Crop-soil simulation models : applications in developing countries /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Matthews, Robin B. (Editor), Stephens, William, Ph. D. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
Subjects:	Crops and soils > Computer simulation. Crops and soils > Mathematical models. Crops > Computer simulation. Crops > Mathematical models. Soils > Computer simulation. Soils > Mathematical models. Field Crops, (New March 2000) Mathematics and Statistics. Plant Cropping Systems. Soil Science (General) Crops. Decision making. Simulation models. Soil. Technology transfer. Tropical crops. Tropics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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.