Agricultural Systems

Abstract

Agriculture is an interdisciplinary field that deals with the behavior of complex agricultural systems. Better results can be obtained by treating the agricultural operation as a system. Research has shown that treating production operations holistically provides greater management flexibility, more environmentally and economically sound practices, and safer and healthier conditions for workers and farm animals. This paper develops a more holistic perspective of how agricultural systems provide benefits to society without increasingly use the scarce natural resources such as land and water.