Applications of Systems Approaches at the Field Level: Volume 2: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, held at IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines, 6-8 December 1995 by P.K. Aggarwal, B.A.M Bouman, H.H. Van Laar, John W. Jones, M.J. Kropff, P.S. Teng, Johan Bouma (Hardcover, 1997)
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 Banos, 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 this volume. 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.
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Publisher
Springer
ISBN-13
9780792342861
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96308596
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Natural Science
Author
P.K. Aggarwal, B.A.M Bouman, H.H. Van Laar, John w. Jones, M.J. Kropff, P.S. Teng, Johan Bouma
Publication Name
Applications of Systems Approaches at the Field Level: Volume 2: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, held at IRRI, Los Banos, Philippines, 6-8 December 1995
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Economics, Biology
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
468 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
6
Item Weight
1880g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
System Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural Development
Editor
B.A.M Bouman, H.H. Van Laar, M.J. Kropff, John w. Jones, Johan Bouma, P.S. Teng, P.K. Aggarwal