Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 36, issue 4, 1991

A procedure to reduce parameter uncertainty for complex models by comparison with real system output illustrated on a potato growth model pp. 375-395

O. Klepper and D. I. Rouse

A case study of institutional change in an agricultural research organization pp. 397-407

D. Schoorl and J. E. Holt

Highlights from the use of the soft systems methodology to improve agrotechnology transfer in Kona, Hawaii pp. 409-425

Pamela A. Mills-Packo, Kathleen Wilson and Peter Rotar

Modeling acreage response with risk consideration: The case of estate tobacco in Malawi pp. 427-438

Duncan M. Chembezi

A warm-season annual grass growth model parameterized for maize and sudangrass pp. 439-470

V. Rao Kanneganti and Gary W. Fick

Simulation of yield distributions in millet-cowpea intercropping pp. 471-487

J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, Mark Krause, Robert Deuson and K. C. Reddy

Agricultural ecology: Joy Tivy. Longman, UK, 1990. 288 pages. Price: [pound sign]11.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 582 30163 7 pp. 489-490

Philip Thornton

Conflict and change in the countryside: Guy M. Robinson. Belhaven Press, 1990. 482 pp. Price: [pound sign]14.95 (paperback); [pound sign]40.00 (hardback). ISBN 1 85293 043 8 (HBk). ISBN 1 85293 044 6 (PBk) pp. 490-491

Eric Todd

European agriculture: Policy issues and options to 2000: Nikos Alexandros (ed.). FAO, 1990. 246 pp. Price: [pound sign]35 (hardback) pp. 490-490

Ian Beattie

Variability in grain yields: Edited by J. R. Anderson and P. B. R. Hazell. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. 395 pp. Price: [pound sign]30.50 (hardback) ISBN 0-8018-3793-6 pp. 491-493

N. W. Simmonds

Seasonal variability in third world agriculture: the consequences for food security: Edited by David E. Sahn. Johns Hopkins University Press for the International Food Policy Research Institute, Baltimore and London, 1989. 366 pp. Price: [pound sign]30.00 (hardback). ISBN 0 8018 3829 0 pp. 493-494

Simon Maxwell

Climate change and world agriculture: Martin Parry. Earthscan, London, 172 pp. Price: [pound sign]9.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 85383 065 8 pp. 494-495

M. J. McGregor

Village and household economies in India's semi-arid tropics: Thomas S. Walker and James G. Ryan. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 394 pp. Price: $34.00. ISBN 0-8018-3886-X pp. 495-496

Jock Anderson

Volume 36, issue 3, 1991

Productive and stable pasture systems for cattle fattening in the humid tropics. 1. Field testing on a naturally fertile site pp. 251-265

J. K. Teitzel, R. J. Wilson and W. Mellor

Productive and stable pasture systems for cattle fattening in the humid tropics. 2. Field testing on a naturally infertile site pp. 267-277

J. K. Teitzel and R. J. Wilson

Productive and stable pasture systems for cattle fattening in the humid tropics. 3. Development and use of a computer model to evaluate management options pp. 279-296

J. K. Teitzel

Expert system for irrigation management (ESIM) pp. 297-314

R. Srinivasan, Bernard A. Engel and G. N. Paudyal

Efficiency and fractal behaviour of optimisation methods on multiple-optima surfaces pp. 315-328

D. G. Mayer, D. Schoorl, D. G. Butler and A. M. Kelly

A simulation model for the dynamics of rice growth and development: III. Validation of the model with high-yielding varieties pp. 329-349

B. Graf, M. Dingkuhn, F. Schnier, V. Coronel and S. Akita

Modelling growth and productivity of Yams (Dioscorea Spp): Prospects and problems pp. 351-367

I. C. Onwueme and A. J. Haverkort

The economics of fertilizer use in developing countries: A case study of Bangladesh: By A. Parikh. Gower, Aldershot, England, 1990. 193 pp. ISBN 0-566-05607-0. Price: [pound sign] (hardback) pp. 369-370

C. Baanante

Food crops vs feed crops: Global substitution of grains in production: By D. Barkin, R. I. Bart and B. R. De Walt. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder and London, 1990. 168 pp. ISBN 1-55587-185-2. Price: [pound sign]21[middle dot]56 (hardback) pp. 370-372

J. Lynam

Volume 36, issue 2, 1991

Modeling of the dynamics of accelerated growth following feed restriction in chicks pp. 125-135

Hovav Talpaz, Peter J. H. Sharpe, Hsin-I. Wu, Isaak Plavnik and Shmuel Hurwitz

Evaluating biological productivity in intercropping systems with production possibility curves pp. 137-157

Radha Ranganathan, Marcel Fafchamps and Thomas S. Walker

Local adaptation, varietal diversity and the skewness of regional crop yields pp. 159-171

Hung P. Nguyen and Jock Anderson

Farmer participatory research and agroforestry development--A case study from northern Zambia pp. 173-189

Stein Holden and Lawrence Otika Joseph

A set of farmer-based diagnostic methods for setting post `green revolution' rice research priorities pp. 191-206

Sam Fujisaka

The economics of water harvesting and supplementary irrigation in the semi-arid tropics of India pp. 207-220

Sushil Pandey

Modelling export opportunities for the Hong Kong fresh fruit and vegetable market pp. 221-230

D. G. Mayer, D. Schoorl and J. E. Holt

A mathematical forecasting model for the annual prevalence of Fasciolosis pp. 231-240

E. A. Goodall, S. G. McIlroy, R. M. McCracken, E. M. McLoughlin and S. M. Taylor

Sustainable agriculture in temperate zones: Edited by C. A. Francis, C. B. Flora and L. D. King. John Wiley and Sons, New York and Chichester, 1990. 487 pp. ISBN 0-471-62227-3. Price: [pound sign]55.15 (hardback) pp. 241-242

Philip Thornton

Mathematical approaches to problems in resource management and epidemiology. Lecture notes in biomathematics 81: Edited by C. Castillo-Chavez, S. A. Levin and C. A. Shoemaker. Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg, 1989. ISBN 3-540-51820-7. Price: DM 61 (paperback) pp. 242-243

G. Edwards-Jones

Milk production in the tropics: Edited by A. Chamberlain. Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, 1989. 242 pp. ISBN 0-582-77513-2. Price: [pound sign]7.00 (paperback) pp. 243-244

Jeroen T. Dijkman

Simulation of ecophysiological processes of growth in several annual crops: Edited by F. W. T. Penning de Vries, D. M. Jansen, H. F. M. ten Berge and A. Bakema. Simulation Monographs 29. Pudoc, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1989. 271 pp. ISBN 90-220-0937-8. Price: $100.00 (hardback) pp. 244-258

G. Hoogenboom

The social sciences in international agricultural research: Lessons from the CRSPs: Edited by C. M. McCorkle. Lynne Rienner Publishers, London, 1989. 266 pp. ISBN 1-55587-133-X. Price: [pound sign]32.50 (hardback) pp. 244-246

Sarah Skerratt

Crop improvement utilizing biotechnology: Edited by R. Lal and S. Lal. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1990. 353 pp. ISBN 0-8493-5082-4. Price: US$179.95 (hardback) pp. 246-247

Steven M. Smith

Volume 36, issue 1, 1991

Economic trade-off between pasture production and crop weed control pp. 1-15

Amir K. Abadi Ghadim and David Pannell

Evaluation of four simulation models of cattle growth and body composition: Part II--Simulation and comparison with experimental growth data pp. 17-41

R. N. Arnold and G. L. Bennett

Management systems analysis as guidance for effective interdisciplinary grazingland research pp. 43-63

Jerry W. Stuth, Charles J. Scifres, Wayne T. Hamilton and J. Richard Conner

The technology adoption process in subsistence agriculture: The case of cassava in Southwestern Nigeria pp. 65-78

Rudulph A. Polson and Dunstan S. C. Spencer

The potential economic returns to the Australian beef industry from a new twinning technology pp. 79-103

R. J. Farquharson and G. R. Griffith

An economic nutrition model of beef production pp. 105-116

R. M. Meek and D. J. Kilpatrick

GrazFeed, a computer program: By M. Freer and J. Donnelly. Horizon Agriculture, PO Box 679. Manly 2095, Australia pp. 117-119

F. Morley

After the green revolution: Sustainable agriculture for development: By G. R. Conway and E. W. Barbier. Earthscan Publications Limited, London, 1990. 205 pp. ISBN 1-8 5383-035-6. Price: [pound sign]8[middle dot]95 (paperback) pp. 119-121

S. Skerratt

Le risque en agriculture: Edited by Michel Eldin and Pierre Milleville. ORSTOM, Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation, Paris, 1989. 619 pp. ISBN 2 7099 0960 X. Price: FF250 pp. 119-119

O. Morgan

Volume 35, issue 4, 1991

Small farmer development: Experiences of commonwealth developing countries pp. 361-376

M. Hassanullah

Comparative analysis of the village ecosystem function of different tribes living in the same area in Arunachal Pradesh in North-eastern India pp. 377-399

R. K. Maikhuri and P. S. Ramakrishnan

Evaluation of four simulation models of cattle growth and body composition: Part I--Comparison and characterization of the models pp. 401-432

R. N. Arnold and G. L. Bennett

An analysis of the marginal value of cropland and nitrogen fertilizer use under alternative farm programs pp. 433-453

Wen-Yuan Huang and Noel D. Uri

ISFARM: An integrated system for farm management: Part I--Methodology pp. 455-469

I. Amir, J. Puech and J. Granier

First the seed. The political economy of plant biotechnology 1492-2000: J. R. Kloppenburg. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988. 349 pp. Price [pound sign]30. ISBN 0 521 32691 5 pp. 471-472

N. W. Simmonds

Agroforestry for soil conservation: Anthony Young. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, in cooperation with ICRAF, 1989. 276 pp. Price: [pound sign]14.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 85198 648 X pp. 472-473

S. J. Dury

Sub-Saharan Africa: from crisis to sustainable growth: International Bank for reconstruction and development, Washington DC: The World Bank, 1989. 300 pp. Price: US$12.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-8213-1349-5 pp. 473-474

Malcolm J. Blackie

Farm incomes, wealth and agricultural policy: Berkely Hill. Avebury, 1989. 221 pp. Price: [pound sign]30.00. ISBN 0 556 05450 7 pp. 474-475

N. B. Lilwall

Volume 35, issue 3, 1991

`Systems research' or `research with a systems perspective' in Africa Some organizational and technical issues pp. 235-249

W. A. Stoop and R. J. Bingen

An approach to the development of expanded postgraduate training for agricultural scientists within the Southern African development coordination conference region pp. 251-264

R. B. Jones and M. J. Blackie

Validation of agricultural expert systems pp. 265-285

S. R. Harrison

The development of a prototype computerised management information system for a mixed enterprise farm pp. 287-311

J. F. Favier and V. A. Dodd

Estimations of the increase in milk production due to the introduction of maize silage to a dairy farm in a sub-tropical environment: A time series approach pp. 313-320

D. V. Kerr, R. T. Cowan and J. Chaseling

Crop simulation modelling using a transputer-based parallel computer pp. 321-337

P. K. Thornton, J. A. Blair-Fish and S. M. D. Wilson

The impact of foodcrop production on sustained livestock production in semi-arid regions of Kenya pp. 339-351

A. W. Mukhebi, H. C. Knipscheer and G. Sullivan

Econometric modelling of agricultural commodity markets: By David Hallam. Routledge, London, 1990. 218pp. ISBN 0 415 00405 5. Price [pound sign]35 (Hardback) pp. 353-367

K. J. Thomson

The food resource: By John T. Pierce. Longman Scientific and Technical, Harlow, 1990. 334 pp. ISBN 0-582-30537-3. Price: [pound sign]12[middle dot]95 (Paperback) pp. 354-367

Simon E. Carter

Planning for agricultural development: By J. A. Mollett. Avebury, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1990. 264 pp. ISBN 0 566 07142 8. Price: [pound sign]32[middle dot]50 (Hardback) pp. 355-367

P. K. Thornton

Handbook of energy for world agriculture: By B. A. Stout. Elsevier Science Publishers, London, 1990, 504 pp. ISBN 1-85166-349-5. Price [pound sign]75 (Hardback) pp. 355-356

M. B. McGechan

Development theory and the three worlds: By Bjorn Hettne. Longman Scientific and Technical, Harlow, 1990. xii + 296 pp. ISBN 0-582-00559-0. Price: [pound sign]9[middle dot]95 (Paperback) pp. 356-357

Anthony Good

Volume 35, issue 2, 1991

FLORES: A model on the keeping quality of cut flowers pp. 111-127

Wouter G. van Doorn and L. M. M. Tijskens

Modeling the impacts of two agricultural policies on the US livestock sector: A systems approach pp. 129-155

Jon A. Brandt, Robert E. Young and Abner W. Womack

Economic optimisation of Heliothis thresholds on cotton using a pest management model pp. 157-171

P. G. Cox, S. G. Marsden, K. D. Brook, H. Talpaz and A. B. Hearn

Improvement of yielding ability in Japonica rice cultivars and its impact on regional yield increase in Kinki District, Japan pp. 173-187

Toshihiro Hasegawa, Takeshi Horie and Brian S. Yandell

A simulation model to assess primary production and use of Bouteloua gracilis grasslands. Part I--Model structure and validation pp. 189-208

Quito Lopez-Tirado and J. G. W. Jones

A simulation model to assess primary production and use of Bouteloua gracilis grasslands. Part II--Experimentation pp. 209-227

Quito Lopez-Tirado and J. G. W. Jones

ISNAR Agricultural Research Indicator Series: A Global Database on National Agricultural Research Systems: By P. G. Pardey and J. Roseboom. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989. 547 pages. ISBN 0 521 37368 9. Price: [pound sign]35 (hardback) pp. 229-230

P. K. Thornton

Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer: By I. Arnon. Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1989, 844 pages. ISBN 1 85166 275 8. Price: [pound sign]8[middle dot]00 (hardback) (US$153[middle dot]00) pp. 230-232

S. R. Harrison

Agricultural Ecology and Environment: Edited by M. G. Paoletti, B. R. Stinner and G. G. Lorenzoni. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1989. 636 pp. ISBN 0 444 886 10 9. Price: US$143[middle dot]50 pp. 230-230

G. Hughes

Volume 35, issue 1, 1991

GINQUAL: A cotton processing quality model pp. 1-20

G. L. Barker, R. V. Baker and J. W. Laird

Structure and behavior of a deterministic model of reproductive performance in beef cattle pp. 21-36

S. C. Denham, R. E. Larsen, J. Boucher and E. L. Adams

Modeling competition for light between soybean and broadleaf weeds pp. 37-51

L. J. Wiles and G. G. Wilkerson

Adapting the SPUR animal submodel for use on fescue pastures by including rumen and heat stress logic pp. 53-67

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

Environmental conservation and sheep farming in the United Kingdom pp. 69-80

G. O. Hughes

A mathematical model for the impact of energy input in land preparation on yield of rice pp. 81-87

Abhijit Bhattacharya

Fertilizer and organic manure use under uncertainty: Policy comparisons for irrigated and dryland farming systems in South India pp. 89-102

Suresh Babu, S. R. Subramanian and B. Rajasekaran

The rumen microbial ecosystem: Edited by P. N. Hobson. Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1988. 527 pp. ISBN 1-85166-188-3. Price: [pound sign]77 (hardback) pp. 103-104

J. D. Oldham

The fragile environment: Edited by L. E. Friday and R. A. Laskey. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989. 198 pp. ISBN 0 521 36337 3. Price: [pound sign]12.95 ($19.95) (hardback) pp. 104-105

P. K. Thornton

Useful plants of neotropical origin and their wild relatives: By H. Brucher. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1989. 296 pp. ISBN 3-540-18743-X. Price: DM 198 (hardback) pp. 105-106

Ken Giller

Management in agricultural and rural development: By P. Smith. Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1989. 276 pp. ISBN 1-85166-355-X. Price: [pound sign]40.00 (hardback) pp. 106-107

Jonathan Wadsworth