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"Study on beef value chain in Dien Bien province"
The thesis aims to explain and systematize the theoretical and practical basis of the value chain and the beef value chain; Assess the current situation of the beef value chain in Dien Bien province; Analysis of factors affecting the beef value chain... Read more.PhD in Development Economics (Vietnam National University of Agriculture)"Technical efficiency and profitability of VietGAP adoption of tomato farming in Hung Yen Province, Vietnam"
Vegetables, such as tomatoes, are essential components of daily diets as they provide vital nutrients like vitamins and minerals crucial for human survival and growth. Tomatoes show great potential for increased production and are valuable... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Understanding the diversity of elite rice germplasm to optimize breeding strategies: a case study of the IRRI breeding program"
Rice (Oryza sativa) is the main source of calories for over half of the world's population. Rice diversity is large and has been shaped by natural selection and domestication. Part of it has been the basis of breeding programs for creating modem... Read more.PhD in Plant Breeding (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical and toxicity analyses of ethanolic guava (Psidium guajava L.) leaf extract and its application in food"
Foodborne disease caused by ingested foodborne pathogens is the most serious public health problem in many countries. Food decontamination has been used directly or indirectly during production or processing to help increase the self-life of the... Read more.PhD in Food Science and Technology (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Application of CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing for improvement of bacteriocin production in selected lactic acid bacteria"
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are powerful cell factories capable to produce high-value biochemical compounds. They have generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status and are known to produce an efficient biopreservative compound called bacteriocin... Read more.PhD in Food Biotechnology (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Application of three physical treatments on fresh-cut bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) to reduce microbial risks"
Fresh-cut produce are ready-to-eat, convenient, and retain maximum nutrients. However, even minimal processing accelerates product deterioration and reduces food safety due to microbial infection. In this study, we evaluated the impacts of UV-C... Read more.MS in Global Agriculture Technology and Genomic Science (National Taiwan University)"Assessing the sustainability of cacao production in Davao Region, Philippines"
Continuously increasing global demand for cacao products serves as an opportunity for the emerging cacao industry in the Philippines. Catching up with the market demands led to conventional intensification, raising environmental burdens on cacao... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Communication initiatives and the socio-cultural construction of disaster risk in a riverine community in Infanta, Quezon, Philippines"
Natural disasters and climate variability pose insurmountable challenges to sustainable human development because they shake the structure of social systems and the built environment. Contrary to existing literature, risk is not a neutral concept... Read more.PhD in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Comparative analysis of mixed-transcriptomes between tomato and rice infected with the plant pathogenic fungi Botrytis cinerea and Magnaporthe oryzae"
Fungal pathogens persistently develop different strategies to circumvent plant defenses so that they can attack and enter their host. Botrytis cinerea is a devastating necrotrophic pathogen of tomato. However, most previous studies have explored... Read more.MS in Global Agriculture Technology and Genomic Science (National Taiwan University)"Dynamics of carbon stock, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy use of selected coffee-based (Coffea arabica L.) agroforestry farms in Timor Leste"
Agroforestry is an important carbon sequestration strategy because of carbon storage potential in its multiple plant species and soil as well as its applicability in agricultural lands and in reforestation. The study was conducted in selected... Read more.PhD in Forestry: Forest Resources Management (University of the Philippines Los Baños)