Agricultural Systems

1976 - 2025

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

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Volume 19, issue 4, 1986

Potential crop production prediction by some simple calculation methods, as compared with computer simulations pp. 249-272

M. N. Versteeg and H. van Keulen

A quantitative framework for livestock development planning: Part 4--Testing a livestock production proposal pp. 273-298

J. A. Gartner and D. Hallam

The delegation of decisions on the farm pp. 299-317

Andrew Errington

Irrigation horticulture in highland guatemala: The tablon system of panajachel: Kent Mathewson. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, USA. 1984. Bowker Publishing Co. xxvi + 180 pp. Price: [pound sign]16[middle dot]75 pp. 319-320

R. S. Tayler

Potential for field beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in West Asia and North Africa. Proceedings of a regional workshop in Aleppo, Syria, 21-23 May, 1983: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia, 1985. 144 pp pp. 319-319

R. S. Tayler

Genetic engineering of plants: Board on Agriculture, National Research Council. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, USA, 1984. Marketed and distributed by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Price: [pound sign]12[middle dot]00 pp. 320-320

R. S. Tayler

Volume 19, issue 3, 1986

A bio-economic model of small-ruminant production in the semi-arid tropics of the Northeast region of Brazil: Part 2--Linear programming applications and results pp. 159-187

Nestor Gutierrez-Aleman, A. J. De Boer and E. W. Kehrberg

Development of a simple potato growth model for use in crop-pest management pp. 189-209

K. B. Johnson, S. B. Johnson and P. S. Teng

Weight gain in grazing sheep: A detailed comparison between models pp. 211-248

Daniel Wallach, Jean Louis Charpenteau and Jean Michel Elsen

Volume 19, issue 2, 1986

Socio-cultural effects on the farming systems research and development approach pp. 83-110

Kathleen K. Wilson, Perry F. Philipp and W. W. Shaner

Poultry production for the urban market in developing countries: The case of Zaire pp. 111-125

Glenn C. W. Ames and Leng-Makanda Ngemba

Post-harvest energy transformations in horticultural produce pp. 127-140

D. Schoorl and J. E. Holt

An impact analysis of the development of the rural road system on the production of oil palm in Imo State, Nigeria pp. 141-152

Chirs. O. B. Obiechina

Straw and other fibrous by-products as feed: Sundstol, F. and Owen, E. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1984, Amsterdam. 610 pp. Price $109.50 D.fl 285.00. In USA/Canada available from Elsevier Science Publ. Co. Inc., P.O. Box 1663, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA pp. 153-156

G. Alderman

Energy and agriculture: Stanhill, G. (Ed). Springer, Berlin. 1984. 192 pp. Price: DM 89. US$ 34.90 pp. 157-158

M. R. Jones

Volume 19, issue 1, 1986

Changing a post-harvest system: Impact of diffused light potato stores in Sri Lanka pp. 1-19

Robert E. Rhoades

Evaluation of the effect of energy price change on beef production management strategies in Hawaii pp. 21-35

H. Walter van Poollen and PingSun Leung

The case for insect pest management in agroforestry research pp. 37-54

J. S. O. Epila

A bio-economic model of small-ruminant production in the semi-arid tropics of the Northeast Region of Brazil: Part 1--Model description and components pp. 55-66

Nestor Gutierrez-Aleman, A. J. De Boer and R. D. Hart

Egg production on cooperative farms: An economic analysis pp. 67-75

Remi Adeyemo

Agriculture, poverty and freedom in developing countries: Clayton, Eric, Macmillan, London, 1983. 277 pp. Price [pound sign]15.00 (Hardback), [pound sign]6.95 (Paperback) pp. 77-79

David Gibbon

Production and water use of several food and fodder crops under irrigation in the desert area of Southwestern Peru: Alberda, Th. Centre for Agrobiological Research (CABO), Wageningen, The Netherlands. 1984. 56 pp., Agricultural Research Reports 928 (Paperback): Pudoc, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Price: Dfl17.00, US$6.80 (outside USA and Canada) pp. 79-79

R. S. Tayler

Plantation forestry in the tropics: Evans, J. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1982. 472 pp. Oxford Science Publications, Oxford University Press, paperback, 1984. Price: [pound sign]12.00 pp. 80-79

John B. Hall

Letter to the editor pp. 81-82

N. B. Mijindadi

Volume 18, issue 4, 1985

Farmer contact and the demonstration of improved farming practices in Nigeria pp. 195-206

P. A. Okuneye

Dynamic programming and the computation of economic injury levels for crop disease control pp. 207-226

David W. Onstad and Rudy Rabbinge

A soil-climate index to predict corn yield pp. 227-237

K. R. Olson and G. W. Olson

The role of innovation, servicing and obsolescence in agricultural extension pp. 239-250

J. E. Holt and D. Schoorl

Agriculture: Foundations, principles and development: Raeburn, J. R. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, 1984. xv + 329 pp. Price: [pound sign]14[middle dot]75 pp. 251-252

A. K. Giles

Agricultural ecosystems; Unifying concepts: Lowrance, R., Stinner, B. R. and House, G. J. (Eds). Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1984. x + 233 pp. Price: [pound sign]40[middle dot]85 pp. 252-255

R. M. Morris

Volume 18, issue 3, 1985

Long-run evaluation of fertilization strategies for dryland wheat in Northcentral Oregon: Simulation analysis pp. 133-153

Thomas L. Nordblom, Awadelkarim H. Ahmed, Stanley F. Miller and D. Michael Glenn

The problem of inadequate supply of raw cassava for industrial cassava processing: A case study of the Nigerian Root Crops Production Company, Enugu, Nigeria pp. 155-170

B. O. Ugwu and O. Okereke

A Markov chain approach to crop yield forecasting pp. 171-187

J. H. Matis, T. Saito, W. E. Grant, W. C. Iwig and J. T. Ritchie

Agricultural project management: Monitoring and control of implementation: Smith, Peter, Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London and New York, 1984, 190 pp. Price: [pound sign]22[middle dot]00 pp. 189-191

Steve Wiggins

The ecology of tropical food crops: Norman, M. J. T., Pearson, C. J. and Searle, P. G. E. Cambridge University Press, 1984. Price: [pound sign]32[middle dot]50 (Hardcover). [pound sign]12[middle dot]95 (Paperback) pp. 191-192

R. S. Tayler

Membrane transport in plants: Cram, W. J., Janacek, K., Rybova, R. and Sigler, K. (Eds). John Wiley & Sons, Chichester/Academia, Prague, 1984. 592 pp. Price: [pound sign]22[middle dot]50 pp. 192-194

J. P. Cooper

Volume 18, issue 2, 1985

Technological change in agriculture--The systems movement and power pp. 69-80

J. E. Holt and D. Schoorl

The influence of weed competition on crop yield pp. 81-93

H. D. J. van Heemst

Development of a computer simulation model of stored product insect populations on grain farms pp. 95-113

E. R. Sinclair and J. Alder

A model for simulation of potato growth on the plant community level pp. 115-128

S. Fishman, H. Talpaz, R. Winograd, M. Dinar, Y. Arazi, Y. Roseman and S. Varshavski

The food industry: Economics and policies: Burns, J., McInerney, J. and Swinbank, A. (Eds.) Heinemann, London, 1983. 302pp. Price: [pound sign]10.95 pp. 129-131

J. M. Walsingham

The EEC and the food industries: Swinbank, A. and Burns, J. (Eds.) Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Management, University of Reading, 1984. Price: [pound sign]7[middle dot]50 incl. p. & p pp. 130-131a

J. M. Walsingham

Tropical root crops: Production and uses in africa: Terry, E. R., Doku, E. V., Arene, O. B. and Mahungu, N. M. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Second Triennial Symposium, International Society for Tropical Root Crops, Douala, Cameroon, August 1983. IDRC, 1984 pp. 130-131b

R. S. Tayler

Rice dominant land settlement in Japan. A study of systems within systems: Rutherford, John. Department of Geography, University of Sydney, Australia, 1984. Price: Aust. $14 pp. 131-132

D. B. Grigg

Volume 18, issue 1, 1985

A model for pest assessment in New Zealand sheep pastures pp. 1-37

N. D. Barlow

Sheep and goats, men and women: Household relations and small ruminant development in southwest Nigeria pp. 39-59

C. Okali and J. E. Sumberg

Farm management: Boehlje, Michael D. and Eidman, Vernon R. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1984. pp. 806. Price [pound sign]27[middle dot]00 pp. 61-65

Andrew Errington

Mathematical models in agriculture. A quantitative approach to problems in agriculture and related sciences: France, J. and Thornley, J. H. M. Butterworths, London, 1984. Price: [pound sign]35[middle dot]00 pp. 65-66

R. N. Curnow

Grassland beef production: Holmes, W. (Ed.). Martinus Nijhoff, Nijmegen. No price given pp. 66-67

D. M. Allen

Volume 17, issue 4, 1985

Bases for farm resource allocation in the traditional farming system: A comparative study of productivity of farm resources in abakaliki area of Anambra State, Nigeria pp. 197-210

E. C. Okorji and C. O. B. Obiechina

A model for estimating potential market offtake from subsistence herds pp. 211-229

P. W. Uys, J. W. Hearne and P. M. Colvin

Simulation of the effect of forage cuttingg on subsequent grain yields of temperate cereals pp. 231-242

D. K. Muldoon

Economic evaluation of alley cropping leucaena with Maize-Maize and Maize-Cowpea in Southern Nigeria pp. 243-258

Dezi S. Ngambeki

Volume 17, issue 3, 1985

Validation of GOSSYM: Part II. Mississippi conditions pp. 133-154

V. R. Reddy, D. N. Baker and J. N. Jenkins

A simulation model for managing perennial grass pastures. Part I--structure of the model pp. 155-180

E. M. Smith, L. M. Tharel, M. A. Brown, C. T. Dougherty and K. Limbach

A simulation model for managing perennial grass pastures. Part II--a simulated systems analysis of grazing management pp. 181-196

L. M. Tharel, E. M. Smith, M. A. Brown, K. Limbach and B. Razor

Volume 17, issue 2, 1985

Returns from small ruminant production in South West Nigeria pp. 65-83

Martin Upton

An appraisal of subsidy expenditure and requirements in cocoa production in Nigeria 1969/70-1983/84 pp. 85-97

A. J. Adegeye and J. S. Dittoh

Simulating differences in net returns from beef production under alternative forage systems and management practices pp. 99-116

Aditi K. Angirasa, C. Shumway and T. C. Cartwright

Simulation of forage harvest and conservation on dairy farms pp. 117-131

P. Savoie, L. D. Parsch, C. A. Rotz, R. C. Brook and J. R. Black

Volume 17, issue 1, 1985

A simulation model of the development, growth and yield of the wheat crop pp. 1-26

G.J. O'Leary, D.J. Connor and D.H. White

A simulation model of the implications of an increasing use of Holstein cows in the UK dairy herd on milk and beef production pp. 27-49

C.J. Doyle, M.S. Ridout and D.F. Osbourn

The use of biological simulation models in agricultural management information systems pp. 51-57

P.K. Thornton

Evaluating technology for new farming systems: Case studies from Philippine rice farms pp. 59-57

J.A.C. Gibb

Consequences of small-farm mechanization pp. 60-57

J.A.C. Gibb

Letter to the editor pp. 61-63

P.R. Benyon and T.G. Freeman