Agricultural Systems

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Volume 152, issue C, 2017

Mapping of beef, sheep and goat food systems in Nairobi — A framework for policy making and the identification of structural vulnerabilities and deficiencies pp. 1-17

Pablo Alarcon, Eric M. Fèvre, Maurice K. Murungi, Patrick Muinde, James Akoko, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Stella Kiambi, Sohel Ahmed, Barbara Häsler and Jonathan Rushton

The role and value of diverse sward mixtures in dairy farm systems of New Zealand: An exploratory assessment pp. 18-26

Alvaro J. Romera, Graeme J. Doole, Pierre C. Beukes, Norman Mason and Paul L. Mudge

An efficiency-based concept to assess potential cost and greenhouse gas savings on German dairy farms pp. 27-37

Patrick Johannes Christopher Wettemann and Uwe Latacz-Lohmann

Comparison of greenhouse gas emissions from corn- and barley-based dairy production systems in Eastern Canada pp. 38-46

Jessie Guyader, Shannan Little, Roland Kröbel, Chaouki Benchaar and Karen A. Beauchemin

Detecting spatial variability of paddy rice yield by combining the DNDC model with high resolution satellite images pp. 47-57

Quanying Zhao, Sebastian Brocks, Victoria I.S. Lenz-Wiedemann, Yuxin Miao, Fusuo Zhang and Georg Bareth

Impact of climate change on farms in smallholder farming systems: Yield impacts, economic implications and distributional effects pp. 58-66

Lemlem Teklegiorgis Habtemariam, Getachew Abate Kassa and Markus Gandorfer

The MiLA tool: Modeling greenhouse gas emissions and cumulative energy demand of energy crop cultivation in rotation pp. 67-79

Christiane Peter, Xenia Specka, Joachim Aurbacher, Peter Kornatz, Christiane Herrmann, Monika Heiermann, Janine Müller and Claas Nendel

Rainfall variability adaptation strategies: An ex-ante assessment of supplemental irrigation from farm ponds in southern Burkina Faso pp. 80-89

Safiétou Sanfo, Bruno Barbier, Isabelle W.P. Dabiré, Paul L.G. Vlek, William Fonta, Boubacar Ibrahim and Boubacar Barry

Projecting corn and soybeans yields under climate change in a Corn Belt watershed pp. 90-99

Mukesh Dev Bhattarai, Silvia Secchi and Justin Schoof

Evaluation of the effects of future climate change on grape quality through a physically based model application: a case study for the Aglianico grapevine in Campania region, Italy pp. 100-109

A. Bonfante, S.M. Alfieri, R. Albrizio, A. Basile, R. De Mascellis, A. Gambuti, P. Giorio, G. Langella, P. Manna, E. Monaco, L. Moio and F. Terribile

Selecting for multiple traits in complex production systems: A case study of sugarcane in China pp. 110-120

Kun Yang, Phil Jackson, Xianming Wei, Xuekuan Chen, Jiayong Liu, Jun Zhao, Caiwen Wu and Yuanhong Fan

Bio-diesel production using mobile processing units: A case in Indonesia pp. 121-130

Joeri ten Kate, Ruud Teunter, Ratih Kusumastuti and Dirk Pieter van Donk

How effective can environmental taxes be in reducing the environmental impact of pig farming systems? pp. 131-144

S.G. Mackenzie, M. Wallace and I. Kyriazakis

Responding to global change: A theory of change approach to making agricultural research for development outcome-based pp. 145-153

Pk Thornton, T Schuetz, W Förch, L Cramer, D Abreu, S Vermeulen and Bm Campbell

Crop and farm level adaptation under future climate challenges: An exploratory study considering multiple objectives for Flevoland, the Netherlands pp. 154-164

Maryia Mandryk, Pytrik Reidsma and Martin K. van Ittersum

Volume 151, issue C, 2017

Lamb production responses to grass grazing in a companion crop system with corn silage and oversowing of yellow oat in a tropical region pp. 1-11

Cristiano M. Pariz, Ciniro Costa, Carlos A.C. Crusciol, André M. Castilhos, Paulo R.L. Meirelles, Roberto O. Roça, Rafael S.B. Pinheiro, Frank A. Kuwahara, Jorge M. Martello, Francielli A. Cavasano, Júnior I. Yasuoka, Jaqueline R.W. Sarto, Verônica F.P. Melo and Alan J. Franzluebbers

Yield gap analysis in oil palm: Framework development and application in commercial operations in Southeast Asia pp. 12-19

M.P. Hoffmann, C.R. Donough, S.E. Cook, M.J. Fisher, C.H. Lim, Y.L. Lim, J. Cock, S.P. Kam, S.N. Mohanaraj, K. Indrasuara, P. Tittinutchanon and T. Oberthür

Performance of AquaCrop and SIMDualKc models in evapotranspiration partitioning on full and deficit irrigated maize for seed production under plastic film-mulch in an arid region of China pp. 20-32

Hui Ran, Shaozhong Kang, Fusheng Li, Ling Tong, Risheng Ding, Taisheng Du, Sien Li and Xiaotao Zhang

A farm level approach to explore farm gross margin effects of soil organic carbon management pp. 33-46

Klaus Glenk, Shailesh Shrestha, Cairstiona F.E. Topp, Berta Sánchez, Ana Iglesias, Camilla Dibari and Paolo Merante

Farm-level bio-economic modeling of water and nitrogen use: Calibrating yield response functions with limited data pp. 47-60

Pierre Humblot, Pierre-Alain Jayet and Athanasios Petsakos

Smallholder farmers managing climate risk in India: 2. Is it climate-smart? pp. 61-72

Zvi Hochman, Heidi Horan, D. Raji Reddy, G. Sreenivas, Chiranjeevi Tallapragada, Ravindra Adusumilli, Donald S. Gaydon, Alison Laing, Philip Kokic, Kamalesh K. Singh and Christian H. Roth

Greenhouse gas emission of Canadian cow-calf operations: A whole-farm assessment of 295 farms pp. 73-83

Aklilu W. Alemu, Brian D. Amiro, Shabtai Bittman, Douglas MacDonald and Kim H. Ominski

Farmer perceptions and use of organic waste products as fertilisers – A survey study of potential benefits and barriers pp. 84-95

S.D.C. Case, M. Oelofse, Y. Hou, O. Oenema and L.S. Jensen

On yield gaps and yield gains in intercropping: Opportunities for increasing grain production in northwest China pp. 96-105

Fang Gou, Wen Yin, Yu Hong, Wopke van der Werf, Qiang Chai, Nico Heerink and Martin K. van Ittersum

The application of Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (RAAIS) to agricultural adaptation to climate change in Kazakhstan: A critical evaluation pp. 106-113

T. Barrett, G. Feola, V. Krylova and M. Khusnitdinova

Assessing eco-efficiency of arable farms in rural areas pp. 114-125

Andrea Bonfiglio, Andrea Arzeni and Antonella Bodini

Can we be certain about future land use change in Europe? A multi-scenario, integrated-assessment analysis pp. 126-135

I.P. Holman, C Brown, V Janes and D Sandars

A multi model evaluation of long-term effects of crop management and cropping systems on nitrogen dynamics in the Canadian semi-arid prairie pp. 136-147

B. Dutta, B.B. Grant, C.A. Campbell, R.L. Lemke, R.L. Desjardins and W.N. Smith

Targeting, out-scaling and prioritising climate-smart interventions in agricultural systems: Lessons from applying a generic framework to the livestock sector in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 153-162

An Notenbaert, Catherine Pfeifer, Silvia Silvestri and Mario Herrero

Costs and benefits of climate-smart agriculture: The case of the Dry Corridor in Guatemala pp. 163-173

Gustavo Sain, Ana María Loboguerrero, Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Miguel Lizarazo, Andreea Nowak, Deissy Martínez-Barón and Nadine Andrieu

Prioritizing climate-smart agricultural land use options at a regional scale pp. 174-183

Paresh B. Shirsath, P.K. Aggarwal, P.K. Thornton and A. Dunnett

Farmers' prioritization of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies pp. 184-191

Arun Khatri-Chhetri, P.K. Aggarwal, P.K. Joshi and S. Vyas

Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies pp. 192-203

Caroline Mwongera, Kelvin M. Shikuku, Jennifer Twyman, Peter Läderach, Edidah Ampaire, Piet Van Asten, Steve Twomlow and Leigh A. Winowiecki

Prioritizing climate-smart livestock technologies in rural Tanzania: A minimum data approach pp. 204-216

Kelvin M. Shikuku, Roberto O. Valdivia, Birthe K. Paul, Caroline Mwongera, Leigh Winowiecki, Peter Läderach, Mario Herrero and Silvia Silvestri

Interactions between intervention packages, climatic risk, climate change and food security in mixed crop–livestock systems in Burkina Faso pp. 217-224

C. Rigolot, P. de Voil, S. Douxchamps, D. Prestwidge, M. Van Wijk, P.K. Thornton, D. Rodriguez, B. Henderson, D. Medina and M. Herrero

The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) for rapid characterisation of households to inform climate smart agriculture interventions: Description and applications in East Africa and Central America pp. 225-233

James Hammond, Simon Fraval, Jacob van Etten, Jose Gabriel Suchini, Leida Mercado, Tim Pagella, Romain Frelat, Mats Lannerstad, Sabine Douxchamps, Nils Teufel, Diego Valbuena and Mark T. van Wijk

How to target climate-smart agriculture? Concept and application of the consensus-driven decision support framework “targetCSA” pp. 234-245

Patric Brandt, Marko Kvakić, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl and Mariana C. Rufino

Volume 150, issue C, 2017

Modeling approaches for agricultural N2O fluxes from large scale areas: A case for sugarcane crops in the state of São Paulo - Brazil pp. 1-11

Marcelo Eduardo Dias de Oliveira and Sergio Oliveira Moraes

System dynamics modelling for defining livelihood strategies for women smallholder farmers in lowland and upland regions of northern Vietnam: A comparative analysis pp. 12-20

Tuan M. Ha, Ockie J.H. Bosch, Nam C. Nguyen and Chung T. Trinh

Planting date and yield benefits from conservation agriculture practices across Southern Africa pp. 21-33

Isaiah Nyagumbo, Siyabusa Mkuhlani, Walter Mupangwa and Daniel Rodriguez

Communicative farm-specific diagnosis of potential simultaneous savings in costs and natural resource demand of feed on dairy farms pp. 34-45

Sophie Huysveld, Jef Van Meensel, Veerle Van linden, Steven De Meester, Nico Peiren, Hilde Muylle, Jo Dewulf and Ludwig Lauwers

Economics and risk of adaptation options in the Australian cotton industry pp. 46-53

Qunying Luo, Karl Behrendt and Michael Bange

Smallholder farmers managing climate risk in India: 1. Adapting to a variable climate pp. 54-66

Zvi Hochman, Heidi Horan, D. Raji Reddy, Gade Sreenivas, Chiranjeevi Tallapragada, Ravindra Adusumilli, Don Gaydon, Kamalesh K. Singh and Christian H. Roth

Is crop biomass and soil carbon storage sustainable with long-term application of full plastic film mulching under future climate change? pp. 67-77

Feng Zhang, Wenjuan Zhang, Ming Li, Yuan Zhang, Fengmin Li and Changbin Li

The “efficient boundaries” of international agricultural research: A conceptual framework with empirical illustrations pp. 78-85

Josey Kamanda, Regina Birner and Cynthia Bantilan

Evaluation of water-limited cropping systems in a semi-arid climate using DSSAT-CSM pp. 86-98

A. Araya, Isaya Kisekka, Prasanna H. Gowda and P.V. Vara Prasad

Climate change impacts and farm-level adaptation: Economic analysis of a mixed cropping–livestock system pp. 99-108

Tas Thamo, Donkor Addai, David Pannell, Michael J. Robertson, Dean T. Thomas and John M. Young

A comparison of the performance of the CSM-CERES-Maize and EPIC models using maize variety trial data pp. 109-119

Yawen Bao, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Ron McClendon and George Vellidis

Simulation of genotype-by-environment interactions on irrigated soybean yields in the U.S. Midsouth pp. 120-129

Montserrat Salmerόn, Larry C. Purcell, Earl D. Vories and Grover Shannon

Volume 149, issue C, 2016

Environmental and socioeconomic benefits of a division of labour between lowland and mountain farms in milk production systems pp. 1-10

S.M.R.R. Marton, A. Zimmermann, M. Kreuzer and G. Gaillard

Can spatial reallocation of livestock reduce the impact of GHG emissions? pp. 11-19

G. Willeghems, L. De Clercq, E. Michels, E. Meers and J. Buysse

Productive performance of alternative land covers along aridity gradients: Ecological, agronomic and economic perspectives pp. 20-29

Francisco Murray, Germán Baldi, Tamara von Bernard, Ernesto Francisco Viglizzo and Esteban Gabriel Jobbágy

Evaluating the productivity gap between commercial and traditional beef production systems in Botswana pp. 30-39

Omphile Temoso, Renato Villano and David Hadley

Profiling farming management strategies with contrasting pesticide use in France pp. 40-53

Martin Lechenet, David Makowski, Guillaume Py and Nicolas Munier-Jolain

Reproductive and economic performance of local livestock in southwestern Madagascar: Potentials and constraints of a highly extensive system pp. 54-64

Tobias Feldt, Regina Neudert, Pascal Fust and Eva Schlecht

Assessing drought risk in Mediterranean Dehesa grazing lands pp. 65-74

Eva Iglesias, Karen Báez and Carlos H. Diaz-Ambrona

Crop yield outlooks in the Iberian Peninsula: Connecting seasonal climate forecasts with crop simulation models pp. 75-87

Mirian Capa-Morocho, Amor V.M. Ines, Walter E. Baethgen, Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca, Eunjin Han and Margarita Ruiz-Ramos

How does greening affect farm behaviour? Trade-off between commitments and sanctions in the Northern Italy pp. 88-98

Roberto Solazzo and Fabio Pierangeli

Learning from commercial crop performance: Oil palm yield response to management under well-defined growing conditions pp. 99-111

J. Cock, S.P. Kam, S. Cook, C. Donough, Y.L. Lim, A. Jines-Leon, C.H. Lim, S. Primananda, B.T. Yen, S.N. Mohanaraj, Y.M.S. Samosir and T. Oberthür

Identifying hotspots in the carbon footprint of a small scale organic vegetable farm pp. 112-121

Cornelius Adewale, Stewart Higgins, David Granatstein, Claudio O. Stöckle, Bryan R. Carlson, Usama E. Zaher and Lynne Carpenter-Boggs

Agriculture, nutrition and the green revolution in Bangladesh pp. 122-131

Derek Headey and John Hoddinott

Risk efficiency of irrigation to cereals in northeast Germany with respect to nitrogen fertilizer pp. 132-138

Andreas Meyer-Aurich, Markus Gandorfer, Benjamin Trost, Frank Ellmer and Michael Baumecker

Assessment of food self-sufficiency in smallholder farming systems of south-western Madagascar using survey and remote sensing data pp. 139-149

Fanambinantsoa Noromiarilanto, Katja Brinkmann, Miadana H. Faramalala and Andreas Buerkert

Use of EU-Rotate_N and CropSyst models to predict yield, growth and water and N dynamics of fertigated leafy vegetables in a Mediterranean climate and to determine N fertilizer requirements pp. 150-164

E.M. Suárez-Rey, M. Romero-Gámez, C. Giménez, R.B. Thompson and M. Gallardo

Decision support tools for agriculture: Towards effective design and delivery pp. 165-174

David C. Rose, William J. Sutherland, Caroline Parker, Matt Lobley, Michael Winter, Carol Morris, Susan Twining, Charles Ffoulkes, Tatsuya Amano and Lynn V. Dicks

Engaging farmers on climate risk through targeted integration of bio-economic modelling and seasonal climate forecasts pp. 175-184

U.B. Nidumolu, M. Lubbers, A. Kanellopoulos, M.K. van Ittersum, D.M. Kadiyala and G. Sreenivas