Publication Details

Category Software Publication
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15511845
Licence BSD-3-Clause
Title (Primary) AquaCrop.jl: A process-based model of crop growth
Version v1.0.0
Author Díaz Iturry, G.; Matthies, M.C.; Pe'er, G.; Vedder, D.
Source Titel Zenodo
Year 2025
Department BioP
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Abstract Aqua Crop is a simulation model that forecasts the growth and yield of crop plants under
different environmental and management conditions (Steduto et al., 2009). As a process-based
model, it can be used to optimise farm management, forecast regional yields, or study climate
change impacts and sustainable farming practices. Originally developed by the Food and
Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), it has been widely applied in agricultural
research.

Here, we present an expanded reimplementation of the model, translating it from Fortran to
Julia (Bezanson et al., 2017) and focussing on improving its interoperability with other software
and models. With AquaCrop.jl, we want to make AquaCrop available to the growing number
of environmental modellers working in Julia, and contribute to the creation of integrated,
interdisciplinary models in the environmental sciences.
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Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=30868
Díaz Iturry, G., Matthies, M.C., Pe'er, G., Vedder, D. (2025):
AquaCrop.jl: A process-based model of crop growth
Version: v1.0.0 Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.15511845