing Rural Development Interventions by "Positive Deviance" Analysis
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LAURA BENDER, JULIA BOEDECKER, MARIA GERSTER-BENTAYA, ANDREA KNIERIM, CéLINE TERMOTE:
The Use of Indigenous Knowledge for Nutrition Communication: An Example of Pastoralists in Turkana County
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ANIKA MAHLA, KARIN GAESING, ANDREW KIPLAGAT:
Self-Help Groups and Empowerment of Rural Women. Evidence from Kitui, Kenya
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SERGIO ALEJANDRO URIOSTE DAZA, EMIL GEVORGYAN, MARIJKE D'HAESE:
Monitoring and Evaluation of Transdisciplinary Food Security Interventions in Kenya
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19 Posters

Animals and food

Animal husbandry

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eva Schlecht, University of Kassel / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

JOHN WAIRORE, STEPHEN MUREITHI, GERT NYBERG, ANJA LINSTäDTER:
Breaking Bad? From Mental Enclosures to Rangeland Enclosures, and vice versa
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BULLE HALLO DABASSO, OLIVER WASONGA, PATRICK IRUNGU, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Characterizing Stratified Cattle Production as Option for Enhancing Market Outlet for Lean Animals from Pastoral Areas of Kenya
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MARY LUBUNGU, REGINA BIRNER:
Using Process Net-Map to Analyse Governance Challenges: A Case Study of Livestock Vaccination Campaigns in Zambia
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CHRISTOPH REIBER, KARIN STOCK DE OLIVERIA SOUZA, SANGEUN BAE, KEBEDE KEFENIE KEFELEGN:
Effect of Drought Adaptation Strategies on Goat Performance in NE-Brazil
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KARIN WEDIG:
Governing Common Waters: Small-Scale Fisheries and the Growth of Aquaculture on Lake Victoria
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Postersession: Animal husbandry

Chair: Regina Rößler, University of Kassel / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

GULBAHAR ABDURASULOVA, SARAH ROBINSON, ALBINA MUZAFAROVA:
Regional Pasture Network: Knowledge Management and Experience Sharing in Central Asia, China and Mongolia
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LEA LUISE LUDWIG, JUDITH ISELE, GEROLD RAHMANN, ANITA IDEL, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH:
Forage Biomass Production under Different Stocking Rates and Stocking Densities on a Namibian Livestock Farm
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JOHN-BAPTIST S. N. NAAH, BORIS BRAUN:
Assessing Forage Species Diversity, Habitat Distributions, Abundance Trends and Ecological Drivers from Local Agro-Pastoralists' Perspectives in West Africa
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ANNE SCHUCKNECHT, MICHELE MERONI, FRANCOIS KAYITAKIRE, AMADOU BOUREIMA:
Remote Sensing-Based Biomass Estimation to Support Rangeland Management and Food Security in the Sahel
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PATRICIA NDUNG'U, OLIVER WASONGA, WILLIAM MNENE, YAZAN ELHADI, OSCAR KOECH:
Indigenous Knowledge on Uses, Availability Trends and Variations of Indigenous Grass Species in Southern Kenya
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ELAGBA MOHAMED, AYMAN MUSTAFA:
Use of Milk Progesterone Assays for Determining Reproductive Performance in Camel Farming Systems
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TAGESSE MELKETO, MICHELLE BONATTI, MARTIN SCHMIDT, STEFAN SIEBER, MARCOS ALBERTO LANA, KLAUS MüLLER:
Determinants of Pastoral Household Resilience to Food Insecurity: The Effect of El Niño on Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia
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RAPHAEL ARASIO, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN, DAVID OTIENO, OLIVER WASONGA:
Socio-Cultural Foundations and Characteristics of Well-Functioning Pastoral Community Groups in Northern Kenya: The Emic View
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EMILY KINSEL, ANTONIA HERM-STAPELBERG, ASTRID BERTELSEN, DANIEL ELLEHAMMER LARSEN:
An Analysis of Smallholder Livestock Strategies in the Central Highlands of Kenya
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NYAMIZI BUNDALA, MICHELLE BONATTI, JOYCE KINABO, IZABELA SCHLINDWEIN, CONSTANCE RYBAK, WOLFGANG STUETZ, VICTORIA GOWELE, STEFAN SIEBER:
Can Livestock Production Contribute to Consumption of Animal Food Sources? A Case of Rural Tanzania
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NHUNG NGUYEN, CUONG TRAN, PHILIPPE LEBAILLY:
Economic and Environmental Comparison between Shrimp Farming Systems in the Buffer Zone of Xuanthuy National Park, Vietnam
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MUHI EL-DINE HILALI, MOURAD REKIK, BARBARA ANN RISCHKOWSKY:
Improved Jameed Processing for Small Scale Sheep Dairy Farms in Jordan
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MARIA LUISA ESPINEL, SABINE SCHLüTER:
An Approach to Sustainability for Smallholder Dairy Systems Trough Animal Welfare Practices
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MUHAMMAD DANANG EKO YULIANTO, TRI SATYA MASTUTI WIDI, ESHAN KUSUMAWICITRA, AMIEN FAHRIANTO ADI:
Assessment of the Welfare of Racehorses in Central Java, Indonesia
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ANNA SEIDEL, ADRIAN BOLLIGER, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Pen-Fed versus Grazing: The Potential of Forages for Cattle Production in North-Eastern Cambodia
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ANNA SEIDEL, ADRIAN BOLLIGER, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Impact of Forage Management on Yield and Nutritional Quality of Cultivated Forages in North-Eastern Cambodia
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16 Posters

Animal nutrition

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Uta Dickhoefer, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

JESSE GAKIGE, CHARLES GACHUIRI, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL, LUTZ MERBOLD, JOHN GOOPY:
Effect of Feeding Sweet Potato Vines Silage on Dry Matter Intake, Milk Yield and Profitability in Smallholder Dairy Systems
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PHILIPP SEIFERT, CHRISTIAN HüLSEBUSCH, WILBERTH TREJO LIZAMA, EVA SCHLECHT:
The Use of Pineapple Husk and Neem Tree Leaves as Anthelmintic Nutraceuticals for Pigs in Mexican Low-Input-Systems
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HYCENTH TIM NDAH, JOHANNES SCHULER, BIRTHE PAUL, BEATUS NZOGELA, WALTER E. MANGESHO, RICHARD MOLLEL, ROSE LOINA, VENANCE KENGWA:
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Forage Technologies under Smallholder Dairy Production Systems in Tanzania
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O. MOSES ARIGBEDE, AYOTUNDE OLUSEUN OGUNSAKIN, ADEKUNLE OLUYEMI AKINLOLU, ADEBAYO ONI, KARL-HEINZ SüDEKUM:
Graded Enterolobium cyclocarpum Seed Meal in Total Mixed Rations for West African Dwarf Rams
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PHILIPP STRAUB, ISAAC OSUGA, CHRYSANTUS MBI TANGA, WILHELM WINDISCH, SEVGAN SUBRAMANIAN:
Development of a Semi-Synthetic Diet for Mass Production of the Edible Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria Forskål (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
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Postersession: Animal nutrition

Chair: Uta Dickhoefer, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany

Posters

MOHAMED AHMED, MAZEN ALI, OMAR SALLAM:
Response of two Broiler Strains to Different Dietary Levels of Vitamin C During Summer
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CHRISTIAN LüCKSTäDT:
Impact of Dietary Sodium Diformate on Layer Performance and Health under Farm Conditions in Nigeria
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ISAAC OSAKWE, BRIDGET NWACHUKWU, IFEOMA NNAMANI:
Performance and Haematology of Broiler Starter Birds Fed Graded Levels of Gongronema latifolium (Utazi) Leaf Extract
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KHATERINE SALAZAR-CUBILLAS, PEDRO ALAN SAINZ-SANCHEZ, RAVINDRAVARMA GOWNIPURAM, SEBASTIAN GLOWACKI, SHIMELS WASSIE, ALICE ONYANGO, JOAQUíN CASTRO-MONTOYA, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Protein Nutrition of Dairy Cows in the Tropics: Challenges and Perspectives
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MAURICIO EFREN SOTELO CABRERA, JHON FREDDY GUTIERREZ SOLIS, MICHAEL PETERS, BELISARIO HINCAPIE, STEFAN BURKART:
Cattle Production under Grazing with Improved Forages in the Lowland Tropics of Colombia
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5 Posters

Animal nutrition II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,

Lead paper

Oral presentations


Postersession: Animal nutrition II

Chair: Uta Dickhoefer, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany

Posters

RAúL RIVERA, JORGE VARGAS, CARLOS A. GOMEZ, KHATERINE SALAZAR-CUBILLAS:
Increasing Milk Production Using Dormant Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) in the Peruvian High Plain (Puno)
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THALYANE RODRIGUES, CAROLINE MEDEIROS SOUZA, EDUARDO MICHELON NASCIMENTO, HELOISE MAGGIONI, CARINE INêS SCHRöTER BACH, WILLIAN GONçALVES NASCIMENTO, SERGIO RODRIGO FERNANDES, AMéRICO FRóES GARCEZ NETO:
Diet Selection and Ingestive Behaviour of Lambs Fed Diets with Increasing Levels of Whey Permeate
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JULIAN PLAGEMANN, SERGE EUGèNE MPOUAM, REGINA RößLER, EVA SCHLECHT:
Feeding of Dairy Cows, Beef Cattle and Pigs in Peri-/Urban Agriculture in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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ASEP INDRA MUNAWAR ALI, SHIMELS WASSIE, DANIEL KORIR, JOHN GOOPY, LUTZ MERBOLD, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL, UTA DICKHOEFER, EVA SCHLECHT:
Effect of Sweet Potato Vine Silage and Urea Molasses Supplementation on Feed Intake, Diet Digestibility and Methane Emissions of Heifers on a Poor Quality Tropical Diet
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SHIMELS WASSIE, ASEP INDRA MUNAWAR ALI, DANIEL KORIR, JOHN GOOPY, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL, LUTZ MERBOLD, EVA SCHLECHT, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Effect of Sweet Potato Vine Silage and Urea-Molasses Blocks on Nutrient Intake, Nitrogen Balance and Rumen Microbial Protein Synthesis of Crossbred Heifers on a Poor Quality Diet
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BASSEY HARRY, AUSAJI AYUK, MAGNUS ANYA:
Performance of Weaned Rabbit Bucks Fed Graded Levels of African Yambean in Cassava Peel Meal-Based Diets
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TITIS APDINI, JAN DIJKSTRA, DANIEL RIBEIRO MENEZES, ALINE DA SILVA SANTANA, PATRíCIA RODRIGES DE LIMA, AMéRICO FRóES GARCEZ NETO:
Effect of Tannin and Soybean Oil Supplementation on Gas Production, Degradability and Ruminal Fermentation
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PHYLLIS NDUNG'U, BOCKLINE BEBE, JAMES ONDIEK, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL, LUTZ MERBOLD, JOHN GOOPY:
Improved Region-Specific Emission Factors for Enteric Methane Emissions from Cattle in Nandi County, Kenya
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DANIEL KORIR, CHARLES GACHUIRI, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL, LUTZ MERBOLD, JOHN GOOPY:
Digestibility, Energy Use Efficiency and Methane Production in Steers Fed at Restricted Levels of Intake
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BUKE DABASSO, ANSELIMO MAKOKHA, HASSAN ROBA, ARNOLD ONYANGO:
Chemical and Nutritional Characteristics of Traditional Meat Products of Borana Community in Marsabit County, Kenya
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SAOWALUCK YAMMUEN-ART, AUDTAKORN SUTARMJAM, APICHART SEEPAI:
Fermentation Quality and Chemical Composition of Napier Pakchong 1 Silage Supplemented with Lactic Acid Bacteria
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11 Posters

Agricultural and food technology

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Joachim Müller, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

SELORM Y. DORVLO, AHMAD ADDO, FRANCIS KEMAUSUOR, STEPHEN ABENNEY-MICKSON, ULRIK HENRIKSEN, JESPER AHRENFELDT, MATHIAS NEUMANN ANDERSEN:
Clean Cook Stove Technology for Artisanal Palm Oil Clarification and Biochar Production in Ghana
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CORNEL ADLER, AGNèS FLORE MOUALEU:
Vacuum Storage to Protect Durable Stored Products at Different Moisture Contents
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EMMANUEL WOKULIRA MIYINGO, OLIVER HENSEL, BARBARA STURM:
Pineapple Processing in Central Uganda
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FARAH MRABET, VICTOR TORRES TOLEDO, ANA SALVATIERRA, JOACHIM MüLLER:
On-Field Assessment of an Innovative Solar Powered Milk Cooling System in Tunisia
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ZIBA BARATI, SAJID LATIF, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Optimisation of Enzymatic Treatment for Cassava Root Peeling
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Postersession: Agricultural and food technology

Chair: Joachim Müller, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany

Posters

THOMAS DAUM, REGINA BIRNER:
The Neglected Governance Challenges of Agricultural Mechanisation in Africa – Insights from Ghana
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GöTZ UCKERT, JOHANNES HAFNER, ANTHONY KIMARO, FRIEDER GRAEF, OGOSSY GASAYA SERERYA, MICHELLE BONATTI, STEFAN SIEBER:
Enhanced Food Security via Adoption of Improved Cooking Stoves and Local Wood Plantations in Tanzania
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MAKGAFELE LUCIA NTSOANE, DHARINI SIVAKUMAR, MANUELA ZUDE-SASSE, PRAMOD MAHAJAN:
Integrated Postharvest Technologies for Improved Postharvest Handling of Mango
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ROSALIZAN MD SALEH, BARBARA STURM, OLIVER HENSEL:
Drying Kinetics of Purple Flesh Sweet Potato Grown in Malaysia
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GUNDULA FISCHER, SIMON WITTICH, BEN LUKUYU, GABRIEL MALIMA, JACQUELINE RUGALABAM, DAVID NGUNGA, LEONARD MARWA, GREGORY SIKUMBA:
Gender Implications of the Introduction of Forage Chopper Machines
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JACKLINE AKINYI OGOLLA, CHRISTIAN DEDE, STEVE MEYERS, BASTIAN SCHMITT, MICHAEL OKOTH, OLIVER HENSEL, BARBARA STURM:
An Optimised Solar Camel Milk Powder Processing Plant for Rural Arid and Semi-arid Regions
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DINAH KIRIGIA, HEIKO MIBUS-SCHOPPE, TRAUD WINKELMANN, REMMY KASILI:
Effects of Age, Storage Temperature and Duration on Total Phenolics, Flavonoids and Antioxidants in African Nightshade
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YUSTO YUSTAS, VALERIAN SILAYO, FRIEDER GRAEF, LUTENGANO MWINUKA:
Participative Development of a Top-Lit-Up-Draft Reactor for Simultaneous Cooking and Biochar Making
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FRANCESCO GARBATI PEGNA, PIETRO BARTOLINI, LHOUSSAINE EL RHAFFARI, SOUMIA FAHIM, CLAUDIA ZUCCA, ENRICO BONAIUTI, QUANG BAO LE:
Improving the Date Production Chain in the Moroccan Oases through Small Mechanisation Inputs to Support the Governmental Development Strategies
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CAETANO LUIZ BEBER, IOANNIS SKEVAS, SEBASTIAN LAKNER, LUDWIG THEUVSEN:
Determinants of Technical Efficiency of Dairy Processing Firms in Southern Brazil
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ELISHA O. GOGO, ARNOLD M. OPIYO, CHRISTIAN ULRICHS, SUSANNE HUYSKENS-KEIL:
Ziplock Packaging Film for Reducing Quantitative and Qualitative Losses of Vegetable Amaranth Leaves (Amaranthus cruentus L.)
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EUNICE MEWA, MICHAEL OKOTH, CATHERINE KUNYANGA:
Effect of Drying Air Temperature and Slice Thickness on the Colour, Texture and Rehydration Parameters of Dried Beef
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RICARDO ROMERO PEREZ GROVAS, BERT KOHLMANN, SAM BENTSON, MARIA FERNANDA ROMERO RUBIANO, VICTOR ARBOLEDA:
Effect of Improved Stoves on Wood Consumption and Particulate Matter and Carbon Monoxide Production
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13 Posters

Agrobiodiversity and nutrition diversity

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Gudrun B. Keding, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

HABTAMU S. ARAGAW, OMARSHERIF MOHAMMED JEMAL, JULIAN PHILPP WALD, DONATUS NOHR, DANIEL CALLO-CONCHA:
Nutritional Potential of Underutilised Edible Plants in Agroforestry Systems of Yayu, Southwestern Ethiopia
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FAITH ANGELINE MANDITSERA, PIETERNEL A. LUNING, VINCENZO FOGLIANO, CATRIONA M.M. LAKEMOND:
Contribution of Indigenous Edible Insects to Food Security in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe
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SAHRAH FISCHER, THOMAS HILGER, JAN WELSCH, CATHERINE MEYER, IRMGARD JORDAN, GEORG CADISCH:
What Is Planted Is Not Eaten – Using Production Diversity to Link Agrobiodiversity and Dietary Diversity
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JULIA BOEDECKER, FRANCIS ODOUR ODHIAMBO, CéLINE TERMOTE, GINA KENNEDY:
Participatory Approach to Increase Dietary Diversity through Agricultural Activities and Nutrition Education in Western Kenya
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ANDREA FONGAR, THEDA GOEDECKE, DAVIS MUTHINI, ANTONY ASETA, MATIN QAIM:
Delivery of Nutrition Education through Agricultural Extension: Evidence from a Randomised Trial in Rural Kenya
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Postersession: Agrobiodiversity and nutrition diversity

Chair: Gudrun B. Keding, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany

Posters

JACOB SARFO, GUDRUN B. KEDING, JULIA BOEDECKER, ELKE PAWELZIK, CéLINE TERMOTE:
The Impact of Wild Plant Foods in Reducing the Minimum Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Turkana, Kenya Using Linear Programming Modelling
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ERICK MAINA, SAMWEL MBUGUA, LYDIAH WASWA, MICHAEL KRAWINKEL, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU, IRMGARD JORDAN, ELIZABETH KAMAU:
Factors Influencing the Nutritional Status of Women of Reproductive Age in Teso South Sub-County, Kenya
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ELISABETH Y. PARKES, EDWARD KANJU, PHENEAS NTAWURUHUNGA, NZOLA-MESO MAHUNGU, FEMI AINA, ALFRED GILBERT DIXON, PETER KULAKOW, ROBERT ASIEDU, KINGSLEY C. AKUWA, BAKARE MOSHOOD, AFOLABI AGBONA, BELLO R. ABOLORE, DEBORAH OLAOSEBIKAN, PAUL ILONA:
Mainstreaming Biofortification in Africa: A Contribution Towards Reducing Malnutrition and Hunger
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VICTORIA GOWELE, JOYCE KINABO, CONSTANCE RYBAK, STEFAN SIEBER, KHAMALDIN DAUD MUTABAZI, NYAMIZI BUNDALA, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI, WOLFGANG STUETZ:
Dietary Diversity and Micronutrient Status of School Children in Chamwino and Kilosa Districts, Tanzania
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MARIE KAMRAD, ANNA RöHLIG, M. GRACIA GLAS, JOHNNY MUGISHA, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU, IRMGARD JORDAN:
Diet Adequacy of Male Ugandan Farmers – A Cross-Sectional Case Study in Kapchorwa District of Uganda
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ADMASSU TESSO HULUKA, TECHANE GONFA ABEBIE, GUDRUN B. KEDING:
An Assessment of Household Dietary Diversity and Vegetable Consumption: Case Study of Smallholder Farmers in Yayu Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia
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HADIJAH MBWANA, JOYCE KINABO, CONSTANCE REIF, WOLFGANG STUETZ, STEFAN SIEBER, KHAMALDIN DAUD MUTABAZI, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI:
Rural Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Stakeholder Insights from Different Sectors in Tanzania
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BRENDAH WEKESA, MARY NGENDO, STEPHA MCMULLIN:
Food Security, Dietary Practices and Nutrition Status of Mothers/Caregivers and Children in Laikipia County, Kenya
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TIBEBESELASSIE KEFLIE, SARAH TRILLER, JULIAN PHILPP WALD, CHRISTINE LAMBERT, DONATUS NOHR, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI:
Stinging Nettle (Urtica simensis): An Indigenous But Unrecognised Micronutrient Potential for Combatting Hidden Hunger in Ethiopia
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TAFESE BOSHA BORKO, CHRISTINE LAMBERT, SIMON RIEDEL, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI:
Dietary Diversity, and Nutritional Status of Mother-Child Pairs by Season in Enset Cultivating Areas of Southern Ethiopia
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JOSIAH CHIVEU, MARCEL NAUMANN, ELKE PAWELZIK, KATJA KEHLENBECK:
Nutrient Composition of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) Fruits as Influenced by Soil Nutrients
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ANNA MANOUROVA, BOHDAN LOJKA, OLGA LEUNER, PATRICK VAN DAMME, ZAC TCHOUNDJEU, JAKUB HOUšKA, ONDREJ PRIBYL:
Diversity and Nutritional Characteristics of Garcinia kola Heckel (Clusiaceae) in Southwest Cameroon
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SIRAWDINK FIKREYESUS FORSIDO, ALEMGENA AYANA, TEFERA BELACHEW, OLIVER HENSEL:
Fermentation and Addition of Malt to Improve Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Complementary Foods Prepared from Starchy Grains
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KATHRIN MARIA DEMMLER, OLIVIER ECKER, MATIN QAIM:
Supermarket Shopping and Nutritional Outcomes: A Panel Data Analysis for Urban Kenya
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ELIZABETH KUSIA, SEVGAN SUBRAMANIAN, CHRISTIAN BORGEMEISTER:
Community Perceptions, Practices and Knowledge of Insects for Food in Kenya: A Case of Saturniidae
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15 Posters

Economics

Markets

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Arnim Kuhn, University of Bonn, Inst. for Food and Resource Economics, Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

ANDREA ESTRELLA:
Coffee Certifications: A Profitable Strategy for Improving the Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Colombia's Coffee Belt
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LEONE FERRARI, INGRID FROMM, KATHARINA JENNY, ALEXANDRE MUHIRE, URS SCHEIDEGGER:
Formal and Informal Potato Seed Supply Systems Analyses in Rwanda
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NKOYO BASSEY, ARNIM KUHN, HUGO STORM:
Marketers Consciousness for Quality Loss Reduction: A Case from Maize Marketers in Ghana
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CATHERINE MWEMA, WIBKE CREWETT, JOB LAGAT, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN:
Filling Institutional Voids: Role of Social Networks in Horticultural Market Access, Evidence from Kenyan Smallholders
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STEFANIA SELLITTI, MARTHA DEL RIO, CAROLINA GONZALEZ, PEDRO VICENTE, DIANA MARCELA CORDOBA:
Does Fair Trade Certification Improve Farmworkers' Welfare and Empowerment? Evidence from Nicaragua and Brazil
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Postersession: Markets

Chair: Arnim Kuhn, University of Bonn, Inst. for Food and Resource Economics, Germany

Posters

HARRIET KYOMUGISHA, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU, JOHNNY MUGISHA:
Determinants of Smallholder Farmer Market Choices: A Case of Organic Pineapple Markets in Uganda
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KATHRIN MEINHOLD, MUNTHALI CHIMULEKE, DIETRICH DARR:
Assessment of the Baobab Processing and Exporting Industry in Southern Africa
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AYOBAMI ADETOYINBO, ADEBAYO OGUNNIYI:
Commercialisation of Agri-Food Crops: Lessons from Smallholder Farmers in Southwestern Nigeria
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ERIC BETT, DAVID MICHAEL AYIEKO, EUSTACE KIARII:
Sustainable Agriculture Models and Willingness to Pay (WTP): A Matching Approach among Consumers in Kenya
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HAMID EL BILALI, MICHAEL HAUSER, MARIA WURZINGER, LORENZ PROBST:
Alternative Food Systems: Using Space, Time, Integration and Rules as Narratives for Sustainability Transitions
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GETAW TADESSE GEBREYOHANES, CLEMENS LUTZ:
The Challenges of Producer Organisations in Impacting Smallholders' Productivity and Commercialisation: Evidence from Ethiopia
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NAGHMEH MOBARGHAEE DINAN, MANSOURE MAHLOUJI, HOUMAN LIAGHATI, REIHANEH RASOOLZADEH:
Comparison of Ecosystem Services Value of Conventional and Organic Farms in Fariman City, Iran
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ONDREJ PRIBYL, VLADIMIR VERNER, ANN DEGRANDE, DIVINE FOUNDJEM-TITA, ANNA MANOUROVA, PATRICK VAN DAMME:
Market Survey of Garcinia kola (Bitter Kola) Seeds in Yaoundé City, Cameroon
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LUIS LOSILLA, VERENA OTTER, ALEJANDRA ENGLER PALMA:
Internationalisation Paths of Chilean Fruit Export Companies: Are They Regionally or Globally Oriented?
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SANTI SANGLESTSAWAI:
Are Thai Consumers' Willing to Pay More for Local Fair Trade Rice
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MARTIN PAUL JR TABE-OJONG, KAI MAUSCH:
Impacts of Improved Chickpea Adoption on Smallholder Production and Commercialisation in Ethiopia
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11 Posters

Value chains

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Jan Börner, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Inst. for Food and Resource Economics (ILR), Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

SHAMS UL HAQ, AYE MOE SAN:
Logistics-Centric Supply Chain Approach for Pakistan Mango Export to Europe Market: Discrete Choice Analysis
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BENARD OTIENO ABEL, DIVYA RAJANNA:
Value Chain Governance of African Indigenous Vegetables: Smallholders Participation in Kenya
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MANUEL DIAZ, KAREN ENCISO, ANDRéS CHARRY, JHON JAIRO MUñOZ QUICENO, LISBETH ROCIO RUIZ, CRISTHIAN DAVID PUERTA RODRIGUEZ, NELSON JOSé VIVAS QUILA, SANDRA MORALES VELASCO, NOE ALBAN LOPEZ, MICHAEL PETERS, STEFAN BURKART:
Analysis of the Legal Framework for the Colombian Cattle Value Chain
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TATU MNIMBO, JOYCE LYIMO-MACHA, JUSTIN KALISTI URASSA, KHAMALDIN DAUD MUTABAZI, STEFAN SIEBER:
Gendered Analysis of Asset Ownership and Participation in Market Oriented Crop Value Chains
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MARCELO CUNHA:
Sustainable Resource and Market Access: Towards an Enabling Institutional Environment along the Value Chain of a Non-Timber Forest Product in Amazonia?
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Postersession: Value chains

Chair: Jan Börner, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Inst. for Food and Resource Economics (ILR), Germany

Posters

AKALU TESHOME, JOCHEN DüRR:
Value Chain Analysis of Vegetable Crops: The Case of 'Yayu' Biosphere Reserve Area of Ethiopia
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HUNG ANH NGUYEN, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN, NGO THI THUAN, NGUYEN VAN MINH, DO THI NGA:
Strengthening the Linkages Between Farmer Producer and Manufacturer in the Coffee Value Chain of Daklak, Vietnam
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AMANDA NOGUERA, STEFANNY QUIñONES, SILVIO ANDRéS MOSQUERA, NELSON JOSé VIVAS QUILA, SANDRA MORALES VELASCO, JHON JAIRO MUñOZ QUICENO, STEFAN BURKART:
Post mortem Management and Microbiological Presence as Quality Factors along the Beef Value Chain in Colombia
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STEFANNY QUIñONES, AMANDA NOGUERA, SILVIO ANDRéS MOSQUERA, NELSON JOSé VIVAS QUILA, SANDRA MORALES VELASCO, JHON JAIRO MUñOZ QUICENO, STEFAN BURKART:
The Impact of Management Practices on Pre-Mortem Meat Quality along the Colombian Cattle Value Chain
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KATHRIN MEINHOLD, YAHIA OMAR ADAM GUMA, JOYCE CHEPNGENO, MUNTHALI CHIMULEKE, ESTHER EVANG, JENS GEBAUER, TSIGE-YOHANNES HABTE, MARTIN HOMMELS, GEORGE KINYUA KAIMBA, MICHAEL KRAWINKEL, FLORIAN KUGLER, TARIG ELSHEIKH MAHMOUD, NYORI JEREMIAH MBUGUA, KAVOI MUTUKU MUENDO, JOHN BOSCO MUKUNDI, 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:
Collaborative Product Development to Enhance Local Food Security and Livelihoods in Eastern Africa
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ANN-KRISTIN VON SAURMA-JELTSCH, MARGARETA LELEA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Enhancing Skill-Sharing within Multi-Stakeholder Processes: An Example from the Small-Scale Dairy Chain in Kenya
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HAZAL AKçAKARA, TINA BEUCHELT:
Do Palm Oil Sustainability Certifications Deliver their Promises? A Review
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ANDRéS CHARRY, MATTHIAS JäGER, JHON JAIRO HURTADO:
Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Value Chain Upgrading. The Case of Cocoa in the Colombian Amazon
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YEE MON AUNG, THEINGI MYINT:
Analysis of Pulses Industry Value Chain in Bago and Mon State, Myanmar
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KAREN ENCISO, AURA BRAVO, ANDRéS CHARRY, JHON JAIRO HURTADO, MATTHIAS JäGER, STEFAN BURKART:
Participatory Development of Sector Strategies for Double-Purpose Cattle Value Chains in Caquetá and Guaviare, Colombia
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AYE MOE SAN, SHAMS UL HAQ, YEE MON AUNG:
Performances of Private Rice Specialisation Companies in Myanmar Rice Value Chain
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ZOLTáN M. FERENCZI, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN, SILKE STöBER:
Inclusive Value Chain Development through Evidence Based Targeting of Actors
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JHON JAIRO MUñOZ QUICENO, LISBETH ROCIO RUIZ, KAREN ENCISO, CRISTHIAN DAVID PUERTA RODRIGUEZ, MANUEL DIAZ, ANDRéS CHARRY, JHON FREDDY GUTIERREZ SOLIS, NELSON JOSé VIVAS QUILA, SANDRA MORALES VELASCO, NOE ALBAN LOPEZ, MICHAEL PETERS, STEFAN BURKART:
Bottlenecks for the Sustainable Development of the Beef Value Chain in the Colombian Cauca Department
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JAN VAN DER LEE, BOCKLINE BEBE, SIMON OOSTING:
Sustainable Intensification Pathways for Dairy Farming in Kenya
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NARILALA RANDRIANARISON, HERIMIHAMINA ANDRIAMAZAORO, SOLOFO SAMBATRA TOLOJANAHARY:
Limiting Factors in the Development of Vegetable Value Chains in Southeastern Madagascar
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15 Posters

Risk and awareness

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Christian Hülsebusch, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany

Lead paper

LIZ WATSON:
Future Agriculture: Development Visions and Socio-Ecological Transformations in Africa
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Oral presentations

YAREMI KARINA CRUZ RIVERA, UDO NEHREN, ANA SABOGAL DUNIN BORKOWSKI:
Mountain Communities' Perception of Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Ecosystem-Based Solutions in the Chicon Watershed, Peru
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MULUKEN ELIAS ADAMSEGED, AYMEN FRIJA, ANDREAS THIEL:
Dynamics of Rural Livelihoods and Rainfall Variability in Northern Ethiopia
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LYDIA AFRIYIE, ASTRID ZABEL, LAWRENCE DAMNYAG:
Index-Based Insurance for Cocoa Production in Ghana: Just a Mirage?
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NGA PHAM THI THANH, ARCHANA RAGHAVAN SATHYAN, MATTHIAS GARSCHAGEN, JAKOB RHYNER:
Assessing Household Vulnerability to Flash Floods and Landslides: Key Insights from Vietnam
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Postersession: Risk and awareness

Chair: Andreas Thiel, University of Kassel, International Agricultural Policy and Environmental Governance, Germany

Posters

GETACHEW LEGESE FEYE, TILL STELLMACHER, HAILEMARIAM TEKLEWOLD BELAYNEH, KRISTOF VAN ASSCHE, GIRMA KELBORO:
Local Community's Perception, Assessment and Management of Food Insecurity Risks: The Case of Family Farming Households in South Western Ethiopia
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BISRAT HAILE GEBREKIDAN, THOMAS HECKELEI, SEBASTIAN RASCH:
Farmers Intensification Decisions under Fragile and Unpredictable Environment in Kilombero Valley Floodplain: A Bayesian Belief Network Approach
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AKARY MIN, HARALD STERLY, MATHIAS BECKER, PATRICK SAKDAPOLRAK:
Farmers' Perception and Adaption to Climate Change in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar
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BAMLAKU ALAMIREW ALEMU, TIM K. LOOS, HABTAMU DEMILEW YISMAW:
Agroforestry-Food Security Nexus: Future Potentials of Bamboo to Food Security Enhancement in Ethiopia
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AIMé HERI-KAZI BISIMWA, CHARLES BIELDERS:
Farmer's Perceptions of Land Degradation in South Kivu, Eastern DR Congo
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TILL LUDWIG:
Impact of Economic Preferences on Food and Nutrition Security in Risk-Prone, Rural Environments
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EMILY MUTOTA, STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL:
Using of Photovoice to Elicit Socio-Cultural Values of Ecosystem Services in a Rural Community, Namibia
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GONZALO PRADILLA, TOMáS E. LEóN-SICARD:
Environmental Analysis of Peasant Resilience Practices to Climate Change and Variability in Ecological Farms on the Cundiboyacense High Plains – Colombia
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ALEXANDER MEWES:
Community Characteristics and Risk Perception in Agriculture: A Case Study in Rural Northern Ghana
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MINH TU NGUYEN, ZITA SEBESVARI, FABRICE RENAUD:
Subjective Measurement of Resilience of Agricultural Systems to Increased Salinity Intrusion in Vietnam
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LEONIE KREIPE, EVA WIENERS, EVA SCHLECHT:
Climatic Changes in the Mid-Hills of Nepal: A Study on Smallholder Farmers' Perception and Reactions
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ANYWAY KATANHA, DANNY SIMATELE:
Natural Hazard Mitigation Strategies Review: Actor Network Theory and the Eco-Based Approach Understanding in Zimbabwe
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CHRISTIAN BUNN, MARTIN NOPONEN, MUSTAPHA DALAA, LAURENCE JASSOGNE, MARK LUNDY:
Forward Looking Prioritisation of Farmer Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation in Cocoa Production in Ghana
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13 Posters

Institutions and livelihood

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Wolfgang Bokelmann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (ADTI), Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

ORKHAN SARIYEV, TIM K. LOOS, MANFRED ZELLER:
Gender Aspects of Intra-Household Decision-Making and its Effects on the Social Expenditure Patterns of Ethiopian Households
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CLAUDIA RINGLER, DIRK WILLENBOCKEL, TINGJU ZHU, MARK ROSEGRANT:
Food-Energy-Water Nexus: What Would Be the Impact of a Carbon Tax?
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DIETMAR STOIAN, MARLENE ELIAS, ALDO RODAS:
Land, Livelihoods and Gender: Dynamics of Community Forestry in Petén, Guatemala
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DIANE KAPGEN, LAURENCE ROUDART:
Smallholder Farmers' Adaptations of Agroecology in the Context of Livelihood Asset-Deprivation: Social and Ecological Consequences in Bilanga, Burkina Faso
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JULIANE GROTH, KATHLEEN HERMANS, PATRICK SAKDAPOLRAK:
The Influence of Land Degradation and Precipitation Variability on the Migratory Decision of Subsistence Farmers in Rural Ethiopia: An Empirical Study
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Postersession: Institutions and livelihood

Chair: Wolfgang Bokelmann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (ADTI), Germany

Posters

ERNESTINE MEFOR HALLE, REGINA BIRNER, ESTEPHANIA E. DELGADILLO JAIME, FRIEDER GRAEF, BARBARA SCHRöTER:
Social Network Analysis of Stakeholder Groups Implementing Upgrading Strategies to Enhance Food Security in Rural Regions of Tanzania
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NICOLAS JOSE MESIA ROJAS, JüRGEN PRETZSCH, YVES ZINNGREBE, PEDRO DANIEL PARDO VILLEGAS:
Incentives for the Implementation of Agroforestry Concessions: Experiences from Communities in the Peruvian Amazon
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EMILIE PERROUSSET, DIRK LANDMANN:
Promoting Agroecological Practices among Cambodian Smallholder Farmers - Which Incentives Work?
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MST. TANIA PARVIN, REGINA BIRNER:
What Are the Governance Challenges of Microcredit Programs in Bangladesh? The Case of a Specialised Government Credit Program
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HENNING KRAUSE, ANJA FAßE, ULRIKE GROTE:
Livelihood Strategies and Food Security - A Comparison Between Rural and Peri-Urban Kenya
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NICOLE PAGANINI, ANJA SCHELCHEN:
Urban Agriculture for Food Security and Income Generation: The Case of Maputo and Cape Town
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NONJABULISO SIMELANE, ROLAND HERRMANN:
Consumption Patterns and Welfare Implications of the Maize Policy in Swaziland
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NICOLAS PATT, GUNDULA FISCHER, ANDREAS GRAMZOW, PHILIPO JOSEPH:
Gender Dynamics in Smallholder Vegetable Production: Insights from Tanzania
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ESSA CHANIE MUSSA, ASSEFA ADMASSIE, ALISHER MIRZABAEV:
The Effects of Childhood Work on Adult Migration and Occupational Structure in Rural Ethiopia
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CHARLES PETER MGENI, STEFAN SIEBER, T.S. AMJATH BABU, ZENA T. MPENDA:
Can Sub-Saharan Africa Become Food Self-Sufficient? Supply Response Analysis of Sunflower Oil Producers in Tanzania
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BENEBERU ASSEFA WONDIMAGEGNHU, SARAH NISCHALKE, TECHANE GONFA ABEBIE:
Determinants of Farm and Non-Farm Employment among Smallholder Farmers in Yayu Biosphere Reserve, South-West Ethiopia: Implications for Future Agriculture?
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ZOLTáN M. FERENCZI, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN:
Sustainability Assessment for Planning Development Interventions Within the Framework of the Sustainable Development Goals
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ANNAPIA DEBARRY:
Food Sovereignty in Rural Myanmar: A Case Study on Drivers of Agrarian Transformation and impacts on Small-Scale Farmers
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CHARLOTTE WIEDERKEHR, KATHLEEN HERMANS, RALF SEPPELT:
Meta-Analysis of Rural Household Adaptation Strategies to Environmental Change in Sub-Saharan African Drylands
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14 Posters

Institutions

Central Asia I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Kirsten Kienzler, International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, CIS Countries, Germany

Lead paper

JIANCHU XU:
Mountain Futures: Seeds of Change in the Asian Highlands
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Oral presentations

JOHN LAMERS, BERNHARD TISCHBEIN, MAKSUD BEKCHANOV:
Water in Central Asia: Abundantly Available, Heavily Contested, But Glue to International Collaboration
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CHRISTIAN BAUER, MICHAEL THIEL, FABIAN LöW, DORIS KLEIN, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD:
Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Land Abandonment in the Lower Region of Amu Darya River
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ELISABETH BARANOWSKI, NIELS THEVS, ALTYN KHALIL, AZIM BAIBAGYSOV, MARGULAN IKLASOV, SABIR NURTAZIN, VOLKER BECKMANN:
Pastoral Farming in the Ili Delta, Kazakhstan, under Decreasing Water Supply: An Economic Assessment
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LARS CASPERSEN, ALINA JOANA GOMBERT, MARTIN HOMMELS, MARKUS DELLER, MARCELI WIKTOR PAWOLKA, JAN SCHLOSSAREK, BERMET DJURUPOVA, KLARA DZHAKYPBEKOVA, JENS GEBAUER, GULNAZ KASEEVA, RALF KUCHENBUCH, ASYLBEK KULMYRZAEV, DAVLET MAMADJANOV, MARTIN MAURER, RUSTAM NURMATOV, ZBYNEK POLESNY, JüRGEN PRETZSCH, ZAKIRHODJA SARYMSAKOV, DIETRICH SCHMIDT-VOGT, JAMILA SMANALIEVA, VLADIMIR VERNER, FLORIAN WICHERN, NIELS THEVS, SYLVIA MOENICKES, FLORIAN KUGLER, DIETRICH DARR:
Utilizing the Nutritional Potential and Secondary Plant Compounds of Neglected Fruit Trees and Other Plant Species of the Walnut-Fruit Forests in Kyrgyzstan
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Postersession: Central Asia I

Chair: Hendrik Meurs, International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany

Posters

WELCOME ZIMUTO, JANA MAZANCOVA, TOMAS RATINGER:
Optimisation of Cooperative Herb Farmers' Production in Imereti, Georgia
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MAJID ROSTAMI, ZAHRA MOVAHEDI, SAMIRA SIAHPOOSH:
Effect of Foliar Application of Nano- and Bio-Fertilisers on Morpho-Physiological Characteristics of Peppermint (Mentha piperita L.)
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SHAVKAT KENJABAEV, MUROD SULTANOV, CHRISTIAN BAUER:
Assessment of the Land Reclamation Condition Using Environmental Variables in Ellikkala District, Karakalpakistan
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ELENA KAN, INNA RUDENKO, JENS WUNDERLICH:
Communication Strategy for the Conservation of Flood-Plain Forests in the Amudarya River Basin, Uzbekistan
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AIPERI OTUNCHIEVA, SISIRA WITHANACHCHI, ANGELIKA PLOEGER:
Rainwater Harvesting as a Sustainable Alternative for Ensuring Food Security
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YULIA SHIROKOVA, GAUCHARAY PALUASHOVA, FARKHAD SADIEV, NAILYA SHARAFUTDINOVA:
Influence of Biological Preparations on Melioration of Saline Soils: Case Study from Uzbekistan
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SOUDABEH ALI AHMAD KORORI, ELAHEH MADANI MASHAEI, SEYEDMAHMOUD MONEMIAN:
The Consequence of Agroforestry in Genetic Diversity of Oak Forests of West of Iran
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MASOUD YAZDANPANAH, NOZAR MONFARED, ELHAM BOZORGPARVAR:
Human Factors in Deployment of Renewable Energy in Iran: The Case of Dairy Farmers
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MOHAMMAD HOSSEINI, ABDOLLAH MOLLAFILABI:
Increasing Water Use Efficiency in Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Cultivation
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VIDA VARNASERI GHANDALI, ABBAS NASIRI DEHSORKHI:
Foliar Application of Zinc Oxide on Yield of Cowpea under Cutting of Irrigation Conditions
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NAILYA IBRAGIMOVA, OLEG ESYREV, ADIYA IBRAGIM:
Study of Quality Water in Bypass Channel and the Sorbulak Lake (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Used for Irrigation of Agricultural Land
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11 Posters

BMEL session

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Henning Knipschild, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), International Cooperation and Global Food Security 323, Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

SYLVIA DIETZ, HANNS-CHRISTOPH EIDEN:
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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JOCHEN DüRR:
How to Make Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Work? Experiences of the NutriHAF Project in SW-Ethiopia
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ERIK ENGEL, HEIDE HOFFMANN, KARIN FIEGE, DOREEN SPARBORTH, MAXIMILIAN BAUMANN, NICOLE PAGANINI, ANJA SCHELCHEN, SAMUEL QUIVE, ABDULRAZAK KARRIEM, DANIEL TEVERA, CHRIS D'AIUTO, SUREN SEWCHURAN, IVO CUMBANA, LUISA MUTISSE CHICAMISSE, ANTONIO PAULO, ERIK DOLCH, MATTHIAS SCHMIDT, KRISTINA BACKHAUS, FILOMENA DOS ANJOS:
Urban Agriculture in Mozambique and South Africa. First Evidence from a Complex Research Project
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ETTI WINTER, HARTMUT STüTZEL, JOHANNES HADERSDORFER:
FOSEZA - Food Security in Rural Zambia: Integrating Traditional Fruit and Vegetable Crops in Smallholder Agroforestry Systems
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MARINA GEBERT, DAUD KASSAM, JOSHUA VALETA, DENNIS CHINKHATA, ZIONE KALUMIKIZA, VINCENT MLOTHA, SIFO MOFOLO, BERND UEBERSCHäR:
Improving Community Health-Nutrition Linkages through Solar Energy Based Fish and Crop Integrated Value Chains
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MATIN QAIM, ANDREA FONGAR, THEDA GöDECKE, LISA JäCKERING, SYLVESTER OGUTU, MEIKE WOLLNI:
Improving Agricultural Extension to Promote Nutrition-Sensitive Innovation: Insights from a Randomised Experiment in Kenya
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HENNING KNIPSCHILD:
Discussion of Results
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Postersession: BMEL session

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0 Posters

GIZ session: Scaling Out - Cooperation between Research and Development

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Marlis Lindecke, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Agricultural Innovations and Standards, Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

ANDREA WILHELMI-SOMé, MARC BERNARD:
Put Agricultural Research into Use to Accelerate the Impact on Income and Productivity for Farmers (Example Benin)
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MARC BERNARD:
Innovations Don't Fly – Engaging Young Professionals as Service Providers to Accelerate Adoption and Impact at Large Scale
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CHRISTINA KETTER, TILAHUN AMEDE:
Enhancing Resilience of Communities in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Systems by Using Water-Spreading Weirs as a Rainwater Management Strategy (Example Ethiopia)
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Postersession: GIZ session: Scaling Out - Cooperation between Research and Development

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Central Asia II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Kirsten Kienzler, International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, CIS Countries, Germany

Lead paper

Oral presentations

MAKSUD BEKCHANOV:
Cost-Effective Options of Climate Change Adaptation for Sustainable Agro-Ecosystem Enhancement in the Aral Sea Basin
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YULDUZOY DJUMANIYAZOVA, MUROD SULTANOV, VINAY NANGIA, JOHN LAMERS:
Evapotranspiration-Based Irrigation Scheduling for Cotton in the Aral Sea Basin, Central Asia
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MOHAMMADJAVAD SEGHATOLESLAMI, HASSAN FEIZI:
Studying the Possibility of Replacing Common Crop Plants with Medicinal Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas: A Case Study in South Khorasan Province, Iran
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FREDERIK VAN OUDENHOVEN:
Wisdom of the Mountains
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Postersession: Central Asia II

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Overall 424 Contributions: 10 Keynotes, 113 Papers, 301 Posters
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