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The objective of the IBSNAT or International Benchmark Sites Network for Agrotechnology Transfer project was to apply systems analysis and simulation to problems faced by resource-poor farmers in the tropics and sub-tropics, specifically in the area of evaluating new and untried agricultural technologies. Outputs from the project include the portable decision support system, DSSAT, the minimum data set necessary to drive the system and a collaborative network composed of an international, interdisciplinary team of scientists from more than 25 countries. Network members joined together to develop, assemble, test and use one of the most widely used decision support systems in the world today. The decision support system products enable users to match the biological requirements of crops to the physical characteristics of land to provide them with management options for improved land use decisions.
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Uehara, G., Tsuji, G.Y. (1998). Overview of IBSNAT. In: Tsuji, G.Y., Hoogenboom, G., Thornton, P.K. (eds) Understanding Options for Agricultural Production. Systems Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural Development, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3624-4_1
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