{"title":"Simulation study of the production efficiency of family-type agricultural management entities under regulation measures on farmland: Three-stage super-SBM model considering greenhouse gas emissions","authors":"Shuqi Dong, Renjie Hou, Tianxiao Li, Qiang Fu, Ping Xue, Yu Gao, Zhaoqiang Zhou, Qinglin Li","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104265","url":null,"abstract":"Black soil farmland protection is a necessary measure in China to achieve sustainable, high-quality farmland development. Biochar, as a new type of soil amendment, has been shown to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase crop yields. However, few studies have addressed the widespread application of biochar from a productivity perspective.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143020047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davide Tita, Karrar Mahdi, Krishna Prasad Devkota, Mina Devkota
{"title":"Climate change and agronomic management: Addressing wheat yield gaps and sustainability challenges in the Mediterranean and MENA regions","authors":"Davide Tita, Karrar Mahdi, Krishna Prasad Devkota, Mina Devkota","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104242","url":null,"abstract":"Wheat is a crucial crop for food and nutritional security in Mediterranean and MENA regions, yet it faces significant challenges due to high yield variability, low average productivity, and substantial yield gaps. This highlights the urgent need for improved agricultural practices to enhance its productivity and resilience. The region's climate climate change, soil degradation, and water supply variability significantly impact wheat production, requiring innovative and integrated solutions to minimize yield gaps and improve sustainability.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142986278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christine Schmitz, Lars Zimmermann, Katja Schiffers, Cory Whitney, Martin Balmer, Eike Luedeling
{"title":"Model-based decision support for the choice of active spring frost protection measures in apple production","authors":"Christine Schmitz, Lars Zimmermann, Katja Schiffers, Cory Whitney, Martin Balmer, Eike Luedeling","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104255","url":null,"abstract":"Late spring frosts are a major problem for apple production in Germany. Frost events frequently lead to yield losses and quality reduction. This has motivated the development of several frost protection measures, which differ in terms of effectiveness, costs and workload. In many cases, it is an open question for fruit growers if investing in frost protection is worthwhile and which strategy would most positively affect their bottom line.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142935940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synergies between rice production security and soil-related ecosystem services: From field observations to policy implementations","authors":"Kuan-Ting Lin, Shu-Yuan Pan, Mei-Hua Yuan, Yi-Ting Zhang, Horng-Yuh Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104256","url":null,"abstract":"Agroecosystems provide crop provisioning service to support food security, as well as regulating services to maintain soil health. However, the relationships among ecosystem services (ES), rice production security, and soil attributes remain unclear.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"80 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142935991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Beatrix Wepner, Sabine Neuberger, Marianne Hörlesberger, Eva Maria Molin, Jasmin Lampert, Hanna Koch
{"title":"How can digitalisation support transformation towards sustainable agri-food systems? Scenario development in Lower Austria","authors":"Beatrix Wepner, Sabine Neuberger, Marianne Hörlesberger, Eva Maria Molin, Jasmin Lampert, Hanna Koch","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104251","url":null,"abstract":"The agriculture and food system face challenges related to climate change, biodiversity loss, agricultural pollution, and food security. An environmentally and resource friendly development of food security is required at international and national levels. Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) offer opportunities to address these challenges and facilitate the transformation of agriculture and the food value chain.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142935988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mireille De Graeuwe, Benjamin Dumont, Kevin Maréchal
{"title":"SErious Game for AgroEcology (SEGAE): How much can be delivered with a 4-hour lesson?","authors":"Mireille De Graeuwe, Benjamin Dumont, Kevin Maréchal","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104212","url":null,"abstract":"European agriculture faces numerous challenges, and agroecology has emerged as a promising alternative. To facilitate this transition, integrating agroecology into agricultural education is crucial. However, its systemic and interdisciplinary nature makes it difficult to teach and learn. To support teaching, the “SErious Game for AgroEcology” (SEGAE) was developed. SEGAE is a simulated mixed crop–livestock farm model in which players can learn by doing.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142935992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cultivar shifts have offset climate warming impacts on soybean phenology in China since 1981","authors":"Qinghang Mei, Zhao Zhang, Jichong Han, Jie Song, Fei Cheng, Huimin Zhuang, Huaqing Wu, Jialu Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104260","url":null,"abstract":"Crop phenology is a critical ecological indicator reflecting the impact of climate change on agricultural systems. As soybean is one of the most important economic crops in China, investigating the dynamics and drivers of soybean phenology is essential for developing adaptation options.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142935990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chao Li, Xinrui Shi, William D. Batcholer, Puyu Feng, Kelin Hu
{"title":"Regional modelling of rice yields and nitrogen loss in Hubei Province using the WHCNS model","authors":"Chao Li, Xinrui Shi, William D. Batcholer, Puyu Feng, Kelin Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104249","url":null,"abstract":"Excessive nitrogen (N) fertilization has led to serious environmental problems. Exploring the spatial distribution of rice yields and N loss is crucial to determine optimal N fertilizer management. However, previous studies are mostly based on field scale, it's a big challenge to use model approach to explore the spatial distribution and influencing factors of rice yields and N loss due to lack of field management, soil and crop information at regional scale.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142884082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Babasaheb B. Fand, Vivek Shah, D.T. Nagrale, D.J. Mahule, S.P. Gawande, S.H. Thube, K. Pandiyan, Indal Ramteke, Rishi Kumar, K. Rameash, T. Prabhulinga, V.S. Nagrare, G.T. Behere, Y.G. Prasad
{"title":"Field estimates of current and predicted cotton yield loss due to pink bollworm and boll rot in India","authors":"Babasaheb B. Fand, Vivek Shah, D.T. Nagrale, D.J. Mahule, S.P. Gawande, S.H. Thube, K. Pandiyan, Indal Ramteke, Rishi Kumar, K. Rameash, T. Prabhulinga, V.S. Nagrare, G.T. Behere, Y.G. Prasad","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104246","url":null,"abstract":"The development of pink bollworm (PBW) resistance to Bt cotton and the rise of boll rot (BR) disease pose significant challenges to cotton production in India. Both PBW and BR significantly reduce cotton yields by damaging seeds and lint. Damage caused by PBW often resembles BR infection leading to misdiagnosis and incorrect control measures. The lack of precise methods for quantifying yield losses caused by PBW and BR prompted genesis of this study.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142884080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rhys Manners, Jim Hammond, David Renaud Umugabe, Milindi Sibomana, Marc Schut
{"title":"A farm typology development cycle: From empirical development through validation, to large-scale organisational deployment","authors":"Rhys Manners, Jim Hammond, David Renaud Umugabe, Milindi Sibomana, Marc Schut","doi":"10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104250","url":null,"abstract":"The publication of farm (or farmer) typologies has increased over recent years. The purpose of these studies is usually to differentiate groups of farmers so that they are “targeted” with specific agricultural innovations, or best-bet interventions can be “prioritised”. The degree to which such typologies actually influence development practice is however unclear, and little has been published on that topic.","PeriodicalId":7730,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142884408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}