This document describes a whole-farm model based on data from farm scale crop, sheep and native pasture experiments managed by scientists. The data are integrated using linear programming (LP), and tests of the economic viability of intensified production systems are presented. A six year...

This study is intended to contribute to the setting of priorities for agricultural research in two regions of northern Syria. A whole-farm economic model based on production data from 8-year field trials, and market and farmer surveys for the same years, is used for each region. The models are...

This article reports on a study of the impact of risk on farm management practices in northern Syria, focusing particularly on how these are affected by risk aversion and farm size. The study is based on production data from an eight-year field trial and on prices from market surveys. A large...

Medic (Medicago spp.) pastures are widely grown in rotation with dryland cereal crops in Mediterranean climate zones of Australia. Attempts since the 1960’s to introduce this system to Mediterranean west Asia and north Africa (the native region of medic) have not lead to significant adoption;...