AquaCrop—The FAO Crop Model to Simulate Yield Response to Water: I. Concepts and Underlying Principles

This article introduces the FAO crop model AquaCrop. It simulates attainable yields of major herbaceous crops as a function of water consumption under rainfed, supplemental, deficit, and full irrigation conditions. The growth engine of AquaCrop is water‐driven , in that transpiration is calculated f... View More