Applications of Systems Approaches at the Field Level: Volume 2: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, 6)

Kropff, Ten, Aggarwal, Bouma, Jones and van Laar

ISBN 10: 0792342860 / ISBN 13: 9780792342861

Published by Springer, 1997

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This book has no rips or stains. The spine is tight and intact. This book does have some shelf wear with curled corners and dirty edges. See photos. We also have Applications of Systems Approaches at the Farm and and Regional Levels, Vol 1 for sale. Email if would like to purchase both. Placitas Community Library is a small rural library located in an unincorporated area. All proceeds help pay for the operating expenses of the library.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Applications of Systems Approaches at the Field Level: Volume 2: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, 6)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792342860
• ISBN 13: 9780792342861
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

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 Baņos, 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.