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"Communication Network of Farmers in the Sloping Lands of Marla Faz, Tanauan, Batangas and Their Adoption Behavior Toward Soil Conservation"
The study analyzed the sociodemographic and communication characteristics, and interpersonal communication network structure of farmers in the sloping lands and their adoption behavior toward soil conservation. One hundred and five farmers from... Read more.MS in Development Communication (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Comparative Studies on Digestive Efficiency and Urea Kinetic Between Goat and Sheep"
The digestive efficiency and urea kinetics between Malaysian indigenous goats and sheep fed with rice straw+ soybean meal (SSB) and rice straw + soybean meal + sago (SSG) were compared. The dry matter (OM), nitrogen (N), organic matter (OM)... Read more.MS in Veterinary Medicine (Universiti Pertanian Malaysia)"Crop-hedgerow Competition in an Alley Cropping System"
The competition for light, soil moisture, and nutrient between hedgerow trees and crops was studied in an alley cropping. Gliricidia sepium was used as hedgerow with mung bean (Phaseolus aureus) and corn (Zea mays) as a lley crops for dry and... Read more.MS in Agronomy (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Design and Development of a Direct-fired Rice Husk Furnace for Flatbed Paddy Dryer"
A direct-fired rice husk furnace was designed and developed to solve the problems of using rice husk, which is available in Vietnam as a biomass fuel to provide the heat energy for drying paddy in rural areas during the wet season harvest. ... Read more.MS in Agricultural Engineering (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Ecological Studies and Symbiotic Performance of Soybean Rhizobia Under Different Cropping Systems in Northeast Thailand"
Greenhouse and field experiments were conducted to study the effect of soil cropping history on soybean response to seed inoculation. Total and introduced rhizobia! populations and nodule occupancy were determined in the field experiments while... Read more.PhD in Soil Science (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Effect of Paclobutrazol on Shoot Growth, Flowering Fruit Set, and Yield of Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) var. Rongrien"
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of four paclobutrazol concentrations (0, 1.5, 3, and 4.5 mM per tree), applied either as canopy or soil surface spray, at two different times, on six-year-old rambutan trees f rom July 1994... Read more.PhD in Horticulture (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Empowerment Attempts: The Case of Catanduanes Upland Development Project at Genltllgan, Baras, Catanduanes"
The study documented the effectiveness of the Catanduanes Upland Development Project (CUDP) management goals. The factors that contributed to upland people empowerment were identified and explained. The level of empowerment achieved in the... Read more.MM in Development Management (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Environmental Factors Influencing Land Use of Coastal Land in Thailand: A Case Study in Samut Sakhon Province"
The development and utilization of coastal natural resources in Samut Sakhon, Thailand have gradually increased over the past century. The rapid growth of aquacultural development activities and the lack of land use plan created negative... Read more.PhD in Environmental Planning and Management (Universiti Pertanian Malaysia)"Factors Related to Volunteerism Among Nonformal Education Volunteers in Central Thailand"
The study determined factors related to volunteerism among nonformal education (NFE) volunteers in Central Thailand. It also evaluated the level of volunteerism of NFE volunteers. There were 159 NFE volunteer respondents. The Statistical... Read more.PhD in Extension Education (University of the Philippines Los Baños)"Growth and Yield of Intercropped Groundnut and Maize"
The effect of intercropping maize on growth and yield of groundnut at different row ratios was determined. Suitable intercropping patterns and the advantages ofintercrop over monocrop were also assessed. BPI-Pn2 groundnut variety and IPB var 7... Read more.MS in Crop Science (Central Luzon State University)