Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 42, issue 4, 1993

Desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), campaign in Tunisia, 1988 pp. 311-325

Allan T. Showler

Simulation of the effect of drought stress on the rate of photosynthesis in cotton pp. 327-341

J. E. Ephrath and A. Marani

Prediction of protein accretion, support costs and lipid accretion in the growing female pig and dry sow pp. 343-358

B. Walker and B. A. Young

Yield stability of cowpea cultivars in rice-based cropping systems: Experimentation and simulation pp. 359-381

J. Timsina, D. P. Garrity, F. W. T. Penning de Vries and R. K. Pandey

Cowpea production in rice-based cropping systems of the Philippines--Extrapolation by simulation pp. 383-405

J. Timsina, F. W. T. Penning de Vries and D. P. Garrity

A simulation approach for the economic appraisal of the Smallholder Market Access and Food Supply Project revised phase 1 (1992-1995) in Papua New Guinea pp. 407-422

Kwabena A. Anaman, Terry Walo and James J. Gitai

Agriculture and economic survival: The role of agriculture in Ecuador's development: Edited by Morris D. Whitaker and Dale Colyer. Westview Press, 1991. 369 pp. Price $23.95. ISBN 0 8133 8118 5 pp. 423-428

Steven Romanoff

Volume 42, issue 3, 1993

The dynamics of farm development in the Amazon: The Barbecho crisis model pp. 179-197

Graham Thiele

Analysis of the effects of soil compaction on cotton yield trends pp. 199-207

F. D. Whisler, V. R. Reddy, D. N. Baker and J. M. McKinion

Shifting cultivation and sustainable agriculture in East Malaysia: A longitudinal case study pp. 209-226

R. A. Cramb

Integrating farming and marketing systems approaches in agricultural development project planning pp. 227-244

Euan Fleming and Brian Hardaker

Diagnosing alternatives in conventional crop rotations: Sunflowers as an alternative to wheat in the cotton-based cropping systems of Pakistan's Punjab pp. 245-264

Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Azeem and Jim Longmire

Participative farmer testing of four low external input technologies, to address soil fertility decline in Mono province (Benin) pp. 265-276

M. N. Versteeg and V. Koudokpon

Modeling optimal alfalfa harvest scheduling using short-range weather forecasts pp. 277-305

D. S. Wilks, R. E. Pitt and G. W. Fick

Chaos, fractals and dynamics: By Robert L. Devaney. Addison-Wesley, 1990. 181 pp. Price: [pound sign]20.50 (pbk). ISBN 0 2012 3288 X pp. 307-310c

Peter Smith

Discrete dynamical systems: By James T. Sandefur. Clarendon Press, 1990. 445 pp. Price: [pound sign]17.50 (pbk), ISBN 0 1985 3383 7. Hardback, ISBN 0 1985 3384 5 pp. 307-310b

Peter Smith

Fractals: By Jens Feder. Plenum Press, 1989. 283 pp. Price: [pound sign]35.00 (hbk). ISBN 3 0642 8512 pp. 307-310a

Peter Smith

Volume 42, issue 1-2, 1993

Editorial pp. 1-2

C. Robert Taylor, J. W. Jones and J. B. Dent

Systems modeling to integrate river valley water supply and irrigation decision making under uncertainty pp. 3-23

Norman J. Dudley and A. Brian Hearn

An adaptive decision-making aid for dairy cow replacement pp. 25-39

John Kennedy and Alistair W. Stott

Valuing the lead time of periodic forecasts in dynamic production systems pp. 41-55

James W. Mjelde and Bruce L. Dixon

Long-term planning on a corn-soybean farm: A dynamic programming analysis pp. 57-71

Patricia A. Duffy and C. Robert Taylor

Optimal forest harvest decisions: A stochastic dynamic programming approach pp. 73-84

Larry Teeter, Greg Somers and Jay Sullivan

Dynamic programming for improving irrigation scheduling strategies of maize pp. 85-101

James Epperson, James E. Hook and Yasmin R. Mustafa

El Nino effects hurt namoi irrigated cotton growers, but they can do little to ease the pain pp. 103-126

Norman J. Dudley and A. Brian Hearn

A multi-objective dynamic programming model for evaluation of agricultural management systems in Richmond County, Virginia pp. 127-152

Minkang Zhu, Daniel Taylor and Subhash C. Sarin

Evaluating and adapting new technologies in a high-risk agricultural system--Niger pp. 153-171

B. I. Shapiro, J. H. Sanders, K. C. Reddy and Timothy Baker

Nitrogen turnover in the soil-crop system: Modelling of biological transformations, transport of nitrogen and nitrogen use efficiency: Edited by J. J. R. Groot, P. de Willigen, and E. L. J. Verberne. ( Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, Volume 44). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1991. 386 pp. Price: US$115.00 (hardback); UK[pound sign]59.00. ISBN 0-7923-1107-8 pp. 173-174

G. Hoogenboom

Agriculture and governments in an interdependent world: Edited by Allen Maunder and Alberto Valdes. Dartmouth and Gower Publishing, 1989. 903 + xiv pp. Price: [pound sign]45.00 (hardback). ISBN 1 85521 002 pp. 174-176

B. L. Bumb

Unwelcome harvest: Agriculture and pollution: Gordon R. Conway and Jules N. Pretty. Earthscan Publications, London, 1991. 645 pp. Price: [pound sign]15.00 (paperback). ISBN 1 85383 036 4 pp. 176-177

P. K. Thornton

Volume 41, issue 4, 1993

Asynchrony in cultivation among Philippine rice farmers: Causes and prospects for change pp. 419-439

Michael E. Loevinsohn, J. B. Bandong and A. A. Alviola

The dynamics of adoption: Distribution and mortality of bean varieties among small farmers in Rwanda pp. 441-453

Louise Sperling and Michael E. Loevinsohn

Export success determinants in the new product development process for exported agricultural products: Evidence from the Dutch seed potato industry pp. 455-474

J. T. J. Lamont

A model to estimate the economic value of using individual fleece fibre diameter measurements to class wool pp. 475-486

Andrew L. Vizard and Scott H. Williams

Comparison of the effects of different climate change scenarios on rangeland livestock production pp. 487-502

J. D. Hanson, B. B. Baker and R. M. Bourdon

Use of causal path analysis to predict optimum extension strategies: a case study of Costa Rican livestock producers pp. 503-523

Jonathan Wadsworth

Participatory action research: Edited by William Foote Whyte. Sage Publications, Newbury Park, California, 1991. 247 pp. Price: US$21.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-8039-3743-1 pp. 525-526

Larry Lev

Modeling plant and soil systems: Edited by R. J. Hanks and J. T. Ritchie. Agronomy Monograph No. 31. Agronomy Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 1991. 545 pp. Price: US$30.00. ISBN 0-89118-106-7 pp. 526-527

Walter Bowen

Agricultural economics and policy: International challenges for the nineties: Edited by Kees Burger, Martijn de Groot, Jaap Post and Vinus Zachariasse. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1991. 213 pp. Price US$97.25/Dfl170. ISBN 0444-88974-4 pp. 527-528

J. B. Dent

Volume 41, issue 3, 1993

Editorial pp. 235-237

J. B. Dent and J. W. Jones

The application of the MCDM paradigm to the management of agricultural systems: Some basic considerations pp. 239-255

T. Rehman and C. Romero

A fuzzy multiple objective linear programming approach to forest planning under uncertainty pp. 257-274

Guillermo A. Mendoza, B. Bruce Bare and Zehai Zhou

Risk programming in agricultural systems: A multiple criteria analysis pp. 275-288

J. Berbel

Multiple criteria and nearly optimal solutions in greenhouse management pp. 289-303

Cleve E. Willis and Michael S. Willis

Application of multiple criteria decision making methods to farm planning: A case study pp. 305-319

Bozena Piech and T. Rehman

Multiple objective fractional programming and livestock ration formulation: A case study for dairy cow diets in Spain pp. 321-334

Pablo Lara

Dynamic compromise programming with application to water reservoir management pp. 335-347

Serafim Opricovic

An application of lexicographic goal programming to resolve the allocation of water from the Rakaia River (New Zealand) pp. 349-367

M. J. McGregor and J. B. Dent

Economic impact of soil salinity in agriculture. A case study of Bardenas area, Spain pp. 369-386

S. Zekri and Luis Albisu

Multiple objective programming -- An application for analysis and evaluation of peasant economy of the VIIIth Region of Chile pp. 387-397

Mario Maino, Julio Berdegue and Teodoro Rivas

A multi-criteria approach to territorial management: The case of the Caorle and Bibione lagoon nature park pp. 399-417

Paolo Rosato and Giuseppe Stellin

Volume 41, issue 2, 1993

The role of the technologist in agricultural research and service organizations pp. 109-121

D. Schoorl and J. E. Holt

A simple model for optimizing rotational grazing pp. 123-155

Simon J. R. Woodward, Graeme C. Wake, Anthony B. Pleasants and David G. McCall

Development of a mechanistic model of liver metabolism in the lactating cow pp. 157-195

H. C. Freetly, J. R. Knapp, C. C. Calvert and R. L. Baldwin

Where food is capital: Labour allocation in cereals production, N.W. Mali pp. 197-213

A. R. Kremer and C. Lock

Simulation of growth, development and yield of maize in the transition zone of Nigeria pp. 215-229

S. S. Jagtap, M. Mornu and B. T. Kang

Research methods for cereal/legume intercropping: Proceedings of a workshop for cereal/legume intercropping in Eastern and Southern Africa: Edited by S. R. Waddington, A. F. E. Palmer and O. T. Edje. CIMMYT, Mexico D.F., 1990. 250 pp. ISBN 968-6127-50-X. Price: US$20.00 (paperback) pp. 231-233

Charles S. Wortmann

Multicriterion optimization and its utilization in agriculture: Jozef Pitel, Developments in Agricultural Economics 6, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1990. 247 pp. ISBN 0-444-98727-4. Price: US $97[middle dot]50, Dfl 190 pp. 233-234

Murray McGregor

Volume 41, issue 1, 1993

Identifying land potentially available for biomass plantations in Hawaii pp. 1-22

Devindar Singh, Victor D. Phillips, Robert A. Merriam, M. Akram Khan and Patrick K. Takahashi

ISFARM--An integrated system for farm management: Applicability pp. 23-39

I. Amir, J. Puech and J. Granier

Calculating transition probabilities for modelling weed management options using stochastic dynamic programming pp. 41-52

J. E. Sells

Techniques of representing knowledge in knowledge-based systems pp. 53-76

Peter Wagner

Redefining institutional roles in agricultural research organisations--Directions for cultural change pp. 77-92

J. E. Holt and D. Schoorl

Use of a simulation model to assess possible strategies of drought tolerance in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) pp. 93-104

R. A. Jefferies

Simulation and systems management in crop protection: Edited by R. Rabbinge, S. A. Ward and H. H. van Laar. PUDOC, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1989. 420 pp. Price: Dfl 125.00. ISBN 90 220 0899 1 pp. 105-106

Serge Savary and Paul S. Teng

Climatic risk in crop production: Models and management for the semi-arid tropics and subtropics: Edited by Russell C. Muchow and Jennifer A. Bellamy. CAB International, Wallingford, 1991. 548 pp. Price: [pound sign]49[middle dot]50. ISBN 0 85198 665 X pp. 106-107

Upendra Singh

Simulation and systems analysis for rice production (SARP): Edited by F. W. T. Penning de Vries, H. H. van Laar and M. J. Kropff. PUDOC, Waneningen, The Netherlands, 1991. 369 pp. Price: Dfl 150.00. ISBN 90-22 0-1059-7 pp. 107-108

Gareth Hughes