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"Cassava Marketing in Pailin Province, Cambodia, 2014"
This study was conducted at the farm and the intermediary market levels to examine the efficiency of cassava marketing system in Pailin Province, Cambodia. A total of 120 cassava farmers and 20 traders were randomly selected for the study. The... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Communication pattern on the diffusion of transgenic potato seed at Garut and Pangalengan"
Resilience and self-sufficiency are very important global concerns at this time. The advent of biotechnology as one of alternative technologies for increasing agriculture production has been successful in developing transgenic potato seed resistant... Read more.MS in Communication of Rural and Agricultural Development (Bogor Agricultural University)"Community Enterprise Development as a Strategy towards Self-reliance among farmers in Surin Province, Thailand"
This study was conducted to examine the association between the independent variables: sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents, capacity building attendance, frequency of receiving communication method, and adequacy rating of the kinds of... Read more.MS in Extension Education (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Community participation in rice security programs in Cailaco and Maliana sub- districts, Timor-Leste"
The study was conducted among the farmer groups who worked in the rice program in Maliana and Cailaco Sub-districts, Timor-Leste—namely, Groupu Purugua, Joventude Hadomi Agricultura, Grupo SRI, Holsa, Odomau, Maliana Hare Satu (1), and... Read more.MS in Community Development (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Comparison of Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Knowledge on Land use Selection of Ikalahan Farmers in Imugan, Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya"
This study was conducted in the Imugan Watershed of Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya to verify the application of indigenous knowledge of Imugan farmers in land use selection. The results were further compared with the scientific knowledge on land use... Read more.MS in Forestry (Forest Resources Management) (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Diversity, physiological and morphological attributes of indigenous tropical tree species for rehabilitation, climate change adaptation and mitigation of Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape"
Due to anthropogenic actions (shifting cultivation, small-scale mining, timber-cutting and poaching) and forest fires, almost half of the land area of the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape in Rizal province has been degraded, ushering... Read more.PhD in Forestry (Forest Biological Sciences) (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Drought Tolerance and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Upland Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes Grown Under Varying Water and Nitrogen Regimes"
Three screenhouse experiments were conducted at the Crop Science Cluster, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) to evaluate drought tolerance and nitrogen (N) use efficiency of selected upland rice (Oryza... Read more.MS in Agronomy (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Economics of onion storage in Kinh Mon District, Hai Duong Province, Vietnam"
The study analyzed the economics of onion storage of farmers and traders in Kinh Mon District, Hai Duong Province, Vietnam. Majority of the farmers stored onion for at least five months (long period) with an average profit of VND 331.31 thousand per... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Effect of cutting length of whole-crop corn silage on quality and rumen fermentation in goats"
Shortage and fluctuating quality of forage in developing countries are the major constraints to the development of ruminant production sector including Malaysia. To overcome these problems, the feeding of ruminants with conserved forages is an... Read more.PhD in Animal Science (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Effects of lactation stage on the nutrient content of milk from Holstein-Friesian x Sahiwal cows (Bos taurus x Bos indicus)."
To determine the effects of lactation period on milk nutrient contents, daily feed consumption, milk yield, and body condition score (BCS) were collected from eight Holstein-Friesian x Sahiwal cows every 28 days, from 14 days post calving to 210 days... Read more.MS in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)