Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 28, issue 4, 1988

Predicting the effects of macro-economic variables on timber harvest in small regions: Method and application pp. 241-257

Joseph Buongiorno, Young Kang and Kent Connaughton

Milk transportation routes management pp. 259-271

K. K. Kalra and Raj Vir Singh

The price elasticity of export demand for US agricultural commodities reconsidered pp. 273-297

Noel D. Uri and Jonathan D. Jones

A model for evaluating grassland management decisions on beef and sheep farms in the UK pp. 299-317

K. Dowle, C. J. Doyle, A. W. Spedding and G. E. Pollott

Volume 28, issue 3, 1988

Evaluating the performance of tank irrigation systems pp. 161-177

K. Palanisami and J. C. Flinn

Economics of calcium silicate slag application in a rice-sugarcane rotation in the Everglades pp. 179-188

J. Alvarez, G. H. Snyder, D. L. Anderson and D. B. Jones

Short-duration grazing on crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum): Effects of grazing system variables on cattle and herbage production pp. 189-211

R. L. Senft

New dimensions of crop productivity systems in the developing countries: Pakistan's pursuit pp. 213-235

Riaz A. Mann

Managed Grasslands--Analytical Studies. Ecosystems of the World: Snaydon, R. W. (Ed). Vol. 17B, Elsevier Science Publishers, BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1987, xiii + 285 pp Price: Dfl. 300[middle dot]00 pp. 237-238

N. R. Brockington

Agroforestry: A Decade of Development: Steppler, H. A. and Nair, P. K. R. (Eds). ICRAF, Nairobi, 1987. Price: US$30[middle dot]00 excluding postage pp. 238-240

Fergus Sinclair

Volume 28, issue 2, 1988

The role of a simple, flexible economic appraisal of strategies for rangeland development in Central Tunisia pp. 79-90

Douglas E. Johnson, Mohamed N. Ben Ali and Michael M. Borman

The willingness-to-pay technique in evaluating on-farm animal research in Brazil pp. 91-102

Gregory A. Baker, Jose de Souza Neto and Hendrick C. Knipscheer

Research on a typology of traditional farming in Burundi pp. 103-117

Manyong A. Manyong, Jose Degand, Luc D'Haese, P. -F. Ndimira and Pierre Dutilleul

Externality and equity implications of private exploitation of ground-water resources pp. 119-139

Tushaar Shah

Cattle production systems by multiobjective programming for the tenth region of Chile pp. 141-157

Mario Maino Mendez, Ramon Alonso Sebastian and M. Teresa Iruretagoyena Osuna

Microbial biomass proteins: Edited by Murray Moo-Young and Kenneth F. Gregory, Elsevier Applied Science Publishers. 1986. 185 pp. Price: [pound sign]24.00 pp. 159-160

D. L. Pyle

Volume 28, issue 1, 1988

The simulation of inventory control in a fresh apple packing plant pp. 1-11

S. Andrew Starbird and Robert A. Milligan

A system disrupted--The grazing economy of North Wales in the wake of Chernobyl pp. 13-27

William Kerr and S. Mooney

Modeling developmental polymorphism in lepidopteran populations pp. 29-46

Carl E. Anderson, E. R. Hart and Julie C. Weatherby

A conceptual model for inter se mating of cows in India pp. 47-55

R. K. Mehla, S. Kumar, V. N. Tripathi, P. U. Gajbhiye and R. K. Patel

Evaluation of an empirical model of coastal bermudagrass production pp. 57-66

A. R. Overman, E. A. Angley and S. R. Wilkinson

Herd and flock productivity assessment using the standard offtake and the demogram pp. 67-78

Richard Baptist

Volume 27, issue 4, 1988

Impacts of new agricultural technologies in two regions of Peru pp. 241-249

Edward B. Walters and George Norton

Options for improvement of the Borana Pastoral System pp. 251-278

Noel J. Cossins and Martin Upton

A model of growth and growth composition for beef bulls of different breeds pp. 279-294

S. Korver, M. W. Tess and T. Johnson

Work organization simulation as a basis for farm management advice (equipment and manpower, levels against climatic variability) pp. 295-314

Francois Papy, Jean-Marie Attonaty, Clotilde Laporte and Louis-Georges Soler

Rational pesticide use: Brent, K. J. and Atkin, R. K. (Eds). Cambridge University Press, 1987. 348 pp. (Camera-ready text.) Price: [pound sign]27[middle dot]50 pp. 315-316

S. Ball

Integrated pest management for potatoes in the Western United States: Publication No. 3316 of the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Publication No. 011 for Western Regional Research. 146 pp. 1986. Price: US $17[middle dot]00 pp. 316-317

H. F. van Emden

Simulation of water use, nitrogen nutrition and growth of a spring wheat crop: Keulen, H. van and Seligman, N. G. PUDOC Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1987. v + 310 pp. Price: Dfl. 100[middle dot]00 pp. 317-318

N. R. Brockington

Inorganic nitrogen metabolism: Ulrich, W. R., Aparicio, P. J., Syrett, P. J. & Castillo, F. (Eds). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1987. xv + 295 pp. Price: DM 148 pp. 318-318

E. H. Roberts

Agronomy of grassland systems: C. J. Pearson and R. L. Ison. Cambridge University Press, 1987. vi + 169 pp. Price: [pound sign]27[middle dot]50 (US $49[middle dot]50) hardback, [pound sign]9[middle dot]95 (US $16[middle dot]95) paperback pp. 318-319

J. G. W. Jones

Volume 27, issue 3, 1988

A case study of risk-return tradeoffs in a mixed farming system in highland Ethiopia pp. 161-177

Gil Rodriguez and Frank W. Anderson

Systematic learning of agricultural technologies pp. 179-193

John L. Wake, Clyde F. Kiker and Peter E. Hildebrand

Derivation of economic values in cattle breeding: A model at farm level pp. 195-213

A. F. Groen

Formulating policy to cope with virus disease in citrus orchards pp. 215-224

Ishai Spharim and Sarit Shalhevet

Comparative economic analysis of NAFPP and traditional cassava/maize production technologies in Rivers State of Nigeria pp. 225-231

N. O. A. Ezeh

Forest ecosystems in the Alaskan Taiga, a synthesis of structure and function: Van Cleve, K., Chapin III, F. S., Flanagan, P. W., Viereck, L. A. & Dyrness, C. T. (Eds). Ecological Studies. Analysis and Synthesis, Volume 57. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1986, 82 Figs, 20 Tabs, Approx. 235 pp. DM 128 ISBN 3-540-96251-4 pp. 233-237

T. V. Callaghan

Scientific basis for soil protection in the European community: Barth, H. and L'Hermite, P. (Eds). Elsevier Applied Science, London, 1987. Price: [pound sign]70[middle dot]00, ISBN 1-85166-109-3 pp. 237-239

Stephen Nortcliff

Volume 27, issue 2, 1988

Simulation analysis of declining cotton yields pp. 81-98

Donald F. Wanjura and Gary L. Barker

Socio-economic assessment of the World Bank Rice Project in Eastern Nigeria pp. 99-115

Emea O. Arua and Martin N. Obidiegwu

The impact of climatic variation on the Borana pastoral system pp. 117-135

Noel J. Cossins and Martin Upton

An animal production model for assessing the bio-economic feasibility of various management strategies for the isohyperthermic savannas of Colombia pp. 137-156

P. K. Thornton

Tropical root crops: Root crops and the African food crisis: Terry, E. R., Akoroda, M. O. and Arene, O. B. (Eds). Proceedings of the Third Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops--Africa Branch, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, 1987. 197 pp pp. 157-160

W. R. Stanton

Volume 27, issue 1, 1988

The impact of rural road construction on agricultural development: An empirical study of Anambra state in nigeria pp. 1-9

B. C. Amadi

A computerised management and disease information retrieval system for profitable broiler production pp. 11-22

S. G. McIlroy, E. A. Goodall, J. Rainey and C. H. McMurray

Ex-ante risk programming appraisal of new agricultural technology: Experiment station fertilizer recommendations in Southern Niger pp. 23-34

Akinwumi A. Adesina, Philip Abbott and John H. Sanders

Ox draught power and agricultural transformation in Northern Zambia pp. 35-49

Paul A. Francis

Simulation of crop-irrigation systems pp. 51-65

B. K. Bala, M. A. Satter, M. A. Halim and M. S. U. Talukdar

Cropping systems based on farm-derived, renewable resources pp. 67-75

Charles A. Francis and James W. King

To feed the earth: Agro-ecology for sustainable development: Dover, M. J. and Talbot, L. M. World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1987. Price: $10[middle dot]00 pp. 77-79

R. M. Morris