Journal: Agricultural Systems

Found 487 papers in total
Field-scale modeling of tree‐crop interactions: Challenges and development needs
2016,
Performance assessment and prediction tools are needed for agroforestry systems....
Evaluation of the economic feasibility of water harvesting for irrigation in a large semi-arid tropical catchment in northern Australia
2016,
A method for assessing the profitability of water harvesting is presented. The...
Scenarios for Australian agricultural production and land use to 2050
2016,
We modelled potential trajectories for Australian agriculture under global change....
Farmers as agents in innovation systems. Empowering farmers for innovation through communities of practice
2016,
Farmers learn both from heterogeneous and peer networks. The intersection of the two...
Designing a three-dimensional performance measurement system (SMD3D) for the wine industry: A Chilean example
2016,
Sustainability is an ever more important core competence for companies in the...
Emergy analysis of grain production systems on large-scale farms in the North China Plain based on LCA
2014,
Traditionally, primary grain production systems in China have been on a small scale...
Livestock farmer perceptions of successful collaborative arrangements for manure exchange: A study in Denmark
2014,
Fulfilling the targets of the European Nitrate Directive (91/676/EEC) and the Water...
Livelihood strategies and the role of livestock in the processes of adaptation to drought in the Coastal Zone of Western Desert (Egypt)
2014,
Analyses of the roles of livestock in household livelihood in the context of global...
Analyzing diversification possibilities on specialized tobacco farms in Argentina using a bio-economic farm model
2014,
To reach this objective, a quadratic programming model of a typical specialized...
Integrated analysis of land use changes and their impacts on agrarian livelihoods in the western highlands of Kenya
2014,
Land degradation is affecting rural livelihoods across sub‐Saharan Africa....
Does investment in irrigation technology necessarily generate rebound effects? A simulation analysis based on an agro-economic model
2014,
Investing in more efficient irrigation technology is usually regarded as a means to...
From transfer to translation: Using systemic understandings of technology to understand drip irrigation uptake
2014,
Drip irrigation is a technology with great potential for improving the efficiency of...
A whole-farm profitability analysis of organic and conventional cropping systems
2013,
Previous studies have found that organic crop production in the midwestern United...
Adoption of improved potato varieties in Ethiopia: The role of agricultural knowledge and innovation system and smallholder farmers’ quality assessment
2013,
Although potato is considered to be one of the strategic crops for ensuring food...
Detailed description of grazing systems using nonlinear optimisation methods: A model of a pasture-based New Zealand dairy farm
2013,
Grazing systems constitute the most extensive land use worldwide. However, economic...
Simultaneous modelling of the determinants of the partial inputs productivity in the municipality of Banikoara, Northern Benin
2013,
This study aims at assessing the determinants of the agricultural productivity through...
Cognitive mapping: A method to elucidate and present farmers’ risk perception
2013,
Assumptions on the perceptions of risks, made in agricultural economics literature,...
Life cycle assessment of the potential carbon credit from no- and reduced-tillage winter wheat-based cropping systems in Eastern Washington State
2013,
Integrated environmental and economic assessment studies are required to support...
Modeling the environmental behavior and performance of livestock farmers in China: An ABM approach
2013,
The diversity of farmers is a central concern in the development of environmental...
Predicting nitrogen dynamics in a dairy farming catchment using systems synthesis modelling
2013,
The intensity of milk production from pasture based dairy farming systems is often...
Satellite detection of earlier wheat sowing in India and implications for yield trends
2013,
Wheat is a staple crop throughout much of India, but in many areas it is commonly sown...
Man vs. manure: Examining the effects of residential demand on dairy farming in rural America
2013,
Spatial concerns are growing in many rural regions in the United States. Exurban...
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