Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

Current editor(s): J.W. Hansen, P.K. Thornton and P.B.M. Berentsen

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Volume 79, issue 3, 2004

A critical assessment of the system of rice intensification (SRI) pp. 261-281

A. Dobermann

The efficacy of controlling phosphorus loading: the case of management-intensive grazing pp. 283-303

Jonathan R. Winsten and Jeffrey Stokes

RIM: a bioeconomic model for integrated weed management of Lolium rigidum in Western Australia pp. 305-325

David Pannell, Vanessa Stewart, Anne Bennett, Marta Monjardino, Carmel Schmidt and Stephen B. Powles

Sustainability of ecological and conventional agricultural systems in Bangladesh: an assessment based on environmental, economic and social perspectives pp. 327-351

Golam Rasul and Gopal B. Thapa

Investigating technical efficiency and potential technological change in Dutch pig farming pp. 353-367

Alfons Oude Lansink and Stijn Reinhard

Physical Methods in Agriculture: Approaches to Precision and Quality: J. Blahovec and M. Kutilek; Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, 2002, 454 pages, hardback, ISBN 0-306-47430-1, [euro]205 (US$195) pp. 369-370

Ernest W. Tollner

Volume 79, issue 2, 2004

Who is using the new technology? The association of wealth status and gender with the planting of improved tree fallows in Eastern Province, Zambia pp. 131-144

Donald Phiri, Steven Franzel, Paramu Mafongoya, Isaac Jere, Roza Katanga and Stanslous Phiri

A scenario exploration of strategic land use options for the Loess Plateau in northern China pp. 145-170

C. H. Lu, M. K. van Ittersum and R. Rabbinge

A decision support system to improve individual cattle management. 1. A mechanistic, dynamic model for animal growth pp. 171-204

Luis Orlindo Tedeschi, Danny G. Fox and Pablo J. Guiroy

Facilitated learning in soil fertility management: assessing potentials of low-external-input technologies in east African farming systems pp. 205-223

A. de Jager, D. Onduru and C. Walaga

Agroecosystem sustainability: a system simulation model approach pp. 225-241

Ken Belcher, M. M. Boehm and M. E. Fulton

High temperature index--for field evaluation of heat tolerance in wheat varieties pp. 243-255

Jagadish Rane and Shantha Nagarajan

Agronomic Handbook: Management of Crops, Soils, and their Fertility: J.B. Jones, Jr.; CRC, Boca Raton, 2003, 450 pages, hardback, ISBN 0-8493-0897-6, US$99.95 pp. 257-258

Joel K. Ransom

Volume 79, issue 1, 2004

Uptake pathways: the potential of Bayesian belief networks to assist the management, monitoring and evaluation of development-orientated research pp. 3-15

J. S. Henderson and R. W. Burn

Assessing the performance of a nucleus estate and smallholder scheme for oil palm production in West Sumatra: a stochastic frontier analysis pp. 17-30

Hasnah, Euan Fleming and Timothy Coelli

Learning from failure: smallholder farming systems and IPM in Malawi pp. 31-54

Alastair Orr and J. Mark Ritchie

Spatial carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus budget of a village in the West African savanna--I. Element pools and structure of a mixed-farming system pp. 55-81

Raphael J. Manlay, Alexandre Ickowicz, Dominique Masse, Christian Floret, Didier Richard and Christian Feller

Spatial carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus budget in a village of the West African savanna--II. Element flows and functioning of a mixed-farming system pp. 83-107

Raphael J. Manlay, Alexandre Ickowicz, Dominique Masse, Christian Feller and Didier Richard

Analysis of field machinery performance based on daily soil workability status using discrete event simulation or on average workday probability pp. 109-129

A. de Toro and P. -A. Hansson

Volume 78, issue 3, 2003

Dry mass production and leaf area development of field-grown ornamental conifers: measurements and simulation pp. 337-353

A. A. Pronk, E. Heuvelink and H. Challa

Simulation of winter wheat yield and water use efficiency in the Loess Plateau of China using WAVES pp. 355-367

Shaozhong Kang, Lu Zhang, Yinli Liang and Warrick Dawes

The impacts of greenhouse gas abatement policies on the predominantly grazing systems of south-western Australia pp. 369-386

Elizabeth Petersen, Steven Schilizzi and David Bennett

Assessing the technical efficiency of horticultural production in Navarra, Spain pp. 387-403

Belen Iraizoz, Manuel Rapun Garate and Idoia Zabaleta

Economic assessment of technological change and land degradation in agriculture: application to the Sri Lanka tea sector pp. 405-423

Rohan T. Jayasuriya

The effects of scale on crop yield variability pp. 425-434

T. Gorski and K. Gorska

Volume 78, issue 2, 2003

Preface pp. 119-121

Robert Chambers

Foreword pp. 123-125

Peter J. Matlon

Using evaluation to enhance institutional learning and change: recent experiences with agricultural research and development pp. 127-142

Douglas Horton and Ronald Mackay

Expanding the use of impact assessment and evaluation in agricultural research and development pp. 143-165

Ronald Mackay and Douglas Horton

Why impact analysis should not be used for research evaluation and what the alternatives are pp. 166-184

Javier Ekboir

Disciplines, institutions and organizations: impact assessments in context pp. 185-211

Rajeswari S. Raina

From measuring impact to learning institutional lessons: an innovation systems perspective on improving the management of international agricultural research pp. 213-241

Andrew Hall, V. Rasheed Sulaiman, Norman Clark and B. Yoganand

Impact pathway evaluation: an approach for achieving and attributing impact in complex systems pp. 243-265

Boru Douthwaite, Thomas Kuby, Elske van de Fliert and Steffen Schulz

Impact pathway analysis: an approach to strengthening the impact orientation of agricultural research pp. 267-285

Andreas Springer-Heinze, Frank Hartwich, J. Simon Henderson, Douglas Horton and Isaac Minde

Measuring the impact of user participation in agricultural and natural resource management research pp. 287-306

Nancy L. Johnson, Nina Lilja and Jacqueline A. Ashby

An analysis of IPGRI's influence on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture pp. 307-327

Raphael Sauve and Jamie Watts

Volume 78, issue 1, 2003

The ALMANAC model's sensitivity to input variables pp. 1-16

Yun Xie, James R. Kiniry and Jimmy R. Williams

Evaluation and application of the OILCROP-SUN model for sunflower in southern Italy pp. 17-30

Michele Rinaldi, Nicola Losavio and Zina Flagella

Identification of farmer characteristics and farm strategies explaining changes in environmental management and environmental and economic performance of dairy farms pp. 31-55

C. J. M. Ondersteijn, G. W. J. Giesen and R. B. M. Huirne

Agroforestry adoption in southern Malawi: the case of mixed intercropping of Gliricidia sepium and maize pp. 57-71

Paul Thangata and J. R. R. Alavalapati

Analysis of strategic planning of Dutch pig farmers using a multivariate probit model pp. 73-84

Alfons Oude Lansink, Mirella van den Berg and Ruud Huirne

Assessment of the quality of farmers' environmental management and its effects on resource use efficiency: a Dutch case study pp. 85-103

T. J. de Koeijer, Ada Wossink, A. B. Smit, S. R. M. Janssens, J. A. Renkema and P. C. Struik

Uncertain Control of Dynamic Economic Threshold in Pest Management pp. 105-118

Yunchang Bor

Volume 77, issue 3, 2003

Quantitative and visual assessments of climate change impacts on South Australian wheat production pp. 173-186

Qunying Luo, Martin A. J. Williams, William Bellotti and Brett Bryan

Farmer nurseries as a catalyst for developing sustainable land use systems in southern Africa. Part A: Nursery productivity and organization pp. 187-201

Andreas Bohringer, Elias T. Ayuk, Roza Katanga and Stephen Ruvuga

Farmer nurseries as a catalyst for developing sustainable land use systems in southern Africa. Part B: Support systems, early impact and policy issues pp. 203-217

Andreas Bohringer and Elias T. Ayuk

Efficiencies and biomass appropriation of food commodities on global and regional levels pp. 219-255

Stefan Wirsenius

Volume 77, issue 2, 2003

Systems analysis by graph theoretical techniques: assessment of the agricultural innovation system of Azerbaijan pp. 91-116

Tugrul Temel, Willem Janssen and Fuad Karimov

Delineation of suitable areas for crops using a Multi-Criteria Evaluation approach and land use/cover mapping: a case study in Central Mexico pp. 117-136

Alejandro Ceballos-Silva and Jorge Lopez-Blanco

Modelling apple orchard systems pp. 137-154

Susan M. Hester and Oscar Cacho

Comparative performance of selected mathematical programming models pp. 155-171

M. Arriaza and J. A. Gomez-Limon

Volume 77, issue 1, 2003

Achieving efficiency and equity in irrigation management: an optimization model of the El Angel watershed, Carchi, Ecuador pp. 1-22

Elizabeth M. Evans, David R. Lee, Richard N. Boisvert, Blanca Arce, Tammo S. Steenhuis, Mauricio Prano and Susan V. Poats

Predicting regional rice production in South Korea using spatial data and crop-growth modeling pp. 23-38

Jin I. Yun

Mapping livestock-oriented agricultural production systems for the developing world pp. 39-63

R. L. Kruska, R. S. Reid, P. K. Thornton, N. Henninger and P. M. Kristjanson

Irrigation deficits and farmers' vulnerability in Southern India pp. 65-88

Cecile Brugere and John Lingard