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This paper discusses the technology of crop modeling including its applications, problems and needs that can assist in providing a kind of early warning tool to help stabilize the world food security problems. Illustrations are provided to suggest that depending on the use of the model as well as the availability of data, a range of technological development in using weather data can be useful.
Several criteria for model selection should be considered. In addition to the objective of the application, accuracy, data availability, cost, timeliness and consistency with scientific knowledge should be considered.
Future prospects in problem and potentially fruitful areas are briefly discussed, including the need to establish a basic soil climate and crop data bank; assessment of catastrophic events, aggregation of meteorological data; management of technology and the potential application of remote sensing.
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Sakamoto, C.M. (1981). The Technology of Crop/Weather Modeling. In: Bach, W., Pankrath, J., Schneider, S.H. (eds) Food-Climate Interactions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8563-6_17
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