Apologies for cross-posting
In co-sponsorship with the International Consortium for Agricultural
Systems Applications and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, the
International
Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) is organizing an International Training
Program on Computer Simulation for Crop Growth and Management Responses
to be held in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, during February 21-March 3,
2000.
The program will describe the practical approaches to simulating the
effects of soil, climatic, management, and pest factors and their
interaction with the input needs of crops. The program will demonstrate how
the
processes of crop growth and development, water use, uptake of nutrients and
response to irrigation, fertilizer, and other management decisions can be
simulated.
The program will make extensive use of "hands-on" practical sessions on
personal
computers that demonstrate the application of simulation models to cropping
systems in various regions of the world. Together with these applications,
the
methods for assessing the economic risks and environmental impacts
associated with agricultural production in real world problems will be
discussed.
Procedures for managing soil, crop, and weather data will be described.
The program will make extensive use of the CERES-Rice, CERES-Wheat,
and CROPGRO models for peanut and soybean. These crop simulation
models and models for maize, sorghum, barley, dry bean, chickpea,
potato, aroids, cassava, sugarcane, and sunflower, together with data
preparation, and application programs have been integrated into the new
Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) v3.5
software package. Techniques for simulation of synthetic weather sequences
will be described. Programs to create, run, and analyze both single season
simulations and crop rotation simulations will be explained. Participants
will
be provided with a complete copy of DSSAT v3.5, user manuals, and textbooks.
To enroll, or to request more information (including an enrollment form),
please respond to mailto:[log in to unmask] . Details of the training program
can also be obtained by visiting our web site: http://www.ifdc.org.
Sincerely,
Paul Wilkens
International Fertilizer Development Center
P.O. Box 2040
Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35630
(256) 381-6600 (Tel)
(256) 381-7408 (Fax)
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http://www.ifdc.org/
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