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"Social vulnerability and willingness to pay for adaptation to climate change and variability of farming households in Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines"
This study analyzed the social vulnerability and willingness to pay for adaptation to climate change and variability of 520 farming households in Dumangas, Iloilo in 2011. It sought to understand the nature and causes of vulnerability of farming... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Sustainability science for public policy: Lake sedimentation, forest emissions, and the generalized resource curse"
This dissertation helps develop principles that integrate aspects of policy analysis into sustainability science. The three principal chapters are 2, 3, and 4. Through an application to multiple sources of drinking water in the presence of... Read more.PhD in Environmental and Resource Economics (University of Hawaii)"The effects of milk replacer, fresh grass, and concentrate on growth performance and rumen development of neonatal dairy calves."
The effects of milk replacer with or without forage and concentrate on production performance and rumen development of neonatal dairy calves were determined using 16 two-week-old calves randomly distributed to four dietary treatments in a completely... Read more.MS in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"The productivity of Bali cows at Livestock Breeding Centre of Excellence for Bali Cattle"
This research aimed to identify the reproduction rate, pre-weaning growth rate, and factors affecting the productivity of Bali cows at the Livestock Breeding Centre of Excellence for Bali Cattle (BPTU) in 2010–2011. The research used 130 Bali... Read more.MS in Animal Science (Gadjah Mada University)"The selfdevelopment strategy (SDS) for local economic development (LED): The Case of Tais production in Dili District, Timor-Leste."
The study was conducted to analyze the self-development strategy (SDS) as implemented in the Tais Industry in Dili District, Timor-Leste. The study determined the SDS as a means to enable local communities to build a more variable local economy... Read more.MPA in Local Governance and Development (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Vulnerability and adaptation of the agricultural production systems to climate change impacts: Planning implications for food security formulation in Buhi, Camarines Sur."
The municipality of Buhi is highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. This research study confirms that climate change already had an impact on the municipality, as evidenced by increasing mean temperature, changing precipitation patterns... Read more.MA in Urban and Regional Planning (University of the Philippines Diliman)"Vulnerability assessment of rice farming provinces to climate change in Mekong River delta and Red River delta in Vietnam"
Mekong River delta and Red River delta are the two largest agricultural production regions of Vietnam which contribute more than 66 percent of the rice production in Vietnam. However, the projected changes in climate are considered to cause adverse... Read more.MS in Environmental Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"A management system for watersheds dominated by spiked pepper (Piper aduncum L.) in Southern Mindanao, Philippines"
This study explored ways of harnessing the potentials of the spiked pepper tree (Piper aduncum) for the management of watersheds where it has proliferated. With Upper Buayan Watershed in Sarangani Province as the study area. The methods employed... Read more.PhD in Forestry: Forest Resources Management (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Agro-physiological adaptation and nitrogen fixation of soybean Glycine max L. varieties to three flooding regimes and growth stages"
The study conducted two experiments, namely: pot experiment at the Crop Science Cluster, University of the Philippines Los Baños (CSC, UPLB) from May to September 2009 and field experiment at the Central Experimental Station, UPLB from January... Read more.PhD in Agronomy (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Aroma loss in rice as affected by different conditions during postproduction operations"
One of the attributes that contribute to the overall rice quality is its aroma. Fragrant rice has become popular and continues to command higher price than ordinary rice because of its distinctive pleasant scent, but decreases with time and... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Engineering (University of the Philippines Los Baños)