A meta-evaluation of sustainable land management Initiatives in Senegal 

    Lomeña-Gelis, Mònica (Date of defense: 2015-07-28)

    Evaluation is the systematic determination of the merit, worth and significance of a programme, initiative or intervention. As a young discipline, its empirical study is still limited, especially in Francophone Africa. ...

    Advances in high throughput and affordable phenotyping for adapting maize and wheat to climate change 

    Gracia Romero, Adrián (Date of defense: 2021-06-17)

    Supplying sufficient food to an increasing population is one of the most important challenges over the next century. To meet this demand, crop productivity will need to increase while it is being threatened by climate ...

    Agricultura i comunitats urbanes en transició cap a la sostenibilitat: Estudi de casos i avaluació al sistema agrourbà de Girona 

    Perxacs Motgé, Helena (Date of defense: 2017-01-20)

    Davant dels reptes socioambientals actuals, apareixen diversos actors i iniciatives que plantegen una nova manera de viure més connectada amb la natura i la comunitat. Aquestes noves pràctiques van configurant, de mica en ...

    Agroecological Landscape Modelling as a Deliberative Tool, Learning from Social Metabolism Assessment of Historical Transitions to Industrial Agriculture for Future Sustainable Food System 

    Padró i Caminal, Roc (Date of defense: 2018-02-15)

    The fundamental objective of this thesis is setting up a model to optimize the functioning of agricultural activity at the landscape level. It is a thesis with a strong methodological component. However, to base how the ...

    Aplicación de la transglutaminasa microbiana en quesos frescos de coagulación ácida y de coagulación enzimática 

    Cadavid Tobón, Ana Maria (Date of defense: 2019-02-15)

    The aim of this doctoral thesis was to evaluate the application of microbial transglutaminase (MTGase), produced by BDF Natural Ingredients, in the manufacture of acid and enzymatic coagulation fresh cheeses. In the case ...

    Aplicación de nuevas herramientas biotecnológicas para compensar los efectos negativos del cambio climático sobre vinos espumosos (Cava) y vinos tintos 

    González Royo, Elena (Date of defense: 2015-03-26)

    El present treball aborda l'estudi de com es poden pal•liar els efectes del canvi climàtic en l'elaboració de vins escumosos i en vins negres mitjançant les eines que actualment la biotecnologia ens ofereix. Per això en ...

    Application of ultra high-pressure homogenization (UHPH) in the production of submicron/nano-oil-in-water emulsions using vegetable oils and milk proteins as emulsifiers 

    Emam Hebishy, Essam Hassan (Date of defense: 2013-09-16)

    The overall goal of the present PhD thesis was to study some factors related to the choice of emulsifier (whey protein isolate or sodium caseinate) concentration, oil-phase volume fractions (10-50%) and homogenization ...

    Approaches for the biological control of stored product pests 

    Solà Cassi, Mireia (Date of defense: 2018-01-19)

    Stored products include all postharvest agricultural foodstuffs that do not require refrigeration and that can be preserved for several months under proper conditions as cereal grain and other raw material or processed ...

    Assessment of environmental and social impacts due to the inclusion of novel solutions for nutrient recovery: towards sustainability in agriculture 

    Pereira Andrade, Edilene (Date of defense: 2022-06-10)

    L'agricultura juga un paper important a !'hora de sostenir els aliments, esta fortament relacionada amb molts reptes de sostenibilitat com el canvi climatic, l'escassetat d'aigua, la pobresa i la inseguretat alimentaria. ...

    Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) as an alternative and sustainable source of novel antimicrobial compounds to improve food safety 

    Rubiño Campoy, Susana (Date of defense: 2023-07-28)

    Macroalgae have been recognized as an interesting source of compounds with multiple applications in different fields due to their various bioactivities since current trends are moving towards the use of alternative compounds ...

    Caracterització del suro i subproductes de la indústria surera. Valoració d'aquests com a biosorbents d'hidrocarburs aromàtics policíclics en aigües d'escorrentia 

    Jové Martín, Patricia (Date of defense: 2016-01-20)

    The main objective of this thesis is to characterize and evaluate the capacity of cork and by-products of the cork industry (collectively called as cork samples) as biosorbents of aqueous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ...

    Consumer preferences for organic food: behavior building-up, importance of pricing, information and sensory issues 

    Avitia Rodríguez, Jessica Alejandra (Date of defense: 2012-07-04)

    The aim of this thesis is to investigate Spanish consumers purchase motivations and behavior towards organic food by means of determining the key factors that take part on building their behavior. An important contribution ...

    Contribución al conocimiento de la biología de los pulgones de cereales y de la epidemiología del virus del enanismo amarillo de la cebada (BYDV) en la zona de regadío de Lleida 

    Comas i Angelet, Jordi (Date of defense: 1991-12-17)

    En la zona de regadio de Lleida, los pulgones de cereales Rhopalosiphum padi (l.) y Sitobion avenae (f.) permanecen a lo largo de todo el año en gramineas cultivadas en la zona; cereales forrajeros, cereales de invierno y ...

    Control biorracional de Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann): Mejora, aplicación y evaluación de la técnica del insecto estéril 

    Juan Blasco, María Auxiliadora (Date of defense: 2012-12-03)

    La mosca Mediterránea de la fruta, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), es una plaga endémica en las áreas de frutales y cítricos del Mediterráneo. Los programas actuales de manejo integran junto al ...

    Creatividad e innovaciones estratégicas en la gestión de los servicios financieros para el sector rural mexicano 

    Hernández Romero, Oliverio (Date of defense: 2001-12-21)

    Durante las últimas décadas se han realizado cambios profundos en los modelos de financiamiento rural en México y en el mundo. Los resultados en el desarrollo de mercados financieros muestran un panorama cada día más ...

    Desarrollo, estabilidad y eficacia de biofertilizantes para la mejora del cultivo de plantas de tomate y maíz 

    Navarro Arenas, Miriam (Date of defense: 2021-10-07)

    El aumento de la población mundial en las últimas décadas, junto con la disminución de las tierras cultivables, ha puesto de manifiesto la necesidad de aumentar la producción agrícola para satisfacer la creciente demanda ...

    Diachasmimorpha longicaudata as Biological Control agent of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata: biotic and abiotic factors affecting its implementation in citrus crops of the Mediterranean basin 

    Harbi, Ahlem (Date of defense: 2017-02-24)

    Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a cosmopolitan pest, originary from West-Africa, that has invaded almost all the temperate and tropical countries by the unwanted aid of the men. During its adaptation ...

    Dialogues between Nature, Class and Gender: Revisiting Socio-Ecological Reproduction from Past Advanced Organic to Industrial Agricultures (Sentmenat, Catalonia, 1860-1999) 

    Marco Lafuente, Inés (Date of defense: 2018-02-16)

    This PhD dissertation is part of an international research project, Sustainable Farm Systems, which seeks to analyze pre-industrial to industrial agriculture transition from a biophysical perspective. The main objective ...

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    Dinámica sucesional tras el abandono y recuperación del matorral mediante pastoreo controlado. Experiencia en un sector de la montaña de León 

    Álvarez Martínez, Javier (Date of defense: 1994-04-21)

    Les característiques orogràfiques i climàtiques del territori espanyol exigeixen que la utilització del sòl en gran part del mateix, degui portar-se a terme amb un criteri de conservació dels recursos. La seva òptima gestió ...

    Diversidad y extensión de los mecanismos de resistencia a insecticidas en poblaciones españolas de carpocapsa (Cydia pomonella (L.) Lepidoptera Tortricidae) y estudio de sus posibilidades de manejo 

    Bosch Serra, Dolors (Date of defense: 2017-12-13)

    La carpocapsa, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), és una de les plagues més importants del cultiu dels fruiters de pinyol, principalment de la pomera. A la zona fructícola de Lleida, a l’igual que a la majoria ...