Agricultural Systems

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Volume 87, issue 3, 2006

Description and evaluation of the rice growth model ORYZA2000 under nitrogen-limited conditions pp. 249-273

B.A.M. Bouman and H.H. van Laar

Evaluation of the RZWQM-CERES-Maize hybrid model for maize production pp. 274-295

L. Ma, G. Hoogenboom, L.R. Ahuja, J.C. Ascough and S.A. Saseendran

A logistic analysis of the factors determining the decision of smallholder farmers to intercrop: A case study involving rubber-tea intercropping in Sri Lanka pp. 296-312

S.M.M. Iqbal, C.R. Ireland and V.H.L. Rodrigo

Water buffalo and cattle ranching in the Lower Amazon Basin: Comparisons and conflicts pp. 313-330

Pervaze A. Sheikh, Frank D. Merry and David G. McGrath

Modelling the impacts of group ranch subdivision on agro-pastoral households in Kajiado, Kenya pp. 331-356

P.K. Thornton, S.B. BurnSilver, R.B. Boone and K.A. Galvin

R.D. Stern, R. Coe, E.F. Allan and I.C. Dale, Editors, Good Statistical Practice for Natural Resources Research, CABI, Wallingford, UK (2004) ISBN 0-85199-722-8, p. 388 Price US$50.00 (soft back) pp. 357-358

Jingyi Yang

Volume 87, issue 2, 2006

Demography, population dynamics and sustainability of the Patagonian sheep flocks pp. 123-146

Marcos Texeira and Jose M. Paruelo

Resource allocation tradeoffs in Manila's peri-urban vegetable production systems: An application of multiple objective programming pp. 147-168

Sergio R. Francisco and Mubarik Ali

Modification of the SPUR rangeland model to simulate species composition and pasture productivity in humid temperate regions pp. 169-191

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

A model of decision-making and information flows for information-intensive agriculture pp. 192-210

S. Fountas, D. Wulfsohn, B.S. Blackmore, H.L. Jacobsen and S.M. Pedersen

Finding niches for whole-farm design models - contradictio in terminis? pp. 211-228

B. Sterk, M.K. van Ittersum, C. Leeuwis, W.A.H. Rossing, H. van Keulen and G.W.J. van de Ven

A participatory approach for integrating risk assessment into rural decision-making: A case study in Santa Catarina, Brazil pp. 229-244

Ivan Luiz Zilli Bacic, Arnold K. Bregt and David G. Rossiter

G. Bruce Wiersma, Editor, Environmental Monitoring, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA (2004) ISBN 1-56670-641-6 p. 792, US$139.95 (hardback) pp. 245-247

Gordon M. Heisler

Volume 87, issue 1, 2006

Predictive modelling of hill-pasture productivity: integration of a decision tree and a geographical information system pp. 1-17

Baisen Zhang, Ian Valentine, Peter Kemp and Greg Lambert

Combining deliberative and computer-based methods for multi-objective land-use planning pp. 18-37

K.B. Matthews, K. Buchan, A.R. Sibbald and S. Craw

Zoning of sustainable agricultural development in China pp. 38-62

Xuegong Xu, Lisheng Hou, Huiping Lin and Wenzheng Liu

Designing crop technology for a future climate: An example using response surface methodology and the CERES-Wheat model pp. 63-79

P. Dhungana, K.M. Eskridge, A. Weiss and P.S. Baenziger

TechnoGIN, a tool for exploring and evaluating resource use efficiency of cropping systems in East and Southeast Asia pp. 80-100

Thomas C. Ponsioen, Huib Hengsdijk, Joost Wolf, Martin K. van Ittersum, Reimund P. Rotter, Tran Thuc Son and Alice G. Laborte

Appropriateness of farmers' adoption of irrigation methods: The application of the AHP model pp. 101-119

Ezatollah Karami

P. Vidhyasekaran, Concise encyclopedia of plant pathology, Food Products Press, Binghampton, NY, USA (2004) ISBN 1-56022-943-8 p. 619. Price $79.95(softback); $129.95(hardback); ISBN 1-56022-943-8 pp. 120-122

R.C. Kemerait

Volume 86, issue 3, 2005

Merging genomic control networks and soil-plant-atmosphere-continuum models pp. 243-274

S.M. Welch, J.L. Roe, S. Das, Z. Dong, R. He and M.B. Kirkham

Simulation of agroforestry systems with sugarcane in Piracicaba, Brazil pp. 275-292

L.F.G. Pinto, M.S. Bernardes, M. Van Noordwijk, A.R. Pereira, B. Lusiana and R. Mulia

Assessing the irrigation strategies over a wide geographical area from structural data about farming systems pp. 293-311

L. Maton, D. Leenhardt, M. Goulard and J.-E. Bergez

Agrarian transition and lowland-upland interactions in mountain areas in northern Vietnam: application of a multi-agent simulation model pp. 312-332

Jean-Christophe Castella, Stanislas Boissau, Tran Ngoc Trung and Dang Dinh Quang

Simulating the influence of management decisions on the nutrient balance of dairy farms pp. 333-348

J. Buysse, G. Van Huylenbroeck, . Vanslembrouck and P. Vanrolleghem

T.E. Struif Bontkes, & M.C.S. Wopereis (Eds.), Decision Support Tools for Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Practical Guide. International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC), Muscle Shoals, AL, USA, and Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Wageningen, The Netherlands. 2003, 194 pp. Price US$25.00(soft back). ISBN 0-8809-142-X pp. 349-350

Seydou B. Traore

Volume 86, issue 2, 2005

Simulation modelling of dairy cattle performance based on knowledge of genotype, environment and genotype by environment interactions: current status pp. 121-143

Jeremy Bryant, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, Colin Holmes and Jennie Pryce

On farm testing of integrated nutrient management strategies in eastern Uganda pp. 144-165

A.O. Esilaba, J.B. Byalebeka, R.J. Delve, J.R. Okalebo, D. Ssenyange, M. Mbalule and H. Ssali

Modeling the effect of abrupt changes in nitrogen availability on lettuce growth, root-shoot partitioning and nitrate concentration pp. 166-189

Raphael Linker and Corinne Johnson-Rutzke

Economic and environmental analysis of sustainable farming practices - a Bavarian case study pp. 190-206

Andreas Meyer-Aurich

Modelling the effect of household composition on the welfare of limited-resource farmers in Coastal Canete, Peru pp. 207-222

V.E. Cabrera, P.E. Hildebrand and J.W. Jones

Rice-soybean rotations: opportunities for enhancing whole farm profits or water savings pp. 223-238

Michael Popp, Patrick Manning, Paul Counce and Terry Keisling

N. El Bassam and P. Maegaard, Integrated renewable energy for rural communities: Planning guidelines, technologies and applications, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2004) ISBN 0-444-51014-1 315 pp. Price: US$119.00 (hardback) pp. 239-240

Wendell A. Porter

Kim H. Tan, Humic matter in soil and the environment. Principles and controversies, Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, USA (2003) ISBN 0-8247-4272-9 408 pp. Price: US$99.75 (hardback) pp. 241-240

Peter R. Grace

Volume 86, issue 1, 2005

Dynamic modelling of resource management for farming systems pp. 1-28

F. Pfister, H.-P. Bader, R. Scheidegger and P. Baccini

A method for exploring sustainable development options at farm scale: a case study for vegetable farms in South Uruguay pp. 29-51

S. Dogliotti, M.K. van Ittersum and W.A.H. Rossing

Ex-ante economic analysis of alternative mulch-based management systems for sustainable plantain production in Southeastern Nigeria pp. 52-75

J.-P. Tre and J. Lowenberg-Deboer

Multicriteria fractional model for feed formulation: economic, nutritional and environmental criteria pp. 76-96

Carmen Castrodeza, Pablo Lara and Teresa Pena

Analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from the average Irish milk production system pp. 97-114

J.W. Casey and N.M. Holden

Y. Pachepsky, D.E. Radcliffe and H.M. Selim, Editors, Scaling Methods in Soil Physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA (2003) ISBN 0-8493-1374-0, p. 424 pp. Price: US$129.95 (hard back) pp. 115-116

Julio Dardanelli

T. van Toai, D. Major, M. McDonald, J. Schepers and L. Tarpley, Editors, Digital imaging and spectral techniques: applications to precision agriculture and crop physiology, ASA Special Publication Number 66, American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI (2003) ISBN 0-89118-152-0 253 pp. Price $85.00 (softback) pp. 116-119

Shunlin Liang

Volume 85, issue 3, 2005

Local land use strategies in a globalizing world: Subsistence farming, cash crops and income diversification pp. 209-215

Ole Mertz, Reed L. Wadley and Andreas Egelund Christensen

Australian wattle species in the Drakensberg region of South Africa - An invasive alien or a natural resource? pp. 216-233

Andreas de Neergaard, Christopher Saarnak, Trevor Hill, Musa Khanyile, Alicia Martinez Berzosa and Torben Birch-Thomsen

Local impacts and responses to regional forest conservation and rehabilitation programs in China's northwest Yunnan province pp. 234-253

Horst Weyerhaeuser, Andreas Wilkes and Fredrich Kahrl

Factors driving land use change: Effects on watershed functions in a coffee agroforestry system in Lampung, Sumatra pp. 254-270

Bruno Verbist, Andree Eka Dinata Putra and Suseno Budidarsono

A simulation model to study land use strategies in swidden agriculture systems pp. 271-288

Endah Sulistyawati, Ian R. Noble and Michael L. Roderick

Pepper in a time of crisis: Smallholder buffering strategies in Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia pp. 289-305

Reed L. Wadley and Ole Mertz

Land use change patterns and livelihood dynamics on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania pp. 306-323

Eija Soini

Making a living: Land pressures and changing livelihood strategies among oil palm settlers in Papua New Guinea pp. 324-339

Gina Koczberski and George N. Curry

Developing a methodology for identifying, mapping and potentially monitoring the distribution of general farming system types in Vietnam's northern mountain region pp. 340-363

Stephen J. Leisz, Nguyen thi Thu Ha, Nguyen thi Bich Yen, Nguyen Thanh Lam and Tran Duc Vien

Volume 85, issue 2, 2005

An assessment of the energy inputs and greenhouse gas emissions in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) production in the UK pp. 101-119

J. Tzilivakis, D.J. Warner, M. May, K.A. Lewis and K. Jaggard

A framework for decision support related to infectious diseases in slaughter pig fattening units pp. 120-137

Nils Toft, Anders R. Kristensen and Erik Jorgensen

Using a whole-farm modelling approach to assess prospective technologies under uncertainty pp. 138-154

Javad Torkamani

Determinants of nutrient balances in a maize farming system in eastern Uganda pp. 155-182

Ephraim Maduhu Nkonya, Crammer Kaizzi and John Leonard Pender

Technology adoption by resource-poor farmers: considering the implications of peak-season labor costs pp. 183-201

Douglas S. White, Ricardo A. Labarta and Efrain J. Leguia

Book review pp. 202-203

Upendra Singh

Paul A. Wojtkowski, Landscape agroecology, Haworth Press, Inc., New York (2004) ISBN 1-56-022-253-0 330 pp. Price US$79.95 (hardback), US$49.95 (paperback) pp. 203-204

Tommy Dalgaard

In: M. Metz, Editor, Bacillus thuringiensis: A cornerstone of modern agriculture, Food Products Press, Binghamton, NY (2003) ISBN 1-56022-108-9 242 pp. US$89.95 (hardback); US$59.95 (softback), ISBN: 1-56022-109-7 pp. 204-206

John A. Glaser

In: A. Pandey, Editor, Concise Encyclopedia of Bioresource Technology, Food Products Press, Binghamton, NY, USA (2004) ISBN 1-56022-980-2, p. 735 Price US$149.95 (hardback) pp. 206-207

K.C. Das

Volume 85, issue 1, 2005

Artificial neural networks for corn and soybean yield prediction pp. 1-18

Monisha Kaul, Robert L. Hill and Charles Walthall

Comparing the performance of techniques to improve the quality of yield maps pp. 19-41

T.P. Robinson and G. Metternicht

Characteristics and economic viability of milk production in the smallholder farming systems in The Gambia pp. 42-58

Jacques Somda, Mulumba Kamuanga and Eric Tollens

Comparison of adaptive techniques to predict crop yield response under varying soil and land management conditions pp. 59-81

S.J. Park, C.S. Hwang and P.L.G. Vlek

Implications of on-farm segregation for valuable milk characteristics pp. 82-97

A.E. Dooley, W.J. Parker, H.T. Blair and E.M. Hurley

Book review pp. 98-100

Keith T. Ingram