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 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 | 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 admin | Oct 8, 2014 | Climate, Climate Modeling, Crop Modeling, Economics Modeling, South Asia Integrated Assessments, Sub-Saharan Africa Integrated Assessments
By Jenna Famular The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CCSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) will host more than 4,000 scientists, professionals, educators, and students at the 2014 International Annual Meetings,...
by admin | Jul 28, 2014 | Economics Modeling, Food Security, July 2014
By Mina Coutsoucos Can current farm household models accurately simulate food security driven by climate change? There has been considerable effort in the last 44 years by researchers to model climate change impacts on farm households, but relatively little attention...
by admin | Jun 30, 2014 | Economics Modeling, June 2014
Five global economic modeling groups met June 23-24, 2014 at FAO headquarters in Rome to discuss preliminary results of a harmonized analysis of climate change impacts on agriculture and food security in 2050. The participating modeling groups, all members of the...
