Rio+11: Towards a New Paradigm in Agricultural Research - The Challenge of Sustainable Development
 
ZIL/SFIAR Conference, Friday, 6 June, 2003, Auditorium Maximum, ETH Zürich
 

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Crops

Chile-Swiss collaboration to increase sustainability of small holder
grassland farms in Chiloé, Chile (Abstract) PDF , 7 KB 
D. Dubois1, A. Kohler2
1: Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture, FAL-Reckenholz
2: Swiss FAO-Secretary, BLW Bern

Growing Organic Cotton under Groundwater Stress: Lessons from projects in
India, Mali, Tanzania and other countries PDF , 1785 KB 
F. Eyhorn
Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick

Can research in basic food crops be successful? Improvement of
agricultural sustainability in Cameroon PDF , 215 KB 
U. Scheidegger1, C. Zundel2, E. Tanwani3
1: Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen;
2: PhD student
3: RTC Fonta, Bamenda, Cameroon

The influence of P nutrition in Lotus japonicus roots on transcriptional level:
a broad range screening with cDNA arrays PDF , 1864 KB 
S. Keller1, C. Sautter1, U.A. Hartwig3, E. Frossard1 , M. Udvardi2
1: Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich
2: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
3: Present address: Academia Engiadina, Quadratscha 18, 7503 Samedan, Switzerland

Genetically Improved Cassava for Human and Livestock PDF , 322 KB 
P. Zhang and W. Gruissem
Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich

Rice biotechnology as a tool to explore micronutrient fortification in cereals PDF , 263 KB 
S. Poletti, N. Yakandawala, I. Potrykus, W. Gruissem, C. Sautter
Institute for Plant Sciences,  ETH Zurich

Exploring genetic approaches to improve fungal resistance in wheat PDF , 458 KB 
T. Schlaich, N. Malgras, B. Urbaniak, W. Gruissem and C. Sautter
Institute for Plant Science, ETH Zurich

 

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Antixenosis and antibiosis of common beans to Thrips palmi PDF , 1254 KB 
A. Frei1,2, H. Gu1, C. Cardona2, S. Dorn1
1: Institute of Plant Sciences, Applied Entomology, ETH Zurich
2: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, Colombia

Biopesticides - Une solution pour le coton bio au Mali? PDF , 179 KB 
F. Moser1 , A. K. Coulibali 2 , C. Studer3,
1: Basé sur le travail de diplôme de Frank Moser. Partenaires:
2: Laboratoire de Biologie des Arthropodes et de Lutte Intégrée de Katibougou, Mali
3: Haute école suisse d‘agronomie

Assessing the effects of insecticidal gene products and
transgenic chickpeas on non-target insects PDF , 126 KB 
J. Romeis1, A. Dutton1, F. Bigler1, H. C. Sharma2, R. L. Arora2, K. K. Sharma2, S. Das3
1: Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture (FAL), Zurich
2: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India
3: Bose Institute, Kolkata, India

Integrated Pest Management of Cabbage Insect Pest in DPR Korea PDF , 790 KB 
M. Grossrieder1, F. Zhang1, K. Song Il2, U. Kuhlmann1
1: CABI Bioscience Delémeont, Switzerland
2: Plant Protection Institute, Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Pyongyang, DPR Korea

Main diseases affecting seed degeneration in Ecuador: new perspectives
for seed production in the Andes PDF , 132 KB 
C. Fankhauser1, F. Merino2, F. Yumisaca2, J. Pucha2 and C. Gessler1
1: Institute for Plant Sciences, Phytomedicine/Pathology, ETH Zurich
2: FORTIPAPA Project, Casilla 17-28-1977, Quito, Ecuador

 

Livestock

Strategy proposals for controlling Newcastle disease in village poultry PDF , 281 KB 
D. Albiker1, F. Schneider2
1: Based on diploma thesis of Danielle Albiker
2: Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen

NuFlux-AWI: A Calculation Model to Quantify Nutrient Fluxes and Balances
of Intensive Livestock Production in Developing Contries PDF , 412 KB 
H. Menzi1, L. Rüttimann2, P. Gerber2
1: Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL), Längasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland
2: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), 00100 Roma, Italy

Contribution de l‘élevage caprin au revenu des exploitations
de la Commune de Cinzana (Mali) PDF , 251 KB 
P. Waelti1, Issa Koné3, Gil Ducommun2, Fritz Schneider2 et Oumar Niangado4
1: Basé sur le travail de diplôme de Pascale Waelti. Partenaires:
2: Haute école suisse d‘agronomie
3: Institut d‘Economie Rurale, Mali
4: Fondation Novartis pour un Développement Durable

Integration of Livestock and Cropping Activities: Performance of Lambs Fed
on Soybean Straw instead of Brachiaria hay PDF , 179 KB 
S. Jaturasitha1, T. Vijai1, S. Sruamsiri2, P. Silman2 and M. Kreuzer3,
1: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
2: Department of Animal Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Production, Mae Jo University, Chiang Mai 50290, Thailand
3: Institute of Animal Science, Animal Nutrition, ETH Zurich

Reducing Toughness of Beef from Draught Steers
by Injection Calcium Chloride PDF , 212 KB 
S. Jaturasitha1, P. Thiravong1, T. Verasilpa1, L. Worachai2 and M. Kreuzer3,
1: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
2: Department of Agricultural Economic, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
3: Institute of Animal Science, Animal Nutrition, ETH Zurich

Analysis of methods for efficient biodiversity conservation in livestock
with focus on African cattle breeds  PDF ,  291 KB 
S. Reist-Marti1, A. Abdulai1, J. Gibson2, O. Hanotte2, J.E.O. Rege2, and H. Simianer3
1: Institute of Agricultural Economics, ETH Zurich
2: International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
3: Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Goettingen, Germany

"Healthy milk for the Sahel" - From research to intervention PDF , 419 KB 
B. Bonfoh1,5, J. Zinsstag1, Z. Farah2, B. Rehberger3, C.F. Simbé4, I.O. Alfaroukh5,
1: Epidemiology and public health, Swiss Tropical Institute, CH-4002 Basle
2: Institute of food science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8092 Zurich
3: Swiss Federal Dairy Research Station, Schwarzenburgstr. 161, CH-3003 Berne
4: Central Veterinary Laboratory, BP 2295, Bamako, Mali
5: Institute of Sahel, BP 1530, Bamako, Mali

 

Agricultural Econcomics and Management of Natural Resources

Diversification strategies of rubber small-holders in Kerala, South-India PDF , 740 KB 
B. Strasser
Department of Geography, University of Zurich

Transition de l'agriculture d'autosubsistance vers une agriculture vivrière
intensifiée et marchande en Afrique de l'Ouest PDF , 81 KB 
G. Ducommun1, S. Ouedraogo2, H. Cecchini1, A. Bengaly2
1: Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen
2: Centre d'Études, de Documentation et de Recherche Économique et Sociale, Université de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

RISE - Sustainability assessment of farms. Model description PDF , 158 KB 
RISE - Sustainability assessment of farms. Examples of application PDF , 592 KB 
F. Häni, A. Stämpfli, T. Keller and C. Studer
Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen

Supply Chain Sustainability. Assessment and Improvement of the Sustainability of Production and Supply of Agricultural Raw Materials for the Food Processing Industry PDF , 462 KB 
C. Studer
Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen

Supporting Farmers in Applied Research PDF , 60 KB 
C. Morger
Intercooperation, Bern

Sustainable watershed development: Land use changes and urbanization
in the Ayuquila watershed in Western Mexico PDF , 150 KB 
S. Hostettler
NCCR North-South IP5 (ENAC-INTER-LaSUR)
 

Institutions

CAB International and International Development PDF , 1734 KB 
CABI Bioscience Switzerland Centre

Swiss College of Agriculture SCA: Research partnership with the South and the East
PDF , 220 KB 
Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollkofen

 

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