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

Skills Developed

To interact during the different steps of crop model designing: conceptualization, formalization, parameterization, calibration and validation
To think about the modeling of multiple process involved in crop production (soil/plant/atmosphere)
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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