@article{icrisat10453, year = {2015}, title = {Systems research helping to meet the needs and managing the trade-offs of a changing world}, note = {This is an Editorial}, volume = {14}, number = {8}, pages = {1475--1477}, author = {P S Carberry and S Geng and L Wei-Li and L Ling-ling}, publisher = {Elsevier}, journal = {Journal of Integrative Agriculture}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/10453/}, abstract = {Facing the challenges of an increasing world population, a changing climate and ever depleting resources, agricultural is one of the few options for meeting the demand of food security. It is necessary to apply a dynamic and systematic approach to effectively manage the complex agri-eco production and green processing systems. Indeed, farming systems approach for appropriate technology development and simulation modeling is a result of adopting the system thinking by the agricultural research community...}, keywords = {Systems research, trade-offs, agricultural research, system thinking} }