Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS)

formerly:
Der Tropenlandwirt. Beiträge zur tropischen Landwirtschaft und Veterinärmedizin,
Journal of Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics

The Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics is a peer reviewed journal that publishes papers and short communications dealing with research in the Tropics and Subtropics in the fields of plant production, animal nutrition and animal husbandry, soil science, agricultural economy and farm management, forestry and forest economy, veterinary hygiene and protection against epidemics.

Publishing House:
kassel university press GmbH

Publisher:
German Institute for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics (DITSL GmbH) — University of Kassel, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences — Association for Sustainable Development (GNE mbH) — Association ‘Hochschulverband Witzenhausen’ e.V. (HVW) — Institute for tropical Agriculture e.V., Leipzig


Vol 118, No 1 (2017)

Table of Contents

Articles

Multi-methodological characterisation of Costa Rican biochars from small-scale retort and top-lit updraft stoves and inter-methodological comparison
Joeri Kaal, Roberto Calvelo, Art Donnelly, Anna McBeath, Antonio Martínez Cortizas, Hugh McLaughlin
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1-15
Beyond good wood: Exploring strategies for small-scale forest growers and enterprises to benefit from legal and sustainable certification in Indonesia
Ahmad Maryudi, Ani A. Nawir, Purnomo Sumardamto, Dewi Ayu Sekartaji, Emma Soraya, Teguh Yuwono, Bowo Dwi Siswoko, Budi Mulyana, Nunuk Supriyatno
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17-29
Explaining technical inefficiency and the variation in income from apple adoption in highland Ethiopia: The role of unequal endowments and knowledge asymmetries
Sintayehu Hailu Alemu, Luuk van Kempen, Ruerd Ruben
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31-43
Discriminating the quality of local pork from crossbred pork from extensive production of ethnic minorities in mountainous northern Vietnam
Philipp C. Muth, André Markemann, Le T. T. Huyen, Anne Valle Zárate
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45-57
The determinants of the performance of dairy smallholders in Malawi
Ivo Baur, Christian Gazzarin, McLoyd Banda, Markus Lips
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59-68
Droughts and debts: The domestic tea value chain and vulnerable livelihoods in Girimukti village, West Java, Indonesia
Widyawati Sumadio, Edo Andriesse, Frimanisa Aprilianti, Andika Sulyat
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69-80
Effects of exogenous cellulase and xylanase enzyme preparations on feed intake, nutrient digestibility, growth, and economics of rearing Mongolian lambs
Norovsambuu Togtokhbayar, Chuluunbaatar Urankhaich, Otgonjargal Ayushjav, Munkhnasan Tsevegmed, Nicholas E. Odongo
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81-89
Improving non-communicable disease remediation outcomes in Tonga: the importance of domestic fruit production systems: an analysis
Steven J.R. Underhill, Lila Singh-Peterson
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91-103
Evaluation of cassava leaf meal protein in fish and soybean meal-based diets for young pigs
Siaka Seriba Diarra, Malakai Koroilagilagi, Simeli Tamani, Latu Maluhola, Sila Isitolo, Jiaoti Batibasila, Tevita Vaea, Vasenai Rota, Ulusagogo Lupea
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105-112
Optimising contract design in modern food supply chains: The case of paprika sector in Central Malawi
Lana Ana Repar, Stephen Onakuse, Joe Bogue, Ana Afonso
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113-127
Participatory Rural Appraisal for Diagnostic Analysis of spate irrigation systems in Raya Valley, Ethiopia
Giulio Castelli, Elena Bresci
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129-139
Effects of drying and storage management on fungi (Aflatoxin B1) accumulation and rice quality in Cambodia
Vichet Sorn, Pyseth Meas, Tara Pin, Martin Gummert
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141-148
Diversity of farming systems integrating fish pond aquaculture in the province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Patrick Mafwila Kinkela, Bienvenu Kambashi Mutiaka, Thomas Dogot, Denis Dochain, Xavier Rollin, Roger Ntoto Mvubu, Charles Kinkela, Jacques Mafwila, Jérôme Bindelle
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149-160