Development and evaluation of an integrated simulation model for assessing smallholder crop-livestock production in Yucatán, Mexico

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Parsons, David ^a   Nicholson, Charles F ^b   Blake, Robert W ^c   Ketterings, Quirine M ^d   Ramírez Aviles, Luis ^e   Fox, Danny G ^d   Tedeschi, Luis O ^f   Cherney, Jerome H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop livestock interactions; Crop livestock systems; Milpa; Sheep; Shifting cultivation; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOPHYSICS; CROP PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LABOR SUPPLY; MANURE; MIXED FARMING; MODEL TEST; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SHEEP; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SMALLHOLDER; TROPICAL REGION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650170022     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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