Crop-soil simulation models : applications in developing countries /

This book, based on work sponsored by the Natural Resources Systems Programme of the UK Department for International Development, reviews progress in crop-soil simulation modelling and assesses its application to agriculture in developing countries. The books is divided into sections based on a clas...

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Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
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245 0 0 |a Crop-soil simulation models :  |b applications in developing countries /  |c edited by Robin Matthews and William Stephens, Institute of Water and Environment, Cranfield University, Silsoe, UK. 
264 # 1 |a Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :  |b CABI,  |c 2002. 
264 # 4 |c Ã2002 
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504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-265) and index. 
505 0 # |a Introduction / Robin Matthews -- Models as Research Tools / Robin Matthews -- Crop Genotype Improvement / Robin Matthews -- Crop Management / Robin Matthews -- Cropping and Farming Systems / Robin Matthews -- Regional and National Planning / Robin Matthews -- Global Level Processes / Robin Matthews and Reiner Wassmann -- Decision Theory and Decision Support Systems / William Stephens -- Tools to Support Operational Decision Making / William Stephens and Tabitha Middleton -- Tools to Support Strategic Decision Making / William Stephens and Tabitha Middleton -- Why has the Uptake of Decision Support Systems been so Poor? / William Stephens and Tabitha Middleton -- Using Models as Tools in Education and Training / Anil Graves, Tim Hess and Robin Matthews -- Who are Models Targetted at? / Robin Matthews -- Impacts of Crop-Soil Models / Robin Matthews, William Stephens and Tim Hess -- Where to Now with Crop Modelling? / Robin Matthews -- Concluding Remarks / Robin Matthews and William Stephens. 
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520 3 # |a This book, based on work sponsored by the Natural Resources Systems Programme of the UK Department for International Development, reviews progress in crop-soil simulation modelling and assesses its application to agriculture in developing countries. The books is divided into sections based on a classification of models with different functions: those used as tools by researchers; those used as tools by decision-makers; and those used in education, training and technology transfer. The examples used are mainly from applications of crop models in developing countries, supplemented by experiences with tropical crops in Australia. The final sections of the book discuss whether crop models have proved useful and consider the way forward in crop modelling and application. 
530 # # |a Also available in print format. 
588 # # |a Title from PDF title page (viewed August 23, 2013). 
650 # 0 |a Crops and soils  |x Computer simulation. 
650 # 0 |a Crops  |x Computer simulation. 
650 # 0 |a Soils  |x Computer simulation. 
650 # 0 |a Crops and soils  |x Mathematical models. 
650 # 0 |a Crops  |x Mathematical models. 
650 # 0 |a Soils  |x Mathematical models. 
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650 # 4 |a Plant Cropping Systems. 
650 # 4 |a Soil Science (General) 
650 # 4 |a Mathematics and Statistics. 
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650 # 7 |a Decision making.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Simulation models.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Soil.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Technology transfer.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Tropical crops.  |2 cabt 
650 # 7 |a Tropics.  |2 cabt 
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700 1 # |a Stephens, William,  |c Ph. D,  |e editor of compilation. 
710 2 # |a C.A.B. International,  |e issuing body. 
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