The WOFOST crop** systems model has been applied operationally over the last 25
years as part of the MARS crop yield forecasting system. In this paper we provide an …

The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …

Agricultural systems science generates knowledge that allows researchers to consider
complex problems or take informed agricultural decisions. The rich history of this science …

We review the current state of agricultural systems science, focusing in particular on the
capabilities and limitations of agricultural systems models. We discuss the state of models …

Global support for Conservation Agriculture (CA) as a pathway to Sustainable Intensification
is strong. CA revolves around three principles: no-till (or minimal soil disturbance), soil …

Extreme weather events (frost and heat shock), already a significant challenge for grain
producers, are predicted to increase under future climate scenarios. This paper reviews the …

The potential impacts of climate change on crop productivity are of widespread interest to
those concerned with addressing climate change and improving global food security. Two …

Systems thinking (ST) is an interdisciplinary domain that offers different ways to better
understand the behavior and structure of a complex system. Over the past decades, several …

Agricultural modeling has long suffered from fragmentation in model implementation. Many
models are developed, there is much redundancy, models are often poorly coupled, model …

This article introduces the FAO crop model AquaCrop. It simulates attainable yields of major
herbaceous crops as a function of water consumption under rainfed, supplemental, deficit …