Livestock management is a rapidly changing sector in developing countries due to increasing demand for animal products and changes in the availability of common resources. Moreover, livestock management is important as it ...

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 ...

<p>Lebensmittelsicherheit, Rückverfolgbarkeit und eine Vielzahl von weiteren Anforderungen an die Qualität von Produkten sowie ihren Herstellungs- und Handelsprozess sind heute entscheidend für den Markterfolg von Unternehmen ...

Intensive tillage of soils leads to their slow but steady degradation. Therefore, scientists and farmers have been turning their attention to a more sustainable development in agriculture based on reduced tillage. Zero and ...

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related burden of disease is one of the most important aspects of human capital formation. As WASH is a system issue, it needs to be investigated with many other complementary factors ...

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 ...

Am Anfang dieser Arbeit stand die Entwicklung eines Verfahrens der Hydrid-Atomabsorptionsspektrometrie (HG-AAS), um auf ihren Selengehalt zu untersuchende Proben schnell und zuverlässig analysieren zu können. Dazu wurde ...

Subsoil, i.e., soil below 30 cm depth, harbours great amounts of water and nutrients. However, physical and chemical barriers for vertical root elongation may restrict plants from accessing subsoil resources. Such ...

It is well known that uranium (U) in mineral phosphorus (P) fertilizers may accumulate in agricultural soils; yet, this U accumulation occurs at different rates, likely depending on the type of fertilizer used. To substantiate ...