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June 2007, Volume 94, Issue 3
May 2007, Volume 94, Issue 2
- 111-118 Agricultural practice changes with cultivating genetically modified herbicide-tolerant oilseed rape
by Graef, F. & Stachow, U. & Werner, A. & Schutte, G.
- 119-127 Temporally stable patterns in grain yield and soil water on a dryland catena
by Andales, Allan A. & Green, Timothy R. & Ahuja, Lajpat R. & Erskine, Robert H. & Peterson, Gary A.
- 128-140 Agricultural sector analysis on greenhouse gas mitigation in US agriculture and forestry
by Schneider, Uwe A. & McCarl, Bruce A. & Schmid, Erwin
- 141-150 Sensitivity of CERES-Maize simulated yields to uncertainty in soil properties and daily solar radiation
by Bert, Federico E. & Laciana, Carlos E. & Podesta, Guillermo P. & Satorre, Emilio H. & Menendez, Angel N.
- 151-164 Are marketing intermediaries exploiting mountain farmers in Nepal? A study based on market price, marketing margin and income distribution analyses
by Pokhrel, Deepak M. & Thapa, Gopal B.
- 165-176 An eco-balance approach to the evaluation of historical changes in nitrogen loads at a regional scale
by Kimura, Sonoko D. & Hatano, Ryusuke
- 177-188 Welfare and environmental benefits of integrating commercially viable free-range broiler chickens into newly planted woodland: A UK case study
by Jones, Tracey & Feber, Ruth & Hemery, Gabriel & Cook, Paul & James, Katy & Lamberth, Curt & Dawkins, Marian
- 189-204 Participatory integrated watershed management: Evolution of concepts and methods in an ecoregional program of the eastern African highlands
by German, L. & Mansoor, Hussein & Alemu, Getachew & Mazengia, Waga & Amede, T. & Stroud, A.
- 205-219 Modelling worker physical health and societal sustainability at farm level: An application to conventional and organic dairy farming
by van Calker, K.J. & Berentsen, P.B.M. & de Boer, I.J.M. & Giesen, G.W.J. & Huirne, R.B.M.
- 220-230 Methodological rigour in assessing participatory development
by Sultana, Parvin & Abeyasekera, Savitri & Thompson, Paul
- 231-246 A mathematical approach to comparing environmental and economic goals in dairy farming: Identifying strategic development options
by van de Ven, G.W.J. & van Keulen, H.
- 247-260 Modelling the effects of alternative CAP policies for the Spanish high-nature value cereal-steppe farming systems
by Onate, J.J. & Atance, I. & Bardaji, I. & Llusia, D.
- 261-272 A community education intervention to improve bovine trypanosomiasis knowledge and appropriate use of trypanocidal drugs on smallholder farms in Kenya
by Machila, Noreen & Emongor, Rosemary & Shaw, Alexandra P. & Welburn, Susan C. & McDermott, John & Maudlin, Ian & Eisler, Mark C.
- 273-280 Modelling carbon dynamics in mixed grass-red clover swards
by Torssell, Bengt & Eckersten, Henrik & Kornher, Alois & Nyman, Per & Bostrom, Ullalena
- 281-293 Identifying and understanding factors influencing the uptake of new technologies on dairy farms in SW England using the theory of reasoned action
by Rehman, T. & McKemey, K. & Yates, C.M. & Cooke, R.J. & Garforth, C.J. & Tranter, R.B. & Park, J.R. & Dorward, P.T.
- 294-308 Poverty dynamics and the role of livestock in the Peruvian Andes
by Kristjanson, P. & Krishna, A. & Radeny, M. & Kuan, J. & Quilca, G. & Sanchez-Urrelo, A. & Leon-Velarde, C.
- 309-319 The effects of land tenure policy on rural livelihoods and food sufficiency in the upland village of Que, North Central Vietnam
by Jakobsen, Jens & Rasmussen, Kjeld & Leisz, Stephen & Folving, Rikke & Quang, Nguyen Vinh
- 320-330 Assessing the critical factors affecting the viability of small-scale dairy farms in the Punjab region of Pakistan to inform agricultural extension programmes
by Cain, Philip & Anwar, Muhammad & Rowlinson, Peter
- 331-340 Farmer participatory testing of standard and modified site-specific nitrogen management for irrigated rice in China
by Hu, Ruifa & Cao, Jianmin & Huang, Jikun & Peng, Shaobing & Huang, Jianliang & Zhong, Xuhua & Zou, Yingbin & Yang, Jianchang & Buresh, Roland J.
- 341-356 LUSE, a decision support system for exploration of rural land use allocation: Application to the Terra Cha district of Galicia (N.W. Spain)
by Sante, Ines & Crecente, Rafael
- 357-367 Analysis of nitrate pollution control policies in the irrigated agriculture of Apulia Region (Southern Italy): A bio-economic modelling approach
by Semaan, Josephine & Flichman, Guillermo & Scardigno, Alessandra & Steduto, Pasquale
- 368-375 Effects of silvopastoral areas on milk production at dual-purpose cattle farms at the semi-humid old agricultural frontier in central Nicaragua
by Yamamoto, Wataru & Dewi, Ioan Ap & Ibrahim, Muhammad
- 376-390 Heterogeneity of crop productivity and resource use efficiency within smallholder Kenyan farms: Soil fertility gradients or management intensity gradients?
by Tittonell, P. & Vanlauwe, B. & de Ridder, N. & Giller, K.E.
- 391-404 Feed resources, livestock production and soil carbon dynamics in Teghane, Northern Highlands of Ethiopia
by Abegaz, Assefa & van Keulen, Herman & Oosting, Simon J.
- 405-415 Conversion to organic arable farming in The Netherlands: A dynamic linear programming analysis
by Acs, S. & Berentsen, P.B.M. & Huirne, R.B.M.
- 416-430 Analysis of the uncertainty associated with the estimation of nitrogen losses from farming systems
by Payraudeau, Sylvain & van der Werf, Hayo M.G. & Vertes, Francoise
- 431-444 FARMFLOW--A dynamic model for phosphorus mass flow, simulating conventional and organic management of a Swedish dairy farm
by Modin-Edman, Anna-Karin & Oborn, Ingrid & Sverdrup, Harald
- 445-458 Integrated freshwater aquaculture, crop and livestock production in the Mekong delta, Vietnam: Determinants and the role of the pond
by Nhan, Dang K. & Phong, Le T. & Verdegem, Marc J.C. & Duong, Le T. & Bosma, Roel H. & Little, David C.
- 459-470 Nutrient flows and balances at the field and farm scale: Exploring effects of land-use strategies and access to resources
by Haileslassie, Amare & Priess, Joerg A. & Veldkamp, Edzo & Lesschen, Jan Peter
- 471-477 Soybean yields and soil water status in Argentina: Simulation analysis
by Sinclair, T.R. & Salado-Navarro, L.R. & Salas, Graciela & Purcell, L.C.
- 478-493 GEPIC - modelling wheat yield and crop water productivity with high resolution on a global scale
by Liu, Junguo & Williams, Jimmy R. & Zehnder, Alexander J.B. & Yang, Hong
- 494-501 Prospects for wheat production under changing climate in mountain areas of Pakistan - An econometric analysis
by Hussain, Syed Sajidin & Mudasser, Muhammad
- 502-508 Adaptation and evaluation of the integrated farm system model to simulate temperate multiple-species pastures
by Corson, Michael S. & Alan Rotz, C. & Howard Skinner, R. & Sanderson, Matt A.
- 509-519 Adopters, testers or pseudo-adopters? Dynamics of the use of improved tree fallows by farmers in western Kenya
by Kiptot, Evelyne & Hebinck, Paul & Franzel, Steven & Richards, Paul
- 520-527 Factors underlying the investment decision in energy-saving systems in Dutch horticulture
by Aramyan, Lusine H. & Lansink, Alfons G.J.M. Oude & Verstegen, Jos A.A.M.
- 528-540 Modeling farm-level strategies for improving food safety in the dairy chain
by Valeeva, Natalia I. & Huirne, Ruud B.M. & Meuwissen, Miranda P.M. & Oude Lansink, Alfons G.J.M.
- 541-552 Risk and economic sustainability of crop farming systems
by Lien, Gudbrand & Brian Hardaker, J. & Flaten, Ola
- 553-565 Does genomics empower resource-poor farmers? Some critical questions and experiences
by Reece, J. David
- 566-572 Modelling optimal crop sequences using network flows
by Detlefsen, Nina K. & Jensen, Allan Leck
- 573-585 Promoting the adoption of natural resource management technology in arid and semi-arid areas: Modelling the impact of spineless cactus in alley cropping in Central Tunisia
by Alary, V. & Nefzaoui, A. & Jemaa, M. Ben
- 586-592 Energy from agricultural residues and consequences for land requirements for food production
by Nonhebel, Sanderine
- 593-603 Smallholder dairy production and markets: A comparison of production systems in Zambia, Kenya and Sri Lanka
by Moll, Henk A.J. & Staal, Steven J. & Ibrahim, M.N.M.
- 604-603 Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, second ed., D.C. Coleman, D.A. Crossley Jr., P.F. Hendrix (Eds.). Elsevier Academic Press, 2004, 408 pp., Price: US$49.95 (Paperback), ISBN 0-12-179726-0
by Paustian, Keith
- 605-606 Land Reforms in India. Computerisation of Land Records, Wajahat Habibullah, Manoj Ahuja (Eds.), Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA, 2005. 315 pp, Price: US$64.95 Hardback, ISBN 0 7619-3347-6
by McGrath, Gerald
- 606-609 2004. Role of Institutions in Rural Policies and Agricultural Markets, Huylenbroeck, G.V., Verbeke, W., Lauwers, L., (Eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2004). 350 pp, Price: US$100 (hardback). ISBN: 0-444-51759-6
by Epperson, James E.
April 2007, Volume 94, Issue 1
- 1-609 Preface
by Perez, Carlos & Roncoli, Carla & Neely, Constance & Steiner, Jean
- 2-12 Can carbon sequestration markets benefit low-income producers in semi-arid Africa? Potentials and challenges
by Perez, Carlos & Roncoli, Carla & Neely, Constance & Steiner, Jean L.
- 13-25 Soil organic carbon dynamics, functions and management in West African agro-ecosystems
by Bationo, Andre & Kihara, Job & Vanlauwe, Bernard & Waswa, Boaz & Kimetu, Joseph
- 26-37 Economic potential for soil carbon sequestration in the Nioro region of Senegal's Peanut Basin
by Diagana, Bocar & Antle, John & Stoorvogel, Jetse & Gray, Kara
- 38-51 Tracking environmental dynamics and agricultural intensification in southern Mali
by Tappan, Gray & McGahuey, Michael
- 52-62 Integrating stochastic models and in situ sampling for monitoring soil carbon sequestration
by Jones, J.W. & Koo, J. & Naab, J.B. & Bostick, W.M. & Traore, S. & Graham, W.D.
- 63-74 Modeling soil carbon sequestration in agricultural lands of Mali
by Doraiswamy, P.C. & McCarty, G.W. & Hunt, E.R. Jr. & Yost, R.S. & Doumbia, M. & Franzluebbers, A.J.
- 75-86 Environmental services and poverty reduction: Options for smallholders in the Sahel
by Tschakert, Petra
- 87-96 A simulation-based analysis of productivity and soil carbon in response to time-controlled rotational grazing in the West African Sahel region
by Badini, Oumarou & Stockle, Claudio O. & Jones, Jim W. & Nelson, Roger & Kodio, Amadou & Keita, Moussa
- 97-109 Carbon sequestration from common property resources: Lessons from community-based sustainable pasture management in north-central Mali
by Roncoli, Carla & Jost, Christine & Perez, Carlos & Moore, Keith & Ballo, Adama & Cisse, Salmana & Ouattara, Karim
March 2007, Volume 93, Issue 1-3
- 1-24 Environmental impact and economic benefits of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) in irrigated rice systems
by Pampolino, M.F. & Manguiat, I.J. & Ramanathan, S. & Gines, H.C. & Tan, P.S. & Chi, T.T.N. & Rajendran, R. & Buresh, R.J.
- 25-42 The value of climate information when farm programs matter
by Cabrera, Victor E. & Letson, David & Podesta, Guillermo
- 43-60 A conceptual framework for the improvement of crop water productivity at different spatial scales
by Bouman, B. A.M.
- 61-89 The potential impact of climate change on the Australian wool industry by 2030
by Harle, K.J. & Howden, S.M. & Hunt, L.P. & Dunlop, M.
- 90-114 The impact of water and agriculture policy scenarios on irrigated farming systems in Italy: An analysis based on farm level multi-attribute linear programming models
by Bartolini, F. & Bazzani, G.M. & Gallerani, V. & Raggi, M. & Viaggi, D.
- 115-142 Time scales as a factor in decision-making by French farmers on weed management in annual crops
by Mace, Karen & Morlon, Pierre & Munier-Jolain, Nicolas & Quere, Lionel
- 143-169 Segmenting farms for analysing agricultural trajectories: A case study of the Navarra region in Spain
by Iraizoz, Belen & Gorton, Matthew & Davidova, Sophia
- 170-190 Coordination in irrigation systems: An analysis of the Lansing-Kremer model of Bali
by Janssen, Marco A.
- 191-214 Climate change affects farm nitrogen loss - A Swiss case study with a dynamic farm model
by Dueri, S. & Calanca, P.L. & Fuhrer, J.
- 215-228 Boserup versus Malthus revisited: Evolution of farming systems in northern Cote d'Ivoire
by Demont, Matty & Jouve, Philippe & Stessens, Johan & Tollens, Eric
- 229-251 Simulation and quantification of pasture condition and animal performance on boreal grasslands in Alberta
by Donkor, N.T. & Hudson, R.J. & Bork, E.W.
- 252-268 Evaluating warm-season grass production in temperate-region pastures: A simulation approach
by Corson, Michael S. & Rotz, C. Alan & Skinner, R. Howard
January 2007, Volume 92, Issue 1-3
- 1-22 Homegardens of Andaman and Nicobar, India
by Pandey, C.B. & Rai, R.B. & Singh, Lalita & Singh, A.K.
- 23-38 Operational forecasting of South African sugarcane production: Part 1 - System description
by Bezuidenhout, C.N. & Singels, A.
- 39-51 Operational forecasting of South African sugarcane production: Part 2 - System evaluation
by Bezuidenhout, C.N. & Singels, A.
- 52-62 Evaluation of productive rural land patterns with joint regard to the size, shape and dispersion of plots
by Gonzalez, X.P. & Marey, M.F. & Alvarez, C.J.
- 63-75 Exploring long-term land improvements under land tenure insecurity
by Myyra, Sami & Pietola, Kyosti & Yli-Halla, Markku
- 76-90 Yield uncertainty at the field scale evaluated with multi-year satellite data
by Lobell, David B. & Ortiz-Monasterio, J. Ivan & Falcon, Walter P.
- 91-114 Exploring options for water savings in lowland rice using a modelling approach
by Belder, P. & Bouman, B. A.M. & Spiertz, J.H.J.
- 115-139 Modelling the effect of groundwater depth on yield-increasing interventions in rainfed lowland rice in Central Java, Indonesia
by Boling, A.A. & Bouman, B. A.M. & Tuong, T.P. & Murty, M.V.R. & Jatmiko, S.Y.
- 140-156 An assessment of collective action for pond management in Zhanghe Irrigation System (ZIS), China
by Mushtaq, Shahbaz & Dawe, David & Lin, Hong & Moya, Piedad
- 157-178 Community attitudes towards water management in the Moore Catchment, Western Australia
by Burton, Michael & Marsh, Sally & Patterson, Josie
- 179-200 Modelling community interactions and social capital dynamics: The case of regional and rural communities of Australia
by Maru, Yiheyis T. & McAllister, Ryan R.J. & Smith, Mark Stafford
- 201-222 Impact pathway evaluation of an integrated Striga hermonthica control project in Northern Nigeria
by Douthwaite, Boru & Schulz, Steffen & Olanrewaju, Adetunji S. & Ellis-Jones, Jim
- 223-239 An optimization model for the management of a South African game ranch
by Joubert, J.W. & Luhandjula, M.K. & Ncube, O. & le Roux, G. & de Wet, F.
- 240-265 IMPACT: Generic household-level databases and diagnostics tools for integrated crop-livestock systems analysis
by Herrero, M. & Gonzalez-Estrada, E. & Thornton, P.K. & Quiros, C. & Waithaka, M.M. & Ruiz, R. & Hoogenboom, G.
- 266-294 Economics of alternative simulated manual asparagus harvesting strategies
by Cembali, Tiziano & Folwell, Raymond J. & Huffaker, Ray G. & McCluskey, Jill J. & Wandschneider, Phil R.
- 295-317 Relevance of rest periods in non-equilibrium rangeland systems - A modelling analysis
by Muller, Birgit & Frank, Karin & Wissel, Christian
- 318-333 Productivity and soil fertility relationships in rice production systems, Bangladesh
by Rahman, Sanzidur & Parkinson, R.J.
December 2006, Volume 91, Issue 3
- 159-170 Annual forecasting of the Australian macadamia crop - integrating tree census data with statistical climate-adjustment models
by Mayer, D.G. & Stephenson, R.A. & Jones, K.H. & Wilson, K.J. & Bell, D.J.D. & Wilkie, J. & Lovatt, J.L. & Delaney, K.E.
- 171-188 Factors affecting soil quality changes in the North China Plain: A case study of Quzhou County
by Chen, Jian & Yu, Zhenrong & Ouyang, Jinliang & van Mensvoort, M.E.F.
- 189-210 Exploring improved pesticide management in sub-tropical environments with GIS-supported fate modeling
by Ares, Jorge O. & Del Valle, Hector F. & Olinuck, Jose A.
- 211-228 Profit-maximizing seeding rates and replanting thresholds for soybean: Maturity group interactions in the Mid-South
by Popp, Michael P. & Edwards, Jeffry T. & Purcell, Larry C. & Manning, Patrick M.
- 229-241 A note on the effect of farmer mental health on adoption: The case of agri-environment schemes
by Hounsome, Barry & Edwards, Rhiannon T. & Edwards-Jones, Gareth
- 242-244 P. Doelman, H.J.P. Eijsackers (Eds.), Vital Soil: Function, Value and Properties. Volume 29 of Developments in Soil Science, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004, 340 pp. Price: US$129.95 (hardback). ISBN 0-444-51772-3
by Franzluebbers, A.J.
- 245-246 Corrigendum to: "Financial implications of recent declines in reproduction and survival of Holstein-Friesian cows in spring-calving Irish dairy herds" [Agricultural Systems 89 (2006) 165-183]
by Evans, R.D. & Wallace, M. & Shalloo, L. & Garrick, D.J. & Dillon, P.
November 2006, Volume 91, Issue 1-2
- 1-28 Multi-criteria policy scenario analysis for public regulation of irrigated agriculture
by Riesgo, Laura & Gomez-Limon, Jose A.
- 29-50 Financial and economic suitability of agroforestry as an alternative to shifting cultivation: The case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
by Rasul, Golam & Thapa, Gopal B.
- 51-70 The production efficiency of intercropping annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: A comparison of distance functions and production frontiers
by Alene, Arega D. & Manyong, Victor M. & Gockowski, James
- 71-101 Exploring diversity of crop and soil management within smallholder African farms: A dynamic model for simulation of N balances and use efficiencies at field scale
by Tittonell, P. & Leffelaar, P.A. & Vanlauwe, B. & van Wijk, M.T. & Giller, K.E.
- 102-121 Economics of the impact of alternative rice cropping systems on subsistence farming: Whole-farm analysis in northern Ghana
by Yiridoe, Emmanuel K. & Langyintuo, Augustine S. & Dogbe, Wilson
- 122-134 Farm-level adoption of sorghum technologies in Tigray, Ethiopia
by Wubeneh, Nega Gebreselassie & Sanders, J.H.
- 135-153 Evaluating the economic and environmental impact of environmental compensation payment policy under uniform and variable-rate nitrogen management
by Link, Johanna & Graeff, Simone & Batchelor, William David & Claupein, Wilhelm
- 154-155 J.W. Kijne, R. Barker, D. Molden (Eds.). Water Productivity in Agriculture: Limits and Opportunities for Improvement, CAB International, Wallingford, UK, in association with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka, 2004, pp. 354, US$110 (hardback), ISBN 0-85199-669-8
by Meyer, Wayne S.
- 155-157 Srinivas C. Rao and John Ryan, Challenges and Strategies of Dryland Agriculture, CSSA Special Publication 32, Crop Science Society of America - American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI, USA (2004) ISBN 0-89118-554-2 pp. 434. Price: US$62.50 (paper back)
by Baumhardt, R. Louis
October 2006, Volume 90, Issue 1-3
- 5-31 Performance of CERES-Rice and CERES-Wheat models in rice-wheat systems: A review
by Timsina, J. & Humphreys, E.
- 32-61 Assessing the options for upland livestock systems under CAP reform: Developing and applying a livestock systems model within whole-farm systems analysis
by Matthews, K.B. & Wright, I.A. & Buchan, K. & Davies, D.A. & Schwarz, G.
- 62-78 Peasant emigration and land-use change at the watershed level: A GIS-based approach in Central Mexico
by Lopez, Erna & Bocco, Gerardo & Mendoza, Manuel & Velazquez, Alejandro & Rogelio Aguirre-Rivera, J.
- 79-98 Quantification of GHG emissions from sucker-beef production in Ireland
by Casey, J.W. & Holden, N.M.
- 99-111 A simulation model to predict body weight gain in growing steers grazing tropical pastures
by Tobias C., Beatriz & Mendoza M., German D. & Aranda I., Emilio & Gonzalez M., Sergio & Arjona S., Enrique & Plata P., Fernando & Vargas V., Luis
- 112-131 Individual-based models in the analysis of disease transmission in plant production chains: An application to potato brown rot
by Breukers, Annemarie & Kettenis, Dirk L. & Mourits, Monique & van der Werf, Wopke & Oude Lansink, Alfons
- 132-158 Intensification or extensification? Factors affecting technology use in peri-urban lowlands along an agro-ecological gradient in West Africa
by Erenstein, Olaf
- 159-179 Climate change impacts on wheat production in a Mediterranean environment in Western Australia
by Ludwig, Fulco & Asseng, Senthold
- 180-201 A rule-based method for the development of crop management systems applied to grain sorghum in south-western France
by Debaeke, Philippe & Nolot, Jean-Marie & Raffaillac, Didier
- 202-225 Epistics: A dynamic model to generate nitrogen fertilisation and irrigation schedules in apple orchards, with special attention to qualitative evaluation of the model
by Nesme, Thomas & Brisson, Nadine & Lescourret, Francoise & Bellon, Stephane & Crete, Xavier & Plenet, Daniel & Habib, Robert
- 226-242 Towards sustainable farming systems: Effectiveness and deficiency of the French procedure of sustainable agriculture
by Gafsi, Mohamed & Legagneux, Bruno & Nguyen, Genevieve & Robin, Patrice
- 243-271 Bio-economic evaluation of farmers' perceptions of viable farms in western Kenya
by Waithaka, M.M. & Thornton, P.K. & Herrero, M. & Shepherd, K.D.
- 272-292 New technologies, marketing strategies and public policy for traditional food crops: Millet in Niger
by Abdoulaye, Tahirou & Sanders, John H.
- 293-311 Demand management of groundwater with monsoon forecasting
by Brown, Casey & Rogers, Peter & Lall, Upmanu
- 312-328 Environmental and cost efficiency of pesticide use in transgenic and conventional cotton production
by Wossink, Ada & Denaux, Zulal S.
- 329-347 An entropy approach to spatial disaggregation of agricultural production
by You, Liangzhi & Wood, Stanley
- 348-349 Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms, Committee on Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms, on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Academies Press, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 255. Price US$ 42.95 (hardback). ISBN 0-309-09085-7
by Lauer, Michael
- 349-350 S. Liang, Quantitative Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces, Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, USA (2004) ISBN 0-471-28166-2 534 pp. plus CD-ROM. Price US$150.00 (hard back)
by Moran, M. Susan
September 2006, Volume 89, Issue 2-3
- 225-247 Assessment of the adequacy of mathematical models
by Tedeschi, Luis Orlindo
- 248-271 Livestock health and socio-economic impacts of a veterinary intervention in Maasailand: Infection-and-treatment vaccine against East Coast fever
by Homewood, Katherine & Trench, Pippa & Randall, Sara & Lynen, Godelieve & Bishop, Beth
- 272-298 Methodology to link production and environmental risks of precision nitrogen management strategies in corn
by Thorp, K.R. & Batchelor, W.D. & Paz, J.O. & Steward, B.L. & Caragea, P.C.
- 299-323 Improved collective decision-making in action for irrigated rice farmers in the Senegal River Valley
by Poussin, Jean-Christophe & Diallo, Youssouf & Legoupil, Jean-Claude
- 324-348 A comparative study of some environmental impacts of conventional and organic farming in Australia
by Wood, Richard & Lenzen, Manfred & Dey, Christopher & Lundie, Sven
- 349-370 The development of a mathematical model to investigate Irish beef production systems
by Crosson, P. & O'Kiely, P. & O'Mara, F.P. & Wallace, M.
- 371-389 The economic value of saltland pastures in a mixed farming system in Western Australia
by O'Connell, Michael & Young, John & Kingwell, Ross
- 390-413 The influence of aerosols on crop production: A study using the CERES crop model
by Greenwald, Roby & Bergin, M.H. & Xu, Jin & Cohan, Daniel & Hoogenboom, Gerrit & Chameides, W.L.
- 414-434 Stochastic simulation of mountain beef cattle systems
by Villalba, D. & Casasus, I. & Sanz, A. & Bernues, A. & Estany, J. & Revilla, R.
- 435-456 Multilevel modelling of land use from field to village level in the Philippines
by Overmars, Koen P. & Verburg, Peter H.
- 457-477 Modeling a wheat-maize double cropping system in China using two plant growth modules in RZWQM
by Yu, Q. & Saseendran, S.A. & Ma, L. & Flerchinger, G.N. & Green, T.R. & Ahuja, L.R.
- 478-479 M. Sidibe and J.T. Williams, Baobab - Adanonia digitata, International Centre for Underutilized Crops, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK (2002) ISBN 0854327762 Price: Free for developing countries; [pound sign]10-15 for those requesting copies from developed countries
by Diarra, Boua
- 480-481 J. Kengue, Safou - Dacryodes edulis, International Centre for Underutilized Crops, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK (2002) ISBN 0854327649 Price: Free for developing countries; [pound sign]10-15 for those requesting copies from developed countries
by Diarra, Boua
July 2006, Volume 89, Issue 1
- 1-25 InfoCrop: A dynamic simulation model for the assessment of crop yields, losses due to pests, and environmental impact of agro-ecosystems in tropical environments. I. Model description
by Aggarwal, P.K. & Kalra, N. & Chander, S. & Pathak, H.
- 26-46 Mediating technological learning in agricultural innovation systems
by Morriss, Stuart & Massey, Claire & Flett, Ross & Alpass, Fiona & Sligo, Frank
- 47-67 InfoCrop: A dynamic simulation model for the assessment of crop yields, losses due to pests, and environmental impact of agro-ecosystems in tropical environments. II. Performance of the model
by Aggarwal, P.K. & Banerjee, B. & Daryaei, M.G. & Bhatia, A. & Bala, A. & Rani, S. & Chander, S. & Pathak, H. & Kalra, N.
- 68-89 The economic value of the phytoremediation function - Assessed by the example of cadmium remediation by willow (Salix ssp)
by Lewandowski, I. & Schmidt, U. & Londo, M. & Faaij, A.
- 90-105 Farmer goals and management styles: Implications for advancing biologically based agriculture
by Brodt, Sonja & Klonsky, Karen & Tourte, Laura
- 106-131 An integrated modelling toolbox for water resources assessment and management in highland catchments: Model description
by Letcher, R.A. & Croke, B.F.W. & Jakeman, A.J. & Merritt, W.S.
- 132-164 An integrated modelling toolbox for water resources assessment and management in highland catchments: Sensitivity analysis and testing
by Letcher, R.A. & Croke, B.F.W. & Merritt, W.S. & Jakeman, A.J.
- 165-183 Financial implications of recent declines in reproduction and survival of Holstein-Friesian cows in spring-calving Irish dairy herds
by Evans, R.D. & Wallace, M. & Shalloo, L. & Garrick, D.J. & Dillon, P.
- 184-203 Use of on-farm produced biofuels on organic farms - Evaluation of energy balances and environmental loads for three possible fuels
by Fredriksson, H. & Baky, A. & Bernesson, S. & Nordberg, A. & Noren, O. & Hansson, P.-A.
- 204-222 Ammonia abatement strategies in livestock production: A case study of a poultry installation
by Angus, A.J. & Hodge, I.D. & Sutton, M.A.
- 223-224 J.B. Hardaker, R.B.M. Huirne, J.R. Anderson and G. Lien, Coping with Risk in Agriculture (second ed.), CAB International, Wallingford, UK (2004) ISBN 0-85199-831-3 pp. 352. Price US$ 50.00 (Softback)
by Fraisse, Clyde
June 2006, Volume 88, Issue 2-3
- 111-124 Comparative economics of Holstein/Gir F1 dairy female production and conventional beef cattle suckler herds - A simulation study
by Guimaraes, Paulo Henrique Silva & Madalena, Fernando Enrique & Cezar, Ivo Martins
- 125-141 Assessing the effects of managerial and production practices on the efficiency of commercial pig farming
by Galanopoulos, Konstantinos & Aggelopoulos, Stamatis & Kamenidou, Irene & Mattas, Konstadinos
- 142-155 Farm gate nitrogen surpluses and nitrogen use efficiency of specialized dairy farms in Flanders: Evolution and future goals
by Nevens, F. & Verbruggen, I. & Reheul, D. & Hofman, G.
- 156-179 A systems approach to quantify greenhouse gas fluxes from pastoral dairy production as affected by management regime
by Lovett, D.K. & Shalloo, L. & Dillon, P. & O'Mara, F.P.
- 180-204 Climatic information and decision-making in maize crop production systems of the Argentinean Pampas
by Bert, Federico E. & Satorre, Emilio H. & Toranzo, Fernando Ruiz & Podesta, Guillermo P.
- 205-226 Perceived environmental uncertainty in Dutch dairy farming: The effect of external farm context on strategic choice
by Ondersteijn, C.J.M. & Giesen, G.W.J. & Huirne, R.B.M.
- 227-254 Crop sequence effects of 10 crops in the northern Great Plains
by Krupinsky, J.M. & Tanaka, D.L. & Merrill, S.D. & Liebig, M.A. & Hanson, J.D.
- 255-269 Modelling the impact of interventions on the dynamics in village poultry systems
by Udo, H.M.J. & Asgedom, A.H. & Viets, T.C.
- 270-293 A methodology for integrated economic and environmental analysis of pollution from agriculture
by Vatn, Arild & Bakken, Lars & Bleken, Marina A. & Baadshaug, Ole Hans & Fykse, Haldor & Haugen, Lars E. & Lundekvam, Helge & Morken, John & Romstad, Eirik & Rorstad, Per Kristian & Skjelvag, Arne O. & Sogn, Trine
- 294-315 A conceptual representation of animal waste management at the farm scale: The case of the Reunion Island
by Aubry, Christine & Paillat, Jean-Marie & Guerrin, Francois
- 316-331 Use of irrigated pastures in semi-arid grazinglands: A dynamic model for stocking rate decisions
by Diaz-Solis, H. & Kothmann, M.M. & Grant, W.E. & De Luna-Villarreal, R.
- 332-359 Integrated shrub management in semi-arid woodlands of eastern Australia: A systems-based decision support model
by Noble, James C. & Walker, Paul
- 360-375 Application of a genetic algorithm to minimize agricultural nitrogen deposition in nature reserves
by Loonen, Willem & Heuberger, Peter S.C. & Bakema, Aldrik H. & Schot, Paul
- 376-394 What future for integrated rice-vegetable production systems in West African lowlands?
by Erenstein, Olaf & Sumberg, James & Oswald, Andreas & Levasseur, Virginie & Kore, Harouna
- 395-428 Using farmer decision-making profiles and managerial capacity as predictors of farm management and performance in Costa Rican dairy farms
by Solano, C. & Leon, H. & Perez, E. & Tole, L. & Fawcett, R.H. & Herrero, M.
- 429-450 Determining the important management skill competencies: The case of family farm business in New Zealand
by Nuthall, P.L.
- 451-471 Evaluating uncertainty introduced to process-based simulation model estimates by alternative sources of meteorological data
by Rivington, M. & Matthews, K.B. & Bellocchi, G. & Buchan, K.
- 472-493 Co-effects of climate policy and agricultural policy on regional agricultural viability in Finland
by Lehtonen, Heikki & Peltola, Jukka & Sinkkonen, Marko
- 494-513 Modeling the effect of Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko) and weeds in winter wheat as guide to management
by Chander, Subhash & Ahuja, Lajpat R. & Peairs, Frank B. & Aggarwal, P.K. & Kalra, Naveen
- 514-527 Application of a simple ecological sustainability simulator (SESS) as a management tool in the semi-arid rangelands of northeastern Mexico
by Diaz-Solis, H. & Kothmann, M.M. & Grant, W.E. & De Luna-Villarreal, R.
- 528-537 Using the mixtures-of-distributions technique for the classification of farms into representative farms
by Kostov, Philip & McErlean, Seamus
- 538-539 B. Shiferaw, H.A. Freeman and S.M. Swinton, Editors, Natural Resource Management: Methods for Assessing Economic and Environmental Impacts, CAB International, Wallingford, UK (2004) ISBN 0-85199-828-3 384 pp., Price US$ 120.00 (hardback)
by Meyer-Aurich, Andreas
- 540-541 Ponce-Hernandez, R., with contributions from Koohafkan, P., Antoine, J, 2004. Assessing Carbon Stocks and Modelling Win-win Scenarios of Carbon Sequestration Through Land-use Changes. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-5-105168-5. Price US$80.00 (Softback). 168pp. + 1 CD-ROM
by Izaurralde, R. Cesar
April 2006, Volume 88, Issue 1
- 1-7 Heterogeneity and diversity in less-favoured areas
by van Keulen, Herman
- 8-27 Resource use dynamics and interactions in the tropics: Scaling up in space and time
by Giller, Ken E. & Rowe, Ed C. & de Ridder, Nico & van Keulen, Herman
- 28-43 Multi-agent simulation for the targeting of development policies in less-favored areas
by Berger, Thomas & Schreinemachers, Pepijn & Woelcke, Johannes
- 44-60 Differential use and benefits of Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis) and N fertilizers in maize production in contrasting agro-ecological zones of E. Uganda
by Kaizzi, Crammer K. & Ssali, Henry & Vlek, Paul L.G.
- 61-74 Heterogeneity in land resources and diversity in farming practices in Tigray, Ethiopia
by Beyene, Atakilte & Gibbon, David & Haile, Mitiku
- 75-91 Diversity and development domains in the Ethiopian highlands
by Kruseman, Gideon & Ruben, Ruerd & Tesfay, Girmay
- 92-110 Determinants of income-earning strategies and adoption of conservation practices in hillside communities in rural Honduras
by Jansen, Hans G.P. & Rodriguez, Angel & Damon, Amy & Pender, John & Chenier, Jacqueline & Schipper, Rob
March 2006, Volume 87, Issue 3
- 249-273 Description and evaluation of the rice growth model ORYZA2000 under nitrogen-limited conditions
by Bouman, B.A.M. & van Laar, H.H.
- 274-295 Evaluation of the RZWQM-CERES-Maize hybrid model for maize production
by Ma, L. & Hoogenboom, G. & Ahuja, L.R. & Ascough II, J.C. & Saseendran, S.A.
- 296-312 A logistic analysis of the factors determining the decision of smallholder farmers to intercrop: A case study involving rubber-tea intercropping in Sri Lanka
by Iqbal, S.M.M. & Ireland, C.R. & Rodrigo, V.H.L.
- 313-330 Water buffalo and cattle ranching in the Lower Amazon Basin: Comparisons and conflicts
by Sheikh, Pervaze A. & Merry, Frank D. & McGrath, David G.
- 331-356 Modelling the impacts of group ranch subdivision on agro-pastoral households in Kajiado, Kenya
by Thornton, P.K. & BurnSilver, S.B. & Boone, R.B. & Galvin, K.A.
- 357-358 R.D. Stern, R. Coe, E.F. Allan and I.C. Dale, Editors, Good Statistical Practice for Natural Resources Research, CABI, Wallingford, UK (2004) ISBN 0-85199-722-8, p. 388 Price US$50.00 (soft back)
by Yang, Jingyi
February 2006, Volume 87, Issue 2
- 123-146 Demography, population dynamics and sustainability of the Patagonian sheep flocks
by Texeira, Marcos & Paruelo, Jose M.
- 147-168 Resource allocation tradeoffs in Manila's peri-urban vegetable production systems: An application of multiple objective programming
by Francisco, Sergio R. & Ali, Mubarik
- 169-191 Modification of the SPUR rangeland model to simulate species composition and pasture productivity in humid temperate regions
by Corson, Michael S. & Skinner, R. Howard & Rotz, C. Alan
- 192-210 A model of decision-making and information flows for information-intensive agriculture
by Fountas, S. & Wulfsohn, D. & Blackmore, B.S. & Jacobsen, H.L. & Pedersen, S.M.
- 211-228 Finding niches for whole-farm design models - contradictio in terminis?
by Sterk, B. & van Ittersum, M.K. & Leeuwis, C. & Rossing, W.A.H. & van Keulen, H. & van de Ven, G.W.J.
- 229-244 A participatory approach for integrating risk assessment into rural decision-making: A case study in Santa Catarina, Brazil
by Bacic, Ivan Luiz Zilli & Bregt, Arnold K. & Rossiter, David G.
- 245-247 G. Bruce Wiersma, Editor, Environmental Monitoring, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA (2004) ISBN 1-56670-641-6 p. 792, US$139.95 (hardback)
by Heisler, Gordon M.
January 2006, Volume 87, Issue 1
- 1-17 Predictive modelling of hill-pasture productivity: integration of a decision tree and a geographical information system
by Zhang, Baisen & Valentine, Ian & Kemp, Peter & Lambert, Greg
- 18-37 Combining deliberative and computer-based methods for multi-objective land-use planning
by Matthews, K.B. & Buchan, K. & Sibbald, A.R. & Craw, S.
- 38-62 Zoning of sustainable agricultural development in China
by Xu, Xuegong & Hou, Lisheng & Lin, Huiping & Liu, Wenzheng
- 63-79 Designing crop technology for a future climate: An example using response surface methodology and the CERES-Wheat model
by Dhungana, P. & Eskridge, K.M. & Weiss, A. & Baenziger, P.S.
- 80-100 TechnoGIN, a tool for exploring and evaluating resource use efficiency of cropping systems in East and Southeast Asia
by Ponsioen, Thomas C. & Hengsdijk, Huib & Wolf, Joost & van Ittersum, Martin K. & Rotter, Reimund P. & Son, Tran Thuc & Laborte, Alice G.
- 101-119 Appropriateness of farmers' adoption of irrigation methods: The application of the AHP model
by Karami, Ezatollah
- 120-122 P. Vidhyasekaran, Concise encyclopedia of plant pathology, Food Products Press, Binghampton, NY, USA (2004) ISBN 1-56022-943-8 p. 619. Price $79.95(softback); $129.95(hardback); ISBN 1-56022-943-8
by Kemerait, R.C.
December 2005, Volume 86, Issue 3
- 243-274 Merging genomic control networks and soil-plant-atmosphere-continuum models
by Welch, S.M. & Roe, J.L. & Das, S. & Dong, Z. & He, R. & Kirkham, M.B.
- 275-292 Simulation of agroforestry systems with sugarcane in Piracicaba, Brazil
by Pinto, L.F.G. & Bernardes, M.S. & Van Noordwijk, M. & Pereira, A.R. & Lusiana, B. & Mulia, R.
- 293-311 Assessing the irrigation strategies over a wide geographical area from structural data about farming systems
by Maton, L. & Leenhardt, D. & Goulard, M. & Bergez, J.-E.
- 312-332 Agrarian transition and lowland-upland interactions in mountain areas in northern Vietnam: application of a multi-agent simulation model
by Castella, Jean-Christophe & Boissau, Stanislas & Trung, Tran Ngoc & Quang, Dang Dinh
- 333-348 Simulating the influence of management decisions on the nutrient balance of dairy farms
by Buysse, J. & Van Huylenbroeck, G. & Vanslembrouck, I. & Vanrolleghem, P.