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DocumentAquaCrop training handbooks. Book I: Understanding AquaCrop. April 2017 2017
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No results found.AquaCrop is a crop simulation model which describes the interactions between the plant and the soil. FAO developed AquaCrop to address food security and to assess the effect of environment and management on crop production . AquaCrop can be used as a planning tool or to assist in management decisions for both irrigated and rainfed agriculture. AquaCrop is particularly useful:- to understand the crop response to environmental changes (educational tool);
- to compare attainable and actual yields in a field, farm, or a region;
- to identify constraints limiting crop production and water productivity
- as a benchmarking tool to develop strategies to maximise water productivity
- to optimize crop and management practices;
- to study the effect of climate change on food production over time
- for policy and for planning purposes.
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Book (series)The AquaCrop model – Enhancing crop water productivity
Ten years of development, dissemination and implementation 2009–2019
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No results found.Water resources are linked to the global challenges of food insecurity and poverty, as well as to climate change adaptation and mitigation. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SGD), FAO works towards several dimensions of sustainable development, including the promotion of coherent approaches to efficient, productive and sustainable water management, from farm to river basin scales. Accordingly, FAO is enhancing well-informed on-the-ground decision-making processes on water management through projects, knowledge advancement, information-sharing and tools development, such as AquaCrop, the FAO crop-water productivity model. This model assists in assessing the effects of environment (including atmospheric CO2 concentration) and management on crop production through the simulation of yield response to water of herbaceous crops. It is particularly suited to address conditions where water is a key limiting factor in crop production. In 2009, FAO officially launched AquaCrop, being the result of several years of collaborative work among scientists, water and crop specialists and practitioners worldwide, bringing together previously fragmented information on crop yields in response to water use and water deficit. AquaCrop has evolved over the different versions released since its first launch, but it always balances accuracy, simplicity and robustness. This has enabled it to remain faithful to its goal, i.e., to be a dynamic tool accessible to several types of users, mainly practitioner-type end users, in different disciplines and for a wide range of applications. In addition, AquaCrop may be considered a valuable tool by research scientists for analysis and conceptualization. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetAquaCrop, the crop water productivity model 2017
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AquaCrop is a crop water productivity model developed by FAO to improve water productivity in rainfed and irrigated fields. It simulates yield response to water of herbaceous crops and is particularly suited to address conditions where water is a key limiting factor in crop production. AquaCrop was developed in 2009 and since then it has been used worldwide in different agro-ecological conditions.
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