The DSSAT Foundation will be sponsoring the 27th Annual Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems during this year’s ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2024 International Annual Meeting. The forum is scheduled for Monday night, November 11, 2024, from 7:30 – 9:00 pm in Room La Reina on the second floor of the Hilton Palacio del Rio Hotel, San Antonio, Texas. The forum […]
10
Jun
DSSAT 2024 International Training Program at the Center of Regional Climate Change and Renewable Energy-Thailand – Now Postponed until 2025
The Center of Regional Climate Change and Renewable Energy (RU-CORE) at Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand, in collaboration with Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand and the DSSAT Foundation, is planning to organize a DSSAT International Training Program from August 5 – 10, 2024 in Bangkok. The overall goal of the workshop is to familiarize the […]
10
Jun
Cropping Systems Modeling under Changing Climate
The book entitled “Cropping Systems Modeling under Changing Climate” aims at bringing out comprehensive information on cropping systems modelling in the world. The major focus of the book is to address the integration of soil, plant, and environmental interactions for climate smart agriculture. The book covers aspects of the application of Decision Support System for […]
20
Apr
Crop Modeling and Cropping System Design Undergraduate Course @ Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Training the Next Generation of Agronomists on How to Use Crop Models for Cropping System Design Group picture with participants of the “Using Crop Models for Cropping Systems Desing” Course at Estación Experimental Mario A. Cassinoni, Paysandú, Uruguay An Undergraduate Course entitled “Use of Crop Models for Cropping Systems Design” was organized by The Department […]
06
Mar
International Workshop on Decision Support System for Agro-Technology Transfer for Improving Standards of Research held from March 4-6, 2024 at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
The Institute of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan organized a three day workshop entitled “International Workshop on Decision Support System for Agro-Technology Transfer (DSSAT) for Improving the Standards of Research” from March 4 – 6, 2024. Speakers and presenters included Prof. Dr. Ir. Gerrit Hoogenboom, University of Florida; Prof. Dr. Syed Aftab Wajid, University […]
12
Dec
Remembering Peter Jones, Pioneer in Understanding Crop Adaptation
Peter Jones, a pioneer in using computers to understand crop adaptation, passed away in Wales on October 8, 2023. The DSSAT community may recognize Peter as the developer of the widely used MarkSim weather generator, which can generate series of daily data both for current weather and for climate change scenarios of future weather. A […]
29
Sep
26th Annual Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems
The DSSAT Foundation will be sponsoring the 26th Annual Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems during this year’s ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2023 International Annual Meeting. The forum is scheduled for Monday night, October 30, 2023, from 7:30 – 9:00 pm in Room 100 of America’s Center Convention Complex. The forum is an informal discussion about crop modeling and decision support […]
01
Jul
Development and Evolution of the DSSAT Cropping System Model for Local to Global Applications
On Thursday, February 16, 2023, Professor Dr. Jim Jones and Professor Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom gave a presentation entitled “Development and Evolution of the DSSAT Cropping System Model for Local to Global Applications. The seminar was part of the Centennial – 100 years Celebration of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of […]
29
Apr
Special DSSAT Oral and Poster Sessions during the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America-Soil Science Society of America
The University of Florida and the DSSAT Foundation are sponsoring two special DSSAT sessions during the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America-Soil Science Society of America. The 2023 Annual Meeting is scheduled from October 29 through November 1, 2023 and will be held in St. Louis, MO. The […]
27
Feb
AMEI Development Sprint
This week, the AMEI Development Sprint this week is being hosted at the University of Florida (UF) under the auspices of the collaboration between UF/IFAS and INRAE, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment. The vision of The Agricultural Model Exchange Initiative (AMEI) is to advance agricultural research through the use […]
