Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 230, issue C, 2025

Modelling the impacts of cover crops on soil C stocks and N dynamics using Daisy: Model evaluation and scenario analysis

Celine Rendboe Grønning, Lars Stoumann Jensen, Tine Engedal, Maria Skovgaard Andersen, Veronika Hansen, Muhammed Adil Rashid, Magdalena Vinkler Schwartzkopff and Simon Fiil Svane

Adoption without gains, and vice-versa: Exploring the disconnect between improved bean varieties and yield in Central America and Haiti through the lens of seed systems

Byron Reyes, Mywish K. Maredia, José María Martínez, Lorena Gómez, Juan Carlos Rosas and Angela Miranda

Lowering foliage nitrogen contents reduces N2O emissions in grazed pastures: An emission factor-based modelling assessment constrained by eddy covariance measurements

Lìyǐn L. Liáng, Aaron M. Wall, Donna L. Giltrap, Miko U.F. Kirschbaum, Jordan P. Goodrich, David I. Campbell and Louis A. Schipper

Carbon neutrality and beef production in the marginal areas: A case study of Podolian cattle system

Emilio Sabia, Corrado Pacelli, Adriana Di Trana, Adele Coppola, Carlo Cosentino, Pierangelo Freschi, Rosanna Paolino and Ada Braghieri

Farmer seed enterprise revisited: Local seed business models in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Myanmar

Gareth Denis Borman, Astrid Mastenbroek, Christophe Rodier, Marja Helen Thijssen, Amsalu Ayana Aga, Legesse Abate, Christine Joyce Adong, Christine Kawuma Menya, Patrick Oyee, Abishkar Subedi, Thuzar Khin and Min Oo

Smallholder perspectives on agrivoltaics in Nepal: Framing adoption under constraint

Shira Bukchin-Peles and Avri Eitan

Coupled modeling of rice growth and quality accumulation facilitates efficient, high-quality and precision water management

Wenhao Dong, Aizheng Yang, Qiang Fu, Vijay P. Singh, Lili Zhangzhong, Pingan Zhang, Xiaofang Wang, Kun Hu and Mo Li

Optimization for crop-livestock systems through a holistic watershed based on water quality requirement: a case study in China

Yueying Wei, Gaofei Yin, Bingxin Tong, Ziwei Yang, Jiabao Wang, Huiqing Jiao, Hongda Wen, Xinzhong Du, Hongbin Liu and Wenchao Li

Scaling from patch to paddock: Are diuretic-based mitigations of leaching and nitrous oxide emissions from urine patches effective at all scales and stocking rates?

V.O. Snow, E.D. Meenken, R. Cichota, D.P. Holzworth and R.A. Dynes

Rethinking the WOFOST model to simulate growth and development of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. Pekinensis)

Ruoling Tang, Iwan Supit, Fen Zhang, Xiaozhong Wang, Fusuo Zhang, Xuanjing Chen, Xinping Chen and Ronald Hutjes

Drought mitigation and livelihood improvement options through rainwater harvesting structures in a rainfed agricultural system

Muhammad Sohail Waqas, Haimanote K. Bayabil, Niguss Solomon Hailegnaw, Saddam Hussain, Aqil Tariq and Saqib Abubakar

Residue return and nitrogen application optimization can not balance crop yield increase and reducing emission in semi-arid region

Yinan Gao, De Li Liu, Bin Wang, Shaoqing Chen, Kelin Hu and Puyu Feng

The characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeria

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Catherine Ragasa, Temilolu Bamiwuye, Kwaw S. Andam, David J. Spielman and Lucky Omoigui

Measuring the impact of COVID-19 on climate smart agriculture strategies of smallholder farmers in coastal Bangladesh

T.S. Amjath-Babu, Md. Mamun-ur-Rashid, Sumona Shahrin and Timothy J. Krupnik

Climate-smart management of rice–pulse rotations in complex coastal saline ecosystems: an APSIM assessment

Sukamal Sarkar, Donald S. Gaydon, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Mohammed Mainuddin, Anannya Dhar, Saikat Dey and Koushik Brahmachari

Evaluating projections of the costs of pesticide regulation: Evidence from California's chlorpyrifos withdrawal

Benjamin W Lee, Kevi Mace, James Keeler, Sam Raburn, Daniel Schuurman, Yanan Zheng and Rachael Goodhue

Quantifying global food trade: A net caloric content approach to food trade network analysis

Xiaopeng Wang, Chengyi Tu, Shuhao Chen, Sicheng Wang, Ying Fan, Samir Suweis and Paolo D'Odorico

Tree species selection for ecosystem services and resilience in agroforestry systems

Tom Staton, Kate Beauchamp, Alice Broome, Laurence G. Smith and Tom D. Breeze

Assessing methane and nitrous oxide emissions in lowland rice-soybean cropping systems through crop modeling

Evandro H. Figueiredo Moura da Silva, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Kenneth J. Boote, Walkyria Bueno Scivittaro, Cheryl H. Porter, Santiago Vianna Cuadra, Silvio Steinmetz and Carlos E. Pellegrino Cerri

Modeling two-dimensional soil water–heat–salt transport and cotton growth under strip-film mulched drip irrigation

Dong Lin, Xi Huang, Wenping Bi, Yin Zhao and Xiaomin Mao

Dutch farmers' views on public and private incentives for soil health improvements

Insa Thiermann, Francesco Stagni and Liesbeth Dries

Mitigating environmental footprints via cooperation between the enterprise and specialized livestock farms in pig production

Yifei Ma, Pan Liu, Xiaoying Zhang, Xiaoqing Shi, Yong Hou and Hongliang Wang

Policies for integrated seed sector development: insights from case studies in Africa and Asia

Marja Helen Thijssen, Abishkar Subedi, Gareth Denis Borman, Joep van den Broek, Mohammed Hassena, Rowland Addo, Chinedu Agbara, Geoffrey Otim, San Kyi and Walter Simon de Boef

Reshaping agricultural production systems: Trade-offs and implications for sustainable intensification and environment management

Van Touch, Ariane Utomo, Nicholas Harrigan, Caitlin Finlayson, Andrew McGregor, Katharine McKinnon, Thong Anh Tran, Le-Anne Bannan, Daniel K.Y. Tan, Phan Sophanara, Panhaleak Chay, Sophea Yous, Kirt Hainzer and Brian R. Cook

Assessing the feasibility of achieving agricultural development targets in alignment with the development blueprint of Kon Tum Province, Vietnam

Hoang Ha Anh, Dang Nguyen Dong Phuong, Tran Minh Da Hanh, Phan Thi Ha and Nguyen Kim Loi

Climate-resilient optimization of spatially targeted conservation practices for cost-effective rice paddy management

Dong-Hyeon Kim, Younggu Her and Taeil Jang

Decoding local terroir: Data mining to predict sensory profiles of coffee beverage

Raul Silva Oliveira, Luana Sousa Costa, Hugo de Almeida Santiago, Yhan da Silva Mutz, Rafael de Oliveira Faria, Luisa Pereira Figueiredo, Paulo Henrique Sales Guimarães, Nilton Curi and Michele Duarte de Menezes

Quantifying contributions of efficiency-enhanced nitrogen fertilizers to maize production and environment: Evidence for sustainable agriculture policy framework

Zheng Liu, Wenli Zhou, Zhi Wang, Yao Zhao, Jiahui Cheng, Xinbing Wang, Baoyuan Zhou, Zaisong Ding, Guohua Mi and Congfeng Li

Prioritizing climate-smart agricultural technologies for coastal Bangladesh: A multicriteria assessment

Shamim Mia, Nawshin Tabassum Roja, Md Abdus Sattar, Rayhan Ahmed, Md Isfatuzzaman Bhuyan, Md Rafiqul Islam, Aparajita Badhan and Md Kamrul Hasan

Towards a holistic framework: Exploring the relationship between seed security and food security dynamics among smallholder farmers in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe

Bulisani Lloyd Ncube, Rachel Paula Wynberg and Shawn Joseph McGuire

Landscape, welfare, and distributional trade-offs from smallholder agroforestry contracting: An agent-based model approach

Daniel Hill, Oscar Cacho and Jonathan Moss

Volume 229, issue C, 2025

Pathways towards Net Zero emissions in grain cropping farms

Zhihao Tan, Peter de Voil, Jiongchao Zhao, Dongxue Zhao, Hamish McGowan, Liujun Xiao and Daniel Rodriguez

Introducing institutional design principles for transforming on-ground biosecurity

Yiheyis T. Maru, Heleen Kruger, Barton Loechel, Marta Hernandez-Jover, Jennifer Kelly, Jennifer Manyweathers and Marwan El Hassan

Co-location of sheep grazing and solar energy production yields agrotechnological synergies

Nikola Kochendoerfer, A. Sophie Westbrook, Christina E. McMillan, P. Andrew Lapierre, Muhammad A. Zaman, Scott H. Morris, Antonio DiTommaso and Steven M. Grodsky

Eco-efficiency evaluation of piglet production: An economic value added approach to GWP

Carolina Obregão da Rosa, Rita Therezinha Rolim Pietramale, Juliana Dias de Oliveira and Clandio Favarini Ruviaro

What does the dairy farming bring to the desertified soil? A case study

Zixi Han, Jianfei Zeng, Xu Zhao, Yanyan Dong, Yongsong Mu, Sha Wei, Yong Hou and Ziyu Han

Selection of slaughterhouse to deliver fattened pigs depending on growth curves

Yun Bao, Pol Llagostera, Daniel Babot and Lluís M. Plà-Aragonès

Forecasting the performance of alternative sheep production systems grazing perennial pastures

Christine E. Storer, Sosheel S. Godfrey, Susan M. Robertson, Michael A. Friend and Karl Behrendt

Evaluating the sustainability of tillage and cover crop management practices in regenerative organic agriculture using life cycle assessment-based emergy analysis

Qiliang Huang, Yingting Gong, Ratih Kemala Dewi, Peiran Li, Xiaolong Wang, Rahmatullah Hashimi and Masakazu Komatsuzaki

The CIRKULÆR model – A national and regional static flow model of agricultural production, environmental and climatic impacts

Henrik Thers, Lars Uldall-Jessen, Asbjørn Mølmer Sahlholdt, Mette Vestergaard Odgaard, August Kau Lægsgaard Madsen, Tommy Dalgaard, Troels Kristensen and Jorge Federico Miranda-Vélez

Delivering nutrient management impact through farmer-centric research: a systematic review of innovation systems in African smallholder systems

Ivan S. Adolwa, Shamie Zingore, James Mutegi, Matthew McNee, Bolaji A. Akorede, Denver Masidza, T. Scott Murrell, Samuel Mathu Ndungu, Eileen Nchanji, Simon Cook and Thomas Oberthür

Probabilistic estimates of drought-induced yield loss in the Southeastern United States

C. Prakash Khedun and Clement D.D. Sohoulande

Household seed security: A case of maize and wheat seed systems in the mountains of Nepal

Kishor Atreya, Hom Nath Gartaula and Kanchan Kattel

Unlocking the potential of foxtail millet: Spatial strategy and multiple benefits of expanding cultivation on marginal lands in China

Lingcen Liu, Junyi Zhang, Zhongxiao Sun and Qian Zhang

Behavioral interventions in informal seed systems to nudge sustainable demand for quality seed of sweetpotato

Julius Juma Okello, David Just, Arjan Verschoor, Chalmers Mulwa, Mingcong Xie, Sylvester Ojwang, Sam Namanda, Benard Yada, Reuben Ssali, Moses Bunsen Okim, Janet Mwende Mutiso, Srinivasulu Rajendran and Hugo Campos

Location matters: A geospatial analysis of fungus-resistant grapes in Switzerland

Lucca Zachmann, Lionel Christen and Robert Finger

Lessons learned from a detailed exploration of APEX as a tool to represent corn residue management and cover crops

Carlos Alberto Arnillas, Lamees Shah and George Arhonditsis

Optimizing cropland management to mitigate climate-induced nitrogen leakage risk in Chinese ecosystems

Di Zhao, Weijie Lin, Ke Yu, Zelin Huang, Chaopu Ti, Xiaoyuan Yan and Yongqiu Xia

Responsible scaling for transformative impact: Lessons from the science and practice of responsible scaling for agri-food system transformation

Esther Kihoro, Marc Schut, Erin McGuire, Million Gebreyes and Cees Leeuwis

The cocoa bioeconomy in the eastern Amazon: An integrated analysis of production, environmental degradation perceptions and socioeconomic factors among farmers

Vanessa da Paixão Alves, Débora Gonzaga Martin, Tereza Cristina Giannini, Renato Silva Junior, José Tasso Felix Guimarães, Gabriel Costa Maciel Moia and Rosa de Nazaré Paes da Silva

Exploring farmers' perceived resilience: A profiling of the Flemish farming system

Isabeau Coopmans, Erwin Wauters, Alisa Spiegel, Thomas Slijper and Erik Mathijs

A novel approach to accelerate ideotyping using model-aided envirotyping

Brian Collins, Najeeb Ullah, Youhong Song and Keith G. Pembleton

Assessing extensive pasture-based beef production in South Africa under future climate change conditions

Christopher Magona, Abubeker Hassen, Eyob Tesfamariam, Michael Mengistu, Carina Visser, Simon Oosting and Aart van der Linden

Scaling seed demand through behavioral insights: Applying the COM-B model and behavioral change wheel to the maize seed sector in Uganda

Astrid Mastenbroek

The environmental trade-off of fertiliser, residue and catch crop management in Danish cropping systems

Meshach Ojo Aderele, Edwin Haas, Andrew Smerald, Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl and Jaber Rahimi

Looks matter? Field performance and farmers' preferences for drought-tolerant maize in Kenya

Berber Kramer, Hailey Wellenstein, Carol Waweru and Benjamin Kivuva

Decision support for managing an invasive pathogen through efficient clean seed systems: Cassava mosaic disease in Southeast Asia

Kelsey F. Andersen Onofre, Erik Delaquis, Jonathan C. Newby, Stef de Haan, Cu Thi Le Thuy, Nami Minato, James P. Legg, Wilmer J. Cuellar, Ricardo I. Alcalá Briseño and Karen A. Garrett

Does scale matter? How local sourcing affects land use for circular food systems in the Netherlands

Durk W. Tamsma, Antonius G.T. Schut, Martin K. van Ittersum, Benjamin van Selm, Corina E. van Middelaar and Imke J.M. de Boer

Recent spatiotemporal dynamics of agroforestry systems in Europe

Judit Rubio-Delgado, J. Francisco Lavado-Contador and Susanne Schnabel

Integration of ESG standards in Australian sugarcane farming: A co-design approach to accelerate ESG adoption and innovation

Ana Carla Leite de Almeida, Carlos Bueno, Allan Dale, Rachel Hay, Ben Jarihani, Yvette Everingham and Stewart Lockie

Farmer decision-making on agri-environmental schemes: An agent-based modelling approach to evaluate different policy designs in Saxony, Germany

Meike Will, Felix Jäger and Birgit Müller

Family farming stands out for its environmental performance in Uruguay's agricultural sector

Hernán Dieguez, Federico Gallego, Gonzalo Camba Sans, Luciana Staiano, Pablo Baldassini, Andrea Ruggia, Verónica Aguerre and José María Paruelo

Policy and regulation in seed sector development for vegetatively propagated crops: Insights from Kenya, Nigeria, and Vietnam

David J. Spielman, Marcel Gatto, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Margaret McEwan, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Mywish Maredia and Guy Hareau

Integrated nutrient management in crop-livestock systems in China contributes to achieving safe planetary boundaries for nitrogen and phosphorus

Tao Zhang, Xueqin Zhu, Yong Hou, Hans-Peter Weikard, Qunchao Fang, Meixiu Tan, Yifei Ma and Oene Oenema

Economic and environmental performance of soybean-based cropping systems in the US Midwest

Carolina Freitas, Chad Hart, Mark Licht, Isaiah Hubber, Michael Castellano, Matt Helmers, Joe McClure, Matt Herman, Patricio Grassini, Daniel Northrup and Sotirios V. Archontoulis

Moving beyond the productivity paradigm: Agricultural innovation systems and sustainable transformation in Africa

Thomas Daum, Lilli Scheiterle, Viviane Yameogo, Ygué Patrice Adegbola, Wellington Mulinge, Alpha Oumar Kergna, Christogonus Daudu, Usman Abdullahi Angara, Roch Cedrique Zossou, Abdoulaye Nientao, Oluwole Fatunbi, Linda Isuyi and Regina Birner

When arable land is the limit: Paths for future livestock production – An example from Norway

Hanne Fjerdingby Olsen, Stine Samsonstuen, Lisbeth Mogensen, Elin Röös, Marie Trydeman Knudsen and Hanne Møller

Beyond the bids: Lessons from farmers' reflections on Vickrey auctions of sweetpotato vines in Rwanda

Fleur B.M. Kilwinger, David J. Spielman, Conny J.M. Almekinders, Srinivasulu Rajendran and Ynte K. van Dam

A global comparison of the biodiversity impacts of coffee agricultural systems––From monoculture to diverse agroforestry

Vanessa Wynter, E.J. Milner-Gulland and Joseph Poore