On October 19th, 2014, the total number of unique (since some users requested multiple times) DSSAT v4.5 download requests surpassed 5,000 – another new big milestone showing the worldwide interest in DSSAT and its strong community! Cumulative number of download requests by quarter shows almost linear, continuous increase of DSSAT users since its public release […]
25
May
Noticed something new? We’ve got a new logo!
Yes, we’ve got a new logo! As we approaches a new milestone of DSSAT v4.6, we ran a logo design contest at 99designs.com, a crowd-sourcing platform targeted for designing projects. For about two weeks of contest period in April 2014, total of 54 designers worldwide submitted 195 designs. After several rounds of internal review among […]
28
Mar
European Society for Agronomy Congress 2014: 25-29 August in Debrecen, Hungary
European Society for Agronomy organizes the 8th ESA Congress – hosted by the Centre for Agricultural and Applied Economic Sciences of the University of Debrecen, Hungary between 25-28 August 2014. Jon Lizaso, Professor at the Technical University of Madrid (and one of the core DSSAT Development Team), will give a keynote speech “IMPROVING CROP MODELS: […]
27
Mar
“Climate Change and African Agricultre” – Three regional studies from IFPRI
In December 2013, IFPRI published a series of three books presenting climate change impact assessment studies for three regions of Africa: East, Southern, and West Africa. Each study used DSSAT to assess the potential impacts of climate change scenarios on crop growth and yields, which were used as an input to the IMPACT global food […]
27
Mar
DSSAT Development Sprint Workshop 2014
As the new version of DSSAT is getting ready for the public release, the core DSSAT development group gathered together at IFDC HQ in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for a week-long Development Sprint workshop.
12
Feb
“Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity”
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) published a new report that measures the impacts of agricultural innovation on farm productivity, prices, hunger, and trade flows as we approach 2050 and identifies practices which could significantly benefit developing nations. DSSAT was used to estimate the potential food security impact of adopting 11 promising agricultural technologies.
04
Nov
17th Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems – Minutes
Sponsored by the DSSAT Foundation, the 17th Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems was held in Tampa, Florida, on November 4th, 2013. About 30 participants shared news, project progress updates, collaboration opportunities, and upcoming training workshops.
09
May
“Where have all the data gone” by John Hargreaves
A retiring research scientist’s lament; performed at the retirement party of John Hargreaves (CSIRO). Lyrics by John Hargreaves Guitar by Graham Hobson Vocals by Graham Hobson
14
Dec
[Q] Any restriction of using DSSAT in commercial projects?
I understand DSSAT is free to download, but was wondering if there are any restrictions with regard to its use in commercial projects, as long as it’s fully referenced, or perhaps on publication of the results. Can you advise as to whether there are any restrictions like these?
27
Nov
Report – “Developing Data Attribution and Citation Practices and Standards”
A new report published by the National Academy of Science addresses a series of critical questions around how to develop the data attribution and citation practices and standards, which are also highly relevant for the crop modeling community’s data standards and sharing efforts.
