by Site Administrator | Mar 12, 2015 | March 2015
New 2-Part Agricultural Model Intercomparision and Improvement Project Handbook Released By: Shari Lifson Our food production system, already stressed to meet today’s demands, will face even more challenges in the future to provide for a growing population and adapt...
by Site Administrator | Feb 12, 2015 | Climate, Climate Modeling, Crop Modeling, February 2015, Food Security, Wheat
By Jenna Famular A recent paper in Nature of Climate Change, “Rising temperatures reduce global wheat production” Asseng et al., discusses the systematic testing of wheat crop models, utilized by the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP),...
by Site Administrator | Feb 5, 2015 | February 2015
by Jonathan Anaglo and Greg Reppucci Small-scale farm systems have become increasingly susceptible to climate change impacts in the recent decades. The people in Navrongo, a town located in the Upper East region of Ghana, have especially experienced difficulties....
by Site Administrator | Feb 5, 2015 | Climate Modeling, Economics Modeling, February 2015, Food Security
By Niina Heikkinen, E&E reporter With a global population on track to exceed 9 billion by the middle of the century and climate change altering growing conditions across the planet, the need to figure out if agricultural production will keep pace is becoming more...
by Site Administrator | Jan 21, 2015 | Crop Model Training, January 2015
A new Canola Initiative has just been launched on the AgMIP website. Canola (rapeseed) has become a major crop for production of edible oil around the world, and plays an essential role for international food security. The objectives of the group are: Identify current...
