Systems approaches for agricultural development
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Systems approaches for agricultural development
Elsevier Applied Science, c1992
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"Reprinted from Agricultural systems, vol. 40, nos. 1-3."
Papers presented during the technical sessions of the international symposium, Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, held at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 2-6. 1991
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Agriculture is changing rapidly all over the world. The key issues of intensification, diversification, optimization of scarce resources, integrated pest management, sustainability and climate change affect farmers, scientists, extensionists and policy makers alike in both industrialized and developing countries. Solutions to these inter-related issues require a truly integrated approach based on holistic precepts and on methodology that enables an assessment of alternative development strategies. Such may be found in systems thinking and systems simulation, both of which have become indispensable tools for integration and extrapolation. To review progress in applying systems approaches to agricultural development, an international symposium was held in December 1991 that brought together some 150 scientists and senior research leaders from all over the world. The symposium, Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development. reviewed the status of systems research and modelling in agriculture, with special reference to their efficacy and efficiency for achieving research goals and their application to solving developing country problems.
Table of Contents
Sustainable and increased food production (R.O. Blake). Agriculture and economic development revisted (C.P. Timmer). Setting agricultural research priorities for the CGIAR (G. Gryseels, J. Monyo, A. Kassam, E. Craswell, C.T. de Wit, A. McCalla & M. Collinson). Efficacy and efficiency in agricultural research: a systems view (J.R. Anderson & J.B. Hardaker). Resource use efficiency in agriculture (C.T. de Wit). Systems approaches to agricultural development: the Hawkesbury experience (R.J. Bawden). Agricultural education: the need for generalists (S. Jayaraj). Long term options for land use in the European community (R. Rabbinge and H.C. Van Latestijn). Yield forecasting (T. Horie, M. Yajima & H. Nakagawa). Implementing the systems approach in pest management (P.S. Teng and S. Savary). Systems approaches to quantify crop-weed interactions and their application in weed management (M.J. Kropff and L.A.P. Lotz). The impact of irrigation on production and income variability: simulation of diversion irrigation in the Philippines (M.W. Rosegrant).
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