Systems approaches for agricultural development : proceedings of the International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development, 2-6 December 1991, Bangkok, Thailand / edited by Frits Penning de Vries, Paul Teng and Klaas Metselaar

Includes bibliography and index

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development (held 2–6 December 1991 in Bangkok). It collects plenary reviews and contributed papers on systems approaches applied to agriculture — covering conceptual frameworks, modeling techniques, case studies from tropical and temperate countries, and methodological papers on mathematical models and decision support for cropping systems and farm-level research. The book includes both high-level reviews and technical papers presented in concurrent sessions, with emphasis on optimizing scarce resources, sustainability, intensification, and the application of systems thinking to crop and farming systems research.