Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 107, issue C, 2012

Sequence effects among crops on alluvial-derived soil compared with those on glacial till-derived soil in the northern Great Plains, USA pp. 1-12

Stephen D. Merrill, Donald L. Tanaka, Mark A. Liebig, Joseph M. Krupinsky, Jonathan D. Hanson and Randy L. Anderson

Nitrogen use and the effects of nitrogen taxation under consideration of production and price risks pp. 13-20

Robert Finger

Groundwater markets under the water scarcity and declining watertable conditions: The upland Balochistan Region of Pakistan pp. 21-32

Syed M. Khair, Shahbaz Mushtaq, Richard Culas and Mohsin Hafeez

A life cycle assessment of seasonal grass-based and confinement dairy farms pp. 33-46

O’Brien, Donal, Laurence Shalloo, Joe Patton, Frank Buckley, Chris Grainger and Michael Wallace

Bt cotton and sustainability of pesticide reductions in India pp. 47-55

Vijesh Krishna and Matin Qaim

A system dynamics approach to land use changes in agro-pastoral systems on the desert margins of Sahel pp. 56-64

Laura Vang Rasmussen, Kjeld Rasmussen, Anette Reenberg and Simon Proud

The intuitive world of farmers – The case of grazing management systems and experts pp. 65-73

Peter L. Nuthall

Modelling rice and cotton acreage response in the Murray Darling Basin in Australia pp. 74-82

Frank Agbola and Nigel Evans

The social and other impacts of a cattle/crop innovation in Cambodia pp. 83-91

T.W. Maxwell, You Songly, Boratana Ung, Leakhna Peou and Jenny Reid

Volume 106, issue 1, 2012

The life cycle impacts of feed for modern grow-finish Northern Great Plains US swine production pp. 1-10

James J. Stone, Christopher R. Dollarhide, Jennifer L. Benning, C. Gregg Carlson and David E. Clay

Agricultural land management strategies to reduce phosphorus loads in the Gippsland Lakes, Australia pp. 11-22

Anna M. Roberts, David Pannell, Graeme Doole and Olga Vigiak

Influence of plant traits on production costs and profitability of strawberry in southeast Queensland pp. 23-32

Mark E. Herrington, Malcolm Wegener, Craig Hardner, Louella L. Woolcock and Mark J. Dieters

Farmers use intuition to reinvent analytic decision support for managing seasonal climatic variability pp. 33-45

R.L. McCown, P.S. Carberry, N.P. Dalgliesh, M.A. Foale and Z. Hochman

Review and analysis of documented patterns of agricultural research impacts in Southeast Asia pp. 46-58

Mywish Maredia and David Raitzer

Extending results from agricultural fields with intensively monitored data to surrounding areas for water quality management pp. 59-71

P. Heilman, R.W. Malone, L. Ma, J.L. Hatfield, L.R. Ahuja, K.P. Boyle and R.S. Kanwar

Managing the grazing landscape: Insights for agricultural adaptation from a mid-drought photo-elicitation study in the Australian sheep-wheat belt pp. 72-83

Kate Sherren, Joern Fischer and Ioan Fazey

Potassium carryover dynamics and optimal application policies in cotton production pp. 84-93

David C. Harper, Dayton Lambert, James Larson and C. Owen Gwathmey

A longitudinal examination of business performance indicators for drought-affected farms pp. 94-101

R.A. Lawes and R.S. Kingwell

A bio-economic evaluation of the profitability of adopting subtropical grasses and pasture-cropping on crop–livestock farms pp. 102-112

J.D. Finlayson, R.A. Lawes, T. Metcalf, M.J. Robertson, D. Ferris and M.A. Ewing

Volume 104, issue 9, 2011

Second-order cybernetics as a tool to understand why pastoralists do what they do pp. 655-665

Brigitte A. Kaufmann

Using automated monitoring systems to uncover pest population dynamics in agricultural fields pp. 666-670

Toshinori Okuyama, En-Cheng Yang, Chia-Pang Chen, Tzu-Shiang Lin, Cheng-Long Chuang and Joe-Air Jiang

Revenue risk management, risk aversion and the use of Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Cattle insurance pp. 671-678

Mayuri Valvekar, Jean P. Chavas, Brian W. Gould and Victor E. Cabrera

Emergy assessment of a coffee farm in Brazilian Cerrado considering in a broad form the environmental services, negative externalities and fair price pp. 679-688

B.F. Giannetti, Y. Ogura, S.H. Bonilla and C.M.V.B. Almeida

Competitiveness of beef farming in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil pp. 689-693

P.R. Marques, J.O.J. Barcellos, C. McManus, R.P. Oaigen, F.C. Collares, M.E.A. Canozzi and V.N. Lampert

Spatially targeting the distribution of agricultural input stockists in Malawi pp. 694-702

Andrew Farrow, Kumbirai Risinamhodzi, Shamie Zingore and Robert J. Delve

Exploring global irrigation patterns: A multilevel modelling approach pp. 703-713

Kathleen Neumann, Elke Stehfest, Peter Verburg, Stefan Siebert, Christoph Müller and Tom Veldkamp

How does research address the design of innovative agricultural production systems at the farm level? A review pp. 714-728

P.-Y. Le Gal, P. Dugué, G. Faure and S. Novak

Building a climate resilient farm: A risk based approach for understanding water, energy and emissions in irrigated agriculture pp. 729-745

T.M. Jackson, Munir A. Hanjra, S. Khan and M.M. Hafeez

The effects of changing regional Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System on Italian farmers’ strategies pp. 746-754

Stefano Pascucci and Tiziana de-Magistris

Crop management based on field observations: Case studies in sugarcane and coffee pp. 755-769

James Cock, Thomas Oberthür, Camilo Isaacs, Peter Roman Läderach, Alberto Palma, Javier Carbonell, Jorge Victoria, Geoff Watts, Alvaro Amaya, Laure Collet, Germán Lema and Einar Anderson

Mitigating environmental externalities in livestock production through feed biotechnologies pp. 770-780

James Kaufman and Nicholas G. Kalaitzandonakes

Volume 104, issue 8, 2011

Pasture and forage crop systems for non-irrigated dairy farms in southern Australia: 3. Estimated economic value of additional home-grown feed pp. 589-599

D.F. Chapman, S.N. Kenny and N. Lane

Modelling the fate of water and nitrogen in the mixed vegetable farming systems of northern Tasmania, Australia pp. 600-608

S.N. Lisson and W.E. Cotching

Cattle, ethanol, and biogas: Does closing the loop make economic sense? pp. 609-614

Eric DeVuyst, Scott W. Pryor, Greg Lardy, Wallace Eide and Ron Wiederholt

Analyzing the effects of risk and uncertainty on optimal tillage and nitrogen fertilizer intensity for field crops in Germany pp. 615-622

Markus Gandorfer, David Pannell and Andreas Meyer-Aurich

Environmental and economic impacts of reducing total phosphorous runoff in an agricultural watershed pp. 623-633

Hector Rodriguez Diaz, Jennie Popp, Edward Gbur and Indrajeet Chaubey

Adaptive optimization of crop production and nitrogen leaching abatement under yield uncertainty pp. 634-644

Kari Hyytiäinen, Jarkko K. Niemi, Kauko Koikkalainen, Taru Palosuo and Tapio Salo

Precipitation or water capacity indices? An analysis of the benefits of alternative underlyings for index insurance pp. 645-653

Ulla Kellner and Oliver Musshoff

Volume 104, issue 7, 2011

The whole-farm benefits of controlled traffic farming: An Australian appraisal pp. 513-521

Ross Kingwell and Amy Fuchsbichler

Changing environmental characteristics of European cropland pp. 522-532

M.M. Bakker, E. Hatna, T. Kuhlman and C.A. Mücher

Crop protection in European maize-based cropping systems: Current practices and recommendations for innovative Integrated Pest Management pp. 533-540

V.P. Vasileiadis, M. Sattin, S. Otto, A. Veres, Z. Pálinkás, R. Ban, X. Pons, P. Kudsk, R. van der Weide, E. Czembor, A.C. Moonen and J. Kiss

The profitability and risk of dairy cow wintering strategies in the Southland region of New Zealand pp. 541-550

P.C. Beukes, P. Gregorini, A.J. Romera and D.E. Dalley

Identifying and controlling critical sources of farm phosphorus imbalances for Vermont dairy farms pp. 551-561

Lula T. Ghebremichael and Mary C. Watzin

Cropcheck: Farmer benchmarking participatory model to improve productivity pp. 562-571

John Lacy

Sustainable agriculture: A case study of a small Lopez Island farm pp. 572-579

J.R. Reeve, L. Carpenter-Boggs and H. Sehmsdorf

Insecticide use impacts of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Farmer Field Schools: Evidence from onion farmers in the Philippines pp. 580-587

J.M. Yorobe , Roderick Rejesus and M.D. Hammig

Volume 104, issue 6, 2011

Emerging consensus on desirable characteristics of tools to support farmers' management of climate risk in Australia pp. 441-450

Z. Hochman and P.S. Carberry

Does the adoption of zero tillage reduce greenhouse gas emissions? An assessment for the grains industry in Australia pp. 451-458

T.N. Maraseni and G. Cockfield

The impact of various parameters on the carbon footprint of milk production in New Zealand and Sweden pp. 459-469

Anna Flysjö, Maria Henriksson, Christel Cederberg, Stewart Ledgard and Jan-Eric Englund

Generating crop sequences in land-use models using maximum entropy and Markov chains pp. 470-479

Joachim Aurbacher and Stephan Dabbert

Sensitivity to information upscaling of agro-ecological assessments: Application to soil organic carbon management pp. 480-490

Luca Bechini, Nicola Castoldi and Alfred Stein

Methods for mapping local food production capacity from agricultural statistics pp. 491-499

Kathryn T. Morrison, Trisalyn A. Nelson and Aleck S. Ostry

Breaking down the growth of family farms: A case study of an intensive Mediterranean agriculture pp. 500-511

Olga M. Moreno-Pérez, Eladio Arnalte-Alegre and Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda

Volume 104, issue 5, 2011

Dairy farm nutrient management model. 1. Model description and validation pp. 371-382

J. Nousiainen, M. Tuori, E. Turtola and P. Huhtanen

Dairy farm nutrient management model: 2. Evaluation of different strategies to mitigate phosphorus surplus pp. 383-391

Pekka Huhtanen, Juha Nousiainen and Eila Turtola

The impact of integrated aquaculture-agriculture on small-scale farm sustainability and farmers' livelihoods: Experience from Bangladesh pp. 392-402

Khondker Murshed-E-Jahan and Diemuth Pemsl

Environmental impacts from herbicide tolerant canola production in Western Canada pp. 403-410

Stuart J. Smyth, Michael Gusta, Ken Belcher, Peter W.B. Phillips and David Castle

An agronomic, economic and behavioral analysis of N application to cotton and wheat in post-Soviet Uzbekistan pp. 411-418

Kirsten M. Kienzler, Nodir Djanibekov and John P.A. Lamers

Sugar and ethanol production as a rural development strategy in Brazil: Evidence from the state of São Paulo pp. 419-428

Luiz A. Martinelli, Rachael Garrett, Silvio Ferraz and Rosamond Naylor

Nitrate transport modeling to evaluate source water protection scenarios for a municipal well in an agricultural area pp. 429-439

Alexandre Bonton, Alain Rouleau, Christian Bouchard and Manuel J. Rodriguez

Volume 104, issue 4, 2011

Developing environmental principles, criteria, indicators and norms for potato production in South Africa through field surveys and modelling pp. 297-306

A.C. Franke, J.M. Steyn, K.S. Ranger and A.J. Haverkort

The effect of parameter uncertainty on whole-field nitrogen recommendations from nitrogen-rich strips and ramped strips in winter wheat pp. 307-314

David Roberts, B Brorsen, John B. Solie and William R. Raun

Economic and environmental evaluation of three goal-vision based scenarios for organic dairy farming in Denmark pp. 315-325

Frank W. Oudshoorn, Claus Aage G. Sørensen and Imke I.J.M. de Boer

Agronomic and economic benefits of coffee-banana intercropping in Uganda's smallholder farming systems pp. 326-334

P.J.A. van Asten, L.W.I. Wairegi, D. Mukasa and N.O. Uringi

Submergence risks and farmers' preferences: Implications for breeding Sub1 rice in Southeast Asia pp. 335-347

D.O. Manzanilla, T.R. Paris, G.V. Vergara, A.M. Ismail, S. Pandey, R.V. Labios, G.T. Tatlonghari, R.D. Acda, T.T.N. Chi, K. Duoangsila, I. Siliphouthone, M.O.A. Manikmas and D.J. Mackill

The impact of climate change on maize yields in the United States and China pp. 348-353

Xiang Li, Taro Takahashi, Nobuhiro Suzuki and Harry Kaiser

Targeting rural development interventions: Empirical agent-based modeling in Nigerien villages pp. 354-364

M. Saqalli, B. Gérard, C.L. Bielders and P. Defourny

Redirecting technology to support sustainable farm management practices pp. 365-370

G.C. Rains, D.M. Olson and W.J. Lewis

Volume 104, issue 3, 2011

Life cycle assessment of Swiss farming systems: I. Integrated and organic farming pp. 217-232

Thomas Nemecek, David Dubois, Olivier Huguenin-Elie and Gérard Gaillard

Life cycle assessment of Swiss farming systems: II. Extensive and intensive production pp. 233-245

Thomas Nemecek, Olivier Huguenin-Elie, David Dubois, Gérard Gaillard, Britta Schaller and Andreas Chervet

A resource demand model of indigenous production: The Jivaroan cultivation systems of Western Amazonia pp. 246-257

Santiago López and Rodrigo Sierra

Interpretation of commercial production information: A case study of lulo (Solanum quitoense), an under-researched Andean fruit pp. 258-270

Daniel Jiménez, James Cock, Andy Jarvis, James Garcia, Héctor F. Satizábal, Patrick Van Damme, Andrés Pérez-Uribe and Miguel A. Barreto-Sanz

The effect of situational variability in climate and soil, choice of animal type and N fertilisation level on nitrogen leaching from pastoral farming systems around Lake Taupo, New Zealand pp. 271-280

J.R. Bryant, V.O. Snow, R. Cichota and B.H. Jolly

Modelling the interactions between regional farming structure, nitrogen losses and environmental regulation pp. 281-291

K. Happe, N.J. Hutchings, T. Dalgaard and K. Kellerman

The contribution of maize cropping in the Midwest USA to global warming: A regional estimate pp. 292-296

Peter R. Grace, G. Philip Robertson, Neville Millar, Manuel Colunga-Garcia, Bruno Basso, Stuart H. Gage and John Hoben

Volume 104, issue 2, 2011

Integrated assessment of sustainability of agricultural systems and land use: Methods, tools and applications pp. 105-109

Irina Bezlepkina, Pytrik Reidsma, Stefan Sieber and Katharina Helming

Regional impacts of abolishing direct payments: An integrated analysis in four European regions pp. 110-121

Sandra Uthes, Annette Piorr, Peter Zander, Jerzy Bienkowski, Fabrizio Ungaro, Tommy Dalgaard, Matthias Stolze, Heidrun Moschitz, Christian Schader, Kathrin Happe, Amanda Sahrbacher, Martin Damgaard, Verena Toussaint, Claudia Sattler, Franz-Josef Reinhardt, Chris Kjeldsen, Leonardo Casini and Klaus Müller

Integration of bio-physical and economic models to analyze management intensity and landscape structure effects at farm and landscape level pp. 122-134

Martin Schönhart, Thomas Schauppenlehner, Erwin Schmid and Andreas Muhar

Assessing the impact of the Nitrate Directive on farming systems using a bio-economic modelling chain pp. 135-145

Hatem Belhouchette, Kamel Louhichi, Olivier Therond, Ioanna Mouratiadou, Jacques Wery, Martin van Ittersum and Guillermo Flichman

Integrated participatory modelling of actual farms to support policy making on sustainable intensification pp. 146-161

Jonathan Vayssières, Mathieu Vigne, Véronique Alary and Philippe Lecomte

Evaluation of the water use efficiency of alternative farm practices at a range of spatial and temporal scales: A conceptual framework and a modelling approach pp. 162-174

A.D. Moore, M.J. Robertson and R. Routley

Competing use of organic resources, village-level interactions between farm types and climate variability in a communal area of NE Zimbabwe pp. 175-190

M.C. Rufino, J. Dury, P. Tittonell, M.T. van Wijk, M. Herrero, S. Zingore, P. Mapfumo and K.E. Giller

Communicating complexity: Integrated assessment of trade-offs concerning soil fertility management within African farming systems to support innovation and development pp. 191-203

K.E. Giller, P. Tittonell, M.C. Rufino, M.T. van Wijk, S. Zingore, P. Mapfumo, S. Adjei-Nsiah, M. Herrero, R. Chikowo, M. Corbeels, E.C. Rowe, F. Baijukya, A. Mwijage, J. Smith, E. Yeboah, W.J. van der Burg, O.M. Sanogo, M. Misiko, N. de Ridder, S. Karanja, C. Kaizzi, J. K'ungu, M. Mwale, D. Nwaga, C. Pacini and B. Vanlauwe

Impacts of population growth, economic development, and technical change on global food production and consumption pp. 204-215

Uwe Schneider, Peter Havlik, Erwin Schmid, Hugo Valin, Aline Mosnier, Michael Obersteiner, Hannes Böttcher, Rastislav Skalský, Juraj Balkovic, Timm Sauer and Steffen Fritz

Volume 104, issue 1, 2011

Development and evaluation of an integrated simulation model for assessing smallholder crop-livestock production in Yucatán, Mexico pp. 1-12

David Parsons, Charles F. Nicholson, Robert W. Blake, Quirine M. Ketterings, Luis Ramírez-Aviles, Danny G. Fox, Luis O. Tedeschi and Jerome H. Cherney

Application of a simulation model for assessing integration of smallholder shifting cultivation and sheep production in Yucatán, Mexico pp. 13-19

David Parsons, Charles F. Nicholson, Robert W. Blake, Quirine M. Ketterings, Luis Ramírez-Aviles, Jerome H. Cherney and Danny G. Fox

The influence of agronomic advice upon soil water thresholds used for planting decisions in Southern Queensland's grains region pp. 20-29

Toni Darbas and David Lawrence

IPM of mirids in Australian cotton: Why and when pest managers spray for mirids pp. 30-41

M.E.A. Whitehouse

Livelihoods and agro-ecological gradients: A meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India pp. 42-53

Olaf Erenstein and William Thorpe

Cropping systems and crop residue management in the Trans-Gangetic Plains: Issues and challenges for conservation agriculture from village surveys pp. 54-62

Olaf Erenstein

Heterogeneity in farmers' production decisions and its impact on soil nutrient use: Results and implications from northern Nigeria pp. 63-74

E.D. Berkhout, R.A. Schipper, H. Van Keulen and O. Coulibaly

The contribution of carbon-based payments to wetland conservation compensation on agricultural landscapes pp. 75-81

Amber D. Neuman and Ken Belcher

Policies to support economic and environmental goals at farm and regional scales: Outcomes for rice farmers in Southern India depend on their resource endowment pp. 82-93

K. Senthilkumar, M.T.M.H. Lubbers, N. de Ridder, P.S. Bindraban, T.M. Thiyagarajan and K.E. Giller

Coordinated pest management decisions in the presence of management externalities: The case of greenhouse whitefly in California-grown strawberries pp. 94-103

Gregory McKee