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Factors determining success and failure of development projects in Lesotho
(2007-06-11)Natural deterioration is visible everywhere throughout Lesotho. This study aims to provide insights into factors favouring the outcomes of development projects in the natural resource sector. ... -
Factors regulating the population dynamics and damage potential of pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus F.) on crops of oilseed rape
(2014-05-15)The pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus (Fabricius) (Col.: Nitidulidae) is one of the most important pests of oilseed brassicas in Europe. Due to extensive use of pyrethroids and the limited supply of registered insecticide ... -
Factors stimulating germination of Plasmodiophora brassicae resting spores
(2022-12-07)Cruciferous crops have significant economic value as vegetables, edible and industrial oil sources, animal feeds, manure and biofuel. Clubroot caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, a worldwide spread soil-borne disease ... -
Failures and Interventions on Agricultural Markets at the International, National and Regional Scale
(2015-05-19)This dissertation discusses market distortions on several scales. According to the overarching theoretical framework, distortions arise either from malfunctions in one market, or are introduced by policymakers. The ... -
Farm Production Diversity and Dietary Quality in Smallholder Farm Households
(2017-01-13)Investments in agricultural modernization have resulted in remarkable progress in food production over the last century. As a consequence, the global number and the proportion of undernourished people has fallen significantly. ... -
Farmers, Peers, and Traders. Application of social networks in modern agricultural systems
(2020-04-30)Social networks can serve as an instrument to link agents with each other over space and time. The emerging pattern can display the flow of information, the diffusion of technology or the trade flow of products between all ... -
Farming systems and landscape context: effects on biodiversity and biocontrol
(2005-05-27)The intensification of agricultural practices and the increase of area under agricultural production, which was accompanied by a destruction of perennial habitats, made agriculture to one ... -
Farmland biodiversity and associated ecosystem services across tropical rural- urban landscapes
(2022-07-20)Driven by the unprecedented growth of human populations, cities all over the globe are expanding. Especially Asia and Africa are hotspots of current and future urbanization. As cities grow, they extend in area, sprawling ... -
Feldfrüchte für die Biogaserzeugung – Index der relativen Anbauwürdigkeit (IrA)
(2020-12-18)Biogas plants that are mainly fed with maize, often show a lack of trace elements, especially of cobalt and nickel. The reason for this is the low absorption capacity of maize of these process-relevant trace elements. To ... -
Festigkeit von Zuckerrüben – Ursachen für Sortenunterschiede und die Auswirkungen auf Beschädigung und Lagerungsverluste
(2022-11-16)Extending the processing campaign can increase efficiency in sugar production by reducing sugar factories' fixed costs. However, this requires an extended storage period for the sugar beet between harvest and processing, ... -
Financial decision making in rural India: poverty, financial literacy and investment decisions
(2016-08-30)Poverty remains a pressing problem in rural areas of the developing world. This is also true for India. Expanding the rural financial system with a focus on increasing access to credit has been an important approach for ... -
Financial Inclusion in Kenya: The Role of Mobile Financial Services
(2023-01-12)Access to Mobile Financial Services (MFS), which include mobile payments, savings, insurance, and digital credit, enables mobile phone users to leapfrog over the deficiencies of conventional banking structures and ... -
Die Finanzierung der landwirtschaftlichen Unfallversicherung in Deutschland
(2008-07-30)This study analyzes the financing of the agricultural accident insurance (Landwirtschaftliche Unfallversicherung, LUV) in Germany. The issue is tackled at the intersectoral as well as ... -
Fine-mapping of the major locus for vicine and convicine in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and application of the findings for winter faba bean breeding
(2023-10-18)Presented here is a thesis on a genetic and breeding project addressing the anti-nutritional seed con-stituents vicin and convicin in faba bean. Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a traditional grain legume of the Old World; ... -
Food product development with spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) – Sensory profiling, product perception and consumer acceptance
(2020-07-09)Sustainability in food production has become a dominant social issue, as the environmental impact of food production is inevitable. The focus is on animal foods, as their production re-quires many resources. In addition, ... -
Food Safety and Quality Standards in the Thai Horticultural Sector
(2013-05-21)The growth of the agricultural sector is crucial to reduce poverty in developing countries. Poverty is still a mainly rural phenomenon and more than two thirds of the world’s poor continue to live in rural areas, most of ... -
Food safety standards in developing countries: Exploring the role of financial literacy
(2015-04-30)The global agri-food system is experiencing a far-reaching transformation process. The consequences for small, asset-poor farmers are a topic of special concern in development oriented agricultural research. One main ... -
Food Security and Dietary Patterns among the Urban Poor in Africa
(2019-05-13)Persistent poverty and rapid urbanization are important development challenges in most African countries. Although the proportion of people living in extreme poverty in Africa could be reduced over the last few decades, ... -
Food security effects of multinational brands crop protection products: Evidence from cotton-wheat zone Punjab, Pakistan
(2020-06-11)Throughout the past years, agricultural technological inputs have been actively evolving with a moderate rate of technology adoption. The adoption of agricultural technological inputs has been encouraged by, among others, ... -
Food sustainability standards and agricultural cooperatives: implications for the small farm sector of Côte d’Ivoire
(2020-07-23)Sustainability standards such as Fairtrade, UTZ, and Rainforest Alliance have recently gained importance in global value chains, with some of the major tropical commodities seeing significant increases in the share of their ...