Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 34, issue 4, 1990

Simulation of hay-making systems: Part 1-- development of the model pp. 277-299

M. L. Gupta, T. A. McMahon, R. H. Macmillan and D. W. Bennett

Simulation of hay-making systems: Part 2--Application of the model pp. 301-318

M. L. Gupta, R. H. Macmillan, T. A. McMahon and D. W. Bennett

Simulation of meteorological data for use in agricultural production studies pp. 319-336

Larry W. Van Tassell, James Richardson and J. Richard Conner

Goal programming for estimating initial influx of insect pests pp. 337-348

L. G. Brown, R. W. McClendon and K. S. Akbay

Economic analysis of soil erosion effects in alley cropping, no-till and bush fallow systems in South Western Nigeria pp. 349-368

S. K. Ehui, B. T. Kang and D. S. C. Spencer

Climate and agriculture: Systems approaches to decision making: Edited by A. Weiss. Proceedings of a workshop held in Charleston, South Carolina, 5-7 March 1989. Available from the Department of Agricultural Meteorology, 245 L. W. Chase Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0728, USA. 304 pp. Price: $30 (USA), $35 (elsewhere). ISBN not given pp. 369-370

A. W. Stott

Farmer first: Edited by Robert Chambers, Arnold Pacey and Lori Ann Thrupp. Intermediate Technology Publications, UK, 1989. 218 pp. Price: [pound sign]2[middle dot]50 (paperback). ISBN 1-85339-007-0 pp. 370-371

R. H. Fawcett

Volume 34, issue 3, 1990

Regression of a model on real-system output: An invalid test of model validity pp. 183-190

S. R. Harrison

Forecasting Victorian fleece weights using a climatic pasture index pp. 191-205

I. Shaw and C. J. Findlay

An evaluation of a FSR/E project: Costs and benefits of research and extension pp. 207-221

R. Quentin Grafton, Edward B. Walters and Michael K. Bertelsen

Deviant organisations in development: A review of theories of intervention pp. 223-236

P. J. Smith

A survey method to characterise spatial variation for rural development projects pp. 237-257

Simon E. Carter

Developing efficient extension strategies: Results of an experiment involving Costa Rican livestock producers pp. 259-275

Jonathan Wadsworth

Volume 34, issue 2, 1990

Modelling reproductive management systems for beef cattle pp. 103-122

Sara Melin Azzam, J. E. Kinder and M. K. Nielsen

The application of open and closed systems theory to change in agricultural institutions pp. 123-132

J. E. Holt and D. Schoorl

A multiple objective land use planning model for Nepalese hills farms pp. 133-149

Keshab M. Shakya and William A. Leuschner

Linking research to extension in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea: The problems of a modified farming systems approach pp. 151-167

Robert Crittenden and David A. M. Lea

Evaluating SPUR model for predicting animal gains and biomass on eastern hill land pastures pp. 169-178

W. L. Stout, L. C. Vona, J. W. Skiles, J. A. Shaffer, G. A. Jung and R. L. Reid

Red deer in the highlands: By T. H. Clutton-Brock and S. D. Albon. Blackwells, Oxford, 1989. ISBN 0 632 02244 2. Price: [pound sign]24[middle dot]5 (hardback) pp. 179-180

A. W. Illius

Public policies and the misuse of forest resources: Edited by R. Repetto and M. Gillis. A World Resources Institute Book, Cambridge University Press, 1988. 432 pp. ISBN 0 521 33544 4. Price: [pound sign]19[middle dot]50 (paperback) pp. 180-181

Jennifer A. Johnson

Crop and plant protection: The practical foundations: By Rudolph Heitefuss. Ellis Horwood Ltd, Chichester, England, 1989. 261 pp. ISBN 0 7458 0523 X. Price: [pound sign]39[middle dot]95 (hardback) pp. 181-182

R. Harling

Volume 34, issue 1, 1990

The use of soft systems methodology to improve the adoption by Australian cotton growers of the siratac computer-based crop management system pp. 1-14

R. Macadam, I. Britton, D. Russell, W. Potts, B. Baillie and A. Shaw

Simulation of gum naval stores production systems pp. 15-36

Alan W. Hodges and W. David Shoup

A decision support model to evaluate the effects of drought and stocking rate on beef cattle properties in Northern Australia pp. 37-52

Peter Gillard and Richard Monypenny

Recursive stochastic programming applied to dairy cow replacement pp. 53-64

B. L. Harris

Integration of seed and plant kill tactics for control of wild oats: An economic evaluation pp. 65-76

Sushil Pandey and R. W. Medd

A comparison of development options on a Northern Australian beef property pp. 77-102

B. D. Foran, D. M. Stafford Smith, G. Niethe, T. Stockwell and V. Michell

Volume 33, issue 4, 1990

Estimating fertilizer demand and output supply for Malawi's smallholder agriculture pp. 293-314

Duncan M. Chembezi

The application of SIMOPT2: RICE to evaluate profit and yield-risk in upland-rice production pp. 315-326

Evangelyn C. Alocilja and Joe T. Ritchie

Farming systems research within a small research system: A search for appropriate models pp. 327-346

E. Gilbert, J. Posner and J. Sumberg

Analysis of the effects of herbicides on cotton yield trends pp. 347-359

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

`SummerPack', a user-friendly simulation software for the management of sheep grazing dry pastures or stubbles pp. 361-376

J. -P. G. Orsini

Temperate pastures: Their production, use and management: Edited by J. L. Wheeler, C. J. Pearson and G. E. Robards. An Australian Wool Corporation Technical Publication, Australian Wool Corporation and CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia. 606 pp. ISBN 0 643 04773 5. Price: not given pp. 377-378

Fred Morley

New seeds and poor people: By M. Lipton and R. Longhurst, Unwin Hyman, London, 1989. 471 pp. ISBN 0 04 445 327-2. Price: [pound sign]35 (boards); [pound sign]17.95 (paperback) pp. 378-380

N. W. Simmonds

Development of farming systems, evaluation of the five-year period 1980-1984: Edited by J. C. Zadoks. Pudoc, Wageningen, 1989. 90 pp.ISBN 90-220-0969-6. Price: Dfl 50.00 pp. 380-381

J. C. Holmes

Volume 33, issue 3, 1990

Evaluating CERES-Maize for reduction in plant population or leaf area during the growing season pp. 199-213

Ernest L. Piper and Albert Weiss

Simulation of soil water storage and sowing day probabilities with fallow and no-fallow in southern New South Wales: I. Model and long term mean effects pp. 215-240

R. A. Fischer, J. S. Armstrong and M. Stapper

Simulation of soil water storage and sowing day probabilities with fallow and no-fallow in southern New South Wales: II. Stochasticity and management tactics pp. 241-255

R. A. Fischer and J. S. Armstrong

Simulation by crop growth models of defoliation, derived from field estimates of percent defoliation pp. 257-270

Wayne D. Heym, Elmer E. Ewing, A. Gay Nicholson and Kenneth P. Sandlan

Expanding the policy dimension of farming systems research pp. 271-287

Roger Fox, Tim Finan, Scott Pearson and Eric Monke

Grass: Its production and utilisation: Edited by W. Holmes. Osney Mead, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. 2nd edn, 1989. 306 pp. ISBN 0-632-02461-5. Price: UK [pound sign]15.95 (soft cover) pp. 289-290

M. E. Smetham

Agroforestry systems in the tropics: Edited by P. K. R. Nair. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, in co-operation with ICRAF, 1979. 664 pp. ISBN 90-247-3790-7. Price: US$125.00; UK [pound sign]97.00 pp. 290-291

Stephen Dury

Multiple criteria analysis for agricultural decisions: Developments in Agricultural Economics 5. By C. Romero and T. Rehman. Elsevier, 1989. 257 pp. ISBN 0-444-87408-9. Price not given pp. 291-292

Murray McGregor

Volume 33, issue 2, 1990

A crop growth simulation model for operational management support in pot plant production pp. 101-114

K. J. Leutscher and J. V. M. Vogelezang

Use of cluster analysis for identification and classification of farming systems in Qingyang County, Central North China pp. 115-125

R. T. Hardiman, R. Lacey and Yang Mu Yi

A method for reallotment research in land development projects in The Netherlands pp. 127-138

R. Kik

Optimal strategies for management of Verticillium wilt pp. 139-152

U. Regev, A. P. Gutierrez, J. E. DeVay and C. K. Ellis

Calibration and validation of EPIC for crop rotations in southern France pp. 153-171

M. Cabelguenne, C. A. Jones, J. R. Marty, P. T. Dyke and J. R. Williams

Modifications to the simulation model POTATO for use in New York pp. 173-192

E. E. Ewing, W. D. Heym, E. J. Batutis, R. G. Snyder, M. Ben Khedher, K. P. Sandlan and A. D. Turner

Project identification in developing countries: Identifying better development initiatives in the agricultural sectors: Edited by P. Smith. Proceedings of a Conference at the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, September 1987. Available from IDPM, University of Manchester, Precinct Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9QS. 281 pp. Price: [pound sign]16.50 (airmail outside N. Europe [pound sign]20.00) pp. 193-194

M. J. McGregor

Operational efficiency in forestry. Vol. 2: Practice: By C. R. Silversides & U. Sundberg. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989. ISBN 0-7923-0063-7. 169 pp. Price: not given (hardback) pp. 194-195

Harriet Palmer

Volume 33, issue 1, 1990

Pastoralist herd compositions in unpredictable environments: A comparison of model predictions and data from camel-keeping groups pp. 1-11

Ruth Mace

Dynamic simulation of water deficit effects upon maize yield pp. 13-39

R. F. Grant

A wheat grazing systems model for the US Southern Plains: Part I--Model description and performance pp. 41-59

Abelardo Rodriguez, James N. Trapp, Odell L. Walker and Daniel J. Bernardo

A wheat grazing systems model for the US Southern Plains: Part II--Economic analysis of grazing management decisions under weather uncertainty pp. 61-75

Abelardo Rodriguez, James N. Trapp, Odell L. Walker and Daniel J. Bernardo

A model to analyse the influence of resource management policies on the economic returns from a traditional African pastoral system pp. 77-96

J. W. Hearne and A. J. C. Buchan

Ruminant production in the dry subtropics: Constraints and potentials. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Constraints and Possibilities of Ruminant Production in the Dry Subtropics: Compiled by E. S. E. Galal, M. B. Aboul-Ela and M. M. Shafie. Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1989, 268 pp. Price: Df1 100.00 (hardcover). ISBN 90-220-0949-1 pp. 97-98

R. R. Vera

The impact of climatic variations on agriculture. Volume 1: Assessments in cool temperate and cold regions: Edited by M. L. Parry, T. R. Carter and N. T. Konijn. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1988, 876 pp. Price: [pound sign]69 (US$ 99) (paperback). ISBN 90-277-2701-5 pp. 98-99

G. Russell