Call for application for the first Workshop on: “Capacity Development for Farm Management Strategies to Improve Crop-Water Productivity using AquaCrop”

A new crop model, named AquaCrop, has been recently developed by FAO. AquaCrop focuses on simulating the attainable yield in response to water which is the key driver for agricultural production and which becomes increasingly the critical factor limiting crop production. AquaCrop uses a relatively small number of explicit and mostly intuitive parameters and attempts to balance simplicity, accuracy and robustness.

The workshop main objective is to train participants in the practical applications of AquaCrop in order to improve their skills in strategic farm management practices toward increasing crop water productivity in rainfed and irrigated production systems. 

It will take place in the facilities of the Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China during 5 days (15-19 June 2009).

Deadline for application is May, 15 2009. 

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AquaCrop is the FAO crop-model to simulate yield response to water of several herbaceous crops. It is designed to balance simplicity, accuracy and robustness, and is particularly suited to address conditions where water is a key limiting factor in crop production. AquaCrop is a companion tool for a wide range of users and applications including yield prediction under climate change scenarios.