Tropentag 2019:

Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management

September 18 - 20, 2019,
organised by
Universities of Kassel and Goettingen, Germany


Scientific contributions
Oral presentations and poster presentations


Thematic Groups:

Plenary
Keynotes day 1
Keynotes day 3

Plants and crops
Crops and cropping systems
Plant genetic resources - a tool to fill gaps and remove traps
Plant protection and plant health (DPG session)
Information needs and decision support to increase productivity I
Information needs and decision support to increase productivity II

Soils and soil fertility
Sustainable land use - the soil-plant interface I
Sustainable land use - the soil-plant interface II
Soil fertility and nutrient cycling I
Soil fertility and nutrient cycling II

Livestock
Resource efficiency in ruminant husbandry I
Resource efficiency in ruminant husbandry II
Small ruminants and forage evaluation I
Small ruminants and forage evaluation II
Challenges to monogastric systems I
Challenges to monogastric systems II

(Agro)forestry
Socio-economic aspects of tree-based systems
Agroforestry - a trendsetting and long-lasting technology I
Agroforestry - a trendsetting and long-lasting technology II
Multifunctionality in cultural landscapes

Nutrition, food quality and food processing
Food supply chain innovations to enhance food security I
Food supply chain innovations to enhance food security II
Nutrition security
New technologies for sustainable agriculture and food processing

(Socio)economics
Agricultural transition and rural employment
Learning and extension
Value chains and markets
Women's agency in rural households
Governance and sustainable resources management

Institutions
GIZ/BMZ: Opportunities and challenges in scaling agricultural innovations
ICARDA: Cereals and pulses for climate-smart agri food systems
BMEL: Scaling up, out and deep - lessons learned
BMBF - CLIENT II: Partnerships for sustainable innovations

Special projects
DAAD alumni seminar I
DAAD alumni seminar II
DAAD alumni seminar III
TOPAS: Theory and data fuelling practical agrarian education


Plenary

Keynotes day 1

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eva Schlecht, University of Kassel / University of Goettingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

TONY RINAUDO:
Getting Your Assumptions Right
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CARLA D. MARTIN:
What Is the Flavour of Good Intentions?: On Interest Divergence and Responsibility in the Cacao-Chocolate Industry
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JACQUES WERY:
Sustainable Food System and Job Creation under Water Scarcity
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Oral presentations


Postersession: Keynotes day 1

Posters

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Keynotes day 3

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Bernhard Brümmer, University of Goettingen, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Germany

MIET MAERTENS:
Filling Gaps and Removing Traps in the Use of Voluntary Sustainability Standards
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IMMACULATE NJUTHE MAINA:
Scientific Knowledge Transfer and the Science-Policy Interface: Bridging the Gaps and Overcoming the Traps
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Oral presentations


Postersession: Keynotes day 3

Posters

0 Posters

Plants and crops

Crops and cropping systems

Oral presentations session:

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

Oral presentations

NUTTAPON KHONGDEE, THOMAS HILGER, WANWISA PANSAK, GEORG CADISCH:
Difficult Time for Maize Cropping: How Can we Sustain it under Climate Extremes?
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OLIVER SCHULTE:
Land Rental Markets in Rural Vietnam – Determinants and Welfare Effects of Renting in Crop Plots
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DHANUSH REDDY, DEVAKUMAR AUSTIN:
Impact of Urbanisation on Water Bodies in Agro-Ecosystems of Bengaluru-Metropolitan City of India
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STEFAN HAUSER, DENIS BUNGU, MICHAEL ABBERTON:
Grain and Tuber Yield of the African Yam Bean Intercropped with Cassava
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AMIT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, THOMAS GAISER, FRANK EWERT:
Impact of Climate on the Cassava Yield and Biomass Gap Variability in Sub-Saharan Africa - A Case Study in Nigeria
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Postersession: Crops and cropping systems

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

Posters

MUHAMMAD ALI MIAN, DANIELA LUKEšOVá, VLADIMIR KREPL:
Farmer's Perception Regarding Effectiveness of Drip Irrigation System in Attock, Pakistan
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JAZMIN CAMPOS ZEBALLOS, VINICIUS BOF BUFON, ZITA SEBESVARI:
Analysis of Drought Impact on Sugarcane Bagasse Based Electricity Generation under Climate Change Scenarios
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FESTO RICHARD SILUNGWE, FRIEDER GRAEF, MARCOS LANA, SONOKO DOROTHEA BELLINGRATH-KIMURA:
Pearl Millet Yield Stability and Susceptibility to Abiotic Stresses in Semiarid; A Modelling Perspective
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OLIVER KNOPF, SABINE STüRZ, MARC SCHMIERER, FOLKARD ASCH:
Effects of P Nutrition and VPD on Rice Leaf Morphology and Photosynthesis
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STEFAN HAUSER, FRIDAY EKELEME, ADEYEMI OLOJEDE, PATIENCE OLORUNMAIYE, MARY AGADA, ALFRED GILBERT DIXON:
Mechanical Weed Control in Cassava: Effects on Weed Biomass, Labour Requirements and Root Yields
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KANAKO TAKADA, RYO MATSUMOTO, HARUKI ISHIKAWA, ASRAT ASFAW, PACHAKKIL BABIL, HIDEHIKO KIKUNO, HIRONOBU SHIWACHI:
Nitrogen Fixation in White Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) Using Naturally Abundant 15N
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ASKHAT MARATOV:
Experimental Substantiation of the Use of Agricultural Waste in Obtaining Biodiesel
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UELSON SERRA GARCIA, CARLOS MAGRI FERREIRA, LUCIANO CAVALCANTE MUNIZ, CLEYZER ADRIAN CUNHA, ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER:
Socioeconomic and Technological Profile of Rice Growers in Sao Mateus do Maranhao Municipality, Maranhao State, Brazil
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TIN AMY CHIT:
Effect of Farming on Watershed Area of Inle Lake, Myanmar
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9 Posters

Plant genetic resources - a tool to fill gaps and remove traps

Oral presentations session:

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

Oral presentations

MONICA CARVAJAL, GUSTAVO CARDONA, PETER WENZL:
Defining Thresholds for Identifying Genetically Redundant Accessions within CIAT's Global Cassava Collection
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RICARDO ROMERO-PEREZGROVAS, IRENE ALVARADO VAN DER LAAT, JENNIFER TORRES VEGA, GLORIA UWIZEYIMANA, DAVID DE LA ROSA, JUDITH HECK:
Seed Distribution in Rural Communities of Central America
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STEFANIA SELLITTI, RICARDO LABARTA, KATE VAIKNORAS, MELINDA SMALE, NELISSA JAMORA, ROBERT ANDRADE, PETER WENZL:
The Contribution of CIAT Genebank in the Development of High-Iron Bean Varieties and Farm-Level Impacts in Rwanda
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BETTINA HEIDER, SEGUNDO FUENTES, JAN KREUZE:
Screening Sweetpotato Crop Wild Relatives for Sweetpotato Virus Disease Resistance
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VALèRE SALAKO, AHUéFA MAURICEL KéGBé, FLORA JOSIANE CHADARE, KONOUTAN KAFOUTCHONI, AUBIN AMANGNIDE, CASTRO RODRIGUE GBèDOMON, ACHILLE ASSOGBADJO, CLéMENT AGBANGLA, ROMAIN GLèLè KAKAï:
Potential for Domestication of Borassus aethiopum Mart.: A Wild Multipurpose Palm Species in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Postersession: Plant genetic resources - a tool to fill gaps and remove traps

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

Posters

ABDULAI IDDRISU, WILFRED ELEGBA, GEORGE KLU, KENNETH DANSO:
Observations on Seed Embryo and Germination, Seedling Morphology and Development of Vitellaria paradoxa (C.F.Gaertn.)
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SEBASTIAN MENGEL, KARIN ZBINDEN GYSIN, ALESSANDRA GIULIANI:
Constraints and Opportunities of Cassava Seed Systems in South India: An Exploratory Case Study
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FELIX FRIMPONG, ALI NAZ, CAREL WINDT, MICHAEL FREI, DAGMAR VAN DUSSCHOTEN, FABIO FIORANI:
Response of Drought-Inducible Proline Accumulation in Barley Genotypes to Seed Set and Filling
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ESRAA GABAL, BENJAMIN KILIAN, MICHAEL FREI, HAKAN�ZKAN:
Triticum araraticum: A Wild Tetraploid Wheat Species with Potential Implications in Crop Breeding Programs
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TRUNG DUC TRAN, LINH HONG TA, DANG QUANG BUI:
Large Scale Screening for Potential Abiotic Stresses Tolerant Rice Germplasm in Vietnam
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MEKI SHEHABU MUKTAR, ERMIAS HABTE, CHRIS S. JONES:
Genetic Diversity in Napier Grass (Cenchrus purpureus) Collections as Revealed by Genotyping-by-Sequencing Method of the DArTseq Platform
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BETTINA HEIDER, RICHARD ELTON MILLER, CRAIG G. YENCHO:
Insights into the Batatas Complex: A Crossing Study and its Significance for Breeding
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RYO MATSUMOTO, HARUKI ISHIKAWA, ASRAT ASFAW:
Evaluation of Agronomic Traits Variation in White Yam (D. rotundata)
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MUZEE L. KAZAMWALI, JOHN ILUKOR:
Cassava Varietal Performance and Productivity Analysis under Subjective and Objective Measurements - A Case of Malawi
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AYE AYE THANT, HEIN ZAW, HTAY HTAY AUNG, MARIE KALOUSOVá, RAKESH KUMAR SINGH, BOHDAN LOJKA:
Phenotypic Diversity of Rice Landraces Collected from Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar, Using Agro-morphological Characterisation
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JOSé ALEJANDRO RUIZ-CHUTáN, MARIE KALOUSOVá, JULIO ERNESTO BERDúO-SANDOVAL, AMíLCAR SáNCHEZ-PéREZ, BOHDAN LOJKA:
Genetic Diversity of Native Guatemalan Avocado Using SSR Molecular Markers
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STACY DENISE HAMMOND HAMMOND, IVA VIEHMANNOVá, JIRI ZAMECNIK, BART PANIS, PETRA HLASNA CEPKOVA:
In vitro Conservation and Recovery of Ullucus tuberosus (Loz.) after Reduced Growth of Microshoots
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GWENDAL PLUMIER, BART PANIS, HANNES WILMS:
Survival Is Insufficient: A Cryopreservation Case Study on Cassava
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13 Posters

Plant protection and plant health (DPG session)

Oral presentations session:

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

Oral presentations

SU MYAT THWE, LUKAS PAWERA, CORY WHITNEY, ZBYNEK POLESNY:
Agrobiodiversity of Homegardens in Pyay District, Myanmar
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AREZOU BABAJANI, ZEYNAB JOUZI:
Conventional and Organic Farmers in Iran: A Comparison Study on Perceptions, Socio-Economic and Demographic Characteristics
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JOHN J ANYANGO, DAVID BAUTZE, NOAH ADAMTEY:
Impact of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems on Termite Presence, Diversity and Maize Crop Damage
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HELENA WEHMEYER, ANNALYN H. DE GUIA, XUHUA ZHONG, MELANIE CONNOR:
Rice Farmers' Perception of the Three-Controls Technology (3CT) in Guangdong Province, China
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SHIFERAW TAFESSE, ELIAS DAMTEW, BARBARA VAN MIERLO, RICO LIE, BERGA LEMAGA, KALPANA SHARMA, CEES LEEUWIS, PAUL C. STRUIK:
Farmers' Knowledge and Practices of Potato Bacterial Wilt Management in Ethiopia
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Postersession: Plant protection and plant health (DPG session)

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

Posters

KEVIN PIATO, LINDSEY NORGROVE, CRISTIAN SUBíA GARCíA, FRANçOIS LEFORT:
How Agroforestry Systems May Impact Pests and Diseases in Robusta Coffee in Ecuadorian Amazonia
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BIRTUKAN ASMARE, BERNHARD FREYER, JIM BINGEN, MERKUZ ABERA:
Rural Female-Headed Households' Perception, Strategies, and Practices of Pest Management in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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SULEIZE ROCHA TERRA, LEANDRO RODRIGUS, LETÍCIA BATISTA LACERDA, CECíLIA JOSé VERíSSIMO, LUCIANA MORITA KATIKI, GERMANO SCHOLZE, WALDSSIMILER TEIXEIRA MATTOS:
Effect of Mentha piperita and Thymus vulgaris Essential Oils on Seed Germination of Zea mays
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PIYACHAT BOONYAPRAPA, CHEN BIN, PATCHARIN KRUTMUANG:
Optimising Conidial Concentration of Isaria cateniannulata for Management of Common Cutworm Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)
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ABUBAKAR DAR, ZAHIR AHMAD ZAHIR, HAFIZ NAEEM ASGHAR, RASHID AHMAD, THOMAS HILGER, FRANK RASCHE:
Allelopathic Pseudomonas Consortium: A Sustainable Weed Control Approach in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
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FAIZA SALAH:
Effect of some Botanical Oils on the Control of the Cotton Jassid on Eggplant, Sudan
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JAMES MWANGI, GRACE MWANGI, SEBASTIAN KIEWNICK:
Enhancing Potato Production in Kenya through Resistance Based Management of Potato Cyst Nematode
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VANG THI TUYET LOAN, TRAN VAN HAI, TRINH THI XUAN:
Evaluation of Entomopathogenic Fungi Isolates for Control of Sweetpotato Weevils (Cylas formicarius Fab.)
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OLAMIDE OLOWOYO, OLANIKE DEJI, WAHEED SULAIMON, EBUNOLUWA FANIYI:
Gender Specific Factors Associated with Hazards of Pesticide Usage among Cocoa Farmers in Nigeria
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9 Posters

Information needs and decision support to increase productivity I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Stefan Sieber, Leibniz Centre for Agric. Landscape Res. (ZALF), PB 2, AG SUSLAND, Germany

Oral presentations

MUNIR HOFFMANN, CORRIE SWANEPOEL, WILLIAM NELSON, DANIE BEUKES, MICHAEL VAN DER LAAN, REIMUND P. RöTTER:
The Role Crop Modelling Can Play in Supporting Diversification of Cropping Systems in Southern Africa
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ERICK OMWANDHO OPIYO, MATTHIAS LANGENSIEPEN, MATHIAS BECKER:
Decision Support Tool to Aid Wetlands Policy Making in East-Africa
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EDUARDO FERNANDEZ, CORY WHITNEY, EIKE LUEDELING:
Model Choice Matters – Sensitivity of Chill Metrics to Future Warming in Mediterranean and Temperate Environments
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WILLIAM NELSON, MUNIR HOFFMANN, VINCENT VADEZ, REIMUND P. RöTTER, MARIAN KOCH, ANTHONY M. WHITBREAD:
Can Intercropping Increase Climate Resilience of Smallholder Dryland Cropping Systems? Insights from Experimentation and Modelling
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MEKLIT CHERNET TARIKU, KODJOVI SENAM EZUI, CHRISTINE KREYE, STEFAN HAUSER, THERESA AMPADU-BOAKYE, VERONICA N.E. UZOKWE, BERNARD VANLAUWE, PIETER PYPERS:
Agronomic Intelligence: Data Management, Modelling and ICT to Deliver Site-Specific Recommendations to Smallholder Farmers
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Postersession: Information needs and decision support to increase productivity I

Chair: Stefan Sieber, Leibniz Centre for Agric. Landscape Res. (ZALF), PB 2, AG SUSLAND, Germany

Posters

CHRISTINE KREYE, CHARLES CHIGEMEZU, PIETER PYPERS, ADEYEMI OLOJEDE, MUTIU BUSARI, MARK TOKULA, FLORENCE OLOWOKERE, ADEMOLA ADEBIYI, SHOLA EJALONIBU, MEKLIT CHERNET TARIKU, STEFAN HAUSER, JOHAN SIX:
Validating a Decision Support Tool for Cassava Maize Intercropping in Southern Nigeria
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KODJOVI SENAM EZUI, MEKLIT CHERNET TARIKU, VERONICA N.E. UZOKWE, JOY ADIELE, ADEYEMI OLOJEDE, MUTIU BUSARI, MARK TOKULA, FLORENCE OLOWOKERE, REBECCA ENESI, ADEMOLA ADEBIYI, CHRISTINE KREYE, STEFAN HAUSER, SHAMIE ZINGORE, BERNARD VANLAUWE, PIETER PYPERS:
Evaluating the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative's Framework for Site-Specific Fertiliser Recommendation
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STEFAN HAUSER, REBECCA ENESI, FELIX SALAKO, OMOLARA ONASANYA, MUTIU BUSARI, FLORENCE OLOWOKERE, THANNI BOLAJI, JOHAN SIX, PIETER PYPERS, CHRISTINE KREYE, BERNARD VANLAUWE:
Cassava Root Yield Response to Tillage Intensity, Planting Density and Fertiliser across South Western Nigeria
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REBECCA ENESI, STEFAN HAUSER, PIETER PYPERS, JOHAN SIX:
Exploring Larger Planting and Harvest Phases to Increase Cassava Productivity in South-West Nigeria
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CHARLES CHIGEMEZU, CHRISTINE KREYE, MAGDA NECPLOVA, PIETER PYPERS, ADEYEMI OLOJEDE, SHOLA EJALONIBU, STEFAN HAUSER, JOHAN SIX:
Sustainable Management Options for Improved Cassava-Maize Intercropping System Productivity and Resource Utilisation in Southeastern Nigeria
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VALENTINE ELETA, STEFAN HAUSER, EMMANUEL AJAV, ADEMOLA AREMU, MARIA EGWAKHIDE:
Improving Cassava Root Yields through Supplementary Dry Season Irrigation and Fertiliser Application
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ADEMOLA ADEBIYI, MEKLIT CHERNET TARIKU, CHRISTINE KREYE, STEFAN HAUSER, VERONICA N.E. UZOKWE, KODJOVI SENAM EZUI, PIETER PYPERS, OUMA TURRY:
A Researcher Friendly Digital Sample Tracker for Cost Effective Sample Processing
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OLOGUNDE OLANREWAJU, OLUWASEGUN ADEBAYO, MUTIU BUSARI, STEFAN HAUSER, CHRISTINE KREYE, FELIX SALAKO, PIETER PYPERS:
Impact of Planting and Harvest Dates on Root and Starch Yield and Soil Physical Properties
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THERESA AMPADU-BOAKYE, SABURI ADEKUNBI, PIETER PYPERS:
Tracking the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative Project Theory of Change to Establish the Actual Change
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CHRISTIN HECKEL, CARLOS ANGULO:
Water Availability and its Impact on Cropping Intensity Patterns of Rice-Based Systems in Southeast Asia
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DENNIS OCHOLA, GODFREY TAULYA, GERRIE VAN DE VEN, KEN GILLER:
Using Crowdsourcing and Machine Learning for Predicting the Spatial Distribution of Banana-Based Cropping Systems in Uganda
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ADRIANA GOMEZ, STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL, RAINER WALDHARDT, SANTIAGO CHIQUITO:
The Use of Aerial Photographs as a Tool for Landscape Analysis in an Oil Palm Plantation
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MATTHIAS LANGENSIEPEN, ERICK OMWANDHO OPIYO, ALICE KAUDIA, MATHIAS BECKER, RICHARD KYAMBADDE, JULIUS K. NINGU, DANIEL P. ASHITIVA, THEOGENE NGABOYAMAHINA:
A Decision Tree for Reconciling Human Needs with Conservation in East-African Wetlands
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13 Posters

Information needs and decision support to increase productivity II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Stefan Sieber, Leibniz Centre for Agric. Landscape Res. (ZALF), PB 2, AG SUSLAND, Germany

Oral presentations


Postersession: Information needs and decision support to increase productivity II

Chair: Stefan Sieber, Leibniz Centre for Agric. Landscape Res. (ZALF), PB 2, AG SUSLAND, Germany

Posters

ANDREE NENKAM MENTHO, P. C. SIBIRY TRAORé, VAKHTANG SHELIA, SRIDHAR GUMMADI, JAMES HANSEN, ANTHONY M. WHITBREAD, GERRIT HOOGENBOOM:
Maize Yield Gains from Seasonal Forecasts Using the CCAFS Regional Agricultural Forecasting Toolbox (CRAFT)
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BEATRICE NöLDEKE, STEVEN GRONAU, ULRIKE GROTE, ETTI WINTER:
Seed Selection Strategies in a Sparse Social Network in Rural Zambia: An Empirical ABM Approach
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BERT STEVENS, JAN DIELS, ELINE VANUYTRECHT, PATRICK NDAKIDEMI, ALLAN BROWN, ALVIN RUJWEKA, RONY SWENNEN:
Canopy Cover Evolution of Banana Plantations: Drought Effects, Diurnal Patterns and Leaf Area Index Relationships
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SUPRIYA DAYANANDA, THOMAS ASTOR, JAYAN WIJESINGHA, MICHAEL WACHENDORF:
Monsoon Crop Biomass Estimation Using Terrestrial Hyperspectral Imaging
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JESSICA MUKIRI, RODRIGUE V. CAO DIOGO, SèNAMI G. M GBEDJISSOKPA, MICHAEL KINYUA, REIN VAN DER HOEK, ROLF SOMMER, BIRTHE PAUL:
Towards a Cropping System Sustainability Tool (CROSST) Evaluating Performance of Green Manure Cover Crops in Benin and Kenya: A Pilot Study
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JOHANNES WEGMANN:
Evaluating Groundwater Management Options in a Semi-Arid and Rapidly Urbanising Area Using a Socio-hydrological Model
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BENJAMIN WARTH, CARSTEN MAROHN, FOLKARD ASCH:
Assessing Impacts of Crop Expansion and Overstocking in Kenyan Savannah Rangelands Using the LUCIA Model
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MASOUD YAZDANPANAH, YOUSOF AZADI, NOZAR MONFARED:
Investigating Farmers' Knowledge about Climate Change in Iran
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8 Posters

Soils and soil fertility

Sustainable land use - the soil-plant interface I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Renuka Suddapuli Hewage, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Oral presentations

NINA HENNINGS, KATRIN RUDOLF, MICHAELA DIPPOLD, MEIKE WOLLNI:
The Effect of Soil Conservation Practices on Soil Carbon and Yields in Smallholder Oil Palm Plantations
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SHOVA SHRESTHA, MATHIAS BECKER, JOHN LAMERS:
Effects of Emerging Crop Rotations and Changing Soil Aeration Status on B and Zn Availability and Vegetable Responses in Nepal
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GEROLD RAHMANN, DANIEL GRIMM, ANJA KUENZ, ENGEL HESSEL:
Combining Land-Based Organic and Landless Food Production: A Concept for a Circular and Sustainable Food Chain for Africa in the Year 2100
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BERTRAND NERO:
Phytoremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils with Jatropha curcas and Vetiveria zizanioides
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JOHN KORMLA NYAMEASEM, CARSTEN MALISCH, THORSTEN REINSCH, CHARLES YAW FOSU DOMOZORO, FRIEDHELM TAUBE, IRAJ EMADODIN, ESTHER MARFO-AHENKORA:
The Impact of Long-Term Tropical Grassland Conversion on Soil Quality and Soil Carbon Stocks
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Postersession: Sustainable land use - the soil-plant interface I

Chair: Renuka Suddapuli Hewage, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

MARIA EGWAKHIDE, STEFAN HAUSER, OLUGBENGA ADEOLUWA:
Influence of Compost, Lime and NPK on Performance of three Cassava Varieties
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LAURA KUONEN, NOEMI STADLER KAULICH, LINDSEY NORGROVE:
Comparative Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Urea, Manure and Different Mulch Types in Horticulture in Semi-Arid Bolivia
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REZA MIRZAEITALARPOSHTI, SAEID SOUFIZADEH, JAFAR NABATI, AFSANEH YOUSEFI:
Growth and Yield Response of two Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Genotypes to Inoculation with N2-fixating and P- and K-Solubilising Bacteria
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EDUARDO VAZQUEZ, NIKOLA TEUTSCHEROVá, MIRJAM PULLEMAN, MICHAEL DANNENMANN, KLAUS BUTTERBACH-BAHL, PAUL TöCHTERLE, JACOBO ARANGO:
Gross Nitrogen Transformation Rates Do Not Support Previously Described BNI Capacities of Selected Brachiaria Genotypes
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EHSAN EBRAHIMI, PETER VON FRAGSTEIN UND NIEMSDORFF:
A Novel Method of Vermicompost Placement in Organic Tomato Production
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ANIKA REETSCH, KARL-HEINZ FEGER, KAI SCHWäRZEL, CHRISTINA DORNACK, GERALD KAPP:
The Integration of Organic Farm Waste in Degraded Smallholder Banana-Coffee-Farming Systems in the Kagera Region, Tanzania
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HAILE DERESSA, STEFFEN SCHULZ, ABIYOT MEKONNEN, ELIAS KADIRO, ASFAW NIGUS, BORAN ALTINCICEK, ANN-KATHRIN LICHTNER:
The Impact of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Practices (ISFM) on Dry Grain Yields of Teff, Wheat, Barley, Maize, Sorghum and Faba Bean of Small Scale Farmers in the Ethiopian Highlands
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DEOUS MARY EKYALIGONZA, BERNHARD FREYER, JUERGEN FRIEDEL:
Socio-Economic Impact of Organic Matter Management on Smallholder Crop Farmers in the Rwenzori Region, Uganda
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PRAMILA THAPA, MARIO TORRALBA, ANDREAS BUERKERT, CHRISTOPH DITTRICH, TOBIAS PLIENINGER:
Systematic Review on the Social-Ecological Impacts of Urbanisation on Agricultural Systems
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9 Posters

Sustainable land use - the soil-plant interface II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Renuka Suddapuli Hewage, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Oral presentations


Postersession: Sustainable land use - the soil-plant interface II

Chair: Renuka Suddapuli Hewage, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

JAQUELINE STENFERT KROESE, SUZANNE JACOBS, LUTZ BREUER, JOHN QUINTON, MARIANA RUFINO:
Land Use Effects Sediment Dynamics in the Headwaters of a Tropical Montane Forest in Western Kenya
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CAROLINA BERGET MORENO, GERARD VERSCHOOR, FRANS BONGERS, EDUARDO GARCIA FRAPOLLI:
Influence of Farm Size and Management Practices on Landscape Trajectories in Southern Mexico
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MARíA INéS YáñEZ DíAZ, ISRAEL CANTU SILVA, HUMBERTO GONZáLEZ RODRíGUEZ:
Effects of Land Use Change in the Hydrophysical Properties in Vertisols in Northeastern Mexico
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SERGIO NARANJO, GEORG CADISCH, FRANCELINO RODRIGUES:
Assessing the Effect of Different Spatial Resolutions in Soil Erosion Modelling - Case Study in a Highland Tropical Watershed in Southeast Mexico
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REZA MIRZAEITALARPOSHTI, HOUMAN LIAGHATI:
Investigation of Soil Quality Index at Different Land Management Practices in North of Iran
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XIAOMIN YU, GERHARD LANGENBERGER, GEORG CADISCH, SERGEY BLAGODATSKY:
Improving the Model Prediction of Soil Temperature under Rubber Plantations
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ONELIO FUNDORA, EMMA PINEDA, ILIá LUGO, GEORGINA GáLVEZ, BETTINA EICHLER-LOEBERMANN:
Functional Diversity of the Soil Macro Fauna in Different Ecosystems
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7 Posters

Soil fertility and nutrient cycling I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Sven Goenster-Jordan, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Oral presentations

URCIL PAPITO KENFACK ESSOUGONG, LOTTE WOITTIEZ, PRECILLIA IJANG TATA NGOME, WOUTER VANHOVE, PHILIPPE BOUDES, SYNDHIA MATHé, MAJA A. SLINGERLAND:
Towards Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) Practices to Increase Cocoa Productivity in Cameroon
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POWELL MPONELA, GRACE VILLAMOR, LULSEGED TAMENE, SIEGLINDE SNAPP, QUANG BAO LE, CHRISTIAN BORGEMEISTER:
10 m x 10 m Map of Soil Organic Carbon and Major Nutrients: Towards Plot Level Soil Fertility Management
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EEUSHA NAFI, HEIDI WEBBER, ISAAC DANSO, JESSE B. NAAB, MICHAEL FREI, THOMAS GAISER:
Soil Phosphorus and Crop Phosphorus Use Efficiency as Affected by Residue Return on Weathered Soils of West Africa
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VIRNA ESTEFANIA MORAN RODAS, RAINER GEORG JOERGENSEN, CHICKADIBBURAHALLI T. SUBBARAYAPPA, V.C. SUVARNA, HANUMANTHAPPA DIMBA CHOWDAPPA, Z. MUDALAGIRIYAPPA, CHRISTINE WACHENDORF:
Management Effects on Soil Microbial Stoichiometry and Fungal-Bacterial Ratio of Rural-Urban Interfaces in Bengaluru
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SAHRAH FISCHER, THOMAS HILGER, IRMGARD JORDAN, JENINAH KARUNGI, GEORG CADISCH:
Eating the Soil – Environmental Effects on Nutrient Concentrations in Food Produced on Soils of Different Fertilities
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Postersession: Soil fertility and nutrient cycling I

Chair: Sven Goenster-Jordan, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

RANGANATH LAKSHMAIAH, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU, STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL:
Modelling Crop Diversification Strategies for Sustainable Intensification in Dryland Cropping System of Semi-Arid Southern India
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ALTAF KUNTOJI, CHICKADIBBURAHALLI T. SUBBARAYAPPA, GURURAJ KOMBALI:
Organic Carbon and Micro Nutrients Distribution in Agricultural Systems along Rural-Urban Interface of Southern Transect Bengaluru
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RENUKA SUDDAPULI HEWAGE, BEATE MADAN, ANDREA MOCK, HANUMANTHAPPA DIMBA CHOWDAPPA, CHICKADIBBURAHALLI T. SUBBARAYAPPA, ELLEN HOFFMANN, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Leaching of Soil Nutrients from Tropical Cropping Systems at Different Levels of Agricultural Intensity in Bengaluru, Southern India
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BRENDA MUñOZ, KAREN ENCISO, STEFAN BURKART:
Estimation of the Optimal Nitrogen Dose in a Brachiaria humidicola - Corn Rotation System in the Colombian Eastern Plains
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IVAN ADOLWA, STEFAN SCHWARZE, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Impacts of Integrated Soil Fertility Management on Yield and Household Income: The Case of Tamale (Ghana) and Kakamega (Kenya)
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JIM ELLIS-JONES, ANN-KATHRIN LICHTNER, TESFAY HALEFOM, HAILE DERESSA, STEFFEN SCHULZ, RODGER WHITE:
Enhancing Livelihoods through Integrated Soil Fertility Management in the Highlands of Ethiopia
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DEODATUS STANLEY KIRIBA, KELVIN MARK MTEI, FLORIAN WICHERN, PATRICK ALOIS NDAKIDEMI:
Reducing Crop Yields Gap in Acidic Soils of Northern Tanzania Using Local Liming
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BIRHANU AGUMAS, GENEROSE NZIGUHEBA, GEORG CADISCH, FRANK RASCHE:
Agro-Ecology Determines Farm Typology Effect on Soil Fertility Variability in Small Holder Farmers; Ethiopia
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HENRY AHAMEFULE, JOHN OLANIYAN, RIDWAN TAIWO:
Effect of Changing Climate on Erosion in Oke-Oyi Dam Agricultural Watershed, Ilorin, Nigeria
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SVEN GOENSTER-JORDAN, GRETA JORDAN, BAIGAL ULZIISUREN, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Partial C and N Balances of Small-Scale Farms in a River Oasis of Western Mongolia
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MARIKO INGOLD, SVEN GOENSTER-JORDAN, RAMIA JANNOURA, ANDREAS BUERKERT, RAINER GEORG JOERGENSEN:
Effects of Different Stocking Densities on Soil Properties in Montane Pastures of the Chinese Altai Mountains
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11 Posters

Soil fertility and nutrient cycling II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Sven Goenster-Jordan, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Oral presentations


Postersession: Soil fertility and nutrient cycling II

Chair: Sven Goenster-Jordan, University of Kassel, Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

DORA NEINA, SIBYLLE FAUST:
Reclaiming a Technosol Using Ficus thonningii and Domestic Wastes
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PETER BADU, VARUNSEELAN MURUGAIYAN, MATHIAS BECKER:
Effect of Soil Aeration and Genotype on the Response of Rice to Increasing Arsenic in Mining Soils from Ghana
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DUY HOANG VU, SABINE STüRZ, FOLKARD ASCH:
Nutrient and Water Uptake of Rice in Response to Day and Night Root Zone Temperatures under Different Vapour Pressure Deficits
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WIMONSIRI PINGTHAISONG, PATMA VITYAKON:
Non-Additive Effects of Mixing Rice Straw and Groundnut Stover Alter Decomposition
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BIJAN KHALILIMOGHADAM, SHIMA GHAZIANI:
Effects of Biochar Prepared from Agricultural Residue on Water Retention Indices in Different Suctions
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ISAAC BALUME, SVEN MARHAN, FRANK RASCHE:
Nitrogen Dynamics from Seasonal and Perennial Legume Residues in Mushinga South-Kivu Eastern, DR Congo
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CLAUDIA AFUA ASARE-BEDIAKO, ISAAC BALUME, BIRHANU AGUMAS, MARY MUSYOKI, FRANK RASCHE:
Residue Quality and Agro-Ecological Effect of Microbial Prokaryotes Abundance in Agricultural Soils; Ethiopia and DRC
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BIJAN KHALILIMOGHADAM, ZAHRA ASGHARIAN DEHKORDI, MAHMOUD GHASEMINEJAD RAEINI:
Effect of Residue Rate, Forward Speeds and Tillage Methods on the Soil Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity
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UPAMA SARKER, YAPING ZHOU, UWE LUDEWIG, GüNTER NEUMANN:
The CEP1 Peptide Modulates Cluster Root Morphology in P-Deficient Lupinus albus
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9 Posters

Livestock

Resource efficiency in ruminant husbandry I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eva Schlecht, University of Kassel / University of Goettingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

REGINA RößLER:
Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies to Increase the Contribution of Urban Livestock Production to Sustainable Resource Management
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Oral presentations

JACKSON MBUTHIA, MANFRED MAYER, NOBERT REINSCH:
Modelling Heat Stress Effects on Milk Production in a Tropical Environment Using Test-Day Records and Random Regression Models
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LOK NATH PAUDEL, RESHMI RAJ GNYAWALI:
Breed Improvement Using Sexed-Semen for Filling Gaps and Removing Traps for Commercial Cattle Farming in Nepal
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PATRICK ONGADI MUDAVADI, BEN LUKUYU, EMMANUEL ABARAHAM MPOLYA, MINN WANG, MIZECK CHAGUNDA, DERSEH MALKAMU, ADIE ABERRA, ENDALKACHEW WOLDEMESKEL:
Year Round Feed and Fodder Availability in Smallholder Dairy Farms Across High and Low Altitude Areas in Eastern Africa
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COSSI MAURICE AHOZONLIN, MAHAMADOU DAHOUDA, LUC HIPPOLYTE DOSSA:
A Social-Ecological Framework for Managing and Adding Value to the Lagune Cattle Breed in Benin
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Postersession: Resource efficiency in ruminant husbandry I

Chair: Eva Schlecht, University of Kassel / University of Goettingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

HUSSEIN WARIO, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Livestock Mobility in the Context of Changing Land Tenure on Community Lands of Kenya
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ASIF HAMEED, MUHAMMAD TARIQ, ANDREAS BUERKERT, EVA SCHLECHT:
Yak Herding Strategies on High Altitude Rangelands of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
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MARIANA PEREIRA, JESSICA WERNER, MANUEL C. M. MACEDO, ROBERTO G. ALMEIDA, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Drinking Water Intake of Beef Cattle in Pasture-Based Systems of Brazil
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JOAQUíN CASTRO-MONTOYA, ELMER EDGARDO COREA:
Responses of Crossbred Lactating Cows to Heat Stress and its Alleviation under a Tropical Environment
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ANA PINTO, TONG YIN, MARION REICHENBACH, RAGHAVENDRA BHATTA, EVA SCHLECHT, SVEN KöNIG:
Methane Emissions in Dairy Cattle in Dependency of Rural-Urban Gradients
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XIOMARA GAVIRIA URIBE, DIANA MARíA BOLIVAR VERGARA, NGONIDZASHE CHIRINDA, JACOBO ARANGO, ROLANDO BARAHONA:
Methane Emissions of Zebu Steers Fed Tropical Forages of Contrasting Nutritional Value
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PAMELA GERMANIA SANGOLUISA RODRíGUEZ, ARMANDO RIVERA, JUAN MERINO, JONATHAN TORRES:
Climate Smart Livestock: The Interaction between Mitigation, Adaptation and Efficient Livestock Management Practices in Ecuador
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JACOBO ARANGO, IDUPULAPATI RAO, TODD ROSENSTOCK, JEIMAR TAPASCO, JENNIFER TWYMAN, ROLANDO BARAHONA, CRISTOBAL VILLANUEVA, MAURICIO CHACóN, NELSON VIVAS, NGONIDZASHE CHIRINDA:
LivestockPlus: Supporting Low Emissions Development in the Latin American Cattle Sector
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JACOBO ARANGO, MAURICIO SOTELO, JHON FREDY GUTIERREZ, BELISARIO HINCAPIE, EDUARDO VAZQUEZ, NIKOLA TEUTSCHEROVá, XIOMARA GAVIRIA, ISABEL MOLINA, ROLANDO BARAHONA, MIRJAM PULLEMAN, NGONIDZASHE CHIRINDA, MICHAEL PETERS:
Integral Assessment of Productive and Environmental Parameters of a Forage-Based Silvopastoral System
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BONIFACE SAKWA, OGHAIKI ASAAH NDAMBI, JAMES ONDIEK, ANTHONY KINGORI:
Sustainable Feed Management through Fodder Preservation and Feed Rationing in Kenyan Dairy Farms
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PEDRO ALAN SAINZ-SANCHEZ, DANIEL KORIR, ASEP INDRA MUNAWAR ALI, LUTZ MERBOLD, JOHN GOOPY, EVA SCHLECHT, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Intake, Apparent Digestibility, and Nitrogen Balance in Steers Fed with different Grasses Grown alone or Intercropped with Lablab purpureus
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IDAT GALIH PERMANA, ZAHARA KHAIRANI, DESPAL:
The Evaluation of Dry Matter and Nutrient Intake Adequacy in Dairy Cattle in Indonesia
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CHRISTIAN ADJOGO BATEKI, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Evaluation of a Modified Livestock Simulator (LIVSIM) Model
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13 Posters

Resource efficiency in ruminant husbandry II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eva Schlecht, University of Kassel / University of Goettingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Oral presentations


Postersession: Resource efficiency in ruminant husbandry II

Chair: Regina Rößler, University of Kassel / University of Goettingen, Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

DOMINIQUE OUéDRAOGO, ALBERT SOUDRé, SALIFOU OUéDRAOGO-KONé, BIENVENUE.L ZOMA, BERNADETTE YOUGBARE, NEGAR KHAYATZADEH, PAMELA BURGER, GáBOR MéSZáROS, AMADOU TRAORé, ALI MWAI OKEYO, MARIA WURZINGER, JOHANN SöLKNER:
Breeding Objectives and Practices in Three Cattle Production Systems in Burkina Faso
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BERNADETTE YOUGBARE, ALBERT SOUDRE, DOMINIQUE OUEDRAOGO, BIENVENUE.L ZOMA, ARNAUD S.R. TAPSOBA, MOUMOUNI SANOU, SALIFOU OUEDRAOGO-KONé, PAMELA BURGER, MARIA WURZINGER, NEGAR KHAYATZADEH, HAMIDOU H. TAMBOURA, AMADOU TRAORé, JOHANN SöLKNER, GáBOR MéSZáROS:
Morphometric Characterisation of Purebred Baoulé and their Crosses in the Southwestern Region of Burkina Faso
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SèYI FRIDAïUS U. S. VANVANHOSSOU, CARSTEN SCHEPER, LUC HIPPOLYTE DOSSA, KERSTIN BRüGEMANN, SVEN KöNIG:
Spatial and Socio-Economic Factors Shaping the Genetic Diversity of Indigenous Cattle Breeds in Benin
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EMNET GASHAW, TEWODROS TEFERA, REGINA RößLER, SIMRET WELDENEGODGUAD:
Farmers' Willingness to Conserve the Endangered Sheko Cattle Breed in Benchi Maji Zone, Ethiopia
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ERICK MARWA, JOHN MBURU, JAMES RAO, ALI MWAI OKEYO:
The Role of ICT Based Extension Services on Dairy Production in Kenya: A Case of iCow Service
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PAUL LEPARMARAI, CARMEN KUNZ, DAVID MIANO MWANGI, ILONA GLUECKS, MICHAEL KREUZER, SVENJA MARQUARDT:
Milk Fatty Acid Composition of Camels and Cattle Grazing and Browsing in East-African Rangelands
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MARION REICHENBACH, ANA PINTO, SVEN KöNIG, RAGHAVENDRA BHATTA, EVA SCHLECHT:
Urbanising Tropical Environments and the Production Gap – The Case of Dairy Production in Bengaluru, India
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JENNIFER PROVOST, GABRIEL ROSERO, BERNHARD BRüMMER, EVA SCHLECHT:
Dairy Producers' Levels of Adaptability Post-Market Shock in Bamenda, Cameroon
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JOëLSON T. HERITIANA, STEFANIE KUNZ, HENDRIK HäNKE, EVA SCHLECHT:
Market Supply of Animals and Animal Products in Northeastern Madagascar – The Influence of the Vanilla Boom
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TEDI YUNANTO, FARISATUL AMANAH, DODDY HERIKA:
Development of an Integrated Cattle Farm on an Ex-Coal Mining Area in Indonesia
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10 Posters

Small ruminants and forage evaluation I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Jürgen Hummel, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Dept. of Ruminant Nutrition, Germany

Oral presentations

JOAQUíN CASTRO-MONTOYA, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Not all Legumes are Created Equal: Different Nutritional Value of Tree, Herb and Shrub Legumes
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KEVIN MAINA, CECILIA RITHO, BEN LUKUYU, JAMES RAO:
Determinants and Impact of Adopting Climate-Smart Brachiaria Grass among Dairy Farmers in Kenya
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PANINE YASSEGOUNGBE, IVAN B. KOURA, LUC HIPPOLYTE DOSSA:
Feed Resource Use Strategies and Performances of Small Ruminants in the Peri-Urban Area of Southern Benin
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RACIEL LIMA OROZCO, IDALMIS BELLO MORALES, EINAR ARTILES ORTEGA, MIGUEL�NGEL ARCE GONZáLEZ, VEERLE FIEVEZ:
Assessment of Quality and Rumen Degradability of Mixed Silages of Sugarcane Tops with Marabú Forage
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HANI EL-ZAIAT, MOHAMED MOHARAM, MARWA ATTIA, ADIBE LUIZ ABDALLA, SOBHY M.A. SALLAM:
Replacement of Egyptian Clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) Hay with Tanniniferous Legumes in Sheep Diets: Nutritional Assessment
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Postersession: Small ruminants and forage evaluation I

Chair: Jürgen Hummel, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Dept. of Ruminant Nutrition, Germany

Posters

KHATERINE SALAZAR-CUBILLAS, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Estimating Rumen Undegradable Protein from Proximate Nutrient, Fiber Fractions, and in-vitro Fermentation of Tropical Feedstuffs
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DESPAL, LAILA ATIKA, ROBIN CHANDRA, LUKI ABDULLAH, IDAT GALIH PERMANA:
Comparison of NIRS and Wet Chemistry Methods for Analysing Nutritional Value of Indonesian Local Feedstuffs
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SOLOMON MWENDIA, ANGELLO MWILAWA, NZOGELA BEATUS, JONAS KIZIMA, WALTER MANGESHO, ROSE LOINA, JULIUS BWIRE, AN NOTENBAERT:
Livestock Feeds Assessment in Southern Highlands in Tanzania
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SOLOMON MWENDIA, ANGELLO MWILAWA, ANGELLO KIZIMA, JULIUS BWIRE, BEATUS NZOGELA, JOHN MUTUA, AN NOTENBAERT:
Forage Options for Tanzania Southern Highlands: Preliminary Assessment
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RISMA RIZKIA NURDIANTI, UTA DICKHOEFER, JOAQUíN CASTRO-MONTOYA:
Evaluation of Undigested and Potential Digestible Fiber in Tropical Grasses and Tropical Legumes
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UWE OHMSTEDT, AN NOTENBAERT, MICHAEL PETERS, SOLOMON MWENDIA, STEFAN BURKART:
Scaling of Feeds and Forages Technologies in East Africa
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SERGIO MEJíA, JOSé TAPIA, MAURICIO SOTELO, JACOBO ARANGO, MICHAEL PETERS:
Agronomic Evaluation of a Collection of Chloris gayana for Year Round Forage Supply in a Dry Sub-Humid Environment in Córdoba, Colombia
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CLARISSE UMUTONI, VINCENT BADO, ANTHONY M. WHITBREAD, AUGUSTINE AYANTUNDE, IBRAHIM ABDOUSSALAM, SEYDOU KOROMBE HAMZA:
Evaluation of the Feed Quality of Six Dual Purpose Pearl Millet Varieties and Growth Performance of Sheep Fed their Residues in Niger
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SAMI AWABDEH, RAWAD SWIDAN:
Effect of Using Different Levels of Willow Silage on Growth Performance of Jordanian Awassi Lambs
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ADEJOKE MAKO, VICTOR AKINWANDE, OLUWANIKE ABIOLA-OLAGUNJU:
Bio-Degradation of Water Hyacinth into Value Added Ruminant Feed Using White Rot Fungi
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JOAQUíN CASTRO-MONTOYA, UTA DICKHOEFER:
Crude Protein Digestibility of Mixed Legume-Grass Diets Depending on the Quality of the Substituted Grass
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SRI SUHARTI, HAFNI OKTAFIA, ASEP SUDARMAN, KOMANG GEDE WIRYAWAN:
Nutrient Digestibility and Performance of Sheep Fed Bitter Cassava Leaf Meal Based Diet Supplemented with Cyanide-Degrading Bacteria
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SIHAM A. RAHMATALLA, DANNY ARENDS, LUBNA M. A. HASSAN, MONIKA REISSMANN, HENRY REYER, KLAUS WIMMERS, SUMAIA M. A. ABUKASHAWA, GUDRUN A. BROCKMANN:
Genetic Diversity of Nubian Ibex in Comparison to other Ibex and Domesticated Goat Species
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HELMY METAWI, HEBA ABD EL HALIM:
Polymorphisms GDF9 and FSHR Genes and its Association with Litter Size in Egyptian Goat Breeds
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14 Posters

Small ruminants and forage evaluation II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Jürgen Hummel, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Dept. of Ruminant Nutrition, Germany

Oral presentations


Postersession: Small ruminants and forage evaluation II

Chair: Jürgen Hummel, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Dept. of Ruminant Nutrition, Germany

Posters

ARNOLD MUSUNGU, DAVID OTIENO, BEATRICE MURIITHI:
Farmers' Desired Attributes for Community Owned Persons for Integration in Trypanosomiasis Control Programs in Kenya
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MARIA VICTORIA LARRATEGUY, ANGELA R. SCHUG, MARGHERITA GOMARASCA, CONSTANZE BOENIG, ANTONIA BRAUS:
Community Animal Health Workers: Filling Gaps in Animal Health Services in Remote Global South Communities
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CHRISTABEL AGHOROWEI, AMAMIEGHAYE EDUM, RUTH TARIEBI S. OFONGO:
Potential of Phytogenics in Filling Gaps and Removing Traps for Sustainable Livestock Production without Antibiotics
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FARHAD MIRZAEI:
How Agro-Ecological Transition Could Sustain Goat Keeping in Nomadic Systems of Iran
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RODRIGUE V. CAO DIOGO, LUC HIPPOLYTE DOSSA, PéNéLOPPE G.T. GNAVO, EVA SCHLECHT, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Do Transhumance and/or Vegetation Types Affect the Productivity of Natural Rangelands in Benin?
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IBRAHIM BUSHARA, NORR ELDEAN HASSAN:
Effect of Dry Season Supplementary Feeding on Performance of Desert Sheep in North Kordofan State, Sudan
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THOMAS OGOLA, ISAAC KOSGEY:
Village Level Dairy Goat Development Project in Kenya: A Review on Gaps that Affect Sustainability
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7 Posters

Challenges to monogastric systems I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Joaquín Castro-Montoya, University of Hohenheim, Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

RUDOLF BüHLER:
Biodiversity in Animal Genetic Resources and their Importance for Environmental and Animal Welfare
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Oral presentations

SERGE EUGèNE MPOUAM, REGINA RößLER, EVA SCHLECHT:
Performances and Efficiency of (Peri-)Urban Pig Breeds under Different Production Management in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso
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PAUL ZAAKE, OGHAIKI ASAAH NDAMBI, BIRTHE PAUL, KAREN MARSHALL, AN NOTENBAERT, EMILY OUMA, MICHEL DIONE, GEORGE OUMA:
Pig Production in Uganda - Adapting to Climate Change
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BILLY OKEMER IPARA, DAVID JAKINDA OTIENO, ROSE NYIKAL, NABWILE STELLAH MAKOKHA:
The Role of Chicken Production Systems and Management Practices on Newcastle Disease Outbreaks in Kenya
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CEPHAS KWESI ZUH, SETH MENSAH ABOBI, BENJAMIN BETEY CAMPION:
Comparative Assessment of Age, Growth and Food Habit of the Black-Chinned Tilapia, Sarotherodon melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852), from Closed and Open Lagoons, Ghana
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Postersession: Challenges to monogastric systems I

Chair: Joaquín Castro-Montoya, University of Hohenheim, Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

CHRISTABEL AGHOROWEI, AMAMIEGHAYE EDUM, RUTH TARIEBI S. OFONGO:
Potential of Essential Oils in Filling Gaps and Removing Traps for Sustainable Poultry Production
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OLUWATOMIDE ARIYO, JOB OLUTIMEHIN ATTEH, OLUSEYI O. OLUWATOSIN, ESTHER TAIWO:
Broiler Chickens' Performance and Prebiotic-Potential of Wheat Offal and Palm Kernel Cake Supplemented with Xylanase
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CHRISTIAN LüCKSTäDT, STEVAN PETROVIC:
Sodium Diformate and Alkaloids in the Starter Diet of Young Broilers Improve their Performance against Negative and Positive Controls
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OLUWATOMIDE ARIYO, OLUSEYI O. OLUWATOSIN, OLUSESAN FAFIOLU, ABIODUN AYOOLA, OLUREMI OSINOWO, LUIS AZEVEDO:
Chelated Copper, Zinc and Manganese Improved Performance, Haematological and Serum Biochemical Indices of Layers (late-lay)
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ADEKOYEJO OYEGUNWA, EMMANUEL EWUOLA, ADEBISI AGBOOLA, EUSTACE IYAYI:
Assessment of the Efficacy of Bentonite-Montmorillonite Binder or Yeast to Alleviate Effect of Aflatoxin in Turkey Poults
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5 Posters

Challenges to monogastric systems II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Joaquín Castro-Montoya, University of Hohenheim, Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Oral presentations


Postersession: Challenges to monogastric systems II

Chair: Joaquín Castro-Montoya, University of Hohenheim, Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, Germany

Posters

GLORY EDDY ENYENIHI, UDOH AKPAN INYANG, IDORENYIN ETUK:
Haematological and Serum Biochemical Characteristics of Weaned Rabbits Fed Plantain Leaf and Concentrate
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KORAWAN SRINGARM, CHAIWAT ARJIN, WOLFRAM SPREER, NATTAYA THONGDEE, WATCHARAPONG WATTANAKUL, NIRAPORN CHAIWANG, NUTTAWUT KRUTTHAI:
Comparison between Concrete Floor and Deep Pit System for Production of Crossbred Pigs in Thailand
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ELIZABETH OMOKOSHI JOEL, ABIMBOLA ADEKANMBI:
Occurrence and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Selected Aquaculture Ponds in Southwestern Nigeria
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3 Posters

(Agro)forestry

Socio-economic aspects of tree-based systems

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Katja Kehlenbeck, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Fac. of Life Sciences, Germany

WOLFGANG BAUM, SIMEON MAX:
Forest Landscape Restoration in Indonesia: A Scaleable Smallholder Agroforestry Approach
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Oral presentations

ROBERT MBECHE, JOSIAH ATEKA, DONALD OGWENO, ANJA FASSE, ULRIKE GROTE:
Forest Dependent People's Participation in Participatory Forest Management (PFM) Programmes in Kenya
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VANDREé JULIáN PALACIOS BUCHELI, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN:
Inga and Camëntsá Ecosystem Services from Agroforestry Systems in the Sibundoy Valley, Colombia
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HUSSEIN LUSWAGA:
Participatory Forest Management in West Usambara-Tanzania. What Is the Community Perception on Success?
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Postersession: Socio-economic aspects of tree-based systems

Chair: George Kaimba, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Fac. of Life Sciences, Germany

Posters

KARIN BEGAZO CURIE, LIESBET VRANKEN, KEWAN MERTENS:
Forest Resources, Poverty and Inequality in Peruvian Amazon: The Role of Tenure Regimes and Remoteness
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STEFAN HOHNWALD, HELGE WALENTOWSKI, MARTIN THREN, OSCAR A. GAMARRA TORRES, STEFFI HEINRICHS, HENRY HEINEN, ALEXANDER WIEGAND, ANA B. SABOGAL, STEFAN ZERBE:
Forest Restoration Options on Degraded Hill Sites in the Pomacochas Basin (Amazonas, Northern Peru)
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JEISSON RODRIGUEZ VALENZUELA, SVEN WAGNER, MANH HUNG BUI, NICOLAS JOSE MESIA ROJAS, SERGIO PARRA GONZáLEZ, JEIMY KATHERIN FEO MAHECHA:
Identification of Gaps in the Community Forestry within the REDD+ Project in the Peruvian Amazon
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KLARA DZHAKYPBEKOVA, MYKTYBEK SABIROV, ZHAMILIA SULAIMANOVA, JYLDYZ SHIGAEVA, DAVLET MAMADJANOV, DIETRICH DARR:
Costs and Benefits of Sustainable Management of the Kyrgyz Walnut-Fruit Forests: Is the 2007-Logging Ban a Suitable Policy Instrument?
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ALAN HEINZE, THOM KUYPER, FRANS BONGERS, LUIS GARCíA BARRIOS, NEPTALí RAMíREZ MARCIAL:
Complex Ecosystem Service Supply and Delivery in a Mountain Mosaic Landscape in Chiapas, Mexico
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PURITY YEGO, ROBERT MBECHE, JOSIAH ATEKA, ANJA FASSE, ULRIKE GROTE:
Determinants of Forest Extraction among Rural Households in Mt Elgon, Kenya
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MARLENE REIMER, ROBERT MBECHE, ULRIKE GROTE:
Shocks and Coping Strategies of Forest-Dependent Households in Rural Kenya
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PATRICK OPOKU, DOROTHY ASARE AKOTO:
Maximizing Landscape Restoration to the Benefit of Smallholder Farmers in Forest Agro-Ecological Zones in Ghana
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KAVENGI KITONGA, ALICE MUCHUGI, NELISSA JAMORA, MELINDA SMALE:
The Impact of ICRAF Tree Germplasm Distributions: Calliandra calothyrsus and Gliricidia sepium in Kenya
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AGNES GACHUIRI, ANA MARIA PAEZ-VALENCIA, STEPHA MCMULLIN:
Gendered and Age--Related Priorities for Food Tree Species to Address Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihoods: Participatory Research in Kitui County, Kenya
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ABIGAIL TETTEY, RICHARD ASARE:
The Role of Agroforestry in Sustainable Intensification of Cocoa Growing Systems Across West Africa: A Review
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SIMONE P. FAVARO, CESAR MIRANDA, IVETE F. MALULEQUE, VANIA J. COSSA, FERNANDO M.A. FLUGENCIA, ARISTIDES C. MAMBA, ARNALDO M. JAMAL, LEONARDO D. PIMENTEL:
Agroforestry Systems in Mozambique as Part of a South-South Cooperation Project
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HEITOR MANCINI TEIXEIRA, MARGRIET GORIS, LEONARDO VAN DEN BERG, LUCAS CARVALHO GOMES, FELIX BIANCHI, MARIELOS PEñA-CLAROS, IRENE MARIA CARDOSO:
The (in)visible Components of Participatory Action Research
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13 Posters

Agroforestry - a trendsetting and long-lasting technology I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Martin Wiehle, University of Kassel, Tropenzentrum / ICDD / Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics (OPATS), Germany

Oral presentations

JOHANNES HAFNER, GöTZ UCKERT, HARRY HOFFMANN, STEFAN SIEBER, ANTHONY KIMARO:
Reducing Forest Degradation: Energy Self-Sufficiency for Smallholder Farmers via Agroforestry Systems in Semi-Arid Tanzania
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MUHAMMAD ARSLAN NAWAZ, ASIF ALI KHAN, USMAN KHALID, ANDREAS BUERKERT, MARTIN WIEHLE:
Superfruit in the Niche - Underutilised Sea Buckthorn in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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ACHILLE JEAN JAZA FOLEFACK, DIETRICH DARR:
Promoting Agroforestry through Land and Benefit Sharing between Cocoa Mono-Croppers and Fruit Tree Producers (Cameroon)
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JOEP VAN DER POEL, SARA ANDREA VACA SANCHEZ, AXEL MENTLER, KATHARINA KEIBLINGER, HATMA SURYATMOJO, KRISTIN BANYU RISANG HOBO, LIDIA SITUMORANG, NGADISIH NGADISIH, RIMA DARMAWANTI, REINHARD REBERNIG, HERMINE ZIMMERMANN, OLIVER GARDI, LINDSEY NORGROVE:
Taking Stock of Carbon along a Land-Use Gradient in the Highlands of Java, Indonesia
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ALEJANDRA SARMIENTO SOLER, PHILIPPE VAAST, MUNIR HOFFMANN, LAURENCE JASSOGNE, PIET VAN ASTEN, SOPHIE GRAEFE, MARIAN KOCH, REIMUND P. RöTTER:
Coffee Fruit Load Dynamics in Open and Shaded Systems Along an Altitudinal Gradient
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Postersession: Agroforestry - a trendsetting and long-lasting technology I

Chair: Martin Wiehle, University of Kassel, Tropenzentrum / ICDD / Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics (OPATS), Germany

Posters

ATA DAVATGAR, LINDSEY NORGROVE:
Reassessing the Role of Remnant Trees in Tropical Swidden Systems
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ANTHONY KIMARO, JOHANNES HAFNER, GöTZ UCKERT, STEFAN SIEBER:
Intercropping Gliricidia sepium Improves Crops Production and Agroecosystem Resilience in Kongwa District, Dodoma, Tanzania
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JONATHAN C. ONYEKWELU, BERND STIMM, REINHARD MOSANDL, LAWAL AMADU, ADEWALE O. AGBO-ADEDIRAN:
Significance of Traditional Forest Management System in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Provision: Case Study of Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria
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ABUBAKAR YAHAYA TAMA, ANNA MANOUROVA, RAGHEB KAMAL MOHAMMAD, BOHDAN LOJKA:
Farmers' Use and Preferences of Trees in Bauchi State, Nigeria
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MELANIE HINDERER, CATHERINE MEYER, SéRGIO MOTOIKE, GEORG CADISCH, THOMAS HILGER:
Macaw Palm Mixed Cropping - What Are Suitable Cropping Options?
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SARAH GLATZLE, MARCUS GIESE, SABINE STüRZ, MARIANA PEREIRA, ROBERTO G. ALMEIDA, FOLKARD ASCH:
Effects of Shading and Soil Moisture on Brachiaria brizantha Biomass in an Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry System
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AUNG MYAT SAN, RALPH MITLöHNER:
Site Adaptability of Mangrove Species in Myanmar
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7 Posters

Agroforestry - a trendsetting and long-lasting technology II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Martin Wiehle, University of Kassel, Tropenzentrum / ICDD / Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics (OPATS), Germany

Oral presentations


Postersession: Agroforestry - a trendsetting and long-lasting technology II

Chair: Martin Wiehle, University of Kassel, Tropenzentrum / ICDD / Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics (OPATS), Germany

Posters

HANADI MOHAMED SHAWGI GAMAL, MAJDALDIN RAHAMTALLAH ABUALGASIM MOHAMMED:
Balanites aegyptiaca: A Multipurpose Tree Species for Forest Based Industry Development in Sudan
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NIKOLA TEUTSCHEROVá, ANNA MANOUROVA, VáCLAV TEJNECKý, JAN�OBOTNíK, DAVID SILLAM-DUSSES, JIRí KINDL, BOHDAN LOJKA:
Land-Use Intensification Gradient and Vegetation Diversity Loss Reduce Termite Abundance in Humid Lowland Forest of Cameroon
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MARTINA SNáSELOVá, JITKA STRAKOVá, NIKOLA TEUTSCHEROVá, BOHDAN LOJKA:
Diversity of Natural Pollinators in Cocoa Agroforests in the Peruvian Amazon
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KATJA KEHLENBECK, MONICA A. OMONDI, JUSTINE NYAMWEYA, JOHN BOSCO MUKUNDI, JENS GEBAUER, FREDAH KARAMBU RIMBERIA:
Domestication of Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Kenya: Selecting Elite Mother Trees by Using a Multi-trait Approach
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ALEXANDR ROLLO, MARIA MARGARIDA RIBEIRO, MARIE KALOUSOVá, BOHDAN LOJKA:
Inga edulis Legume Morphology and Genetic Structure in Wild and Cultivated Populations in Amazonian Peru
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NOURIN AHOSAN HABIB, MARKUS MüLLER, OLIVER GAILING, KONSTANTIN V. KRUTOVSKY, ANDREAS BUERKERT, ANNE PATZELT, GHUDAINA AL ISSAI, MARTIN WIEHLE:
Genetic Diversity and Differentiation of Olea europaea Subsp. cuspidata in the Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman
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6 Posters

Multifunctionality in cultural landscapes

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Marc Cotter, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agric. Sci. in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany

HANS JOOSTEN:
The Necessity and Challenges of Tropical Paludiculture
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STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL, MELLISSA TELLO:
Social Obstacles to the Management of Ecosystem Services in the Cubango-Okavango River Basin
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DANILO CRISPIM MASSUELA, CINZIA PIATTI:
Hemp as a Multifunctional Crop to Promote Quilombola Communities of the Brazilian São Francisco Valley: A Case Study
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CARLOS MATIAS FIGUEROA, PILAR SALAZAR VARGAS, JOSé ALBERTO LARA PULIDO:
Ecosystem Services Valuation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a Concurrent PES Scheme to Foster Adaptation to Climate Change
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Postersession: Multifunctionality in cultural landscapes

Chair: Marc Cotter, University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Agric. Sci. in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Germany

Posters

JULIA SEVERO DOS SANTOS, FRANCINE HENKE TESSMER, LAURA TELLES GOMES, ALINE NEUTZLING BRUM:
Medicinal Plants as a Complementary Health Treatment by Small-Scale Farmers in South of Brazil
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EDUARDO ALBERTO LARA REIMERS, YAMEN HOMAIDAN SHMEIT, ELOY FERNáNDEZ CUSIMAMANI, JUAN MANUEL ZEPEDA DEL VALLE, DAVID JONATHAN LARA REIMERS:
Ethnomedicine in the High Lands of Chiapas, Mexico
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MARTINA TASEV, EDUINO CARBONó-DELAHOZ, LUKAS PAWERA, CORY WHITNEY, NAJI SULAIMAN, VLADIMIR VERNER, ZBYNEK POLESNY:
Urban Ethnobotany: Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Noncommunicable Diseases in Santa Marta, Colombia
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LINDA VLCKOVá, ADILET USUPBAEV, JYLDYZ SHIGAEVA, DIETRICH DARR, NAJI SULAIMAN, VLADIMIR VERNER, ZBYNEK POLESNY:
Ethnobotany of Wild Plants and Crop Wild Relatives in the Walnut-Fruit Forests of Kyrgyzstan
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BABU DALLAKOTI, CHRISTINE FüRST:
Limitations and Impracticality of the Design-Based Sampling Method for Medicinal Plant Inventory in High Mountain Regions
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RONJA SEEGERS:
Determinants and Impact of Wild Fruit Collection on Food Security in Rural Zambia
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ESTHER WARUINGI, ROBERT MBECHE, JOSIAH ATEKA, ANJA FASSE, ULRIKE GROTE:
Determinants of Forest Dependent Households' Participation in PES Schemes in Kenya
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RAZAFINDRAKOTOMAMONJY ANDRIANANTENAINA, RAVAOMANARIVO LALA HARIVELO.:
Which Edible Insects Can Be Found in the Amoron'i Mania Region of Madagascar?
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NAGHMEH MOBARGHAEE, HOUMAN LIAGHATI, FAATEME MOHEBBI:
The Relationship between Land Sustainable Management, Stakeholder Pressure and Change in Ecosystem Services - Khorasan Province, Iran
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ASWATHY VIJAYAN, ELSAMMA JOB, ARCHANA RAGHAVAN SATHYAN:
Addressing Sustainability of Fresh Water Lake: The Ecosystem Valuation of Vellayani Lake in South India
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BIJAN KHALILIMOGHADAM, ATTAOLLAH SIADAT, ASHKAN YOUSEFI:
Assessment of Heavy Metal and Aromatic Hydrocarbons Concentration in Deposited Particulates by Plant Species in Ahvaz City
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HAYDER ABDELGADER:
Improving Seed Treatment Methods: A Key Factor to Reduce the Risk to Honey Bees and other Pollinators to Maintain Biodiversity
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ANTHONY IJALA, SAMUEL KYAMANYWA, CHERUKUT SCOLA, CHRISTOPHER SEBATTA, JOHNNY MUGISHA, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU, STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL, JENINAH KARUNGI:
Local Crop Diversity, Soil Properties and Altitude as Indicators of Carabidae Distribution in the Highland Coffee Farms
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LIZA MELINA MEZA FLORES:
The Challenges of Smallholders and Small Entrepreneurs as Indirect Conservationists
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LUCIANA RAMOS JORDãO, SYBELLE BARREIRA:
Analisis of Agreements Made by Public Prosecutor's Office of Goias in Meia Ponte River: Ecological Restoration of Legal Reserve Areas and Permanent Preservation Areas in Cerrado
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VICTOR D.�VILA-AKERBERG, TANYA M. GONZáLEZ-MARTíNEZ, LIZA MELINA MEZA FLORES, MARCELA NOCHEBUENA, RUBéN MAYéN, FLORENTINO MORALES-SOLíS:
From Forest to Residential Housing? A Potential Victory over the "Private Profits, Public Impacts" Way of Proceeding
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LOVETH AIKOWE, JANA MAZANCOVA, MIROSLAVA BAVOROVA:
Pro-Environmental Awareness of Nigerian Youths
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DéBORA MADEIRA, KACILDA KUKI, SéRGIO MOTOIKE, THOMAS HILGER, GEORG CADISCH:
Potential New Oil Crops for Edible and Non-Edible Purposes in Brazil
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BARBORA FISEROVá, ELOY FERNáNDEZ CUSIMAMANI, NAYLA RODRIGUEZ:
Ethnobotanical Inventory of Medicinal Plants Used in Salamá District, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
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NHUNG NGUYEN THI TRANG, CUONG TRAN HUU, LEBAILLY PHILIPPE:
Constraints of Agricultural Development in the Context of Environmental Conservation for Protected Areas, Vietnam
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SöREN KöPKE, SISIRA WITHANACHCHI, RUWAN PATHIRANAGE:
Human-Wildlife Conflict in Tropical Agriculture: The Case of Sri Lanka
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21 Posters

Nutrition, food quality and food processing

Food supply chain innovations to enhance food security I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Thomas Kopp, University of Goettingen, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Germany

Oral presentations

NIRAJ PRAKASH JOSHI, LUNI PIYA:
Prospect of Organic Agriculture in Achieving Food Security in the Least Developed Countries
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ERIK ENGEL, NICOLE PAGANINI, TINASHE KANOSVAMHIRA, LUISA CHICAMISSE MUTISSE, ABONGILE MFAKU, IVO CUMBANA, ANJA SCHELCHEN, ANJA KUEHN:
How Can Urban Agriculture Contribute More to the Well-Being of Farmers in a Disfavoured Environment?
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ASHWINI B C, UMESH K B, VEERABHADRAPPA BELLUNDAGI, STEPHAN VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL, ANJALI PURASHOTHAM:
Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls across the Rural-Urban Interface of Bengaluru
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K. GEETHA, D VIJAYALAKSHMI, SHILPA YATNATTI, CHRISTOPH DITTRICH:
Nutritional Status of Women and Children in the Rural-Urban Interface of Bengaluru
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ORKHAN SARIYEV, TIM K. LOOS, LING YEE KHOR:
Crop Diversification, Household Decision-Making, and Dietary Diversity: A Panel Data Analysis of Ethiopian Rural Households
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Postersession: Food supply chain innovations to enhance food security I

Chair: Thomas Kopp, University of Goettingen, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Germany

Posters

TINA BEUCHELT, RAFAëL SCHNEIDER, LILIANA GAMBA:
The Food Security Standard: It Fills a Gap but has some Traps
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SIMEGN ALAMIREW, BERNHARD FREYER, JIM BINGEN:
Perceptions and Practices of Rural Women on Cultivation and Consumption of Vegetables and Fruits: An Intervention for Food-Related Health Problems in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
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GEORGE KAIMBA, MUENDO MUTUKU KAVOI, DAGMAR MITHöFER:
Marketing Channels for Underutilised Indigenous Fruit Tree Products: The Case of Baobab Pulp on Seed in Kenya
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AYE AYE MYINT:
Status and Prospect of Edible Insects in Myanmar
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VEERABHADRAPPA BELLUNDAGI, UMESH K B, ASHWINI B C, PRASANNA KUMAR P S, STEPHAN VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL:
Crop Diversification and Participation of Farm Households in Different Marketing Chains of Finger Millet and Maize Crops vis-à-vis Food Security Status in Rural-Urban Interface of Bengaluru
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K. GEETHA, D VIJAYALAKSHMI, SHILPA YATNATTI, CHRISTOPH DITTRICH:
Food Transition Across Rural-Urban Gradient of Bengaluru, Karnataka
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NILS NöLLE, ALEXANDRA BAISCH, YISA NJOWE KIERAN BONG, ELIZABETH KUSIA, SUBRAMANIAN SEVGAN, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI:
Potential of Edible Insects to Combat Hidden Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa
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MICHELLE MAUSBACH, MARGARETA LELEA, OLIVER HENSEL, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Participatory Value Chain Development to Enable Farmer Groups to Add Value to Pineapples in Uganda
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OLUWAFOLAKEMI ADELEYE, OLUSEYI O. OLUWATOSIN, ADEBAYO V. JEGEDE, OLUSESAN FAFIOLU, ADEOYE J. OYEWUSI, OLUMUYIWA TUNDE SIGBEKU:
Residues of Melamine Persist in Meat of Broiler Fed In-Feed Larvacide after Mandatory Withdrawal Period
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9 Posters

Food supply chain innovations to enhance food security II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Thomas Kopp, University of Goettingen, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Germany

Oral presentations


Postersession: Food supply chain innovations to enhance food security II

Chair: Thomas Kopp, University of Goettingen, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Germany

Posters

MELINA GERHARD, PASCALE WAELTI, GENEVIEVE ATIENO OWUOR, DAVIS IKIROR, SARA IMBACH:
Impact Evaluation of a Cooling Truck on the Camel Milk Value Chain in Isiolo, Kenya
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DARYA HIRSCH, MARTIN HAMER, ISABELLE HIRSCH:
Sustainability Hot Spot Analysis of Insect Supply Chains for Food and Feed
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RAJA RAM MEHTA, EVA SCHLECHT:
Food Security of Dairy and Non-Dairy Farming Households in Northwest Cameroon
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JAMES LEDO, KASPER HETTINGA, PIETERNEL LUNING:
A Customized Assessment Tool to Differentiate Safety and Hygiene Practices in Emerging Dairy Chains
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TOLOJANAHARY CHRISTIAN RATOMPOARISON, JEAN ROGER EMILE RASOARAHONA, FELAMBOAHANGY RASOARAHONA:
Developing Processing Technologies of Edible Insects with Innovative Approaches to Enhance Rural Nutrition in Madagascar
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KARIN GAESING:
Complementing Sustainable Resource Management with Land Use Intensification to Overcome Poverty in Ethiopia
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INGO WAGLER:
Enhancing the Sustainability of Insect Rearing Systems for Nutrition through a Multidimensional Potential Assessment Framework
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OLUWATOYIN ALETOR, FUNMILOLA ISHAYA, VALENTINE ALETOR:
Comparative Evaluation of the Composition, Digestibility and Functionality of Chemically Modified Protein Isolates from Soya Bean and some Under-Utilised Legumes
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HASSAN ABDEL MONEEM IBRAHIM EL DEMERDASH:
Antimicrobial Activity of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria Isolates Against Pathogenic Bacteria in Dairy Product
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9 Posters

Nutrition security

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Gudrun B. Keding, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Department of Crop Sciences, Germany

Oral presentations

IRMGARD JORDAN, BáRBARA FRóES, M. GRACIA GLAS, ANNA RöHLIG, SAMWEL MBUGUA, JULIUS TWINAMASIKO, SAHRAH FISCHER, LYDIAH M. WASWA, JOHNNY MUGISHA, JENINAH KARUNGI, ELIZABETH KAMAU, THOMAS HILGER, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Women's Age and Eating Time Determine Impact of Nutrition Education on Dietary Diversity Scores of Women and Children in Uganda and Kenya
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BARBARA GöTZ, MATHIAS HOUNSOU, SYLVAIN DABADé, THOMAS HAVELT, MICHAELA SCHMITZ, DJIDJOHO JOSEPH HOUNHOUIGAN, JUDITH KREYENSCHMIDT:
The Potential of Sustainable Antimicrobial Additives for Food Packaging from Native Plants in Benin
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COLLINS KIRUI KIPROTICH, KAVOI MUTUKU MUENDO, DAGMAR MITHöFER:
Consumer Awareness and Attitude towards Baobab Products in Kenya
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SOLOMON KOFI CHIKPAH, JOSEPH KUDADAM KORESE, OLIVER HENSEL, BARBARA STURM:
Effect of Sieve Particle Size on Quality Attributes of Peeled and Unpeeled Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Composite Flours
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SéRGIO HENRIQUE TOLEDO E SILVA, LIDIANE BATAGLIA SILVA, STEPHANIE BADER-MITTERMAIER, GABRIELE DOER, PETER EISNER:
Characterisation of Macauba (Acrocomia aculeata) Kernel Proteins and Evaluation of their Solubility Properties
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Postersession: Nutrition security

Chair: Gudrun B. Keding, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Department of Crop Sciences, Germany

Posters

MAI ABBAS, ALEX FRANKLIN, CHIARA TORNAGHI:
Urban Agroecology for Health and Wellbeing
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RICARDO ROMERO-PEREZGROVAS, VICTOR ARBOLEDA, HAROL REVELO, JUDITH HECK, CHARLES FRENCH:
Food Sovereignty in Central America: A Comparison of Conventional and Regenerative Practices in Rural Communities
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TINA KOCH, GUDRUN STALLKAMP, M. GRACIA GLAS, IRMGARD JORDAN:
Enablers, Difficulties and Hindrances of Nutrition Recommendations Application in Karamoja, Rural Uganda
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K. GEETHA, GEETHA YANKANCHI, NETRAVATI HIREMATH:
Dietary Intervention for Management of Obesity among Rural Farm Women
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PATRICE MIRINDI, JOHN MBURU, JOHN ULIMWENGU, WIM MARIVOET:
Food Consumption and Nutrient Deficiencies Trends in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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NARILALA RANDRIANARISON, HERIMIHAMINA ANDRIAMAZAORO:
Perceptions of Rural and Urban Population of Insect Consumption: Does Entomophagy Have a Future in Madagascar?
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MYINT THU THU AUNG, JOCHEN DüRR:
Marketing and Consumption of Edible Insects in the Urban Center of Yangon, Myanmar
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JUDITH WOLLMERSHäUSER, HANS KONRAD BIESALSKI:
The Prevalence of Anaemia among Children in Northern Uganda: Urban-Rural Comparison
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NKAANAH FOMEFRET INES INGRID, PRIDE ANYA EBILE:
Constraints of Home Gardens to Impact Nutritional Anemia: A Case Study of Eco-Sustainable Garden Empowering Mbororo Women in Cameroon
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HABTAMU S. ARAGAW, DANIEL CALLO-CONCHA, NOHR DONATUS:
Nutritional Potential of Indigenous Vegetables Growing in Understory Coffee Agroforests of Yayu, Southwestern Ethiopia
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JILL MARIE FERRY, ANNET ITARU, LYDIAH M. WASWA, M. GRACIA GLAS, DAISY ALUM, MARGARET KABAHENDA, IRMGARD JORDAN:
Are Vegetables Foods or Just a Sauce?
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ZIBA BARATI, SEBASTIAN AWISZUS, SAJID LATIF, JOACHIM MüLLER:
The Effect of Lactic Acid Fermentation on Cassava Leaves
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OLAIDE RUTH ADERIBIGBE, FOLASADE OLABIMPE ADEBOYEJO, MARY OLUWAKEMI AFOLABI, JOSEPH KUDADAM KORESE, SOLOMON KOFI CHIKPAH:
Comparative Nutritional Analysis of Paste Developed from Tricosanthes Cucumerina Linn and Lycopersicon Esculentum L. Mill. in Nigeria
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SOLOMON KOFI CHIKPAH, OLAIDE RUTH ADERIBIGBE, BARBARA STURM, ALBERT ESPER, OLIVER HENSEL, JOSEPH KUDADAM KORESE:
Composite Flour Blends: Effect of Particle Size of Peeled and Unpeeled Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato Flours on Quality Characteristics of Cookies
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OLUWATOYIN AYETIGBO, SAJID LATIF, ADEBAYO ABASS, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Optimisation of Drying Conditions for Cassava Foam Powder Production and Properties of Cassava Foam Powder
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MOUNTAHA YOUSSEF, MUHI EL-DINE HILALI, POULIN AAD POULIN, KHALED HUSHAYMI, SAAB ABI SAAB:
Effect of Lactation Season on Awassi Sheep Milk Quality and Fatty Acid Profiles
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ELISHA OTIENO GOGO:
The Significance of Net Covers in Postharvest Quality Management: Increasing and Preserving Health Promoting Carotenoids in Vegetable Amaranth
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17 Posters

New technologies for sustainable agriculture and food processing

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Jan Banout, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Fac. Tropical AgriSciences, Czech Republic

Oral presentations

JOSEPH KUDADAM KORESE, MATTHEW ATONGBIIK ACHAGLINKAME, OLAIDE RUTH ADERIBIGBE, OLIVER HENSEL, ALBERT ESPER, BARBARA STURM:
Effect of Pretreatment and Integration of Superabsorbent Polymers (SAP) as Desiccants on Quality Parameters of Frafra Potato (Solenostemon rotundifolius) during Solar Drying
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BERT KOHLMANN, RICARDO ROMERO-PEREZGROVAS, MILDRED LINKIMER, MARIA FERNANDA ROMERO RUBIANO, VICTOR ARBOLEDA, SAM BENTSON:
Evaluation of Efficiency of two Local Improved Stove Models in Honduras and Panama
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ABIR BHATTACHARYYA, LENNART JANSEN, MATTHIAS KLEINKE, RONNY HARTANTO:
Toward Automated Biodiversity Research on the Tropical Ecosystem Using Artificial Intelligence
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ANA SALVATIERRA-ROJAS, FLORIAN MäNNER, VICTOR TORRES-TOLEDO, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Development of a Decision-Making Tool for Solar Energy Implementation along the Rice Value Chain
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KORBINIAN KAETZL, MANFRED LüBKEN, GüLKADER UZUN, TITO GEHRING, EDITH NETTMANN, KATHRIN STENCHLY, MARC WICHERN:
On-Farm Wastewater Treatment Using Biochar from Local Agroresidues Promotes Safer Irrigation Water for Food Production in Developing Countries
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Postersession: New technologies for sustainable agriculture and food processing

Chair: Jan Banout, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Fac. Tropical AgriSciences, Czech Republic

Posters

DIANA JAIME, JOHANNES MöSSINGER, MANUEL NARJES, THOMAS BERGER:
Can Farmer-to-Farmer Mechanisation Enterprises Contribute to Filling the Technology Adoption Gap in Zambia?
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SANTI PRATIWI, NATALY JUERGES:
Renewable Energy Development in Southeast Asia: A Review on Trade-Offs with Environment and Nature Conservation
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REBECA ZAVALA, ISRAEL CANTU SILVA, HUMBERTO GONZáLEZ RODRíGUEZ, TETSUYA KUBOTA:
Mechanical Properties of Native Tree Species for Soil Bioengineering in Northeastern Mexico
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JOSHUA OWADE, GEORGE ABONG', MICHAEL OKOTH, AGNES MWANG'OMBE:
Utilisation of Traditional Processed and Preserved Cowpea Leaves in the Coastal Region of Kenya
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ZIBA BARATI, SAJID LATIF, SEBASTIAN ROMULI, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Freeze-Thaw Pre-Treatment Optimisation for Cassava Tubers to Improve Peeling Efficiency
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MIA SCHOEBER, BERNHARD FREYER, GEROLD RAHMANN:
A Systems Approach to Biodigester Evaluation: Analyzing Bioresources to Asses Farm Integration in the Arsi Zone, Ethiopia
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CHEMEDA ABEDETA GARBABA, OLIVER HENSEL:
Development of a Photovoltaic Driven Ventilation System to Modified Traditional Ethiopian Gombisa for On-Cobs-Maize Drying and Storage
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GHAITH HASAN, HYNEK ROUBIK, JANA MAZANCOVA, JAN BANOUT:
Biogas Energy Potential in Syria: Prospects and Challenges
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ROMUALDO MARTINEZ, ROBELYN DAQUILA:
Greenhouse Solar Dryer with Biomass Furnace for Coffee Farmer Communities
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9 Posters

(Socio)economics

Agricultural transition and rural employment

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Lisa Jäckering, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Germany

Oral presentations

MARIE-LUISE MATTHYS:
Cardamom Production and the 'Good Life': Agricultural and Social Change in East Nepal
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QIAN GUO, EMMANUEL OLATUNBOSUN BENJAMIN:
Determinants of the Adoption of Sustainable Intensification in Southern African Farming Systems: A Meta-Analysis
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TATIANA OJEDA LUNA, ELIZA ZHUNUSOVA, SVEN GüNTER, MATTHIAS DIETER:
Influence of Conservation Policies and Deforestation on Forest and Agricultural Income in Ecuadorian Tropical Forests
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ANDREAS BUERKERT, HANNA KARG, CHICKADIBBURAHALLI T. SUBBARAYAPPA, DIMBA CHOWDAPPA HAMUMANTHAPPA, Z. MUDALAGIRIYAPPA, ELLEN HOFFMANN, EVA SCHLECHT, TOBIAS PLIENINGER, STEPHAN VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL, K.B. UMESH:
Rural-Urban Transformation Processes in India and West Africa
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TADIWOS ZEWDIE, JAMES WARNER, GETAW TADESSE:
Reaching the Ultra-Poor through Livelihood Asset Transfer: Impacts on Rural Income Diversification and Migration in Ethiopia
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Postersession: Agricultural transition and rural employment

Chair: Lisa Jäckering, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Germany

Posters

JANA HEROLD, KARIN GAESING:
Self-organised Natural Resource Management in Burkina Faso
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OLUBUNMI AYOBAMI DUDUYEMI:
Challenges Facing the Quality Management along Organic Agriculture Value Chains in Southwestern Nigeria
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ROSAINE NERICE YEGBEMEY, GHISLAIN B. D. AIHOUNTON, ALINE M. ALOUKOUTOU:
Providing Smallholder Farmers with Weather-Related Information to Build their Resilience to Climate Variability: A Qualitative Exploration
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MARCO DE LA CRUZ SáNCHEZ, JOOST DESSEIN:
Power-Relations through Institutional Bricolage in the Rural Farmers' Decision to Transit towards Agroecology in Peru
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GRACE MUDOMBI-RUSINAMHODZI, ANDREAS THIEL, GEORGE OWUOR:
A Mixed-Method Systematic Review to Assess Household Characteristics and Livelihoods in Rural Zimbabwe
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WIEBKE WELLBROCK, STEFAN BURKART, KAREN ENCISO, ANDREA KNIERIM:
Public Images of Dairy Production Systems among Urban Citizens in Bogotá, Colombia
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WILSON KAUMBATA, LIVENESS BANDA, GáBOR MéSZáROS, TIMOTHY GONDWE, M. JENNIFER WOODWARD-GREENE, BENJAMIN ROSEN, CURTIS VAN TASSELL, JOHANN SöLKNER, MARIA WURZINGER:
Socio-Economic Contribution of Indigenous Goats to Smallholders in Low Input Crop-Livestock Production System in Malawi
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BEKELE HUNDIE KOTU, GUNDULA FISCHER, ADEBAYO ABASS, IRMGARD HOESCHLE-ZELEDON, MATEETE BEKUNDA:
Calling for Mechanisation: Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Small-Scale Maize Shelling Machines in Tanzania
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VAN HIEP TRAN, DIETRICH DARR, JüRGEN PRETZSCH:
What makes Small Bamboo and Rattan Handicraft Enterprises Successful? A Case Study from Chuong My District, Hanoi Capital, Vietnam
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ANNA LINA BARTL, ISABEL BARTL:
The Wellbeing of Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Mount Elgon Region- a Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of a Rural Community in Eastern Uganda
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SURAJIT HALDAR, SMITA SUSOVITA, DEBDUTT BEHURA:
Community Irrigation Sharing Arrangement and Smallholders' Market Led Agriculture - A Case of Odisha State, India
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VINCENT LINDERHOF, MARIEKE MEESKE, VASCO DIOGO:
The Spatial and Land-Use Dimension of Food Systems in Transition: The Case of Northern Vietnam
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NIGA ABDALLA:
Factors Affecting Meat Consumption in Sulaymaniyah City of Iraqi Kurdistan
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13 Posters

Learning and extension

Oral presentations session:

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

Oral presentations

GIOVANNA CHAVEZ MIGUEL:
Resilience and Vulnerability of Agroecology Peasant Schools in Post-Conflict Colombia
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KATHRIN STENCHLY, TOBIAS FELDT, DAVID WEISS, JESSICA ANDRIAMPARANY, ANDREAS BUERKERT:
Silent Comics for Agricultural Extension of Rural Communities in SW Madagascar
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MIRJA MICHALSCHECK, JEROEN C.J. GROOT, IRMGARD HOESCHLE-ZELEDON, GUNDULA FISCHER, BEKELE HUNDIE KOTU, PABLO TITTONELL:
Exploring Smallholder Farm Decisions through Typologies and Serious Gaming
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FARAH MRABET, JULIET KARIUKI, VICTOR TORRES-TOLEDO, JOACHIM MüLLER:
Challenges and Opportunities for the Implementation of an Innovative Solar Milk Cooling System in Kenya
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KAYFE NWOSU, MARGARETA LELEA, SIMON OYEGBILE, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Leveraging Collaborative Learning to Build Capacity for Entrepreneurship together with Rural Women's Groups in Nigeria
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Postersession: Learning and extension

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

Posters

JANNA NIENS, SUSANNE BöGEHOLZ:
Conditions and Potentials for Education for Sustainable Development in Primary Schools in North-East Madagascar
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CLAUDIO PAUL NGASSA, ANJA FAßE:
Modelling Adoption and Welfare Impacts of Agricultural Upgrading Strategies (UPS) among Rural Smallholders in Tanzania
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MAGDALENA WANAWAN, VIRGINIA TAPAT:
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Organic Production Systems in Vegetable Farming
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HABTAMU DEMILEW YISMAW, CHRISTIAN TROOST, MOTI JALETA, THOMAS BERGER:
Farmers' Adaptation and Coping of Climate Variability-induced Shocks in Ethiopia: Disentangling Household-specific Determinants of ex-ante and ex-post Strategy Choices
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POWELL MPONELA, GRACE VILLAMOR, LULSEGED TAMENE, SIEGLINDE SNAPP, QUANG BAO LE, CHRISTIAN BORGEMEISTER:
Uptake of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Techniques in Maize Mixed Farming Systems of East and Southern Africa: Case of Malawi's Rift Valley Escarpments
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KAREN ENCISO, MANUEL DIAZ, NATALIA TRIANA-ANGEL, STEFAN BURKART:
Forage Technology Adoption Studies in Bovine Livestock Production Systems: a Field Open to Innovation
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MUSTAPHA ALASAN DALAA, RICH KOFI KOFITUO, ISSAC ALVIN AMOAH, LAURENCE JASSOGNE, RICHARD ASARE:
Unlocking Barriers to Adoption and Scaling of Climate Smart Cocoa Practices in Ghana
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FAUSTINA OBENG ADOMAA, SIETZE VELLEMA, MAJA A. SLINGERLAND, RICHARD ASARE:
Filling Gap and Removing Trap: The Interface Between Expert and Farmer Knowledge on Cocoa Pruning
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MAIKE VOSS:
Barriers to Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation Measures - The Case of Madagascars' Agricultural Sector
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JONATHAN STEINKE, BERTA ORTIZ CRESPO, CARLOS QUIROS, JACOB MUSYOKA, JACOB MUTEMI, JOY PHILOMENA WANZA, HAPPY DAUDI, GASPAR MAJUTO MGIMILOKO, OMARI MPONDA, JACOB VAN ETTEN:
Digital Extension Service: Delivering Agro-advisory by an Automated Hotline and Asynchronous Communication via Voice Messages
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CHECK ABDEL KADER BABA:
Filling Knowledge Gaps Between Model Farmers and their Communities: Implementing the Concept of Social Debt
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DOLAPO ADEYANJU, JOHN MBURU, DJANA MIGNOUNA:
Factors Influencing Youths' Participation in Agricultural Training Programs in Nigeria: The Case of Fadama GUYS Program
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JANE KAHWAI, JOHN MBURU, MARTIN OULU:
Role of Extension in Enhancing Positive Perceptions of Innovations; A Case of Hexanal in Kenya
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SELINA BRUNS, FREDERIK SAGEMüLLER, MUßHOFF OLIVER:
Seeing Is Believing
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EWERE EVELYN ANYOKWU:
Land Tenure Security, Soil Water Conservation Technology Adoption and Household Welfare Linkages in Nigeria
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15 Posters

Value chains and markets

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Christian Herzig, University of Kassel, Management in the International Food Industry, Germany

Oral presentations

WILSON WILSON, MAJA A. SLINGERLAND, HANNAH VAN ZANTEN, FREDERICK BAIJUKYA, SIMON OOSTING, KEN GILLER:
The Role of the Integrated Maize-Soybean-Chicken Value Chains in Sustaining Diverse Diets in Tanzania
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ABIODUN ADELEKUN, ADEOLU AYANWALE:
Analysis of Business Model Innovation among Indigenous Vegetable Producers in Southwestern Nigeria
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TINA BEUCHELT, RAFAëL SCHNEIDER, LILIANA GAMBA:
Options to Address Food Security on Sustainably Certified Farms in Food-insecure Countries
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AYOBAMI ADETOYINBO, VERENA OTTER:
Organisational Structures, Gender and Upgrading Strategies for Smallholders in Local Value Chains
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DELA-DEM FIANKOR, OLIVER HAASE, BERNHARD BRüMMER:
The Heterogeneous Effects of Standards on Agrifood Trade Flows
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Postersession: Value chains and markets

Chair: Christian Herzig, University of Kassel, Management in the International Food Industry, Germany

Posters

OSMIRA FATIMA DA SILVA, GLAYS RODRIGUES MATOS, ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER:
Agroeconomic Viability of Irrigated Common Bean Production by Small Farms in the Micro-Region of Ceres, Goias State, Brazil
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OGHAIKI ASAAH NDAMBI, JELLE ZIJLSTRA, MICHIEL VAN EUPEN, TINSAE BERHANU, TOMASO CECCARELLI, ADRIAAN VERNOOIJ:
Biophysical and Socio-Economic Mapping and Prioritisation of Areas for Sustainable Dairy Development in Ethiopia
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HUNG ANH NGUYEN, WOLFGANG BOKELMANN:
Farm Production and Market Access of Certified Coffee Farmers in Dak Lak, Vietnam
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DAMIAN AGOM, EDDY ATTE ENYENIHI, DUMKA BENSON:
Using Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Value Chain Products in Filling Gaps for Food Security in Nigeria
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CRISTHIAN DAVID PUERTA RODRIGUEZ, ATHENA BIRKENBERG, REGINA BIRNER:
The New EU Regulation on Cadmium in Chocolate: Impacts on the Colombian Cocoa Value Chain
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OSMAR DE PAULA OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, CLEONICE BORGES DE SOUZA, JOSE ELENILSON CRUZ, ALCIDO ELENOR WANDER, CLEYZER ADRIAN CUNHA:
Transaction Costs in Cassava Production Chain: the Case of Araguaia Valley Region (Goias State, Brazil)
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YANA CHERNYKH, DIETRICH DARR, ZBYNEK POLESNY, VLADIMIR VERNER:
Marketing of Edible Species Collected in Ancient Walnut Forest in Southern Kyrgyzstan
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ANDRéS CHARRY, FABIO CASTRO, AUGUSTO CASTRO-NUNEZ:
Cocoa, Forests and Peace – The Role of Cocoa in Conservation and Peace Building in Colombia
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GABRIEL SPECHT, STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
System Assessment on Exchange of Commodities among Rural Households by Using a Village Social Accounting Matrix
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RAKHMA MELATI SUJARWO, THOMAS KOPP, BERNHARD BRüMMER:
Price Linkages in Indonesian Palm Oil Industry
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CHARLES PETER MGENI, KLAUS MüLLER, STEFAN SIEBER:
Tariff Impact on Industrialisation Development in Tanzania: Evidence from Edible Oil Sub-Sector
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11 Posters

Women's agency in rural households

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Yvonne Franke, University of Goettingen, Diversity Research Institute, Germany

ANGELA AKORSU:
Gendered Land Rights in Ghana: A Threat to Sustainable Agricultural Production
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Oral presentations

BASTIAN LANGE, OLIVER HENSEL, BARBARA STURM:
Small-Scale Processing and Marketing of Underutilised Vegetables – What Role for Women's Livelihoods in Ghana?
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GUNDULA FISCHER, AKOSUA KESEBOA DARKWAH, JUDITH KAMOTO, JESSICA MZAMU-KAMPANJE:
Gender- and Age-Biased Land Tenure Systems and their Impact on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification
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SERAH KIRAGU-WISSLER, BONIFACE KITEME:
Intra-Household Land Tenure Insecurity - The Mute Risk to Sustainable Food Production in Western Kenya
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LYDIA MADINTIN KONLAN, RASHIDA CHANTIMA ZIBLILA, MARGARETA LELEA, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Entrepreneurial Potentials of Rural Women's Groups to Process Underutilised Species in Northern Ghana
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Postersession: Women's agency in rural households

Chair: Yvonne Franke, University of Goettingen, Diversity Research Institute, Germany

Posters

RASHIDA CHANTIMA ZIBLILA, MARGARETA LELEA, JASPER ABEMBIA AYELAZUNO, ELIASU MUMUNI, BRIGITTE KAUFMANN:
Rural Women's Access to Land and Household Food Security: Implications of Agricultural Intensification in Ghana
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PRIDE EBILE, NANCY NAHSANG TAGU, JENS NORBERT WüNSCHE:
Contributions of Home Gardens to Vegetable Biodiversity: A Case Study of Eco-Sustainable Gardens Empowering Minority Women in Cameroon
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M. GRACIA GLAS, BáRBARA FRóES, SAMWEL MBUGUA, SAHRAH FISCHER, THOMAS HILGER, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU, IRMGARD JORDAN:
Impact of a Combined Nutrition and Agricultural Intervention on Time-Use and Dietary Diversity of Women Smallholder Farmers in Teso Sub-County, Kenya
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CHRISTINE ARWATA ALUM, STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Farm Household Decision Making on Crop Diversity in the Mt. Elgon Region, Uganda: A Participatory System Analysis Approach
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WAHEED SULAIMON, OLANIKE DEJI, OLAMIDE OLOWOYO:
Gender Specific Utilisation of Forest Products among Rural Dwellers in Osun State, Nigeria
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NATALIA TRIANA-ANGEL, STEFAN BURKART:
Gender and Bovine Livestock Production in Latin America: The Status Quo
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ANA ALVARENGA DE CASTRO:
Cyclic Agroecosystems under Threat by Neo-Extractivism: The Answers from Peasant Women
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TEREZA VEJVODOVA, LUKAS PAWERA, AIN SYAHRIL, ZBYNEK POLESNY, VLADIMIR VERNER:
Food Species Richness and Commercialisation of Homegardens in Indonesia: Example of Central Sulawesi and West Sumatra
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8 Posters

Governance and sustainable resources management

Oral presentations session:

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

DANIEL HAWKINS:
Science-Policy Transfers and the Perpetual Tension between the Spheres of Activism and Academic Knowledge Production and Diffusion
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Oral presentations

MOHAMMAD NASER REYHANI, PHILIPP GRUNDMANN:
From Conflict to Engagement in Agricultural Water Governance: The Case of Zayandeh-Rud Basin, Iran
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LUCA EUFEMIA, IZABELA SCHLINDWEIN, MICHELLE BONATTI, SABETH TARA BAYER, STEFAN SIEBER, MARCOS LANA:
Community Based Governance and Sustainablity in the Paraguayan Pantanal
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GABRIEL SPECHT, STEPHANIE DOMPTAIL, ERNST-AUGUST NUPPENAU:
Public Programs and their Influence on Agricultural Production and Practices: Evidences from Rural Brazil
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Postersession: Governance and sustainable resources management

Chair: Ariane Götz, University of Kassel, International Agricultural Policy and Environmental Governance, Germany

Posters

ANIKA TOTOJANI, STéPHANE FOURNIER:
Opportunities and Challenges of the Grain Sector in Kosovo - Managing Domestic Resources
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FREDY DAVID POLO VILLANUEVA, PRADIP KUMAR SARKER, LUKAS GIESSEN:
Influence of the International Environmental Agenda on Amazonian Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) Regional Governance
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VICENTE C PIRES SILVEIRA, JOãO GARIBALDI ALMEIDA VIANA, CLáUDIA GARRASTAZU RIBEIRO, CLAUDIO MARQUES RIBEIRO, FERNANDO LUIZ FERREIRA DE QUADROS, JEAN PAOLO GOMES MINELLA, JEAN FRANCOIS TOURRAND:
Applying the MESMIS Methodology to the Nexus Approach: The Nexus Pampa Project
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FATEMEH RAHIMI FEYZABAD, MASOUD YAZDANPANAH, SAEED GHOLAMREZAI:
Investigating Institutional Arrangements in Groundwater Resources Management in Iran
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SAIMA JABEEN, REGINA BIRNER:
Challenges of Sustainable Wastewater Management in Pakistan: A Case Study of Faisalabad
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JOHN NDUNGU, ANNE MURIUKI, JOHAN BLOCKEEL, CHRISTIAN BORGEMEISTER, LISA BIBER-FREUDENBERGER, OLIVER KIRUI, JUSTA GITONGA, CHARITY GATHAMBIRI, PAUL KIURU, MARIAN KAMAU, IRENE KADZERE, CHRISTIAN SCHADER:
Implementation of a Multi-Criteria Assessment of Sustainability of Smallholder Organic and Conventional Farms in Kenya
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ADUNNI SANNI, OGECHI NWAHIA, ZAKARI ABDULSALAM:
Impact of USAID/Markets II Intervention on Productivity of Rice Farming Households in Eastern Nigeria
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MD FAISAL ABEDIN KHAN, MD SAIFUR RAHMAN, LUKAS GIESSEN:
Policy Issues, Actors' Public Claims and Informal Interests: Insights from the Sundarbans Mangrove Forests Management
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MAJDI GOUJA, CHRISTIAN SCHLEYER, ANDREAS THIEL:
Using Treated Waste Water for Agriculture in Tunisia: Farmers' and Consumers' Perspectives
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ARVIND LAKSHMISHA, ANDREAS THIEL:
Waterbody Management in Peri-Urban and Rural Areas of Metropolitan Bengaluru: Example of a Polycentric System
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KINDAH IBRAHIM, YIGEZU ATNAFE YIGEZU, MAHMOUD BABILI, RAID HAMZA:
Agricultural Sector Model: A Tool to Evaluate Agricultural Production and Food Security in Syria
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11 Posters

Institutions

GIZ/BMZ: Opportunities and challenges in scaling agricultural innovations

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Jürgen Anthofer, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Division Rural Development and Agriculture, Germany

Oral presentations

BORIS BüCHLER:
Does Sustainable Land Management Lead to an Inclusive Rural Transformation? - Experience from Ethiopia
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UDO RUEDIGER:
More Impact through Collaboration – How International Agricultural Research and GIZ Collaborate to Achieve Impact on Scale – A Case Study from Tunisia
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STEFFEN ENTENMANN, UWE OHMSTEDT, EDUARDO STERN:
Scaling of Improved Forages in Eastern Africa: an Activity of the GIZ/BEAF Task Force on Scaling
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Postersession: GIZ/BMZ: Opportunities and challenges in scaling agricultural innovations

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ICARDA: Cereals and pulses for climate-smart agri food systems

Oral presentations session:

Chair: François Stepman, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Belgium

Oral presentations

JACQUES WERY, YIGEZU ATNAFE YIGEZU, SHIV KUMAR AGRAWAL, ANDREA VISIONI, MICHAEL BAUM, BARBARA ANN RISCHKOWSKY:
Cereals and Pulses for Sustainable Agri-food Systems under Climate Change
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BMEL: Scaling up, out and deep - lessons learned

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Siegfried Harrer, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, International Cooperation and Gobal Food Security, Germany

Oral presentations

MAJA CLAUSEN, ANDREA ROTHE:
Panel Discussion: Scaling Up, Out and Deep - Lessons Learned Sharing Experiences from Research Projects Funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, BMEL
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ETTI WINTER:
Out – up – and Deep Scaling in a Reverse Auction: Experience from the Foseza Project
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KLAAS DIETZE, KERSTIN FISCHER, JULIET JABATY, ALIMOU CAMARA, SANDRA DIEDERICH, THOMAS HOENEN, ANDREAS MüLLER, ROLAND SULUKU, CéCILE TROUPIN, MATHEW L. GBOKU, BASHIRU KOROMA, NOEL TORDO, THOMAS C. METTENLEITER, MARTIN H. GROSCHUP:
Ebola and Trust… (How Do Those Two Get into the Same Headline)?
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STEFAN SIEBER, CONSTANCE RYBAK, HARRY HOFFMANN, MICHELLE BONATTI, HADIJAH MBWANA, NYAMIZI BUNDARA, VICTORIA GOWLE:
Principles and Implementation Models for Out- and Upscaling of Innovations
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BARBARA STURM, BASTIAN LANGE, SHARVARI RAUT, OLIVER HENSEL:
Participatory and Collaborative Strategies for Out-, Up- and Deep Scaling of Post-Harvest Innovations in West Africa
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Postersession: BMEL: Scaling up, out and deep - lessons learned

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BMBF - CLIENT II: Partnerships for sustainable innovations

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Matthias Frattini, DLR Project Management Agency, International Bureau, Germany

Oral presentations

YVONNE WALZ, KOUAMI KOKOU, JULIEN ADOUNKPE, MOUMINI SAVADOGO, AYMAR BOSSA, AKPAMOU KOKOUVI GBéTEY, MARTIN PéPIN AINA, MARIELE EVERS, ADRIAN ALMORADIE, RHOLAN HOUNGUE, SOPHIE THIAM, SARAH VERLEYSDONK, GESINE SCHIEWER, VICTOR KPOKPOYA, KAJ LIPPERT, GERNOT BELGER, MICHAEL HAGENLOCHER, YANNICK SCHILLINGER, SIMON WAGNER, LORINA SCHUDEL, ZITA SEBESVARI:
Implementing Climate-Sensitive Adaptation Strategies to Reduce Flood Risk in the Transboundary Lower Mono River Catchment in Togo and Benin – The Project CLIMAFRI
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IHTIYOR BOBOJONOV, LENA KUHN, THOMAS GLAUBEN:
Increasing Climate Resilience via Agricultural Insurance – The Project KlimALEZ
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MAIK VESTE, THOMAS BERGER, BEN DU TOIT, GERHARD KAST, THOMAS LITTMANN, ELMI LOETZE, ECKART PRIESACK, THOMAS SEIFERT, AND FARMIMPACT TEAM:
FarmImpact - Development of Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions for Farms in South Africa
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JANNIS FLORIAN CARSTENS, OLGA SHIBISTOVA, GEORG GUGGENBERGER:
Innovations for Sustainable Agricultural Resource Utilisation and Climate Adaption in Dry Steppes of Kazakhstan and Southwest Siberia (ReKKS)
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SERGEY BLAGODATSKY, MIRIAM EHRET, FRANK RASCHE, IMKE HUTTER, REGINA BIRNER, BELOVED M. DZOMEKU, OBLé NEYA, GEORG CADISCH, JENS NORBERT WüNSCHE:
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Phytoremediation of Mercury Polluted Soils in Ghana and Burkina Faso
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Postersession: BMBF - CLIENT II: Partnerships for sustainable innovations

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Special projects

DAAD alumni seminar I

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,

Oral presentations


Postersession: DAAD alumni seminar I

Chair: N. N., ,

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SHAHZAD KOUSER, FAISAL NAWAZ, ABEDULLAH ABEDULLAH:
Impact of Climate Change on Livestock Production in Pakistan Using Statistical Copulas
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INES KSENTINI, BOUTHEINA LAGNEB, INES ABIDA, MOHIEDDINE KSANTINI:
Towards a Sustainable Management of Olive Trees' Orchards
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ANA FLORENCIA STODDART:
Reprimarisation: Implications for Regional Agriculture Development in Argentina
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THAVANANTHAN SIVANANTHAWERL:
Current Issues in Biodiversity Management in South and South East Asia: Sri Lanka
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IBUKUN AYOOLA, MUBO A. SONIBARE, BADARA GUEYE, RAJNEESH PALIWAL, MICHAEL ABBERTON, GERTRUD MORLOCK:
Genetic Fidelity Assessment and Phytochemical Bioprofiling of Field-Grown, in vitro-Grown and Acclimatised Musa spp. Accessions
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LE LE WIN:
Ecosystem-based Conservation of Myanmar's Southern Coastal Zone
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ROSEMARY MURORI:
Using Genomic Prediction to Increase Genetic Gain in Oryza Sativa for Increased Food Security in Esa
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JARED OCHIENG:
Genetic Diversity of Blackberry (Rubus subgenus Rubus Watson) in Kenya Using Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs)
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CHRISTIAN JOSEPH CUMAGUN, KATJA LENZ, RUTH JAKOBS, CAROLINE MüLLER, ANNA RATHGEB, PETR KARLOVSKY:
Metabolic Profiling of Endophytic Fungi Acting as Antagonists of the Banana Pathogen Colletotrichum musae
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JOHN MATHIAS MANGANA, AMINA HAMIS BAISI:
The Benefits of Mixed Farming Practices in Tanzania
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SASITHORN LIMSUWAN:
Towards a Sustainable Sugarcane Management in Thailand through Mitr Phol Model
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PHUONG NGUYEN:
Future of Rural E-Commerce Development for Vietnamese Organic Agriculture
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SHONIA SHEHELI:
Sack Gardening as a Sustainable Agriculture Strategy for Food and Nutrition Security of Landless Rural Women in Saline Affected Coastal Region of Bangladesh
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LUCIANA CAMARGO CASTRO:
The Scenario of Environment and Agriculture Activities in Santa Catarina State, Brazil: Development of Technologies, Programs and Lessons Learned
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DAAD alumni seminar II

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,

Oral presentations


Postersession: DAAD alumni seminar II

Chair: N. N., ,

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ADRIANA ARENAS:
Mixed Cropping System with Bamboo as a Strategy of Sustainable Development of the Tropical and Subtropical Regions
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JEGAN SEKAR, MATHIMARAN NATARAJAN, THIMMEGOWDA MATADADODDI NANJUNDEGOWDA, PRABAVATHY VAIYAPURI RAMALINGAM, KATHIRAVAN RAJU, MANJUNATHA BAIYAPALLI NARAYANSWAMY, BHAVITHA NAYAKANAHALLI CHIKKEGOWDA, BAGYARAJ DAVIS JOSEPH, ANSGAR KAHMEN, THOMAS BOLLER, PAUL MAEDER:
Bioinoculants Reduce the Need of Mineral Fertilisers While Maintaining the Yield of Finger Millet and Pigeon Pea in Intercropping
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ELSA RAKHMI DEWI:
Planting Time Options as Alternative to the Katam Terpadu at Muara Experimental Site in Bogor
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SARJIYA ANTONIUS, TIRTA KUMALA DEWI, DWI AGUSTIYANI, NUR LAILI, AGUNG ADI NUGROHO, ACHIRUL NDITASARI:
Developmental Approaches of Commercial Potential of PGPR Based "Organic Biofertiliser-Beyonic LIPI" Technology from the Test Tube to Farmer's Field in Indonesia and some Private Industries
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MAGDY ELGHANNAM:
Facing Desertification in Egypt
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JESHMA NTSOU BAKWOWI:
Scenarios of Shifting Cultivation and its Consequences on Biodiversity
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SAMUEL TUFFA KAWO:
Major Pressures Driving Changes in Rangeland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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TSEGA DESALEGN WEDU, ASMIRO ABEJE FIKADU:
Promotion of Improved Teff Technologies for Smallholder Farmers in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: Evidence from Wag-Himra and North Wollo Zones
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8 Posters

DAAD alumni seminar III

Oral presentations session:

Chair: , ,

Oral presentations


Postersession: DAAD alumni seminar III

Chair: N. N., ,

Posters

POONAM PANT BHATTA:
GESI and Governance Mainstreaming in Community Forestry Regime
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RATCHADA ARPORNSILP:
Gender-Inclusive Agarwood Value Chain in the Community-Based Enterprise of Thailand
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TAINA SORAIA MULLER, J.V. RIBEIRO DE CARVALHO, L.S. LIMA LEMOS, N.L. LOSS, I. LINHARES JUNIOR, P.F. ONOFRE, A.C.B. FERREIRA:
Sustainable Flour House: A New Concept on Cassava Processing
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GEORGES DJOHY, ANGE HONORAT EDJA, NIKOLAUS SCHAREIKA:
Professional Grouping as a Tool for Bridging Gender Gaps in Pastoralist Communities in Northern Benin
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FLORENCE ACHIENG' OPONDO, DANIEL JORDAAN, ANDRE LOUW, GEORGE OWUOR, PATIENCE MSHENGA:
Status of Cassava Value Chains and Commercialisation in Africa: A Systematic Review of Nigeria and Kenya
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RAHMI AZZAHRA, JOHANNES KAHL, OLCAY�NVER:
Water Productivity of Irrigated and Rainfed Rice in Southeast Asian Countries: Indonesia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
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VIJAYALAXMI DUNDAPPA KHED, UMESH K B:
Does Mushroom Cultivation Sheds Light on Household Livelihood Security?
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ARCHANA RAGHAVAN SATHYAN, CHRISTOPH FUNK, BHASKARAN CHENTHURAN, ASWATHY VIJAYAN, RADHAKRISHNAN THANU IYER:
Ecosystem Based Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation and Mitigation: A Mobile App Based Approach for Hotspots of Kerala State, India
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SIRAWDINK FIKREYESUS FORSIDO, HAILE TESFAYE DUGUMA, TEFERA BELACHEW, BARBARA STURM, OLIVER HENSEL:
Nutritional and Sensory Quality of Composite Extruded Complementary Food
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TOPAS: Theory and data fuelling practical agrarian education

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Ralf Schlauderer, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Fac. of Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition, Germany

Oral presentations


Postersession: TOPAS: Theory and data fuelling practical agrarian education

Chair: Ralf Schlauderer, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Fac. of Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition, Germany

Posters

VLAD NICOLAE ARSENOAIA, FLORIN DANIEL LIPSA:
From Theory to Practical Calculation of the Gross Margin for Agricultural Crops in Different Countries
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RALF SCHLAUDERER, HENRY MATTHEWS:
TOPAS –from Theoretical-oriented to Practical Education in Agrarian Studies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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FARHOD AHROROV:
Farm Data for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Uzbekistan (TOPAS project)
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INNA KOBLIANSKA, OLEH PASKO, LARYSA KALACHEVSKA:
Adaptation of KTBL's Databases for Planning and Benchmarking the Sustainable Use of Farm Machinery in Developing Countries
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STANISLAW MINTA, KRZYSZTOF RUTKIEWICZ, JULIAN KALINOWSKI:
TOPAS Erasmus+ Project: Set-up and Requirements of Suitable Student Placement Schemes
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NATALIYA STROCHENKO, SVITLANA LUKASH, NATALIIA MASLAK:
Overcoming Gaps in Education for Sustainable Development of Agriculture: Synergy between University Education and Agribusiness in Ukraine
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ARMAN TONIKYAN, NARINE GASPARYAN:
TOPAS Erasmus+ Project: Sources, Bottlenecks and Outlook of Farm Data Availability for Education and in Armenia
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ABDUAZIZ ABDUVASIKOV, BAHODIRJON NOSIROV:
Sources, Bottlenecks and Outlook of Farm Data Availability for Education and in the Eastern Part of Uzbekistan
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KLYMENKO MAKSYM, VITRIAK OKSANA, DIBROVA MAKSYM:
The Influence of Credible Data on Research Outcomes (cereals case)
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NIEKY VAN VEGGEL, HENRY MATTHEWS:
Promoting Modern Teaching in Agricultural Sciences at Universities in Countries of the Former Soviet Union
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ARAM ARAKELYAN, NAIRUHI DJRBASHYAN, ARAM KARAPETYAN:
The Formation of Foreign Direct Investments on Agricultural Scale and its Economic Concequences
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ARAM ARAKELYAN, NAIRUHI DJRBASHYAN, ARAM KARAPETYAN:
Sampling of Data and Information on Agriculture on a Regional Scale in Armenia
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KATERYNA TUZHYK, ALINA BRYCHKO, ALLA KUCHEROVA, OLGA KHRYSTENKO, RALF SCHLAUDERER:
Ukrainian Farm Management Data Network - Practice Oriented Approach for an Innovative Practice Oriented Training of Students
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Overall 449 Contributions: 11 Keynotes, 105 Papers, 333 Posters
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