Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2013

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Volume 115, issue C, 2013

Autonomy and sustainability: An integrated analysis of the development of new approaches to agrosystem management in family-based farming in Carnaubais Territory, Piauí, Brazil pp. 1-9

Francisco das Chagas Oliveira, Ángel Calle Collado and Luiz Fernando Carvalho Leite

An integrated assessment of business risk for pasture-based dairy farm systems intensification pp. 10-20

S.R. Fariña, A. Alford, S.C. Garcia and W.J. Fulkerson

Evaluation of mitigation strategies for nitrate leaching on pasture-based dairy systems pp. 21-28

. Vogeler, P. Beukes and V. Burggraaf

Encouraging system learning in two poultry subsectors pp. 29-40

Barbara van Mierlo, Arni Janssen, Ferry Leenstra and Ellen van Weeghel

Simulation modelling of temperate grassland based dairy calf to beef production systems pp. 41-50

A. Ashfield, P. Crosson and M. Wallace

A guide for choosing the most appropriate method for multi-criteria assessment of agricultural systems according to decision-makers’ expectations pp. 51-62

M. Carof, B. Colomb and A. Aveline

Mathematical model for strategic planning optimization in the pome fruit industry pp. 63-71

Luis P. Catalá, Guillermo A. Durand, Aníbal M. Blanco and J. Alberto Bandoni

Contribution of sorghum to productivity of small-holder irrigation schemes: On-farm research in the Senegal River Valley, Mauritania pp. 72-82

E. García-Ponce, H. Gómez-Macpherson, O. Diallo, M. Djibril, C. Baba, O. Porcel, B. Mathieu, J. Comas, L. Mateos and D.J. Connor

Agrarian change, agricultural modernization and the modelling of agricultural households in Tibet pp. 83-94

Colin Brown and Scott Waldron

Economic and environmental impacts of changes in culling parity of cows and diet composition in Japanese beef cow–calf production systems pp. 95-103

Kazato Oishi, Yohei Kato, Akifumi Ogino and Hiroyuki Hirooka

Bioeconomic model of decision support system for farm management. Part I: Systemic conceptual modeling pp. 104-116

Soraya Tanure, Carlos Nabinger and João Luiz Becker

The distribution of roles and functions for upscaling and outscaling innovations in agricultural innovation systems pp. 117-128

Frans Hermans, Marian Stuiver, P.J. Beers and Kasper Kok

Man vs. manure: Examining the effects of residential demand on dairy farming in rural America pp. 129-136

Tyler Freeman, Richard Schoney and James Francis Nolan

Satellite detection of earlier wheat sowing in India and implications for yield trends pp. 137-143

David B. Lobell, J. Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, Adam M. Sibley and V.S. Sohu

Predicting nitrogen dynamics in a dairy farming catchment using systems synthesis modelling pp. 144-154

Andrew P. Smith and Andrew W. Western

Volume 114, issue C, 2013

Generating downscaled weather data from a suite of climate models for agricultural modelling applications pp. 1-5

Peter G. Jones and Philip K. Thornton

Analyzing ranch profitability from varying cow sales and heifer replacement rates for beef cow-calf production using system dynamics pp. 6-14

B.L. Turner, R.D. Rhoades, L.O. Tedeschi, R.D. Hanagriff, K.C. McCuistion and B.H. Dunn

Climate change impacts and adaptation scope for agriculture indicated by agro-meteorological metrics pp. 15-31

M. Rivington, K.B. Matthews, K. Buchan, D.G. Miller, G. Bellocchi and G. Russell

Trade-adjusted measures of productivity increases in US hog production pp. 32-37

Kenneth Harry Mathews, Keithly G. Jones, Michael J. McConnell and Rachel J. Johnson

Options to reduce the environmental effects of livestock production – Comparison of two economic models pp. 38-53

Elke Stehfest, Maurits van den Berg, Geert Woltjer, Siwa Msangi and Henk Westhoek

Does water harvesting induce fertilizer use among smallholders? Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 54-63

Mekonnen B. Wakeyo and Cornelis Gardebroek

Increasing nutrient use efficiency through improved feeding and manure management in urban and peri-urban livestock units of a West African city: A scenario analysis pp. 64-72

Rodrigue V.C. Diogo, Eva Schlecht, Andreas Buerkert, Mariana C. Rufino and Mark T. van Wijk

Insights into potato innovation systems in Bolivia, Ethiopia, Peru and Uganda pp. 73-83

Oscar Ortiz, Ricardo Orrego, Willy Pradel, Peter Gildemacher, Renee Castillo, Ronal Otiniano, Julio Gabriel, Juan Vallejo, Omar Torres, Gemebredin Woldegiorgis, Belew Damene, Roger Kakuhenzire, Imelda Kasahija and Ignatious Kahiu

Combining agroecology and management science to design field tools under high agrosystem structural or process uncertainty: Lessons from two case studies of grassland management pp. 84-94

M. Duru

A 2010 map estimate of annually tilled cropland within the conterminous United States pp. 95-105

David M. Johnson

Volume 113, issue C, 2012

Sustainability assessment of crop protection systems: SustainOS methodology and its application for apple orchards pp. 1-15

Patrik Mouron, Bart Heijne, Andreas Naef, Jörn Strassemeyer, Frank Hayer, Jesus Avilla, Aude Alaphilippe, Heinrich Höhn, José Hernandez, Gabriele Mack, Gérard Gaillard, Joan Solé, Benoit Sauphanor, Andrea Patocchi, Jörg Samietz, Esther Bravin, Claire Lavigne, Marko Bohanec, Burkhard Golla, Christian Scheer, Ursula Aubert and Franz Bigler

The System of Rice Intensification: Adapted practices, reported outcomes and their relevance in Cambodia pp. 16-27

Proyuth Ly, Lars Stoumann Jensen, Thilde Bech Bruun, Dominik Rutz and Andreas de Neergaard

Price induced irrigation water saving: Unraveling conflicts and synergies between European agricultural and water policies for a Greek Water District pp. 28-38

Athanasios Kampas, Athanasios Petsakos and Stelios Rozakis

Design process outputs as boundary objects in agricultural innovation projects: Functions and limitations pp. 39-49

Laurens Klerkx, Severine van Bommel, Bram Bos, Henri Holster, Joyce V. Zwartkruis and Noelle Aarts

Managing mixed wheat–sheep farms with a seasonal forecast pp. 50-56

Senthold Asseng, Dean Thomas, Peter McIntosh, Oscar Alves and Nirav Khimashia

Building crop models within different crop modelling frameworks pp. 57-63

M. Adam, M. Corbeels, P.A. Leffelaar, H. Van Keulen, J. Wery and F. Ewert

Quantification of greenhouse gas emissions from open field-grown Florida tomato production pp. 64-72

Curtis D. Jones, Clyde W. Fraisse and Monica Ozores-Hampton

Volume 112, issue C, 2012

A bioeconomic model for analysis of integrated weed management strategies for annual barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli complex) in Philippine rice farming systems pp. 1-10

Jesusa C. Beltran, David J. Pannell, Graeme J. Doole and Ben White

Exploring the relationship between climate change and rice yield in Bangladesh: An analysis of time series data pp. 11-16

Md. Abdur Rashid Sarker, Khorshed Alam and Jeff Gow

Tactical planning of the production and distribution of fresh agricultural products under uncertainty pp. 17-26

Omar Ahumada, J. Rene Villalobos and A. Nicholas Mason

Assessing costs of soil carbon sequestration by crop-livestock farmers in Western Australia pp. 27-37

Marit Ellen Kragt, David J. Pannell, Michael J. Robertson and Tas Thamo

Farm level assessments of a novel drought tolerant forage: Tedera (Bituminaria bituminosa C.H. Stirt var. albomarginata) pp. 38-47

John Finlayson, Daniel Real, Tom Nordblom, Clinton Revell, Mike Ewing and Ross Kingwell

Changes in soil organic carbon and climate change – Application of the RothC model in agro-silvo-pastoral Mediterranean systems pp. 48-54

Rosa Francaviglia, Kevin Coleman, Andrew P. Whitmore, Luca Doro, Giulia Urracci, Mariateresa Rubino and Luigi Ledda

Volume 110, issue C, 2012

Public policies for rural poverty alleviation: The case of agricultural households in the Plateau Central area of Burkina Faso pp. 1-9

Safiétou Sanfo and Françoise Gérard

Economic effects of climate change in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia pp. 10-16

Qiang Jiang and R. Quentin Grafton

Coupling the Tradeoff Analysis Model with a market equilibrium model to analyze economic and environmental outcomes of agricultural production systems pp. 17-29

Roberto O. Valdivia, John M. Antle and Jetse J. Stoorvogel

Water footprinting – A comparison of methods using New Zealand dairy farming as a case study pp. 30-40

M.A. Zonderland-Thomassen and S.F. Ledgard

Factors influencing farmers’ adoption of modern rice technologies and good management practices in the Philippines pp. 41-53

Marc Jim Mariano, Renato Andrin Villano and Euan Fleming

Adoption of water conservation practices: A socioeconomic analysis of small-scale farmers in Central Chile pp. 54-62

Roberto Jara-Rojas, Boris E. Bravo-Ureta and José Díaz

Multi-objective optimization and design of farming systems pp. 63-77

Jeroen C.J. Groot, Gerard J.M. Oomen and Walter A.H. Rossing

Fertilizer use patterns in Yunnan Province, China: Implications for agricultural and environmental policy pp. 78-89

Li Yunju, Fredrich Kahrl, Pan Jianjun, David Roland-Holst, Su Yufang, Andreas Wilkes and Xu Jianchu

Energy intensity in livestock operations – Modeling of dairy farming systems in Germany pp. 90-106

Simone Kraatz

Assessing rural landholders diversity in the Wet Tropics region of Queensland, Australia in relation to natural resource management programs: A market segmentation approach pp. 107-118

Nicholas Emtage and John Herbohn

Local knowledge of impacts of tree cover on ecosystem services in smallholder coffee production systems pp. 119-130

C.R. Cerdán, M.C. Rebolledo, G. Soto, B. Rapidel and F.L. Sinclair

Modeling herd development and revenues for Jabal Akhdar goats under current and intensified management practices pp. 131-141

Uta Dickhoefer, Maher Nagieb, Aline dos Santos Neutzling, Andreas Buerkert and Eva Schlecht

Greenhouse gas emission intensities and economic efficiency in crop production: A systems analysis of 95 farms pp. 142-151

Helge Bonesmo, Arne Oddvar Skjelvåg, H. Henry Janzen, Ove Klakegg and Ole Einar Tveito

Why has small-scale irrigation not responded to expectations with traditional subsistence farmers along the Senegal River in Mauritania? pp. 152-161

Jordi Comas, David Connor, Mohamed El Moctar Isselmou, Luciano Mateos and Helena Gómez-Macpherson

Which policy would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa, fertilizer subsidies or carbon credits? pp. 162-172

Paswel Marenya, Ephraim Nkonya, Wei Xiong, Jose Deustua and Edward Kato

Land-saving approaches and beef production growth in Brazil pp. 173-177

Geraldo B. Martha, Eliseu Alves and Elisio Contini