Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 38, issue 4, 1992

Editorial pp. 339-340

Richard Bawden

University education for multiple-goal agriculture in Australia pp. 341-362

C. J. Pearson and R. L. Ison

Rapid rural appraisal: A participatory problem formulation method relevant to Australian agriculture pp. 363-386

R. L. Ison and P. R. Ampt

Difficulties in African agricultural systems enhancement? Ten hypotheses pp. 387-409

Jock Anderson

Relational databases for the design and construction of maintainable decision support systems in agriculture pp. 411-423

Robert A. Farrell, Craig J. Pearson and Lindsay C. Campbell

Simulation of a turkey house environment pp. 425-445

Rajbir S. Parmar, Kenneth C. Diehl, Eldridge R. Collins and R. Michael Hulet

Farming for farmers? A critique of agricultural support policy: By Richard W. Howarth. Hobart Paperback No. 20, second edition. The Institute of Economic Affairs, 1990. 206 pp. ISBN 0-255 36234-X. Price: [pound sign]20[middle dot]00 (Hardback), [pound sign]10[middle dot]95 (Paperback) pp. 447-450

Jennifer A. Johnson

The politics of agricutural support in Britain: The development of the agricultural policy community: By Martin J. Smith. Darthmouth Publishing Company Limited, Hants, 1990. 253 pp. ISBN 1-85521-001-0. Price [pound sign]29[middle dot]50 (Hardback) pp. 451-452

Richard Bennett

Volume 38, issue 3, 1992

A method for estimating the direct and climatic effects of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide on growth and yield of crops: Part I--Modification of the EPIC model for climate change analysis pp. 225-238

Claudio O. Stockle, Jimmy R. Williams, Norman J. Rosenberg and C. Allan Jones

A method for estimating the direct and climatic effects of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide on growth and yield of crops: Part II--Sensitivity analysis at three sites in the Midwestern USA pp. 239-256

Claudio O. Stockle, Paul T. Dyke, Jimmy R. Williams, C. Allan Jones and Norman J. Rosenberg

FARMSYS--A whole-farm machinery management decision support system pp. 257-273

H. Lal, J. W. Jones, R. M. Peart and W. D. Shoup

Minimum-cost palatable diet: A pilot study pp. 275-299

PingSun Leung, Walter Miklius, Kulavit Wanitprapha, Peter Garrod and Nancy Johnson

Alternative cropping systems and intensive irrigation under arid zone conditions pp. 301-318

Ariel Dinar, Dan Yaron and Arieh Baruchin

Integrating livestock into farming systems in Northern Cameroon pp. 319-338

D. S. Ngambeki, R. R. Deuson and Paul Preckel

Volume 38, issue 2, 1992

Case-study of a simple decision support system to aid livestock disease control decisions pp. 111-129

Richard Bennett

Oxen cultivation in semi-arid West Africa: Profitability analysis in Mali pp. 131-147

Akinwumi A. Adesina

Modelling an information system using the MERISE method for agricultural research: The example of a database for a study on performances in dairy cows pp. 149-173

Francoise Lescourret, Laurent Perochon, Jean-Baptiste Coulon, Bernard Faye and Etienne Landais

Evaluating wheat planting strategies using a growth model pp. 175-184

Abraham Singels

Haymaking: Risks and uncertainties in central pyrenees grasslands pp. 185-207

M. Duru and H. Colombani

Development and transfer of appropriate technologies for peasant farmers in developing countries: Analysis of linkages between FSR and T and V system organizations pp. 209-219

Winfried Manig

Seasonality and agriculture in the developing World: A problem of the poor and powerless: Gerard J. Gill, Cambridge University Press, 1991. 343 pages; price [pound sign]45.00 (hardback), $85.00; ISBN 0 521 38257 2 pp. 221-222

P. K. Thornton

Sustainable development: Economics and environment in the third world: D. Pearce, E. Barbier and A. Markandya. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1990. 217 pp; price UK[pound sign]32.50 (hardback); ISBN 1-85278-167-X pp. 222-224

Adrian W. Mukhebi

Volume 38, issue 1, 1992

Patterns and determinants of adoption of farm practices: Some evidence from Bangladesh pp. 1-15

Shah M. Alamgir Hossain and Bruce R. Crouch

A decision model for variety mixtures to control yellow rust on winter wheat pp. 17-33

Luo Yong and J. C. Zadoks

Measuring aggregate impacts: The case of the conservation reserve program pp. 35-60

Roy Boyd, Kazim Konyar and Noel D. Uri

Simulation of soil moisture regime: Application of the SWATRE model to a maize crop on the reddish brown earths in the dry zone of Sri Lanka pp. 61-73

A. H. Dhanapala

Ongoing technical change on farm holdings in a developed country, France. A survey on its vectors, its nature and the farmers concerned pp. 75-103

Sylvie Bonny

Working together: Gender analysis in agriculture: Edited by H.S. Feldstein and S.V. Poats. Kumarian Press. Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1989, Vol. 1, 271 pp. ISBN 0-931816-58-0. Price: $24.95 Vol. 2, 258 pp. ISBN 0-931816-59-9 Price: $30.45 pp. 105-106

Larry Lev

Agroecology and small farm development: Edited by M.A. Altieri and S.B. Hecht. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Ann Arbor and Boston, USA (1990). 262pp. ISBN 0-8493-4885-4. Price [pound sign]40.00 (paperback) pp. 106-123

S. E. Carter

Volume 37, issue 4, 1991

Application of crop simulation models pp. 323-325

Alison Burrell

A framework for crop growth simulation model applications pp. 327-340

P. K. Thornton, J. B. Dent and Z. Bacsi

EPIC: An operational model for evaluation of agricultural sustainability pp. 341-350

C. A. Jones, P. T. Dyke, J. R. Williams, J. R. Kiniry, V. W. Benson and R. H. Griggs

An empirical approach to crop modelling and the assessment of land productivity pp. 351-367

A. J. Thomasson and R. J. A. Jones

A regional agricultural model using a plant growth simulation program as activities generator-- an application to a region in Argentina pp. 369-385

Daniel Deybe and Guillermo Flichman

Optimal potato production systems with respect to economic and ecological goals pp. 387-397

J. Schans

Estimation of bid prices for biotechnological frost protection of maincrop potatoes pp. 399-413

Andrew Moxey

Climate change, winter wheat yield and soil erosion on the English south downs pp. 415-433

D. T. Favis-Mortlock, R. Evans, J. Boardman and T. M. Harris

Impacts of future climate change on Hungarian crop production: An application of crop growth simulation models pp. 435-450

Z. Bacsi, P. K. Thornton and J. B. Dent

Plant and crop modelling--A mathematical approach to plant and crop physiology: J. H. M. Thornley and I. R. Johnson. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990, 660 pp. Price [pound sign]75 (hardback). ISBN 0 19 854160 0 pp. 451-452

John Monteith

United Kingdom register of agricultural models (1990): Edited by G. R. Squire and P. J. C. Hamer. AFRC Engineering, Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedford MK45 4HS, UK. [pound sign]12.00 (paperback), 92 pp pp. 452-453

P. K. Thornton

Volume 37, issue 3, 1991

CROPLOT--An expert system for determining the suitability of crops to plots pp. 225-241

Amnon Nevo and Ilan Amir

Speculating on long-term changes in UK dairy farming and the implications for research: A quantitative approach pp. 243-258

C. J. Doyle, D. D. Mainland and C. Thomas

Evaluation of an expert system on crossbreeding beef cattle pp. 259-274

Z. Hochman and C. J. Pearson

Evaluating net income from different durations of breeding seasons in beef production using a deterministic simulation model pp. 275-289

L. A. Werth, S. M. Pritchard, S. M. Azzam, D. A. Fiske, G. H. Pfeiffer, M. K. Neilsen and J. E. Kinder

An economic evaluation of deep tillage to reduce soil compaction on crop-livestock farms in Western Australia pp. 291-307

Amir Abadi Ghadim, Ross Kingwell and David Pannell

Variability within system models: A case study pp. 309-318

D. A. Elston and C. A. Glasbey

Agricultural extension for women farmers in Africa: By K. A. Saito and C. J. Weidemann. Washington DC: The World Bank, 1990. 57 pp. ISBN 0-8213-1657-5. Price. US$6.95 pp. 319-320

Thomas P. Thompson

Agricultural technology transfer: The relevance of the Australian experience: Edited by P. G. Harrison. The Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, occasional publication no. 54, 1990. 200 pp. ISBN 0-85856-933-3. Price: Aus $20 (paperback) pp. 321-322a

Gareth Edwards-Jones

Beyond Mendel's garden: Biotechnology in the service of world agriculture: By Gabrielle J. Persley, CAB International, 1990. 155 pp. ISBN 0-85198-682-X. Price: [pound sign]11.95 pp. 321-322b

Gareth Edwards-Jones

Volume 37, issue 2, 1991

Linkages between research, extension and farmers: The case of rice in the Dominican Republic pp. 107-118

Frans Doorman

IMAGES: An integrated model of an arid grazing ecological system pp. 119-163

Ron B. Hacker, King-Min Wang, Guy S. Richmond and Robert K. Lindner

Simulating the influence of stocking rate, sward height and density on steer productivity and grazing behavior pp. 165-181

D. H. Seman, M. H. Frere, J. A. Stuedemann and S. R. Wilkinson

Modelling technology replacement over time for the ex-ante analysis of agricultural research projects pp. 183-192

George Antony and Jock Anderson

A simulation model for Septoria nodorum in winter wheat pp. 193-218

A. Djurle and J. E. Yuen

Grazing management: Science into practice: By John Hodgson. Longman Handbooks in Agriculture, 1990. Longman Scientific & Technical, Harlow, Essex, UK. 203 pp. ISBN 0 582 45010 1. Price: [pound sign]11.95 (paperback) pp. 219-220

Raul R. Vera

Climatic change and plant genetic resources: Edited by M. T. Jackson, B. V. Ford-Lloyd & M. L. Parry. London and New York: Bellhaven Press, 1990. 190 pp. ISBN 1 85293 102 7. Price: [pound sign]27.50 (hardback) pp. 220-221

David Wood

Agrarian policies and agricultural systems: Edited by Alessandro Bonanno. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1990. 331 pp. ISBN 0 8133 7730 7. Price $32.50 (US), [pound sign]15.95 (UK) pp. 222-223

Arthur J. Dommen

Volume 37, issue 1, 1991

A bioenergetic model of plant root growth in soil pp. 1-23

Edward L. McCoy

Determination of optimum wheat cultivar characteristics using a growth model pp. 25-38

A. Singels and J. M. de Jager

Estimating returns on agricultural commodity extension pp. 39-53

P. A. Donovan and M. A. G. Darroch

Cattle production and utilisation in smallholder farming systems in Southern Mozambique pp. 55-75

Antonio Rocha, Paul Starkey and Antonio C. Dionisio

Medic seed production in Tunisia pp. 77-85

B. Chatterton and L. Chatterton

Interpretation of linear profit functions in the presence of correlated predictors, with application to decision support in a dairy enterprise pp. 87-98

A. W. Stott and D. A. Elston

Critical issues in biological control: M. Mackauer, L. E. Ehler and J. Roland (eds). Intercept, Andover, Hants, 1990. 330 pp. Price: [pound sign]40.00 (hardback). ISBN 0 946707 19 7 pp. 99-100

Mike Copland

Economics of natural resources and the environment: D. W. Pearce and R. K. Turner. Harvester Wheatsheaf, London, 1990. 378 pp. Price: [pound sign]13.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 7450 0225 0 pp. 100-101

M. J. McGregor

Systems theory applied to agriculture and the food chain: Edited by J. G. W. Jones and P. R. Street. Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1990. 365 pp. Price: [pound sign]62.00 (hardback). ISBN 1 85166 510 2 pp. 101-102

P. K. Thornton

Modelling of energy forestry: growth, water relations and economics: Edited by K. L. Perttu and P. J. Kowalik. Pudoc, Wageningen, 1989. 198 pp. Price: Df 80.00 (hardback). ISBN 90 220 0947 5 pp. 102-103

Robert Muetzelfeldt