Increasing profits and reducing risks in crop production using participatory systems simulation approaches

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 493-513

  Meinke, H ^a   Baethgen, W E ^b   Carberry, P S ^a   Donatelli, M ^c   Hammer, G L ^a   Selvaraju, R ^d   Stockle C O ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b IFDC Uruguay   (Uruguay)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^d TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Farmer interactions; Management; Modelling; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; MODELING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034779269     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(01)00057-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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