Tropentag 2023:

Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation:
trade-offs and synergies

September 20 - 22, 2023
organised by
The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany
in cooperation with
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany


Scientific contributions
Oral presentations and poster presentations


Thematic Groups:

Plenary
Keynotes day 1
Keynotes day 3

Crops and cropping systems

Climate change and adaptation

Landscape, land use change and soils

(Agro)forestry and (agro)biodiversity

Animals and livestock systems

Knowledge system, digitalization

Food chains, food processing and consumers

Food and nutrition security

Public policies, governance and institutions

Social justice, gender and equality

Social-ecological systems and social learning

Institutions


Plenary

Keynotes day 1

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Vjoela Allkanjari, Albanian Institute for Sustainbale Development, Albania

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Poster session: Keynotes day 1

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Keynotes day 3

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Fred Kizito, International Insititute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Natural Resource Management, Ghana

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Poster session: Keynotes day 3

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Crops and cropping systems

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Fred Kizito, International Insititute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Natural Resource Management, Ghana

Oral presentations

ARIANE GOETZ, MARTINA PADMANABHAN:
Aus verschiedenen welten. probleme und lösungsansätze der wissenschaftskommunikation mit der praxis in der nachhaltigen landwirtschaft
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OPEYEMI ANTHONY AMUSAN, OPEYEMI ANTHONY AMUSAN:
Climate protection and biodiversity resources conservation through water-run renewable-energy recovery-system in off-grid forest-reserves and farms
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SAHAR MEHANNA:
Small scale fisheries in egypt: main challenges and its sustainability
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BURITICA ALEXANDER:
Adoption of sustainable practices in a cattle value chain in Colombia
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MASOUD YAZDANPANAH, TAHEREH ZOBEIDI, LAURA WARNER, KATHARINA LOEHR, ALEXA LAMM, STEFAN SIEBER:
Using the promthee methodology for adaptation evaluation and alternatives ranking
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MASOUD YAZDANPANAH, TAHEREH ZOBEIDI, LAURA WARNER, KATHARINA LOEHR, STEFAN SIEBER:
Encouraging farmers’ response to climate change induced water stress through norm activation model among iranian farmers
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THOMAS FALK, LARA BARTELS, BJöRN VOLLAN, IVO STEIMANIS:
Experiential learning and the power of women
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THOMAS FALK, WEI ZHANG, RUTH MEINZEN-DICK, RICHU SANIL, PRATITI PRIYADARSHINI, ILKHOM SOLIEV, LARA BARTELS:
Games for social learning: triggering collective changes in commons management
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HABTAMU GOSHU:
Genomic copy number variations for adaptation of livestock to climate resilience
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FRANCOIS SIéWé, ADUNNI SANNI, BENJAMIN AHMED, HENRY EGWUMA, SUNDAY T. ABU:
Monetary and non-monetary poverty alleviation impact of system of rice intensification in Zamfara State, Nigeria
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CATHERINE NINSIIMA, DAVID LUBOGO:
Enrolment of children aged 6-23 months into the maternal and child and nutrition programme in kotido district, karamoja region, uganda: A mixed methods study
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GIFT CHITAMBALA:
Challenges and opportunities to sustainable livelihoods of youth involved in small-scale aquaculture fish production in Zambia
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OPEYEMI ANTHONY AMUSAN:
Evaluation of waste management in southwestern Nigeria for clean environment, circular economy and agri-food systems development
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GHISLAIN COMLAN AKABASSI, ELIE ANTOINE PADONOU, ACHILLE EPHREM ASSOGBADJO:
Antifungal potential of picralima nitida extracts (Apocynaceae) on phytopathogens: implication for its use in agriculture
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GRETCHEN GONZAGA:
Sama badjao in times of disasters: the case of super typhoon rai
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HLENGIWE NTULI, LAWRENCE MUNJONJI:
Carbon dioxide emission rates in different land use types of the letaba-catchment in southern africa
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MICHAEL OKE:
Nigeria case studies on connecting agricultural waste to livestock production
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EMAT M HEGAZI, WEDAD E. KHAFAGI, A ABOU ZIED:
Effect of sowing date of faba been vicia faba l., cultivars on orobanche crenata seed bank and faba bean production
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RHOWELL JR. TIOZON, NESE SREENIVASULU, SALEH ALSEEKH, KRISTEL SARTAGODA, ERSTELLE PASION, SHEM GEMPESAW, JOEL TOLENTINO, ALISDAIR FERNIE:
Bring back the nutrition to rice: unraveling the genetic diversity and nutritional component of coloured rice
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EDOUARD LEHMANN, PIETERJAN DE BAUW, LILIAN MURIUKI, ALICE JACQUES, THOMAS LOPES, MORAG WEBB:
Research gaps for the horticultural sector in least developed countries: monitoring urgencies and brokering research
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ETHELYN ECHEP FORCHIBE, KEN OKWAE FENING, DERIC TANKA VERSHIYI, MILLICENT COBBLAH, KWAME AFREH-NUAMAH:
Comparative effects of different cabbage varieties on the bionomics of two aphid species(hemiptera: Aphididae)
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EPHRAIM SEKYI-ANNAN, MOHAMMED MORO BURI, KRISHNA DEVKOTA, ELLIOTT RONALD DOSSOU-YOVO, OPHELIA OSEI ULZEN, BENEDICTA ESSEL AYAMBA, MOHAMMED MUSAH:
Diversifying rice production systems by integrating with fish for food, nutrition and economic security in Ghana
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OPEYEMI AMUSAN, ISRAEL AFOLAYAN, OLUSOLA AMUSAN:
Evaluating waste management challenges, practices and habits for circular economy and green growth in Nigeria
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SAMI UL-ALLAH, ASAD AZEEM, FARUKH AZEEM, AHMAD SHER, MUHAMMAD IJAZ, ABDUL SATTAR:
Improvement in zinc biofortification of wheat to combat zinc malnutrition and food security issues in semi-arid regions of Pakistan
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BAHAREH MOSADEGH SEDGHY, ALEXANDER DARKU, ADEDAPO DEOGUN:
Effects of trade liberalisation on the aggregate and agricultural employment in nigeria
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PATRICIA KOECH, ARSHNEE MOODLEY, GEORGE GITAO, GRACE DELIA, LILLY BEBORA, FLORENCE MUTUA:
Bacterial quality assessment of meat from selected butcheries in peri-urban areas of nairobi, kenya
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MORITZ EGGER, MICHAEL CURRAN:
Realities of sustainability: application of photovoice to identify locally and culturally relevant sustainability criteria of cocoa farmers in ecuador
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ANDRES SUAREZ:
Explaining the ecosystem services inequality re-produced by large-scale avocado growing in northern caldas, Colombia
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RANIL SENANAYAKE:
Protecting the planetary life-support system : placing a value on photosynthetic biomass
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MAX KORIR, BERNARD DR.:
Ecological factors associated with abundance and distribution of mosquito vectors of rift valley fever virus during an epidemic period in isiolo, Kenya
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DURLAVE ROY:
studies on the use of locally available seaweed wastes
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SETONDE CONSTANT GNANSOUNOU:
Strengthening mangroves conservation and enhancing their resilience: the contribution of the co-management approach
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EMADELDIN MAHGOUB:
Improving smallholder access to wholesale and auction markets for groundnut, sesame, and sorghum for four states, sudan
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NAPHTAL HABIYAREMYE, EMILY OUMA, NADHEM MTIMET, GIDEON OBARE:
Profit efficiency and farm productivity: implications for adoption of dairy best practices in Rwanda
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MICHEL TCHèGOUN ATCHIKPA, AFOUDA JACOB YABI, JUSTICE A. TAMBO, TAHIROU ABDOULAYE:
Influence of social status and secondary activity on willingness to pay for a basket of climate-smart innovations in benin: A case study of high-stress tolerant maize varieties
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LUKAS GIESSEN:
Tropical forest governance - conceptual clarity and what is special about tropical?
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ROBERT AIDOO, FAIZAL ADAMS, GIFTY BOAKYE APPIAH, SETH ETUAH, BRIGHT KYEI, IVY A. SOWAH, MARINO E. ESSUMAN, TRAVIS ADU-POKU, DANIEL OPPONG, KOFI YEBOAH ASARE:
Perceptions and consumption of fortified food products in ghana: the case of mushroom-fortified bread
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ERIC TIELKES:
Contemplative use of pastures of cows and goats ranging together
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MOHAMMED WORKU ADEM:
Production, productivity, quality and chemical composition of ethiopian coffee
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STANLEY KARANJA NG'ANG'A:
Are risks and uncertainties limiting investment in climate-smart innovations? cost-benefit analysis evidence from 11 african and asian countries
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FELIX FRIMPONG, MAXWELL DARKO ASANTE, PAUL KOFI AYIREBI DARTEY, FRANCIS AMOKO-ANDOH, KIRPAL AGYEMANG OFOSU, BENEDICTA NSIAH FRIMPONG, CHARLES AFRIYIE DEBRAH, SYLVIA KAFUI ARTCHER, MICHAEL AKUAMOAH BOATENG, SAMUEL ABEBRESSE, HILLARY MIREKU BORTEY, PRISCILLA FRANCISCO RIBEIRO, AISHA KARIM, PHYLLIS ACULEY, DANIEL GAMENYAH, SOBER ERNEST BOADU, WILLIAM LELABI KOTA, ELIZABETH NORKOR NARTEY, HUSS COLE YAMEEN, ESTHER NSEASOM:
Development of climate-smart dryland rice varieties with consumer-preferred qualities for Ghana
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DAVID JOHN RODRIGUEZ:
Unpacking the adaptive capacity and adaptation strategies of rice farmers to flooding in bula, camarines sur, philippines
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THOMAS DAUM, FREDERIC BAUDRON, REGINA BIRNER, MATIN QAIM, INGO GRAß:
Addressing agricultural labour issues is key to biodiversity-smart farming
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FLORENCE MAINA, JOHN MBURU, HILLARY NYANG’ANGA, REGINA BIRNER:
Access to and utilisation of digital marketing platforms in potato marketing: A case study of m-shamba
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AUNG AUNG, ULRICH KUCH:
Investigation on in vitro nutritive values and in vitro methane production of different tree legume forages available in the campus of the university of veterinary science, yezin, myanmar
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AUNG AUNG, ULRICH KUCH:
In vitro nutritive values and in vitro methane production of four different tree legume foliage
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MOHAMAD ZARE, MARIUS HOBART, OLFA BOUSSADIA, AMEL BEN HAMOUDA, NADIA CHAIEB, PIERRE ELLSSEL, MICHAEL SCHIRRMANN:
Drought monitoring/prediction using remotely-sensed data and ssp climate change scenarios in a tunisian olive orchard
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ALULA TAFESSE SHIRKO:
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production efficiency among smallholder farmers: the case of damot pulasa district, southern Ethiopia
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LUCY NJOGU, RAHMA ADAM, CATHERINE MWEMA:
Dietary diversity, fish consumption patterns and its determinants among women, children and households in Bangladesh
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EDUARDO DUQUE-DUSSAN, JAN BANOUT, JUAN RODRIGO SANZ-URIBE:
Hybrid tunnel solar dryer for coffee processing in colombia: design and experimental evaluation
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EMAT M HEGAZI, WEDAD E. KHAFAGI, ESSAM AGAMY:
The effect of temperature and photoperiod on the full meal passage, defecation and digestion in the last larval instar of spodoptera littoralis
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FAIZAL ADAMS, JAMES OSEI-MENSAH, QUAYE JONATHAN, AMOS MENSAH, ROBERT AIDOO, HARALD KAECHELE, SETH ETUAH:
Crop-livestock integration in urban agriculture: implication for urban food security in Ghana
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Poster session: Crops and cropping systems I

Chair: Fred Kizito, International Insititute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Natural Resource Management, Ghana

Posters

MOUNTAGA MBOH, THIERRY BREVAULT, ERIC SCOPEL:
La co-conception pour une transition vers des systèmes agroécologiques productifs et durables : diagnostic et démarche
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SABINA DEVKOTA, GEETA BASTAKOTI, SHREE VISTA:
Importance and effectiveness of waste decomposer in biodegradable and agro- waste management in context of nepal
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REHAB ABUDESHESH, AMAL ABOUL-NASR, MAYADA SABRA, HANAN KHAIRY:
Efficiency of some algal extract and fungus serendipita indica as growth performance stimulant on (Ocimum basilicum L.)
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AMIR ZAMAN SHAH, MA CHAO, YUAN YUAN ZHANG:
Decoyinine induced resistance in rice against small brown planthopper laodelphax striatellus
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Online poster session: Crops and cropping systems I

Chair: Fred Kizito, International Insititute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Natural Resource Management, Ghana

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MAGDY MOHAMED NIAZY:
The role of seaweed farming in solving the problem of freshwater shortages and transformation of the food systems in developing countries
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Climate change and adaptation

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eric Tielkes, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany

Oral presentations


Poster session: Climate change and adaptation

Chair: Fred Kizito, International Insititute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Natural Resource Management, Ghana

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Online poster session: Climate change and adaptation

Chair: Fred Kizito, International Insititute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Natural Resource Management, Ghana

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Landscape, land use change and soils

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Stefan Hohnwald, HAWK, Germany

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Poster session: Landscape, land use change and soils

Chair: Stefan Hohnwald, HAWK, Germany

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Chair: Stefan Hohnwald, HAWK, Germany

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(Agro)forestry and (agro)biodiversity

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Animals and livestock systems

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eric Tielkes, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany

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Poster session: Animals and livestock systems

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Knowledge system, digitalization

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Poster session: Food chains, food processing and consumers

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Food chains, food processing and consumers

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Food and nutrition security

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Public policies, governance and institutions

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Sewmehon Demissie, Bahir Dar University, Gender and Development Studies, Ethiopia

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Social justice, gender and equality

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eric Tielkes, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany

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Social-ecological systems and social learning

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eric Tielkes, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany

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Institutions

Oral presentations session:

Chair: Eric Tielkes, German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL), Germany

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