Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 195, issue C, 2022

Five mechanisms blocking the transition towards ‘nature-inclusive’ agriculture: A systemic analysis of Dutch dairy farming

D.A. Vermunt, N. Wojtynia, M.P. Hekkert, J. Van Dijk, R. Verburg, P.A. Verweij, M. Wassen and H. Runhaar

Crop-livestock integration provides opportunities to mitigate environmental trade-offs in transitioning smallholder agricultural systems of the Greater Mekong Subregion

B.K. Paul, C.A. Epper, D.J. Tschopp, C.T.M. Long, V. Tungani, D. Burra, L. Hok, P. Phengsavanh and S. Douxchamps

An integrative bio-physical approach to determine the greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sinks of a cow and her offspring in a beef cattle operation: A system dynamics approach

James Blignaut, Heinz Meissner, Hendrik Smith and Linde du Toit

Evaluating the APEX model for alternative cow-calf grazing management strategies in Central Texas

Q.X. Fang, R.D. Harmel, L. Ma, P.N.S. Bartling, J.D. Derner, J. Jeong, J.R. Williams and R.B. Boone

Big data in agriculture: Between opportunity and solution

Sjoukje A. Osinga, Dilli Paudel, Spiros A. Mouzakitis and Ioannis N. Athanasiadis

Field scale spatial wheat yield forecasting system under limited field data availability by integrating crop simulation model with weather forecast and satellite remote sensing

Rajkumar Dhakar, Vinay Kumar Sehgal, Debasish Chakraborty, Rabi Narayan Sahoo, Joydeep Mukherjee, Amor V.M. Ines, Soora Naresh Kumar, Paresh B. Shirsath and Somnath Baidya Roy

Examining the synergistic effect of cocoa-plantain intercropping system on gross margin: A system dynamics modelling approach

Joshua Aboah and Edinam Setsoafia

APSIM model performance in simulating Piatã palisade grass growth and soil water in different positions of a silvopastoral system with eucalyptus

Cristiam Bosi, Neil Ian Huth, Paulo Cesar Sentelhas and José Ricardo Macedo Pezzopane

Yield gap analysis to identify attainable milk and meat productivities and the potential for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in cattle systems of Colombia

Ricardo González-Quintero, Mark T. van Wijk, Alejandro Ruden, Manuel Gómez, Heiber Pantevez, Fabio Castro-Llanos, An Notenbaert and Jacobo Arango

Sustainable intensification pathways in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing eco-efficiency of smallholder perennial cash crop production

Anja Heidenreich, Christian Grovermann, Irene Kadzere, Irene S. Egyir, Anne Muriuki, Joseph Bandanaa, Joseph Clottey, John Ndungu, Johan Blockeel, Adrian Muller, Matthias Stolze and Christian Schader

Alfalfa and silage maize intercropping provides comparable productivity and profitability with lower environmental impacts than wheat–maize system in the North China plain

Ruixuan Xu, Haiming Zhao, Guibo Liu, Yuan Li, Shoujiao Li, Yingjun Zhang, Nan Liu and Lei Ma

Using PhenoCams to track crop phenology and explain the effects of different cropping systems on yield

Yujie Liu, Christoph Bachofen, Raphaël Wittwer, Gicele Silva Duarte, Qing Sun, Valentin H. Klaus and Nina Buchmann

Simulating grazing beef and sheep systems

L. Wu, P. Harris, T.H. Misselbrook and M.R.F. Lee

Evaluating environmental and economic trade-offs in cattle feed strategies using multiobjective optimization

J.G.O. Marques, R. de Oliveira Silva, L.G. Barioni, J.A.J. Hall, C. Fossaert, L.O. Tedeschi, F. Garcia-Launay and D. Moran

Co-production, uptake of weather and climate services, and welfare impacts on farmers in Senegal: A panel data approach

Brian Chiputwa, Genowefa Blundo-Canto, Peter Steward, Nadine Andrieu and Ousmane Ndiaye

Embracing variability in soils on smallholder farms: New tools and better science

Sieglinde Snapp

Uncertainty is more than a number or colour: Involving experts in uncertainty assessments of yield gaps

René L.M. Schils, George A.K. van Voorn, Patricio Grassini and Martin K. van Ittersum

Participatory design of digital innovation in agricultural research-for-development: insights from practice

Jonathan Steinke, Berta Ortiz-Crespo, Jacob van Etten and Anna Müller

Farmer-centred design: An affordances-based framework for identifying processes that facilitate farmers as co-designers in addressing complex agricultural challenges

C.R. Eastwood, F.J. Turner and A.J. Romera

Bridging the gap between models and users: A lightweight mobile interface for optimized farming decisions in interactive modeling sessions

Johannes Mössinger, Christian Troost and Thomas Berger

Volume 194, issue C, 2021

Bioeconomic simulation of Rhipicephalus microplus infestation in different beef cattle production systems in the Brazilian Cerrado

Maria Paula Cavuto Abrão Calvano, Ricardo Carneiro Brumatti, Jacqueline Cavalcante Barros, Marcos Valério Garcia, Kauê Rodriguez Martins and Renato Andreotti

Empathising, defining and ideating with the farming community to develop a geotagged photo app for smart devices: A design thinking approach

Ursula Kenny, Áine Regan, Dave Hearne and Christine O'Meara

New standards in stochastic simulations of dairy cow disease modelling: Bio-economic dynamic optimization for rational health management decision-making

Ahmed Ferchiou, Guillaume Lhermie and Didier Raboisson

Environmental life cycle assessment of Finnish beef – cradle-to-farm gate analysis of dairy and beef breed beef production

Sanna Hietala, Hannele Heusala, Juha-Matti Katajajuuri, Kirsi Järvenranta, Perttu Virkajärvi, Arto Huuskonen and Jouni Nousiainen

Manure management and soil biodiversity: Towards more sustainable food systems in the EU

Julia Köninger, Emanuele Lugato, Panos Panagos, Mrinalini Kochupillai, Alberto Orgiazzi and Maria J.I. Briones

Modeling interventions to reduce deforestation in Zambia

Robert B. Richardson, Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Kurt B. Waldman, Naomi Sakana and Nathan G. Brugnone

Mutual analyses of agriculture land use and transportation networks: The future location of soybean and corn production in Brazil

José Eduardo Holler Branco, Daniela Bacchi Bartholomeu, Paulo Nocera Alves Junior and José Vicente Caixeta Filho

Ex-ante evaluation of interventions to upgrade pork value chains in Southern Myanmar

Jared Berends, Karl M. Rich, Simeon Kaitibie and Michael C. Lyne

Assessing smallholder sustainable intensification in the Ethiopian highlands

James Hammond, Mark van Wijk, Nils Teufel, Kindu Mekonnen and Peter Thorne

Rainfall shocks and household welfare: Evidence from northern Ghana

David Boansi, Victor Owusu, Justice Akpene Tambo, Emmanuel Donkor and Bright Owusu Asante

Assessing constraints to agricultural development in circumpolar Canada through an innovation systems lens

Rose Seguin, Mark G. Lefsrud, Treena Delormier and Jan Adamowski

Cacao-based agroforestry systems in the Atlantic Forest and Amazon Biomes: An ecoregional analysis of land use

Antonio Carlos Gama-Rodrigues, Manfred Willy Müller, Emanuela Forestieri Gama-Rodrigues and Fernando Antônio Teixeira Mendes

A food tax only minimally reduces the N surplus of Swiss agriculture

Alena Schmidt, Magdalena Necpalova, Gabriele Mack, Anke Möhring and Johan Six

Selecting higher nutritive value annual pasture legumes increases the profitability of sheep production

Dean T. Thomas, Bonnie M. Flohr, Marta Monjardino, Angelo Loi, Rick S. Llewellyn, Roger A. Lawes and Hayley C. Norman

Determinants of phosphorus balance and use efficiency in diverse dairy farming systems

B.P. Harrison, M. Dorigo, C.K. Reynolds, L.A. Sinclair, J. Dijkstra and P.P. Ray

Investigating the links between management practices and economic performances of smallholders' oil palm plots. A case study in Jambi province, Indonesia

Romane Mettauer, Victor Baron, Turinah,, Puspita Demitria, Hans Smit, Zulkifli Alamsyah, Eric Penot, Cécile Bessou, Bénédicte Chambon, Jean Ollivier and Alexis Thoumazeau

Understanding differences between static and dynamic nitrogen fertilizer tools using simulation modeling

German Mandrini, Cameron M. Pittelkow, Sotirios V. Archontoulis, Taro Mieno and Nicolas F. Martin

Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia

K.H. Anantha, Kaushal K. Garg, Jennie Barron, Sreenath Dixit, A. Venkataradha, Ramesh Singh and Anthony M. Whitbread

Reducing N2O emissions while maintaining yield in a wheat–maize rotation system modelled by APSIM

Jianzheng Li, Ligang Wang, Zhongkui Luo, Enli Wang, Guocheng Wang, Han Zhou, Hu Li and Shiwei Xu

Performance of a wheat yield prediction model and factors influencing the performance: A review and meta-analysis

Shirui Hao, Dongryeol Ryu, Andrew Western, Eileen Perry, Heye Bogena and Harrie Jan Hendricks Franssen

Impact of rice (O. sativa L.) straw incorporation induced changes in soil physical and chemical properties on yield, water and nitrogen–balance and –use efficiency of wheat (T. aestivum L.) in rice–wheat cropping system: Field and simulation studies

B.B. Vashisht, S.K. Jalota, P. Ramteke, Ramandeep Kaur and D.K. Jayeswal

Land use mosaics in Mediterranean rainfed agricultural areas as an indicator of collective crop successions: Insights from a land use time series study conducted in Cap Bon, Tunisia

Anne Biarnès, Jean-Stéphane Bailly, Insaf Mekki and Intissar Ferchichi

Variability of greenhouse gas emissions and economic performances on 10 Piedmontese beef farms in North Italy

Dennis Bonnin, Ernesto Tabacco and Giorgio Borreani

Factors affecting the adoption of ecological intensification practices: A case study in vegetable production in Chile

Francisco Benitez-Altuna, Jacques Trienekens, Valentina C. Materia and Jos Bijman

Constraints for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Southeast Kenya

Antti Autio, Tino Johansson, Lilian Motaroki, Paola Minoia and Petri Pellikka

Volume 193, issue C, 2021

Response and resilience of Asian agrifood systems to COVID-19: An assessment across twenty-five countries and four regional farming and food systems

John M. Dixon, Jeevika Weerahewa, Jon Hellin, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen, Jikun Huang, Shalander Kumar, Anup Das, Muhammad Ejaz Qureshi, Timothy J. Krupnik, Kamil Shideed, Mangi L. Jat, P.V. Vara Prasad, Sudhir Yadav, Aamer Irshad, Abdybek Asanaliev, Aigul Abugalieva, Aziz Karimov, Basundhara Bhattarai, Carol Q. Balgos, Fred Benu, Hiroshi Ehara, Jharendu Pant, Jon M.P. Sarmiento, Jonathan C. Newby, Jules Pretty, Hiromi Tokuda, Horst Weyerhaeuser, Larry N. Digal, Lingling Li, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Md. Zihadul Abedin, Pepijn Schreinemachers, R. Quentin Grafton, Ram C. Sharma, Saidjamol Saidzoda, Santiago Lopez-Ridaura, Shuan Coffey, Suan Pheng Kam, Su Su Win, Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Tek Maraseni, Van Touch, Wei-li Liang, Yashpal Singh Saharawat and Jagadish Timsina

The Crop Generator: Implementing crop rotations to effectively advance eco-hydrological modelling

Diana Sietz, Tobias Conradt, Valentina Krysanova, Fred F. Hattermann and Frank Wechsung

Trade-offs and synergies associated with maize leaf stripping within crop-livestock systems in northern Ghana

Adam M. Komarek, Nurudeen Abdul Rahman, Arkadeep Bandyopadhyay, Fred Kizito, Jawoo Koo and Weseh Addah

Economic implications of the loss of glyphosate and paraquat on Australian mixed enterprise farms

Alison Walsh and Ross Kingwell

Operations research for environmental assessment of crop-livestock production systems

Mohammad Davoud Heidari, Ian Turner, Amir Ardestani-Jaafari and Nathan Pelletier

Bridging the gap between data and decisions: A review of process-based models for viticulture

Matthew J. Knowling, Bree Bennett, Bertram Ostendorf, Seth Westra, Rob R. Walker, Anne Pellegrino, Everard J. Edwards, Cassandra Collins, Vinay Pagay and Dylan Grigg

Evaluation of climate change impacts and effectiveness of adaptation options on nitrate loss, microbial respiration, and soil organic carbon in the Southeastern USA

Taras E. Lychuk, Robert L. Hill, Roberto C. Izaurralde, Bahram Momen and Allison M. Thomson

Exploring opportunities for diversification of smallholders' rice-based farming systems in the Senegal River Valley

Antoine Brosseau, Kazuki Saito, Pepijn A.J. van Oort, Mandiaye Diagne, Diego Valbuena and Jeroen C.J. Groot

Impact of weather on cow-calf industry locations and production in the United States

M.A. Buddhika Patalee and Glynn Tonsor

A GIS-based framework for local agricultural decision-making and regional crop yield simulation

Runwei Li, Chenyang Wei, Mahnaz Dil Afroz, Jun Lyu and Gang Chen

Unravelling drivers of high variability of on-farm cocoa yields across environmental gradients in Ghana

Paulina A. Asante, Danaё M.A. Rozendaal, Eric Rahn, Pieter A. Zuidema, Amos K. Quaye, Richard Asare, Peter Läderach and Niels P.R. Anten

Robustness to import declines of three types of European farming systems assessed with a dynamic nitrogen flow model

Corentin Pinsard, Sophie Martin, François Léger and Francesco Accatino

Supplementary feeding yak with oat hay improves nitrogen cycling in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Chuntao Yang, James Peter Millner, Yi Sun, Hang Yuan, Yang Liu, Yan Zhang, Zhaofeng Wang, Shenghua Chang and Fujiang Hou

Exploring the performance of system changes in Dutch broiler production to balance animal welfare, ammonia emissions and particulate matter emissions with farm profitability

Luuk S.M. Vissers, Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink and Helmut W. Saatkamp

Nitrogen metabolism of an Indian village based on the comparative agriculture approach: How characterizing social diversity was essential for understanding crop-livestock integration

Claire Aubron, Mathieu Vigne, Olivier Philippon, Corentin Lucas, Pierre Lesens, Spencer Upton, Paulo Salgado and Laurent Ruiz

A functional analysis of the role of input suppliers in an agricultural innovation system: The case of small-scale irrigation in Kenya

Sebastian Toft Hornum and Simon Bolwig

Experiences and challenges of agricultural development in an artificial oasis: A review

Tianyu Wang, Zhenhua Wang, Li Guo, Jinzhu Zhang, Wenhao Li, Huaijie He, Rui Zong, Dongwang Wang, Zhecheng Jia and Yue Wen

A meta-analysis of the possible impact of climate change on global cotton yield based on crop simulation approaches

Na Li, Ning Yao, Yi Li, Junqing Chen, Deli Liu, Asim Biswas, Linchao Li, Tianxue Wang and Xinguo Chen

Relating agriculture, energy, and water decisions to farm incomes and climate projections using two freeware programs, FEWCalc and DSSAT

Jirapat Phetheet, Mary C. Hill, Robert W. Barron, Benjamin J. Gray, Hongyu Wu, Vincent Amanor-Boadu, Wade Heger, Isaya Kisekka, Bill Golden and Matthew W. Rossi

Varietal susceptibility overcomes climate change effects on the future trends of rice blast disease in Northern Italy

Hui Wang, Gabriele Mongiano, Davide Fanchini, Patrizia Titone, Luigi Tamborini and Simone Bregaglio

Resilience capacities as perceived by European farmers

Alisa Spiegel, Thomas Slijper, Yann de Mey, Miranda P.M. Meuwissen, P. Marijn Poortvliet, Jens Rommel, Helena Hansson, Mauro Vigani, Bárbara Soriano, Erwin Wauters, Franziska Appel, Federico Antonioli, Camelia Gavrilescu, Piotr Gradziuk, Robert Finger and Peter H. Feindt

Revitalizing agricultural sciences with design sciences

Lorène Prost

Local food systems: Reviewing two decades of research

Laura Enthoven and Goedele Van den Broeck

Whole-farm modelling of grazing dairy systems in Uruguay

Sofía Stirling, Santiago Fariña, David Pacheco and Ronaldo Vibart

The impact of declining dairy fertility on calving patterns and farm systems: A case study from northern Victoria, Australia

Ee Cheng Ooi, Mark A. Stevenson, David S. Beggs, Peter D. Mansell, Jennie E. Pryce, Alistair Murray and Michael F. Pyman

Is the system of rice intensification (SRI) pro poor? Labour, class and technological change in West Africa

Sarah Lena Graf and Carlos Oya

Soil health and grain yield impacts of climate resilient agriculture projects: Evidence from southern Malawi

Festus O. Amadu, Paul McNamara and Kristin Davis

Data sharing platforms: How value is created from agricultural data

Matthew Wysel, Derek Baker and William Billingsley

Improving economic and environmental outcomes in oil palm smallholdings: The relationship between mulching, soil properties and yields

Katrin Rudolf, Nina Hennings, Michaela A. Dippold, Edi Edison and Meike Wollni

Environmental and economic performance of Dutch dairy farms on peat soil

Emma van Boxmeer, Pablo Modernel and Theo Viets

Enabling circularity in grain production systems with novel technologies and policy

Bruno Basso, James W. Jones, John Antle, Rafael A. Martinez-Feria and Brahm Verma

Disentangling management factors influencing nitrogen balance in producer fields in the western Corn Belt

Fatima A.M. Tenorio, Eileen L. McLellan, Alison J. Eagle, Kenneth G. Cassman, Jessica A. Torrion and Patricio Grassini

Suitability of root, tuber, and banana crops in Central Africa can be favoured under future climates

Rhys Manners, Elke Vandamme, Julius Adewopo, Philip Thornton, Michael Friedmann, Sebastien Carpentier, Kodjovi Senam Ezui and Graham Thiele