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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.
- 890-891 Handbook of Statistics for Teaching and Research in Plant and Crop Science, U.R. Palaniswamy, K.M. Palaniswamy. The Haworth Press, Binghamton, New York, USA (2005). xxvi+624 pp., US$99.95, Hardback: ISBN: 978-1-56022-292-7; ISBN: 1-56022-292-1; US$79.95, Softback: ISBN: 978-1-56022-293-4; ISBN: 1-56022-293-X
by Yang, Jingyi
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.