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The Economics of Irrigation Systems in Ethiopia: Technological and Institutional Analysis
(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 ...
Impacts of the expansion of aquaculture on global agricultural markets and land use change
(2022-02-14)
Aquaculture is one of the most rapidly growing food producing sectors. It has the potential to meet future seafood demand from a growing global population. However, the expansion of aquaculture has led to a continuous ...
High-Throughput Phenotyping of Photosynthesis Traits in Durum Wheat Under Drought Stress Using Light-Induced Fluorescence Transients
(2022-03-24)
Agriculture in the twenty-first century faces the double challenge of feeding a growing population in a changing climate. Food security will increasingly rely on the active release of stable high-yielding cultivars with ......
Die Landwirtschaft steht im 21. Jahrhundert vor der doppelten Herausforderung, dass sie unter sich stets verändernden klimatischen Bedingungen eine wachsende Weltbevölkerung zu ernähren hat. Das Züchten neuer ertragsstabiler ......
Die Landwirtschaft steht im 21. Jahrhundert vor der doppelten Herausforderung, dass sie unter sich stets verändernden klimatischen Bedingungen eine wachsende Weltbevölkerung zu ernähren hat. Das Züchten neuer ertragsstabiler ......
Sapling ecology and management in multi-species afforestation system on degraded cropland in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Benin
(2020-12-01)
Sub-Saharan Africa faces the multiple challenges of improving food security of the rapidly growing human population while halting the severe land degradation and coping with climate change impacts. Re- and afforestation ...
Ripening-delaying peptides and their applicability to steer quality development of climacteric fruits
(2020-06-24)
Processes extending the shelf-life of climacteric fruits play an important role in increasing sustainability of global food supply. As consequence of uncontrolled ripening process, significant losses in quantity and quality ...
Anbauoptimierung durch Mischanbau und inhaltsstoffliche sowie sensorische Qualitätseigenschaften morphinarmer Winter- und Sommermohnsorten (Papaver somniferum L.)
(2021-05-04)
Der Anbau und die Vermarktung von Mohnsamen aus regionalem Anbau bieten Chancen, eine alte Kulturpflanze in moderne Agrarökosysteme und Betriebskonzepte zu integrieren und diese ökologisch wie ökonomisch aufzuwerten. ...
Environment-dependent regulation of flowering time in a barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) MAGIC population
(2020-10-21)
Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is used as a source for food and feed and is the fourth widely cultivated cereal world-wide. Flowering time is a complex trait controlled by endogenous and environmental factors that marks ...
Economic disruptions, markets and food security
(2020-12-30)
Idiosyncratic and covariate shocks have considerable impacts on household food security and welfare. While impacts of covariate and idiosyncratic shocks have been widely documented, the mitigating role of infrastructure ...
Empowerment of Girls and Women in Rural Pakistan: Migration, Decision-making and Consciousness
(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 ...
Modeling the spatial and temporal heterogeneity in malaria transmission and control in urban Ghana
(2022-03-03)
In West Africa malaria is an endemic disease and a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Over the years advances in mathematical modeling have improved understanding of the disease’s operational mechanisms. However, ...