The Farming Systems Approach to Adaptive Research

1983 ◽  
pp. 137-160
Author(s):  
Eric Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Farming Systems

A Systems Approach to Climate Risk in Rainfed Farming Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 75-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hayman ◽  
Jason Crean ◽  
Canesio Predo
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Climate Risk ◽  
Rainfed Farming

scholarly journals A farming systems approach to linking agricultural policies with biodiversity and ecosystem services

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José L Santos ◽  
Francisco Moreira ◽  
Paulo F Ribeiro ◽  
Maria J Canadas ◽  
Ana Novais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Agricultural Policies

Multidisciplinary teams to conduct integrated research on farming systems - a challenge

Soil Research ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 659 ◽  
Author(s):  
RJ French
Keyword(s):  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Cooperative Effort ◽  
Soil Organic Nitrogen ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Groups And Teams

This paper reviews changes in farming practices that helped farmers to reduce soil erosion, and increase water-use efficiency and yield on their specific soils and climate. The program initially involved working with Soil Conservation Boards and conducting research on farmers' properties and on research stations. This work then extended from evaluating single factor effects to assessing the combined factors limiting yield in specific crop and pasture rotations. Benchmarks were established for different soils and climates as guides for farmers to measure their success. These included yield and water use efficiency, adequate and lower limit levels of soil organic nitrogen, and the need to maintain a nutrient input-output balance to provide a sustainable agriculture. The paper highlights the need for future research to adopt an integrated systems approach to overcome the major limitations to growth. This will require a cooperative effort between farmer groups and teams of soil scientists and agronomists to conduct multifactor research in farmers' paddocks.

Sustainable Rice Production Through Farming Systems Approach

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Manjunath ◽  
V. S. Korikanthimath
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Rice Production

scholarly journals Agricultural development in the Western Province of Zambia with special reference to rice cultivation.

1984 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-174
Author(s):  
P.S. Blom
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Western Province ◽  
Rice Area ◽  
Agricultural Potential ◽  
Rice Yields

The Western Province with its traditional subsistence agriculture is one of the less developed regions of Zambia. Climate and soil conditions and inadequate support services are the main constraints to agricultural development. Farming mainly consists of wet season food production. Cassava and millet are grown on upland soils and maize and sorghum on the lower slopes of depressions (dambos). Some farmers grow rice as a cash crop on the lower slopes, while others are engaged in extensive cattle raising. The agricultural potential of the region and the possibilities for improved family farming are insufficiently known but there are good prospects for an increase in animal and rice production. The rice area and rice yields can be increased by improved, site-specific cultivation practices and increased availability and use of draught animals. Agricultural development in the Western Province requires long-term planning, adaptive research with a farming systems approach and adequate marketing and credit facilities. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

Introduction

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Tor H. Aase ◽  
Nand Kishor Agrawal ◽  
Sarah Nischalke
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Case Method ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Factors Of Production

The chapter introduces the topic of the book and three main research questions addressed in the book. The objective is threefold: analysing how various socio-eclogical factors of production interact in concrete places; demonstrate the variations of such interactions along the Himalayan range; and identifying circumstances that increase or hamper adaptive capacity. Furthermore it outlines the methodology applied throughout the book, that is, farming systems approach and multiple case method. It also gives detailed information about types of data collected and methods of data collection.

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