E-Dissertationen: Browsing E-Dissertationen by Classification (DDC) "ddc:330"
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The Economics of Irrigation Systems in Ethiopia: Technological and Institutional Analysis
Bekele, Rahel Deribe (2021-12-14)The Government of Ethiopia has made a strong commitment to developing and expanding various types of irrigation systems, technologies, and institutions among smallholder farmers. As a result, the irrigated area in the ... -
Economics of Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management and Poverty in Eastern Africa: The Extent, Drivers, Costs and Impacts
Kirui, Oliver Kiptoo (2016-05-24)Land degradation – defined by the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) initiative as a “reduction in the economic value of ecosystem services and goods derived from land” – is a serious impediment to improving rural livelihoods ... -
The effect of information provision on attitude, intention, and food choice behaviour: Four experimental studies
Weingarten, Nina (2023-05-09)The agricultural and food sector in Germany is facing a number of challenges. Consumers are increasingly dissatisfied with contemporary livestock production and, in addition, livestock farming accounts for a substantial ... -
Effects of community-based health insurance on child health outcomes and utilisation of preventive health services: Evidence from rural south-western Uganda
Rukundo, Emmanuel Nshakira (2018-10-23)With the renewed focus on health for all through universal health coverage, community-based health insurance has been proposed both as a building block for health systems financing and also providing financial protection ... -
Efficient Water Allocation and Water Conservation Policy Modeling in the Aral Sea Basin
Bekchanov, Maksud Bahodirovich (2014-06-03)Increasing water demand in the Aral Sea basin (ASB) challenges policy makers to implement in-time and effective water management measures to mitigate both the on-going and upcoming water crisis in the region. This study ... -
Einfluss der Agrarpolitik auf die regionalen landwirtschaftlichen Produktionsstrukturen in der EU: Analyse auf der Grundlage eines regional differenzierten Agrarsektormodells
Sander, Reinhard (2002)Die europäische Landwirtschaft ist durch große regionale Gegensätze gekennzeichnet, die unter anderem zu unterschiedlichen Auswirkungen politischer Eingriffe führen. Oft sind auch die agrarpolitischen Instrumente selbst ... -
An empirical Investigation into the factors critical to the effectiveness of ABS implementation at the national and international levels
Shikongo, Sem T. (2015-07-15)The research presented in this thesis firstly investigates critical factors for assessing the effectiveness of existing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) instruments at the national and international levels with respect to ... -
Empowerment of Girls and Women in Rural Pakistan: Migration, Decision-making and Consciousness
Saleemi, Sundus (2020-11-24)This thesis analyses the effect of migration of men on women and children left behind in rural households in Pakistan. Part one analyses the impact on left-behind women’s participation in household decisions and number of ... -
Entwicklungsperspektiven polnischer Familienbetriebe unter dem Einfluss des EU-Beitritts: Eine Modellanalyse für typische Betriebe
Pacuszka, Robert (2005)Mit der Darstellung des Entwicklungspotentials der typischen polnischen Familienbetriebe werden Chancen, Gefahren und mögliche ökonomische Verluste oder Gewinne des EU-Beitritts geschildert. Es werden zwei Betriebsmodelle ... -
Ethiopian Youth in Agriculture: Relative Deprivation, Well-being and Occupational Choices
Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu (2018-03-05)Africa has the highest share of young people in the world relative to the total population, with the median age of the population under 25 years old, which is not expected to change in the coming decades. This high proportion ... -
Expression analysis of regulatory MicroRNA in bovine cumulus oocyte complex and preimplantation embryos
Abd El Naby, Walaa Slouma Hamouda (2012-06-01)MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non coding endogenous molecules which participate in gene regulation post transcriptionally. These small RNAs are shown to be involved in a wide range of biological processes including development, ... -
Farmer Innovation in Rural Ghana: Determinants, Impacts and Identification
Tambo, Justice Akpene (2015-11-23)Innovation is essential for agricultural and economic development, especially in today’s rapidly changing global environment. While farmers have been recognised as one of the key sources of innovation, many studies on ... -
Foreign Direct Investment in the Agribusiness Sector
Adenäuer, Lucie (2011-06-10)Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has increased strongly since 2003, especially into the agribusiness sector. This development has rarely been analysed in recent literature. Therefore, this thesis aims at analysing different ... -
The governance of plant breeding - a social-ecological systems perspective
Gerullis, Maria Katharina (2023-04-13)Climate change and social conflicts put modern agricultural systems under pressure, necessitating systemic transformations of these systems towards sustainability. At the core of these sustainability challenges to agriculture ... -
Greenhouse Gases: Inventories, Abatement Costs and Markets for Emission Permits in European Agriculture: A Modelling Approach
Pérez Domínguez, Ignacio (2005)Greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector are not yet fully included in the current international obligations on combating the effects of climate change. This is due to the fact that policy efforts have been ... -
Handelsbeziehungen unter veränderten agrarpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen: Beiträge zur Weiterentwicklung des Politikinformationssystems WATSIM
Möllmann, Claus (2002)Die Beschlüsse des GATT Abkommens von 1994, die einberufene WTO - Folgekonferenz zur Überprüfung und Fortentwicklung der Vereinbarungen im Jahr 2000 und das nahende Ende der Friedenspflicht in 2003 zwingen die agrarpolitischen ... -
Haushalts-Unternehmens-Komplexe: Kleinbetriebliche Verbundsysteme von Haushalten und Unternehmen: Eine Analyse auf der Basis der Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus
Hansch, Esther (2005)Ziel der Arbeit ist die Erschließung makrostatistischer Daten zu Aufkommen und Struktur der als Haushalts-Unternehmens-Komplexe bezeichneten Verbundsysteme von Privathaushalten und Unternehmen. Damit wird das gleichnamige ... -
The hidden risk of conventional floodplain mapping: Diagnosis in Cali, Colombia
Canon, Cesar (2022-04-05)Flood hazard maps display the geographical areas inundated by water bodies after extreme rainfall events take place, helping governments focus their efforts and resources on performing works to mitigate disasters produced ... -
The impact of large-scale land-acquisition in East Africa on poverty reduction and the rural economy: Studies in Ethiopia and Uganda
Baumgartner, Philipp W. M. (2017-02-28)There is an increasing interest of acquiring farmland abroad, especially following the food price crisis in 2007/08. East Africa is a hotspot of activities, and given the high prevalence of poor people in the area, impacts ... -
The Impact of Public Policies on Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Cisneros Tersitsch, Marco Elías (2017-07-03)Between 2000 and 2012, 2.3m sq. kilometers of tree cover, equivalent to 6.4 times the size of Germany, were lost globally due to land cover change. Forest loss often comes with significant social and environmental costs. ...