A5016326436- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Natural Products and Biological Research
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2010-2024
The University of Queensland
1979-2024
Agriculture and Food
2016-2020
Plant Industry
2001
James Cook University
2000
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
1990
Agricultural systems science generates knowledge that allows researchers to consider complex problems or take informed agricultural decisions. The rich history of this exemplifies the diversity and scales over which they operate have been studied. Modeling, an essential tool in science, has accomplished by scientists from a wide range disciplines, who contributed concepts tools more than six decades. As now "next generation" models, data, products needed meet increasingly faced society, it...
We review the current state of agricultural systems science, focusing in particular on capabilities and limitations models. discuss models relative to five different Use Cases spanning field, farm, landscape, regional, global spatial scales engaging questions past, current, future time periods. Contributions from multiple disciplines have made major advances relevant a wide range system model applications at various temporal scales. Although features that are needed for Cases, we found all...
ABSTRACT Eco‐efficiency in the simplest of terms is about achieving more with less—more agricultural outputs, quantity and quality, for less input land, water, nutrients, energy, labor, or capital. The concept eco‐efficiency encompasses both ecological economic dimensions sustainable agriculture. Social institutional sustainability, while not explicitly captured measures, remain critical barriers opportunities on pathway toward eco‐efficient This paper explores multidimensionality as it...
This paper presents ideas for a new generation of agricultural system models that could meet the needs growing community end-users exemplified by set Use Cases. We envision data, and knowledge products accelerate innovation process is needed to achieve goal achieving sustainable local, regional global food security. identify desirable features models, describe some potential advances we envisage model components their integration. propose an implementation strategy would link...
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is widely promoted as an approach for reorienting agricultural development under the realities of climate change. Prioritising research-for-development activities crucial, given need to utilise scarce resources effectively possible. However, no framework exists assessing and comparing different CSA research investments. Several aspects make it challenging prioritise research, including its multi-dimensional nature (productivity, adaptation mitigation),...
Understanding potential future influence of environmental, economic, and social drivers on land-use sustainability is critical for guiding strategic decisions that can help nations adapt to change, anticipate opportunities, cope with surprises. Using the Land-Use Trade-Offs (LUTO) model, we undertook a comprehensive, detailed, integrated, quantitative scenario analysis Australia's agricultural land from 2013–2050, under interacting global change domestic policies, considering key...
High rates of drainage and leaching nitrates in deep sands Western Australia are contributing to groundwater recharge soil acidification this region. Strategies being soughtto increase water nitrogen (N) use the legume-based cropping systems. Choice appropriate management strategies is complicated by diversity types, range crops, inherent season variability. Simulation models provide means extrapolate beyond bounds experimental data if accurate predictions key processes can be demonstrated....
Global food security requires eco-efficient agriculture to produce the required and fiber products concomitant with ecologically efficient use of resources. This eco-efficiency concept is used diagnose state agricultural production in China (irrigated wheat-maize double-cropping systems), Zimbabwe (rainfed maize Australia wheat systems). More than 3,000 surveyed crop yields these three countries were compared against simulated grain at farmer-specified levels nitrogen (N) input. Many...
High rates of deep drainage (water loss below the root-zone) in Western Australia are contributing to groundwater recharge and secondary salinity. However, quantifying potential through measurements is hampered by high degree complexity these systems as a result diverse soil types, range crops, different rainfall regions, particular inherent season-to-season variability. Simulation models can provide appropriate means extrapolate across time space. The Agricultural Production Systems...
This is a record of the experience research team attempting to identify development path for farming system in semi-arid Africa. The largely-subsistence production crops and livestock by smallholders Machakos Kitui Districts Eastern Kenya. region known locally as Ukambani- “the place where Kamba people live”. has long history which food demands rapidly growing populations have periodically outstripped productive capacity land current technology. Today, population pressure on its rate growth...