Modelling Climate Change Impacts on Crop Production for Food Security (Veranstaltung : 2014 : Oslo)

Advanced climate change risk assessments for agriculture and food security depend on robust and reliable modelling tools. Among the various empirical-statistical and mathematical simulation techniques, crop models play a central role as they are at the core of any climate impact assessment for the agricultural sector. These and related topics are addressed in FACCE MACSUR and other agricultural research projects and networks. The last international symposium on crop models capabilities, gaps and challenges dates back more than ten years ago and there is an urgent need to facilitate exchange among ongoing initiatives on crop modelling for food security under climate change. This first CropM International Symposium and Workshop, held at Oslo, 10-12 February 2014 attempts to fill this gap