AquaCrop - The FAO Crop Water Productivity Model

Tutorials

In order to learn how to use AquaCrop, we have developed a series of 43 tutorials (Youtube playlist) presenting AquaCrop. Each tutorial focuses on a specific aspect and unique feature of the software and its applications.

Part 1: The need for modules

Part 2: Practical applications

Part 3: Calculation scheme explained

Part 4: Input requirements explained

Part 1: Required weather data

Part 2: Reference Evapotranspiration (ETo)

Part 3: Determining ETo

Part 4: Import of climatic data

Part 1: Illustrating soil physical characteristics

Part 2: Illustrating the soil water content

Part 3: Soil water retention, soil water balance and required physical characteristics

Part 4: Soil water movement

Part 5: Explaining required soil profile characteristics

Part 6: Required conditions at the lower boundary

Part 1: Type of crop parameters

Part 2: Tuning crop parameters

Part 3: Crop development adjustment to temperature regimes

Part 4: How stress is simulated

Part 5: How AquaCrop simulates crop development

Part 6: How AquaCrop simulates crop transpiration

Part 7: How AquaCrop simulates biomass production:

Part 8: Stresses affecting yield formation

Part 9: Reference harvest index and period of potential vegetative growth

Part 10: Concept of water productivity

Part 1: Determining net irrigation requirements

Part 2: Evaluating an irrigation schedule

Part 3: Generating an irrigation schedule, deficit irrigation

Part 4: Mulches

Part 5: Soil fertility stress

Part 6: Soil fertility

Part 7: Crop response to soil fertility stress

Part 1: Required initial conditions

Part 2: Start of the growing cycle

Part 3: Effects of climate change on crop production

Part 4: Evaluating green canopy cover

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Part 5: Evaluating crop transpiration

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Part 6: Evaluating above ground biomass and yield

Part 7: Application of deficit irrigation

Part 8: Scenario for policymakers

Part 9: Improving water productivity

Part 10: Applying the effects of climate change

Part 11: Application of yield forecast

Part 12: Regional applications