The SALTMED model has been developed as an integrated model that can simulate soil moisture, salinity distribution, leaching requirements, nitrogen dynamics, crop rotations, biomass, dry matter and crop yield by considering irrigation systems, soil types, crops, water application strategies and different water qualities. SALTMED is also able to simulate climate change scenarios and the impact of climate change on plant growth, yield, water requirements and length of growing season under high and low emission scenarios. The model can simultaneously simulate 20 different fields or treatments. The model is user-friendly and compatible with Windows 7 and above.

The webinar is the ninth in a series of webinars organized by the International Network of Salt-Affected Soils (INSAS) of the Global Soil Partnership, an initiative which is aimed at raising awareness on sustainable management of salt-affected soils for food security, agricultural sustainability, environmental protection, and climate change mitigation. The webinar series will engage all those interested in crop growth modelling under different scenarios including agricultural engineers, agronomists, researchers, and students. The webinar will take place online on Tuesdays 11 March at 16:00-17:30 (Central European Time).

Speaker:

Prof. Dr Ragab Ragab, Honorary President of The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, ICID. Fellow Principal Hydrologist and Water Resources Management Specialist at UK Centre For Ecology & Hydrology, UKCEH, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. Adjunct Professor at Alexandria University, Egypt. Editor of Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge University, UK. Developed two widely used models, SALTMED for field scale as a tool for integrated management of water, soils, crops & N- fertilizers and IHMS (Integrated Hydrological Modelling System) for catchment/basin scale. Both models are freely available to download from ICID web site at https://www.icid.org/res_tools.html .