Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 144, issue C, 2016

Assessing the diversity of values and goals amongst Brazilian commercial-scale progressive beef farmers using Q-methodology pp. 1-8

Mariana A. Pereira, John R. Fairweather, Keith B. Woodford and Peter L. Nuthall

Exploring the challenges with soil data in regional land use analysis pp. 9-21

C.M.J. Hendriks, J.J. Stoorvogel and L. Claessens

Alternative options for sustainable intensification of smallholder dairy farms in North-West Michoacán, Mexico pp. 22-32

José Cortez-Arriola, Jeroen C.J. Groot, Walter A.H. Rossing, Johannes M.S. Scholberg, Ricardo D. Améndola Massiotti and Pablo Tittonell

Economic assessment of conservation agriculture options in mixed crop-livestock systems in Brazil using farm modelling pp. 33-45

V. Alary, M. Corbeels, F. Affholder, S. Alvarez, A. Soria, J.H. Valadares Xavier, F.A.M. da Silva and E. Scopel

An efficient irrigation water allocation model under uncertainty pp. 46-57

Mo Li, Ping Guo and Vijay P. Singh

Actual provision as an alternative criterion to improve the efficiency of payments for ecosystem services for C sequestration in semiarid vineyards pp. 58-64

Antonino Galati, Maria Crescimanno, Luciano Gristina, Saskia Keesstra and Agata Novara

Dynamic economic modelling of crop rotations with farm management practices under future pest pressure pp. 65-76

Xing Liu, Heikki Lehtonen, Tuomo Purola, Yulia Pavlova, Reimund Rötter and Taru Palosuo

Exploring climate change impacts and adaptations of extensive pastoral agriculture systems by combining biophysical simulation and farm system models pp. 77-86

Mark Lieffering, Paul C.D. Newton, Ronaldo Vibart and Frank Y. Li

A multi-level analysis of China's phosphorus flows to identify options for improved management in agriculture pp. 87-100

Guohua Li, Martin K. van Ittersum, Peter A. Leffelaar, Sheida Z. Sattari, Haigang Li, Gaoqiang Huang and Fusuo Zhang

Intensification, nitrogen use and recovery in grazing-based dairy systems pp. 101-112

Kerry J. Stott and Cameron J.P. Gourley

Economic value of mitigating Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infections in pig fattening herds pp. 113-121

Anna H. Stygar, Jarkko K. Niemi, Claudio Oliviero, Tapio Laurila and Mari Heinonen

Why Danish pig farms have far more land and pigs than Dutch farms? Implications for feed supply, manure recycling and production costs pp. 122-132

Jaap Willems, Hans J.M. van Grinsven, Brian Jacobsen, Tenna Jensen, Tommy Dalgaard, Henk Westhoek and Ib Sillebak Kristensen

Environmental impacts of cow-calf beef systems with contrasted grassland management and animal production strategies in the Massif Central, France pp. 133-143

Kevin Morel, Jean-Pierre Farrié, Julien Renon, Vincent Manneville, Jacques Agabriel and Jean Devun

Integrated assessment of agro-ecological systems: The case study of the “Alta Murgia” National park in Italy pp. 144-155

Michele Moretti, Annalisa De Boni, Rocco Roma, Mariano Fracchiolla and Steven Van Passel

Volume 143, issue C, 2016

Pesticide use and cooperative management of natural enemy habitat in a framed field experiment pp. 1-13

Andrew Bell, Wei Zhang and Keosothea Nou

Assessing rice productivity and adaptation strategies for Southeast Asia under climate change through multi-scale crop modeling pp. 14-21

Jong Ahn Chun, Sanai Li, Qingguo Wang, Woo-Seop Lee, Eun-Jeong Lee, Nina Horstmann, Hojeong Park, Touch Veasna, Lim Vanndy, Khok Pros and Seng Vang

The impacts of expansion and degradation on Australian cropping yields—An integrated historical perspective pp. 22-37

Graham Turner, Michael Dunlop and Seona Candy

Spatial resolution effects on crop yield forecasts: An application to rainfed wheat yield in north Greece with CERES-Wheat pp. 38-48

T. Mavromatis

Assessment of the effects of shelterbelts on crop yields at the regional scale in Northeast China pp. 49-60

Xiao Zheng, Jiaojun Zhu and Zefeng Xing

Evaluation of the agricultural production systems simulator simulating Lucerne and annual ryegrass dry matter yield in the Argentine Pampas and south-eastern Australia pp. 61-75

J.J. Ojeda, K.G. Pembleton, M.R. Islam, M.G. Agnusdei and S.C. Garcia

Canadian farm-level soil carbon change assessment by merging the greenhouse gas model Holos with the Introductory Carbon Balance Model (ICBM) pp. 76-85

R. Kröbel, M.A. Bolinder, H.H. Janzen, S.M. Little, A.J. Vandenbygaart and T. Kätterer

Impact of the intensification of beef production in Brazil on greenhouse gas emissions and land use pp. 86-96

Abmael S. Cardoso, Alexandre Berndt, April Leytem, Bruno J.R. Alves, Isabel das N.O. de Carvalho, Luis Henrique de Barros Soares, Segundo Urquiaga and Robert M. Boddey

Pooling and the yardstick effect of cooperatives pp. 97-105

Qiao Liang and George Hendrikse

Closing system-wide yield gaps to increase food production and mitigate GHGs among mixed crop–livestock smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 106-113

B. Henderson, C. Godde, D. Medina-Hidalgo, M. van Wijk, S. Silvestri, S. Douxchamps, E. Stephenson, B. Power, C. Rigolot, O. Cacho and M. Herrero

Is there a future for organic production in high ecological value ecosystems? pp. 114-125

A. Horrillo, M. Escribano, Francisco Mesias, A. Elghannam and P. Gaspar

Influence of drought and irrigation on sugarcane yields in different agroecoregions in Mexico pp. 126-135

A. Santillán-Fernández, V.H. Santoyo-Cortés, L.R. García-Chávez, I. Covarrubias-Gutiérrez and A. Merino

Evaluating the role of behavioral factors and practical constraints in the performance of an agent-based model of farmer decision making pp. 136-146

Anna Malawska and Christopher John Topping

Participatory integrated assessment of scenarios for organic farming at different scales in Camargue, France pp. 147-158

Sylvestre Delmotte, Jean-Marc Barbier, Jean-Claude Mouret, Christophe Le Page, Jacques Wery, Phillipe Chauvelon, Alain Sandoz and Santiago Lopez Ridaura

System of Rice Intensification provides environmental and economic gains but at the expense of social sustainability — A multidisciplinary analysis in India pp. 159-168

Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, D. Narasimha Reddy, M. Venkatanarayana and Barbara Harriss-White

The changing role of bio-physical and socio-economic drivers in determining livestock distributions: A historical perspective from Kazakhstan pp. 169-182

S. Robinson, C. Kerven, R. Behnke, K. Kushenov and E.J. Milner-Gulland

Modeling economic-environmental decision making for agricultural land use in Argentinean Pampas pp. 183-194

Silvina M. Cabrini and Carlos P. Calcaterra

Straw export in continuous winter wheat and the ability of oil radish catch crops and early sowing of wheat to offset soil C and N losses: A simulation study pp. 195-202

C. Peltre, M. Nielsen, B.T. Christensen, E.M. Hansen, I.K. Thomsen and S. Bruun

Perceiving to learn or learning to perceive? Understanding farmers' perceptions and adaptation to climate uncertainties pp. 205-216

Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen, Giovanna Seddaiu, Salvatore Gonario Pasquale Virdis, Camillo Tidore, Massimiliano Pasqui and Pier Paolo Roggero

Improving interdisciplinary collaboration in bio-economic modelling for agricultural systems pp. 217-224

Marit Kragt, David Pannell, A. McVittie, A.W. Stott, Bouda Vosough Ahmadi and P. Wilson

Volume 142, issue C, 2016

Phosphorus management on Irish dairy farms post controls introduced under the EU Nitrates Directive pp. 1-8

Cathal Buckley, David P. Wall, Brian Moran, Stephen O'Neill and Paul N.C. Murphy

Ex-ante analysis of opportunities for the sustainable intensification of maize production in Mozambique pp. 9-22

Caspar W. Roxburgh and Daniel Rodriguez

Producing oat drink or cow's milk on a Swedish farm — Environmental impacts considering the service of grazing, the opportunity cost of land and the demand for beef and protein pp. 23-32

Elin Röös, Mikaela Patel and Johanna Spångberg

The Harrington Seed Destructor: Its role and value in farming systems facing the challenge of herbicide-resistant weeds pp. 33-40

A. Jacobs and R. Kingwell

Ambient climate and soil effects on the headspace under clear mulch film pp. 41-50

S.N. Lisson, M. Tarbath, R. Corkrey, E.A. Pinkard, B. Laycock, S.M. Howden, T. Botwright Acuña and A. Makin

Field-scale modeling of tree–crop interactions: Challenges and development needs pp. 51-69

Eike Luedeling, Philip J. Smethurst, Frédéric Baudron, Jules Bayala, Neil I. Huth, Meine van Noordwijk, Chin K. Ong, Rachmat Mulia, Betha Lusiana, Catherine Muthuri and Fergus L. Sinclair

Scenarios for Australian agricultural production and land use to 2050 pp. 70-83

Michael J. Grundy, Brett A. Bryan, Martin Nolan, Michael Battaglia, Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Jeffery D. Connor and Brian A. Keating

Evaluation of the economic feasibility of water harvesting for irrigation in a large semi-arid tropical catchment in northern Australia pp. 84-98

C. Petheram, L. McKellar, L. Holz, P. Poulton, S. Podger and S. Yeates

Carbon footprint of heliciculture: A case study from an Italian experimental farm pp. 99-111

Annachiara Forte, Amalia Zucaro, Gionata De Vico and Angelo Fierro

Designing a three-dimensional performance measurement system (SMD3D) for the wine industry: A Chilean example pp. 112-121

Lionel Valenzuela and Sergio Maturana

Farmers as agents in innovation systems. Empowering farmers for innovation through communities of practice pp. 122-130

Aleksandra Dolinska and Patrick d'Aquino

Volume 141, issue C, 2015

Cooperative agricultural production to exploit individual heterogeneity under a delivery target: The case of cotton in Uzbekistan pp. 1-13

Nodir Djanibekov, Utkur Djanibekov, Rolf Sommer and Martin Petrick

Trade-offs between profit, production, and environmental footprint on pasture-based dairy farms in the Waikato region of New Zealand pp. 14-23

Graeme J. Doole and Alvaro J. Romera

Analysing yield trends in the South African sugar industry pp. 24-35

M.R. Jones and A. Singels

Impacts of animal genetic gain on the profitability of three different grassland farming systems producing red meat pp. 36-47

B.R. Thompson, D.R. Stevens, A.C. Bywater, J.M. Rendel and N.R. Cox

A spatial micro-econometric approach to estimating climate change impacts on wine firm performance: A case study from Moldavia region, Romania pp. 48-57

Maria De Salvo, Diego Begalli, Roberta Capitello and Giovanni Signorello

Costs and benefits of ammonia and particulate matter abatement in German agriculture including interactions with greenhouse gas emissions pp. 58-68

Susanne Wagner, Elisabeth Angenendt, Olga Beletskaya and Jürgen Zeddies

Understanding socio-economic and policy constraints to dairy development in Ethiopia: A coupled functional-structural innovation systems analysis pp. 69-78

E. Kebebe, Aj Duncan, L. Klerkx, I.J.M. de Boer and S.J. Oosting

How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: An expanded life cycle analysis pp. 79-93

G.C. Rótolo, S. Montico, C.A. Francis and S. Ulgiati

Improving operational maize yield forecasting in Hungary pp. 94-106

Attila Bussay, Marijn van der Velde, Davide Fumagalli and Lorenzo Seguini

Which farm characteristics influence work satisfaction? An analysis of two agricultural systems pp. 107-112

T. Besser and Stefan Mann

Optimizing yield distribution under biological and economic constraints: Florida strawberries as a model for perishable commodities pp. 113-120

Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan and Vance Whitaker

Taken as a given: Evaluating the accuracy of remotely sensed crop data in the USA pp. 121-125

Ashley E. Larsen, Brandon T. Hendrickson, Nicholas Dedeic and Andrew J. MacDonald

Resource use and benefits of mixed farming approach in arecanut ecosystem in India pp. 126-137

Sujatha S. and Ravi Bhat

Faba beans for biorefinery feedstock or feed? Greenhouse gas and energy balances of different applications pp. 138-148

Hanna Karlsson, Serina Ahlgren, Ingrid Strid and Per-Anders Hansson

Combining participatory approaches and an agent-based model for better planning shrimp aquaculture pp. 149-159

Olivier M. Joffre, Roel H. Bosma, Arend Ligtenberg, Van Pham Dang Tri, Tran Thi Phung Ha and Arnold K. Bregt

Sustainable agricultural development in a rural area in the Netherlands? Assessing impacts of climate and socio-economic change at farm and landscape level pp. 160-173

Pytrik Reidsma, Martha M. Bakker, Argyris Kanellopoulos, Shah J. Alam, Wim Paas, Johannes Kros and Wim de Vries