Agricultural Systems

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Volume 167, issue C, 2018

A robustness-based viewpoint on the production-ecology trade-off in agroecosystems pp. 1-9

R. Sabatier and Lauriane Mouysset

A novel agroecosystem: Beef production in abandoned farmland as a multifunctional alternative to rewilding pp. 10-16

Stephen J.G. Hall

Modelling cropping plan strategies: What decision margin for farmers in Burkina Faso? pp. 17-33

C. Jahel, X. Augusseau and D. Lo Seen

Potential impacts of climate change on soil organic carbon and productivity in pastures of south eastern Australia pp. 34-46

Rachelle S. Meyer, Brendan R. Cullen, Penny H. Whetton, Fiona A. Robertson and Richard J. Eckard

Mapping Nairobi's dairy food system: An essential analysis for policy, industry and research pp. 47-60

Stella Kiambi, Pablo Alarcon, Jonathan Rushton, Maurice K. Murungi, Patrick Muinde, James Akoko, Gabriel Aboge, Stephen Gikonyo, Kelvin Momanyi, Erastus K. Kang'ethe and Eric M. Fèvre

Design of spatial PGIS-MCDA-based land assessment planning for identifying sustainable land-use adaptation priorities for climate change impacts pp. 61-71

Jin Su Jeong

Co-design and assessment of mitigation practices in rice production systems: A case study in northern Vietnam pp. 72-82

Azeem Tariq, Andreas de Neergaard, Lars Stoumann Jensen, Bjoern Ole Sander, Mai Van Trinh, Quynh Duong Vu, Reiner Wassmann and Stephane de Tourdonnet

Assessing the relative sustainability of smallholder farming systems in Ethiopian highlands pp. 83-91

Vine Mutyasira, Dana Hoag, Dustin Pendell, Dale Manning and Melaku Berhe

Carbon footprint of cropping systems with grain legumes and cover crops: A case-study in SW France pp. 92-102

Daniel Plaza-Bonilla, Irene Nogué-Serra, Didier Raffaillac, Carlos Cantero-Martínez and Éric Justes

Industrial agriculture and agroecological transition systems: A comparative analysis of productivity results, organic matter and glyphosate in soil pp. 103-112

Aparicio Virginia, Martín Zamora, Agustín Barbera, Mauricio Castro-Franco, Marisa Domenech, Eduardo De Gerónimo and José Luis Costa

Advancing a farmer decision support tool for agronomic decisions on rainfed and irrigated wheat cropping in Tasmania pp. 113-124

David C. Phelan, Matthew T. Harrison, Greg McLean, Howard Cox, Kieth G. Pembleton, Geoff J. Dean, David Parsons, Maria E. do Amaral Richter, Georgie Pengilley, Sue J. Hinton and Caroline L. Mohammed

Estimating soil nitrogen balance at regional scale in China’s croplands from 1984 to 2014 pp. 125-135

Wentian He, Rong Jiang, Ping He, Jingyi Yang, Wei Zhou, Jinchuan Ma and Yingxia Liu

Field measurement in vegetable crops indicates need for reevaluation of on-farm food loss estimates in North America pp. 136-142

Lisa K. Johnson, Rebecca D. Dunning, Chris C. Gunter, J. Dara Bloom, Michael D. Boyette and Nancy G. Creamer

Representation of decision-making in European agricultural agent-based models pp. 143-160

Robert Huber, Martha Bakker, Alfons Balmann, Thomas Berger, Mike Bithell, Calum Brown, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Hang Xiong, Quang Bao Le, Gabriele Mack, Patrick Meyfroidt, James Millington, Birgit Müller, J. Gareth Polhill, Zhanli Sun, Roman Seidl, Christian Troost and Robert Finger

A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research pp. 161-175

Philip K. Thornton, Anthony Whitbread, Tobias Baedeker, Jill Cairns, Lieven Claessens, Walter Baethgen, Christian Bunn, Michael Friedmann, Ken E. Giller, Mario Herrero, Mark Howden, Kevin Kilcline, Vinay Nangia, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Shalander Kumar, Paul C. West and Brian Keating

Precision conservation meets precision agriculture: A case study from southern Ontario pp. 176-185

Virginia Capmourteres, Justin Adams, Aaron Berg, Evan Fraser, Clarence Swanton and Madhur Anand

Environmental costs and mitigation potential in plastic-greenhouse pepper production system in China: A life cycle assessment pp. 186-194

Xiaozhong Wang, Bin Liu, Gang Wu, Yixiang Sun, Xisheng Guo, Zhenghui Jin, Weining Xu, Yongzhi Zhao, Fusuo Zhang, Chunqin Zou and Xinping Chen

The economic potential of residue management and fertilizer use to address climate change impacts on mixed smallholder farmers in Burkina Faso pp. 195-205

Benjamin Henderson, Oscar Cacho, Philip Thornton, Mark van Wijk and Mario Herrero

The impact of foot lesions in dairy cows on greenhouse gas emissions of milk production pp. 206-212

P.F. Mostert, C.E. van Middelaar, I.J.M. de Boer and E.A.M. Bokkers

Simulated CSM-CROPGRO-cotton yield under projected future climate by SimCLIM for southern Punjab, Pakistan pp. 213-222

Asad Amin, Wajid Nasim, Muhammad Mubeen, Ashfaq Ahmad, Muhammad Nadeem, Peter Urich, Shah Fahad, Shakeel Ahmad, Aftab Wajid, Fareeha Tabassum, Hafiz Mohkum Hammad, Syeda Refat Sultana, Sumera Anwar, Shahbaz Khan Baloch, Abdul Wahid, Carol Jo Wilkerson and Gerrit Hoogenboom

Volume 166, issue C, 2018

Opportunities to improve sustainability on commercial pasture-based dairy farms by assessing environmental impact pp. 1-9

Craig Galloway, Beatrice Conradie, Heidi Prozesky and Karen Esler

A quantitative assessment of Beneficial Management Practices to reduce carbon and reactive nitrogen footprints and phosphorus losses on dairy farms in the US Great Lakes region pp. 10-25

Karin Veltman, C. Alan Rotz, Larry Chase, Joyce Cooper, Pete Ingraham, R. César Izaurralde, Curtis D. Jones, Richard Gaillard, Rebecca A. Larson, Matt Ruark, William Salas, Greg Thoma and Olivier Jolliet

Greenhouse gas emissions during storage of manure and digestates: Key role of methane for prediction and mitigation pp. 26-35

Khagendra R. Baral, Guillaume Jégo, Barbara Amon, Roland Bol, Martin H. Chantigny, Jørgen E. Olesen and Søren O. Petersen

Simulated seasonal responses of grazed dairy pastures to nitrogen fertilizer in SE Australia: Pasture production pp. 36-47

Karen M. Christie, Andrew P. Smith, Richard P. Rawnsley, Matthew T. Harrison and Richard J. Eckard

Land fragmentation index for drip-irrigated field systems in the Mediterranean: A case study from Ricote (Murcia, SE Spain) pp. 48-56

Katharina Heider, Juan Miguel Rodriguez Lopez, José María García Avilés and Andrea L. Balbo

Phosphate acceptance map: A novel approach to match phosphorus content of biosolids with land and crop requirements pp. 57-69

Richard Wadsworth, Stephen Hallett and Ruben Sakrabani

Invasions of green mirid (Creontiades dilutus) (Stål) (Hemiptera: Miridae) into cotton – perceptions of Australian crop consultants pp. 70-78

J.K. Cappadonna, M.M. Miles, J.P. Hereward and G.H. Walter

Rainfall shocks and agricultural productivity: Implication for rural household consumption pp. 79-89

Mulubrhan Amare, Nathaniel Jensen, Bekele Shiferaw and Jennifer Denno Cissé

Evaluation of the performance of the EPIC model for yield and biomass simulation under conservation systems in Cambodia pp. 90-100

Kieu N. Le, Jaehak Jeong, Manuel R. Reyes, Manoj K. Jha, Philip Gassman, Luca Doro, Lyda Hok and Stéphane Boulakia

A meta-analysis approach to examining the greenhouse gas implications of including dry peas (Pisum sativum L.) and lentils (Lens culinaris M.) in crop rotations in western Canada pp. 101-110

Susan MacWilliam, David Parker, Christopher P.F. Marinangeli and Denis Trémorin

Modelling the effects of conservation tillage on crop water productivity, soil water dynamics and evapotranspiration of a maize-winter wheat-soybean rotation system on the Loess Plateau of China using APSIM pp. 111-123

Xuan Yang, Lina Zheng, Qian Yang, Zikui Wang, Song Cui and Yuying Shen

A review of greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector in Africa pp. 124-134

Mphethe Isaac Tongwane and Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi

Effects of temperate agroforestry on yield and quality of different arable intercrops pp. 135-151

P. Pardon, B. Reubens, J. Mertens, K. Verheyen, P. De Frenne, G. De Smet, C. Van Waes and D. Reheul

Beef production and ecosystem services in Canada’s prairie provinces: A review pp. 152-172

Sarah J. Pogue, Roland Kröbel, H. Henry Janzen, Karen A. Beauchemin, Getahun Legesse, Danielle Maia de Souza, Majid Iravani, Carrie Selin, James Byrne and Tim A. McAllister

Optimization model for on-farm irrigation management of Mediterranean greenhouse crops using desalinated and saline water from different sources pp. 173-183

J. Reca, C. Trillo, J.A. Sánchez, J. Martínez and D. Valera

Short-term buildup of carbon from a low-productivity pastureland to an agrisilviculture system in the Brazilian savannah pp. 184-195

Thais Rodrigues Coser, Cícero Célio de Figueiredo, Boban Jovanovic, Túlio Nascimento Moreira, Gilberto Gonçalves Leite, Sergio Lucio Salomon Cabral Filho, Eiyti Kato, Juaci Vitória Malaquias and Robélio Leandro Marchão

Simulating agricultural land-use adaptation decisions to climate change: An empirical agent-based modelling in northern Ghana pp. 196-209

Mahamadou L. Amadou, Grace B. Villamor and Nicholas Kyei-Baffour

Volume 165, issue C, 2018

The biophysical and socio-economic dimension of yield gaps in the southern Amazon – A bio-economic modelling approach pp. 1-13

Anna C. Hampf, Marcelo Carauta, Evgeny Latynskiy, Affonso A.D. Libera, Leonardo Monteiro, Paulo Sentelhas, Christian Troost, Thomas Berger and Claas Nendel

Yield gap analysis and entry points for improving productivity on large oil palm plantations and smallholder farms in Ghana pp. 14-25

Tiemen Rhebergen, Thomas Fairhurst, Anthony Whitbread, Ken E. Giller and Shamie Zingore

Sowing date and mulch to improve water use and yield of wheat and barley in the Middle East environment pp. 26-32

Ahmad Shams Aldien Shaaban, Ammar Wahbi and Thomas R. Sinclair

Scale invariant behavior of cropping area losses pp. 33-43

Juan Manuel Torres-Rojo and Roberto Bahena-González

Organizing collective innovation in support of sustainable agro-ecosystems: The role of network management pp. 44-54

Elsa T. Berthet and Gordon M. Hickey

Intensification of rice-based farming systems in Central Luzon, Philippines: Constraints at field, farm and regional levels pp. 55-70

João Vasco Silva, Pytrik Reidsma, Ma. Lourdes Velasco, Alice G. Laborte and Martin K. van Ittersum

Sustainability assessment of ecological intensification practices in coconut production pp. 71-84

Geraldo Stachetti Rodrigues, Carlos Roberto Martins and Inácio de Barros

CROPGRO-Cotton model for determining climate change impacts on yield, water- and N- use efficiencies of cotton in the Dry Savanna of West Africa pp. 85-96

Kokou Adambounou Amouzou, Jesse B. Naab, John P.A. Lamers, Christian Borgemeister, Mathias Becker and Paul L.G. Vlek

How do climbing beans fit in farming systems of the eastern highlands of Uganda? Understanding opportunities and constraints at farm level pp. 97-110

E. Ronner, K. Descheemaeker, W. Marinus, C.J.M. Almekinders, P. Ebanyat and K.E. Giller

Bioeconomic model for optimal control of the invasive weed Zea mays subspp. (teosinte) in Spain pp. 116-127

Yolanda Martínez, Alicia Cirujeda, Miguel Gomez, Ana I. Marí and Gabriel Pardo

How different agricultural research models contribute to impacts: Evidence from 13 case studies in developing countries pp. 128-136

Guy Faure, Danielle Barret, Genowefa Blundo-Canto, Marie-Hélène Dabat, Agathe Devaux-Spatarakis, Jean Louis Le Guerroué, Catherine Marquié, Syndhia Mathé, Ludovic Temple, Aurélie Toillier, Bernard Triomphe and Etienne Hainzelin

Optimization of agricultural biogas supply chains using artichoke byproducts in existing plants pp. 137-146

Fabio De Menna, Remo Alessio Malagnino, Matteo Vittuari, Andrea Segrè, Giovanni Molari, Paola A. Deligios, Stefania Solinas and Luigi Ledda

Selective attention and information loss in the lab-to-farm knowledge chain: The case of Malawian agricultural extension programs pp. 147-163

Chiyu Niu and Catherine Ragasa

Farm-level adaptation to climate change: The case of the Loam region in Belgium pp. 164-176

Julia de Frutos Cachorro, Anne Gobin and Jeroen Buysse

Redesign of the traditional Mesoamerican agroecosystem based on participative ecological intensification: Evaluation of the soil and efficiency of the system pp. 177-186

Cristian A. Reyna-Ramírez, Luis Manuel Rodríguez-Sánchez, Gilberto Vela-Correa, Jorge Etchevers-Barra and Mariela Fuentes-Ponce

Conservation dairy farming impact on water quality in a karst watershed in northeastern US pp. 187-196

M.G. Mostofa Amin, Heather D. Karsten, Tamie L. Veith, Douglas B. Beegle and Peter J. Kleinman

Evaluating long-term economic and ecological consequences of continuous and multi-paddock grazing - a modeling approach pp. 197-207

Tong Wang, W. Richard Teague, Seong C. Park and Stan Bevers

Designing agroecological farming systems with farmers: A review pp. 208-220

Camille Lacombe, Nathalie Couix and Laurent Hazard

Global sensitivity analysis of a pig fattening unit model simulating technico-economic performance and environmental impacts pp. 221-229

A. Cadero, A. Aubry, F. Brun, J.Y. Dourmad, Y. Salaün and F. Garcia-Launay

Understanding the adoption of grazing practices in German dairy farming pp. 230-239

Henning Schaak and Oliver Musshoff

Can farming provide a way out of poverty for smallholder farmers in central Mozambique? pp. 240-251

Wilson Leonardo, Gerrie W.J. van de Ven, Argyris Kanellopoulos and Ken E. Giller

Estimating soil water in high-rainfall zones under pasture pp. 252-263

T. Thayalakumaran, M. McCaskill and E.M. Morse-McNabb

Variability and limitations of maize production in Brazil: Potential yield, water-limited yield and yield gaps pp. 264-273

Maria Carolina da S. Andrea, Kenneth J. Boote, Paulo C. Sentelhas and Thiago L. Romanelli

Fertiliser strategies for improving nitrogen use efficiency in grazed dairy pastures pp. 274-282

Andrew P. Smith, Karen M. Christie, Richard P. Rawnsley and Richard J. Eckard

Scaling up agricultural interventions: Case studies of climate-smart agriculture pp. 283-293

Olaf Westermann, Wiebke Förch, Philip Thornton, Jana Körner, Laura Cramer and Bruce Campbell

Editorial Introduction: critical reflection on and learning from Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) Approaches and emerging Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) practice pp. 294-295

Yiheyis Taddele Maru

Triggering regime change: A comparative analysis of the performance of innovation platforms that attempted to change the institutional context for nine agricultural domains in West Africa pp. 296-309

Dominique Hounkonnou, Jan Brouwers, Arnold van Huis, Janice Jiggins, Dansou Kossou, Niels Röling, Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson and Mamoudou Traoré

Integrated agricultural research for development (IAR4D) from a theory of change perspective pp. 310-320

Yiheyis Maru, Ashley Sparrow, Richard Stirzaker and Jocelyn Davies

Understanding innovation platform effectiveness through experiences from west and central Africa pp. 321-334

Jocelyn Davies, Yiheyis Maru, Andrew Hall, Issoufou Kollo Abdourhamane, Anselme Adegbidi, Peter Carberry, Kumuda Dorai, Stella Ama Ennin, Prince Maxwell Etwire, Larelle McMillan, Aboubakar Njoya, Souleymane Ouedraogo, Adama Traoré, Traoré–Gué, Nessenindoa Julienne and Ian Watson

Limits to the applicability of the innovation platform approach for agricultural development in West Africa: Socio-economic factors constrain stakeholder engagement and confidence pp. 335-343

Ashley D. Sparrow and Adama Traoré

Towards appropriate mainstreaming of “Theory of Change” approaches into agricultural research for development: Challenges and opportunities pp. 344-353

Yiheyis Taddele Maru, Ashley Sparrow, James R.A. Butler, Onil Banerjee, Ray Ison, Andrew Hall and Peter Carberry

Summary: Critical reflection on and learning from Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) approaches and emerging Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) practice pp. 354-356

Yiheyis Taddele Maru