Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 148, issue C, 2016

Crop selection under price and yield fluctuation: Analysis of agro-economic time series from South Korea pp. 1-11

Heera Lee, Christina Bogner, Saem Lee and Thomas Koellner

Social and economic impacts of subsidy policies on rural development in the Poyang Lake Region, China: Insights from an agent-based model pp. 12-27

Qing Tian, John H. Holland and Daniel G. Brown

Effect of winter feeding systems on farm greenhouse gas emissions pp. 28-37

A.W. Alemu, R.R. Doce, A.C. Dick, J.A. Basarab, R. Kröbel, K. Haugen-Kozyra and V.S. Baron

Participatory impact assessment: Bridging the gap between scientists' theory and farmers' practice pp. 38-43

Jana Schindler, Frieder Graef and Hannes Jochen König

Greening and producing: An economic assessment framework for integrating trees in cropping systems pp. 44-57

Laura Van Vooren, Bert Reubens, Steven Broekx, Paul Pardon, Dirk Reheul, Frankwin van Winsen, Kris Verheyen, Erwin Wauters and Ludwig Lauwers

Waking the Sleeping Giant: Agricultural intensification, extensification or stagnation in Mali's Guinea Savannah pp. 58-70

Mary H. Ollenburger, Katrien Descheemaeker, Todd A. Crane, Ousmane M. Sanogo and Ken E. Giller

Soil sensing: A new paradigm for agriculture pp. 71-74

Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel and Johan Bouma

A simulation-based approach for evaluating the effects of farm type, management, and rainfall on the water footprint of sheep grazing systems in a semi-arid environment pp. 75-85

Paula Toro-Mujica, Claudio Aguilar, Raúl Vera and Karen Cornejo

CMFDM: A methodology to guide the design of a conceptual model of farmers' decision-making processes pp. 86-94

Marion Robert, Jérôme Dury, Alban Thomas, Olivier Therond, Muddu Sekhar, Shrini Badiger, Laurent Ruiz and Jacques-Eric Bergez

A life cycle assessment of the effect of intensification on the environmental impacts and resource use of grass-based sheep farming pp. 95-104

D. O'Brien, A. Bohan, N. McHugh and L. Shalloo

A participative network of organic and conventional crop farms in the Seine Basin (France) for evaluating nitrate leaching and yield performance pp. 105-113

Marie Benoit, Josette Garnier, Nicolas Beaudoin and Gilles Billen

Resource allocation in pastoral dairy production systems: Evaluating exact and genetic algorithms approaches pp. 114-123

Gastón Notte, Martín Pedemonte, Héctor Cancela and Pablo Chilibroste

Description and validation of the Teagasc Lamb Production Model pp. 124-134

A. Bohan, L. Shalloo, B. Malcolm, C.K.M. Ho, P. Creighton, T.M. Boland and N. McHugh

Modelling the sensitivity of agricultural systems to climate change and extreme climatic events pp. 135-148

Matthew T. Harrison, Brendan R. Cullen and Richard P. Rawnsley

Spatial and temporal dimensions of agricultural land use changes, 2001–2012, East-Central Iowa pp. 149-158

Jie Ren, James B. Campbell and Yang Shao

Accounting for interannual variability in agricultural intensification: The potential of crop selection in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 159-168

P. Bodin, S. Olin, T.A.M. Pugh and A. Arneth

Environmental efficiency of olive oil production by small and micro-scale farmers in northern Jordan: Life cycle assessment pp. 169-177

Ali El Hanandeh and Mamoun A. Gharaibeh

Simplifying the prediction of phenology with the DSSAT-CROPGRO-soybean model based on relative maturity group and determinacy pp. 178-187

Montserrat Salmerón and Larry C. Purcell

Volume 147, issue C, 2016

Effectiveness of agronomic practices in dealing with climate change impacts in the Australian cotton industry — A simulation study pp. 1-9

Qunying Luo, Michael Bange, Michael Braunack and David Johnston

Effect of sowing date distributions on simulation of maize yields at regional scale – A case study in Central Ghana, West Africa pp. 10-23

Amit Kumar Srivastava, Cho Miltin Mboh, Thomas Gaiser, Heidi Webber and Frank Ewert

Modeling European ruminant production systems: Facing the challenges of climate change pp. 24-37

Richard P. Kipling, André Bannink, Gianni Bellocchi, Tommy Dalgaard, Naomi J. Fox, Nicholas J. Hutchings, Chris Kjeldsen, Nicola Lacetera, Franz Sinabell, Cairistiona F.E. Topp, Marcel van Oijen, Perttu Virkajärvi and Nigel D. Scollan

Considering change: Evaluating four years of participatory experimentation with farmers in Tigray (Ethiopia) highlighting both functional and human–social aspects pp. 38-50

Richard Kraaijvanger, Tom Veldkamp and Conny Almekinders

A methodology to assess the impact of climate variability and change on water resources, food security and economic welfare pp. 51-64

Abdelaziz A. Gohar and Adrian Cashman

Winners and losers from climate change in agriculture: Insights from a case study in the Mediterranean basin pp. 65-75

Gabriele Dono, Raffaele Cortignani, Davide Dell'Unto, Paola Deligios, Luca Doro, Nicola Lacetera, Laura Mula, Massimiliano Pasqui, Sara Quaresima, Andrea Vitali and Pier Paolo Roggero

The value of seasonal forecasts for irrigated, supplementary irrigated, and rainfed wheat cropping systems in northwest Mexico pp. 76-86

Melissa A. Ramírez-Rodrigues, Phillip D. Alderman, Lydia Stefanova, C. Mariano Cossani, Dagoberto Flores and Senthold Asseng

Co-design and assessment of cropping systems for developing crop-livestock integration at the territory level pp. 87-97

Marc Moraine, Juliette Grimaldi, Clément Murgue, Michel Duru and Olivier Therond

Evaluating climate adaptation strategies on agricultural production in the Siminehrud catchment and inflow into Lake Urmia, Iran using SWAT within an OECD framework pp. 98-110

Mostafa Rezaei Zaman, Saeed Morid and Majid Delavar

Towards better metrics and policymaking for seed system development: Insights from Asia's seed industry pp. 111-122

David Spielman and Adam Kennedy

Improving livestock production efficiencies presents a major opportunity to reduce sectoral greenhouse gas emissions pp. 123-131

J.J. Hyland, D. Styles, D.L. Jones and A.P. Williams

Volume 146, issue C, 2016

Status of mineral nitrogen fertilization and net mitigation potential of the state fertilization recommendation in Chinese cropland pp. 1-10

Guo Zhang, Xiaoke Wang, Binfeng Sun, Hong Zhao, Fei Lu and Lu Zhang

Exploring genotype, management, and environmental variables influencing grain yield of late-sown maize in central Argentina pp. 11-19

Brenda L. Gambin, Tomás Coyos, Guido Di Mauro, Lucas Borrás and Lucas A. Garibaldi

Increasing energy and protein use efficiency improves opportunities to decrease land use, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions from dairy production pp. 20-29

Robin R. White

Revised VegSyst model to calculate dry matter production, critical N uptake and ETc of several vegetable species grown in Mediterranean greenhouses pp. 30-43

M. Gallardo, M.D. Fernández, C. Giménez, F.M. Padilla and R.B. Thompson

Livestock wealth and social capital as insurance against climate risk: A case study of Samburu County in Kenya pp. 44-54

Ng’ang’a, Stanley Karanja, Erwin Bulte, Ken E. Giller, Nicholas N. Ndiwa, Shem C. Kifugo, John M. McIntire, Mario Herrero and Mariana C. Rufino

Cost-efficiency of animal welfare in broiler production systems: A pilot study using the Welfare Quality® assessment protocol pp. 55-69

Éva Gocsik, Suzanne D. Brooshooft, Ingrid C. de Jong and Helmut W. Saatkamp

Environmental and economic performance of beef farming systems with different feeding strategies in southern Brazil pp. 70-79

Farahnaz Pashaei Kamali, Aart van der Linden, Miranda P.M. Meuwissen, Guilherme Cunha Malafaia, Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink and Imke J.M. de Boer

Smallholder farmers' motivations for using Conservation Agriculture and the roles of yield, labour and soil fertility in decision making pp. 80-90

Baqir Lalani, Peter Dorward, Garth Holloway and Erwin Wauters

Analysing reduced tillage practices within a bio-economic modelling framework pp. 91-102

Toby J. Townsend, Stephen J. Ramsden and Paul Wilson

Imperfect forecasts and decision making in agriculture pp. 103-110

Yoko Kusunose and Rezaul Mahmood

Exploring yield gaps in smallholder oil palm production systems in eastern Sumatra, Indonesia pp. 111-119

Michael Euler, Munir P. Hoffmann, Zakky Fathoni and Stefan Schwarze

A longitudinal analysis of some Australian broadacre farms' greenhouse gas emissions, farming systems and efficiency of production pp. 120-128

Ross Kingwell, Rose Marie Jeanne and Atakelty Hailu

Assessing the capacity of Australian broadacre mixed farmers to adapt to climate change: Identifying constraints and opportunities pp. 129-141

Peter R. Brown, Kerry L. Bridle and Steven J. Crimp

Impact of climate changes on existing crop-livestock farming systems pp. 142-155

Afshin Ghahramani and Andrew D. Moore

Volume 145, issue C, 2016

Global warming potential and abatement costs of different peatland management options: A case study for the Pre-alpine Hill and Moorland in Germany pp. 1-12

Tatjana Krimly, Elisabeth Angenendt, Enno Bahrs and Stephan Dabbert

Using seasonal stochastic dynamic programming to identify optimal management decisions that achieve maximum economic sustainable yields from grasslands under climate risk pp. 13-23

Karl Behrendt, Oscar Cacho, James M. Scott and Randall Jones

Classification and valuation of soil ecosystem services pp. 24-38

Jón Örvar G. Jónsson and Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir

Climate change impacts on farm production, landscape appearance, and the environment: Policy scenario results from an integrated field-farm-landscape model in Austria pp. 39-50

Martin Schönhart, Thomas Schauppenlehner, Michael Kuttner, Mathias Kirchner and Erwin Schmid

Simulating cultivar variations in potato yields for contrasting environments pp. 51-63

Ulrich Kleinwechter, Manuel Gastelo, Joe Ritchie, Gerald Nelson and Senthold Asseng

Meat and milk production scenarios and the associated land footprint in Kenya pp. 64-75

Caroline K. Bosire, Maarten S. Krol, Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Joseph O. Ogutu, Jan de Leeuw, Mats Lannerstad and Arjen Y. Hoekstra

An ecological footprint approach to environmental–economic evaluation of farm results pp. 76-82

E. Blasi, N. Passeri, S. Franco and A. Galli

Modelling soil organic carbon in Danish agricultural soils suggests low potential for future carbon sequestration pp. 83-89

Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi and Jørgen E. Olesen

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from a wheat–maize rotation system while still maintaining productivity pp. 90-98

Jianzheng Li, Enli Wang, Yingchun Wang, Hongtao Xing, Daolong Wang, Ligang Wang and Chunyu Gao

Participatory Innovation: Lessons from breeding cooperatives pp. 99-105

Svein Ole Borgen and Bernt Aarset

Environmental benefits of canola production in 2010 compared to 1990: A life cycle perspective pp. 106-115

Susan MacWilliam, David Sanscartier, Reynald Lemke, Monique Wismer and Vern Baron

An assessment of the energy footprint of dairy farms in Missouri and Emilia-Romagna pp. 116-126

Marco Pagani, Matteo Vittuari, Thomas G. Johnson and Fabio De Menna

Examining the effects of absorptive capacity and social capital on the adoption of agricultural innovations: A Canadian Prairie case study pp. 127-138

Eric Micheels and James Nolan

Doubled-up legume rotations improve soil fertility and maintain productivity under variable conditions in maize-based cropping systems in Malawi pp. 139-149

Alex Smith, Sieglinde Snapp, John Dimes, Chiwimbo Gwenambira and Regis Chikowo

Food shortages are associated with droughts, floods, frosts and ENSO in Papua New Guinea pp. 150-164

David H. Cobon, Maureen Ewai, Kasis Inape and R. Michael Bourke

Sustainable intensification of agricultural systems in the Central African Highlands: The need for institutional innovation pp. 165-176

Marc Schut, Piet van Asten, Chris Okafor, Cyrille Hicintuka, Sylvain Mapatano, Nsharwasi Léon Nabahungu, Desire Kagabo, Perez Muchunguzi, Emmanuel Njukwe, Paul M. Dontsop-Nguezet, Murat Sartas and Bernard Vanlauwe