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  5. Course: Crop Modeling

Course
Crop Modeling

  • Level: Master 1
  • Period: Semester 1
  • Language: English
  • Credits: 3 ECTS
  • Teacher/Coordinator: Sitraka Andrianarisoa

Main Objectives

Integrate different steps of crop models designing
Understand formalisms used to model different mechanisms occurring in the soil/plant/atmosphere system
Use crop models to simulate the functioning of agroecosystems
Discover some instances of the use of modeling in farmers
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Skills Developed

  • To be able to interact during the different steps of crop model designing: conceptualization, formalization, parameterization, calibration and validation
  • To be able to think about the modeling of multiple process involved in crop production (soil/plant/atmosphere)
  • To be able to use some models applied to crop management at farm scale.

General Content

Lectures and concrete cases (36h)

Topic

Teaching hour (h)

Definition, designing, parameterisation, calibration and validation of crop model

8

Use of some crop models: simulation of agro-environmental performance of different crop management systems (eg. variation in fertilizer inputs or in crop rotation/association, effect of climate change or soil type in crop production)

8

Models for weeds management, crop protection and fertilization

10

Examples of applied models: used in automatic robot, used in farm management

10

Evaluation

  • Individual evaluation: written exam as multiple choice questions
  • Individual work to simulate some situations of crop systems

 

Contact

Sitraka Andrianarisoa
Professor
E-mail: sitraka.andrianarisoa@yncrea.fr
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