by admin | Apr 9, 2015 | Ag-GRID, April 2015
By Jenna Famular Evaluating global crop productivity is important in understanding the impacts of climate change and possible adaptation strategies. In 2012 and 2013 The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) worked with the Inter-Sectoral...
by admin | Apr 8, 2015 | April 2015, Crop Modeling, Economics Modeling, IT
By Shari Lifson Agricultural system models provide predictive and assessment capability to a wide range of decision-makers in the private and public sectors. However, despite extensive research to improve agricultural models, many of the models used today are the...
by admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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....
