Blogs
AgMIP Becomes a GRA Partner
The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) brings governments, research institutions, and other organizations together to find ways to grow more food (and more climate-resilient food systems) without increasing greenhouse gas emissions. It has...
Bioenergy-Crop Model Initiative
Goals: Bioenergy-crop models will be incorporated into the AgMIP suite of assessment and MIP exercises through the development of new field-scale crop model improvement pilot projects and through inclusion in the Global Gridded Crop Model Intercomparison (GGCMI). The...
Improving the Quantification of Pests, Disease, and Weeds Impact on Crops
An international conference on global crop losses recently convened to assess how plant diseases, pests, and weeds negatively affect crop health, crop performances, ecosystems and society.
Global Gridded Crop Model Intercomparison Predicts Strong Negative Effects on Agriculture from Climate Change
The recently released AgMIP paper compares seven global gridded crop models in order to quantify the global effects of climate change major crops.
AgMIP Impacts Explorer
The Impacts Explorer is built on stakeholder assessment and was created to bridge the gap between research outputs and easily accessible information. The goal is to create easy access to real time and future projections of risk and vulnerabilities in the agricultural...
Step Back to Step Forward – Toward Resilience and Hardier Crops in India
Highlights of a recently published article on AgMIP India work: Indian agriculture in the face of climate change By: Amanda Evengaard and Carolyn Mutter In India, people and especially farmers, depend on the monsoon. The timing and amount of...
Now Available: Impacts Explorer walk-through video
Demonstration video now provides walk-through for how to view product A walk-through video is now available to provide a new way to learn about the Impacts Explorer tool. The video demonstrates and explains the key elements of the visualization tool and how to...
AgMIP Establishes a New Executive Committee
The Steering Council Co-Chairs of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Program announce the newly established Executive Committee, and its members. By: Greg Reppucci The evolution in leadership from Co-Principal Investigators to an Executive...
Breaking down the barrier: translating scientific research into practical knowledge
What exactly is stakeholder engagement? And how can it be done effectively?
AgMIP at the Tri-Society Annual Meeting
By: Greg Reppucci The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America will host more than 4,000 scientists, professionals, educators, and students at the 2017 International Annual Meeting, “Managing Global Resources...
Major Crop Yields will Decline as Global Temperatures Increase – New Study Finds
By: Greg Reppucci Rising temperatures will have a negative impact on global yields for four major global crops, according to a recent publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The article, entitled “Temperature increase reduces global yields of...
Inside Climate News Article Features AgMIP Research and Dr. Alex Ruane
Corn yields face the greatest risk among staple crops, with yields estimated to fall an average of 7.4 percent for every degree celsius that temperatures rise, according to a new study. Credit: Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images. By: Greg Reppucci AgMIP research and...