Interdisciplinary Soil-Crop-Tree Modelling Laboratory (LIMA)

The Interdisciplinary Soil-Crop-Tree Modelling Laboratory (LIMA) aims to consolidate existing skills in soil-crop-tree modelling within the AÏDA Research Unit and CIRAD's Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems Department (Persyst).

This initiative responds to the need to create a collective and collaborative modelling strategy, exploiting the varied expertise and skills available, and promoting the use of common methods, approaches and tools.

General objectives

To organise and facilitate/accompany work on the design, construction, operational implementation and technical and scientific performance evaluation of soil-crop(-tree) models at CIRAD.

Scientific objective

To simulate the functioning of cropping systems for a wide range of tropical crops, soil and climate conditions and agricultural practices, and to assess the effect of global changes on production, environmental, climatic (GHG) and socio-economic impacts in tropical and Mediterranean countries in the South.

Operational objective

To propose an operational platform for collective use of the tools developed, according to the needs identified and in collaboration with a number of teams from the 'major internationally recognised models'.

Organisational objective

To structure the Persyst community of soil-crop model users and designers.

Governance

Management: K.NAUDIN (Aïda Research Unit)
Operational team: C. MINDIGOYI (leader), C. BLITZ-FRAYRET, M. GINER, A. COUËDEL, B. HEUCLIN, S. AUZOUX (Aïda Research Unit)
Steering committee: E. JUSTES (Persyst department), S. AUZOUX and M. CORBEELS (Aïda Research Unit), JC. SOULIÉ (UMR Recyclage et risques), G. LE MAIRE (UMR Eco&Sols), C. PRADAL (UMR Agap), P. TIXIER (UPR Geco), L. GAZUL (UMR Tetis).