Gridded crop modeling builds an understanding of how climate change impacts crops, helping researchers to adapt agricultural methods and combat food insecurity. Global temperatures are projected to warm between 1.5-2 degrees Celsius by the year 2050, and 2-4 degrees Celsius by 2100. This is likely to change precipitation patterns, which will impact crop yields, water […]
Crop Modeling and Climate Change Postgraduate Course
Training the Next Generation of Crop Modelers for Crop Model Development and Improvement Group picture with participants of the Crop Modeling and Climate Change Course at Parkhotel ‘de Bosrand’, Ede, the Netherlands. A Postgraduate Course entitled “Crop Modeling and Climate Change Course – Training the Next Generation of Crop Modelers for Crop Model Development and […]
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 […]
14th AMEI Development Sprint
During the week of February 19-23, 2024, the DSSAT Team from the University of Florida (UF) participated in the 14th AMEI Development Sprint hosted by the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) located in Müncheberg, Germany. This 14th AMEI Development Sprint was a continuation of the 13th AMEI Development Sprint that was hosted at the […]
20th Hybrid DSSAT Development Sprint, January 8-12, 2024
During the week of January 8-12, 2024, the 20th DSSAT Development Sprint was held in a “Hybrid” format. The DSSAT Development Sprint was hosted by Global Food Systems Institute & Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering of the University of Florida. In-person participants included one representatives from the University of Kentucky, seventeen representatives from the […]
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 […]
13th AMEI Development Sprint
From November 27 to December 1, 2023, the DSSAT Team hosted the13th AMEI Development Sprint in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (UF/IFAS) in Gainesville, Florida. This meeting was held in collaboration with the Laboratory of Ecophysiology of Plants under Environmental Stress (LEPSE) of the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the […]
Special DSSAT Oral and Poster Sessions at the 2023 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America (ASA-CSSA-SSSA) is the grand confluence of scientists, professionals, and organizations focused on agronomy, crop science, and soil science. The 2023 Annual Meeting was held from October 29 through November 1, 2023 in St. Louis, MO […]
New DSSAT Foundation YouTube Channel
The DSSAT Foundation now has a YouTube channel to assist the user community with informative videos about the download system, installation procedures and how to manage the DSSAT tools and application programs. To access the YouTube Channel please click the link below. Do not forget to hit the subscribe button, leave your like and comments […]
Bilateral Project Between Ankara University and the University of Florida on Capacity Building
Ankara University, in collaboration with the University of Florida, developed a project entitled “Capacity Building on the Dissemination of the Use of Agro-technological Decision Support Systems in Agriculture.” The project has been funded by the US Embassy in Türkiye under the auspices of a US-Türkiye bilateral Program. The project team includes seven scientists from Ankara […]