Simulation and Systems Analysis for Rice Production (SARP)
Author: F. W. T. Penning de Vries
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13:
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Crop-soil Simulation Models
Author: William Stephens
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2002-07-22
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780851998541
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe use of crop-soil modelling has so far been mainly confined to the research community. Practical applications have occurred in the areas of decision tools for irrigation studies and pest management. However, there is potential to increase its applied use.This book reviews progress in crop-soil simulation modelling and assesses its application to agriculture in developing countries. It is based on work sponsored by the Natural Resources Systems Programme of the UK Department for International Development.
Rice Pest Science and Management
Author: P. S. Teng
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9712200515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRevised and updated selected papers from the 1992 International Rice Research Conference.
Rice Roots
Author: G. J. D. Kirk
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9712200507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe rice-root-soil interface; Root growth and nitrogen uptake in rice: concepts for modeling; Genetic variation in nitrogen uptake by rice and the effects of management and soil fertility; Use of molecular markers to evaluate rice genetic variation in associative N2 fixation, N uptake, and N use efficiency; Rainfed lowland rice roots: soil and hydrological effects; Rice root traits for drought resistance and their genetic variation; Use of molecular markers to exploit rice root traits for drought tolerance.
Opportunities, use, and transfer of systems research methods in agriculture to developing countries
Author: Goldsworthy
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-09
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9401107645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn December 1993, ISNAR, in collaboration with International Consortium for Application of Systems Approaches, organized a three-day workshop on systems approaches and modelling for agricultural development. Sponsored by the Dutch Ministry for Development Cooperation, the workshop was attended by participants from 12 national agricultural research systems (NARS), nine international agricul tural research centers (lARCs), and five advanced research organizations (AROs). Although application of systems approaches in agricultural research and resource management is a rather new field, there is already increasing demand for implemen tation of these approaches. This will require a critical mass of specialists in the NARS and IARCs. Before this critical mass can be obtained, however, the experience that has been gained in this area needs to be evaluated, further possibilities need to be explored, and new objectives and targets need to be set. This book, which contains the papers presented at the workshop, assesses the state of the art of systems approaches in agricultural research, resource management, and rural planning. It also gives an impression of the evolution of this interdisciplinary field and its use in national and international research centers. Another, less tangible, outcome of the workshop was its contribution toward strengthening the network of NARS, lARCs, and AROs. It gave participants and organizers a chance to develop contacts, and provided an opportunity to make the first proposals for collaborative programs. Special thanks are due to Peter Goldsworthy and Luc Boerboom for their crucial role in making the workshop a success in this regard.
Systems approaches for agricultural development
Author: Frits Penning de Vries
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 529
ISBN-13: 9401128421
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe symposium In the next decades, agriculture will have to cope with an ever-increasing demand for food and raw basic materials on the one hand, and with the necessity to use resources without further degrading or exhausting the environment on the other hand, and all this within a dynamic framework of social and economic conditions. Intensification, sustainability, optimizing scarce resources, and climate change are among the key issues. Organized thinking about future farming requires forecasting of consequences of alternative ways to farm and to develop agriculture. The complexity of the problems calls for a systematic approach in which many disciplines are integrated. Systems thinking and systems simulation are therefore indispensable tools for such endeavours. About 150 scientists and senior research leaders participated in the symposium 'Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development' (SAAD) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, in December 1991. The symposium had the following objectives: - to review the status of systems research and modeling in agriculture, with special reference to evaluating their efficacy and efficiency in achieving research goals, and to their application in developing countries; - to promote international cooperation in modeling, and increase awareness of systems research and simulation. The symposium consisted of plenary sessions with reviews of major areas in systems approaches in agriculture, plus presentations in two concurrent sessions on technical topics of systems research. Subjects of studies were from tropical and temperate countries.
Advances in Agronomy
Author: Donald L. Sparks
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2002-02-07
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 0080544029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdvances in Agronomy has the highest impact factor among serial publications in Agriculture. The Science Citation Index, 1986, reports an impact factor over 2,459 and a cited half-life over 10 years.Volume 76 contains five excellent reviews on topics of great interest to crop and soil scientists as well as others in various fields. Chapter 1 is concerned with the potential of tropical soils to sequester carbon. Topics that are covered include soil inorganic and organic pools and dynamics, loss of soil organic pools from tropical soils, and potential for C sequestration in tropical soils. Chapter 2 covers the applications of crop/soil simulation models in tropical agricultural systems. Chapter 3 deals with interorganismal signaling in suboptimum environments with emphasis on legume-rhizobia symbiosis. Chapter 4 discusses the surface chemistry and function of microbial biofilms. The authors discuss biofilm formation and matrix architecture and general features and properties. Chapter 5 deals with vegetable crop scheduling and prediction. Topics that are covered include identification of stages of growth and development and experimental approaches for developing scheduling and prediction models. Advances in Agronomy has the highest impact factor among serial publications in Agriculture. The Science Citation Index, 1986, reports an impact factor over 2,459 and a cited half-life over 10 years.Volume 76 contains five excellent reviews on topics of great interest to crop and soil scientists as well as others in various fields. Chapter 1 is concerned with the potential of tropical soils to sequester carbon. Topics that are covered include soil inorganic and organic pools and dynamics, loss of soil organic pools from tropical soils, and potential for C sequestration in tropical soils. Chapter 2 covers the applications of crop/soil simulation models in tropical agricultural systems. Chapter 3 deals with interorganismal signaling in suboptimum environments with emphasis on legume-rhizobia symbiosis. Chapter 4 discusses the surface chemistry and function of microbial biofilms. The authors discuss biofilm formation and matrix architecture and general features and properties. Chapter 5 deals with vegetable crop scheduling and prediction. Topics that are covered include identification of stages of growth and development and experimental approaches for developing scheduling and prediction models.
Physiology of Stress Tolerance in Rice
Author: V. P. Singh
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 8186789006
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Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Published:
Total Pages: 40
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrganic Fertilisation, Soil Quality and Human Health
Author: Eric Lichtfouse
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-05-02
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9400741138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for our children. This discipline addresses current issues such as climate change, increasing food and fuel prices, starvation, obesity, water pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, pest control and biodiversity depletion. Novel solutions are proposed based on integrated knowledge from agronomy, soil science, molecular biology, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, economy, philosophy and social sciences. As actual society issues are now intertwined, sustainable agriculture will bring solutions to build a safer world. This book series analyzes current agricultural issues and proposes alternative solutions, consequently helping all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians wishing to build safe agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.
