Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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Volume 26, issue 4, 1988

A goal programming model for planning the development of newly reclaimed lands pp. 245-261

Hisham El-Shishiny

Predicting root growth and water uptake under different soil water regimes pp. 263-290

Gerrit Hoogenboom, M. G. Huck and Curt M. Peterson

Productivity, stability, sustainability, equitability and autonomy as properties for agroecosystem assessment pp. 291-316

Gerald G. Marten

Small ruminant production systems in South and Southeast Asia: Devendra, C. (Ed). Proceedings of a workshop held in Bogor, Indonesia, 6-10 October 1986, IDRC, Ottawa, 1987. No price given pp. 317-318

C. Peacock

Volume 26, issue 3, 1988

Curriculum development in tertiary agriculture and horticulture pp. 165-177

William Dunstan Atkinson

A decision support approach for the beef cattle industry of tropical Australia pp. 179-190

Peter Gillard and Richard Monypenny

An indigenous agricultural model from West Sumatra: A source of scientific insight pp. 191-209

Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Dan W. Gill and Fahmuddin Agus

Application of interactive multiple goal programming techniques for analysis and planning of regional agricultural development pp. 211-230

C. T. de Wit, H. van Keulen, N. G. Seligman and I. Spharim

A computerised management information system to monitor annual milk production pp. 231-240

E. A. Goodall and E. Agnew

Rangeland: A resource under siege. Proceedings of the second Rangeland congress, Adelaide, Australia, 1985: Joss, P. J., Lynch, P. W. & Williams, O. B. (Eds). Cambridge University Press, 1987. Price: [pound sign]55 pp. 241-242

John Morrison

Agricultural insect pests of temperate regions and their control: Hill, D. S. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 24013 1, 659 pp., 1987. Price: [pound sign]60 pp. 242-243

H. F. van Emden

Volume 26, issue 2, 1988

Minimizing confounding in case studies of agricultural systems pp. 89-97

David L. Scarnecchia

Wind, crop pests and agroforest design pp. 99-110

J. S. O. Epila

Estimation of parameters for the cotton simulation model GOSSYM: Cultivar differences pp. 111-122

V. R. Reddy and D. N. Baker

The calculation of herbage intake of grazing sheep: A detailed comparison between models pp. 123-160

Jean Michel Elsen, Daniel Wallach and Jean Louis Charpenteau

Alternative uses for agricultural surpluses, proceedings of the seminar on research and the problems of agricultural surpluses in Europe, EEC, June 1985: Raymond, W. F. and Larvor, P. (Eds). Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London, 1986. Price: [pound sign]20.00 pp. 161-162

Oliver M. R. Brown

Investing in rural extension: Strategies and goals: Gwyn E. Jones (Ed.). Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London, 1986. 297 pp. Price: [pound sign]40.00 pp. 162-163

Geoffrey Allanson

MIDAS, a bioeconomic model of a dryland farm system: Kingwell, R. S. and Pannell, D. J. (Eds). Pudoc, Wageningen, 1987. 215 pp. Price: Dfl 65.00/US $32.50 pp. 164-163

David Hallam

Volume 26, issue 1, 1988

The relative contributions to profit of fixed and applied nitrogen in a crop-livestock farm systems pp. 1-17

David Pannell and D. A. Falconer

Estimating multidimensional economic injury levels with simulation models pp. 19-33

M. B. Nordh, L. R. Zavaleta and W. G. Ruesink

Control of gorse in hill country: An economic assessment of chemical and biological methods pp. 35-49

M. A. Krause, A. C. Beck and J. B. Dent

The soil factor in crop production: An exploratory study in a humid tropical environment pp. 51-64

Oluwole Ameyan

A mathematical model for the formulation of optimal amino acid and energy concentrations in feeds for laying hens pp. 65-76

F. J. Kleyn and R. M. Gous

Commercialisation as a policy mechanism in UK agricultural research, development and extension pp. 77-87

Nicholas Read, John J. Quinn and Andrew Webster

Volume 25, issue 4, 1987

Editorial pp. 243-244

C. R. W. Spedding

An analysis of the growth rates of pasture and animal production pp. 245-259

D. A. Charles-Edwards, P. Tow and T. R. Evans

Nitrogen and phosphorus transfers in a crop-livestock system in West Africa pp. 261-277

J. M. Powell and M. A. Mohamed-Saleem

Economics of simulated beef-forage rotational grazing under weather uncertainty pp. 279-295

Lucas D. Parsch and Otto J. Loewer

Graze: A model of selective grazing by beef animals pp. 297-309

O. J. Loewer, K. L. Taul, L. W. Turner, N. Gay and R. Muntifering

Rapid rural appraisal for generating appropriate technologies for peasant farmers: Some experiences from Northern Nigeria pp. 311-324

G. O. I. Abalu, N. M. Fisher and Y. Abdullahi

Renewable energy technologies: Their applications in developing countries: Kristofferson, L. A. & Bokalders, V. Pergamon, Potts Point, Australia. 1986. 319 pp. Price: AS $140. Also available from Pergamon, Oxford pp. 325-327

Sean Foley

Scheduling farm operations--A simulation model: van Elderen, E. Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1987. 226pp. Price (hardbound): 100 guilders/US$50[middle dot]00 pp. 328-329

J. A. C. Gibb

Workshop on the Caribbean cooperative rice research network: Cuevas, Frederico (Ed.) Proceedings of a workshop held in the Dominican Republic, 20-24 August, 1984. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, CIAT, Cali, Colombia, 1986. 128pp pp. 329-329

E. H. Roberts

Volume 25, issue 3, 1987

Optimizing multiple cropping systems: Simulation studies pp. 165-176

Y. J. Tsai, J. W. Mishoe and J. W. Jones

Plant uptake and accumulation of soil applied trace organic compounds: Theoretical development pp. 177-197

E. L. McCoy

The Borana pastoral system of Southern Ethiopia pp. 199-218

Noel J. Cossins and Martin Upton

Economic thresholds and response to uncertainty in weed control pp. 219-227

Bruce A. Auld and Clement Tisdell

A model for selective mechanisation for the small farmer pp. 229-236

Adeyemi Aderoba

Tractor-implement systems: Alcock, Ralph. Avi Publishing Co., Inc., Westport, Connecticut, USA, 1986. 161 pp. Price: US$29[middle dot]75 pp. 237-238

J. A. C. Gibb

Multiple cropping systems: Francis, Charles A. (Ed.). Macmillan Publishing Company, New York; Collier Macmillan Publishers, London, 1986. 383 pp. Price: US$37[middle dot]50 pp. 238-240

P. M. Harris

Volume 25, issue 2, 1987

The small ruminant market system in Indonesia: A review pp. 87-103

H. C. Knipscheer, M. Sabrani, T. D. Soedjana and A. J. De Boer

The migrant Igbira farmers and food crop production in Bendel State, Nigeria pp. 105-124

G. J. Osemeobo

A model for sericulture and milk production pp. 125-133

R. K. Mehla, R. K. Patel and V. N. Tripathi

Price formation on the Brisbane, Australia, market pp. 135-143

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

Validation of ALSIM1 (Level 2) under Michigan conditions pp. 145-157

Lucas D. Parsch

Livestock production in central Mali: Long-term studies on cattle and small ruminants in the agro-pastoral system: Wilson, R. T. ILCA Research Report No. 14, International Livestock Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1986 pp. 159-161

C. Peacock

Pest control: Operations and system analysis in fruit fly management: Mangel, M., Carey, J. R. and Plant, R. E. (Eds). NATO ASI Series G. Ecological Sciences Vol. 11. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelburg, Germany, 1986. 465 pp. Price: DM 178 pp. 161-162

J. D. Mumford

Volume 25, issue 1, 1987

A stochastic model to study breeding schemes in a small pig population pp. 1-25

G. de Roo

The effectiveness of silage inoculants: A systems approach pp. 27-49

R. E. Pitt and R. Y. Leibensperger

A linear programming model of grassland management pp. 51-71

A. G. Conway and L. Killen

Sago-'85: The third international sago symposium Tokyo, Japan, 20-23 May 1985 pp. 73-78

Robert Stanton

Modelling of agricultural production: Weather, soils and crops: Keulen, H. van & Wolf, J. (Eds). PUDOC, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1986, 478 pp. Price: US$44 pp. 79-81

N. R. Brockington

Livestock in Asia--Issues and policies: Fine, J. C. and Lattimore, R. G. (Eds) Int. Dev. Res. Centre (IDRC), Canada, 1982, 192 pp. No price given pp. 81-94

P. R. Ellis

Tropical ecology and physical edaphology: Lal, R., Wiley Interscience, 1987. Price: [pound sign]72[middle dot]50 pp. 82-83

A. Wild