Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2008

Edited by J.W. Hansen, P.K. Thornton and P.B.M. Berentsen

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Volume 97, issue 3, 2008

Integrated agricultural research and crop breeding: Allelopathic weed control in cereals and long-term productivity in perennial biomass crops pp. 99-107

M. Weih, U.M.E. Didon, Rönnberg-Wästljung, A.-C. and C. Björkman

Pasture and forage crop systems for non-irrigated dairy farms in southern Australia. 1. Physical production and economic performance pp. 108-125

D.F. Chapman, S.N. Kenny, D. Beca and .R. Johnson

Pasture and forage crop systems for non-irrigated dairy farms in southern Australia. 2. Inter-annual variation in forage supply, and business risk pp. 126-138

D.F. Chapman, S.N. Kenny, D. Beca and .R. Johnson

SIMBA, a model for designing sustainable banana-based cropping systems pp. 139-150

Philippe Tixier, Eric Malézieux, Marc Dorel and Jacques Wery

Aggregating field-scale knowledge into farm-scale models of African smallholder systems: Summary functions to simulate crop production using APSIM pp. 151-166

R. Chikowo, M. Corbeels, P. Tittonell, B. Vanlauwe, A. Whitbread and K.E. Giller

Hans Langeveld and Niels Röling, Editors, Changing European Farming Systems for a Better Future: New Visions for Rural Areas, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands (2006) 480 pp., US$107.00 Hardback, ISBN-13: 978-90-8686-002-9 pp. 167-168

Norman E. Breuer

Volume 97, issue 1-2, 2008

Integrating new soybean varieties for soil fertility management in smallholder systems through participatory research: Lessons from western Kenya pp. 1-12

M. Misiko, P. Tittonell, J.J. Ramisch, P. Richards and K.E. Giller

Development and evaluation of a pastoral simulation model that predicts dairy cattle performance based on animal genotype and environmental sensitivity information pp. 13-25

Jeremy Bryant, Lopez-Villalobos, Nicolas, Colin Holmes, Jennie Pryce, Jose Rossi and Kevin Macdonald

A systematic representation of crop rotations pp. 26-33

M.S. Castellazzi, G.A. Wood, P.J. Burgess, J. Morris, K.F. Conrad and J.N. Perry

Validating CERES-wheat under North-German environmental conditions pp. 34-47

M. Langensiepen, H. Hanus, P. Schoop and W. Gräsle

Economic impacts of shifting sloping farm lands to alternative uses pp. 48-55

Xianchun Liao and Yaoqi Zhang

Do farmers waste fertilizer? A comparison of ex post optimal nitrogen rates and ex ante recommendations by model, site and year pp. 56-67

Predrag Rajsic and Alfons Weersink

Use of available information at a European level to construct crop nitrogen response curves for the regions of the EU pp. 68-82

C. Godard, Roger-Estrade, J., P.A. Jayet, N. Brisson and C. Le Bas

The potential of a herbicide resistant maize technology for Striga control in Africa pp. 83-94

Hugo De Groote, Lucy Wangare, Fred Kanampiu, Martins Odendo, Alpha Diallo, Haron Karaya and Dennis Friesen

Book Review pp. 95-96

David Emory Stooksbury

Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability: Considerations for the Future, Manjit S. Kang (Ed.). The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, New York, USA (2007). 224 pp., US$65.00 Softback, ISBN-13: 978-1-56022-171-5; US$80.00 Hardback, ISBN-13: 978-1-56022-170-8 pp. 96-97

Piara Singh

Volume 96, issue 1-3, 2008

Impact of small-holder irrigation on the agricultural production, food supply and economic prosperity of a representative village beside the Senegal River, Mauritania pp. 1-15

David Connor, Jordi Comas, Macpherson, Helena-Gomez and Luciano Mateos

Increasing the environmental and social sustainability of cotton farming through farmer education in Andhra Pradesh, India pp. 16-25

Francesca Mancini, Aad J. Termorshuizen, Janice L.S. Jiggins and Ariena H.C. van Bruggen

Livestock feed resources, production and management in the agro-pastoral system of the Hindu Kush - Karakoram - Himalayan region of Pakistan: The effect of accessibility pp. 26-36

Abdur Rahman, Alan J. Duncan, David W. Miller, Juergen Clemens, Pilar Frutos, Iain J. Gordon, Rehman, Atiq-ur, Ataullah Baig, Farman Ali and Iain A. Wright

Decision support for spatially targeted livestock policies: Diverse examples from Uganda and Thailand pp. 37-51

Pierre J. Gerber, Gerrit J. Carsjens, Pak-uthai, Thanee and Timothy P. Robinson

Can payments for ecosystem services secure the water tower of Tibet pp. 52-63

Walter Immerzeel, Jetse Stoorvogel and John Antle

Impact of sugarcane supply scheduling on mill sugar production: A South African case study pp. 64-74

Le Gal, P.-Y., P.W.L. Lyne, E. Meyer and Soler, L.-G.

A fresh look at shifting cultivation: Fallow length an uncertain indicator of productivity pp. 75-84

Ole Mertz, Reed L. Wadley, Uffe Nielsen, Thilde B. Bruun, Carol J.P. Colfer, Andreas de Neergaard, Martin R. Jepsen, Torben Martinussen, Qiang Zhao, Gabriel T. Noweg and Jakob Magid

The relative profitability and environmental impacts of different sheep systems in a Mediterranean environment pp. 85-94

Emma Kopke, John Young and Ross Kingwell

Life cycle assessment of conventional and organic milk production in the Netherlands pp. 95-107

M.A. Thomassen, K.J. van Calker, M.C.J. Smits, G.L. Iepema and .J.M. de Boer

Benefit-cost meta-analysis of investment in the International Agricultural Research Centers of the CGIAR pp. 108-123

David A. Raitzer and Timothy G. Kelley

Combining classification tree analyses with interviews to study why sub-alpine grasslands sometimes revert to forest: A case study from the Swiss Alps pp. 124-138

Mario Gellrich, Priska Baur, Brett Harvey Robinson and Peter Bebi

Path-dependency in plant breeding: Challenges facing participatory reforms in the Ethiopian Sorghum Improvement Program pp. 139-149

Shawn J. McGuire

Integrated assessment of agricultural systems - A component-based framework for the European Union (SEAMLESS) pp. 150-165

Martin K. van Ittersum, Frank Ewert, Thomas Heckelei, Jacques Wery, Johanna Alkan Olsson, Erling Andersen, Irina Bezlepkina, Floor Brouwer, Marcello Donatelli, Guillermo Flichman, Lennart Olsson, Andrea E. Rizzoli, Tamme van der Wal, Jan Erik Wien and Joost Wolf

A preliminary whole-farm economic analysis of perennial wheat in an Australian dryland farming system pp. 166-174

Lindsay W. Bell, Byrne (nee Flugge), Felicity, Mike A. Ewing and Len J. Wade

How resource poor households value and access poultry: Village poultry keeping in Tigray, Ethiopia pp. 175-183

H.A. Aklilu, H.M.J. Udo, C.J.M. Almekinders and A.J. Van der Zijpp

Multipurpose fodder trees in the Ethiopian highlands: Farmers' preference and relationship of indigenous knowledge of feed value with laboratory indicators pp. 184-194

A. Mekoya, S.J. Oosting, Fernandez-Rivera, S. and A.J. Van der Zijpp

Reduction in data collection for determination of cultivar coefficients for breeding applications pp. 195-206

J. Anothai, A. Patanothai, K. Pannangpetch, S. Jogloy, K.J. Boote and G. Hoogenboom

Dynamics and developmental trends of smallholder pig production systems in North Vietnam pp. 207-223

U. Lemke and A. Valle Zarate

Comparing annual and perennial energy cropping systems with different management intensities pp. 224-236

Constanze Boehmel, Iris Lewandowski and Wilhelm Claupein

Defining the experimental unit for the design and analysis of site-specific experiments in commercial cotton fields pp. 237-249

Jeffrey L. Willers, George A. Milliken, Johnie N. Jenkins, O'Hara, Charles G., Patrick D. Gerard, Daniel B. Reynolds, Debbie L. Boykin, Paul V. Good and Kenneth B. Hood

Benchmarking and multivariate data analysis techniques for improving the efficiency of irrigation districts: An application in spain pp. 250-259

Rodriguez-Diaz, J.A., Camacho-Poyato, E., Lopez-Luque, R. and Perez-Urrestarazu, L.

Simulating grassland utilization in beef suckler systems to investigate the trade-offs between production and floristic diversity pp. 260-272

M. Jouven and R. Baumont

Ecological Responses and Adaptations of Crops to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Zoltan Tuba (Ed.). Food Products Press, Binghamton, NY, USA (2005). xvi+436 pp., US$49.95, Softback, ISBN: 1-56022-121-6; US$79.95, Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-56022-121-0 pp. 273-274

Kazuhiko Kobayashi

D.E. Radcliffe and M.L. Cabrera, Editors, Modeling Phosphorus in the Environment, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (2006) ISBN 0-8493-3777-1 420 pp., US$129.95 (hardback) pp. 274-274

Liwang Ma

D.J. Zarin, J.R.R. Alavalapati, F.E. Putz and M. Schmink, Editors, Working Forests in the Neotropics - Conservation Through Sustainable Management, Columbia University Press, New York, NY, USA (2004) ISBN 978-0-231-12907-7, 978-0-231-12906-0 416 pp. US$49.50 (softback) pp. 275-276

Douglas C. Daly

D. Wallach, D. Makowski and J.W. Jones, Editors, Working with Dynamic Crop Models: Evaluation, Analysis, Parameterization, and Applications, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006) ISBN 978-0-444-52135-4 447 pp., Price: US$83.95 (hardback) pp. 276-277

Gail G. Wilkerson

Volume 95, issue 1-3, 2007

Evaluating wheat yield potential determination in the Argentine Pampas pp. 1-10

Fernando J. Menendez and Emilio H. Satorre

What benefits are to be derived from improved farm program planning approaches? - The role of time series models and stochastic optimization pp. 11-27

Oliver Musshoff and Norbert Hirschauer

Assessing the profitability of different crop protection strategies in cotton: Case study results from Shandong Province, China pp. 28-36

D. Pemsl and H. Waibel

The Common Modelling Protocol: A hierarchical framework for simulation of agricultural and environmental systems pp. 37-48

A.D. Moore, D.P. Holzworth, N.. Herrmann, N.. Huth and M.J. Robertson

A short-term mechanistic model of forage and livestock in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo: 1. Description of the model and sensitivity analyses pp. 49-61

F.D. Richardson and B.D. Hahn

A short-term mechanistic model of forage and livestock in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo: 2. Evaluation and application pp. 62-75

F.D. Richardson and B.D. Hahn

Analysing trade-offs in resource and labour allocation by smallholder farmers using inverse modelling techniques: A case-study from Kakamega district, western Kenya pp. 76-95

P. Tittonell, M.T. van Wijk, M.C. Rufino, J.A. Vrugt and K.E. Giller

Y.H. Hui, Editor, Handbook of Fruits and Fruit Processing, Blackwell Publishing, Ames, IA, USA (2006) ISBN 0-8138-1981-4 697pp., US$219.99, Hardback pp. 96-97

Manjeet Chinnan

R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison, Editors, Sustainability in Agriculture, Issues in Environmental Science and Technology vol. 21, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK (2005) ISBN 0-85404-201-6 xiv+130 pp., US$45.00 (hardback) pp. 96-95

Jetse Stoorvogel

R. Tripp, Self-Sufficient Agriculture. Labour and Knowledge in Small-Scale Farming, Earthscan, London, UK (2005) 242pp. US$32.50 (softback), ISBN: 1-84407-297-5; US$129.95 (Hardback), ISBN: 1-84407-296-7 pp. 97-98

Carlos A. Perez