Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 54, issue 4, 1997

A comparison of digestible and net energy models to predict rates of gain of hereford steers pp. 429-437

R. Hironaka, B. Freeze and G. C. Kozub

Game cropping and wildlife conservation in Kenya: A dynamic simulation model with adaptive control pp. 439-462

Gerrit van Kooten, Erwin Bulte and Patrick Kinyua

Farmer preferences for socioeconomic and technical interventions in groundnut production system in Niger: Conjoint and ordered probit analyses pp. 463-476

J. Baidu-Forson, F. Waliyar and B. R. Ntare

`Why do farmers do it?' Validating whole-farm models pp. 477-499

Steven G. M. Schilizzi and Fabien Boulier

Land speculation and intensification at the frontier: a seeming paradox in the Colombian savanna pp. 501-520

Joyotee Smith, Jose Cadavid-Herrera, Alvaro Rincon and Raul Vera

A comparison of crop production functions using simulated data for irrigated corn in western Kansas pp. 521-538

Richard Llewelyn and Allen Featherstone

A simulation model to assess productivity of goat production in the tropics pp. 539-576

H. G. Bosman, A. A. Ayantunde, F. A. Steenstra and H. M. J. Udo

Volume 54, issue 3, 1997

The relevance of animal power for land cultivation in upland areas: A case study in East Java, Indonesia pp. 271-289

A. M. G. Cornelissen, S. Ifar and H. M. J. Udo

Prospects for the use of corporate knowledge bases in the generation, management and communication of knowledge at a frontline agricultural research centre pp. 291-312

Daniel Walker, F. L. Sinclair, L. Joshi and B. Ambrose

Misuse of regression for empirical validation of models pp. 313-326

P. L. Mitchell

Economic analysis of crossbreeding dairy cattle pp. 327-339

Kisan Gunjal, Louis Menard and Ramaradj Shanmugam

Energy inputs and potential for agricultural production in western Pakistan pp. 341-356

M. Azam Khan and Gajendra Singh

Efficiency of beef production systems: Description and preliminary evaluation of a model pp. 357-380

A. Naazie, M. Makarechian and R. J. Hudson

Spatial modelling of the influence of corn planting and wind blocking features on catch of Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) in pheromone traps and subsequent pest damage pp. 381-397

R. J. Drapek, G. Fisher and B. A. Croft

Simulating the impact of climate change on rice production in Asia and evaluating options for adaptation pp. 399-425

R. B. Matthews, M. J. Kropff, T. Horie and D. Bachelet

Dynamics of environmental bioprocesses: J. B. Snape, I. J. Dunn, J. Ingham, and J. E. Prenosil. VCH Publishers, Inc., 1995. 492 pp. Price $165.00 (hardback). ISBN 3 527 28705 1 pp. 427-428

Keshav Das

Volume 54, issue 2, 1997

Research: Help or hindrance to good farmers in high risk systems? pp. 137-152

Sam Fujisaka

Requirements for effective modelling strategies pp. 153-168

J. L. Gaunt, Janet Riley, A. Stein and F. W. T. Penning de Vries

A diagnostic method for assessing regional variations in crop yield pp. 169-188

T. Dore, M. Sebillotte and J. M. Meynard

Adoption of agroforestry technology: The case of live hedges in the central plateau of Burkina Faso pp. 189-206

Elias T. Ayuk

Comparison of simulated crop yield patterns for site-specific management pp. 207-222

C. G. R. Van Uffelen, J. Verhagen and J. Bouma

Predicting optimal application time for herbicides from estimated growth rate of weeds pp. 223-242

A. Lundkvist

Optimal strategies for management of white-backed planthopper, Sogatella furcifera, on second season rice in Zhejiang, China: Dynamic programming approach pp. 243-258

Zeng-Rong Zhu and Jiaan Cheng

Economists and the environment: Carla Ravaioli. Zed Books, London, 1995. 212 pp. Price [pound sign]11.95 or US$ 17.50 (paperback). ISBN 1 85649 278 8 pp. 259-260

K. G. Willis

Systems-orientated research in agriculture and rural development: Papers from an International Symposium, Montpellier, France, 21-25 November 1994. Edited under the direction of Michel Sebillotte. CIRAD-SAR, Montpellier, France, 1995, pp 1006. Price: not given. ISBN 2 87614 181 7 pp. 261-262

Philip Thornton

Statistics for business, economics, and management: Stephen R. Harrison and Rick H. U. Tamaschke. Prentice Hall Australia Pty Ltd., 1993, 733 pp. Price: not given (paperback). ISBN 0 7248 1112 5 pp. 262-264

Julio Henao

Social aspects of sustainable dryland management: Edited by Daniel Stiles. Chichester, England: John Wiley, 1995, 313 pp. Price US$69.95. ISBN 0 471 9563 3 pp. 264-266

Priscilla Reining

Soil nutrient bioavailability (second edition): S. A. Barber. John Wiley, New York, USA, 1995. 414 pp. Price: US$65.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0 471 58747 8 pp. 266-268

Peter Grace

Livestock production systems: R. T. Wilson. Macmillan Eduction, London, 1995, pp 141. Price: [pound sign]6.75 (paperback). ISBN 0 333 60012 6 pp. 269-270

Richard Monypenny

The ecology of tropical food crops: M. J. T. Norman, C. J. Pearson and P. G. E. Searle. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995. 430 pp. Price [pound sign]19.95 or US $29.95 (paperback). ISBN 0521 41062 2 pp. 269-268

E. H. Roberts

Volume 54, issue 1, 1997

Optimization of caviar and meat production from white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) pp. 1-21

E. M. Wade and J. G. Fadel

A decision-support system for real-time management of Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum Thunb.) scheduling and height--I. System description pp. 23-37

Paul R. Fisher, Royal D. Heins, Niels Ehler and J. Heinrich Lieth

A decision-support system for real-time management of Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum Thunb.) scheduling and height--II. Validation pp. 39-55

Paul R. Fisher, Royal D. Heins, Niels Ehler, J. Heinrich Lieth, Michael Brogaard and Poul Karlsen

GRAZPLAN: Decision support systems for Australian grazing enterprises--I. Overview of the GRAZPLAN project, and a description of the MetAccess and LambAlive DSS pp. 57-76

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

GRAZPLAN: Decision support systems for Australian grazing enterprises--II. The animal biology model for feed intake, production and reproduction and the GrazFeed DSS pp. 77-126

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

Modelling potential crop growth processes: J. Goudriaan and H. H. van Laar. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1994. pp. 238. Price: [pound sign]75.50, $115, Dfl 180. ISBN 0 79233 2199 pp. 127-129

William D Batchelor

Handbook of agricultural meteorology: Edited by J. F. Griffiths. Oxford University Press, New York, 1994. 320 pp. Price: US$ 85 (hardback). ISBN 0 19 506240 X pp. 129-131

M. V. K. Sivakumar

Setting research priorities: towards effective farmer-orientated research: Edited by J. D. Meindertsma. Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) Press, The Netherlands, 1994, pp. 263. Price: Dfl 48 (paperback). ISBN 90 6832 084 X pp. 131-133

Peter Smith

Long term experiments in agricultural and ecological sciences: R. A. Leigh and A. E. Johnston, Harpenden, UK, Rothamsted Experimental Station. CAB International, 1994, 428 pp. Price: US$95 (hardback). ISBN 0 85198 933 0 pp. 134-135

Dennis Keeney

Volume 53, issue 4, 1997

A methodology for qualitative modeling of crop production systems pp. 325-348

R. E. Plant

Measuring and interpreting the benefits of goat keeping in tropical farm systems pp. 349-372

H. G. Bosman, H. A. J. Moll and H. M. J. Udo

Analysis of high wheat yields in Northwest China pp. 373-385

T. R. Sinclair and Q. Bai

Climatic uncertainty and farm policy: A discrete stochastic programming model for cereal-livestock farms in Glgeria pp. 387-407

Florence Jacquet and J. Pluvinage

Volume 53, issue 2-3, 1997

Economic and water quality evaluation of intensive shrimp production systems in Thailand pp. 121-141

Sutonya Thongrak, Tony Prato, Sommai Chiayvareesajja and William Kurtz

Some evidence for the existence of dynamic economic thresholds pp. 143-160

Yunchang Bor

Land use planning and national soils policies pp. 161-174

Willy H. Verheye

A systems analysis of inter-annual changes in the pattern of sheep flock productivity in Tanzanian livestock research centres pp. 175-190

Bernard Rey and Sachindra M. Das

Modelling pasture mass through time in a managed grazing system subject to perturbations resulting from complexity in natural biological processes pp. 191-208

A. B. Pleasants, G. C. Wake, D. G. McCall and S. D. Watt

Determinants for land use strategies in a Sahelian agro-ecosystem--Anthropological and ecological geographical aspects of natural resource management pp. 209-229

Anette Reenberg and Bjarke Paarup-Laursen

Significance of supply response for estimating agricultural costs of soil salinity pp. 231-252

Graham Marshall and Randall E. Jones

Vertical coordination in a post-command agricultural system--Can Russian dairy farms be transformed? pp. 253-268

Allan O. McNeil and William Kerr

Optimizing the external energy input into farmland ecosystems: a case study from Ningxia, China pp. 269-283

Z. Y. Ma and G. Edwards-Jones

Value of feedback in agricultural decisions pp. 285-301

Arye Sadeh and Wade L. Griffin

A computerized crop-specific drought monitoring system: Design concepts and initial testing pp. 303-315

U. W. Lourens and J. M. de Jager

Smallholders, householders: Farm families and the ecology of intensive, sustainable agriculture: Robert McC. Netting, Stanford University Press, 1993. 389 pp. Price: US$49[middle dot]50 (hardback). ISBN 0 521 38257 2 pp. 317-319

T. S. Walker

Agrarian reform and social transformation: Preconditions for development: Rehman Sobhan. Zed Books, London and New Jersey, 1993. 146 pp. Price: [pound sign]11[middle dot]95; US$17[middle dot]50 (paperback). ISBN 1 85649 170 6 pp. 319-321

Mahabub Hossain

Irrigated forage production. Developments in crop science 24: Edited by Amos Dovrat. Elsevier Science Publishers BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, lands, 1993. 257 pp. Price: Dfl 295. ISBN 0 444 88300 2 pp. 321-323

P. W. Wilkens

Volume 53, issue 1, 1997

Predicting empty body composition and composition of empty body weight changes in mature cattle pp. 1-25

C. B. Williams and T. G. Jenkins

A rice-leaf blast combined model for simulation of epidemics and yield loss pp. 27-39

Y. Luo, P. S. Teng, N. G. Fabellar and D. O. TeBeest

Variations in yield response to fertilizer application in the tropics: I. Quantifying risks and opportunities for smallholders based on crop growth simulation pp. 41-68

R. Rotter, H. van Keulen and M. J. W. Jansen

Variations in yield response to fertilizer application in the tropics: II. Risks and opportunities for smallholders cultivating maize on Kenya's arable land pp. 69-95

R. Rotter and H. van Keulen

Application of the analytic hierarchy process in agriculture in developing countries pp. 97-112

Christian B. Alphonce

Born from within: Practice and perspectives of endogenous rural development: Edited by Jan Douwe van der Ploeg and Ann Long. Van Gorcum, Assen, The Netherlands, 1994. 298 pp. Price: Dfl 49[middle dot]75 (paperback). ISBN 90 232 2893 6 pp. 113-114

Philip Thornton

Crop modelling and related environmental data, a focus on applications for arid and semiarid regions in developing countries: Edited by P. F. Uhlir and G. C. Carter. CODATA, Paris, France, 1994. 239 pp. Price: US$69 (hardbound), US$34 (softbound). ISBN 1 884893 00 7 (hardback), ISBN 1 884893 01 5 (softbound) pp. 114-116

Andrew Johnson

Feeding and greening the world: The role of international agricultural research: Derek Tribe, CAB International, Wallingford, England. 1994. 274 pp. Price: [pound sign]16[middle dot]95; $29[middle dot]50 (paperback). ISBN 0 85196 920 9 pp. 116-118

John K. Coulter

Landscape ecology and agroecosystems: Edited by R. G. H. Bunce, L. Ryszkowski and M. G. Paoletti. Lewis Publishers, 1993. xiv + 241 pp. Price: US$79[middle dot]95 (hardback). ISBN 0 87371 918 2 pp. 118-119

Jamie Fairbairn