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Aufsatz
Finding Spaces for Urban Food Production – Matching Spatial and Stakeholder Analysis with Urban Agriculture Approaches in the Urban Renewal Area of Dortmund-Hörde, Germany
(Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2015-05-20)
Using the case of an economically declined neighbourhood in the post-industrial German Ruhr Area (sometimes characterized as Germany’s “Rust Belt”), we analyse, describe and conclude how urban agriculture can be used as a catalyst to stimulate and support urban renewal and regeneration, especially from a socio-cultural perspective. Using the methodological framework of participatory action research, and linking bottom-up and top-down planning approaches, a project path was developed to include the population affected ...
Dissertation
Influence of quebracho tannin extract and activated charcoal on nutrient intake and digestibility, digesta passage, nitrogen balance, and quality of faecal excreta in goats
(kassel university press, 2015)
The current study investigated the possibilities of producing manure that meets the specific requirements of irrigated organic cropping systems under arid sub-tropical conditions.
Therefore, two trials with goats were conducted that investigated the impact of control diets on their digestibility and faecal concentration with the goal to lowerfaecal concentration levels and meet the requirements of irrigated organic cropping.
Feeding ruminants with condensed tannins (CT) will lower ruminal protein degradation, ...
Aufsatz
Integrated bioenergy and food production
(2015)
Rising global energy needs and limited fossil fuel reserves have led to increased use of renewable energies. In Germany, this has entailed massive exploitation of agricultural biomass for biogas generation, associated with unsustainable farming practices. Organic agriculture not only reduces negative environmental impacts, organic farmers were also prime movers in anaerobic digestion (AD) in Germany. This study’s aim was to identify the structure, development, and characteristics of biogas production associated with ...
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A pilot investigation of the relationship between climate variability and milk compounds under the bootstrap technique
(2015)
This study analyzes the linear relationship between climate variables and milk components in Iran by applying bootstrapping to include and assess the uncertainty. The climate parameters, Temperature Humidity Index (THI) and Equivalent Temperature Index (ETI) are computed from the NASA-Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (NASA-MERRA) reanalysis (2002–2010). Milk data for fat, protein (measured on fresh matter bases), and milk yield are taken from 936,227 milk records for the same period, ...
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Strategies towards evaluation beyond scientific impact
(Librello, 2015)
Various research fields, like organic agricultural research, are dedicated to solving real-world problems and contributing to sustainable development. Therefore, systems research and the application of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches are increasingly endorsed. However, research performance depends not only on self-conception, but also on framework conditions of the scientific system, which are not always of benefit to such research fields. Recently, science and its framework conditions have been ...
Zeitschrift
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): Agroecology, Small Scale Farming and Regional Development
(Department of Organic Food Quality & Food Culture, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, the University of Kassel and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2015)
Aufsatz
Metabolic disorders in the transition period indicate that the dairy cows' ability to adapt is overstressed
(2015)
Metabolic disorders are a key problem in the transition period of dairy cows and often appear before the onset of further health problems. They mainly derive from difficulties the animals have in adapting to changes and disturbances occurring both outside and inside the organisms and due to varying gaps between nutrient supply and demand. Adaptation is a functional and target-oriented process involving the whole organism and thus cannot be narrowed down to single factors. Most problems which challenge the organisms ...
Zeitschrift
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2015): Innovative Green Technologies in Agriculture and Food Production & Processing
(Department of Organic Food Quality & Food Culture, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, the University of Kassel and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2015)
Zeitschrift
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2015): Finding Spaces for Productive Cities
(Department of Organic Food Quality & Food Culture, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, the University of Kassel and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2015)
Dissertation
Der Einfluss langjähriger Applikation von Biogasgüllen auf die Bodenfruchtbarkeit
(2015-08-04)
Biogasgüllen haben bezüglich ihrer Wirkung auf die Bodenfruchtbarkeit, das Pflanzenwachstum und die Umwelt, Vor- und Nachteile. Als Folge der intensiven Nutzung von Biogas zur Energieerzeugung wurde die Biogasgülle eine der wichtigsten organischen Dünger, mit zunehmender Relevanz für den konventionellen aber auch den ökologischen Landbau. Aufgrund der frühen Entwicklung von Biogas und dem Einsatz von Biogasgüllen in der ökologischen Landwirtschaft in den achtziger Jahren im Nord-Osten Baden-Württembergs sind heute ...