Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 82, issue 3, 2004

Methods for studying collective action in rural development pp. 197-214

Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Monica DiGregorio and Nancy McCarthy

In pursuit of comparable concepts and data about collective action pp. 215-232

Amy R. Poteete and Elinor Ostrom

Cooperation, collective action and natural resources management in Burkina Faso pp. 233-255

Nancy McCarthy, Celine Dutilly-Diane and Boureima Drabo

Assessing the factors underlying differences in achievements of farmer groups: methodological issues and empirical findings from the highlands of Central Kenya pp. 257-272

Frank Place, Gatarwa Kariuki, Justine Wangila, Patricia Kristjanson, Adolf Makauki and Jessica Ndubi

Collective action for grazing land management in crop-livestock mixed systems in the highlands of northern Ethiopia pp. 273-290

Berhanu Gebremedhin, John Pender and Girmay Tesfay

Understanding, measuring and utilizing social capital: clarifying concepts and presenting a field application from India pp. 291-305

Anirudh Krishna

What do people bring into the game? Experiments in the field about cooperation in the commons pp. 307-326

Juan-Camilo Cardenas and Elinor Ostrom

Methods of consensus building for community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh and the Mekong Delta pp. 327-353

Parvin Sultana and Paul Thompson

Volume 82, issue 2, 2004

A framework for integrating a complex harvesting and transport system for sugar production pp. 99-115

Andrew Higgins, George Antony, Gary Sandell, Ian Davies, Di Prestwidge and Bill Andrew

Regional application of a cropping systems simulation model: crop residue retention in maize production systems of Jalisco, Mexico pp. 117-138

A. D. Hartkamp, J. W. White, W. A. H. Rossing, M. K. van Ittersum, E. J. Bakker and R. Rabbinge

An LP-model to analyse economic and ecological sustainability on Dutch dairy farms: model presentation and application for experimental farm "de Marke" pp. 139-160

K. J. van Calker, Paul Berentsen, I. M. J. de Boer, G. W. J. Giesen and R. B. M. Huirne

Use of seasonal forecasts of sea surface temperature anomalies for potato fertilization management. Theoretical study considering EPIC model results at Valdivia, Chile pp. 161-180

Francisco J. Meza and Daniel S. Wilks

An empirical model for quantification of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in grass-clover mixtures pp. 181-194

Henning Hogh-Jensen, Ralf Loges, Finn V. Jorgensen, Finn P. Vinther and Erik S. Jensen

Handbook of processes and modeling in the soil-plant system pp. 195-196

Benoit Gabrielle

Volume 82, issue 1, 2004

Row configuration in rainfed cotton systems: modification of the OZCOT simulation model pp. 1-16

S. P. Milroy, M. P. Bange and A. B. Hearn

Analysing farming systems with Data Envelopment Analysis: citrus farming in Spain pp. 17-30

Ernest Reig-Martínez and Andres Picazo-Tadeo

Evaluation of land distributions with joint regard to plot size and shape pp. 31-43

X. P. Gonzalez, C. J. Alvarez and R. Crecente

Maize yield potential: critical processes and simulation modeling in a high-yielding environment pp. 45-56

James R. Kiniry, Brent Bean, Yun Xie and Pei-yu Chen

How the uncertain outcomes associated with aquatic and land resource use affect livelihood strategies in coastal communities in the Central Moluccas, Indonesia pp. 57-91

J. A. E. van Oostenbrugge, W. L. T. van Densen and M. A. M. Machiels

Plant growth modeling and applications pp. 93-94

Gail G. Wilkerson

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Agricultural Production Systems: Otto C. Doering, III, J.C. Randolph, Jane Southworth, Rebecca A. Pfeifer (Eds.); Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2002, 304 pages, hardback, ISBN 1-4020-7028-4 (US$ 85) pp. 94-96

J. T. Baker

Multiple criteria analysis for agricultural decisions, second edition pp. 96-97

Jeffrey Mullen

Volume 81, issue 3, 2004

Exploring the potential for silvopasture adoption in south-central Florida: an application of SWOT-AHP method pp. 185-199

Ram K. Shrestha, Janaki R. R. Alavalapati and Robert S. Kalmbacher

Wireless technology and satellite internet access for high-speed whole farm connectivity in precision agriculture pp. 201-212

J. M. McKinion, S. B. Turner, J. L. Willers, J. J. Read, J. N. Jenkins and John McDade

Transferability issues of soybean research: a regional example pp. 213-226

Michael Popp, Carl R. Dillon and Jennie Popp

The costs of soil carbon sequestration: an economic analysis for small-scale farming systems in Senegal pp. 227-253

Petra Tschakert

Participatory assessment of rural livelihoods in the Central Highlands of Vietnam pp. 255-272

R. A. Cramb, T. Purcell and T. C. S. Ho

Mathematical modeling for system analysis in agricultural research: Karel D. Vohnout, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003, 452 pp. Price US$149 (hardback). ISBN: 0-444-51268-3 pp. 273-274

Liwang Ma and Lajpat R. Ahuja

Sustainable agriculture in Central and Eastern European countries - the environmental effects of transition and needs for change: F.W. Gatzweiler, R. Judis, K. Hagedorn (Eds.), Shaker Verlag, Aachen, Germany, 2002, 376 pp. Price: 28.00 (softback), ISBN 3-8322-0366-4 pp. 274-275

Rolf O. Kuchenbuch

Volume 81, issue 2, 2004

Factors affecting adoption of dual-purpose forages in the Philippine uplands pp. 95-114

Ma. Lucila A. Lapar and Simeon K. Ehui

Structural econometric modelling in Australia's livestock production and marketing systems: the potential benefits of model integration for industry analysis pp. 115-131

D. T. Vere and G. R. Griffith

Derivation of steady state herd productivity using stage-structured population models and mathematical programming pp. 133-152

I. Hary

Assessing the effect of controlled seasonal breeding on steady-state productivity of pastoral goat herds in northern Kenya pp. 153-175

I. Hary

Agriculture: the potential consequences of climate variability and change for the United States pp. 177-178

K. Raja Reddy

Improving the productivity and sustainability of rice-wheat systems: issues and impacts: J.K. Ladha, J.E. Hill, R.J. Buresh, J.M.Duxbury and R.K. Gupta (Eds). ASA Special Publication Number 65, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 2003, pp. 231. Price: $36.00 (softcover). ISBN 0-89118-150-4 pp. 179-180

Pramod K. Aggarwal

Innovation in natural resource management: the role of property rights and collective action in developing countries pp. 180-181

Christine Moser

Wheel-Barrows Full of Frogs: Social Learning in Rural Resource Management: Cees Leeuwis, Rhiannon Pyburn (Eds.); Koninklijke Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands, 2002, 479 pages, paperback, ISBN 90-232-3850-8 ($40) pp. 182-184

M. Carla Roncoli

Volume 81, issue 1, 2004

A mechanistic dynamic model to estimate beef cattle growth and body composition: 1. Model description pp. 1-15

Thierry Hoch and Jacques Agabriel

A mechanistic dynamic model to estimate beef cattle growth and body composition: 2. Model evaluation pp. 17-35

Thierry Hoch and Jacques Agabriel

Epidemiological and economic modelling of classical swine fever: application to the 1997/1998 Dutch epidemic pp. 37-54

M. -J. J. Mangen, A. M. Burrell and M. C. M. Mourits

A stochastic model for crop variety selection pp. 55-72

Nina K. Detlefsen and Allan Leck Jensen

Improving yields and reducing risks in pearl millet farming in the African Sahel pp. 73-93

Anneke de Rouw

Volume 80, issue 3, 2004

A risk efficiency analysis of backgrounding and finishing steers on pasture in Saskatchewan, Canada pp. 213-233

B. J. Perillat, W. J. Brown and R. D. H. Cohen

A hierarchical partitioning method for optimizing irrigation strategies pp. 235-253

J. -E. Bergez, F. Garcia and L. Lapasse

Suitability of Multi-Agent Simulations to study irrigated system viability: application to case studies in the Senegal River Valley pp. 255-275

O. Barreteau, F. Bousquet, C. Millier and J. Weber

Systematic design and evaluation of crop rotations enhancing soil conservation, soil fertility and farm income: a case study for vegetable farms in South Uruguay pp. 277-302

S. Dogliotti, W. A. H. Rossing and M. K. van Ittersum

Crop-soil Simulation Models: Applications in Developing Countries pp. 303-305

Piara Singh

Sustainable food and agriculture pp. 305-306

Durga D. Poudel

Volume 80, issue 2, 2004

Revisiting a `cure against land hunger': soil fertility management and farming systems dynamics in the West African Sahel pp. 109-131

Nico de Ridder, Henk Breman, Herman van Keulen and Tjeerd Jan Stomph

Classification trees versus multinomial models in the analysis of urban farming systems in Central Africa pp. 133-149

N. Speybroeck, D. Berkvens, A. Mfoukou-Ntsakala, M. Aerts, N. Hens, G. Van Huylenbroeck and E. Thys

Eucalyptus-wheat interaction on Ethiopian Nitosols pp. 151-170

Selamyihun Kidanu, Tekalign Mamo and Leo Stroosnijder

The EU's Agenda 2000 reform and the sustainability of organic farming in Tuscany: ecological-economic modelling at field and farm level pp. 171-197

Cesare Pacini, Gerard Giesen, Ada Wossink, Luigi Omodei-Zorini and Ruud Huirne

The technology acceptance model and use of technology in New Zealand dairy farming pp. 199-211

Ross Flett, Fiona Alpass, Steve Humphries, Claire Massey, Stuart Morriss and Nigel Long

Volume 80, issue 1, 2004

Entrepreneurial behaviour of dutch dairy farmers under a milk quota system: goals, objectives and attitudes pp. 1-21

R. H. M. Bergevoet, C. J. M. Ondersteijn, H. W. Saatkamp, C. M. J. van Woerkum and R. B. M. Huirne

Simulating management strategies: the rotational grazing example pp. 23-42

M. J. Cros, M. Duru, F. Garcia and R. Martin-Clouaire

The tradeoff analysis model: integrated bio-physical and economic modeling of agricultural production systems pp. 43-66

J. J. Stoorvogel, John Antle, C. C. Crissman and W. Bowen

Predicting nutritional requirements and lactation performance of dual-purpose cows using a dynamic model pp. 67-83

O. Reynoso-Campos, D. G. Fox, R. W. Blake, M. C. Barry, L. O. Tedeschi, C. F. Nicholson, Harry Kaiser and P. A. Oltenacu

Optimisation of field machinery for an arable farm converting to organic farming pp. 85-103

Carina Gunnarsson and Per-Anders Hansson

Trees, crops and soil fertility pp. 105-103

Rob B. Harrison

Climate change and global crop productivity pp. 106-107

Jeffrey W. White