Agricultural Systems

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Volume 93, issue 1-3, 2007

Environmental impact and economic benefits of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) in irrigated rice systems pp. 1-24

M.F. Pampolino, I.J. Manguiat, S. Ramanathan, H.C. Gines, P.S. Tan, T.T.N. Chi, R. Rajendran and R.J. Buresh

The value of climate information when farm programs matter pp. 25-42

Victor E. Cabrera, David Letson and Guillermo Podesta

A conceptual framework for the improvement of crop water productivity at different spatial scales pp. 43-60

B. A.M. Bouman

The potential impact of climate change on the Australian wool industry by 2030 pp. 61-89

K.J. Harle, S.M. Howden, L.P. Hunt and M. Dunlop

The impact of water and agriculture policy scenarios on irrigated farming systems in Italy: An analysis based on farm level multi-attribute linear programming models pp. 90-114

Fabio Bartolini, Guido Bazzani, V. Gallerani, Meri Raggi and Davide Viaggi

Time scales as a factor in decision-making by French farmers on weed management in annual crops pp. 115-142

Karen Mace, Pierre Morlon, Nicolas Munier-Jolain and Lionel Quere

Segmenting farms for analysing agricultural trajectories: A case study of the Navarra region in Spain pp. 143-169

Belen Iraizoz, Matthew Gorton and Sophia Davidova

Coordination in irrigation systems: An analysis of the Lansing-Kremer model of Bali pp. 170-190

Marco A. Janssen

Climate change affects farm nitrogen loss - A Swiss case study with a dynamic farm model pp. 191-214

S. Dueri, P.L. Calanca and J. Fuhrer

Boserup versus Malthus revisited: Evolution of farming systems in northern Cote d'Ivoire pp. 215-228

Matty Demont, Philippe Jouve, Johan Stessens and Eric Tollens

Simulation and quantification of pasture condition and animal performance on boreal grasslands in Alberta pp. 229-251

N.T. Donkor, R.J. Hudson and E.W. Bork

Evaluating warm-season grass production in temperate-region pastures: A simulation approach pp. 252-268

Michael S. Corson, C. Alan Rotz and R. Howard Skinner

Volume 92, issue 1-3, 2007

Homegardens of Andaman and Nicobar, India pp. 1-22

C.B. Pandey, R.B. Rai, Lalita Singh and A.K. Singh

Operational forecasting of South African sugarcane production: Part 1 - System description pp. 23-38

C.N. Bezuidenhout and A. Singels

Operational forecasting of South African sugarcane production: Part 2 - System evaluation pp. 39-51

C.N. Bezuidenhout and A. Singels

Evaluation of productive rural land patterns with joint regard to the size, shape and dispersion of plots pp. 52-62

X.P. Gonzalez, M.F. Marey and C.J. Alvarez

Exploring long-term land improvements under land tenure insecurity pp. 63-75

Sami Myyrä, Kyosti Pietola and Markku Yli-Halla

Yield uncertainty at the field scale evaluated with multi-year satellite data pp. 76-90

David B. Lobell, J. Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio and Walter P. Falcon

Exploring options for water savings in lowland rice using a modelling approach pp. 91-114

P. Belder, B. A.M. Bouman and J.H.J. Spiertz

Modelling the effect of groundwater depth on yield-increasing interventions in rainfed lowland rice in Central Java, Indonesia pp. 115-139

A.A. Boling, B. A.M. Bouman, T.P. Tuong, M.V.R. Murty and S.Y. Jatmiko

An assessment of collective action for pond management in Zhanghe Irrigation System (ZIS), China pp. 140-156

Shahbaz Mushtaq, David Dawe, Hong Lin and Piedad Moya

Community attitudes towards water management in the Moore Catchment, Western Australia pp. 157-178

Michael Burton, Sally Marsh and Josie Patterson

Modelling community interactions and social capital dynamics: The case of regional and rural communities of Australia pp. 179-200

Yiheyis T. Maru, Ryan McAllister and Mark Stafford Smith

Impact pathway evaluation of an integrated Striga hermonthica control project in Northern Nigeria pp. 201-222

Boru Douthwaite, Steffen Schulz, Adetunji S. Olanrewaju and Jim Ellis-Jones

An optimization model for the management of a South African game ranch pp. 223-239

J.W. Joubert, M.K. Luhandjula, O. Ncube, G. le Roux and F. de Wet

IMPACT: Generic household-level databases and diagnostics tools for integrated crop-livestock systems analysis pp. 240-265

M. Herrero, E. Gonzalez-Estrada, P.K. Thornton, C. Quiros, M.M. Waithaka, R. Ruiz and G. Hoogenboom

Economics of alternative simulated manual asparagus harvesting strategies pp. 266-294

Tiziano Cembali, Raymond J. Folwell, Ray G. Huffaker, Jill McCluskey and Philip Wandschneider

Relevance of rest periods in non-equilibrium rangeland systems - A modelling analysis pp. 295-317

Birgit Muller, Karin Frank and Christian Wissel

Productivity and soil fertility relationships in rice production systems, Bangladesh pp. 318-333

Sanzidur Rahman and R.J. Parkinson

Volume 91, issue 3, 2006

Annual forecasting of the Australian macadamia crop - integrating tree census data with statistical climate-adjustment models pp. 159-170

D.G. Mayer, R.A. Stephenson, K.H. Jones, K.J. Wilson, D.J.D. Bell, J. Wilkie, J.L. Lovatt and K.E. Delaney

Factors affecting soil quality changes in the North China Plain: A case study of Quzhou County pp. 171-188

Jian Chen, Zhenrong Yu, Jinliang Ouyang and M.E.F. van Mensvoort

Exploring improved pesticide management in sub-tropical environments with GIS-supported fate modeling pp. 189-210

Jorge O. Ares, Hector F. Del Valle and Jose A. Olinuck

Profit-maximizing seeding rates and replanting thresholds for soybean: Maturity group interactions in the Mid-South pp. 211-228

Michael Popp, Jeffry T. Edwards, Larry C. Purcell and Patrick M. Manning

A note on the effect of farmer mental health on adoption: The case of agri-environment schemes pp. 229-241

Barry Hounsome, Rhiannon T. Edwards and Gareth Edwards-Jones

P. Doelman, H.J.P. Eijsackers (Eds.), Vital Soil: Function, Value and Properties. Volume 29 of Developments in Soil Science, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004, 340 pp. Price: US$129.95 (hardback). ISBN 0-444-51772-3 pp. 242-244

A.J. Franzluebbers

Corrigendum to: "Financial implications of recent declines in reproduction and survival of Holstein-Friesian cows in spring-calving Irish dairy herds" [Agricultural Systems 89 (2006) 165-183] pp. 245-246

R.D. Evans, M. Wallace, L. Shalloo, D.J. Garrick and P. Dillon

Volume 91, issue 1-2, 2006

Multi-criteria policy scenario analysis for public regulation of irrigated agriculture pp. 1-28

Laura Riesgo and Jose A. Gomez-Limon

Financial and economic suitability of agroforestry as an alternative to shifting cultivation: The case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh pp. 29-50

Golam Rasul and Gopal B. Thapa

The production efficiency of intercropping annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: A comparison of distance functions and production frontiers pp. 51-70

Arega D. Alene, Victor M. Manyong and James Gockowski

Exploring diversity of crop and soil management within smallholder African farms: A dynamic model for simulation of N balances and use efficiencies at field scale pp. 71-101

P. Tittonell, P.A. Leffelaar, B. Vanlauwe, M.T. van Wijk and K.E. Giller

Economics of the impact of alternative rice cropping systems on subsistence farming: Whole-farm analysis in northern Ghana pp. 102-121

Emmanuel Yiridoe, Augustine S. Langyintuo and Wilson Dogbe

Farm-level adoption of sorghum technologies in Tigray, Ethiopia pp. 122-134

Nega Gebreselassie Wubeneh and J.H. Sanders

Evaluating the economic and environmental impact of environmental compensation payment policy under uniform and variable-rate nitrogen management pp. 135-153

Johanna Link, Simone Graeff, William David Batchelor and Wilhelm Claupein

J.W. Kijne, R. Barker, D. Molden (Eds.). Water Productivity in Agriculture: Limits and Opportunities for Improvement, CAB International, Wallingford, UK, in association with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka, 2004, pp. 354, US$110 (hardback), ISBN 0-85199-669-8 pp. 154-155

Wayne S. Meyer

Srinivas C. Rao and John Ryan, Challenges and Strategies of Dryland Agriculture, CSSA Special Publication 32, Crop Science Society of America - American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI, USA (2004) ISBN 0-89118-554-2 pp. 434. Price: US$62.50 (paper back) pp. 155-157

R. Louis Baumhardt

Volume 90, issue 1-3, 2006

Performance of CERES-Rice and CERES-Wheat models in rice-wheat systems: A review pp. 5-31

J. Timsina and E. Humphreys

Assessing the options for upland livestock systems under CAP reform: Developing and applying a livestock systems model within whole-farm systems analysis pp. 32-61

K.B. Matthews, I.A. Wright, K. Buchan, D.A. Davies and G. Schwarz

Peasant emigration and land-use change at the watershed level: A GIS-based approach in Central Mexico pp. 62-78

Erna Lopez, Gerardo Bocco, Manuel Mendoza, Alejandro Velazquez and J. Rogelio Aguirre-Rivera

Quantification of GHG emissions from sucker-beef production in Ireland pp. 79-98

J.W. Casey and N.M. Holden

A simulation model to predict body weight gain in growing steers grazing tropical pastures pp. 99-111

Beatriz Tobias C., German D. Mendoza M., Emilio Aranda I., Sergio Gonzalez M., Enrique Arjona S., Fernando Plata P. and Luis Vargas V.

Individual-based models in the analysis of disease transmission in plant production chains: An application to potato brown rot pp. 112-131

Annemarie Breukers, Dirk L. Kettenis, Monique Mourits, Wopke van der Werf and Alfons Oude Lansink

Intensification or extensification? Factors affecting technology use in peri-urban lowlands along an agro-ecological gradient in West Africa pp. 132-158

Olaf Erenstein

Climate change impacts on wheat production in a Mediterranean environment in Western Australia pp. 159-179

Fulco Ludwig and Senthold Asseng

A rule-based method for the development of crop management systems applied to grain sorghum in south-western France pp. 180-201

Philippe Debaeke, Jean-Marie Nolot and Didier Raffaillac

Epistics: A dynamic model to generate nitrogen fertilisation and irrigation schedules in apple orchards, with special attention to qualitative evaluation of the model pp. 202-225

Thomas Nesme, Nadine Brisson, Francoise Lescourret, Stephane Bellon, Xavier Crete, Daniel Plenet and Robert Habib

Towards sustainable farming systems: Effectiveness and deficiency of the French procedure of sustainable agriculture pp. 226-242

Mohamed Gafsi, Bruno Legagneux, Genevieve Nguyen and Patrice Robin

Bio-economic evaluation of farmers' perceptions of viable farms in western Kenya pp. 243-271

M.M. Waithaka, P.K. Thornton, M. Herrero and K.D. Shepherd

New technologies, marketing strategies and public policy for traditional food crops: Millet in Niger pp. 272-292

Tahirou Abdoulaye and John H. Sanders

Demand management of groundwater with monsoon forecasting pp. 293-311

Casey Brown, Peter Rogers and Upmanu Lall

Environmental and cost efficiency of pesticide use in transgenic and conventional cotton production pp. 312-328

Ada Wossink and Zulal S. Denaux

An entropy approach to spatial disaggregation of agricultural production pp. 329-347

Liangzhi You and Stanley Wood

Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms, Committee on Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms, on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Academies Press, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 255. Price US$ 42.95 (hardback). ISBN 0-309-09085-7 pp. 348-349

Michael Lauer

S. Liang, Quantitative Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces, Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, USA (2004) ISBN 0-471-28166-2 534 pp. plus CD-ROM. Price US$150.00 (hard back) pp. 349-350

M. Susan Moran