Once again, as the new version of DSSAT is getting really-close to the public release, the core DSSAT developers gathered together at IFPRI HQ in Washington, DC, for a week-long Development Sprint workshop, second such event in 2014.
13
Nov
DSSAT Perturb Tool
CLIMsystems announced a new tool called DSSAT Perturb, which generates climate projection data files for use with DSSAT.
07
Nov
Washington, DC – DSSAT User Group Meeting on December 4, 2014
Dear DSSAT users in Washington, DC-area – On December 4th, come to the DC DSSAT User Group meeting and mingle with the core developers of DSSAT. Hear from the DSSAT insiders about what’s new and what’s coming. You will have chances to also share how you use DSSAT and what’s your wishlist items.
07
Nov
Meeting Note from Long Beach, CA: Open Forum on Crop Modeling and Decision Support Systems 2014
It was great catching up with you, fellow crop modelers at the Open Forum! Here is the meeting note for those of you who couldn’t join us. Hope to see you all again at the next forum in 2015!
20
Oct
Guess how many DSSAT users are in the world: 5,000 (and counting)!
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.
