by Site Administrator | Sep 17, 2017 | news, September 2017
Open up an academic journal, audit any course that has some social aspect to it, or even sit in on a corporate meeting, and you will most likely come across the term “stakeholder engagement.” In fact, you’d probably think it had become second nature to everyone in the...
by Site Administrator | Sep 5, 2017 | September 2017, Uncategorized
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...
by Site Administrator | Aug 30, 2017 | August 2017, Uncategorized
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...
by Site Administrator | Aug 25, 2017 | August 2017, Uncategorized
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...
by Site Administrator | Aug 17, 2017 | August 2017, NextGen
The image above documents the components associated with the NextGen strategy. This strategy will encourage the development of NextGen data, models, and knowledge tools to support decision makers. (From Antle, Jones, and Rosenzweig, 2017, Next generation agricultural...
by Site Administrator | Oct 16, 2016 | October 2016, Uncategorized
Simulating Pests, Disease and Weed Impacts Pest and Diseases Workshop this week in Paris, France By: Greg Reppucci Plant pests, diseases, and weeds can severely impact crop health and production and cause severe food shortages. If not addressed early, these damages...
by Site Administrator | Sep 23, 2016 | September 2016, Uncategorized
AgMIP6 Group Photo AgMIP6 Global Workshop Summary By: Shari Lifson AgMIP has been developing this interdisciplinary research, or integrated assessments, of agricultural systems since 2010. Led out of Columbia University, the University of Florida, and Oregon State...
by Site Administrator | Jul 25, 2016 | July 2016
By Nataraja Subash On May 26th, 2016, a one-day National Level Technical Experts consultation meeting was hosted by the AgMIP South Asia Regional Research Teams (RRTs) from the Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB) and Southern India (SI). The consultation meeting was held to...
by Site Administrator | Jun 16, 2016 | June 2016
From June 13 to 17, livestock modelers from the regional teams of West Africa, Southern Africa, Pakistan, Indo-Gangetic Basin, and Southern India convened at Wageningen University, in Wageningen, Netherlands, for a training workshop. The participants are being trained...
by Site Administrator | Jun 2, 2016 | June 2016
By Greg Reppucci Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture’s GEO Global Agricultural Modeling (USDA-GEOGLAM) hosted a workshop for scientists in Iowa. The USDA-GEOGLAM is part of an international Global Agricultural Monitoring effort to improve...
