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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Apr
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Mar
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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Jan
18th Hybrid DSSAT Development Sprint, January 17-20, 2023
University of Florida – In person participants Online participants During the week of January 17-20, 2023, the 18th DSSAT Development Sprint was held in a “Hybrid” format based on the success of the prior DSSAT Development “Hybrid” Sprints. The DSSAT Development Sprint was hosted by Global Food Systems Institute & Department of Agricultural and Biological […]
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Jan
14th Virtual DSSAT Development Sprint
The 14th DSSAT Development Sprint was held from January 11-15, 2021 as a Virtual Meeting due to continuing Covid-19 Pandemic. The DSSAT Development Sprint was hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems and the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering of the University of Florida. One of the main goals of the DSSAT Development […]
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Aug
13th Virtual DSSAT Development Sprint
The 13th DSSAT Development Sprint was held from July 20-24, 2020 as a Virtual Meeting due to continuing Covid-19 Pandemic. The DSSAT Development Sprint was hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems and the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering of the University of Florida. One of the main goals of the DSSAT Development […]
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Apr
New DSSAT Documentation
We recently published a chapter entitled “The DSSAT crop modeling ecosystem” in the book “Advances in Crop Modeling for a Sustainable Agriculture.” This chapter provides a brief history of DSSAT, an overview of its functionality and applications, and up-to-date information on the status of the DSSAT Cropping System Model (CSM) and the DSSAT tools, utilities […]
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Apr
DSSAT Source Code Now Fully Open
The DSSAT community is committed to promoting development of all DSSAT models and software tools as open source projects. As of December, 2019, the DSSAT Cropping System Model (CSM) code is fully open and accessible via GitHub under the BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License. This license is similar to the BSD 2-Clause License, but with […]
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Jan
12th DSSAT Development Sprint at the University of Florida
The 12th DSSAT Development Sprint was held from January 6-10, 2020 at the University of Florida and co-hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems and the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering. One of the main goals of the DSSAT Development Sprint is to improve the science of the Cropping System Model (CSM) and […]
