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"Resource Management in Mixed Crop-Animal Farming in a Hillyland Barangay in Batangas, Philippines"
The research was conducted in a barangay in Batangas City to study resource management strategies practiced by smallholder farmers in mixed crop-animal farming systems in a hillyland community. It aimed to characterize and document the... Read more.PhD in Community Development (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Studies on the Improvement of the Nutritive Value and Utilization of Palm Kernel Cake as a Feed Resource for Ruminants"
Utilization of palm kernel cake (PKC) as the principal feed for ruminants was investigated in four studies. The study on the nutritive value showed that PKC-solvent extracted (PKC-S) and PKC-expeller pressed (PKC-E) contained similar amounts of... Read more.PhD in Animal Nutrition (Universiti Putra Malaysia)"Study on Early Developmental Stages of Donkey Ear Abalone, Haliotis Asinina Linnaeus, 1758"
This study was conducted to determine the optimal salinity and temperature suitable for Haliotis asinina during the early embryonic and post-embryonic developmental stages. Factorial completely randomized design was used in the experiment. The study... Read more.MS in Aquaculture (University of the Philippines Visayas)"Sustainability Evaluation of Diversified Model Farms of the "Redireksyon" Program of the Local Government of Santiago City, Philippines"
The sustainability of the high value crops farming system of the diversified model farms established by the local government unit and the existing monocrop rice, monocrop corn and rice + tilapia farming systems in Santiago City were evaluated... Read more.MS in Environmental Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"The Communication Variables and Adoption of Recommended Practices by Rice Farmers in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia"
The objectives of the study were to (1) describe the general profile of farmers; and (2) determine their information-seeking behavior, exposure to communication channels, perception of recommended practices, and the relationship of these variables to... Read more.MS in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"The Performance of Agricultural Education Program (AEP) of CHED-supervised Colleges and its Implication to Modernizing Agriculture"
The performance of AEP in four Commission on Higher Education (CHED)- supervised colleges in the province of Iloilo was evaluated using an “output-oriented” evaluation model. This model was used to determine the performance of the... Read more.MS in Agricultural Education (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"The Role of Preharvest Polyamines Application on the Post-harvest Quality and Shelf Life of Tomato Fruit"
The role of pre-harvest polyamines application on the post-harvest quality and shelf life of tomato fruit was investigated. In the first experiment, tomato fruits (cultivar Intan) were sprayed with 0 (control), 0.1 and 1 mM putrescine... Read more.PhD in Agricultural Engineering (Bogor Agricultural University)"Vegetation Structure and Edaphic Factors of Mangrove Forest at Baluran National Park, East Java, Indonesia."
The study was conducted at Baluran National Park, East Java, Indonesia from July 1999 to December 1999. Vegetation structure and edaphic factors of mangrove forest covering an area 25 ha at Baluran National Park, East Java, Indonesia, were... Read more.PhD in Botany (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Alternative Low-cost, Non-mist Macropropagation Technology for Mamalis [Pittosporum pentandrum (Blanco) Merr.] as Affected by the Location of Cuttings and Different Concentrations of Indole-3-Butyric Acid"
A greenhouse nursery experiment was conducted at the Tarlac College of Agriculture in Camiling Tarlac to determine the best location of cuttings in the ortet and the appropriate level of concentration of Indole-3-butyric acid for the... Read more.PhD in Forestry (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Analysis of Communication Factors Associated with Family Planning Programs in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia"
The study was conducted to ascertain and analyze the communication strategies in promoting the development of family planning programs in Kendari, Indonesia. Specifically, the study attempted to (1) determine the socio-demographic characteristics and... Read more.MS in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)