APSIM in the marketplace: A tale of kitchen tables, boardrooms and courtrooms

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 566, Issue , 2001, Pages 21-33

  Hochman, Z ^a   Carberry, P S ^a   McCown, R L ^a   Dalgliesh, N P ^a   Foale, M A ^a   Brennan, L E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cropping systems; Participative action research; Simulation; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745656228     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.566.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (20)

1. Carberry, P.S. and Bange, M.P. 1998. Using systems models in farm management. Proc. 9th Aust. Cotton Conf. 10-14 August, Gold Coast Australia. The Aust. Cotton Growers Research Organisation, p. 153- 160.
2. Checkland, P.B. 1981. Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
3. Clancey, W.J. 1997. Situated Cognition: On Human Knowledge and Computer Representations. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
4. Coutts, J.A., Hochman, Z., Foale, M.A., McCown, R.L., Carberry, P.S. 1998. Evaluation of participative approaches to RD&E: A case study of FARMSCAPE. Proc. 9th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference. Australian Society of Agronomy, Wagga Wagga, Australia. p. 681-682.
5. Cox, P.G., Garside, A.L., and McCown, R.L. 1993. Participatory design of an agronomic research programme in central Queensland. Proc. 7th Australian Agronomy Conference, Adelaide, p325-327.
6. Dalgliesh, N.P. and Foale, M.A. 1998. Soil Matters - monitoring soil water and nitrogen in dryland farming. Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit, Toowoomba, Australia. 122 pp.
7. Foale, M, Cox, P., Dimes, J., Carberry, P., Dalgliesh, N., McCown, R., Marshall, J., Milne, G., Sotiriades, B., Haeusler, P., Skerman, R., Town, Rob., Town, Russ., Walters, A. 1993. Collaborative on-farm research for decision support: Activities of a pilot group on the Darling Downs. Aust.-Pacific Extension Conference, 1993. p. 316-318.
8. Hammer, G.L., Chapman, S.C., and Snell, P. 1999. Crop simulation modelling to improve selection efficiency in plant breeding programs. Proc. Ninth Assembly Wheat Breeding Society of Australia, Toowoomba, Sept 99. p. 79-85.
9. Hammer, G.L., Nicholls N. and Mitchell C. 2000. Application of Seasonal climate Forecasting in Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems - The Australian Experience. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
10. Hoag, D.L., Ascough, C.J. and Frasier, M.W. 1999. Farm computer adoption in the Great Plains. J. of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 31: 5-67.
11. Hochman, Z., Skerman, R., Cripps, G., Poulton, P.L. and Dalgliesh, N.P. 1998. A new sorghum planting strategy resulting from the synergy of farmer systemic knowledge and systematic simulation of sorghum production systems. Proc. 9th Australian Agronomy Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia. p. 411-414.
12. Hochman, Z., Coutts, J., Carberry P.S. and R.L. McCown. 2000. The FARMSCAPE experience: Simulations aid participative learning in risky farming systems in Australia. P. 175-188. In Cerf, M., D. Gibbon, B. Hubert, R. Ison, J. Jiggins, M.S. Paine, J. Proost and N. Roling (eds). Cow up a Tree: Knowing and Learning for Change in Agriculture: Case Studies from Industrialised Countries. INRA Editions, Versailles Cedex, France.
13. McCown, R.L, G.L. Hammer, J.N.G. Hargreaves, D.L. Holzworth, D.M. Freebairn, 1996. APSIM: a novel software system for model development, model testing, and simulation in agricultural systems research. Agric. Syst. 50: 255-271.
14. McCown, R.L. 2001. Learning to bridge the gap between science-based decision support and the practice of farming: Evolution in paradigm of model-based research and interventions from design to dialogue. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 52: 549-571.
15. Parker, C. 1999. Decision support systems: lessons from past failures. Farm Management 10: 273-289.
16. Senge, P.M. 1990. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization. Doubleday Currency, New York.
17. Stone, R.C., G.L. Hammer, and T. Marcussen. 1996. Prediction of global rainfall probabilities using phases of the Southern Oscillation Index. Nature 384: 252-255.
18. Winograd, T. and F. Flores. 1986. Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., USA.
19. Wood, J.T., Carberry, P.S. and Hochman, Z. 2001. The use of agricultural production simulation models in crop loss assessment. Genstat Conference, Surfers Paradise, 30th Jan - 2nd Feb 2001.
20. Zuber-Skerritt, O. 1993. Improving learning and teaching through action learning and action research. Higher Education Research and Development. 12: 45-58.