Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 58, issue 4, 1998

Multicriteria aid for agricultural decisions using preference relations: methodology and application pp. 483-503

Kiyotada Hayashi

Modelling farm diversity: new approaches to typology building in France pp. 505-527

E. Landais

Integrated decision making for reservoir, irrigation, and crop management pp. 529-554

A. J. M. Evers, R. L. Elliott and E. W. Stevens

Modeling the alfalfa stem nematode in irrigated alfalfa pp. 555-570

M. Sperow and D. W. Lybecker

Volume 58, issue 3, 1998

Sustainable land use and food security in developing countries: DLV's approach to policy support pp. 285-307

Herman van Keulen, Arie Kuyvenhoven and Ruerd Ruben

Exploratory land use studies and their role in strategic policy making pp. 309-330

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

Integrating agricultural research and policy analysis: analytical framework and policy applications for bio-economic modelling pp. 331-349

Ruerd Ruben, Henk Moll and Arie Kuyvenhoven

Research needs and methods for decentralised economic planning pp. 351-366

Michiel Keyzer and Roelf L. Voortman

Can agricultural sector models be a tool for policy analysis? An application for the case of Burkina Faso pp. 367-380

D. Deybe

Quantitative analysis of farming systems for policy formulation: development of new tools pp. 381-394

H. Hengsdijk, M. K. van Ittersum and W. A. H. Rossing

Technology, location and trade: Kenyan vegetables pp. 395-415

Mercy Kamau and Bradford Mills

Quantification of aggregation bias in regional agricultural land use models: application to Guacimo county, Costa Rica pp. 417-439

Hans Jansen and Jetse J. Stoorvogel

Adoption of improved land use technologies to increase food security in Burkina Faso: relating animal traction, productivity, and non-farm income pp. 441-464

Kimseyinga Savadogo, Thomas Reardon and Kyosti Pietola

Agrarian policies for sustainable land use: bio-economic modelling to assess the effectiveness of policy instruments pp. 465-481

Gideon Kruseman and Jan Bade

Volume 58, issue 2, 1998

Erosion/productivity modelling of maize farming in the Philippine uplands: Part I: parameterising the Agricultural Production Systems Simulator pp. 129-146

R.A. Nelson, J.P. Dimes, E.P. Paningbatan and D.M. Silburn

Erosion/productivity modelling of maize farming in the Philippine uplands: Part II: simulation of alternative farming methods pp. 147-163

R.a Nelson, J.p Dimes, D.m Silburn, E.p Paningbatan and R.a Cramb

Erosion/productivity modelling of maize farming in the Philippine uplands: Part III: economic analysis of alternative farming methods pp. 165-183

R.A. Nelson, R.A. Cramb and M.A. Mamicpic

A linear programming formulation of the Markovian decision process approach to modelling the dairy replacement problem pp. 185-201

C.M. Yates and T. Rehman

Empirical models of farmer behaviour using psychological, social and economic variables. Part I: linear modelling pp. 203-224

E.j Austin, J Willock, I.j Deary, G.j Gibson, J.b Dent, G Edwards-Jones, O Morgan, R Grieve and A Sutherland

Empirical models of farmer behaviour using psychological, social and economic variables. Part II: nonlinear and expert modelling pp. 225-241

E.J. Austin, J. Willock, I.J. Deary, G.J. Gibson, J.B. Dent, G. Edwards-Jones, O. Morgan, R. Grieve and A. Sutherland

Tabu search not an optimal choice for models of agricultural systems pp. 243-251

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

Shifting from extensive to intensive agricultural systems: a case study in the Sudan pp. 253-268

Mohamed M Ahmed and John H Sanders

Volume 58, issue 1, 1998

Simulation of phenological development of wheat crops pp. 1-24

Enli Wang and Thomas Engel

Field time constraints for farm planning models pp. 25-37

Martin N. Etyang, Paul Preckel, James K. Binkley and D. Howard Doster

Optimal furrow irrigation scheduling under heterogeneous conditions pp. 39-55

N. S. Raghuwanshi and W. W. Wallender

EXSYS, an expert system for diagnosing flowerbulb diseases, pests and non-parasitic disorders pp. 57-85

M. A. Kramers, C. G. M. Conijn and C. Bastiaansen

Simulation of elevated CO2 effects on daily net canopy carbon assimilation and crop yield pp. 87-106

J. Melkonian, S. J. Riha and D. S. Wilks

An analysis of commercial vegetable farms in relation to sustainability in the uplands of Southeast Asia pp. 107-128

D. D. Poudel, D. J. Midmore and W. L. Hargrove

Volume 57, issue 4, 1998

Expected effects of devaluation on cereal production in the Sudanian Region of Mali pp. 489-503

Ousmane Coulibaly, Jeffrey D. Vitale and John H. Sanders

A conceptual approach to dynamic agricultural land-use modelling pp. 505-521

P. K. Thornton and P. G. Jones

Assessing the effects of land management and catchment hydrology on well water quality in a designated nitrate vulnerable zone pp. 523-540

F. Trabada-Crende and A. J. A. Vinten

Modelling farmer behaviour: a personal construct theory interpretation of hierarchical decision models pp. 541-556

Roy Murray-Prior

The use of a phenology model and of risk analyses for planning buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) sowing dates in Alpine areas pp. 557-569

Johann Baumgartner, Per Schilperoord, Paolo Basetti, Alberto Baiocchi and Mauro Jermini

The impact of river access rules on dairy farm incomes: A case study of the Williams River pp. 571-584

D. Brennan

An optimization model for zero-excess phosphorus management pp. 585-597

Evangelyn C. Alocilja

Energy utilization in crop and dairy production in organic and conventional livestock production systems pp. 599-630

Karen Refsgaard, Niels Halberg and Erik Steen Kristensen

Volume 57, issue 3, 1998

Editorial introduction pp. 227-229

David H. White

Evolution of drought policy and related science in Australia and South Africa pp. 231-258

B. O'Meagher, L. G. du Pisani and D. H. White

A framework for estimating the extent and severity of drought, based on a grazing system in south-eastern Australia pp. 259-270

David H. White, S. Mark Howden, James J. Walcott and Rob M. Cannon

Assessing the historical frequency of drought events on grazing properties in Australian rangelands pp. 271-299

D. M. Stafford Smith and G. M. McKeon

Using the GrassGro decision support tool to evaluate some objective criteria for the definition of exceptional drought pp. 301-313

J. R. Donnelly, M. Freer and A. D. Moore

Assessing exceptional drought with a cropping systems simulator: a case study for grain production in northeast Australia pp. 315-332

B. A. Keating and H. Meinke

Objective criteria for estimating the severity of drought in the wheat cropping areas of Australia pp. 333-350

David J. Stephens

Framework for forecasting the extent and severity of drought in maize in the Free State Province of South Africa pp. 351-365

J. M. de Jager, A. B. Potgieter and W. J. van den Berg

Assessing rangeland drought in South Africa pp. 367-380

L. G. du Pisani, H. J. Fouche and J. C. Venter

Evaluation of strategies for tracking climatic variation in semi-arid grazing systems pp. 381-398

A. W. Illius, J. F. Derry and I. J. Gordon

The current and potential operational uses of remote sensing to aid decisions on drought exceptional circumstances in Australia: a review pp. 399-468

Tim R. McVicar and David L. B. Jupp

Exceptional circumstances provisions in Australia--is there too much emphasis on drought? pp. 469-488

David Thompson and Roy Powell

Volume 57, issue 2, 1998

Evaluating CropSyst simulations of wheat management in a wheat-fallow region of the US pacific northwest pp. 121-134

C. D. Pannkuk, C. O. Stockle and R. I. Papendick

Co-ordination processes in a collectively managed cropping system: Double cropping of irrigated rice in Senegal pp. 135-159

Pierre-Yves Le Gal and Francois Papy

RZWQM: Simulating the effects of management on water quality and crop production pp. 161-195

J. D. Hanson, L. R. Ahuja, M. D. Shaffer, K. W. Rojas, D. G. DeCoursey, H. Farahani and K. Johnson

A generic model of hierarchy for systems analysis and simulation pp. 197-225

Robert M. Caldwell and Anthony A. J. Fernandez

Volume 57, issue 1, 1998

Optimal input cost sharing for tenants: Implications for negotiating efficiency pp. 1-11

Krishna Paudel, Luanne Lohr and Neil R. Martin

Agroecological aspects of evaluating agricultural R&D pp. 13-41

Stanley Wood and Philip Pardey

Exploring the scope for improving biocontrol of black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, with Heterorhabditis spp. at low temperatures: A simulation study pp. 43-63

P. R. Westerman and W. van der Werf

Agroecosystem responses to organic and conventional management practices pp. 65-75

Hollis Waldon, Stephen Gliessman and Marc Buchanan

Influence of tractor wheel tracks and crusts/seals on runoff: Observations and simulations with the RZWQM pp. 77-100

Q. L. Ma, R. D. Wauchope, J. E. Hook, A. W. Johnson, C. C. Truman, C. C. Dowler, G. J. Gascho, J. G. Davis, H. R. Summer and L. D. Chandler

Adaptability of improved rice varieties in senegal pp. 101-114

Samba Sall, David Norman and Allen Featherstone

Model validation through the linear regression fit to actual versus predicted values pp. 115-119

M. Analla