Rainfed Farming Systems - Tow, Philip; Cooper, Ian.; Partridge, Ian.; Birch, Colin; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011)
Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Principles of a Systems Approach to Agriculture -- 2. Types of Rainfed Farming Systems Around the World -- 3. A Systems Approach to Climate Risk in Rainfed Farming Systems -- 4. Water Availability and Use in Rainfed Farming Systems --  5. Plant Nutrient Management in Rainfed Farming Systems -- 6. Principles and Management of Soil Biological Factors for Sustainable Rainfed Farming Systems -- 7. Technological Change in Rainfed Farming Systems -- 8. Weed Management in Rainfed Agricultural Systems -- 9. Principles and Methods for Sustainable Disease Management in Rainfed Agricultural Systems -- 10. Sustainable Pest Management in Rainfed Farming Systems -- 11. Interactions Between Crop and Livestock Activities in Rainfed Farming Systems -- 12. Economic and Social Influences on the Nature, Functioning and Sustainability of Rainfed Farming Systems -- 13. Farming Systems Design -- 14. Soil Organic Carbon - Role in Rainfed Farming Systems -- 15. Rainfed Farming Systems in the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Region -- 16. Rainfed Farming Systems in South Africa -- 17. Farming Systems, Emerging Farmers and Land Reform in the Limpopo Province of South Africa -- 18. Modernisation of Eritrean Rainfed Farming Systems Through a Conservation Farming Systems Approach -- 19. Rainfed Farming Systems on the Canadian Prairies -- 20. Rainfed Farming Systems in the USA -- 21. Rainfed Agroecosystems in South America -- 22. Important Rainfed Farming Systems of South Asia -- 23. Rainfed Farming Systems in the Loess Plateau of China -- 24. Farming Systems in the Valleys of Central Tibet -- 25. Rainfed Farming Systems of North-Eastern Australia -- 26. Diversity and Evolution of Rainfed Farming Systems in southern Australia -- 27. Using Monitoring and Evaluation for Continuous Improvement of Rainfed Farming Systems -- 28. More from Less - Improvements in Precipitation Use Efficiency in Western Australian Wheat Production -- 29. Transforming Farming Systems: Expanding the Production of Soybeans in Ontario -- 30. The Social Dimensions of Mixed Farming Systems -- 31. A Study in the Development of a Farm System on the Canadian Prairies -- 32. Improving Traditional Crop-Pasture Farming Systems with Lucerne South Eastern Australia -- 33. Use of Conservation Agriculture to Improve Farming Systems in Developing Countries -- 34. Using Conservation Agriculture and Precision Agriculture to Improve a Farming System -- 35. Risk Management Strategies and Decision Support Systems in Agriculture -- 36. The Emergence of 'Farming Systems' Approaches to Grains Research, Development and Extension -- 37. Farmer Decision-Making in Rainfed Farming Systems -- 38. When Culture and Science Meet, the Tension Can Mount -- 39. Advances in No-Till Farming Technologies and Soil Compaction Management in Rainfed Farming Systems -- 40. No-Tillage Agriculture in West Asia & North Africa -- 41. A Comparison of Three Farms in South Australia -- 42. Ruradene, South Australia -- 43. Lindene -- 44. Developments in a Mixed Farming System in Southern New South Wales, Australia -- 45. The Development and Operation of No-Till Farming in Northern New South Wales (NSW), Australia -- 46. Farming System Development in North-Central Victoria -- 47. The Jochinke Farm; David Jochinke -- 48. The Halford Farm -- 49. Four Farms in the USA -- 50. Summing Up -- Glossary -- Index.
Keywords: Agriculture; Water-supply.; Life sciences; Ecology .; Landscape ecology; Aquatic ecology .; Agriculture; Water Industry/Water Technologies; Life Sciences, general; Ecology; Landscape Ecology; Freshwater & Marine Ecology