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"A Value Chain Analysis of a Palm Oil Exporting Company in Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia: The Case of Selangor Palm Oil Sdn Bhd (SPOSB)"
The oil palm industry in Malaysia has played a vital role in agricultural diversification and is now considered the most important export crop. Malaysia is currently the world’s largest producer of palm oil and palm kernel, with Indonesia... Read more.MM in Agribusiness Management (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"An Opinion Analysis of Farmer Group's Role in Agricultural Resources Management on Coastal Lands in Thailand"
Most of the farmer groups committee were male, about 51 years old, and had completed elementary school. Individual families had personal land ownership of about 4.64 hectares for various agricultural activities such as orchard, paddy field... Read more.PhD in Tropical Agriculture (Kasetsart University)"Assessment of Land Use and Climate Change Impacts on Stream Flow"
The impact of land use and climate change on stream flow of the Binahaan watershed in Pagbilao, Quezon was determined using appropriate and hydrologic model. In this study, the choice of hydrologic model was limited to Brook5 due to its... Read more.MS in Forestry (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Chicken Production Systems in Southeast Vietnam"
The study was conducted in two provinces in Southeast Vietnam to look into the characteristics of two chicken production systems: the complete confinement system with hybrid white broilers, and the complete/semi-confinement system with colored... Read more.PhD in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Coastal Land Use Change Detection Using Remote Sensing Technique: Case Study in Banten Bay, West Java Island, Indonesia"
Various forms of coastal land use covering the study area were observed to have undergone changes as evidently detected between the satellite images sensed in 1994 and 2001 at Banten Bay. It is important to identify these changes; therefore... Read more.MS in Information Technology for Natural Resources Management (Bogor Agricultural University)"Communicating Sustainability Constructs among Researchers and Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Farmers in Laguna, Philippines"
The study examined how farmer-participants construe and communicate the concept of sustainability and other concepts/incidents associated with it. Researcherparticipants’ constructs for sustainability and other concepts were compared with... Read more.PhD in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Communication Factors Associated with Farmers' Knowledge and Perceptions of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Corn Technology in Bukidnon, Philippines"
This study was an attempt to determine the Bukidnon corn farmers’ awareness, level of knowledge, and perceptions of the Bt corn technology and its local field testing, and the reasons for such perceptions. Moreover, acceptance of the... Read more.MS in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Competition Analysis among Genetically Engineered Escherichia coli in Rich and Poor Nutrition Environments"
Genetically engineered microorganisms (GEM) have been widely used in various environments. However, there is still limited information regarding the behavior of GEM in the environment, particularly in competition with other microorganisms... Read more.MS in Biotechnology (Gadjah Mada University)"Cryopreservation of 'Laguna Tall' Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) Embryos."
‘Laguna Tall’ coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) embryos were successfully cryopreserved by two cryogenic procedures with complete germination of up to 46.67 percent after immersion in liquid nitrogen. Two methods, namely... Read more.MS in Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Management (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Decision Support System of Agricultural Crops and Application of Geographic Information System for Site Suitability Classification"
Assessing the suitability of an area for agricultural crops requires a considerable effort in terms of information collection that presents both opportunities and limitations to decision makers. A decision support system was developed for... Read more.MS in Information Technology for Natural Resources Management (Bogor Agricultural University)