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Unsupervised segmentation and clustering time series approach to Southern Africa rainfall regime changes por Chipindu, Lovemore, Mupangwa, Walter, Nyagumbo, Isaiah, Zaman-Allah, Mainassara

“…Rainfall regimes change modelling and prediction inform farming strategies especially when choosing measures for mixed crop–livestock farming systems, as farmers can decide to do rainwater harvesting and moisture conservation or supplementary irrigation if water resources are available. …”
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Crop-livestock synergies and by-products recycling: major factors for agroecology in West African agro-sylvo-pastoral systems por Vall, Eric, Orounladji, Boko Michel, Berre, David, Assouma, Mohamed Habibou, Dabiré, Der, Sanogo, Souleymane, Sib, Ollo

“…The study aimed to characterize the diversity of Koumbia’s farming systems and to assess farming systems’ technical performance in an agroecological perspective. We surveyed 391 farms in the county of Koumbia (Burkina Faso). …”
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Potential contribution of agronomic practices and conservation agriculture towards narrowing smallholders' yield gaps in Southern Africa: Lessons from the field por Nyagumbo, Isaiah, Nyamayevu, Donald, Chipindu, Lovemore, Siyeni, Donald, Dias, Domingos, Silva, João Vasco

“…This study sought to analyze and isolate the relative contribution of agronomic practices to maize yields obtained by smallholders in Malawi and Mozambique using data generated from on-farm trials testing the performance of conservation agriculture cropping systems. …”
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Impact evaluation of the strengthen PSNP4 institutions and resilience (SPIR) development food security activity (DFSA): Midline report por Alderman, Harold, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hidrobo, Melissa, Leight, Jessica, Ramani, Gayathri V., Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum, Tambet, Heleene

“…This midline report of the impact evaluation presents evidence from the first 15 months of the project on program performance and the effectiveness of delivery. The midline survey was conducted from July 25 to October 23, 2019 during which time a total of 3,968 households were interviewed out of the target of 4,082 households for the entire study sample.…”
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Agriculture and the rural economy in Pakistan: Issues, outlooks, and policy priorities por Spielman, David J., Malik, Sohail Jehangir, Dorosh, Paul A., Ahmad, Nuzhat

“…The authors identify several measures that can promote agricultural productivity growth as well as wider economic and social development. …”
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Assessing Africa’s environmental footprint: Unveiling cattle production variation across regions por Isiaho, Glarion, Mwema, Emmanuel, Van Der Hoek, Rein, Notenbaert, An, Gonzalez Quintero, Ricardo

“…Implementing locally tailored measures is essential to address these issues.…”
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Off-grid cooling: Experimental evaluation of solar powered cold storage and evaporative coolant por Salaudeen, Kamaldeen Oladimeji, Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Yamauchi, Futoshi

“…Temperature drop and relative humidity (RH) increase were used to assess the performance of cooling systems. The metal-in-wall evaporative coolant's cooling efficiency was measured. …”
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Organic amendments boost soil fertility and rice productivity and reduce methane emissions from paddy fields under sub-tropical conditions por Haque, Md Mahamudul, Datta, Juel, Ahmed, Tareq, Ehsanullah, Md, Karim, Md Neaul, Akter, Mt. Samima, Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir, Baazeem, Alaa, Hadifa, Adel, Ahmed, Sharif, EL Sabagh, Ayman

“…On the other hand, the lowest soil Eh (−158 mV) and soil pH (6.65) were measured from the treatment T3. The finding of this study revealed that the application of 75% of RF + biosolid 2 t ha−1 can be recommended as the preferable soil amendment for boosting rice yield, reduce CH4 emissions, and sustainably maintain soil fertility. …”
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Genetic dissection of developmental responses of agro-morphological traits under different doses of nutrient fertilizers using high-density SNP markers por Mahender, Anumalla, Ali, Jauhar, Prahalada, G.D., Sevilla, Ma Anna Lynn, Balachiranjeevi, C.H., Md, Jamaloddin, Maqsood, Umer, Li, Zhikang

“…Notably, qLC-II_1 and qLC-II_11 detected at zero fertilizer application showed higher performance for LC under zero percentage of NPK fertilizer. …”
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A band selection method for consumer-grade camera modification for UAV-based rapeseed growth monitoring por Wang, Chufeng, Zhang, Jian, Wu, Hao, Liu, Bin, Wang, Botao, You, Yunhao, Tan, Zuojun, Xie, Jing, You, Liangzhi, Zhang, Junqiang, Wen, Ping

“…The contour maps of the coefficient of determination (R2) between the SIs and ground-measured rapeseed LAI were then computed to automatically generate the broadband combinations with optimized center wavelengths and effective bandwidths for selecting filters on camera modification. …”
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Local to regional-scale mechanisms behind successful climate services for agriculture in Latin America por Giraldo, Diana, Ríos, David, Navarro-Racines, Carlos, Camacho, Kemly, Martinez-Valle, Armando, Prager, Steven D., Obando, Diego, Zelaya, Carlos, Martinez-Baron, Deissy, Muñoz, Ángel G., Ramirez Villegas, Julian

“…We propose a framework comprising sixteen metrics that help measure the effectiveness, sustainability, and scalability as key dimensions of CS success. …”
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Integrating UAV and satellite LAI data into a modified DSSAT-rapeseed model to improve yield predictions por Wang, Chufeng, Ling, Lin, Kuai, Jie, Xie, Jing, Ma, Ni, You, Liangzhi, Batchelor, William D., Zhang, Jian

“…For actual farm fields, dynamic LAI data from Sentinel-2A was integrated with the modified DSSAT model for yield simulation and compared with ground measurements. Results By assimilating LAI into the modified DSSAT model, the mean absolute error (MAE) for yield simulation was reduced from 452 to 234 kg/ha in the experimental plot and from 443 to 259 kg/ha in actual farm fields compared to the original DSSAT model. …”
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Heterogeneous multidimensional efficiency effects of agro-ecological pest management transition and intensification in smallholder systems–evidence from mango fruit fly control in... por Owili, S.O., Otieno, D.J., Chimoita, E.L., Baijukya, F.P.

“…In smallholder systems, the transition towards agro-ecological pest management (APM) offers the prospect of reconciling agronomic performance with environmental and social imperatives by replacing indiscriminate chemical applications with locally-derived biorational options. …”
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Cost-benefit analysis of drought risk reduction anticipatory action in the Western Province of Zambia por Matchaya, Greenwell C., Kasoma-Pele, Winnie, Mutenje, Munyaradzi

“…The findings provide strong evidence that investing in anticipatory agricultural measures before drought shocks occur is more cost effective than reliance on post-shock humanitarian response. …”
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Prediction of the in vitro gas production and chemical composition of kikuyu grass by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy por Herrero, Mario, Murray, I., Fawcett, R.H., Dent, J.B.

“…Scatter correction for particle size improved the performance of most of the equations across all constituents. …”
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Plant physiology and proteomics reveals the leaf response to drought in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) por Aranjuelo I, Molero G, Erice G, Avice, J.C., Nogués S

“…The deleterious effect of drought on alfalfa performance was targeted towards photosynthesis and Nase activity. …”
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Integrating input-output modeling with multi-criteria analysis to assess options for sustainable economic transformation: the case of Uzbekistan por Bekchanov, Maksud, Bhaduri, Anik, Lenzen, M., Lamers, John P.A.

“…The model was implemented to formulate sectoral transformation measures guided by sustainable growth objectives in Uzbekistan, Central Asia, which is a representative of an area with growing water scarcity. …”
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Breeding un-sweetpotato for West Africa: Progress on population development and improvement in Ghana and Peru. por Carey, E.E., Díaz, F., Owusu-Mensah, E., Obeng-Bio, E., Oduro, V., Asafu-Agyei, J.N., Grüneberg, W.J.

“…Introduced germplasm was evaluated in field trials in production zones/agroecologies where sweetpotato is important in Ghana, and farmers participated in selection based on field performance and taste. Sugars of raw samples were measured using near-infrared reflectance spectrometry, and cooked samples were tasted to assess sweetness. …”
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Envisioning REDD+ in a post-Paris era: between evolving expectations and current practice por Turnhout, Esther, Gupta, A.K., Weatherley-Singh, J., Vijge, M.J., Koning, J. de, Visseren-Hamakers, I.J., Herold, Martin, Lederer, M.

“…While there is growing recognition that co‐benefit generation is key, and that piece‐meal, forest‐carbon focused REDD+ interventions are unlikely to address the complex causes of tropical forest loss, forest carbon is still being foregrounded in measuring and reporting on REDD+ performance, and in generating results‐based payments (even as these aspects remain challenging). …”
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Using publicly available social and spatial data to evaluate progress on REDD+ social safeguards in Indonesia por Jagger, P., Rana, P.

“…Given limited resources for social safeguard measuring, reporting and verification (MRV), and the fact that REDD+ is a performance based mechanism requiring monitoring over the medium to long-run, there is a need to develop SIS that are low cost, rigorous, and sustainable over time. …”
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