Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

Current editor(s): J.W. Hansen, P.K. Thornton and P.B.M. Berentsen

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Volume 22, issue 4, 1986

The ecology and management of small ruminant production systems in the sertao of Ceara, in the Northeast of Brazil pp. 259-287

Joao S. de Queiroz, Nestor Gutierrez-Aleman and Federico A. Ponce de Leon

The consumption patterns of food in Sri Lanka with special reference to protein-calorie nutrition pp. 289-303

C. Bogahawatte and K. Kailasapathy

Optimal cutting frequency and intervals derived from Johnson and Thornley's model of grass growth pp. 305-314

Jia-lin Chen

Technology in the 1990s: Agriculture and food: Blaxter, Sir Kenneth and Fowden, Sir Leslie. The Royal Society, London, 1985. 171 pp. Price: [pound sign]30[middle dot]50 (UK); [pound sign]32 (overseas) pp. 315-316

C. R. W. Spedding

Far from paradise: Seymour, J. and Girardet, H. (The story of man's impact on the environment). British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1986. 216 pp. Price: [pound sign]9[middle dot]50 pp. 316-319

Robert Stanton

Research methodology for livestock on-farm trials: Nordblom, T. L., El Karim Hamid Ahmed, Awad and Potts, G. R. (Proceedings of a Workshop held at Aleppo, Syria, 25-28 March, 1985). International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada, 1985. 313 pp. No price given pp. 319-320

I. A. M. Lucas

Volume 22, issue 3, 1986

Determinants of diffusion of cocoa-spraying chemicals among Nigerian cocoa farmers pp. 191-202

Amos A. Akinola

The system level of change and its impact on the role of agricultural organizations pp. 203-213

J. E. Holt and D. Schoorl

A method for forecasting market supplies in horticulture pp. 215-229

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

Productivity of yam under alternative cropping systems adopted by small-holder farmers of southeastern Nigeria pp. 231-241

E. C. Okorji

Multiple objective programming: An approach to planning and evaluation of agroforestry systems-- Part 1: Model description and development pp. 243-253

Guillermo A. Mendoza, Gene E. Campbell and Gary L. Rolfe

Agriculture and environment: The physical geography of temperate agricultural systems: Briggs, D. and Courtney, F. Longman Group, Harlow, Great Britain, 1985, 442 pp. Price: [pound sign]30 pp. 255-256

J. M. Walsingham

New directions for biosciences research in agriculture: National Academy Press, Washington, DC, USA, 1985. Price: [pound sign]10.55 pp. 256-257

Tilo L. V. Ulbricht

Volume 22, issue 2, 1986

The CAMDAIRY model for formulating and analysing dairy cow rations pp. 81-108

D. J. Hulme, R. C. Kellaway, P. J. Booth and L. Bennett

Improving the economic impact of farming systems research pp. 109-125

Colin Barlow, Sisira Jayasuriya, Edwin Price, Constancia Maranan and Nicanor Roxas

Analysis of labor to operate linear move irrigation machines pp. 127-140

Ilan Amir, Menachem Farbman and Jonathan Dag

A synchronous and differential operational scheme for the NH3 application system in XAIC, China pp. 141-156

Zhuang Ling

Simulation of swine herd population dynamics pp. 157-183

Devindar Singh

Cereal production: Gallagher, E. J. (Ed.). Butterworths in association with the Royal Dublin Society, London. 1984. x + 354 pp. Price: [pound sign]46.00 pp. 185-186

E. H. Roberts

An introduction to human ecology research on agricultural systems in Southeast Asia: Rambo, A. T. and Sajise, P. E. (Eds). University of the Phillipines at Los Banos, Laguna, 1984, Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Centre, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848, USA. 327 pp pp. 186-189

W. R. Stanton

Volume 22, issue 1, 1986

Estimation of recruitment rates and survival from field census data with application to poikilotherm populations pp. 1-21

Christine A. Shoemaker, Gary E. Smith and Robert G. Helgesen

Lending to farmers through the commercial banks in a developing economy: The Nigerian experience pp. 23-32

P. S. Aku

Cattle dynamics in a pastoralist community in Ngorongoro, Tanzania, during the 1982-3 drought pp. 33-51

W. A. Rodgers and K. M. Homewood

An approach to defining a product market pp. 53-70

Noel D. Uri and David M. Barton

An optimum location and size model for a food-processing plant in continuous space pp. 71-79

Francisco Juarez and Carlos Romero

Volume 21, issue 4, 1986

A model for evaluating grassland management decisions on dairy farms in the UK pp. 243-266

C. J. Doyle and C. Edwards

Prospects for optimizing land use: Agronomic, economic and sociological aspects pp. 267-277

J-R. Marty, M. Cabelguenne and A. Hilaire

An evaluation of the structure and function of tropical homegardens pp. 279-310

E. C. M. Fernandes and P. K. R. Nair

Isotopes and radiation in agricultural sciences: L'Annunziata, M. F. and Legg, J. O. Two volumes. Academic Press, London, 1984. 292 pp and 356 pp. Price: [pound sign]39.50 and [pound sign]49.00 pp. 311-312

J. Elston

Pasture improvement research in Eastern and Southern Africa, proceedings of a workshop held in Harare, Zimbabwe, 17-21 September 1984: Kategile, J. A. (editor). International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada, 1985. No price given pp. 312-313

J. Morrison

The marketing of agricultural products: Kohls, R. L. and Uhl, J. N. 6th Edition. Macmillan, New York, 1985. xi + 624 pp. Price: [pound sign]42.00 pp. 313-315

J. A. Burns

Volume 21, issue 3, 1986

A model for recycling of feed nutrients in a crop, animal and biogas system in India pp. 159-169

R. K. Mehla, A. Srivastava, R. S. Manik and V. D. Mudgal

An analysis of mango production and marketing in Australia pp. 171-188

D. Schoorl and J. E. Holt

Prediction of milk and milk solids production pp. 189-200

E. A. Goodall

The yield, quality and profitability of annual forage, perennial pasture and perennial forage systems under irrigation pp. 201-213

D. K. Muldoon

The roles and values of straw and nutritionally improved straw in ruminant rations pp. 215-225

T. J. Magowan and J. R. O'Callaghan

Yield levels of potato crops in Central Africa pp. 227-235

A. J. Haverkort

Farming systems research: A review: Simmonds, N. W. World Bank Technical Paper No. 43. The World Bank, Washington, DC, 1985. 97 pp pp. 237-240

N. R. Brockington

Volume 21, issue 2, 1986

A natural resource information system for agriculture pp. 81-105

Tung Liang and M. Akram Khan

Rating land for crop introduction pp. 107-127

T. Liang, M. Akram Khan, L. A. Manrique and Rajbir Parmar

A decision analytic model for chemical control of sooty blotch and flyspeck diseases of apple pp. 129-157

Harvey J. Gold and Turner B. Sutton

Volume 21, issue 1, 1986

Agroforestry: An economic appraisal of the benefits of intercropping trees with grassland in Lowland Britain pp. 1-32

C. J. Doyle, J. Evans and J. Rossiter

Determination of the optimum capacities of farm machines to adapt for a medium-scale multi-crop production pp. 33-57

O. C. Ademosun

Forecasting an agricultural system with random walk priors pp. 59-67

David Bessler and Jane C. Hopkins

The impact of livestock feed demand in centrally planned countries on grain and oilseed imports pp. 69-82

Kenneth B. Young and Gail Cramer

Volume 20, issue 4, 1986

A mathematical programming model of a crop-livestock farm system pp. 243-268

David A. Morrison, Ross S. Kingwell, David Pannell and Michael A. Ewing

Validation of the species composition index pp. 269-279

Ronald L. Mitchell, Henry A. Fribourg and J. B. McLaren

Development of an in-field cattle finishing system for the tropics pp. 281-299

Devindar Singh, Harris M. Gitlin, J. R. Carpenter and Tung Liang

Farmers' participation in the National Accelerated Food Production Project (NAFPP) in Nigeria pp. 301-311

Amos A. Akinola

A systems approach to conservation tillage: Frank M. D'Itri (Ed.). Institute of Water Research and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, USA. Lewis Publishers Inc., Michigan, USA, 1985. 384 pp. Price: [pound sign]36.75 pp. 313-314

J. A. C. Gibb

Sistemas de produccion pecuaria extensiva (Extensive Systems of Animal Production), Brasil, Colombia, Venezuela: Vera, Raul R. & Carlos Sera, R. (Eds). The International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Cali. Colombia. 530 pp. 1985. (Spanish text with English summaries). No price given pp. 314-317

N. R. Brockington

Pastoral man in the garden of eden. The Maasai of the Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania: Arnhem, Kaj. University of Uppsala, Sweden. 1985. 123 pp. Price: SEK 70 pp. 317-319

C. Peacock

Volume 20, issue 3, 1986

Optimal energy and resource management in bio-production systems pp. 161-174

Syed A. Shah, Larry J. Kutz and Donald A. Bender

Mapping relative viability prospects for pastoralism in Australia pp. 175-193

K. D. Cocks, Michael Young and P. A. Walker

Grouping soils with similar properties for areal water budgeting and moisture mapping pp. 195-217

M. Akram Khan and Tung Liang

An economic evaluation of breeding systems with selection and crossing of large white and landrace pigs in a closed herd pp. 219-239

G. M. Macbeth and C. P. McPhee

Cassava--New potential for a much neglected crop: Cock, J. H. Westview Press, Boulder and London, 1985, 191 pp. No price given pp. 241-240

D. W. Wholey

Volume 20, issue 2, 1986

Predicting the liveweight changes of sheep grazing wheat stubbles in a Mediterranean environment pp. 83-103

J. P. G. Orsini and G. W. Arnold

Use of multiple regression analysis to estimate average corn yields using selected soils and climatic data pp. 105-120

K. R. Olson and G. W. Olson

Dynamic optimization model for feeding of broilers pp. 121-132

H. Talpaz, J. R. de la Torre, P. J. H. Sharpe and S. Hurwitz

A combined simulation-optimization approach for predicting crop yields pp. 133-157

D. P. Swaney, J. W. Jones, J. W. Mishoe and F. Baker

Cropping systems in the tropics: Principles and management: Palaniappan, S. P. Wiley Eastern Ltd, New York. 1985. 215 pp. No price given pp. 159-183

R. W. Willey

Volume 20, issue 1, 1986

Energy and protein balances in traditional livestock systems and ranching in eastern Botswana pp. 1-16

N. de Ridder and K. T. Wagenaar

Production policies for pastoralists: The Borana case pp. 17-35

Martin Upton

Development and validation of a dynamic model of growth and quality for cool season grasses pp. 37-52

W. F. Brown, L. E. Moser and T. J. Klopfenstein

A bio-economic modelling project for small-scale milk production systems in South-East Brazil: Part 2--refinement and use of the model to analyse some short- and long-term management strategies pp. 53-81

N. R. Brockington, A. G. de Assis, M. L. Martinez and J. M. Veil