Agriculture
The WRO has partnered with DSSAT to enhance crop modelling applications in South Africa. Weather data from various sources are being made available in formats that are compatible with DSSAT. Soil maps are currently being scrutinized to identify the best available information for DSSAT soil profile parameterization (recognizing that actual measurements remain the best sources of data). Simulations from previous studies will also be archived and available for download to other crop modellers in the WRO.
Crop climate suitability mapping
Climate change weather data for crop modelling
ACSGTR (AGMIP CLIMATE SCENARIO GENERATION TOOLS WITH R)
AgMIP/AgMERRA Climate Forcing Dataset for Agricultural Modeling (1980-2010)
Other tools, data and links
Fruitlook (funded by Western Cape Department of Agriculture, provides weekly crop information updates)
Updates to the FAO56 Crop Water Requirements Methods
FAO Hand-In-Hand Geospatial Platform
NASA EARTHDATA Agricultural and Water Resources Data Pathfinder
CapeFarmMapper (CFM 2.6.10)
Crop climate suitability mapping app
International Soil Moisture Network
Agricultural Model Inter-comparison and Improvement Project (AGMIP)
Southern Africa
South African soil laboratories