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"Community Dialogue, Collective Action, and Social Change in Community Integrated Pest Management in a Selected Village in Cambodia"
This study tried to gain an understanding about communication as a dialogic process working together with collective action to bring about social change in an integrated pest management (IPM) community in a selected village in Cambodia. Two... Read more.PhD in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Comparative and Competitive Advantages of the Coffee Industry in the Central Highlands of Vietnam Under Trade Liberalization"
The study estimated the comparative and competitive advantages of the coffee industry in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The policy analysis matrix (PAM) was used to measure the comparative advantages of the coffee industry. To identify the... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Development of Pedotransfer Functions for Predicting Soil Hydraulic Properties and Solute Transport Parameters Using Artificial Neural Network Analysis"
Soil hydraulic properties and solutes transport parameters are key inputs for models simulating water and chemical transport in soil. However, these properties are not easily obtainable because measuring them is resource intensive. One approach... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Engineering (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Economic Efficiency of Rice Farms in the Thitson Dam Irrigation System in Myanmar"
The study covered three locations of the irrigation canal in the Thitson network. One hundred fifty rice farmer respondents from three locations were personally interviewed using pre-test questionnaires. The analytical tools used in the... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Economic Values of Soil Erosion in Inle Lake Watershed at Nyaung Shwe Township, Myanmar"
The study was conducted to estimate the economic values of soil erosion and sedimentation in Inle Lake Watershed at Nyaung Shwe Township, Myanmar. On-site impacts of soil erosion in the uplands of the eastern side of Inle Lake were valuated... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Effect of Genetic Variation on Growth and Gall Rust Disease Resistance in Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby and J.W. Grimes in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia"
Batai (Falcataria moluccana [Miq.] Barneby and J.W. Grimes) is one of the valuable multipurpose tree species for forest plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia. However, since 1993, gall rust disease had been identified as dangerous malady of... Read more.MS in Tree Improvement (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Effects of Organic-based and Foliar Fertilizers on the Growth, Yield, and Quality of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.)"
The study aimed to evaluate the effects of different types of fertilizers on cocoa growth production and quality of cocoa beans. Field experiment was undertaken to study the effects of organic-based and foliar fertilizers on soil fertility... Read more.MS in Soil Management (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Environmental Management of the Stung Mean Chey Solid Waste Disposal Site in Phnom Penh City, Cambodia"
Stung Mean Chey dumpsite, the only disposal site in Phnom Penh City, is still being used now and will be full by 2010. There is an urgent need to manage this dumpsite so that its productive lifespan can be extended while waiting for a new... Read more.MS in Environmental Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Evaluation of the Distribution of Chemical Constituents and Parameters for Near Infrared Spectra of Total Soluble Solids and Dry Matter Content for Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus undatus) as an Index of Maturity"
The nondestructive technology, near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) was applied to predict the total soluble solids and dry matter content of dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus [HAW.]). The principle of this technology is the absorption of C-H, O-H... Read more.PhD in Food Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Evaluation of the Hypoglycemic Activity of Spray-dried Banaba [Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.] Powder on Alloxan-induced Diabetic ICR mice"
This study was conducted to evaluate the hypoglycemic activity of spray-dried banaba [Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.] powder (250 and 1,000 mg/kg), banaba decoction (20 ml/kg), and glibenclamide (10 mg/kg) on alloxan-induced diabetic male... Read more.MS in Veterinary Medicine (University of the Philippines Los Baños)