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24th DSSAT Development Sprint

Hybrid Meeting, UF, Gainesville | January 5-9, 2026

New Book: Current Crop Models – State-of-the-art and Future Developments

DSSAT Open Forum during the 2025 CANVAS Meetings

DSSAT Open Forum Session during the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America-Soil Science Society of America

 

23rd DSSAT Development Sprint

Hybrid Meeting, UK, Lexington | August 4-8, 2025

DSSAT International Training 2025

May 19-24, 2025. University of Georgia, Griffin.

22nd DSSAT Development Sprint

Hybrid Meeting, UF, Gainesville | January 6-10, 2025

CRAFT: A New Spatial Yield Forecasting Tool

The CCAFS Regional Agricultural Forecasting Toolbox (CRAFT) is a software platform designed for yield forecasting at 5 or 30 arc-minutes spatial resolutions using an ensemble modeling approach. Twenty-three important food and feed crops have been implemented using the DSSAT Cropping System Model as the main crop model engine.

CRAFT is an initiative of CCAFS and was developed in partnership with the University of Florida. It has been successfully applied to forecast the in-season yield of wheat and rice cropping systems in Nepal and Bangladesh.  It has also been evaluated for yield forecasting and climate change applications in West Africa in collaboration with the WASCAL Project, Agrhymet, and the CASCAID Project of ICRISAT.

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Enhancing crop model parameter estimation using the GLUE method and parallel computing

Introducing a new parallel computing system for calibrating genetic parameters within the crop modules of the Cropping System Model (CSM) of DSSAT The Generalized Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation Parallelized (GLUEP)

21st DSSAT Development Sprint

Hybrid Meeting, IFDC, Muscle Schoals | June 10-14, 2024

DSSAT International Training 2024

May 20-25, 2024. University of Georgia, Griffin.

Crop Modeling and Climate Change Postgraduate Course

Training the Next Generation of Crop Modelers for Crop Model Development and Improvement |

March 10-15, 2024

 

14th AMEI Development Sprint

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.

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.

Improvement and Application of Agroecosystem Models: The DSSAT experience

Presented by Gerrit Hoogenboom during the Symposium – “Improvement and Application of Crop Growth and Agroecosystem Models for Knowledge Advancement and Sustainable Development” as part of the 2021 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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The DSSAT crop modeling ecosystem

The DSSAT crop modeling ecosystem is one of the oldest and most widely used crop modeling platforms across the world. The success of DSSAT is based on the inclusiveness and participatory approach that has been used since the original development of the CERES and CROPGRO family of models and the emphasis on sharing data and model code. DSSAT is not just a software program, but an ecosystem of:

• Crop model users;
• Crop model trainers;
• Crop model developers;
• Models for the most important food, feed, fiber, and fuel crops;
• Tools and utilities for data preparation;
• Minimum data for model calibration and evaluation; and
• Application programs for assessing real-world problems.

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Advances in crop modelling for a sustainable agriculture

This collection summarises key advances in crop modelling, with a focus on developing the next generation of crop and whole-farm models to improve decision making and support for farmers.
Chapters in Part 1 review advances in modelling individual components of agricultural systems, such as plant responses to environmental conditions, crop growth stage prediction, nutrient and water cycling as well as pest/disease dynamics. Building on topics previously discussed in Part 1, Part 2 addresses the challenges of combining modular sub-systems into whole farm system, landscape and regional models. Chapters cover topics such as integration of rotations and livestock, as well as landscape models such as agroecological zone (AEZ) models. Chapters also review the performance of specific models such as APSIM and DSSAT and the challenges of developing decision support systems (DSS) linked with such models. The final part of the book reviews wider issues in improving model reliability such as data sharing and the supply of real-time data, as well as crop model inter-comparison.

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Cultivating Food Security in Africa

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Jun

Cropping Systems Modeling under Changing Climate

By • June 10, 2024 • Publications • Comments Off on 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 […]

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Jun

DSSAT 2024 International Training Program at the University of Georgia

By • June 2, 2024 • News & Event, Past Workshops, Workshops • Comments Off on DSSAT 2024 International Training Program at the University of Georgia

DSSAT Foundation – The University of Georgia – Griffin Campus, Griffin, Georgia USA The DSSAT annual training was held from May 20 to 25, 2024, at the Stuckey Auditorium, Griffin Campus, University of Georgia, USA. The event was led by 9 DSSAT faculty members with 65 participants from 31 different countries. The participants received a […]

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May

Gridded crop modeling to simulate impacts of climate change and adaptation benefits in ACASA

By • May 14, 2024 • News & Event • Comments Off on Gridded crop modeling to simulate impacts of climate change and adaptation benefits in ACASA

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 […]

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03
May

How to download and compile the DSSAT-CSM-OS source code

By • May 3, 2024 • FAQs • Comments Off on How to download and compile the DSSAT-CSM-OS source code

We are thrilled to announce our latest resource, designed to empower the DSSAT community like never before. This resource page on the website aims to help whether you are a seasoned DSSAT developer or just starting out, this resource is for you. Please head over to our website, where you will find detailed instructions on […]

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Apr

Crop Modeling and Cropping System Design Undergraduate Course @ Universidad de la República, Uruguay

By • April 20, 2024 • News & Event, Past Workshops, Workshops • Comments Off on 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 […]

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Mar

Crop Modeling and Climate Change Postgraduate Course

By • March 23, 2024 • News & Event, Past Workshops • Comments Off on 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 […]

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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

By • March 6, 2024 • News & Event, Past Workshops, Workshops • Comments Off on 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 […]

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