Models of crop yield are important for the assessment and optimization of agricultural systems. It is therefore necessary that crop models are suitably validated. In many circumstances, a model is required for prediction at a particular spatial scale (e.g. at a within-field scale for precision...

Increasing soil salinity threatens the sustainability of irrigation schemes in several rice growing areas of the world, particularly in western Africa. Desalinisation is needed to sustain irrigated rice cultivation. However, to keep track of the effectiveness of any desalinisation method,...