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Author Sandhu, H.; Wratten, S.D.; Porter, J.R.; Costanza, R.; Pretty, J.; Reganold, J.P.
Title Mainstreaming ecosystem services into future farming solutions Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication The Solutions Journal Abbreviated Journal The Solutions Journal
Volume (up) 7 Issue 2 Pages 40-47
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Abstract Agriculture has made remarkable advances in fulfilling the food and nutritional requirement of expanding human numbers worldwide. There are several sustainable farming systems that contribute to overall biodiversity conservation and associated ecosystem services. Yet agricultural practices that have come to predominate since the second half of the 20th century have led to the overuse of fossil fuel-based inputs, unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, and loss of biodiversity. These outcomes also have high costs to human health and the environment. Continuing with largely energy-intense, wasteful, polluting, and unsustainable agriculture is no longer a viable option for future world food security and human well-being. There is an urgent need for forms of agricultural production that improve natural capital and ecosystem services (ES) in food systems worldwide. Mainstreaming ES into future agriculture requires protocols to replace some of the nonrenewable resources (e.g. fossil fuel-based pesticides and fertilizers) with renewable resources (ES such as biological control of insect pests or nitrogen fixation by legumes). The protocols presented here have been tested in different agricultural systems that enable farmland to simultaneously provide food and a range of ecosystem services. Recent research demonstrates that managed systems with these protocols exhibit higher economic value of ecosystem services. Thus, there is need to support the deployment of these protocols through various policy mechanisms for the long-term sustainability of agriculture.
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Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 4759
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Author Boote, K.J.; Porter, C.; Jones, J.W.; Thorburn, P.J.; Kersebaum, K.C.; Hoogenboom, G.; White, J.W.; Hatfield, J.L.
Title Sentinel site data for crop model improvement – definition and characterization Type Conference Article
Year 2015 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling (7) Issue Pages
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Publisher ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Place of Publication Madison, WI Editor Hatfield, J.L.; Fleisher, D.
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Author Mendes, L.B.; Herrero, M.; Havlík, P.; Mosnier, A.; Balieiro, S.F.; Moreira, R.E.M.; Obersteiner, M.
Title Simulation of enteric methane emissions from individual beef cattle in tropical pastures of improving quality: a case study with the model RUMINANT Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Advances in Animal Biosciences Abbreviated Journal Advances in Animal Biosciences
Volume (up) 7 Issue 03 Pages 233-234
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Author van der Linden, A.; van de Ven, G.W.J.; Oosting, S.J.; van Ittersum, M.K.; de Boer, I.J.M.
Title Exploring grass-based beef production under climate change by integration of grass and cattle growth models Type Journal Article
Year 2016 Publication Advances in Animal Biosciences Abbreviated Journal Advances in Animal Biosciences
Volume (up) 7 Issue 03 Pages 224-226
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Author Wallach, D.; Thorburn, P.; Asseng, S.; Challinor, A.J.; Ewert, F.; Jones, J.W.; Rötter, R.; Ruane, A.
Title Overview paper on comprehensive framework for assessment of error and uncertainty in crop model predictions Type Report
Year 2016 Publication FACCE MACSUR Reports Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) 8 Issue Pages C4.1-D
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Abstract Crop models are important tools for impact assessment of climate change, as well as for  exploring management options under current climate. It is essential to evaluate the  uncertainty associated with predictions of these models. Several ways of quantifying  prediction uncertainty have been explored in the literature, but there have been no  studies of how the different approaches are related to one another, and how they are  related to some overall measure of prediction uncertainty. Here we show that all the  different approaches can be related to two different viewpoints about the model; either  the model is treated as a fixed predictor with some average error, or the model can be  treated as a random variable with uncertainty in one or more of model structure, model  inputs and model parameters. We discuss the differences, and show how mean squared  error of prediction can be estimated in both cases. The results can be used to put  uncertainty estimates into a more general framework and to relate different uncertainty  estimates to one another and to overall prediction uncertainty. This should lead to a  better understanding of crop model prediction uncertainty and the underlying causes of  that uncertainty. This study was published as (Wallach et al. 2016)
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