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"Analysis of Rice Consumption at Household Level in Yogyakarta Special Province"
The objectives of the study were to determine the factors influencing rice consumption in urban and rural areas of Yogyakarta Special Province; and to determine the own price, cross price, and income elasticity of rice consumption at different... Read more.MS in Agricultural Economics (Gadjah Mada University)"Body Condition Score and Calves Management in Dairy Production"
Two experiments were conducted this study. Experiment 1 determined the relationship of body condition score (BCS) on calf health status, production of milk, and reproductive performance. Experiment 2 compared the effect of feeding of whole milk... Read more.MS in Animal Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Characterization of Green Algae Dunaliella sp. and Cyanobacterial Isolate and Detection of the DXS Gene Encoding the Key Enzyme in Carotenoid Biosynthesis"
Carotenoid is known to synthesize through the well-known mevalonate (MVA) pathway. Recently, a non-mevalonate pathway (non-MVA) was discovered in green algae. The limiting step for carotenoid biosynthesis in the non-MVA/DOXP/MEP pathway was... Read more.PhD in Microbial Genetics (Gadjah Mada University)"Colonization of Oryza sativa Roots by Plant Growth-promoting rhizobacterium, Bacillus sphaericus UPMB10 and Subsequent Inoculant Formulation"
The Bacillus sphaericus UPMB10 plant growth-promoting strain was selected for colonization and inoculant formulation studies. The UPMB10 strain is a Grampositive, endospore-forming bacteria. The biochemical assay results showed that this strain... Read more.PhD in Soil Microbiology (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"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)