Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 161, issue C, 2018

A modeling framework for the strategic design of local fresh-food systems pp. 1-15

Hector Flores and J. Rene Villalobos

Contributions of climate change to the boundary shifts in the farming-pastoral ecotone in northern China since 1970 pp. 16-27

Wenjiao Shi, Yiting Liu and Xiaoli Shi

Bio-economic evaluation of cropping systems for saline coastal Bangladesh: III Benefits of adaptation in current and future environments pp. 28-41

Md. Jahangir Kabir, Rob Cramb, Donald S. Gaydon and Christian H. Roth

A multi-year phosphorus flow analysis of a key agricultural region in Australia to identify options for sustainable management pp. 42-60

Rubel Biswas Chowdhury, Graham A. Moore and Anthony J. Weatherley

Identifying viable nutrient management interventions at the farm level: The case of smallholder organic Basmati rice production in Uttarakhand, India pp. 61-71

L. Ditzler, T.A. Breland, C. Francis, M. Chakraborty, D.K. Singh, A. Srivastava, F. Eyhorn, J.C.J. Groot, J. Six and C. Decock

A new approach for improving emission factors for enteric methane emissions of cattle in smallholder systems of East Africa – Results for Nyando, Western Kenya pp. 72-80

J.P. Goopy, A.A. Onyango, U. Dickhoefer and K. Butterbach-Bahl

Assessing the impacts of land fragmentation and plot size on yields and costs: A translog production model and cost function approach pp. 81-88

Hua Lu, Hualin Xie, Yafen He, Zhilong Wu and Xinmin Zhang

Simulating incomes of radical organic farms with MERLIN: A grounded modeling approach for French microfarms pp. 89-101

Kevin Morel, Magali San Cristobal and François Gilbert Léger

The role of agricultural intensification in Brazil's Nationally Determined Contribution on emissions mitigation pp. 102-112

Rafael De Oliveira Silva, Luis Gustavo Barioni, Giampaolo Queiroz Pellegrino and Dominic Moran

DSS-Ecopay – A decision support software for designing ecologically effective and cost-effective agri-environment schemes to conserve endangered grassland biodiversity pp. 113-116

Astrid Sturm, Martin Drechsler, Karin Johst, Melanie Mewes and Frank Wätzold

Techno-economic optimization of community-based manure processing pp. 117-123

Mahmoud A. Sharara, Troy Runge, Rebecca Larson and John G. Primm

Volume 160, issue C, 2018

Rice farming systems in Southern Lao PDR: Interpreting farmers’ agricultural production decisions using Q methodology pp. 1-10

Kim Alexander, Lucy Parry, Phomma Thammavong, Silinthone Sacklokham, Somphanh Pasouvang, John G. Connell, Tom Jovanovic, Magnus Moglia, Silva Larson and Peter Case

The response of broadacre mixed crop-livestock farmers to agricultural greenhouse gas abatement incentives pp. 11-20

Kai Tang, Atakelty Hailu, Marit Kragt and Chunbo Ma

Improving drought management in the Brazilian semiarid through crop forecasting pp. 21-30

Minella A. Martins, Javier Tomasella, Daniel A. Rodriguez, Regina C.S. Alvalá, Angélica Giarolla, Lucas L. Garofolo, José Lázaro Siqueira Júnior, Luis T.L.C. Paolicchi and Gustavo L.N. Pinto

Plant factories versus greenhouses: Comparison of resource use efficiency pp. 31-43

Luuk Graamans, Esteban Baeza, Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Ilias Tsafaras and Cecilia Stanghellini

Climate impacts on crop yields in Central Argentina. Adaptation strategies pp. 44-59

Alfredo L. Rolla, Mario N. Nuñez, Edgardo R. Guevara, Santiago G. Meira, Gabriel R. Rodriguez and Maria Inés Ortiz de Zárate

Evaluating the benefits of agri-environment schemes on farmland bird communities through a common species monitoring programme. A case study in northern Italy pp. 60-69

Gianpiero Calvi, Tommaso Campedelli, Guido Tellini Florenzano and Patrizia Rossi

Forage management to improve on-farm feed production, nitrogen fluxes and greenhouse gas emissions from dairy systems in a wet temperate region pp. 70-78

J. Doltra, A. Villar, R. Moros, G. Salcedo, N.J. Hutchings and I.S. Kristensen

Livelihood and climate trade-offs in Kenyan peri-urban vegetable production pp. 79-86

Barnabas K. Kurgat, Silke Stöber, Samuel Mwonga, Hermann Lotze-Campen and Todd S. Rosenstock

Livelihoods and food security in an urban linked, high potential region of Tanzania: Changes over a three year period pp. 87-95

Simon Fraval, James Hammond, Mats Lannerstad, Simon J. Oosting, George Sayula, Nils Teufel, Silvia Silvestri, E. Jane Poole, Mario Herrero and Mark T. van Wijk

Distinguishing between endogenous and exogenous price volatility in food security assessment: An empirical nonlinear dynamics approach pp. 98-109

R. Huffaker, Maurizio Canavari and R. Muñoz-Carpena

Participatory systems approaches for urban and peri-urban agriculture planning: The role of system dynamics and spatial group model building pp. 110-123

Karl M. Rich, Magda Rich and Kanar Dizyee

Food Futures: Developing effective food systems interventions to improve public health nutrition pp. 124-131

Wilma E Waterlander, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Helen Eyles, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Christine Cleghorn, Peter Scarborough, Boyd Swinburn and Jaap Seidell

Market-level effects of firm-level adaptation and intermediation in networked markets of fresh foods: A case study in Colombia pp. 132-142

Gonzalo Mejía and César García-Díaz

Volume 159, issue C, 2018

Identification of production challenges and benefits using value chain mapping of egg food systems in Nairobi, Kenya pp. 1-8

Joshua Orungo Onono, Pablo Alarcon, Maurice Karani, Patrick Muinde, James Miser Akoko, Carron Maud, Eric M. Fevre, Barbara Häsler and Jonathan Rushton

Considering farmers' situated knowledge of using agricultural decision support systems (AgriDSS) to Foster farming practices: The case of CropSAT pp. 9-20

Christina Lundström and Jessica Lindblom

Yield gap analysis of feed-crop livestock systems: The case of grass-based beef production in France pp. 21-31

Aart van der Linden, Simon J. Oosting, Gerrie W.J. van de Ven, Patrick Veysset, Imke J.M. de Boer and Martin K. van Ittersum

Evaluating water conservation effects due to cropping system optimization on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei plain, China pp. 32-41

Jianmei Luo, Yanjun Shen, Yongqing Qi, Yucui Zhang and Dengpan Xiao

Environmental impact of dairy buffalo heifers kept on pasture or in confinement pp. 42-49

Emilio Sabia, Fabio Napolitano, Salvatore Claps, Giuseppe De Rosa, Vittoria Lucia Barile, Ada Braghieri and Corrado Pacelli

Designing new management sequences for pineapple production using the SIMPIÑA model pp. 50-56

Elodie Dorey, Tiphaine Cambournac, Thierry Michels, Marie Rothe and Philippe Tixier

Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security pp. 57-68

Santiago Lopez-Ridaura, Romain Frelat, Mark T. van Wijk, Diego Valbuena, Timothy J. Krupnik and M.L. Jat

A cost analysis approach to valuing cover crop environmental and nitrogen cycling benefits: A central Illinois on farm case study pp. 69-77

Richard T. Roth, Michael D. Ruffatti, Patrick D. O'Rourke and Shalamar D. Armstrong

A case of sustainable intensification: Stochastic farm budget optimization considering internal economic benefits of biogas production in organic agriculture pp. 78-92

Benjamin Blumenstein, Torsten Siegmeier, Franziska Selsam and Detlev Möller

Deficit irrigation with reclaimed water in a citrus orchard. Energy and greenhouse-gas emissions analysis pp. 93-102

J.F. Maestre-Valero, B. Martin-Gorriz, E. Nicolas, M.A. Martinez-Mate and V. Martinez-Alvarez

Multi-model approach for assessing the sunflower food value chain in Tanzania pp. 103-110

Elisa Vilvert, Marcos Lana, Peter Zander and Stefan Sieber

On the development and use of farm models for policy impact assessment in the European Union – A review pp. 111-125

Pytrik Reidsma, Sander Janssen, Jacques Jansen and Martin K. van Ittersum

Between all-for-one and each-for-himself: On-farm competition for labour as determinant of wetland cropping in two Beninese villages pp. 126-138

Lise Paresys, Eric Malézieux, Joël Huat, Martin J. Kropff and Walter A.H. Rossing

Volume 158, issue C, 2017

Assessment of grazing management on farm greenhouse gas intensity of beef production systems in the Canadian Prairies using life cycle assessment pp. 1-13

Aklilu W. Alemu, Henry Janzen, Shannan Little, Xiying Hao, Donald J. Thompson, Vern Baron, Alan Iwaasa, Karen A. Beauchemin and Roland Kröbel

Productivity of a building-integrated roof top greenhouse in a Mediterranean climate pp. 14-22

J.I. Montero, E. Baeza, E. Heuvelink, J. Rieradevall, P. Muñoz, M. Ercilla and C. Stanghellini

Development of a fodder beet potential yield model in the next generation APSIM pp. 23-38

E.N. Khaembah, H.E. Brown, R. Zyskowski, E. Chakwizira, J.M. de Ruiter and E.I. Teixeira

Small can be beautiful for organic market gardens: an exploration of the economic viability of French microfarms using MERLIN pp. 39-49

Kevin Morel, Magali San Cristobal and François Gilbert Léger

Environmental impacts along intensity gradients in Norwegian dairy production as evaluated by life cycle assessments pp. 50-60

Anne Kjersti Bakken, Kristin Daugstad, Astrid Johansen, Anne-Grete Roer Hjelkrem, Gustav Fystro, Anders Hammer Strømman and Audun Korsaeth

An irrigated cotton farm emissions case study in NSW, Australia pp. 61-67

J.W. Powell, J.M. Welsh and R.J. Eckard

Feedbase intervention in a cow-calf system in the flooding pampas of Argentina: 2. Estimation of the marginal value of additional feed pp. 68-77

Horacio Berger, Franco Bilotto, Lindsay W. Bell and Claudio F. Machado

Yield gaps in Dutch arable farming systems: Analysis at crop and crop rotation level pp. 78-92

João Vasco Silva, Pytrik Reidsma and Martin K. van Ittersum

Volume 157, issue C, 2017

Integrating economic and environmental impact analysis: The case of rice-based farming in northern Thailand pp. 1-10

S.J. Ramsden, P. Wilson and B. Phrommarat

Variations in nitrogen utilisation on conventional and organic dairy farms in Norway pp. 11-21

Matthias Koesling, Sissel Hansen and Marina Azzaroli Bleken

Carbon footprint of sheep production systems in semi-arid zone of Chile: A simulation-based approach of productive scenarios and precipitation patterns pp. 22-38

Paula Toro-Mujica, Claudio Aguilar, Raúl R. Vera and Fernando Bas

Assessing the environmental impacts of cropping systems and cover crops: Life cycle assessment of FAST, a long-term arable farming field experiment pp. 39-50

Ulrich E. Prechsl, Raphael Wittwer, Marcel G.A. van der Heijden, Gisela Lüscher, Philippe Jeanneret and Thomas Nemecek

An economic analysis of integrated crop-livestock systems in Iowa, U.S.A pp. 51-69

Hanna Poffenbarger, Georgeanne Artz, Garland Dahlke, William Edwards, Mark Hanna, James Russell, Harris Sellers and Matt Liebman

Assessing ammonia emission abatement measures in agriculture: Farmers' costs and society's benefits – A case study for Lower Saxony, Germany pp. 70-80

Susanne Wagner, Elisabeth Angenendt, Olga Beletskaya and Jürgen Zeddies

Climate change impacts on crop yields, land use and environment in response to crop sowing dates and thermal time requirements pp. 81-92

Andrea Zimmermann, Heidi Webber, Gang Zhao, Frank Ewert, Johannes Kros, Joost Wolf, Wolfgang Britz and Wim de Vries

Integrated modelling of efficient crop management strategies in response to economic damage potentials of the Western Corn Rootworm in Austria pp. 93-106

Elisabeth Feusthuber, Hermine Mitter, Martin Schönhart and Erwin Schmid

A retrospective analysis of the United States poultry industry: 1965 compared with 2010 pp. 107-117

Ben Putman, Greg Thoma, Jasmina Burek and Marty Matlock

Sustainability assessment of agricultural systems: The validity of expert opinion and robustness of a multi-criteria analysis pp. 118-128

Farahnaz Pashaei Kamali, João A.R. Borges, Miranda P.M. Meuwissen, Imke J.M. de Boer and Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink

Bringing farmers into the game. Strengthening farmers' role in the innovation process through a simulation game, a case from Tunisia pp. 129-139

Aleksandra Dolinska

Carbon footprint in the ethanol feedstocks cultivation – Agricultural CO2 emission assessment pp. 140-145

Karina Scurupa Machado, Robson Seleme, Marcell M.C. Maceno and Izabel C. Zattar

Assessing both ecological and engineering resilience of a steppe agroecosystem using the viability theory pp. 146-156

R. Sabatier, F. Joly and B. Hubert

Combining models to estimate the impacts of future climate scenarios on feed supply, greenhouse gas emissions and economic performance on dairy farms in Norway pp. 157-169

Şeyda Özkan Gülzari, Bente Aspeholen Åby, Tomas Persson, Mats Höglind and Klaus Mittenzwei

Efficient crop model parameter estimation and site characterization using large breeding trial data sets pp. 170-184

Abhishes Lamsal, S.M. Welch, J.W. Jones, K.J. Boote, Antonio Asebedo, Jared Crain, Xu Wang, Will Boyer, Anju Giri, Elizabeth Frink, Xuan Xu, Garrison Gundy, Junjun Ou and Pabodha Galgamuwe Arachchige

Spatial evaluation of maize yield in Malawi pp. 185-192

Lin Liu and Bruno Basso

What prospective scenarios for 2035 will be compatible with reduced impact of French beef and dairy farm on climate change? pp. 193-201

Claire Mosnier, Anne Duclos, Jacques Agabriel and Armelle Gac

Orfee: A bio-economic model to simulate integrated and intensive management of mixed crop-livestock farms and their greenhouse gas emissions pp. 202-215

Claire Mosnier, Anne Duclos, Jacques Agabriel and Armelle Gac

Assessing local and regional economic impacts of climatic extremes and feasibility of adaptation measures in Dutch arable farming systems pp. 216-229

V. Diogo, P. Reidsma, B. Schaap, B.P.J. Andree and Eric Koomen

Expert based model building to quantify risk factors in a combined aquaculture-agriculture system pp. 230-240

Ben Stewart-Koster, Nguyen Dieu Anh, Michele A. Burford, Jason Condon, Nguyen Van Qui, Le Huu Hiep, Doan Van Bay and Jesmond Sammut

Projected impact of future climate conditions on the agronomic and environmental performance of Canadian dairy farms pp. 241-257

Marie-Noëlle Thivierge, Guillaume Jégo, Gilles Bélanger, Martin H. Chantigny, C. Alan Rotz, Édith Charbonneau, Vern S. Baron and Budong Qian

Modelling the impacts of different carbon sources on the soil organic carbon stock and CO2 emissions in the Foggia province (Southern Italy) pp. 258-268

Mira Bleuler, Roberta Farina, Rosa Francaviglia, Claudia di Bene, Rosario Napoli and Alessandro Marchetti

Replacing silage maize for biogas production by sugar beet – A system analysis with ecological and economical approaches pp. 270-278

Anna Jacobs, Sebastian Auburger, Enno Bahrs, Wiebke Brauer-Siebrecht, Olaf Christen, Philipp Götze, Heinz-Josef Koch, Oliver Musshoff, Jan Rücknagel and Bernward Märländer

Adaptive and dynamic decision-making processes: A conceptual model of production systems on Indian farms pp. 279-291

Marion Robert, Alban Thomas, Muddu Sekhar, Shrinivas Badiger, Laurent Ruiz, Hélène Raynal and Jacques-Eric Bergez

Trade-offs in soil fertility management on arable farms pp. 292-302

Jules F.F.P. Bos, Hein F.M. ten Berge, Jan Verhagen and Martin K. van Ittersum

Spatial modelling of agro-ecosystem dynamics across scales: A case in the cotton region of West-Burkina Faso pp. 303-315

Camille Jahel, Christian Baron, Eric Vall, Medina Karambiri, Mathieu Castets, Kalifa Coulibaly, Agnès Bégué and Danny Lo Seen

A framework for designing multi-functional agricultural landscapes: Application to Guadeloupe Island pp. 316-329

Pierre Chopin, Jean-Marc Blazy, Loïc Guindé, Jacques Wery and Thierry Doré

Designing coupled innovations for the sustainability transition of agrifood systems pp. 330-339

Jean-Marc Meynard, Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy, Marianne Le Bail, Amélie Lefèvre, Marie-Benoit Magrini and Camille Michon