Browsing Fakultät für Agrarwissenschaften (inkl. GAUSS) by Title
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Agricultural biodiversity and associated services across rural-urban landscapes
(2024-07-18)Urbanization is a primary threat to biodiversity and the functioning of both natural and agro-ecosystems. Especially in the Global South, expanding cities increasingly encroach fertile agricultural lands, questioning the ... -
Agricultural Policy Support, Production Incentives and Market Distortions in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2016-07-18)Most countries in the world adopt policies in support of their agricultural sectors. In doing so, governments seek to influence farmers’ behaviour through various channels. While these policies and their incidence have ... -
Agriculture & New New Trade Theory
(2013-03-27)In this thesis, I dealt with the question if the so-called 'New New Trade Theory' can also be applied to the agricultural sector, and if so, which recommendations arise. The thesis consists of five discussion papers dealing ... -
Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages in the Kenyan Small Farm Sector: The Role of Commercialization, Technology Adoption, and Extension
(2018-05-22)Global hunger, malnutrition, and poverty have declined over the past decades, but a situation of food and nutrition security for all is yet to be achieved, and extreme poverty is still widespread. Around 800 million people ... -
Agroforestry management, seasonal changes, biodiversity and multitrophic interactions of coffee arthropods
(2008-03-20)Ongoing landscape anthropogenic modification in the tropics has caused biodiversity losses of many taxa, threatening key ecosystem processes. Traditional coffee agroforests, which are the only forest-like vegetation remaining ... -
Agronomic approaches in yield and quality stability of high oleic sunflowers (Helianthus annuus L.)
(2009-02-04)The high oleic (HO) sunflower has a high potential for industrial use such as oleo chemistry, bio lubricants or bio diesel. Oil from recent high oleic sunflower varieties contains up to 90 ... -
Agronomic performance and genetic diversity of the root crop yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) under West African conditions
(2003-12-02)The yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp.) is a legume root crop usually known as a vegetable crop. Three cultivated species are distinguished: Amazonian yam bean (P. tuberosus), Mexican yam bean ... -
Agronomic performance, nutritional yields and sensory properties of different tomato cultivars under organic low-input production
(2021-07-15)Sixty tomato cultivars from old cultivars released in the 1880s to the most recently developed cultivars were investigated in 2015 and a subset of 20 cultivars was selected for further evaluation in 2016. The cultivars ... -
Akteure der Landwirtschaft in Leader-Aktionsgruppen: Untersuchungen zur Teilnahmemotivation vor dem Hintergrund sozio-kultureller Fragmentierung
(2017-03-10)People affiliated with agriculture in rural areas often provide voluntary services. One possible form, apart from the original production focus, is assisting in the Leader regional development Local Action Groups (LAGs). ... -
Aktualisierung der Bodenschätzung unter Berücksichtigung klimatischer Bedingungen
(2006-02-23)The German land appraisal (Reichsbodenschätzung) is based on net return (return on asset and land) ratios between different soils. It has been developed over 70 year ago, since then, net ... -
Akzeptanz des Ausbaus der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland unter Berücksichtigung von Raumdaten und Gerechtigkeitsaspekten
(2020-12-15)The present dissertation deals with the question of which factors influence the acceptance of the expansion of renewable energies at the local level. The focus is on the three renewable energy sources wind, solar and ... -
An Almost Ideal Demand System for Food
(2010-09-30)This is a micro-data based study of demand for food in the framework of a static, utility maximizing, and partial model that enables the provision of knowledge on the interrelatedness among ... -
An analysis of the dynamics of two high-value export chains: smallholder participation, standards and trust
(2015-09-02)Globalization and growing demand for high-quality food have facilitated and increased international trade in food products and at the same time opened up new and promising business opportunities for farmers worldwide. Given ... -
An investigation into the achievement of critical mass in digital agricultural startups based on an analysis of German farm management startups
(2019-08-23)According to the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, due to population growth, food production must increase by 70% by 2050 to meet rising demand (FAO, 2009). Digital agricultural ... -
Analyse der mit molekularen Markern (AFLP) gemessenen genetischen Diversität und der Heterosis bei der Fababohne (Vicia faba L.)
(2003-03-25)Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers were used to assess the genetic diversity among 79 inbred lines of recent elite faba bean (Vicia faba L.) cultivars of Asian, European ... -
Analyse des Entscheidungsverhaltens landwirtschaftlicher Unternehmer: Anwendung von Discrete Choice Experimenten in den Bereichen Tierwohl, Weidehaltung und Ackerbau
(2019-02-22)The thesis contributes to the understanding of farmers decision behaviour. Preferences and decisions of farmers were analyzed using discrete choice experiments. In detail, the thesis deals with the topics animal welfare, ... -
Analyse des Liquiditätsmanagements in landwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen am Beispiel von niedersächsischen Milchviehbetrieben
(2023-12-08)Dairy farms are increasingly exposed to volatile prices for both milk and input factors in milk pro- duction. Price fluctuations in the world market are more strongly reflected in the EU internal mar- ket than before due ... -
Analyse und Bewertung physikalisch-chemischer und stofflicher Parameter auf die Freisetzung von biogenen Gasen und luftgetragenen Partikeln aus Substraten bei der Haltung von Warmblutpferden in eingestreuten Einzelboxen
(2009-07-17)In this study, different bedding materials were analysed and compared under standardized laboratory and in situ conditions, to determine which material is best suited for creating an improved ... -
Analysen zur Glyphosatanwendung im Ackerbau – Ertragseffekte, Anwendungsmuster und Bestimmungsfaktoren
(2019-01-24)Glyphosate is the most commonly used active ingredient in pesticides in the world. However, in Germany, as in the rest of the European Union, its use is surrounded by controversy: Should its use continue to be approved? ... -
Analyses on the Mitigation of Environmental Pollution by Nitrogen from Agriculture – Selected Indicators and Regulatory Policy Options to Improve Nutrient Management
(2023-07-28)Nitrogen (N) supply is essential for sustainable and cost-effective crop production, but losses of reactive N from agricultural activities pose a major ecological threat, with negative impacts on biodiversity, climate, ...