Agricultural Systems

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Volume 154, issue C, 2017

Farm types and farmer motivations to adapt: Implications for design of sustainable agricultural interventions in the rubber plantations of South West China pp. 1-12

James Hammond, Mark T. van Wijk, Alex Smajgl, John Ward, Tim Pagella, Jianchu Xu, Yufang Su, Zhuangfang Yi and Rhett D. Harrison

Prioritizing investments for climate-smart agriculture: Lessons learned from Mali pp. 13-24

N. Andrieu, B. Sogoba, R. Zougmore, F. Howland, O. Samake, O. Bonilla-Findji, M. Lizarazo, A. Nowak, C. Dembele and C. Corner-Dolloff

Diversity of high-latitude agricultural landscapes and crop rotations: Increased, decreased or back and forth? pp. 25-33

Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio, Lauri Jauhiainen and Jaana Sorvali

On-farm compliance costs and N surplus reduction of mixed dairy farms under grassland-based feeding systems pp. 34-44

Gabriele Mack and Robert Huber

Forecasting sugarcane yields using agro-climatic indicators and Canegro model: A case study in the main production region in Brazil pp. 45-52

Valentina Pagani, Tommaso Stella, Tommaso Guarneri, Giacomo Finotto, Maurits van den Berg, Fabio Ricardo Marin, Marco Acutis and Roberto Confalonieri

Ecosystem-based interventions and farm household welfare in degraded areas: Comparative evidence from Ethiopia pp. 53-62

Kindie Getnet, Wolde Mekuria, Simon Langan, Mike Rivington, Paula Novo and Helaina Black

Performance of process-based models for simulation of grain N in crop rotations across Europe pp. 63-77

Xiaogang Yin, Kurt Christian Kersebaum, Chris Kollas, Kiril Manevski, Sanmohan Baby, Nicolas Beaudoin, Isik Öztürk, Thomas Gaiser, Lianhai Wu, Munir Hoffmann, Monia Charfeddine, Tobias Conradt, Julie Constantin, Frank Ewert, Iñaki Garcia de Cortazar-Atauri, Luisa Giglio, Petr Hlavinka, Holger Hoffmann, Marie Launay, Gaëtan Louarn, Remy Manderscheid, Bruno Mary, Wilfried Mirschel, Claas Nendel, Andreas Pacholski, Taru Palosuo, Dominique Ripoche-Wachter, Reimund P. Rötter, Françoise Ruget, Behzad Sharif, Mirek Trnka, Domenico Ventrella, Hans-Joachim Weigel and Jørgen E. Olesen

Potential benefits of diverse pasture swards for sheep and beef farming pp. 78-89

Iris Vogeler, Ronaldo Vibart and Rogerio Cichota

Disentangling agronomic and economic yield gaps: An integrated framework and application pp. 90-99

Michiel van Dijk, Tom Morley, Roel Jongeneel, Martin van Ittersum, Pytrik Reidsma and Ruerd Ruben

CCAFS-MOT - A tool for farmers, extension services and policy-advisors to identify mitigation options for agriculture pp. 100-111

Diana Feliciano, Dali Rani Nayak, Sylvia Helga Vetter and Jon Hillier

Incorporating grain legumes in cereal-based cropping systems to improve profitability in southern New South Wales, Australia pp. 112-123

Hongtao Xing, De Li Liu, Guangdi Li, Bin Wang, Muhuddin Rajin Anwar, Jason Crean, Rebecca Lines-Kelly and Qiang Yu

An economic and greenhouse gas emissions evaluation of pasture-based dairy calf-to-beef production systems pp. 124-132

Brian Murphy, Paul Crosson, Alan K. Kelly and Robert Prendiville

Homegardens and the future of food and nutrition security in southwest Uganda pp. 133-144

Cory W. Whitney, John R.S. Tabuti, Oliver Hensel, Ching-Hua Yeh, Jens Gebauer and Eike Luedeling

Environmental impact trade-offs in diet formulation for broiler production systems in the UK and USA pp. 145-156

C.W. Tallentire, S.G. Mackenzie and I. Kyriazakis

Resource basis, ecosystem and growth of grain family farm in China: Based on rough set theory and hierarchical linear model pp. 157-167

Yang Gao, Xiao Zhang, Lei Wu, Shijiu Yin and Jiao Lu

Agricultural household effects of fertilizer price changes for smallholder farmers in central Malawi pp. 168-178

Adam M. Komarek, Sophie Drogue, Roza Chenoune, James Hawkins, Siwa Msangi, Hatem Belhouchette and Guillermo Flichman

Volume 153, issue C, 2017

Could EU dairy quota removal favour some dairy production systems over others? The case of French dairy production systems pp. 1-10

Thibault Salou, Hayo M.G. van der Werf, Fabrice Levert, Agneta Forslund, Jonathan Hercule and Chantal Le Mouël

Stepwise frameworks for understanding the utilisation of conservation agriculture in Africa pp. 11-22

Brendan Brown, Ian Nuberg and Rick Llewellyn

Influence of post-weaning management system during the finishing phase on grasslands or feedlot on aiming to improvement of the beef cattle production pp. 23-31

Rondineli P. Barbero, Euclides B. Malheiros, Renata L.G. Nave, John T. Mulliniks, Lutti M. Delevatti, Jefferson F.W. Koscheck, Elieder P. Romanzini, Adriana C. Ferrari, Diego M. Renesto, Telma T. Berchielli, Ana C. Ruggieri and Ricardo A. Reis

To mulch or to munch? Big modelling of big data pp. 32-42

D Rodriguez, P de Voil, Mc Rufino, M Odendo and Mt van Wijk

Capturing systemic interrelationships by an impact analysis to help reduce production diseases in dairy farms pp. 43-52

Margret Krieger, Susanne Hoischen-Taubner, Ulf Emanuelson, Isabel Blanco-Penedo, Manon de Joybert, Julie E. Duval, Karin Sjöström, Philip J. Jones and Albert Sundrum

Modelling farm-level adaptation of temperate, pasture-based dairy farms to climate change pp. 53-68

Electra Kalaugher, Pierre Beukes, Janet F. Bornman, Anthony Clark and David I. Campbell

Big Data in Smart Farming – A review pp. 69-80

Sjaak Wolfert, Lan Ge, Cor Verdouw and Marc-Jeroen Bogaardt

Life cycle assessment (LCA) for apple orchard production systems including low and high productive years in conventional, integrated and organic farms pp. 81-93

Y. Goossens, B. Annaert, J. De Tavernier, Erik Mathijs, W. Keulemans and A. Geeraerd

Phosphorus dynamics modeling and mass balance in an aquaponics system pp. 94-100

B.S. Cerozi and K. Fitzsimmons

Yield comparison of simulated rainfed wheat and barley across Middle-East pp. 101-108

Rémy Schoppach, Afshin Soltani, Thomas R. Sinclair and Walid Sadok

Impact of alternative cropping systems on groundwater use and grain yields in the North China Plain Region pp. 109-117

Dengpan Xiao, Yanjun Shen, Yongqing Qi, Juana P. Moiwo, Leilei Min, Yucui Zhang, Ying Guo and Hongwei Pei

Combined effects of climate change and policy uncertainty on the agricultural sector in Norway pp. 118-126

Klaus Mittenzwei, Tomas Persson, Mats Höglind and Sigrun Kværnø

Towards scientifically based management of extensive livestock farming in terms of ecological predator-prey modeling pp. 127-137

Francisco Dieguez Cameroni and Hugo Fort

Plant factories; crop transpiration and energy balance pp. 138-147

Luuk Graamans, Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Esther Meinen and Cecilia Stanghellini

Analyzing the economies of crop diversification in rural Vietnam using an input distance function pp. 148-156

Huy Quynh Nguyen

Resource use and economic impacts in the transition from small confinement to pasture-based dairies pp. 157-171

M. Melissa Rojas-Downing, Timothy Harrigan and A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi

A framework coupling farm typology and biophysical modelling to assess the impact of vegetable crop-based systems on soil carbon stocks. Application in the Caribbean pp. 172-180

Jorge Sierra, François Causeret and Pierre Chopin

Preliminary analysis on economic and environmental consequences of grain production on different farm sizes in North China Plain pp. 181-189

Xiaolong Wang, Yuanquan Chen, Peng Sui, Peng Yan, Xiaolei Yang and Wangsheng Gao

Losses, inefficiencies and waste in the global food system pp. 190-200

Peter Alexander, Calum Brown, Almut Arneth, John Finnigan, Dominic Moran and Mark D.A. Rounsevell

Sustainable intensification of Brazilian livestock production through optimized pasture restoration pp. 201-211

Rafael de Oliveira Silva, Luis Gustavo Barioni, J. A. Julian Hall, Antonio Carlos Moretti, Rui Fonseca Veloso, Peter Alexander, Mariane Crespolini and Dominic Moran

Assessing the harvested area gap in China pp. 212-220

Qiangyi Yu, Wenbin Wu, Liangzhi You, Tingju Zhu, Jasper van Vliet, Peter H. Verburg, Zhenhuan Liu, Zhengguo Li, Peng Yang, Qingbo Zhou and Huajun Tang

Understanding the role of social capital in adoption decisions: An application to irrigation technology pp. 221-231

Claudia Hunecke, Alejandra Engler, Roberto Jara-Rojas and P. Marijn Poortvliet

Volume 152, issue C, 2017

Mapping of beef, sheep and goat food systems in Nairobi — A framework for policy making and the identification of structural vulnerabilities and deficiencies pp. 1-17

Pablo Alarcon, Eric M. Fèvre, Maurice K. Murungi, Patrick Muinde, James Akoko, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Stella Kiambi, Sohel Ahmed, Barbara Häsler and Jonathan Rushton

The role and value of diverse sward mixtures in dairy farm systems of New Zealand: An exploratory assessment pp. 18-26

Alvaro J. Romera, Graeme J. Doole, Pierre C. Beukes, Norman Mason and Paul L. Mudge

An efficiency-based concept to assess potential cost and greenhouse gas savings on German dairy farms pp. 27-37

Patrick Johannes Christopher Wettemann and Uwe Latacz-Lohmann

Comparison of greenhouse gas emissions from corn- and barley-based dairy production systems in Eastern Canada pp. 38-46

Jessie Guyader, Shannan Little, Roland Kröbel, Chaouki Benchaar and Karen A. Beauchemin

Detecting spatial variability of paddy rice yield by combining the DNDC model with high resolution satellite images pp. 47-57

Quanying Zhao, Sebastian Brocks, Victoria I.S. Lenz-Wiedemann, Yuxin Miao, Fusuo Zhang and Georg Bareth

Impact of climate change on farms in smallholder farming systems: Yield impacts, economic implications and distributional effects pp. 58-66

Lemlem Teklegiorgis Habtemariam, Getachew Abate Kassa and Markus Gandorfer

The MiLA tool: Modeling greenhouse gas emissions and cumulative energy demand of energy crop cultivation in rotation pp. 67-79

Christiane Peter, Xenia Specka, Joachim Aurbacher, Peter Kornatz, Christiane Herrmann, Monika Heiermann, Janine Müller and Claas Nendel

Rainfall variability adaptation strategies: An ex-ante assessment of supplemental irrigation from farm ponds in southern Burkina Faso pp. 80-89

Safiétou Sanfo, Bruno Barbier, Isabelle W.P. Dabiré, Paul L.G. Vlek, William Fonta, Boubacar Ibrahim and Boubacar Barry

Projecting corn and soybeans yields under climate change in a Corn Belt watershed pp. 90-99

Mukesh Dev Bhattarai, Silvia Secchi and Justin Schoof

Evaluation of the effects of future climate change on grape quality through a physically based model application: a case study for the Aglianico grapevine in Campania region, Italy pp. 100-109

A. Bonfante, S.M. Alfieri, R. Albrizio, A. Basile, R. De Mascellis, A. Gambuti, P. Giorio, G. Langella, P. Manna, E. Monaco, L. Moio and F. Terribile

Selecting for multiple traits in complex production systems: A case study of sugarcane in China pp. 110-120

Kun Yang, Phil Jackson, Xianming Wei, Xuekuan Chen, Jiayong Liu, Jun Zhao, Caiwen Wu and Yuanhong Fan

Bio-diesel production using mobile processing units: A case in Indonesia pp. 121-130

Joeri ten Kate, Ruud Teunter, Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti and Dirk Pieter van Donk

How effective can environmental taxes be in reducing the environmental impact of pig farming systems? pp. 131-144

S.G. Mackenzie, M. Wallace and I. Kyriazakis

Responding to global change: A theory of change approach to making agricultural research for development outcome-based pp. 145-153

Pk Thornton, T Schuetz, W Förch, L Cramer, D Abreu, S Vermeulen and Bm Campbell

Crop and farm level adaptation under future climate challenges: An exploratory study considering multiple objectives for Flevoland, the Netherlands pp. 154-164

Maryia Mandryk, Pytrik Reidsma and Martin K. van Ittersum