Feed efficiency (FE) is defined as a measure of efficiency in converting metabolizable energy acquired from macronutrients into body mass. The overall aims of this thesis were to identify genomic regions associated with ...

Smallholder agriculture forms the backbone of the Ethiopian economy, supporting the majority of the country's population. Since the late 1960s, the state has been actively pursuing agricultural extension as a key means of ...

Ghana is one of the two West African nations that produce 60% of the World's annual 4 million tonnes cocoa. The Ghanaian cocoa industry is valued at US$ 2 billion and offers direct jobs to 800,000 farming families. Despite ...

Smallholder farms play a vital role in the quest for sustainable development, especially in sub- Saharan Africa (SSA) where livelihoods are still heavily reliant on agriculture. Current environmental and socioeconomic ...

Computational modelling for quantitative agricultural policy assessment in the EU employs more farm level oriented approaches in recent years. This follows policy instruments that increasingly target the farm level and ...

Mit der vorliegenden Dissertation soll das ökologische Beziehungsgeflecht der Elsbeere (<em>Sorbus torminalis</em>) erfasst werden, einer in Deutschland seltenen, in zerstreuten, kleinen Populationen vorkommenden Baumart ...

Alluvial gold mining generates a vast amount of extractive waste that completely covers the natural soil, destroys riparian ecosystems, and negatively impacts river beds and valleys. Since 2002, a gold mining company has ...

Drought is the most severe threat to world crop cultivation and production especially in water shortage areas. Wild barley diversity contains notable variation in phenotype that is essential for its adaptation to abiotic ...

With computer-assisted geostatistics and data mining methods, digital soil mapping (DSM) offers new possibilities for providing soil spatial information for data scarce areas such as West Africa. Such information could ...

Computer-controlled concentrate feeding stations are increasingly used to guarantee an individual feed supply of group-housed horses. Blocking times caused by horses remaining in the feeding station without concentrate ...