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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. 

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The Three AgMIP Pillars

Next-Generation Knowledge, Data, and Tools

Coordinated Global and Regional Assessments

Modeling Sustainable Farming Systems

Next-Gen Knowledge, Data, and Tools

Agricultural data stewardship and advanced tools are needed to enable sustainable production that can meet future national and international food, fiber, and bioenergy needs

Coordinated Global and Regional Assessments

CGRA uses a multi-model, multi-scale, multi-disciplinary, and multi-method framework to explore adaptation, mitigation, food policy, and food security in the face of an uncertain future

Modeling Sustainable Farming Systems

Sustainable farming systems is about assessing water; land; climate extremes and carbon-smart economically viable agricultural practices in a changing world

News

EAT-LANCET 2.0 REPORT PUBLISHED

Oct 2, 2025

The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission released its Report on Healthy, Sustainable, and Just Food Systems, presenting the most comprehensive global scientific evaluation of food systems to date. The EAT-Lancet 2.0 report received valuable input from AgMIP community members. Building on its influential 2019 report, the new Commission – comprising leading international experts in nutrition, climate, economics...

DR. BRUNO BASSO FEATURED IN THE NY TIMES

Sept 22, 2025

Dr. Basso is implementing precision conservation on farmland that is among the most industrialized in the world: the Midwestern Corn Belt. The way he sees it, the key is to identify which sections of fields have consistently ended up with low yields, and then to convince farmers that they can’t fix the problem by dumping more fertilizer there

2025 EAT-LANCET COMMISSION LAUNCH EVENT ON OCT. 3

Sept 18, 2025

On October 3, EAT and The Lancet will launch the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission, a major scientific update to one of the most widely cited food systems reports of the past decade. Publishing in The Lancet and launching at the Stockholm Food Forum, the 2025 Commission addresses a critical question: how to feed a growing population within planetary boundaries.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR iCROPM2026 NOW OPEN

July 23, 2025

iCROPM2026 aims to bring together the international research community to discuss recent advancements, foster collaboration, and chart the future of crop modelling. The symposium will focus on scientific breakthroughs, technological innovations, and interdisciplinary approaches to enhance the accuracy, applicability, and impact of crop models….

Blog

AgMIP PAPER IN NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE CALLS FOR INTEGRATION OF NUTRIENT DYNAMICS INTO CROP MODELS

Oct 31, 2025

Carducci & Guarin et al. (2025) highlight the importance of integrating nutrient dynamics into models that simulate plant growth and dynamics by using a new framework to better represent plant nutrient uptake from the soil, nutrient translocation across the plant, and eventual micronutrient concentration…

NEW AgMIP PAPER DISCUSSES NEED FOR BETTER REPRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE CROPPING IN LAND USE MODELING

Oct 28, 2025

In a new paper published in Communications Earth & Environment, Waha & Folberth et al. highlight that despite the widespread implementation of multiple cropping…

NEW PAPER BY AgMIP WHEAT TEAM: SIMULATING CROP RESPONSE TO WATERLOGGING

Sept 23, 2025

A new AgMIP paper in Nature Food conducted a global model intercomparison and improvement study to assess the capacity of current approaches in crop model simulations related to waterlogging. The study analyzed 21 global wheat models…

MULTI-MODEL ASSESSMENT OF REGENERATIVE FARM PRACTICES

July 25, 2025

A new paper recently published in Scientific Reports showcases the utility of multi-model approaches for farm planning. Basso et al. utilize a multi-model ensemble (MME) that quantifies soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. The MME consists of eight process-based cropping system models…

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.