IFDC in collaboration with the University of Florida and the DSSAT Foundation sponsored an International Workshop on “Advanced Application of DSSAT – Assessing Crop Production, Nutrient Management, Climatic Risk and Environmental Sustainability with Simulation Models” held from October 5 – 12, 2016 in Arusha, Tanzania.
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Jul
5th DSSAT Development Sprint
During the week of July 25 a small group of developers met in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Florida for 5th DSSAT Development Sprint. Some exciting new developments include a forage module for the simulation of perennial grasses, an expanded “automated irrigation” option that allows for stage specific irrigation, […]
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Apr
Announcing the 5th DSSAT Development Sprint | Gainesville, Florida | July 25-29, 2016
Following the successes in the previous workshops, the 5th DSSAT Development Sprint Workshop will be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, during the week of July 25. The main purpose of this workshop is for the DSSAT Developers to get together and polish the codebase collectively, but we also welcome anyone working with the DSSAT code and […]
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Dec
4th DSSAT Development Sprint
During the week of December 7, 2015, a group of 21 DSSAT developers from around the world were gathered at IFDC Headquarters in Muscle Shoal, Alabama, for the 4th DSSAT Development Sprint Workshop. This was another “working” workshop with emphasis on code development and model and tool improvement. Specific issues/topics discussed during the Sprint includes: Specific crops Taro Tanier […]
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Jun
DSSAT Development Sprint 2015
During the week of June 15, 2015, a group of 14 DSSAT developers were gathered at the Maricopa Agricultural Center (MAC) of the University of Arizona for the 3rd DSSAT Development Sprint Workshop 2015.
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Jun
DSSAT Training Workshop 2015 at the University of Georgia
The largest crop modeling training workshop event of the year – the 2015 DSSAT Training Workshop was successfully held at the University of Georgia’s Griffin Campus during the week of May 18th.
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May
Announcing the 3rd DSSAT Development Sprint Workshop | Maricopa, Arizona, in June 15-19, 2015
Following successes in the previous workshops, the 3rd DSSAT Development Sprint Workshop 2015 will be held at the Maricopa Agricultural Center (MAC) of the University of Arizona (Google Maps) in June 15-19.
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Mar
ICRISAT holds International Training Program on DSSAT at Headquarters
Five-day DSSAT training program was coordinated by the Learning Systems Unit (LSU) of the Knowledge Sharing and Innovation (KSI) at ICRISAT HQ in Hyderabad, India. Thirty participants of various disciplinary background from partner institutions in India and Africa attended the training program, held from 23rd to 27th March, 2015.
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Dec
Presentations from the DC DSSAT User Group Meeting (Dec 4, 2014)
The 1st DC DSSAT User Group Meeting was successfully held at IFPRI on December 4th, 2014. About 30 participants shared their DSSAT stories and research/applications where DSSAT plays a key role.
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Dec
The 2nd DSSAT Development Sprint Workshop 2014
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.
