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Characteristics, socioeconomic benefits and household livelihoods of beef buffalo and beef cattle farming in Northeast Thailand
(Kassel University Press, 2012)
Since the Thai economy experiences rapid growth, agricultural systems, i.e. crop-livestock systems, are changing rapidly. On account of these changes, buffalo and cattle production has to be re-examined in terms of performance characteristics and roles of livestock for farm households in order to initiate suitable development programmes. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the present characteristics of beef buffalo and beef cattle farms in Northeast Thailand. Using a semi-structured questionnaire, 121 randomly ...
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Impact of floriculture development enhances livelihood of India’s rural women
(Kassel University Press, 2012)
India’s rural women are involved in various types of work and contribute considerably to the economy. However much of their work is not systematically accounted in the official statistics. India’s governmental and non-governmental data collection agencies admit that there is an under-estimation of tribal women’s contribution as rural workers. This study describes in detail a research project that focuses on the indicators for socioeconomic development in the least developed rural villages by examining the impact of ...
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Smallholder pig production systems along a periurban-rural gradient in the Western provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Kassel University Press, 2014)
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), pigs are raised almost exclusively by smallholders either in periurban areas of major cities such as Kinshasa or in rural villages. Unfortunately, little information is available regarding pig production in the Western part of the DRC, wherefore a survey was carried out to characterize and compare 319 pig production systems in their management and feeding strategies, along a periurban - rural gradient inWestern provinces of the DRC. Pig breeding was the main source of ...
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Determinants of climate change adaptation strategies used by rice farmers in Southwestern, Nigeria
(Kassel University Press, 2014)
Poor adaptation to climate change is a major threat to sustainable rice production in Nigeria. Determinants of appropriate climate-change adaptation strategies used by rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria have not been fully investigated. In this study, the determinants of climate change adaptation strategies used by rice farmers in Southwestern Nigeria were investigated. Data were obtained through Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and field survey conducted in the study areas. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive ...
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Study of individual lactation patterns of Iranian dairy buffaloes
(Kassel University Press, 2014)
The aims of the current study were 1) to investigate the effects of some environmental factors on lactation curve traits (LCTs) including initial milk yield (A), peak yield (PY), days to attain peak yield (PD), inclining- and declining slope of lactation (B and C, respectively), persistency (Per), and 240-d milk yield, and 2) to estimate pairwise phenotypic correlations between these traits in two Iranian buffalo ecotypes (Khuzestani and Azeri buffaloes). The dataset consisted of 15396 and 9283 lactations from 6632 ...
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Reciprocal and wage labour in rural Ecuador. A quantitative analysis
(Kassel University Press, 2014)
This paper analyses the determinants for rural Ecuadorian households to participate in community works, to exchange labour, and to use paid labour. The results show that participation in community work is more common among indigenous peoples who are more committed with community and live in areas with relatively high population densities. Exchange labour agreements are more common among indigenous households settled in areas where industrial agriculture has not penetrated yet. Instead, paid labour is used by small ...
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Wild food trees in Eastern Nuba Mountains, Sudan: Use diversity and threatening factors
(Kassel University Press, 2014)
This study was conducted in 2010 in Eastern Nuba Mountains, Sudan to investigate ethnobotanical food and non-food uses of 16 wild edible fruit producing trees. Quantitative and qualitative information was collected from 105 individuals distributed in 7 villages using a semi-structured questionnaire. Also gathering of data was done using a number of rapid rural appraisal techniques, including key informant interviews, group discussion, secondary data sources and direct observations. Data was analysed using fidelity ...
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Untersuchungen zur Tiergerechtheit in ökologisch wirtschaftenden Betrieben mit Legehennenhaltung
(Bio Austria, 2004)
Von 2002 bis 2004 wurde im Rahmen des Bundesprogramms Ökologischer Landbau eine Status Quo Analyse zur ökologischen Geflügelhaltung mit dem Titel „Ökologische Geflügelproduktion - Struktur, Entwicklung, Probleme, politischer Handlungsbedarf“ durchgeführt. Gesamtziel des Vorhabens war, detaillierte und aktuelle Informationen aus den Bereichen Tiergerechtheit inklusive Haltungssysteme und –bedingungen, Tiergesundheit und Wirtschaftlichkeit anhand einer repräsentativen Stichprobe zu erhalten und politischen Handlungsbedarf ...
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Tiergerechtheit auf ökologischen Milchviehbetrieben
(Bio Austria, 2004)
Ziel des vorliegenden Forschungsvorhabens war, nähere Daten über die Tiergerechtheit in der Ökologischen Milchviehhaltung zu gewinnen. Die hier vorgestellten Ergebnisse sind Teil eines Forschungsvorhabens mit dem Titel „Ökologische Milch- und Rindfleischproduktion“, welches im Rahmen des Bundesprogramms Ökologischer Landbau durchgeführt wurde, gefördert durch die Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE), Bonn (HÖRNING et al. 2004). Dabei wurde ein zweistufiges Verfahren gewählt.
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India’s Carbon Governance: The Clean Development Mechanism
(Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture at the University of Kassel, Germany and Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2013-04-29)
Carbon Governance systems – institutional arrangements in place for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions – are different in emerging countries. Indeed, carbon is the same everywhere but Carbon Governance isn’t: in Brazil, the financial community is actively interested in carbon trading, but Chinese banks have hardly any interest in it; and while the Chinese government takes an active interest in providing capacity to project developers, the Brazilian authorities see their role uniquely as guarantors of environmental ...