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June 2010, Volume 103, Issue 5
- 342-343 Indian Agriculture: Challenges of Globalization, A. Vinayak Reddy, M. Yadagira Charyulu (Eds.). New Century Publications, New Delhi, India (2008). 346 pp., US$ 42.50, Hardback, ISBN: 978-81-7708-171-8
by Alagarswamy, Gopal
- 343-343 The Peach: Botany, Production and Uses, D.R. Layne, D. Bassi (Eds.). CABI, Wallingford, UK (2008). 615 pp., US$ 270, Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84593-386-9
by Rieger, Mark
- 343-344 Biofuels: Production, Application and Development, A.H. Scragg. CABI, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK (2009). 240 pp., Price £ 39.99/US$ 75.91/[euro] 55.93, Softback, ISBN: 978-1-84593-592-4
by Persson, Tomas
May 2010, Volume 103, Issue 4
- 171-179 Wandering off the paths of planned innovation: The role of formal and informal intermediaries in a large-scale irrigation scheme in Morocco
by Poncet, J. & Kuper, M. & Chiche, J.
- 180-186 An intrinsic mechanism for the co-existence of different survival strategies within mobile pastoralist communities
by Okayasu, Tomoo & Okuro, Toshiya & Jamsran, Undarmaa & Takeuchi, Kazuhiko
- 187-197 The potential contribution of forage shrubs to economic returns and environmental management in Australian dryland agricultural systems
by Monjardino, Marta & Revell, Dean & Pannell, David J.
- 198-209 Developing greenhouse gas marginal abatement cost curves for agricultural emissions from crops and soils in the UK
by MacLeod, Michael & Moran, Dominic & Eory, Vera & Rees, R.M. & Barnes, Andrew & Topp, Cairistiona F.E. & Ball, Bruce & Hoad, Steve & Wall, Eileen & McVittie, Alistair & Pajot, Guillaume & Matthews, Robin & Smith, Pete & Moxey, Andrew
- 210-220 Long-term stochastic simulation of mountain beef cattle herds under diverse management strategies
by Villalba, D. & Ripoll, G. & Ruiz, R. & Bernués, A.
- 221-232 BANAD: A farm model for ex ante assessment of agro-ecological innovations and its application to banana farms in Guadeloupe
by Blazy, Jean-Marc & Tixier, Philippe & Thomas, Alban & Ozier-Lafontaine, Harry & Salmon, Frédéric & Wery, Jacques
March 2010, Volume 103, Issue 3
- 117-126 Using a role-playing game to inform the development of land-use models for the study of a complex socio-ecological system
by Washington-Ottombre, C. & Pijanowski, B. & Campbell, D. & Olson, J. & Maitima, J. & Musili, A. & Kibaki, T. & Kaburu, H. & Hayombe, P. & Owango, E. & Irigia, B. & Gichere, S. & Mwangi, A.
- 127-136 Potential benefits of early vigor and changes in phenology in wheat to adapt to warmer and drier climates
by Ludwig, Fulco & Asseng, Senthold
- 137-145 Farm types for beef production and their economic success in a mountainous province of northern Vietnam
by Huyen, Le Thi Thanh & Herold, Pera & Valle Zárate, A.
- 146-152 Evidence of farm-level synergies in mixed-farming systems in the Australian Wheat-Sheep Zone
by Villano, Renato & Fleming, Euan & Fleming, Pauline
- 153-160 Social costs and incentives for optimal control of soil nutrient depletion in the central highlands of Ethiopia
by Yirga, Chillot & Hassan, Rashid M.
- 161-170 Balancing land use to manage river volume and salinity: Economic and hydrological consequences for the Little River catchment in Central West, New South Wales, Australia
by Finlayson, John & Bathgate, Andrew & Nordblom, Tom & Theiveyanathan, Tivi & Farquharson, Bob & Crosbie, Russell & Mitchell, David & Hoque, Ziaul
February 2010, Volume 103, Issue 2
- 1-1 Editors' note
by Berentsen, Paul & Thornton, Philip
- 63-72 A preliminary assessment of climate change impacts on sugarcane in Swaziland
by Knox, J.W. & Rodríguez Díaz, J.A. & Nixon, D.J. & Mkhwanazi, M.
- 73-82 Adapting to climate change: Agricultural system and household impacts in East Africa
by Thornton, Philip K. & Jones, Peter G. & Alagarswamy, Gopal & Andresen, Jeff & Herrero, Mario
- 83-97 The diversity of rural livelihoods and their influence on soil fertility in agricultural systems of East Africa - A typology of smallholder farms
by Tittonell, P. & Muriuki, A. & Shepherd, K.D. & Mugendi, D. & Kaizzi, K.C. & Okeyo, J. & Verchot, L. & Coe, R. & Vanlauwe, B.
- 98-104 Input management in integrated agriculture-aquaculture systems in Yucatan: Tree spinach leaves as a dietary supplement in tilapia culture
by Poot-López, Gaspar Román & Hernández, Juan M. & Gasca-Leyva, Eucario
- 105-109 Contributing understanding of mitigation options for phosphorus and sediment to a review of the efficacy of contemporary agricultural stewardship measures
by Deasy, Clare & Quinton, John N. & Silgram, Martyn & Bailey, Alison P. & Jackson, Bob & Stevens, Carly J.
- 110-116 Intensive versus low-input cropping systems: What is the optimal partitioning of agricultural area in order to reduce pesticide use while maintaining productivity?
by Gosme, Marie & Suffert, Frédéric & Jeuffroy, Marie-Hélène
January 2010, Volume 103, Issue 1
- 1-9 Life Cycle Assessment of biomass production in a Mediterranean greenhouse using different water sources: Groundwater, treated wastewater and desalinated seawater
by Muñoz, Ivan & del Mar Gómez, María & Fernández-Alba, Amadeo R.
- 10-20 A seasonal model of contracts between a monopsonistic processor and smallholder pepper producers in Costa Rica
by Sáenz-Segura, Fernando & D'Haese, Marijke & Schipper, Robert A.
- 21-35 Intensification of New Zealand beef farming systems
by White, T.A. & Snow, V.O. & King, W.McG.
- 36-40 Evaluation of the utilization of heated sewage sludge for peri-urban horticulture production in the Sahel of West Africa
by Hayashi, Keiichi & Abdoulaye, Tahirou & Wakatsuki, Toshiyuki
- 41-50 Energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and economic performance assessments in French Charolais suckler cattle farms: Model-based analysis and forecasts
by Veysset, P. & Lherm, M. & Bébin, D.
- 51-62 Constraints to farmers' adoption of direct-seeding mulch-based cropping systems: A farm scale modeling approach applied to the mountainous slopes of Vietnam
by Affholder, François & Jourdain, Damien & Quang, Dang Dinh & Tuong, To Phuc & Morize, Marion & Ricome, Aymeric
October 2009, Volume 102, Issue 1-3
- 1-10 Social and economic impacts of agricultural productivity intensification: The case of brush park fisheries in Lake Volta
by Béné, Christophe & Obirih-Opareh, Nelson
- 11-16 Crop rotations in Argentina: Analysis of water balance and yield using crop models
by Salado-Navarro, Luis R. & Sinclair, Thomas R.
- 17-23 A decision tool for evaluating the agronomic risk of exposure to fumonisins of different maize crop management systems in Italy
by Maiorano, Andrea & Reyneri, Amedeo & Magni, Aronne & Ramponi, Cesare
- 24-32 Tactical management of pasture fallows in Western Australian cropping systems
by Doole, Graeme J. & Weetman, Ellen
- 33-40 Livestock water productivity in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of the Blue Nile basin: Assessing variability and prospects for improvement
by Haileslassie, Amare & Peden, Don & Gebreselassie, Solomon & Amede, Tilahun & Descheemaeker, Katrien
- 41-47 Agronomic and gross margin analysis of an insect pest suppressive broccoli cropping system
by Broad, S.T. & Lisson, S.N. & Mendham, N.J.
- 48-57 Identifying the value of pasture improvement using wholefarm modelling
by Bathgate, A. & Revell, C. & Kingwell, R.
- 58-66 Application of crop growth simulation and mathematical modeling to supply chain management in the Thai sugar industry
by Piewthongngam, Kullapapruk & Pathumnakul, Supachai & Setthanan, Kanchana
- 67-76 Tractive power in organic farming based on fuel cell technology - Energy balance and environmental load
by Ahlgren, S. & Baky, A. & Bernesson, S. & Nordberg, Å. & Norén, O. & Hansson, P.-A.
- 77-88 A dynamic bio-economic model to simulate optimal adjustments of suckler cow farm management to production and market shocks in France
by Mosnier, C. & Agabriel, J. & Lherm, M. & Reynaud, A.
- 89-101 Identifying key entry-points for strategic management of smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa using the dynamic farm-scale simulation model NUANCES-FARMSIM
by van Wijk, Mark T. & Tittonell, Pablo & Rufino, Mariana C. & Herrero, Mario & Pacini, Cesare & Ridder, Nico de & Giller, Ken E.
July 2009, Volume 101, Issue 3
- 113-127 The impacts of climate change on livestock and livestock systems in developing countries: A review of what we know and what we need to know
by Thornton, P.K. & van de Steeg, J. & Notenbaert, A. & Herrero, M.
- 128-138 GAMEDE: A global activity model for evaluating the sustainability of dairy enterprises Part I - Whole-farm dynamic model
by Vayssières, Jonathan & Guerrin, François & Paillat, Jean-Marie & Lecomte, Philippe
- 139-151 GAMEDE: A global activity model for evaluating the sustainability of dairy enterprises. Part II - Interactive simulation of various management strategies with diverse stakeholders
by Vayssières, Jonathan & Bocquier, François & Lecomte, Philippe
- 152-161 Economic evaluation of current and alternative dual-purpose cattle systems for smallholder farms in the central Peruvian highlands
by Bartl, K. & Mayer, A.C. & Gómez, C.A. & Muñoz, E. & Hess, H.D. & Holmann, F.
- 162-172 The early economic impact of a nutrient management decision support system (NuMaSS) on small farm households cultivating maize on acidic, upland soils in the Philippines
by Walker, T. & Friday, J. & Casimero, M. & Dollentas, R. & Mataia, A. & Acda, R. & Yost, R.
- 173-185 A quantitative framework to analyse cooperation between rural households
by Gerichhausen, M. & Berkhout, E.D. & Hamers, H.J.M. & Manyong, V.M.
- 186-196 Development of a mathematical model to study the impacts of production and management policies on the herd dynamics and profitability of dairy goats
by Guimarães, Vinícius Pereira & Tedeschi, Luis Orlindo & Rodrigues, Marcelo Teixeira
- 197-199 Can large-scale biofuels production be sustainable by 2020?
by Bindraban, Prem S. & Bulte, Erwin H. & Conijn, Sjaak G.
June 2009, Volume 101, Issue 1-2
- 1-19 Beyond resource constraints - Exploring the biophysical feasibility of options for the intensification of smallholder crop-livestock systems in Vihiga district, Kenya
by Tittonell, P. & van Wijk, M.T. & Herrero, M. & Rufino, M.C. & de Ridder, N. & Giller, K.E.
- 20-29 Socioeconomic and institutional factors influencing adoption of conservation farming by vulnerable households in Zimbabwe
by Mazvimavi, Kizito & Twomlow, Steve
- 30-41 A methodological framework that accounts for farm diversity in the prototyping of crop management systems. Application to banana-based systems in Guadeloupe
by Blazy, Jean-Marc & Ozier-Lafontaine, Harry & Doré, Thierry & Thomas, Alban & Wery, Jacques
- 42-48 Risk programming and sparse data: how to get more reliable results
by Lien, Gudbrand & Hardaker, J. Brian & Asseldonk, Marcel A.P.M. van & Richardson, James W.
- 49-56 A model to evaluate the consequences of GM and non-GM segregation scenarios on GM crop placement in the landscape and cross-pollination risk management
by Coléno, F.C. & Angevin, F. & Lécroart, B.
- 57-68 An integrated evaluation of strategies for enhancing productivity and profitability of resource-constrained smallholder farms in Zimbabwe
by Zingore, S. & González-Estrada, E. & Delve, R.J. & Herrero, M. & Dimes, J.P. & Giller, K.E.
- 69-79 Grazing institutions in Castilla-La Mancha, dynamic or downward trend in the Spanish cereal-sheep system
by Caballero, R. & Fernández-Santos, X.
- 80-90 Potential value of GCM-based seasonal rainfall forecasts for maize management in semi-arid Kenya
by Hansen, James W. & Mishra, Ashok & Rao, K.P.C. & Indeje, Matayo & Ngugi, Robinson Kinuthia
- 91-100 A comparison of the climate risks of cereal, citrus, grapevine and olive production in Spain
by Quiroga, Sonia & Iglesias, Ana
- 101-109 A GIS-integrated fuzzy rule-based inference system for land suitability evaluation in agricultural watersheds
by Reshmidevi, T.V. & Eldho, T.I. & Jana, R.
- 110-110 Managing agricultural landscapes for environmental quality. Strengthening the science base, M. Schnepf, C. Cox (Eds.). Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa, USA(2007). 196pp., US$32.00 (softback), ISBN: 978-0-9769432-4-2
by Dabney, Seth
- 110-111 Biological globalisation: Bio-invasions and their impacts on nature, the economy and public health, W. van der Weijden, R. Leewis, P. Bol. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2007), 224 p., Price [euro]49.95 (softback), ISBN: 978-90-5011-243-7
by Rabbinge, Rudy
- 111-112 Starved for science: How biotechnology is being kept out of Africa, Robert Paarlberg. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2008, 235pp. US$24.95 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-674-02973-6
by Brown, Douglas R.
April 2009, Volume 100, Issue 1-3
- 1-10 Using on-field data to develop the EFI© information system to characterise agronomic productivity and labour efficiency in peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) orchards in France
by Plénet, Daniel & Giauque, Pierre & Navarro, Eric & Millan, Muriel & Hilaire, Christian & Hostalnou, Eric & Lyoussoufi, Abder & Samie, Jean-François
- 11-21 Maize ethanol feedstock production and net energy value as affected by climate variability and crop management practices
by Persson, Tomas & Garcia y Garcia, Axel & Paz, Joel & Jones, Jim & Hoogenboom, Gerrit
- 22-30 Evaluating an environmental indicator: Case study of MERLIN, a method for assessing the risk of nitrate leaching
by Aveline, A. & Rousseau, M.L. & Guichard, L. & Laurent, M. & Bockstaller, C.
- 31-42 Modeling the impact of global change on regional agricultural land use through an activity-based non-linear programming approach
by Henseler, Martin & Wirsig, Alexander & Herrmann, Sylvia & Krimly, Tatjana & Dabbert, Stephan
- 43-50 Adaptive management of stocking rates to reduce effects of drought on cow-calf production systems in semi-arid rangelands
by Díaz-Solís, H. & Grant, W.E. & Kothmann, M.M. & Teague, W.R. & Díaz-García, J.A.
- 51-60 Regional crop modelling in Europe: The impact of climatic conditions and farm characteristics on maize yields
by Reidsma, Pytrik & Ewert, Frank & Boogaard, Hendrik & Diepen, Kees van
- 61-71 Soil management: The key factors for higher productivity in the fields utilizing the system of rice intensification (SRI) in the central highland of Madagascar
by Tsujimoto, Yasuhiro & Horie, Takeshi & Randriamihary, Hamon & Shiraiwa, Tatsuhiko & Homma, Koki
- 72-79 Integration of geospatial and cattle nutrition information to estimate paddock grazing capacity in Northern US prairie
by Phillips, Rebecca & Beeri, Ofer & Scholljegerdes, Eric & Bjergaard, David & Hendrickson, John
- 80-87 Uncertainty and investment in precision agriculture - Is it worth the money?
by Tozer, Peter R.
- 88-88 Agricultural Research at the Crossroads: Revisited Resource-poor Farmers and the Millennium Development Goals, Bo M.I. Bengtsson. Science Publishers, New Hampshire, USA (2007). 339 pp., Price: US$59.50 Hardback, ISBN: 9781578085149
by Bowen, Walter T.
- 88-89 A history of world agriculture from the neolithic age to the current crisis, Earthscan, M. Mazoyer, L. Roudart, London, United Kingdom (2006). 512 pp., Price £22.95 (softback), ISBN: 978-1-84407-399-3
by Coffey, David M.
- 89-89 Modern Soil Microbiology, second ed
by Whitman, William B.
February 2009, Volume 99, Issue 2-3
- 67-75 A review of the efficacy of contemporary agricultural stewardship measures for ameliorating water pollution problems of key concern to the UK water industry
by Kay, Paul & Edwards, Anthony C. & Foulger, Miles
- 76-85 A modelling approach to explore nitrogen fertilisation practices of growers and their consequences in apple orchards
by Nesme, Thomas & Lescourret, Françoise & Bellon, Stéphane & Habib, Robert
- 86-104 Motivations, risk perceptions and adoption of conservation practices by farmers
by Greiner, Romy & Patterson, Louisa & Miller, Owen
- 105-116 Identifying indicators of the spatial variation of agricultural practices by a tree partitioning method: The case of weed control practices in a vine growing catchment
by Biarnès, A. & Bailly, J.S. & Boissieux, Y.
- 117-125 Is it possible to increase the sustainability of arable and ruminant agriculture by reducing inputs?
by Glendining, M.J. & Dailey, A.G. & Williams, A.G. & Evert, F.K. van & Goulding, K.W.T. & Whitmore, A.P.
- 126-140 Generating plausible crop distribution maps for Sub-Saharan Africa using a spatially disaggregated data fusion and optimization approach
by You, Liangzhi & Wood, Stanley & Wood-Sichra, Ulrike
- 141-142 GIS Applications in Agriculture, Pierce, F.J., Clay, D. (Eds.), CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (2007), 203pp., US$119.95 (hardcover) ISBN: 13 978-08493-7526-2
by Paz, Joel O.
- 142-143 Developing Smallholder Agriculture: A Global Perspective, R.L. Tinsley, AgBé Publishing, Brussels, Belgium (2004). 440 pp., US$49 (Softcover), ISBN 981-05-0873-50
by Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin
- 143-143 Peasants, Farmers and Scientists. A Chronicle of Tropical Agricultural Science in the Twentieth Century, H.J.W. Mutsaers. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2007). 607 pp., US$129 Hardback, ISBN: 9781402061653
by Perez, Carlos
December 2008, Volume 99, Issue 1
- 1-5 Patterns of plant pest introductions in Europe and Africa
by Waage, Jeff K. & Woodhall, James W. & Bishop, Sam J. & Smith, Julian J. & Jones, David R. & Spence, Nicola J.
- 6-12 Use of a dynamic programming model to estimate the value of clinical mastitis treatment and prevention options utilized by dairy producers
by Bar, D. & Tauer, L.W. & Bennett, G. & González, R.N. & Hertl, J.A. & Schulte, H.F. & Schukken, Y.H. & Welcome, F.L. & Gröhn, Y.T.
- 13-22 Ex ante assessment of dual-purpose sweet potato in the crop-livestock system of western Kenya: A minimum-data approach
by Claessens, L. & Stoorvogel, J.J. & Antle, J.M.
- 23-34 Developing decision support tools for rangeland management by combining state and transition models and Bayesian belief networks
by Bashari, H. & Smith, C. & Bosch, O.J.H.
- 35-43 Comparison of two pasture growth models of differing complexity
by Skinner, R. Howard & Corson, Michael S. & Rotz, C. Alan
- 44-52 The expected utility of genetic information in beef cattle production
by Lambert, David K.
- 53-63 Nitrogen flow and use efficiency in production and utilization of wheat, rice, and maize in China
by Ma, Wenqi & Li, Jianhui & Ma, Lin & Wang, Fanghao & Sisák, István & Cushman, Gregory & Zhang, Fusuo
- 64-65 Crop Systems Dynamics: An Ecophysiological Simulation Model for Genotype-by-Environment Interactions, Xinyou Yin, H.H. Van Laar. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands (2005). 168 pp., US$52 (Softback), ISBN: 13 978-90-76998-55-8
by Whitev, Jeffrey W.
- 65-65 Medicinal and Aromatic Crops. Harvesting, Drying and Processing. Serdar Öztekin, Milan Martinov (Editors). Haworth Food and Agricultural Products Press, Binghamton, New York, USA, xx + 320 pp, 2007. US$49.95 (softback) ISBN: 978-1-56022-975-9; US$89.95 (hardback) ISBN: 978-1-56022-974-2
by Wahab, Jazeem
October 2008, Volume 98, Issue 3
- 159-166 Analysing agricultural users' patterns of behaviour: The case of OPTIRas(TM), a decision support system for starch crop selection
by Maruster, Laura & Faber, Niels R. & Jorna, René J. & van Haren, Rob
- 167-176 A comparison of energy use in conventional and organic olive oil production in Spain
by Guzmán, Gloria I. & Alonso, Antonio M.
- 177-188 Disentangling the effect of environmental factors on yield and nitrogen uptake of irrigated rice in Asia
by Jing, Qi & Bouman, Bas & van Keulen, Herman & Hengsdijk, Huib & Cao, Weixing & Dai, Tingbo
- 189-198 Exploring options for farm-level strategic and tactical decision-making in fruit production systems of South Patagonia, Argentina
by Cittadini, E.D. & Lubbers, M.T.M.H. & de Ridder, N. & van Keulen, H. & Claassen, G.D.H.
- 199-207 The role and value of eastern star clover in managing herbicide-resistant crop weeds: A whole-farm analysis
by Gibson, Lauren & Kingwell, Ross & Doole, Graeme
- 208-219 Spatial distribution of grassland productivity and land use in Europe
by Smit, H.J. & Metzger, M.J. & Ewert, F.
- 220-227 Optimal management of molds in stored corn
by Yigezu, Yigezu A. & Alexander, Corinne E. & Preckel, Paul V. & Maier, D.E. & Woloshuk, C.P. & Mason, L.J. & Lawrence, J. & Moog, D.J.
- 228-228 Agroecology in Action: Extending Alternative Agriculture Through Social Networks. K.D. Warner. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 291 pp, 2007. US$62.00 (hardback), ISBN-13 978-0-262-23252-4; $25.00 (soft back), ISBN-13 978-0-262-73180-5
by Neely, Constance L.
- 228-229 Water Resource Economics: The Analysis of Scarcity, Policies, and Projects. Ronald C. Griffin. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (2006). 402 pp., $50.00 (Hardback), ISBN: 0 262 07267-X
by Hatch, Upton
- 229-230 M. Adato and R. Meinzen-Dick, Editors, Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty. Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries, International Food Policy Research Institute, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (2007) ISBN 978-0-8018-8596-9 416 pp., US$60.00 (Hardback)
by Fisher, Myles J.
September 2008, Volume 98, Issue 2
- 67-73 Environmental performance in the US broiler poultry sector: Life cycle energy use and greenhouse gas, ozone depleting, acidifying and eutrophying emissions
by Pelletier, N.
- 74-81 Energy requirements for transport and surface application of liquid pig manure in Manitoba, Canada
by Wiens, M.J. & Entz, M.H. & Wilson, C. & Ominski, K.H.
- 82-94 Modified rice cultivation in Tamil Nadu, India: Yield gains and farmers' (lack of) acceptance
by Senthilkumar, K. & Bindraban, P.S. & Thiyagarajan, T.M. & de Ridder, N. & Giller, K.E.
- 95-107 Transformation toward agricultural sustainability in New Zealand hill country pastoral landscapes
by Dodd, M.B. & Wedderburn, M.E. & Parminter, T.G. & Thorrold, B.S. & Quinn, J.M.
- 108-118 Analysing farming practices to develop a numerical, operational model of farmers' decision-making processes: An irrigated hay cropping system in France
by Merot, A. & Bergez, J.-E. & Capillon, A. & Wery, J.
- 119-125 Agricultural intensification in the Sahel - The ladder approach
by Aune, Jens B. & Bationo, André
- 126-134 Greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian beef industry
by Vergé, X.P.C. & Dyer, J.A. & Desjardins, R.L. & Worth, D.
- 135-146 Analysis of two variants of a spatially distributed crop model, using wavelet transforms and geostatistics
by Pringle, M.J. & Marchant, B.P. & Lark, R.M.
- 147-155 Household livelihood strategies and forest dependence in the highlands of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
by Babulo, Bedru & Muys, Bart & Nega, Fredu & Tollens, Eric & Nyssen, Jan & Deckers, Jozef & Mathijs, Erik
- 156-157 Sham S. Goyal, Rodulf Tischner and Amarjit S. Basra, Editors, Enhancing the Efficiency of Nutilization in Plants, The Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY, USA (2006) XVI+489 pp., US$79.95 (hardback), ISBN: 13 978-1-56022-140-1; US$59.95 (softback), ISBN: 13 978-1-56022-141-8.
by Scholberg, Johannes
- 157-158 S. Raman, Editor, Agricultural Sustainability: Principles, Processes, and Prospects, The Haworth Press, Binghamton, New York, USA (2006) XXII+474 pp., US$69.95 (softback), ISBN: 13 978-1-56022-311-5; US$89.95 (hardback), ISBN: 13 978-1-56022-310-8
by Timsina, Jagadish
July 2008, Volume 98, Issue 1
- 1-9 An innovation systems perspective on strengthening agricultural education and training in sub-Saharan Africa
by Spielman, David J. & Ekboir, Javier & Davis, Kristin & Ochieng, Cosmas M.O.
- 10-20 The meaning of agricultural sustainability: Evidence from a conjoint choice survey
by Sydorovych, Olha & Wossink, Ada
- 21-30 Climate change impacts on irrigated maize in Mediterranean climates: Evaluation of double cropping as an emerging adaptation alternative
by Meza, Francisco J. & Silva, Daniel & Vigil, Hernan
- 31-39 A measure for the efficiency of water use and its determinants, a case study of small-scale irrigation schemes in North-West Province, South Africa
by Speelman, Stijn & D'Haese, Marijke & Buysse, Jeroen & D'Haese, Luc
- 40-49 HydroLOGIC: An irrigation management system for Australian cotton
by Richards, Q.D. & Bange, M.P. & Johnston, S.B.
- 50-61 Strategic approaches to targeting technology generation: Assessing the coincidence of poverty and drought-prone crop production
by Hyman, Glenn & Fujisaka, Sam & Jones, Peter & Wood, Stanley & de Vicente, M. Carmen & Dixon, John
- 62-63 Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems, J.S. Bhatti, R. Lal, M.J. Apps, M.A. Price (Eds.). Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA. (2006). xx+446 pp., US$169.95 (hardback), ISBN: 13 978-0849330971
by Hill, Harvey
- 63-64 Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract, Charles A. Francis, Raymond P. Poincelot, George Bird (Eds.). Haworth Press, Binghampton, New York, USA (2006). 367 pp., US$69.95 (hardback), ISBN: 13 978-1-56022-331-3; US$49.95 (softback), ISBN: 13 978-1-56022-332-0
by Jordan, Jeff
- 64-65 Sociological Perspectives of Organic Agriculture: From Pioneer to Policy, G.C. Holt, M. Reed (Eds.). CABI Press, Oxfordshire, UK (2006). 320 pp., US$100.00 (hardback), ISBN: 13 978-1-84593-0387
by Crane, Todd
June 2008, Volume 97, Issue 3
- 99-107 Integrated agricultural research and crop breeding: Allelopathic weed control in cereals and long-term productivity in perennial biomass crops
by Weih, M. & Didon, U.M.E. & Rönnberg-Wästljung, A.-C. & Björkman, C.
- 108-125 Pasture and forage crop systems for non-irrigated dairy farms in southern Australia. 1. Physical production and economic performance
by Chapman, D.F. & Kenny, S.N. & Beca, D. & Johnson, I.R.
- 126-138 Pasture and forage crop systems for non-irrigated dairy farms in southern Australia. 2. Inter-annual variation in forage supply, and business risk
by Chapman, D.F. & Kenny, S.N. & Beca, D. & Johnson, I.R.
- 139-150 SIMBA, a model for designing sustainable banana-based cropping systems
by Tixier, Philippe & Malézieux, Eric & Dorel, Marc & Wery, Jacques
- 151-166 Aggregating field-scale knowledge into farm-scale models of African smallholder systems: Summary functions to simulate crop production using APSIM
by Chikowo, R. & Corbeels, M. & Tittonell, P. & Vanlauwe, B. & Whitbread, A. & Giller, K.E.
- 167-168 Hans Langeveld and Niels Röling, Editors, Changing European Farming Systems for a Better Future: New Visions for Rural Areas, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands (2006) 480 pp., US$107.00 Hardback, ISBN-13: 978-90-8686-002-9
by Breuer, Norman E.
April 2008, Volume 97, Issue 1-2
- 1-12 Integrating new soybean varieties for soil fertility management in smallholder systems through participatory research: Lessons from western Kenya
by Misiko, M. & Tittonell, P. & Ramisch, J.J. & Richards, P. & Giller, K.E.
- 13-25 Development and evaluation of a pastoral simulation model that predicts dairy cattle performance based on animal genotype and environmental sensitivity information
by Bryant, Jeremy & Lopez-Villalobos, Nicolas & Holmes, Colin & Pryce, Jennie & Rossi, Jose & Macdonald, Kevin
- 26-33 A systematic representation of crop rotations
by Castellazzi, M.S. & Wood, G.A. & Burgess, P.J. & Morris, J. & Conrad, K.F. & Perry, J.N.
- 34-47 Validating CERES-wheat under North-German environmental conditions
by Langensiepen, M. & Hanus, H. & Schoop, P. & Gräsle, W.
- 48-55 Economic impacts of shifting sloping farm lands to alternative uses
by Liao, Xianchun & Zhang, Yaoqi
- 56-67 Do farmers waste fertilizer? A comparison of ex post optimal nitrogen rates and ex ante recommendations by model, site and year
by Rajsic, Predrag & Weersink, Alfons
- 68-82 Use of available information at a European level to construct crop nitrogen response curves for the regions of the EU
by Godard, C. & Roger-Estrade, J. & Jayet, P.A. & Brisson, N. & Le Bas, C.
- 83-94 The potential of a herbicide resistant maize technology for Striga control in Africa
by De Groote, Hugo & Wangare, Lucy & Kanampiu, Fred & Odendo, Martins & Diallo, Alpha & Karaya, Haron & Friesen, Dennis
- 95-96 Book Review
by Stooksbury, David Emory
- 96-97 Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability: Considerations for the Future, Manjit S. Kang (Ed.). The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, New York, USA (2007). 224 pp., US$65.00 Softback, ISBN-13: 978-1-56022-171-5; US$80.00 Hardback, ISBN-13: 978-1-56022-170-8
by Singh, Piara
March 2008, Volume 96, Issue 1-3
- 1-15 Impact of small-holder irrigation on the agricultural production, food supply and economic prosperity of a representative village beside the Senegal River, Mauritania
by Connor, David & Comas, Jordi & Macpherson, Helena-Gomez & Mateos, Luciano
- 16-25 Increasing the environmental and social sustainability of cotton farming through farmer education in Andhra Pradesh, India
by Mancini, Francesca & Termorshuizen, Aad J. & Jiggins, Janice L.S. & van Bruggen, Ariena H.C.
- 26-36 Livestock feed resources, production and management in the agro-pastoral system of the Hindu Kush - Karakoram - Himalayan region of Pakistan: The effect of accessibility
by Rahman, Abdur & Duncan, Alan J. & Miller, David W. & Clemens, Juergen & Frutos, Pilar & Gordon, Iain J. & Rehman, Atiq-ur & Baig, Ataullah & Ali, Farman & Wright, Iain A.
- 37-51 Decision support for spatially targeted livestock policies: Diverse examples from Uganda and Thailand
by Gerber, Pierre J. & Carsjens, Gerrit J. & Pak-uthai, Thanee & Robinson, Timothy P.
- 52-63 Can payments for ecosystem services secure the water tower of Tibet
by Immerzeel, Walter & Stoorvogel, Jetse & Antle, John
- 64-74 Impact of sugarcane supply scheduling on mill sugar production: A South African case study
by Le Gal, P.-Y. & Lyne, P.W.L. & Meyer, E. & Soler, L.-G.
- 75-84 A fresh look at shifting cultivation: Fallow length an uncertain indicator of productivity
by Mertz, Ole & Wadley, Reed L. & Nielsen, Uffe & Bruun, Thilde B. & Colfer, Carol J.P. & de Neergaard, Andreas & Jepsen, Martin R. & Martinussen, Torben & Zhao, Qiang & Noweg, Gabriel T. & Magid, Jakob
- 85-94 The relative profitability and environmental impacts of different sheep systems in a Mediterranean environment
by Kopke, Emma & Young, John & Kingwell, Ross
- 95-107 Life cycle assessment of conventional and organic milk production in the Netherlands
by Thomassen, M.A. & van Calker, K.J. & Smits, M.C.J. & Iepema, G.L. & de Boer, I.J.M.
- 108-123 Benefit-cost meta-analysis of investment in the International Agricultural Research Centers of the CGIAR
by Raitzer, David A. & Kelley, Timothy G.
- 124-138 Combining classification tree analyses with interviews to study why sub-alpine grasslands sometimes revert to forest: A case study from the Swiss Alps
by Gellrich, Mario & Baur, Priska & Robinson, Brett Harvey & Bebi, Peter
- 139-149 Path-dependency in plant breeding: Challenges facing participatory reforms in the Ethiopian Sorghum Improvement Program
by McGuire, Shawn J.
- 150-165 Integrated assessment of agricultural systems - A component-based framework for the European Union (SEAMLESS)
by van Ittersum, Martin K. & Ewert, Frank & Heckelei, Thomas & Wery, Jacques & Alkan Olsson, Johanna & Andersen, Erling & Bezlepkina, Irina & Brouwer, Floor & Donatelli, Marcello & Flichman, Guillermo & Olsson, Lennart & Rizzoli, Andrea E. & van der Wal, Tamme & Wien, Jan Erik & Wolf, Joost
- 166-174 A preliminary whole-farm economic analysis of perennial wheat in an Australian dryland farming system
by Bell, Lindsay W. & Byrne (nee Flugge), Felicity & Ewing, Mike A. & Wade, Len J.
- 175-183 How resource poor households value and access poultry: Village poultry keeping in Tigray, Ethiopia
by Aklilu, H.A. & Udo, H.M.J. & Almekinders, C.J.M. & Van der Zijpp, A.J.
- 184-194 Multipurpose fodder trees in the Ethiopian highlands: Farmers' preference and relationship of indigenous knowledge of feed value with laboratory indicators
by Mekoya, A. & Oosting, S.J. & Fernandez-Rivera, S. & Van der Zijpp, A.J.
- 195-206 Reduction in data collection for determination of cultivar coefficients for breeding applications
by Anothai, J. & Patanothai, A. & Pannangpetch, K. & Jogloy, S. & Boote, K.J. & Hoogenboom, G.
- 207-223 Dynamics and developmental trends of smallholder pig production systems in North Vietnam
by Lemke, U. & Valle Zarate, A.
- 224-236 Comparing annual and perennial energy cropping systems with different management intensities
by Boehmel, Constanze & Lewandowski, Iris & Claupein, Wilhelm
- 237-249 Defining the experimental unit for the design and analysis of site-specific experiments in commercial cotton fields
by Willers, Jeffrey L. & Milliken, George A. & Jenkins, Johnie N. & O'Hara, Charles G. & Gerard, Patrick D. & Reynolds, Daniel B. & Boykin, Debbie L. & Good, Paul V. & Hood, Kenneth B.
- 250-259 Benchmarking and multivariate data analysis techniques for improving the efficiency of irrigation districts: An application in spain
by Rodriguez-Diaz, J.A. & Camacho-Poyato, E. & Lopez-Luque, R. & Perez-Urrestarazu, L.
- 260-272 Simulating grassland utilization in beef suckler systems to investigate the trade-offs between production and floristic diversity
by Jouven, M. & Baumont, R.
- 273-274 Ecological Responses and Adaptations of Crops to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Zoltan Tuba (Ed.). Food Products Press, Binghamton, NY, USA (2005). xvi+436 pp., US$49.95, Softback, ISBN: 1-56022-121-6; US$79.95, Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-56022-121-0
by Kobayashi, Kazuhiko
- 274-274 D.E. Radcliffe and M.L. Cabrera, Editors, Modeling Phosphorus in the Environment, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (2006) ISBN 0-8493-3777-1 420 pp., US$129.95 (hardback)
by Ma, Liwang
- 275-276 D.J. Zarin, J.R.R. Alavalapati, F.E. Putz and M. Schmink, Editors, Working Forests in the Neotropics - Conservation Through Sustainable Management, Columbia University Press, New York, NY, USA (2004) ISBN 978-0-231-12907-7, 978-0-231-12906-0 416 pp. US$49.50 (softback)
by Daly, Douglas C.
- 276-277 D. Wallach, D. Makowski and J.W. Jones, Editors, Working with Dynamic Crop Models: Evaluation, Analysis, Parameterization, and Applications, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006) ISBN 978-0-444-52135-4 447 pp., Price: US$83.95 (hardback)
by Wilkerson, Gail G.
December 2007, Volume 95, Issue 1-3
- 1-10 Evaluating wheat yield potential determination in the Argentine Pampas
by Menendez, Fernando J. & Satorre, Emilio H.
- 11-27 What benefits are to be derived from improved farm program planning approaches? - The role of time series models and stochastic optimization
by Musshoff, Oliver & Hirschauer, Norbert
- 28-36 Assessing the profitability of different crop protection strategies in cotton: Case study results from Shandong Province, China
by Pemsl, D. & Waibel, H.
- 37-48 The Common Modelling Protocol: A hierarchical framework for simulation of agricultural and environmental systems
by Moore, A.D. & Holzworth, D.P. & Herrmann, N.I. & Huth, N.I. & Robertson, M.J.
- 49-61 A short-term mechanistic model of forage and livestock in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo: 1. Description of the model and sensitivity analyses
by Richardson, F.D. & Hahn, B.D.
- 62-75 A short-term mechanistic model of forage and livestock in the semi-arid Succulent Karoo: 2. Evaluation and application
by Richardson, F.D. & Hahn, B.D.
- 76-95 Analysing trade-offs in resource and labour allocation by smallholder farmers using inverse modelling techniques: A case-study from Kakamega district, western Kenya
by Tittonell, P. & van Wijk, M.T. & Rufino, M.C. & Vrugt, J.A. & Giller, K.E.
- 96-95 R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison, Editors, Sustainability in Agriculture, Issues in Environmental Science and Technology vol. 21, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK (2005) ISBN 0-85404-201-6 xiv+130 pp., US$45.00 (hardback)
by Stoorvogel, Jetse
- 96-97 Y.H. Hui, Editor, Handbook of Fruits and Fruit Processing, Blackwell Publishing, Ames, IA, USA (2006) ISBN 0-8138-1981-4 697pp., US$219.99, Hardback
by Chinnan, Manjeet
- 97-98 R. Tripp, Self-Sufficient Agriculture. Labour and Knowledge in Small-Scale Farming , Earthscan, London, UK (2005) 242pp. US$32.50 (softback), ISBN: 1-84407-297-5; US$129.95 (Hardback), ISBN: 1-84407-296-7.
by Perez, Carlos A.
June 2007, Volume 94, Issue 3
- 611-621 Opportunities for value chain research in sugar industries
by Higgins, Andrew & Thorburn, Peter & Archer, Ainsley & Jakku, Emma
- 622-636 Assessing farm innovations and responses to policies: A review of bio-economic farm models
by Janssen, Sander & van Ittersum, Martin K.
- 637-648 Monitoring forage production for farmers' decision making
by Grigera, Gonzalo & Oesterheld, Martin & Pacin, Fernando
- 649-656 Measuring the technical efficiency and exploring the inefficiency determinants of vegetable farms in Samsun province, Turkey
by Bozoglu, Mehmet & Ceyhan, Vedat
- 657-670 Identifying European marginal areas in the context of local sheep and goat breeds conservation: A geographic information system approach
by Bertaglia, Marco & Joost, Stephane & Roosen, Jutta
- 671-682 Modelling farm-level economic potential for conversion to organic farming
by Kerselaers, Eva & De Cock, Lieve & Lauwers, Ludwig & Van Huylenbroeck, Guido
- 683-693 Greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian dairy industry in 2001
by Verge, X.P.C. & Dyer, J.A. & Desjardins, R.L. & Worth, D.
- 694-703 Resource integration for multiple benefits: Multifunctionality of integrated farming systems in Northeast Thailand
by Tipraqsa, Prasnee & Craswell, Eric T. & Noble, Andrew D. & Schmidt-Vogt, Dietrich
- 704-714 Self-sufficiency of motor fuels on organic farms - Evaluation of systems based on fuels produced in industrial-scale plants
by Hansson, P.-A. & Baky, A. & Ahlgren, S. & Bernesson, S. & Nordberg, A. & Noren, O. & Pettersson, O.
- 715-725 Relating long-term rainfall variability to cattle population dynamics in communal rangelands and a government ranch in southern Ethiopia
by Angassa, Ayana & Oba, Gufu
- 726-737 Strategy factors as drivers and restraints on dairy farm performance: Evidence from Sweden
by Hansson, Helena
- 738-749 Cattle are cash generating assets for mixed smallholder farms in the Eastern Amazon
by Siegmund-Schultze, M. & Rischkowsky, B. & da Veiga, J.B. & King, J.M.
- 750-762 Beef cow-calf production system integrated with sugarcane production: Simulation model development and application in Japan
by Gradiz, L. & Sugimoto, A. & Ujihara, K. & Fukuhara, S. & Kahi, A.K. & Hirooka, H.
- 763-765 Sustainable resource management and policy options for rice ecosystems
by Roetter, Reimund & van Keulen, Herman & Hengsdijk, Huib & van den Berg, Marrit & van Laar, Gon
- 766-767 Preface
by Rabbinge, Rudy & Kropff, Martin
- 768-783 Quantitative analyses of natural resource management options at different scales
by van Keulen, Herman
- 784-800 Policy reforms, rice production and sustainable land use in China: A macro-micro analysis
by Heerink, Nico & Qu, Futian & Kuiper, Marijke & Shi, Xiaoping & Tan, Shuhao
- 801-806 Opportunities for yield increases and environmental benefits through site-specific nutrient management in rice systems of Zhejiang province, China
by Wang, Guanghuo & Zhang, Q.C. & Witt, C. & Buresh, R.J.
- 807-825 Introducing greenhouse gas mitigation as a development objective in rice-based agriculture: I. Generation of technical coefficients
by Pathak, H. & Wassmann, R.
- 826-840 Introducing greenhouse gas mitigation as a development objective in rice-based agriculture: II. Cost-benefit assessment for different technologies, regions and scales
by Wassmann, R. & Pathak, H.
- 841-850 The impact of increasing farm size and mechanization on rural income and rice production in Zhejiang province, China
by Van den Berg, M. Marrit & Hengsdijk, Huib & Wolf, Joost & Van Ittersum, Martin K. & Guanghuo, Wang & Roetter, Reimund P.
- 851-861 Poverty and biodiversity trade-offs in rural development: A case study for Pujiang county, China
by Hengsdijk, Huib & Guanghuo, Wang & Van den Berg, Marrit M. & Jiangdi, Wang & Wolf, Joost & Changhe, Lu & Roetter, Reimund P. & Van Keulen, Herman
- 862-873 Multi-scale analysis of agricultural development: A modelling approach for Ilocos Norte, Philippines
by Laborte, Alice G. & Van Ittersum, Martin K. & Van den Berg, Marrit M.
- 874-887 Can computer models stimulate learning about sustainable land use? Experience with LUPAS in the humid (sub-)tropics of Asia
by Van Paassen, A. & Roetter, R.P. & Van Keulen, H. & Hoanh, C.T.
- 888-889 Advances in Agronomy Volume 85, Sparks, Donald L. (Ed.). Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2005. 446 pp, Price: US$139.95 (hardback). ISBN: 0-12-000783-5
by Wortmann, Charles S.
- 889-890 Genetic and Production Innovations in Field Crop Technology. New Developments in Theory and Practice. Manjit S. Kang (Ed.), The Haworth Press, Binghamton, New York (2005). xx+383 pp., US$49.95, Softback; ISBN: 978-1-56022-123-4/ISBN: 1-56022-123-2. US$69.95, Hardback; ISBN: 978-1-56022-122-7/ISBN: 1-56022-122-4. (Published simultaneously as the Journal of Crop Improvement, vol. 14, no. 1/2)
by Beaver, James S.