Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 69, issue 3, 2001

Simulation of water harvesting potential in rainfed ricelands using water balance model pp. 165-182

B. Panigrahi, S. N. Panda and R. Mull

Tailoring agricultural extension to different production contexts: a user-friendly farm-household model to improve decision-making for participatory research pp. 183-198

T. Bernet, O. Ortiz, R. D. Estrada, R. Quiroz and Scott Swinton

Robust parameter settings of evolutionary algorithms for the optimisation of agricultural systems models pp. 199-213

D. G. Mayer, J. A. Belward and K. Burrage

The use of EPIC model to study the agroecological change during 93 years of farming transformation in the Argentine pampas pp. 215-234

J. N. Bernardos, E. F. Viglizzo, Pierre-André Jouvet, F. A. Lertora, A. J. Pordomingo and F. D. Cid

Continual learning for agroforestry system design: university, NGO and farmer partnership in Minas Gerais, Brazil pp. 235-257

I. M. Cardoso, I. Guijt, F. S. Franco, A. F. Carvalho and P. S. Ferreira Neto

Volume 69, issue 1-2, 2001

Process-based research in sustainable agricultural development: integrating social, economic and ecological perspectives pp. 1-3

F. L. Sinclair

Towards a natural resource management paradigm for international agriculture: the example of agroforestry research pp. 5-25

A. -M. N. Izac and P. A. Sanchez

Institutional and professional obstacles to a more effective research process for smallholder agriculture pp. 27-36

M. Collinson

Assessing the adoption potential of agroforestry practices in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 37-62

S. Franzel, R. Coe, P. Cooper, Frank Place and S. J. Scherr

Micro and macro-level approaches to modelling decision making pp. 63-83

M. J. McGregor, M. F. Rola-Rubzen and R. Murray-Prior

Integrating research results into decision making about natural resource management at a catchment scale pp. 85-98

Daniel Walker, S. G. Cowell and A. K. L. Johnson

Assessing sustainability of low-external-input farm management systems with the nutrient monitoring approach: a case study in Kenya pp. 99-118

A. De Jager, D. Onduru, M. S. van Wijk, J. Vlaming and G. N. Gachini

Identifying social, economic and technical determinants of silvopastoral practices in temperate uplands: results of a survey in the Massif Central region of France pp. 119-135

H. Rapey, Robert Lifran and A. Valadier

Continued innovation in a Cambodian rice-based farming system: farmer testing and recombination of new elements pp. 137-149

S. Mak

On-farm seed priming: using participatory methods to revive and refine a key technology pp. 151-164

D. Harris, A. K. Pathan, P. Gothkar, A. Joshi, W. Chivasa and P. Nyamudeza

Volume 68, issue 3, 2001

A systems approach for the estimation of the effects of land consolidation projects (LCPs): a model and its application pp. 179-195

J. Castro Coelho, P. Aguiar Pinto and L. Mira da Silva

Managing forest biodiversity: a zero-one goal programming approach pp. 197-213

M. Bertomeu and C. Romero

Typology of cereal-sheep farming systems in Castile-La Mancha (south-central Spain) pp. 215-232

Rafael Caballero

An inter-seasonal agricultural water allocation system (SAWAS) pp. 233-252

A. Z. Salman, E. K. Al-Karablieh and F. M. Fisher

Impacts of cropping systems on soil nitrogen storage and loss pp. 253-268

D. D. Poudel, W. R. Horwath, J. P. Mitchell and S. R. Temple

Volume 68, issue 2, 2001

Spatial validation of crop models for precision agriculture pp. 97-112

B. Basso, J. T. Ritchie, F. J. Pierce, R. P. Braga and J. W. Jones

A field practical approach for assessing biophysical sustainability of alternative agricultural systems pp. 113-135

Timothy Sulser, M. L. Duryea, L. M. Frolich and E. Guevara-Cuaspud

Evaluation of an algorithm for predicting albedo in heliotropic crops pp. 137-150

A. Weiss, T. J. Arkebauer and E. A. Walter-Shea

Calibration and use of CROPGRO-soybean model for improving soybean management under rainfed conditions pp. 151-173

B. Ruiz-Nogueira, K. J. Boote and F. Sau

Agricultural extension and rural development: breaking out of traditions pp. 175-176

M. Waithaka

Animal Welfare by Colin Spedding pp. 176-177

D. Kennedy

Volume 68, issue 1, 2001

Risk management in the design of a feeding ration: a portfolio theory approach pp. 1-20

J. M. Torres-Rojo

Organic farming and the sustainability of agricultural systems pp. 21-40

Dan Rigby and D. Caceres

Estimation of the infiltration rate of a paddy field in Yun-Lin, Taiwan pp. 41-54

Chen-Wuing Liu, Shih-Kai Chen, Shew-Wen Jou and Sheng-Feng Kuo

A model of mammalian energetics and growth: model development pp. 55-68

I. Vetharaniam, D. G. MCall, P. F. Fennessy and D. J. Garrick

A model of mammalian energetics and growth: model testing (sheep) pp. 69-91

I. Vetharaniam, D. G. McCall, P. F. Fennessy and D. J. Garrick

Statistical Experiment Design and Interpretation, an introduction with agricultural examples: C. Collins and F. Seeney. Wiley, Chichester, 1998, 280 pp. Price [pound sign]65.00 (hardback). ISBN 0 471 96006 3 pp. 93-94

Harry Booltink

Agriculture, Fertilizers and the Environment: M. Laegreid, O.C. Bockman and O. Kaarstad. CABI Publishing in association with Norsk Hydro ASA, 1999, 294 pp. Price: $22.50 or US$40.00 (paperback). ISBN 0-85199-358-3 pp. 94-96

Peter Thorburn

Volume 67, issue 3, 2001

Relating household characteristics to urban sheep keeping in West Africa pp. 139-152

M. Siegmund-Schultze and B. Rischkowsky

Characterising objective profiles of Costa Rican dairy farmers pp. 153-179

C. Solano, H. Leon, E. Perez and M. Herrero

Who makes farming decisions? A study of Costa Rican dairy farmers pp. 181-199

C. Solano, H. Leon, E. Perez and M. Herrero

A multi-objective programming approach to feed ration balancing and nutrient management pp. 201-215

Peter Tozer and Jeffrey Stokes

Volume 67, issue 2, 2001

Application of simulation technique to activity-based costing of agricultural systems: a case study pp. 71-82

Tzong-Ru Lee and Jui-Sheng Kao

On-farm assessment of regional and seasonal variation in sunflower yield in Argentina pp. 83-103

J. L. Mercau, V. O. Sadras, E. H. Satorre, C. Messina, C. Balbi, M. Uribelarrea and A. J. Hall

Modeling cropping strategies to improve human nutrition in Uganda pp. 105-120

B. D. McIntyre, D. R. Bouldin, G. H. Urey and F. Kizito

Effects of the measures envisaged in "Agenda 2000" on arable crop producers and beef and veal producers: an application of Positive Mathematical Programming to representative farms of a Spanish region pp. 121-138

L. Judez, C. Chaya, S. Martinez and A. A. Gonzalez

Volume 67, issue 1, 2001

Logistic modelling to identify and monitor local land management systems pp. 1-20

A. Gobin, P. Campling and J. Feyen

Recommendation for fertilizer application for soils via qualitative reasoning pp. 21-30

L. A. M. Palhares de Melo, D. J. Bertioli, E. V. M. Cajueiro and R. C. Bastos

The origin and hazard of inputs to crop protection in organic farming systems: are they sustainable? pp. 31-47

G. Edwards-Jones and O. Howells

Biophysical and economic tradeoffs of intercropping timber with food crops in the Philippine uplands pp. 49-69

T. M. Nissen, D. J. Midmore and A. G. Keeler

Volume 66, issue 3, 2000

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Prioritizing greenhouse gas emission mitigation measures for agriculture pp. 145-166

Suren(dra) Kulshreshtha, B. Junkins and R. Desjardins

Quantifying the environmental impact of production in agriculture and horticulture in The Netherlands: which emissions do we need to consider? pp. 167-189

J. C. Pluimers, C. Kroeze, E. J. Bakker, H. Challa and L. Hordijk

The farmer as service provider: the demand for agricultural commodities and equine services pp. 191-204

Alastair Bailey, N. Williams, M. Palmer and R. Geering

Pillar of Sand. Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?: S. Postel; WW Norton & Company, New York, and World Watch Institute, 1999, 320 pages, paperback, ISBN 0-393-31937-7, $13.95 pp. 205-206

R. Rabbinge

Volume 66, issue 2, 2000

Incorporating tillage effects into a soybean model pp. 69-98

A. A. Andales, W. D. Batchelor, C. E. Anderson, D. E. Farnham and D. K. Whigham

Quantifying trade-offs between pest sampling time and precision in commercial IPM sampling programs pp. 99-113

E. M. Cullen, F. G. Zalom, M. L. Flint and E. E. Zilbert

Effect of risk perspective on fertilizer choice by sharecroppers pp. 115-128

Krishna Paudel, Luanne Lohr and N. R. Martin

Quantitative assessment of improved rice variety adoption: the farmer's perspective pp. 129-144

S. Sall, D. Norman and Allen Featherstone

Volume 66, issue 1, 2000

Summing up dynamics: modelling biological processes in variable temperature scenarios pp. 1-15

L. M. M. Tijskens and F. Verdenius

Risk and agricultural systems in northern Cote d'Ivoire pp. 17-32

A. A. Adesina and A. D. Ouattara

Use of evolutionary methods for bioeconomic optimization models: an application to fisheries pp. 33-49

S. Mardle and Sean Pascoe

Modeling changes in farming systems with the adoption of improved fallows in southern Mali pp. 51-68

B. Kaya, P. E. Hildebrand and P. K. R. Nair