Applications of Systems Approaches at the Farm and Regional Levels Volume 1: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, held at IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines, 6–8 December 1995

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages xi-xi
Opportunities for systems approaches at the farm scale....Pages 1-18
Systems approaches to farm management in variable environments....Pages 19-29
Interdisciplinary tool for optimizing agricultural production and erosion: a conceptual model....Pages 31-43
The economics of wheat production in the rice-wheat system in Nepal....Pages 45-52
Modelling long-term effects of crop residue management for sustainable farming systems....Pages 53-64
The impact of agrarian policies on sustainable land use....Pages 65-82
Characterization of rice pest constraints in Asia: an empirical approach....Pages 83-98
Systems diagnoses at field, farm and watershed levels in diversifying upland agroecosystems: towards comprehensive solutions to farmers’ problems....Pages 99-114
Managing dairy-crop production systems for zero-excess phosphorus: a multi-criteria optimization approach....Pages 115-128
The role of systems research in grazing management: applications to sustainable cattle production in Latin America....Pages 129-136
From decision-making process analysis to modelling and simulation of farm management: application to work organization in two rice-based farming systems....Pages 137-152
Modelling socioeconomic influences on agroforestry adoption using a rule-based decision support system....Pages 153-166
Systems thinking and practice for alley cropping research....Pages 167-176
Economic and financial performance evaluation of a farm in the Brazilian savannas....Pages 177-190
Factors influencing animal traction adoption in Kakamega district, Kenya....Pages 191-202
Flow modelling with ECOPATH: providing insights on the ecological state of agroecosystems....Pages 203-212
On the articulation of simulation and heuristic models of agricultural production systems....Pages 213-228
Towards data standards for enterprise and farm-level analysis....Pages 229-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Integrating policy and technical issues for international research on agriculture and the environment using systems approaches....Pages 249-262
Rice supply and demand in Asia: a socioeconomic and biophysical analysis....Pages 263-279
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
The limits of consumption and production of food in China in 2030....Pages 281-293
Adjustment of rice supply to the evolution of the consumption pattern in Indonesia (1972–1993): mid- and long-term perspective and implications....Pages 295-307
Increasing Indonesian soybean production: testing policies in a lowland farming system....Pages 309-324
Simulation and systems analysis tools for crop yield forecasting....Pages 325-340
Towards a conceptual dynamic land-use model....Pages 341-356
A systems approach to land-use planning in irrigated areas....Pages 357-366
Effects of land-use changes on water and nitrogen flows at the scale of West African inland valleys: a conceptual model....Pages 367-381
A model assessing water management strategies for integrated land-use planning in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam....Pages 383-397
A quantitative tool for regional land-use analysis....Pages 399-411
Computer aided training on the environmental impacts of agricultural development projects: an Egyptian case study....Pages 413-425
Preservation of the environment on coral islands and intensification of agriculture: applied study on Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia....Pages 427-437
Watershed management information systems....Pages 439-446
The GCTE Crops Networks: a framework for international collaborative research....Pages 447-455
Back Matter....Pages 457-468