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Fourth CAADP Fourth Biennial Review Brief: Botswana. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Kasoma-Pele, W., Matchaya, Greenwell C., Keboneilwe, D.

“…This brief draws on the BR4 to summarize Botswana’s performance in pursuit of the seven Malabo Declaration commitments. …”
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Mineral fertilizer response and nutrient use efficiencies of East African highland banana (Musa spp., AAAEAHB, cv. Kisansa) by Nyombi, K., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Corbeels, Marc, Taulya, Godfrey, Leffelaar, P.A., Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Poor yields of East African highland bananas (Musa spp., AAA-EAHB) on smallholder farms have often been attributed to problems of poor soil fertility. We measured the effects of mineral fertilizers on crop performance at two sites over two to three crop cycles; Kawanda in central Uganda and Ntungamo in southwest Uganda. …”
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Transformation of the farm segment of the aquaculture value chain in southern Bangladesh by Ali, Hazrat, Haque, Md. Mahfuzul, Khondker, Murshed-E-Jahan

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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Madagascar. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Solonitompoarinony, J., Matchaya, Greenwell C., Randrianaivomanana, A. L.

“…This brief focuses on the performance of Madagascar in BR4, assessing the challenges faced and lessons learned. …”
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Comoros. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard: Performance and Lessons by Matchaya, Greenwell C., Miradji, A. I.

“…This brief focuses on the performance of the Union of Comoros in BR4, assessing the challenges faced and lessons learned. …”
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Eswatini. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Hagos, Fitsum, Matchaya, Greenwell C., Mamba-Hlophe, N. S.

“…This brief highlights Eswatini’s performance against the 46 indicators in the inaugural, second, and third BRs (2017, 2019, and 2021) and compares this to the fourth BR (2023) to track progress toward a fully transformed agricultural sector. …”
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Ethiopia. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Hagos, Fitsum, Matchaya, Greenwell C.

“…This brief focuses on the performance of Ethiopia in BR4, assessing the challenges faced and lessons learned. …”
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Lesotho. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Hagos, Fitsum, Matchaya, Greenwell C., Moloinyane, S.

“…This brief focuses on Lesotho's performance in BR4. The authors assess Lesotho's progress at the country level before presenting a regional comparison between Lesotho and other countries in the SADC region. …”
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Mauritius. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Hagos, Fitsum, Matchaya, Greenwell C., Chikhuri, K., Dreepaul-Dabee, V.

“…In this brief, the authors present the BR4 review findings for Mauritius, including its progress in achieving commitments at the country level and its performance relative to the SADC region. The brief concludes by highlighting the required policy actions for the country to meet the Malabo Declaration commitments by 2025. …”
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Fourth CAADP Biennial Review Brief: Mozambique. Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard Performance and Lessons by Popat, M., Wilson, D., Cunguara, B., Matchaya, Greenwell C.

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Assessing the performance of the Satellite-Based Precipitation Products (SPP) in the data-sparse Himalayan terrain by Kumar, S., Amarnath, Giriraj, Ghosh, Surajit, Park, E., Baghel, T., Wang, J., Pramanik, M., Belbase, D.

“…While SPPs could not simulate daily discharge (NSE < 0.28), they performed better for monthly streamflow (NSE > 0.54). …”
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Performance of phenomic selection in rice: Effects of population size and genotypeenvironment interactions on predictive ability by de Verdal, H., Segura, V., Pot, D., Salas, N., Garin, V., Rakotoson, T., Raboin, L.M., VomBrocke, K., Dusserre, J., Pacheco, S.A.C.

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Sustainable surface water storage development: measuring economic benefits and ecological and social impacts of reservoir system configurations by Eriyagama, Nishadi, Smakhtin, V., Udamulla, L.

“…This paper illustrates an approach to measuring economic benefits and ecological and social impacts of various configurations of reservoir systems for basin-wide planning. …”
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A semi-empirical model to predict the EM38 electromagnetic induction measurements of soils from basic ground by Visconti, Fernando, De-Paz, José M.

“…Therefore, because the performance of the model barely worsened as time passed by, it can be considered to represent the underlying physicalprocess and, therefore, to increase our understanding of how the soil EMI signalsare generated, with potential benefits for the planning and comparability of EMI soil measurements, specifically with the EM38, among different areas.…”
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Thermographic measurement of canopy temperature is a useful tool for predicting water deficit effects on fruit weight in citrus trees by Ballester, Carlos, Castel, Juan R., Jiménez-Bello, Miguel Ángel, Castel, Juan R., Intrigliolo, Diego S.

“…The experiment was performed during the summer of 2011 in a &quot;Clementina de Nules&quot; orchard undergoing RDI. …”
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Institutions as key drivers of collective action in WUAs [Water User Associations] of Uzbekistan by Mochalova, Elizaveta, Anarbekov, Oyture, Kahhorov, U.

“…This paper presents a multifactor approach for performance assessment of Water Users Associations (WUAs) in Uzbekistan in order to identify the drivers for improved and efficient performance of WUAs. …”
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Adaptive capacity, drought and the performance of community-based drinking water organizations in Costa Rica by Madrigal Ballestero, Róger, Naranjo, María A

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Performance evaluation of proximal sensors for soil assessment in smallholder farms in Embu County, Kenya by Piikki, Kristin, Söderström, Mats, Eriksson, Jan, Muturi, John Jamleck, Muthee, Patrick Ireri, Wetterlind, Johanna, Lund, Eric

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Relative performance of cluster algorithms and validation indices in maize genome-wide structure patterns by Videla, María Eugenia, Iglesias, Juliana, Bruno, Cecilia Inés

“…Dunn and Silhouette indices showed the best performance with BM. Nevertheless, since Silhouette measures the degree of confidence in cluster assignment, and BM measures the probability of cluster membership, these results should be considered with caution. …”
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An analysis of the impact of public animal health expenditures on the performance of the livestock sub-sector in Kenya by Tambi, N.E., Maina, W.O., Randolph, Thomas F.

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