Crop-soil simulation models : applications in developing countries /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Crops and soils > Computer simulation.; Crops > Computer simulation.; Soils > Computer simulation.; Crops and soils > Mathematical models.; Crops > Mathematical models.; Soils > Mathematical models.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Cropping Systems.; Soil Science (General); Mathematics and Statistics.; Crops.; Decision making.; Simulation models.; Soil.; Technology transfer.; Tropical crops.; Tropics.; Electronic books.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.