In many places of the world, food security (the availability and adequate access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life) has not been achieved and remains at risk in many others. A global temperature rise and increasing global population further amplify the pressure on agricultural systems to cope with these challenges, whilst also having to contribute to reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions and sustainable management of soil and water resources.
The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project, in short 'AgMIP' has the ambition to build a worldwide community of agricultural modellers and aims to "significantly improve agricultural models, and scientific and technological capabilities, for assessing impacts of climate variability and change and other driving forces on agriculture, food security, and poverty at local to global scales."(https://agmip.org/agmip-mission/)
AgMIP organises a yearly workshop for all agricultural modellers to meet and exchange on a variety of research related topics. This year's workshop covered topics ranging from 'Technology Across Scales' and 'Model Application in Low-Yielding/ Low Data Environments' to 'Science-Policy Linkages for Food Systems'.
Hermann Lotze-Campen is a member of the AgMIP Executive Committee and jointly leads the Global Econ Working Group. He co-organised a 'Global Econ' Session and participated in a panel discussion. Christoph Müller co-leads the Ag-GRID/ GGCMI Working Group and organised two panel discussions.
Overall, the 10th AgMIP Global Workshop made an important contribution to AgMIP's mission of connecting agricultural modelers from different disciplines and world regions.
More information on the AgMIP project and global workshop can be found here.
