Food Systems Modelling

Food Systems Modelling
Author: Christian J. Peters
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2022-01-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128221100

Food Systems Modelling emphasizes sustainability, including the impact of agriculture and food production on profits, people and environment, with a particular focus on the ability of humanity to continue producing food in the midst of global environmental change. Sections introduce the purpose of models, the definition of a food system, the importance of disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary inquiry, cover specific branches of modeling in the sustainability of food systems, and wrestle with the challenge of communicating modeling research and appropriately integrating multiple dimensions of sustainability. This book will be a welcomed reference for food scientists, agricultural scientists, nutritionists, environmental scientists, ecologists, economists, those working in agribusiness and food supply chain management, community and public health, and urban and regional planning, as well as academicians and graduate students interested in the sustainability of food systems. - Emphasizes sustainability, including the impact of agriculture and food production on profits - Focuses on the ability of humanity to continue producing food in the midst of global environmental change - Deciphers what models can teach us about food system sustainability

Working with Dynamic Crop Models

Working with Dynamic Crop Models
Author: Daniel Wallach
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2013-11-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0444594469

This second edition of Working with Dynamic Crop Models is meant for self-learning by researchers or for use in graduate level courses devoted to methods for working with dynamic models in crop, agricultural, and related sciences. Each chapter focuses on a particular topic and includes an introduction, a detailed explanation of the available methods, applications of the methods to one or two simple models that are followed throughout the book, real-life examples of the methods from literature, and finally a section detailing implementation of the methods using the R programming language. The consistent use of R makes this book immediately and directly applicable to scientists seeking to develop models quickly and effectively, and the selected examples ensure broad appeal to scientists in various disciplines. - 50% new content – 100% reviewed and updated - Clearly explains practical application of the methods presented, including R language examples - Presents real-life examples of core crop modeling methods, and ones that are translatable to dynamic system models in other fields

Environmental and Agricultural Modelling:

Environmental and Agricultural Modelling:
Author: Floor M. Brouwer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2010-04-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9048136199

Agriculture increasingly faces the challenge of balancing its multiple functions in a sustainable way. Integrated assessment and modelling (IAM) can provide insight into the potential impacts of policy changes. However, concepts to address the wide range of issues and functions typical for agriculture are still scarce. Environmental and Agricultural Modelling reviews and presents our current understanding of integrated and working tools to assess and compute, ex-ante, alternative agricultural and environmental policy options, allowing: 1. Analysis at the full range of scales (farm to European Union and global) whilst focusing on the most important issues emerging at each scale; 2. Analysis of the environmental, economic and social contributions of agricultural systems towards sustainable rural development and rural viability; 3. Analysis of a broad range of issues and agents of change, such as climate change, environmental policies, rural development options, effects of an enlarging EU, international competition, and effects on developing countries.

Advances in Crop Modelling for a Sustainable Agriculture

Advances in Crop Modelling for a Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Kenneth Boote
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2019-10-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781786762405

Crop modelling has huge potential to improve decision making in farming. This collection reviews advances in next-generation models focused on user needs at the whole farm system and landscape scale.

Ecological Modelling and Ecophysics

Ecological Modelling and Ecophysics
Author: Hugo Fort
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-04-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780750361606

This book focuses on use-inspired basic science by connecting theoretical methods and mathematical developments in ecology with practical real-world problems, either in production or conservation.

Environmental and Agricultural Informatics

Environmental and Agricultural Informatics
Author: Information Resources Management Association
Publisher: Engineering Science Reference
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-08-02
Genre: Agricultural informatics
ISBN: 9781522596219

"This book examines the design, development, and implementation of complex agricultural and environmental information systems to quickly process and access environmental data in order to make informed decisions for the protection of the environment"--

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Agriculture

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Agriculture
Author: Bo Weidema
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2019-03-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781786762283

This book reviews key methods for measuring the environmental impact of agriculture. Part 1 reviews life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. Part 2 reviews ways of modelling particular types of impact whilst the final part covers particular agricultural sectors.

Mathematical Models in Agriculture

Mathematical Models in Agriculture
Author: J. H. M. Thornley
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 924
Release: 2007
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 085199010X

Role of mathematical models; Dynamic deterministic models; Mathematical programming; Basic biological processes; Growth functions; Simple dynamic growth models; Simple ecological models; Envinment and weather; Plant and crop processes; Crop models; Crop husbandry; Plant diseases and pests; Animal processes; Animal organs; Whole-animal models; Animal products; Animal husbandry; Animal diseases; Solutions exercises; Mathematical glossary.

Agricultural System Models in Field Research and Technology Transfer

Agricultural System Models in Field Research and Technology Transfer
Author: Lajpat R. Ahuja
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420032410

Most books covering the use of computer models in agricultural management systems target only one or two types of models. There are few texts available that cover the subject of systems modeling comprehensively and that deal with various approaches, applications, evaluations, and uses for technology transfer. Agricultural System Models in Field Res

Remote Sensing Applications for Agriculture and Crop Modelling

Remote Sensing Applications for Agriculture and Crop Modelling
Author: Piero Toscano
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2020-02-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3039282263

Crop models and remote sensing techniques have been combined and applied in agriculture and crop estimation on local and regional scales, or worldwide, based on the simultaneous development of crop models and remote sensing. The literature shows that many new remote sensing sensors and valuable methods have been developed for the retrieval of canopy state variables and soil properties from remote sensing data for assimilating the retrieved variables into crop models. At the same time, remote sensing has been used in a staggering number of applications for agriculture. This book sets the context for remote sensing and modelling for agricultural systems as a mean to minimize the environmental impact, while increasing production and productivity. The eighteen papers published in this Special Issue, although not representative of all the work carried out in the field of Remote Sensing for agriculture and crop modeling, provide insight into the diversity and the complexity of developments of RS applications in agriculture. Five thematic focuses have emerged from the published papers: yield estimation, land cover mapping, soil nutrient balance, time-specific management zone delineation and the use of UAV as agricultural aerial sprayers. All contributions exploited the use of remote sensing data from different platforms (UAV, Sentinel, Landsat, QuickBird, CBERS, MODIS, WorldView), their assimilation into crop models (DSSAT, AQUACROP, EPIC, DELPHI) or on the synergy of Remote Sensing and modeling, applied to cardamom, wheat, tomato, sorghum, rice, sugarcane and olive. The intended audience is researchers and postgraduate students, as well as those outside academia in policy and practice.