Projects of Livestock Research
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Internship BASF
September 18, 2012 - Project -
RUFUS - Rural future networks
September 25, 2012 - Project -
Assessment and monitoring water stress condition of arid vegetation using remote sensing techniques. The Atacama Desert (Chile) case
September 7, 2012 - Project -
Developing innovative systems for excreta collection, disposal, treatment, and reuse for urban low income communities in east Africa
September 28, 2012 - Project - In peri-urban areas in low-income countries, conventional centralized approaches for wastewater management have generally failed to address the needs of communities for collection and disposal of domestic wastewater and faecal sludge from on-site sanitation. -
SustainIndus
January 7, 2022 - Project -
Advanced scenarios studies for large scale microalgae cultivation
October 1, 2012 - Project - Microalgae are an attractive renewable source for fuel and chemicals. Algae grow using sun light and can be cultured on arid land. Large-scale algae production facilities are necessary to fulfil future demands. However, cultivation of algae for biofuel does not occur yet on a commercial scale. A competitive algae production process can be developed by using the opportunities of the environment of plants efficiently. -
Performance of pilot scale outdoor photobioreactors at AlgaePARC
October 1, 2012 - Project - The objective of AlgaePARC (Algae Production And Research Centre) is to develop knowledge, technology and process strategies for sustainable production of microalgae as feedstock for fuel, chemicals, food and feed at industrial scale. Presently, high production costs of microalgal biomass are the main bottleneck that prevents its use at industrial scale. These costs could be reduced by increasing the areal productivity (productivity per ground area). -
Effect of enzymes on material properties of dough
September 18, 2012 - Project -
PolyModE - Novel polysaccharide modifying enzymes to optimise the potential of hydrocolloids for food and medical applications
September 25, 2012 - Project -
Economic and agronomic analysis of seed potato supply chains in Ethiopia
August 20, 2012 - Project - Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the major root and tuber crops grown in Ethiopia. However, the production and productivity of potato in Ethiopia are very low. These low production and productivity are attributed to many factors among which very low quality of seed tubers and shortage of seed tubers of improved potato varieties are important ones. To date, there is a dearth of information on how to improve seed tuber quality and availability of seed tubers of improved potato varieties through the development of seed potato supply systems. This research project aims at the design of options for improving seed tuber quality and availability and the analysis of economic consequences of improvement options. More specifically, the objectives of this research project are: 1) to describe and analyse existing seed potato systems, and identify and prioritize the constraints to and options for improvement; 2) to elicit farmers’ opinions on the importance of seed potato management attributes with respect to perceived effect on potato seed yield and quality and to quantify this effect; 3) to analyse costs and benefits of seed tuber quality improvement options within a defined solution space; and 4) to design improved seed potato supply chains and assess their economic consequences.