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Organisational health and performance: an empirical assessment of smallholder producer organisations in Africa by Wouterse, Fleur, Francesconi, Gian N.

“…Health, in turn, is found to explain SPO performance measured in terms of profits. Healthier and more profitable SPOs are those with an economic justification at establishment, those initially pursuing defensive objectives and those SPOs that have put in place a strategy for capital formation. …”
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A New Approach to Assessing Organizational Performance in Agricultural Research Organizations by Gijsbers, Govert, Peterson, Warren, Wilks, M.

“…But what is performance and how can it be measured? The 'performance revolution' has provided a variety of useful tools and concepts but few research institutions have either the necessary organizational culture or the practical skills to be able to apply them. …”
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Evaluation of air vents and ramp angles on the performance of orifice spillway aerators by Sarwar, M.K., Chaudary, Z.A., Bhatti, Muhammad Tousif, Khan, D.

“…In each case, the cavity length, cavity pressure, flow velocity and water depth at the aerator were measured by changing operating conditions. Non-dimensional jet length ( ), air entrainment co-efficient (ß) and non-dimensional cavity pressure (Pn) were computed to evaluate the performance of the aerator against ramp angle and air vent size. …”
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The environmental performance of Swedish food production : an analysis of agri-environmental indicators by Behaderovic, Danira

“…Agri-environmental indicators (AEIs) are used to measure, and communicate environmental performance of agriculture, and serve as important tools to develop and evaluate progress of agri-environmental policy and measures. …”

Carbon and economic performance of coffee agroforestry systems in Costa Rica and Nicaragua by Andreas Noponen, Martin R.

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Row orientation effects on potted-vines performance and water-use efficiency by Buesa, Ignacio, Miras-Ávalos, José M., Intrigliolo, Diego S.

“…Therefore, since in both cultivars minor differences in vine performance occurred between orientations, WUE tended to increase by orienting the rows to the EW compared to NS. …”
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Measuring trust and commitment in collective actions: Evidence from farmers’ marketing organizations in rural Ethiopia by Tadesse, Getaw, Tesfahun Kassie, Girma

“…The authors also learnt that both trust and commitment have indeed improved the performance of farmers’ market organizations. Trust in cooperative is asymmetrically sensitive to incentives and disincentives.The study implied that research efforts attempting to estimate trust in collective action shall use an implicit measurement and consider the sensitivity of trust to relativeness, incentives and types of transactions.The findings of this study showed that rural organizations that are established with external help, such as agricultural cooperatives in Africa, seem to struggle to earn the trust of their current and potential members. …”
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Impact of probiotics on growth performance and shrimp survival: A meta-analysis by Toledo, Adrian, Frizzo, Laureano Sebastian, Signorini, Marcelo, Bossier, Peter, Arenal, Amilcar

“…To our knowledge, this is the first report of a meta-analysis designed to investigate the effects of probiotics on shrimp survival and growth performance.…”
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On-farm performance evaluation of indigenous sheep and goats in Alaba, southern Ethiopia by Gemiyu, D.

“…A flock monitoring study on 60 households as undertaken from October 2008 to September 2009 to measure productive and reproductive performances; determine socioeconomic benefits and husbandry practices; and identify production barriers and suggest intervention options in Alaba Special Woreda. …”
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Effects of inorganic selenium injection on the performance of beef cows and their subsequent calves by Rodriguez, Alejandro Martin, Lopez Valiente, Sebastian, Brambilla, Emilio Cesar, Fernandez, Eduardo Luján, Maresca, Sebastian

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Development of a Governance Resilience Index (GRI) for measuring climate adaptation governance [Abstract only] by Sahana, V., Adounkpe, Peniel, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…The study analyzes the linkages of governance indicators to evaluate the performance of resilience using these datasets for the period 2014-2022 for climate adaptation governance. …”
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Soil moisture evaluation over the Argentine Pampas using models satellite estimations and in - situ measurements by Spennemann, Pablo C., Fernández-Long, María Elena, Gattinoni, Natalia Noemí, Cammalleri, Carmelo, Naumann, Gustavo

“…New hydrological insights for the region: The surface and root zone soil moisture of the LSMs and the surface soil moisture of the ESA CCI (European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative, hereafter ESA-SM) show in general a good performance against the in-situ measurements. In particular, the BHOA (Balance Hidrológico Operativo para el Agro) shows the best representation of the soil moisture dynamic range and variability, and the GLDAS (Global Land Data Assimilation System)-Noah, ERA-Interim TESSEL (Tiled ECMWF’s Scheme for Surface Exchanges over Land) and Global Drought Observatory (GDO)-LISFLOOD are able to adequately represent the soil moisture anomalies over the Pampas region. …”
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Experiences of Outcome Monitoring in the CGIAR by Immonen, S., Fischer, K.

“…This paper presents a summary of the characterization and analysis of the observations and results over the five years of the Performance Measurement System when outcome cases were recorded. …”
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On-farm characterization and present status of North Bengal Grey (NBG) cattle in Bangladesh by Al-Amin, M, Nahar, A., Bhuiyan, A.K.F.H., Faruque, M.O.

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Cumulative relative water supply: a methodology for assessing irrigation system performance by Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy, Merrey, Douglas J., Fernando, N.

“…This paper discusses the usefulness and limitations of using the concept of Relative Water Supply (RWS) for evaluating the performance of irrigation systems, with special reference to systems irrigating rice. …”
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Evaluation of the performance of a wireless magnetoelastic pH-sensor in rumen environment by Ullah, Mohammad Oli

Lessons from irrigation investment experiences: cost-reducing and performance-enhancing options for Sub-Saharan Africa by Inocencio, Arlene B., Kikuchi, M., Merrey, Douglas J., Tonosaki, M., Maruyama, A., Jong, J. de, Sally, Hilmy, Penning de Vries, Frits W.T.

“…Unit irrigation costs and project performance measured by economic internal rates of return are actual figures reported in PPARs or PCRs. …”
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Genetic and phenotypic parameters and trends of reproduction traits in Kenya Boran cows by Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Mosi, R.O., Rege, J.E.O.

“…Use of more directly measurable reproductive traits such as scrotal circumference, coupled with the use of Best Linear Unbiased Predictor (BLUP) procedures for animal evaluation would enhance genetic improvements in overall performance of Kenya Boran cows under rangelands conditions and are therefore recommended.…”
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Growth performance and carcass characteristics of Arsi-Bale goats castrated at different ages by Kebede, Tesfaye, Lemma, Tesfaye, Hunduma Dinka, Mieso, Guru, Amsalu Sisay

“…Age at castration had no significant effect on body weight, total weight gain (TG), overall average daily gain (ADG) and linear body measurement. T1 and T4 had significantly (P…”
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DIG V1.1: Logiciel de calcul de debits et de volumes d'eau a partir de mesures chronologiques de hauteurs d'eau sur les orifices et les deversoirs by Keita, A.

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