Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project
The AgMIP Mission is to significantly improve agricultural models, and scientific and technological capabilities, for assessing impacts of climate variability and change and other driving forces on agriculture, food security, and poverty at local to global scales.
News
NEW AgMIP GGCMI PAPER
Nov 1, 2021
The paper found that climate change may affect the production of maize and wheat as early as 2030 under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario. Using advanced climate and agricultural models, the authors found that the change in yields is due to projected increases in temperature, shifts in rainfall…
NEW AgMIP CALIBRATION PAPER
Sep 24, 2021
The paper proposes a novel method of developing guidelines for calibration of process-based models, based on development of recommendations for calibration of the phenology component of crop models. The approach was based on a multimodel study, where all teams were provided with…
CLIMATE WEEK 2021: FOOD SYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Sep 15, 2021
This event aims to bring together leading experts from the food systems science and policy research communities. Food systems science and policy domains have often been siloed in academia. Bridging the gap between scientists and policy experts…
IMPROVING THE QUANTIFICATION OF FOOD SYSTEM EMISSIONS
Jun 8, 2021
The Food Climate Partnership (FCP) is a new initiative developed jointly by experts from AgMIP, NASA GISS, Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems Research and Center on Global Energy Policy, New York University, and…
Blog
LOCKDOWN LESSONS FROM ZIMBABWE: HOW TO PRESERVE LIVELIHOODS DURING A PANDEMIC
December 10, 2021
Marked by hyperinflation and battered by several years of drought, Zimbabwe’s troubled economy took a hit for the worse as the country scrambled to contain COVID-19. The cities and their inhabitants…
AFRICA: POOR SOILS AND LIMITED FERTILIZER USAGE MASK IMPACTS
June 15, 2021
A study coordinated by CIRAD and published in Global Change Biology assesses the impact of temperature rise on maize yields in sub-Saharan Africa. It reveals that an increase of 4°C by 2081-2100 could result in a decrease in yields of 14 to 26%. Rain fed cereal production – without irrigation – is crucial for food security in sub-Saharan Africa…
AgMIP8 VIRTUAL WEBSHOP RECAP
Nov 25, 2020.
The AgMIP8 Virtual Webshop took place from October 12 – 16th and showcased three themes central to AgMIP’s research and development – food systems, shocks, and actions. The free, virtual event had over 1000 registrants and encouraged involvement amongst those new to food systems as well as experts within agriculture and nutrition fields…
CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSES BENEFIT FROM A GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM APPROACH
Feb 18, 2020.
A paper released today by the journal Nature Food presents a new global food system approach to climate change research that brings together agricultural production, supply chains, and consumption…
Research Approach
AgMIP research aims to substantially advance our understanding of model strengths, weaknesses, and uncertainty while also developing new approaches including data integration and transdisciplinary modeling frameworks…read more
Research Teams
Experts come together to advance crop studies, research methods, and other topics that are critical to understanding how agriculture and food systems will respond to climate and other factors now and in the future. Learn more about our 30+ teams.
Research Sites and Regions
Sites evaluated in AgMIP assessments, plotted with major agricultural area (gray shading). figure and description of AgMIP studies provided in Ruane et al. 2017.
