Download or read book Crop soil Simulation Models written by William Stephens and published by CABI. This book was released on 2002-07-22 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.
Download or read book Crop soil Simulation Models written by Robin B. Matthews and published by CABI. This book was released on 2002 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, based on work sponsored by the Natural Resources Systems Programme of the UK Department for International Development, reviews progress in crop-soil simulation modelling and assesses its application to agriculture in developing countries. The books is divided into sections based on a classification of models with different functions: those used as tools by researchers; those used as tools by decision-makers; and those used in education, training and technology transfer. The examples used are mainly from applications of crop models in developing countries, supplemented by experiences with tropical crops in Australia. The final sections of the book discuss whether crop models have proved useful and consider the way forward in crop modelling and application.
Download or read book Applications of Crop soil Simulation Models in Developing Countries written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Directions in Modeling Wheat and Maize for Developing Countries written by Jeffrey W. White and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 1998 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper outlines crop improvement, strategic agronomy, and natural resource management research concerns central to CIMMYT¦s mission and which models can help address. Authors also discuss related issues, including model documentation and data management. Although CIMMYT has little comparative advantage in model development per se, the center has much to contribute to others' development and refinement efforts, to the availability of quality data, and to the promotion of models and training in their use, and active participation in these areas will ultimately result in better models for CIMMYT's own aims.
Download or read book Advances in Crop Modelling for a Sustainable Agriculture written by Kenneth Boote and published by Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crop modelling has huge potential to improve decision making in farming. This collection reviews advances in next-generation models focused on user needs at the whole farm system and landscape scale.
Download or read book Enhancing Agricultural Research and Precision Management for Subsistence Farming by Integrating System Models with Experiments written by Dennis J. Timlin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhancing Agricultural Research and Precision Management for Subsistence Farming Insightful applications of crop system models to developing countries to explore climate change mitigation and management decision tools Enhancing Agricultural Research and Precision Management for Subsistence Farming by Integrating System Models with Experiments delivers an authoritative collection of applications of crop system models to Asian and African environments and evaluates current agricultural systems in developing nations. The book provides models to assist in the precision management of soil, water, fertilizers and manures, soil organic matter, alternative crops, and cultivars in both rainfed and irrigated systems. Contributions cover recent and ongoing research in knowledge gap areas such as modeling the long-term effect of management soil health, the effect of extreme temperatures and drought on evapotranspiration and crop growth, root growth and the uptake of water and nutrients. The book also includes An introduction to system models integrated with experiments as tools to develop improved management practices for subsistence farming Explorations of models of soil erosion impacts and trade-offs for sustainable land management practices in Kenya Discussions of the crop simulation model as a tool to quantify the effects of crop management practices in northern Ethiopia In-depth examinations of models of water dynamics for assessing and managing ecosystem services in India Perfect for field research scientists and graduate students studying cropping and range systems, and essential reading for agricultural consultants, progressive farmers, plant breeders, and policymakers. Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling Transdisciplinary Research, Synthesis, and Applications Lajpat R. Ahuja, Series Editor Agricultural system modeling has made substantial progress, but there are still many critical gaps in our knowledge. The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America are taking a leadership role with the initiation of this new series. Future breakthroughs in science and technology lie at the boundaries of disciplines. The new series will Advance critical transdisciplinary research, and its synthesis and quantification Encourage collaboration among top researchers in building and improving models Promote the application of system models to solve practical problems Achieve better instruction in these models and their applications
Download or read book Crop Modeling and Related Environmental Data written by Paul F. Uhlir and published by Codata. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Options for Agricultural Production written by G.Y. Tsuji and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first premise of this book is that farmers need access to options for improving their situation. In agricultural terms, these options might be manage ment alternatives or different crops to grow, that can stabilize or increase household income, that reduce soil degradation and dependence on off-farm inputs, or that exploit local market opportunities. Farmers need a facilitating environment, in which affordable credit is available if needed, in which policies are conducive to judicious management of natural resources, and in which costs and prices of production are stable. Another key ingredient of this facilitating environment is information: an understanding of which options are viable, how these operate at the farm level, and what their impact may be on the things that farmers perceive as being important. The second premise is that systems analysis and simulation have an impor tant role to play in fostering this understanding of options, traditional field experimentation being time-consuming and costly. This book summarizes the activities of the International Benchmark Sites Network for Agrotechnology Transfer (IBSNAT) project, an international initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). IBSNAT was an attempt to demonstrate the effectiveness of understanding options through systems analysis and simulation for the ultimate benefit of farm households in the tropics and subtropics. The idea for the book was first suggested at one of the last IBSNAT group meetings held at the University of Hawaii in 1993.
Download or read book Applying Crop Models and Decision Support Systems written by 1994 TRAINING PROGRAM ON COMPUTER SIMULATION OF CROP GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSES (Gainesville) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Consortium for Agricultural Systems Applications; The decision support system for agrotechnology transfer version 3.0; Soil site-specific management: using soil spatial variability as a tool for land management practices; Using CROPGRO to evaluate grain legume response to climatic factors; Some potential applications of simulation models for cropping systems in Italy; Crop growth simulation Potchefstroom, South Africa; IRDDESS: irrigation district decision support system; Expert-N: a prototype building block system for nitrogen simulations models; Application of soybean crop models in Brazil; Testing and application of simulation models in bean-based farming systems in Guatemala; Evaluation and application of the dry bean and soybean models; An object-oriented process-level farming system simulator; Integration of crop simulation models and geographic information systems for farm-level applications; WIMOVAC: Windows Intuitive Model of Vegetation Response to Atmosphere and Climate Change; Development of a simulation models for evaluating hypotheses concerning the functioning of wheat crop systems; Development of a decision support systems for nitrogen fertilizer management for grain and groundwater qualities; A systems research approach using crop models in Albania; Relating environmental variables to crop growth and development; Developing and testing the CANEGRO model in Thailand; Best management practice decision support system for soybean; The ORYZA1 model for potential production of rice; Potential applications of crop models and decision support systems by the soil conservation service; Irrigated crop management in Portugal; Assessing the adapability of durum wheat genotypes to italian growing areas using crop simulation models; Using crop silumation models to support agricultural research planning in Mexico; Potential application of crop models and decision support systems: providing agrometeorological services in Trinidad and Tobago; Possibilities for yield increase and sustainability of cropping systems in Tanzania; Development of decision support systems for weed management; An integrated approach to assessing soil fertility and climatic interactions in pilot maize-producing areas of Kenya; Effects of predicted minimum and maximum temperature changes on wheat yields in the Great Plains of the United States: a simulation study; Using models to improve bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in the States of Aragua and Carabobo, Venezuela; Real-time yield forecasting in Burkina Faso.
Download or read book Systems approaches for agricultural development written by Frits Penning de Vries and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.
Download or read book Expert Systems In Developing Countries written by Charles K. Mann and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the pioneering applications of an expert system in development relate to agriculture in many of the developing countries, introducing the reader to some of the key concepts underlying most expert systems.
Download or read book Agricultural System Models in Field Research and Technology Transfer written by Lajpat R. Ahuja and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most books covering the use of computer models in agricultural management systems target only one or two types of models. There are few texts available that cover the subject of systems modeling comprehensively and that deal with various approaches, applications, evaluations, and uses for technology transfer. Agricultural System Models in Field Res
Download or read book Applications of Systems Approaches at the Field Level written by M.J. Kropff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems approaches for agricultural development are needed to determine rational strategies for the role of agriculture in national development. Mathematical models and computer simulation provide objective tools for applying science to determine and evaluate options for resource management at field, farm and regional scales. However, these tools would not be fully utilizable without incorporating social and economic dimensions into their application. The second international symposium, Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development (SAAD), held in Los Baños, 6-8 December 1995, fostered this link between the biophysical sciences and the social sciences in the selection of keynote papers and oral presentations, a selection of which are included in these books. The contents further reflect how systems approaches have definitely moved beyond the research mode into the application mode. The large number and high quality of interdisciplinary research projects reported from different parts of the globe, to determine land use options that will meet multiple goals and yet sustain natural resource bases, is a key indicator of this `coming of age'. At the farm level, where trade-off decisions between processes and products (commodities) feature strongly, much progress is also evident in the development of systems-based tools for decision making. At the field level optimization of resource use and minimizing environmental effects has become of major concern for which systems approaches are indispensable. The books, of which Volume I deals with regional and farm studies level and Volume II with field level studies, will be of particular interest to all agricultural scientists and planners, as well as students interested in multidisciplinary and holistic approaches to agricultural development.
Download or read book Handbook of Processes and Modeling in the Soil Plant System written by Rolf Nieder and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-09-15 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to create and use simulation models—the most reliable and cost-effective tools for predicting real-world results! The Handbook of Processes and Modeling in the Soil-Plant System is the first book to present a holistic view of the processes within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. Unlike other publications, which tend to be more specialized, this book covers nearly all of the processes in the soil-plant system, including the fundamental processes of soil formation, degradation, and the dynamics of water and matter. It also illustrates how simulation modeling can be used to understand and forecast multiple interactions among various processes and predict their environmental impact. This unique volume assembles information that until now was scattered among journals, bulletins, reports, and symposia proceedings to present models that simulate almost all of the processes occurring in the soil-plant system and explores the results that these models are capable of producing. With chapters authored by experts with years of research and teaching experience, the Handbook of Processes and Modeling in the Soil-Plant System examines: physical, chemical, and biological soil processes the soil formation and weathering process and its modeling the impact of radioactive fallout on the soil-plant system soil degradation processes and ways to control them water and matter dynamics in the soil-plant system growth and development of crops at various levels of production the potentials and limitations of using simulation models Students, educators, and professionals alike will find the Handbook of Processes and Modeling in the Soil-Plant System an invaluable reference on the soil-plant-atmosphere system and an ideal tool to help develop an effective decision support system.
Download or read book Agricultural Sustainability written by Gurbir Bhullar and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collaboratively written by top international experts and established scientists in various fields of agricultural research, this book focuses on the state of food production and sustainability; the problems with degradation of valuable sources of land, water, and air and their effects on food crops; the increasing demand of food resources; and the challenges of food security worldwide. The book provides cutting edge scientific tools and methods of research as well as solid background information that is accessible for those who have a strong interest in agricultural research and development and want to learn more on the challenges facing the global agricultural production systems. - Provides cutting edge scientific tools and available technologies for research - Addresses the effects of climate change and the population explosion on food supply and offers solutions to combat them - Written by a range of experts covering a broad range of agriculture-related disciplines
Download or read book Computational Methods for Agricultural Research Advances and Applications written by do Prado, Hrcules Antonio and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-10-31 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book brings computing solutions to ancient practices and modern concerns, sowing the seeds for a sustainable, constant food supply, utilizing cutting-edge computational techniques"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Green Technologies Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 2156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications assembles the most up-to-date collection of research results and recent discoveries in environmental and green technology. This comprehensive anthology covers a wide range of topics, i
