by admin | Jun 3, 2015 | IT, June 2015
By Shari Lifson There is a major gap between the potential value of data collected in agricultural experiments and the value currently obtained through use of those data. Typically, data collected in experiments are used for the original purpose, and papers and...
by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | April 2015, Climate, Food Security
Photo: C. Rosenzweig and C. Porter at Climate-Smart Agriculture meeting in Montpellier, France, March 2015. By Jenna Famular According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) agricultural systems must increase production 60 percent by 2050...
by admin | Apr 23, 2015 | Climate Modeling, Pests & Diseases
Photo: Pest and Disease Workshop Participants By Jenna Famular Changes in climate and extreme events could have significant effects on agricultural pest and disease distribution and magnitudes and on the distribution of host species. In response to the need to include...
by admin | Apr 16, 2015 | April 2015, Climate, Climate Modeling, Crop Modeling, Economics Modeling
By Jenna Famular The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) and The Group on Earth Observation Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM) recently initiated a collaboration to share methods, data, and outputs with a particular...
by admin | Apr 9, 2015 | April 2015, Climate, Crop Modeling, Food Security
Photo: Drought tolerant groundnut yields under various GCMs for RCP 8.5. Attributed to Kadiyala et al. “An integrated crop model and GIS decision support system for assisting agronomic decision making under climate change.” By Jenna Famular A recent...
