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Swiss Publications - Archive

Chronological list of Swiss online publications in the area of agricultural research for development

| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
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2007

Benefiting from Biotechnology: Pro-poor IPRs and Public-Private Partnerships pdf 394kb
Baris Karapinar and Michelangelo Temmerman. Working Paper No. 2007/35. NCCR International Trade Regulation. 2007

Bean Pest Management in East Africa – A scientific evaluation of organic insect control practices used by Tanzanian farmers
Dissertation by Ursula Verena Paul, ETH Zürich, 2007

Training Manual for Organic Agriculture in the Arid and Semi-arid Tropics pdf 11764kb
Gilles Weidmann, Lukas Kilcher, Salvador Garibay. IFOAM. 2007

SDC Guidelines on Green Biotechnology en fr es pdf 656kb
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). 2007

Emmer in Turkey. An ancient cereal maintained by mountain farmers pdf 1464kb
Alessandra Giuliani. Bioversity International. 2007

Human and Animal Health in Nomadic Pastoralist Communities of Chad: Zoonoses, Morbidity and Health Services
Esther Schelling, NCCR North-South Dialogue, no. 1, 2007

From Common Principles to Common Practice pdf 3748kb
Fritz J. Häni, László Pintér, Hans R. Herren. Proceedings and outputs of the first Symposium of the International Forum on Assessing Sustainability in Agriculture (INFASA), March 16, 2006, Bern, Switzerland. INFASA, IISD, SHL. 2007.

Die kleine Knolle mit der weltweiten Bedeutung. Zum Internationalen Jahr der Kartoffel pdf 684kb
Paul Egger In: Werdenberger Jahrbuch 2008/21: Hungersnöte und Kartoffelsegen. S. 113-125.

How organic agriculture contributes to sustainable development pdf 341kb
Lukas Kilcher In: University of Kassel at Witzenhausen JARTS, Supplement 89 (2007) 31-49

Securing enough food for all en fr pdf 6100kb
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). 2007

Management of Joint Research Activities within ERA-ARD. Guidelines for ARD programme planning, monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment pdf 882kb
Alessandro Cocchi, Esbern Friis Hansen, Markus Giger, Urs Scheidegger. ERA-ARD. September 2007

Biofuels, Opportunity or threat to the poor? pdf 175kb
Issue Paper. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). July 2007

Decolonizing African Agricultural History
Al Imfeld. 2007

Donor Interventions in Value Chain Development pdf 476kb
Working Paper. Community of Practice on Value Chains in Rural Development. July 2007

Is low external input technology contributing to sustainable agricultural development? pdf 111kb
Robert Tripp in: Rural Development News 2/2007, Agridea, p. 5-10

Making media markets work for the rural poor – Experience of rural radio in Uganda pdf 411kb
Gavin Anderson, in: Rural Development News 2/2007, Agridea, p. 11-17

Forschungskonzept 2008–2011 de fr pdf 452kb
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusasmmenarbeit (DEZA), 2007

Modelling global water and food relations: development and application of a GIS-based EPIC model
Dissertation by Junguo Liu, ETH Zürich, 2007

Relevance and Impact of Research for Development
Poster and presentations of the inaugural conference of the North-South Centre of the ETH (29 June 2007, ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

Innovative Capacity Development Approaches for the ERA-ARD Project pdf 425kb
Markus Giger, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and Manfred Kaufmann, Swiss Center for International Agriculture. ERA-ARD. June 2007

Assessing the Potential of Fair Trade for Poverty Reduction and
Conflict Prevention: A Case Study of Bolivian Coffee Producers

pdf 1700kb
Sandra Imhof and Andrew Lee.  swisspeace / University of Basel.
June 2007

Ethiopia and the Nile: Dilemmas of National and Regional Hydropolitics pdf 4923kb
Yacob Arsano. ETH Zurich. 2007.

Agroscope Research Master Plan 2008–2011 en fr de
pdf739kb
Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux ALP, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon ART. 2007

Organic Agriculture and Food Availability pdf 689kb
Christine Zundel and Lukas Kilcher. Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL). Issues Paper presented at International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, Rome, Italy, May 3-5, 2007

Organic Agriculture and the Environmental Stability of Food Supply pdf 962kb
Urs Niggli, Jane Earley and Kevin Ogorzalek. Issues Paper presented at International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security, Rome, Italy, May 3-5, 2007.

Zugang zu Wasser – ein Menschenrecht pdf 322kb
Tagung des Arbeitskreises "Wasser – ein öffentliches Gut"
dokument 12. Alliance Sud. April 2007

The Livestock Revolution: An Opportunity for Poor Farmers?
en fr es pdf 262kb
InfoResources Focus No 1/07, March 2007

The Role of Microfinance in Rural Microenterprise Development
pdf 1388kb
Hans Dieter Seibel (University of Cologne). Syngenta Foundation
for Sustainable Agriculture. February 2007

Turning market-oriented organic agriculture upside down pdf 178kb
Michael Hauser & Robert Delve in: Rural Development News 1/2007, Agridea, p.24-28

Participatory research that builds on local innovation in beekeeping to escape poverty pdf 92kb
Hailu Araya, Yohannes GebreMichael, Abera GebreAmlak and Ann Waters-Bayer in: Rural Development News 1/2007, Agridea, p.29-33

The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging
Trends 2007. Main Results
pdf 1279kb [order complete book]
Helga Willer, Minou Yussefi (Hrsg.). International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 2007

Where the land is greener. Case studies and analysis of soil and water conservation initiatives worldwide
Hanspeter Liniger and William Critchley (eds.). WOCAT, 2007

Wer hat die Maus erfunden? Grundsätzliches zu Patenten auf Leben pdf 517kb
Broschüre von Swissaid und Erklärung von Bern. 2007


2006

Improving Impacts of Research Partnerships en fr
Daniel Maselli, Jon-Andri Lys, Jacqueline Schmid. Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE), 2006

The welfare costs of not being part of the knowledge economy: why rural development needs more creative policy strategies
pdf 280kb
Philipp Aerni in: ATDF Journal 3(4): 27-43, December 2006

Development Cooperation at a Crossroads: Dead End or New Horizons?
speeches of an International Symposium organized by Novartis Foundation (8 December 2006, Basel, Switzerland)

Intercooperation’s contribution to Market Development
pdf 175kb
Finance – Enterprise – Market team. Intercooperation. 2006

Assessing the potential of organic farming for sustainable livelihoods in developing countries: The case of cotton in India
pdf 1228kb [Abstract pdf 79kb]
Dissertation by Frank Eyhorn. University of Bern, November 2006
Order the monograph version online at vdf Hochschulverlag

Ökologische und soziale Textilienbeschaffung - Grossbeschaffer setzen Akzente
Referate einer Tagung von KofU, IGÖB und Helvetas
(30. November 2006, Zürich, Schweiz)

Ecological impacts of genetically modified crops pdf 1112kb
Experiences from ten years of experimental field research
and commercial cultivation. Olivier Sanvido, Michèle Stark, Jörg Romeis, Franz Bigler. ART-Schriftenreihe 1. Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART. October 2006.

Biodiversität im Spannungsfeld Nord-Süd de fr  pdf 2102kb
HOTSPOT 14/06. Swiss Biodiversity Forum, 2006.

Agricultural Trade: Taking Integration Seriously pdf 647kb
Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi. World Trade Institute. Discussion Paper prepared for the International Seminar “Development and
Vulnerability: Outlooks for Resuming Development in Southern Countries” (Rio de Janeiro, 4-6th September 2006)

Aspects relating to Development Extracted from: CABI Switzerland Centre Annual Report 2005 pdf 886kb
CAB International, September 2006

Soils on the global agenda. Developing international mechanisms for sustainable land management pdf 5463kb
Prepared with the support of an international group of specialists of the IASUS Working Group of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). H. Hurni, M. Giger, K. Meyer (Eds). CDE, 2006.

LEA - Learning for Equitable Agriculture. Further developments in the Lao Extension Approach pdf 542kb
Andrea Schröter in: Rural Development News 2/2006, Agridea, p.24-29

Food Product Marketing: the Principal Cash Source of Farmers in Burkina Faso – Largely Ignored by the Policy Makers pdf 316kb
Gil Ducommun in: Rural Development News 2/2006, Agridea, p.33-38

From Common Principles to Common Practice pdf 512kb
Report of the 1st Symposium of the International Forum on Assessing Sustainability in Agriculture (INFASA) on Indicator and Assessment Systems (16-18 March 2006, Bern, Switzerland)

Livestock Production and the Millennium Development Goals.
The role of livestock for pro-poor growth
pdf 432kb
LivestockNet - Swiss Network for Livestock in Development.
May 2006

Trees for poverty alleviation
Posters of the ZIL Conference 2006 (9 June 2006, ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

Access and benefit sharing. Good practice for academic
research en fr es pdf 644kb
Swiss Academy of Sciences. 2006.

Mobilizing Science and Technology for Development: The Case of the Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN)
Philipp Aerni in: AgBioForum, 9(1), p.1-14, 2006

Gender and Sustainable Development - Case Studies from NCCR North-South pdf 3403kb
Smita Premchander, Christine Müller (eds.). Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South, University of Bern. Vol. 2. Bern, 2006.

"Monopole auf Leben - Eine Tagung zu Biotechpatenten"
presentations of a Symposium by Swissaid and Berne Declaration on biotechnology patents (3 May 2006, Berne, Switzerland)

Indicator and Assessment Systems
Presentations of the first Symposium of the International Forum on Assessing Sustainability in Agriculture (INFASA)
(16- 17 March 2006, Bern, Switzerland)

Potential and challenges of agriculture to contribute to pro-poor growth pdf 79kb
Elisabeth Katz in: Rural Development News 1/2006, Agridea, p.5-7

Agricultural services – current state of the policy debate pdf176kb
Elisabeth Katz in: Rural Development News 1/2006, Agridea, p.8-13

Reorganizing the market chain of capers in Syria: a multi-stakeholder process pdf 391kb
Alessandra Giuliani, Markus Buerli in: Rural Development News 1/2006, Agridea, p.8-13

Biotechnology and Food Security en fr es pdf 249kb
InfoResources Focus No 1/06, March 2006

The fruit and vegetable market in Switzerland pdf 481kb
Overview of the market and access information for international trading companies. Walter P.Unternährer. Sippo / SWISSCOFEL. April 2006

Transgenic crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis toxins and biological control
Jörg Romeis, Michael Meissle, Franz Bigler. in: Nature Biotechnology 24, 63 - 71 (2006)

The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging
Trends 2006. Chapter 5
pdf 314kb
Helga Willer, Minou Yussefi (Hrsg.). International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), 2006

 
2005

An Evaluation of Tea Farms in Southern India with the Sustainability Assessment Tool RISE pdf 316kb
Fritz Häni, Tobias Gerber, Andreas Stämpfli, Hans Porsche, Christian Thalmann, Christoph Studer. Swiss College of Agriculture, 2005

Cyanide Content of Cassava and Fermented Products with Focus on Attiéké and Attiéké Garba
Dissertation by Christoph Heuberger, ETH Zürich, 2005

Traditional Knowledge and Geographical Indications: Foundations, Interests and Negotiating Positions pdf 747kb
Marion Panizzon, Thomas Cottier. 2005

Der Wandel der Lebensformen peruanischer Kleinbauernfamilien im Einzugsgebiet des Mariño Flusses pdf 4926kb
Diploma thesis by Andrea Blaser. University of Berne, 2005

Land use strategies of migrant and nonmigrant households in western Mexico pdf 1860kb
Diploma thesis by Brigitte Portner. University of Berne, 2005.

Méthodes et outils pour faciliter l’échange de savoir entre spécialistes de conservation des eaux et sols et agriculteurs sur la gestion durable des sols au Niger, Afrique de l’Ouest pdf 3006kb
Diploma thesis by Susan Glättli. University of Berne, 2005.

Simen Mountains Study 2004 pdf 4490kb
Intermediate Report on the 2004 Field Expedition to the Simen Mountains in Northern Ethiopia. Eva Ludi. Dialogue Series. NCCR North-South, 2005

Farmer Centred Innovation Development. Experiences and challenges from South Asia pdf 2780kb
Proceedings and papers of a regional workshop held on November 22-25, 2004 in Bogra, Bangladesh. Annette Kolff, Laurens van Veldhuizen, Chesha Wettasinha (Eds.). Intercooperation, 2005.

Für mehr Vielfalt in der Handelspolitik de fr  pdf 641kb
Resultate des Symposiums "Welcher Handel nützt den Armen?" Alliance Sud. dokument 9, Dezember 2005

The Impact of Organic Cotton Farming on the Livelihoods of Smallholders pdf 923kb
Evidence from the Maikaal bioRe project in central India. Frank Eyhorn, Paul Mäder, Mahesh Ramakrishnan. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), October 2005

Organic Cotton Crop Guide - A manual for practitioners in the tropics  pdf 1922kb
Frank Eyhorn, Saro G. Ratter, Mahesh Ramakrishnan. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), 2005

Gentechnologie bekämpft den Hunger nicht de fr  pdf 329kb
Alliance Sud. dokument 8, November 2005

Choosing the Right Projects - Designing Selection Processes for North-South Research Partnership Programmes
Priska Sieber, Thomas Braunschweig. Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE), 2005

The World of Organic Agriculture 2005 - Statistics and Emerging Trends pdf 1581kb
Helga Willer, Minou Yussefi (Hrsg.). International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), July 2005

Calf mortality and parasitism in periurban livestock production in Mali  pdf 554kb
Dissertation by Monica Nathalie Wymann. University of Basel, July 2005

Golden Rice - the Partitioning of Influence  pdf 110kb [Slides]
Presentation held at the 9th ICABR International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology: Ten Years After (6-10 July 2005, Ravello, Italy). Adrian C Dubock. Syngenta International AG

Value Chains: What is Behind this 'New' Key Word? And What is the Role of Donors in Value Chain Development?  pdf 239kb
Daniel Roduner in: Rural Development News 2/2005, Agridea, p.10-15

Changes in Society Require Changes in Agricultural Extension: Some Observations pdf 77kb
A.W. van den Ban in: Rural Development News 2/2005, Agridea, p.26-33

A Special Challenge: How to Establish an Extension and Information System for Nomadic Herders  pdf 431kb
Jochen Currle in: Rural Development News 2/2005, Agridea, p.34-41

Grüne Gentechnologie in der Schweiz pdf 2135kb
Karina Farinati Kramer. BioFokus Nr. 70. Verein Forschung für Leben, Juni 2005

Welcher Handel nützt den Armen? Zehn Jahre WTO aus der Sicht des Südens de fr  pdf 356kb
Michel Egger. Alliance Sud. dokument 6, Mai 2005

Livelihood Strategies in North-West Pakistan  pdf 2496kb
Results from the Sustainable Livelihoods Survey 2004, North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan). Bernd Steimann. IP6 Working Paper No. 5, Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South. Berne, Switzerland. April 2005. 

Scientific co-operation with Eastern Europe  pdf 3162kb
A Swiss contribution to the countries in transition. Experiences and results. Swiss National Science Foundation / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, March 2005

Assessing the reuse potential for organic waste products in urban and peri-urban agriculture  pdf 145kb
Dionys Forster, Agnes Montangero, Roland Schertenleib. 2005. In: RAMIRAN editor. Recycling of Agricultural, Municipal, and Industrial Residuals in Agriculture (RAMIRAN). 11th international conference (6-9 October 2004, Murcia, Spain)

Participatory Market Chain Approach  pdf 148kb
Thomas Bernet , André Devaux, Oscar Ortiz, Graham Thiele in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2005, p.8-13

The Rural Services Franchise Company - an Idea for Providing Services with a Commercial Potential in Rural Areas?  pdf 42kb
Ueli Scheuermeier in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2005, p.14-19

Attitudes of Agricultural Scientists, Extension Personnel and Farmers Towards Commercialisation of the Agricultural Extension Service: A Study in Sri Lanka  pdf 30kb
Ueli Scheuermeier in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2005, p.47-51

Rural Development through Public-Private Partnerships?
en fr es pdf 220kb
InfoResources Focus No 1/05, February 2005

Genetic engineering in agriculture en de fr pdf 438kb
Swissaid position paper. Swissaid 2005

  
2004

Sustainability assessment of six Brazilian coffee farms in Bahia and Minas Gerais pdf 112kb
Fritz Häni, Andreas Stämpfli, Julio R. Tello and Francesco Braga
Swiss College of Agriculture / University of Guelph, 2004

Effects of pre-anthesis drought stress and nitrogen on yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and grain minerals of tropical maize varieties
Dissertation by Samuel Bernhard Moser. ETH Zürich, 2004

Research for Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change. A Transdisciplinary Appraisal of Selected Regions of the World to Prepare Development-Oriented Research Partnerships.
Hans Hurni, Urs Wiesmann, Roland Schertenleib (Eds). Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South. University of Berne. Vol. 1. Berne: Geographica Bernensia, 2004. Chapter: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | pdf 78-498kb

Bovine tuberculosis, an old disease but new threat to
Africa
pdf 128kb
W. Y. Ayele, S. D. Neill, J.Zinsstag J., M. G. Weiss, I. Pavlik. In: Int J. Tuberc Lung Dis 8(8) 924-937. 2004

The role of information acquisition in the adoption of dairy related technologies in Tanzania
Dissertation by Jacques Gerber. ETH Zürich, 2004

Analysis of methods for efficient biodiversity conservation with focus on African cattle breeds
Dissertation by Sabine Beatrice Reist-Marti. ETH, Zürich, 2004

Biodiversität im Dienste der Ernährungssicherheit
(Biodiversity - our food supply depends on it)

Posters of a Symposium on the occasion of World Food Day 2004 (14 October 2004, ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

Gene Technology and Developing Countries. A contribution to the discussion from an ethical perspective en de fr pdf 2159kb
Swiss Ethics Committee on Non-Human Gene Technology. September 2004

Topic Paper Micro and Small Enterprise Development pdf 123kb
Intercooperation, September 2004

Clients First! A Rapid Market Appraisal Tool Kit. Theoretical background and experiences from various RMA events pdf 1018kb
Experience and Learning in International Co-operation - Helvetas Publications, No. 3. Stefan Joss, Hans Schaltenbrand, Peter Schmidt. Helvetas, 2004

Public Private Partnerships for Rural Development. Some views based on concrete experiences so far pdf 162kb
Ueli Scheuermeier in: LBL BeraterInnen News 2/2004, p.10-14

Marketing Approach to Conserve Agricultural Biodiversity pdf 244kb
Thomas Bernet, Albéric Hibon, Merideth Bonierbale, Michael Hermann in: LBL BeraterInnen News 2/2004, p.21-24

After Globalisation - Development Policy in the 21st
Century
pdf 233kb
Peter Niggli. Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations, June 2004

Improving Sustainable Grazing Management in Mountain Rangelands of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya pdf 21'404kb
An Innovative Participatory Assessment Method in Northern Pakistan. Inam-ur-Rahim, Daniel Maselli. In: Mountain Research and Development, Vol 24 No 2, May 2004. p.124-133

Toward sustainable rural land use planning practices in Botswana: the concept for an "Integrated Rural Plan" pdf 471kb
Branko I. Cavric (University of Botswana) and Marco Keiner (ETH Zurich). 2004

Finding new things and ways that work. A Manual for Introducing Participatory Innovation Development (PID)
Ueli Scheuermeier, Elisabeth Katz, Stephanie Heiland. Swiss Center for Agricultural Extension, March 2004

Can Value Chains Trigger Pro-Poor Growth? The Cashew Sector in Mozambique as a Learning Example pdf 339kb
An account of a workshop compiled by Andreas Schild and Elisabeth Katz in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2004, p.9-13 

Das Reiskorn im Schaftspelz de fr pdf 963kb
Broschüre von SWISSAID, Greenpeace, Erklärung von Bern. 2004

Global Agriculture: How much liberalisation is needed?
en fr es pdf 220kb
The negotiating positions in the current WTO agriculture negotiations. InfoResources Focus No 1/04, February 2004

The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2004 pdf 3069kb
Helga Willer, Minou Yussefi (Eds.). International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements. 2004

10 Years of Cassava Research at ETH Zurich. A critical assessment pdf 2603kb
Revised Report submitted to the Swiss Centre for International Agriculture by Philipp Aerni. Zurich, January 2004

The Organic Market in Switzerland and the European Union. Overview and market access information for producers and international trading companies en de pdf 1335kb
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), SIPPO Swiss Import Promotion Programme. 2nd Edition, January 2004

Resource potentials and limitations of a Nicaraguan agricultural region
Dissertation by Franziska Pfister. ETH Zürich, 2004

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2003

Crop Farming in China. Technology, Markets, Institutions and the Use of Pesticides
Dissertation by Daniel Löw. ETH Zürich, 2003

"Food Security and Biodiversity - Sharing the Benefit of Plant Genetic Resources"
Contributions to a Syngenta Foundation Symposium (16 October 2003, Basel, Switzerland) 

RISE , a Tool for Holistic Sustainability Assessment at the
Farm Level
pdf 479kb
Fritz Häni, Francesco Braga, Andreas Stämpfli, Thomas Keller, Matthew Fischer, Hans Porsche in: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Volume 6, Number 4, 2003

ADAMA: un outil d’analyse de la durabilité au niveau de l’exploitation pdf 407kb
Fritz Häni, Andreas Stämpfli, Thomas Keller. Haute école suisse d’agronomie, 2003

From ‘Good’ Research to the ‘Right’ Research pdf 150kb
The role of Civil Society in Research Decision Making for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
Clive Lightfoot, Ueli Scheuermeier in: LBL BeraterInnen News 2/2003, p. 70-73

Brucellosis and Q-fever seroprevalences of nomadic pastoralists and their livestock in Chad pdf 104kb
E. Schelling, C. Diguimbaye, S. Daoud, J. Nicolet, P. Boerlin, M. Tanner, J. Zinsstag in: Preventive Veterinary Medicine 61:279-293 (2003) 

A Story on Business Development in Rural Areas pdf 244kb
Lessons learnt from 8 years of work on production and marketing of dried persimmon in Northern Pakistan. Muhammad Riaz in: LBL BeraterInnen News 2/2003, p. 43-55

Trends in the Organization and Financing of Agricultural Research in Developed Countries - Implications for Developing Countries
pdf 811kb
Willem Janssen, Thomas Braunschweig. ISNAR Research Report 22, 2003

Controlling Post-Harvest Losses of Yam (Dioscorea spp.) by Application of Gibberellic Acid
Dissertation by Andreas Tschannen. ETH Zürich, 2003

Rio+11: Towards a New Paradigm in Agricultural Research - The Challenge of Sustainable Development
Posters and Presentations of the ZIL/SFIAR Conference 2003
(6 June, 2003, ETH Zurich)

Helvetas: Position paper on Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering in Agriculture - a Summary en de pdf70kb
Helvetas, March 2003

Genetically Modified (GM) Crops: molecular and regulatory details pdf 5512kb
Shirin Bruderer, Katharina E. Leitner. BATS, 30 March 2003

Summary of LBL Email Discussion on Rural Business Development Services pdf 53kb
Ueli Scheuermeier in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2003

The Making of a New Agricultural Research and Extension System - The Case of Bolivia pdf 112kb
Walter Nuñez, Peter Pfaumann, Willi Graf in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2003

Experiments in Store - Participatory Action Research with Women Farmers of Nepal pdf 107kb
Astrid Bjoernsen Gurung in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2003

Needs-based Training in Agriculture pdf 103kb
Cora Schibli in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2003

The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Future Prospects - 2003 pdf 1118kb
Minou Yussefi, Helga Willer (Eds.). International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, 2003

Recht auf Freihandel oder Recht auf Nahrung? pdf 228kb
Positionspapier zur internationalen Agrarpolitik. Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations. dokument 2, Februar 2003

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2002

MONA - Nachhaltigkeitsanalyse auf Betriebsebene pdf 216kb
Fritz Häni, Andreas Stämpfli, Thomas Keller, Lukas Barth in: Agrarforschung 9 (5): 194-199, 2002

Research Policy of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) pdf 412kb
SDC, 2002

Rural household strategies in Southern Mali: determinants and contribution of income diversification to income level and distribution
Dissertation by Anna Christine Crole-Rees, ETH Zürich, 2002

Indigenous knowledge of storage pest management in Nepal
Dissertation by Astrid Björnsen Gurung, ETH Zürich, 2002

The Smallholder Irrigation Market Initiative Network - An account of the recent launching event pdf 107kb
Elisabeth Katz in: LBL BeraterInnen News 2/2002

Flashback on the Stakeholder Meeting of the PRGA Program
pdf 45kb
Christine Etienne in: LBL BeraterInnen News 2/2002

Unterstützung der internationalen Agrarforschung durch die Schweiz de pdf 215kb  fr pdf 1522kb
Christina Grieder, Barbara Becker in: Jahrbuch Schweiz-Dritte Welt 2002. Nr.21. IUED, 2002. (Online version published with the authorization of the publications service of the institut universitaire d'études du développement, IUED) 

Optimal Agricultural Land Use Systems for Northern Pakistan. Determination through Quadratic Risk Programming
Muhammad Riaz. Farming & Rural Systems Economics. Volume 40.  Werner Doppler, Siegfried Bauer (Eds.). Margraf Verlag, 2002

Human and animal health in nomadic pastoralist communities of Chad: zoonoses, morbidity and health services pdf 2799kb
[Abstract pdf 97kb]
Dissertation by Esther Schelling. University of Basel, July 2002 

The impact of socio-economic characteristics on demand for food and nutrition in Tanzania
Dissertation by Dominique Aubert. ETH Zürich, 2002

Financial Participation In Practice. Experience with participation of clients in the financing of extension services pdf 163kb
Elisabeth Katz in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2002

Murumamani - Seeds of Development pdf 788kb
Heditt Foronda, Isabel Canedo, Willi Graf in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2002

Ein gelungener Projektansatz gesehen in Puka, Albanien - oder die Bedeutung lokaler Trägerschaften pdf 128kb (deutsch/français) 
Walter Schläppi in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2002.

A Prosperous Watershed Management Program in Mysore, India, and Sustainability pdf 139kb
Christine Etienne in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2002

Public Attitudes towards Agricultural Biotechnology in South Africa pdf 287kb
Report by Philipp Aerni. Center for International Development. Harvard University, April 2002

Innovative approaches to financing extension for agriculture and natural resource management pdf 1339kb
Elisabeth Katz. LBL, April 2002

Farmers' Knowledge at Risk: Are Intellectual Property Rights the Solution? pdf 41kb
Susette Biber-Klemm in: InfoAgrar News No.12 / April 2002, p.6-7

A Draft Sequence of the Rice Genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica) pdf 716kb
Various Syngenta researchers et al. in: Science, Vol.296, p.92-100

Public-Private Partnerships for Efficient Proprietary Biotech Management and Transfer, and Increased Private Sector Investments pdf 444kb
A Briefings Paper with Six Proposals Commissioned by UNIDO. Anatole F. Krattiger in: IP Strategy Today No. 4-2002

Tackling Gender Issues in Sustainable Land Management
A Modular Instrument for Use in Rural Development Projects with a Focus on Sustainable Land Management
Cordula S. Ott. CDE, March 2002

Entwicklungszusammenarbeit lohnt sich. Schwierigkeiten, Glücksfälle und Erfolge aus 40 Jahren pdf 20kb
Rolf Wilhelm in: NZZ, Freitag, 18.01.2002, S.13.

Six Billion and Counting - Population and Food Security in the 21st Century
Klaus M. Leisinger, Karin M. Schmitt, Rajul Pandya-Lorch. 2002 (partly available online)

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2001

Golden Rice - Entwicklung und Bedeutung der bekanntesten Reispflanze pdf 85kb
Petra Frey. Der Verein «Forschung für Leben» informiert. Nr. 61, Dezember 2001

Auf dem Weg zu einer "entwicklungsfördernden" Aussenhandelspolitik der Schweiz pdf 150kb
Alexander Roitinger in: Aussenwirtschaft, 56. Jahrgang (2001), Heft III, S. 421-449

Reduction of Poverty: The Role of Rural Development
Documentation of a Seminar organized by Intercoopration, SDC and IFAD (23 October 2001, Berne, Switzerland)

Agricultural Research for Whom?
Speeches of a conference organized by Berne Declaration and Swissaid (October 11 2001, Berne, Switzerland)

Virus-resistente transgene Papaya
Internutrition, October 2001

A Systematic Overview of Urban Agriculture in Developing Countries pdf 161kb
Bettina Baumgartner, Hasan Belevi. Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (EAWAG), September 2001

50 Jahre Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS) pdf 202kb
Mehrere Artikel. Patrick Imhasly. Der kleine Bund, 22 September  2001 (Nr. 221) 

Low-Cost Micro-Irrigation I: An Initiative to set up a Global Network to Disseminate a Promising Technology pdf 54kb
Urs Heierli, Paul Polak, Elisabeth Katz in: LBL BeraterInnen News 2/2001

Low Cost Micro-Irrigation II: Excerpts from an Information Event on Dissemination Concepts and Experiences pdf 181kb
Elisabeth Katz in: LBL BeraterInnen News 2/2001

Public Attitudes towards Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries: A Comparison between Mexico and the Philippines 
pdf 141kb
Philipp Aerni. Discussion Paper. Center for International Development. Harvard University, July 2001

Knowledge - a Core Resource for Development pdf 173kb
Documentation of the Swiss Meeting on Global Knowledge Sharing and Information and Communication Technologies (20 March 2001, Berne, Switzerland). Edited by Helvetas (Katarina Thurnheer), May 2001

Agricultural Markets in Developing Countries - Synergies and Conflicts between Trade and Subsistence
Posters and Presentations of the ZIL/SFIAR Conference 2001
(11 Mai 2001, ETH Zurich)

"Golden Rice and Beyond" pdf 113kb
Ingo Potrykus. Plant Physiol, March 2001

Participatory Development of a Natural Resources Management Decision Support Information System for Maize pdf 251kb
Francis Gichuki, Hanspeter Liniger in: Deepening the Basis of Rural Resource Management (Proceedings of a Workshop), February 2001

Developing a Mix of Public and Private Rural Extension Services, The Experience of Nicaragua pdf 73kb
Armin Barandun in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2001

Recent Experiences with Financial Participation in the Helvetas- Mali Support Programme for Farmer Initiatives (PAIP) pdf 364kb
Christine Etienne in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2001

Rural transition and agricultural vocational education in the context of post-socialist transformation, A regional study from Kyrgyzstan pdf 326kb
Matthias Rufer in: LBL BeraterInnen News 1/2001.

Enhancing Research Capacity in Developing and Transition Countries
KFPE, 2001

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2000

Technological gap for maize (Zea mays L.) cultivation in the Polochic Watershed of Guatemala
Dissertation submitted by Jérôme Marc Fournier Fauchère. ETH Zürich, 2000 

Rolle des Parasitismus in der N'Dama Viehzucht in der Feuchtsavanne der Côte d'Ivoire pdf 308kb
Dissertation submitted by Lea Knopf. University of Berne, 2000

Strategy 2010 SDC: sustainable - looking to the future - working in partnership - aiming for impact en fr de es pdf 3348kb
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), December 2000

EARD InfoSys User Study - Executive Summary pdf 308kb
Internet user-study in ARD with special reference to EARD InfoSys conducted by InfoAgrar on behalf of EARD InfoSys, November 2000

Biologische, konventionelle und gentechnische Anwendungen in der Landwirtschaft - Gesundheitliche und ökologische Aspekte 
pdf 488kb
Kurt Bodenmüller (Gen Suisse). InterNutrition, November 2000

The "Political Economy" of Agricultural Biotechnology for the Developing World pdf 493kb
Klaus M. Leisinger, October 2000

"Gender and Livestock. Capitalisation of Experiences on Livestock Projects and Gender" pdf 212kb
Heidi Bravo-Baumann. SDC Working Paper 3/2000. September 2000

Natural Success Stories: The ICIPE in Kenya pdf 14kb
Florianne Koechlin. Blauen-Institut, June 2000

10 Critical Elements from the perspective of a development agency to ensure the success of regional initiatives pdf 35kb
Thomas Gass, Dominique Guenat, Urs Scheidegger. Advanced draft: 22 June 2000

Bodenfruchtbarkeit erhalten - Forschungspartnerschaften für eine nachhaltige Bodennutzung in Entwicklungsländern pdf 85kb
Susanne Haller-Brem in: NZZ Nr.120, Mittwoch 24. Mai 2000

Plant Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property pdf 141kb
Christina E. Grieder in: InfoAgrar News No.8 / April 2000, p.8-9

Guide for the Rapid Appraisal of Regional Initiatives pdf 96kb
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, March 2000

A study of African Cassava Mosaic Virus gene expression for the development of virus resistance
Dissertation by Petra Maria Frey. ETH Zürich, February 2000

Financing Extension for agriculture and natural resource management: Some conceptual considerations pdf 17kb
Elisabeth Katz in: LBL BeraterInnen News 2/2000

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1999 and before

Public Acceptance of Transgenic Rice and its Potential Impact on Future Rice Markets in Southeast Asian Countries
Dissertation by Philipp Aerni. ETH Zürich, 1999 

Priority Setting in Agricultural Biotechnology Research: Supporting Public Decisions in Developing Countries with the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Dissertation by Thomas Braunschweig. ETH Zürioh, 1999

Auswirkungen der Uruguay Runde auf die Landwirtschaft in Entwicklungsländern am Fallbeispiel von Benin (Westafrika)
Dissertation by Hans Häfliger. ETH Zürich, 1999

Development of iron-rich rice and ways to improve its bioavailability by genetic engineering
Dissertation by Paola Lucca. ETH Zürich, 1999

"Swiss research contributions to alleviate hunger and poverty" Posters and presentations of the 1st Forum for International Agriculture in Switzerland (30 March 1999, Zurich, Switzerland)

Avoiding the Shortcut: Moving Beyond the Use of Direct Incentives
A review of experience with the use of incentives in projects for sustainable soil management. M. Giger. 1999

Der Einsatz der Gentechnik zur Ernährungssicherung Stressresistenz und Qualitätsverbesserung bei Reis und Maniok
J. Puonti-Kaerlas, R. Bilang in: NZZ, Forschung und Technik, Mittwoch, 25.02.1998 Nr. 46

Compositional and structural analysis of camel milk proteins with emphasis on protective proteins
Dissertation by Stefan Kappeler. ETH Zürich, 1998

Guidelines for Research in Partnership with Developing Countries. 11 Principles
Swiss Commission for Research Partnership with Developing Countries (KFPE), 1998

Insect resistance in Crops: A Case Study of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and its transfer to Developing Countries pdf 542kb
A. F. Krattiger. ISAAA Briefs No. 2. ISAAA: Ithaca, NY. pp. 42., 1997

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