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Abstracts of master's theses - Agriculture


Title: Status of Pachyrhizus ahipa (Wedd.) Parodi in Bolivia

Master's thesis by: Marta Gruca
University: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Section of Botany
Supervisor: Marten Sørensen
Submitted in: November 2010


Title: Interactions between African weaver ants (Oecophylla longinoda) and the invasive fruit fly Bactrocera invadens on Senegalese mango

Master thesis by: Christina Abel
University: University of Aarhus, Department of Biological Sciences, Zoophysiology and The Centre for Tropical Ecosystem Research
Supervisors: Mogens Gissel Nielsen and Joachim Offenberg
Submitted in: March 2010


Title: Osmoregulation in the Asian swamp eel: Effects of increased salinity on plasma osmolality and survival

Master's thesis by: Pil Pedersen and Kasper Hansen
University: Aarhus University, Department of Zoophysiology, Institute of Biological Sciences
Supervisor: Tobias Wang
Submitted in: June 2010


Title: Effect of variety, harvest date and fraction on the herbage yield, chemical composition and in vitro gas production of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) in the humid zone of Ghana

Master's thesis by: Ansah Terry
University: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Supervisors: E. L. K. Osafo and Hanne H. Hansen
Submitted in: May 2010


Title: Private Standards Unfolded: The Perspectives of Coffee Farmers in Northern Nicaragua

Master’s thesis by: Marta Maireles González and Virginia Dundas Hvidesten
University: Copenhagen Business School, Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Intercultural Communication and Management
Supervisor: Peter Lund-Thomsen
Submitted in: February 2010


Title: Harvesting next to poverty - An analysis of the cotton industry’s impact on small scale farmers in Zambia

Master’s thesis by: Cecilie Toudal Pedersen
University: Roskilde University, International Development Studies and Public Administration
Supervisors: Paul Austin Stacey and Anders Christian Hansen
Submitted in: June 2009


Title: Values Changed? A Value Chain Analysis of Certified Organic Coffee Production in Uganda

Master’s thesis by: Signe Due Lorentzen
University: Roskilde University, International Development Studies and Public Administration
Supervisor: Mogens Buch-Hansen and Bo Bøgeskov
Submitted in: June 2009


Title: Organic Agriculture in Uganda

Master’s thesis by: Rune Jacobsen
University: Roskilde University, International Development Studies and Technological and Socio-Economic Planning
Advisors: Claus Heinberg and Peter Oksen
Submitted in: January 2010


Title: The Potential Threat of Copper Pollution to Soil Health and Rice Plant Growth in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Master's thesis by: Karoline Nolsø Aaen
University: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences
Supervisors: Kristian Koefoed Brandt, Peter E. Holm, & Anders Priemé
Submitted in: November 2009


Title: Market-oriented interventions for improving rural livelihoods and investments in natural resource management: Case study from central highland of Ethiopia

Master's thesis by: Ali Mohammed Oumer
University: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences.
Supervisor: Andreas de Neergaard.
Local advisor: Chillot Yirga Tizale.
Submitted in: July 3, 2009.


Title: Opportunities and Constraints for Solar Drying of Organic Fruits in Uganda

Master's thesis by: Kirkegaard, Nina 
University: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences.
Supervisor: de Neergaard, Andreas
Submitted in: January 2009


Title: Women’s Participation in Community Fisheries Committees in Cambodia

Country: Cambodia
Author: Pelle Gätke
University: Roskilde University, Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change
Supervisors: Lund, Søren and Schroll, Henning
Submitted in: December 2008


Title: Alternative Fertilization Methods for Vegetable Production in Tropical Countries – Plant Liquid Extracts’ Nitrogen Mineralization and Fertilizing Value and the Use of Liquid Compost in Cambodia

Author: Gioseffi, Elena
University: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences and Catania, faculty of Agrarian Studies
Supervisors: Andreas de Neergaard and Cherubino Leonardi
Submitted in: September 2008 


Title: Performance Evaluation of Participatory Irrigation Management by the Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Appraoch [pdf]

Country: Vietnam
Author: Doudou, Lin
University: Unviersity of Copenhagen, Department of Life Sciences
Supervisors: Jensen, Jens Rausnsø, Tuan, Doan Doan and Huibers, Ir. Frans
Submitted in: September 2008


Title: Analysis of the Strategies of Farmers Producing Organic Fresh and Dry Fruits in Kayunga, Uganda [pdf]

Country: Uganda
Author: Raj, Chongtham Iman
University: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences
Supervisors: de Neergaard, Andreas and Pillot, Didier
Submitted in: September 2008


Title: Changing world market conditions and agriculturel production in developing countries: Uganda and biofuels [pdf]

Country: Uganda
Authors: Føyn, Tullik Helene Ystanes and Kaspersen, Line Lassen
University: University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics
Supervisor: Hansen, Henrik
Submitted in: September 2008


Title: Ex-ante impact assessment of introducing cassava or maize biofortified with pro-vitamin A in four Latin American countries [pdf]

Author: Jacobsen, Anne Balling
University: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Human Nutrition
Supervisor: Friis, Henrik, Thilsted, Shakuntala og Pinstrup-Andersen, Per
Submitted in: October 2008 


Title: Prevalence of parasites in Lamas in Andean, Bolivia [pdf]

Authors: Nissen, Anne Malene and Spörndly, Ellinor
Univeristy: Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen
Supervisors: Kyvsgaard, Niels Christian and Steenhard, Nina
Submitted in: Juni 2008


Title: Autonomic control of the heart in the swamp eel (Monopterus albus) during water-breathing, air-breathing and aestivation. Basic physiological parameters for aquaculture optimisation. [pdf]

Author: Iversen, Nina K., Huong, Do Thi Thanh, Bayley, Mark and Wang, Tobias
University: University of Aarhus, Institute of Biology
Supervisor, Wang, Tobias
Supmitted in: April 2008  

     
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