Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston, Adam Muhammad Adam
Adam Muhammad Adam, a LEG4DEV researcher based in Hohenheim University, attended AgMIP01
LEG4DEV researcher Adam Muhammad Adam from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, recently presented at AgMIP10.
AgMIP, the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), is a community of experts working together to advance methods for improving predictions of agriculture and food system performance. AgMIP10 was the 10th global conference from the organization and brought together 1000 stakeholders online and in person at the LEG4DEV partner CIMMYT’s headquarters El Batán, Mexico from March 31st to April 04th, 2025.
Key themes for the workshop included: the use of technology across scales, crop and livestock modeling; model application in low-yielding/low-data environments; climate resilience for food and nutrition security; mitigation and adaptation co-benefits and life cycle analysis; and science-policy linkages for food systems.
Adam presented his poster ‘Moving beyond single species simulation: Exploring the advances and limitations in crop model applications for diversified agroecological intensifications’ at the poster session.
In his presentation, Adam explained the difficulties associated with modelling intercropping, and limitations to the use of current models in intercropping systems. Adam presented a comparison of the level of detail incorporated among models for interspecies interactions across the different modelling systems available, including detail on what existing models are capable of simulating in intercropping systems.
Adam also some worked examples of the use different modelling systems can have in understanding light sharing and water and nutrient sharing modelling approaches, including a case study of light competition in Ghana.
Given the potential modelling has for uncovering best practice for intercropping systems, the LEG4DEV team look forward to publishing Adam’s work on intercrop modelling in future.