• 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. Developmentsin 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

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