Through this research, AgMIP substantially improves the characterization and understanding of food security in SSA and SA and how its affected by climate variability and change. Transactions of the ASAE 26(l):63-73.This two-part handbook focuses on the work that the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) accomplished using a new method - the AgMIP Regional Integrated Assessment Protocol - in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA), with funding from the UK Department for International Development. Description and performance of CERES-Wheat: A user-oriented wheat yield model. CSM-IXIM: A New Maize Simulation Model for DSSAT version 4.5. European Journal of Agronomy, 18, 267–288. An overview of APSIM, a model designed for farming systems simulation. CERES-Maize: A simulation model of maize growth and development. Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Journal No. PNUTGRO V1.0: Peanut crop growth simulation model.
A comprehensive review of the CERES-Wheat, -Maize and –Rice Models’ Performances. A comprehensive review on the CERES family of models, including CERES-Maize, is available in Basso et al. In spite of its 30+ years, CERES-Maize continues to be the most widely used maize model globally and remains the mother-seed of other maize models, including in APSIM (Keating et al., 2003) and the CSM-IXIM (Lizaso et al., 2011). The first time DSSAT was released in 1989 it included four crop models: CERES-Maize (Jones and Kiniry, 1986), CERES-Wheat (Ritchie and Otter, 1985), SOYGRO (Wilkerson et al., 1983), and PNUTGRO (Boote et al., 1989). According to FAO, maize farmers produced on average (2014-16) 1.04 billion tons of grain harvested in somewhat more than 185 million ha, for an average world yield of 5.6 ton/ha. Maize ( Zea mays L.) is the cereal crop most produced in the world.