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"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)"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)"Economic analysis of supply chain of mud crab in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam"
The thesis on economic analysis of the supply chain of mud crabs (Scylla paramamosain) in the Mekong Delta aims to propose solutions to improve the economy of the mud crabs in the Mekong Delta. The thesis used the economic analysis method of supply... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Economy (Cantho University)"Economic and spatio-temporal analysis of food and nutrition security in Mindanao, Philippines"
Despite efforts to address hunger and malnutrition, pockets of food and nutrition insecurity persist in Mindanao. This study examined the economic and spatio-temporal aspects of macro level food and nutrition security (FNS) in Mindanao, focusing on... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Economic effects of strategic interaction in the irrigated rice-based system in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar"
In the irrigated area of the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar, spatial interdependence as an indicative of strategic interaction among farmers in the choice of cropping system was observed by the analysis using the Binary Spatial Auto-Regressive (BSAR... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Economic improvement of Queen pineapple farmers through production innovations and marketing strategies"
This dissertation examines ways to improve the economic condition of Queen pineapple through production innovations and marketing strategies. Pineapple cultivation provides sustainable livelihood to many smallholder farmers in developing countries... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Science (Nagoya University)"Epidemiology of rice blast and productivity of rice-corn intercropping system in Sulawesi, Indonesia"
Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the most devastating rice diseases worldwide. Intercropping supports sustainable rice farming practices by promoting biodiversity and potentially inhibiting the spread of plant diseases. This study... Read more.PhD in Plant Pathology (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Isolation, evaluation, and whole genome analysis of lactic acid bacteria and their application as starter culture for Lao traditional fermented bamboo shoots (Nor mai som)"
A total of 20 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from Nor mai som. Based on initial screening, five isolates, 1, 3, 13, 16, and 20, were selected for species identification by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and were found to be Pediococcus... Read more.PhD in Microbiology (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Serological and molecular detection of Brucella suis in pigs from selected slaughterhouses in Luzon, Philippines"
Brucellosis is a disease that affects both humans and animals including cattle, sheep, goats, camels, wild animals, and pigs. Swine brucellosis is caused by the intracellular bacterium, Brucella suis (B. suis). Unfortunately, there was no recent... Read more.MS in Veterinary Medicine (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Spatial variations in soil properties, soil productivity, and crop yield in selected corn producing provinces in Cagayan Valley Region, Philippines"
The future of food security and nutrition relies on the availability of productive soil resources for cultivation of economically important crops. Soil threats such as loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) and decline in soil productivity occur that may... Read more.PhD in Agronomy (University of the Philippines Los Baños)
