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"Impact and Risk Assessment of Land Use Change on Ecosystem Services and Livelihood Security in Saysathan District, Sayaboury Province, Lao PDR"
It is widely recognized that land use changes are affecting provision of ecosystem services as well as people’s livelihood, especially in rural areas where people are highly dependent on local ecosystem services. This study employed a... Read more.MS in Agricultural Systems Management (Chiang Mai University)"Impacts of Flash Flood on Farmers' Livelihood in Upland Areas: A Case Study of Rice Production in Nathen Village, Kasi District, Vientiane Province, Lao PDR"
This research aims to fulfill four main objectives: (1) understand the natural characteristics of flash floods, (2) study the impacts of flash floods on the livelihood of rice production farmers, (3) identify coping strategies of the farmers against... Read more.MS in Rural Development Management (Khon Kaen University)"Impacts of flash flood on farmers’ livelihood in upland areas: A case study of rice production in Nathen Village, Kasi District, Vientiane Province, Lao PDR"
This research aimed to fulfill four main objectives: (1) understand the natural characteristics of flash floods, (2) study the impacts of flash floods on the livelihood of rice production farmers, (3) identify coping strategies of the farmers against... Read more.MS in Rural Development Management (Khon Kaen University)"Instrumentation of a rice combine harvester for instantaneous yield monitoring during harvesting"
A calibration test stand was successfully built and used to evaluate the accuracy of A microwave flow rate from 0 to 5.75 kg/s, and also to quantify the accuracy of the SWR SolidFlow microwave flow sensor for real-time measurement of grain flow under... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Mechanization and Automation (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Isolation, characterization, and structure elucidation of antimicrobial compounds from the stem bark of Drimys arfakensis Gibbs"
Antimicrobial-guided fractionation and isolation of the bioactive compounds from the stem bark of Drimys arfakensis were carried out. Four antimicrobial compounds were isolated. The structures of the antimicrobial compounds were elucidated by... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Chemistry (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Land evaluation as a basis for agriculture food crops development: Case in Raumoco Lautem, Timor-Leste"
Land surveying activities have been carried out in Raumoco Lautem, East Timor, and covering sub-district Lautem and Luro from October 2013 to January 2015 in an area of 13,353.5 ha with 11 land units. The sub-district of Lautem land units consists of... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Science (Universitas Gadjah Mada)"Marketing of maize in Ratanak Mondul District, Battambang Province, Cambodia"
This study was conducted to analyze the efficiency of maize in Ratanak Mondul District, Battambang Province, Cambodia. A total of 147 producers and 25 traders were randomly selected as sample respondents. The methodologies employed in this study... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Paw San Rice Adoption in Myanmar"
Paw San rice was considered the world’s best rice in 2011 and has been popular for domestic consumption in Myanmar. Despite its popularity, the production of Paw San rice in Myanmar is still very limited. The purposes of this study were (1) to... Read more.MS in Agricultural and Resource Economics (Kasetsart University)"Production performance and intestinal microstructure of broiler chickens supplemented with methionine"
This experiment consisting of two studies was conducted to evaluate the effect of supplementing a corn-soya basal diet with 0.05%–0.15% methionine (Met) on the 42-day production performance and intestinal microstructure of broiler chickens. The... Read more.MS in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Quantitative microbiological risk assessment of non-typhoidal Salmonella in pork belly under Philippine setting"
Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment (QMRA) was performed to evaluate the public health risk of consuming pork belly contaminated with Salmonella. The food pathway was focused from the time the pig carcass was hanged, halved, and loaded into... Read more.MS in Veterinary Medicine (Public Health) (University of the Philippines Los Baños)