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Influence of mouldboard ploughing and shallow tillage on soil physical properties and crop performance by Parvin, Nargish

“…Penetrometer resistance (PR) were measured in the field one month after sowing. Plant density of barley was also counted one month after sowing. …”

Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey Round Two: Note on Sample Characteristics and Weighting by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS) Round 2 is a sub-sample survey carried out during the Dry (pre/post monsoon) Season of 2022 that includes farming households from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS). …”
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Understanding, measuring and utilizing social capital: clarifying concepts and presenting a field application from India by Krishna, Anirudh

“…A locally relevant scale of social capital was developed to assess whether and how social capital mattered for development performance in 69 north Indian villages. Variables corresponding to other bodies of explanation, including extent of commercialization, relative stratification, and relative need were also examined, but a combination of high social capital and capable agency was found to associate most closely with high development performance. …”
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The measure of agroecology: Developing an assessment framework to capture economic, environmental and social impacts of agriculture and food systems by Wickramaratne, Chaturangi, Jones, Sarah K., Lamanna, Christine, Geck, Matthias

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A comparison study of five different methods to measure carotenoids in biofortified yellow cassava (Manihot esculenta) by Jaramillo Valencia, Angélica M., Londoño Hernandez, Luis Fernando, Orozco, Juan Camilo, Patiño, Gelver, Belalcázar, John Eiver, Davrieux, Fabrice, Talsma, Elise F.

“…The most commonly used method for measuring carotenoid concentration is high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). …”
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Measurement of faba bean grain yield and aboveground biomass at maturity: v1. Standard Operating Procedure 016 by Devkota, Mina

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Repeatability of measurements of packed cell volume and egg count as indicators of endoparasite load and their relationship with sheep productivity by Tekelye Bekele, Kasali, O.B., Rege, J.E.O.

“…Presents results of a study undertaken to investigate the relationship of Packed Cell Volume (PCV) and Eggs Per Gram (EPG) to performance, and to estimate the repeatibility of the two measurements in a monthly parasite monitoring scheme. …”
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“Did you control for rainfall?”: Geospatial weather data, measurement error and the consistency of farm model estimates in Ethiopia by Bisrat Gebrekidan, Chamberlin, Jordan

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Determining the heat of desorption for cassava products based on data measured by an automated gravimetric moisture sorption system by Sarnavi, Hamed J., Precoppe, Marcelo, García Triñanes, Pablo, Chapuis, Arnaud, Tran, Thierry, Bradley, Michael S.A., Müller, Joachim

“…An automated moisture sorption gravimetric analyser was used to measure the desorption isotherms over 10–90% relative humidity of the drying air at temperatures ranging from 25 to 65 °C. …”
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A meta-frontier approach to measuring technical efficiency and technology gaps in beef cattle production in Argentina by Lema, Rolando Daniel, Gatti, Nicolas, Brescia, Victor

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Nutritional quality dataset by wet chemistry and near infrared measurements from dry tissue of Urochloa humidicola by Camelo, Rodrigo A., Cardoso, Juan, Rosa Noemi, Jauregui, Espitia, Paula Andrea, Mazabel Parra, Lady Johanna

“…The chemical analyses were performed at the CIAT forages and animal nutrition quality laboratory. …”
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Evaluating planning and delivery performance of water user associations (WUAs) in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan by Kazbekov, Jusipbek S., Abdullaev, Iskandar, Manthrithilake, Herath, Qureshi, Asad Sarwar, Jumaboev, Kahramon

“…The findings of this research suggest that application of a pre-determined set of indicators can be a useful and cost effective tool to measure the performance of WUAs. This is particularly important for Central Asia where the performance of the recently established and state initiated WUAs to replace former collective farms is now a key element in future sustainable water management. …”
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Effects of proximity to Poplar trees on the performance of intercropped faba bean and spring wheat by Sarwar, Mohammad Sakil

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Assessing the performance of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) in rural India by Alderman, Harold, Friedman, Jed, Ganga, Paula, Kak, Mohini, Rubio‐Codina, Marta

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Report on evaluating Brachiaria humidicola population Bh16B hybrid performance by Hernández, Luis Miguel, Ríos, Gonzalo, Castiblanco, Valheria

“…Conformed by 1046 hybrids, Bh16b was phenotyped on the field in order to measure the hybrid performance for the following traits: Visual assessment of biomass production, vigor, high, visual assessment of leaf steam ratio and drone based measurements like biomass and greenness. …”
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Do plot sizes affect the performance of GIS-based species distribution models? by Pandit, S., Hayward, A., Leeuw, Jan de, Kolasa, J.

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Benefits of Leucaena diversifolia in grazing steer’s diet: performance, methane and fatty acids by Molina Botero, Isabel Cristina, Villegas, Daniel Mauricio, Montoya, Alejandro, Mazabel, Johanna, Bastidas, Mike, Ruden, Alejandro, Gaviria, Hernan, Peláez, Juan David, Chará, Julián, Murgueitio, Enrique, Moorby, Jon M., Arango, Jacobo

“…Live weight gain was recorded and CH4 emissions were measured after the animal productivity test. Meat quality and fatty acid profiles were measured after the steers were slaughtered. …”
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Reproductive performance of indigenous goats in traditionally managed flocks in north-east of Zimbabwe by Ndlovu, L.R.

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The Boer goat. I. Origin, adaptability, performance testing, reproduction and milk production by Casey, N.H., Niekerk, W.A. van

“…Libido and semen quality of bucks varies seasonally. Performance testing aims to measure dam's characteristics pre and post weaning, feed efficiency of kids under standardised conditions, and qualitative and quantitative carcass evaluation of sire's progeny. …”
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Productivity and reproductive performance of the free range local domestic fowl ecotypes in Tanzania by Msoffe, P.L.M., Mtambo, M.M.A., Minga, U.M., Olsen, J.E., Juul-Madsen, H.R., Gwakisa, P.S., Mutayoba, S.K., Katule, A.M.

“…Average weekly weight measurements and growth rates were evaluated for each ecotype and sex as was egg weight, fertility and hatchability. …”
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