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Land Rental Market and Rural Economic Development: Evidence from Rural Chongqing, China
(2015-07-21)This study investigates the role of the land rental market in rural economic development with the province Chongqing, China, as case study region. The study focuses on the question participation in the land rental market ... -
Function and regulation of AMP-activated protein kinase in in vitro development and lipid metabolism of preimplantation bovine embryos
(2015-07-14)One of the major problems associated with the in vitro production of bovine embryos is lipid accumulation due to the presence of serum in culture media. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is well documented as a master ... -
Soil water availability in agriculturally used wetlands of East Africa
(2015-07-07)Wetlands contribute increasingly to the food needs and income generation of the rural population in East Africa. The transformation of wetlands into farmland has gained momentum due to a growing food demand, upland shortages ... -
Agricultural Innovation and Service Delivery through Mobile Phones: Analyses in Kenya
(2015-07-21)Mobile phones have become the most ubiquitous telecommunication technology in developing countries. To take advantage of this trend, businesses, government agencies and non-governmental organisations are increasingly turning ... -
Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia
(2015-09-21)The energy consumption in Ethiopia is based mainly (90%) on the traditional use of biomass for domestic needs, mostly using rudimentary cooking stoves. Against this background, the present study examines the importance of ... -
An empirical Investigation into the factors critical to the effectiveness of ABS implementation at the national and international levels
(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 ... -
Placebo-kontrollierte Interventionsstudie zum Einfluss von Quercetin auf Blutdruck und Endothelfunktion bei übergewichtigen Hypertonikern
(2015-06-29)Hintergrund: Das Flavonol Quercetin ist eines der stärksten Antioxidantien pflanzlichen Ursprungs. In Kohortenstudien zeigte sich eine inverse Assoziation zwischen alimentärer Quercetinzufuhr und dem Risiko für kardiovaskuläre ... -
System innovations promoting health management in pig production chains
(2015-07-28)The main goal of this paper was to propose system innovations, always referring to the supply chain of pig meat, regarding the realization of the following three big challenges: renouncement of tail docking, renouncement ... -
Quality management, certification and related agricultural organisations along the value chain: Empirical study about Fairtrade coffee in China
(2015-06-08)Coffee quality tends to be defined from various dimensions to meet the demand of buyers. It goes beyond the physical and cupping qualities, with moral value and environmental concern becoming crucial features of the ... -
A 24-hour food list for dietary assessment in large-scale epidemiological studies
(2015-06-18)The validity of dietary assessment in large-scale cohort studies has been questioned. Combining different instruments for the assessment of consumption probability and amounts consumed might be feasible and improve the ... -
Volatility of International Food Prices: Impacts on Resource Allocation and on Food Supply Response
(2015-06-08)Uncertainty is a quintessential feature of agricultural commodity prices. After about three decades of low and relatively stable price levels, we have experienced a dramatic rise and volatility in international food prices ... -
Crop management options to reduce nitrogen pollution in Liangzihu lake basin, Central China
(2015-06-18)In Central China, high mineral nitrogen (N) application rates lead to low N recovery and high N losses. Large amounts of the nitrate-N leached from agricultural soil end up in aquatic ecosystems, which negatively affects ... -
International analyses of natural resource curse and Kazakhstan’s related economic performance with special attention to its wheat and energy sectors
(2015-09-09)The bottom line of this study is to examine the role of natural resource endowments for economic growth and institutional quality with special focus on Kazakhstan and CIS countries. It is documented that resource rents ... -
The Determinants of Long-Term Growth in Smallholder Agriculture in Rwanda: An Intergenerational Analysis
(2015-06-03)The current study explores the determinants of long-term growth in small-scale agriculture in a rural area of Rwanda, with a special focus on intergenerational mobility of income and poverty over the past two and a half ... -
The private sector and the marginalized poor: An assessment of the potential role of business in reducing poverty and marginality in rural Ethiopia
(2015-04-16)The present research analyzes the role that the private sector can play in reducing poverty and marginality in Ethiopia by providing improved agricultural inputs to marginalized poor farmers. Two important insights motivate ... -
Silage maize variety and heat stress: effects on nutritive value of maize silage and on digestion events and performance of ruminants
(2015-05-05)The present thesis addresses two topics; brown-midrib (Bm) silage maize and heat stress in ruminants. The first part of this thesis focused on an experimental Bm silage maize hybrid with regard to dry matter (DM) intake ... -
MiRNAs as regulators of gene expression modulate development and energy metabolism of skeletal muscle
(2015-06-18)It is important to understand the molecular networks affecting biological properties of muscle in order to improve the efficiency of meat production and meat quality in domestic animals. The discovery of miRNA represents ... -
Price effects from the financialization of agricultural commodity markets
(2015-05-12)Supposed portfolio benefits of commodities and the increased availability of commodity linked investment products such as index funds contribute to a financialization of agricultural commodity markets. The parallel increase ... -
Innate immune responses of LPS treated porcine monocyte-derived dendritic cells after exposure to the histone deacetylase inhibitor sulforaphane
(2015-03-30)Epigenetic mechanisms are believed to regulate the expression of immune gene and the development of inflammation. Dendritic cells (DCs) are crucial to sense microbial pathogens by their phagocytosis and by altering the ... -
NRF2 mediated oxidative stress response activity during early in vitro bovine embryo development
(2015-03-30)Overcoming oxidative stress is one of the various embryo challenges to survive under suboptimal conditions during in vitro production of bovine embryos. Thus, the present study aimed to examine the ability of preimplantation ...
