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Tuesday 21 March

9h00-9h30 : Welcome and introduction

9h30-10h00 : STICS overview

10h00 : Coffee time

10h15-12h15 : Soil processes formalisms

Lunch

14h00-16h45 : Practical work 1: JavaSTICS interface

16h45 : Coffee time

17h00-17h15 : Debriefing of the day

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Wednesday 22 March

9h00-10h30 : Crop growth and development (part I)

10h30 : Coffee time

10h45-12h15 : Crop growth and development (part II)

Lunch

14h00-16h15 : Practical work 2: Effect of cultural practices, soil and climate on the model outputs

16h15 : Coffee time

16h30-17h00 : Presentation of homework

17h00-17h15 : Debriefing of the first 2-day session

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Thursday 23 March (for those who registered)

9h00-9h45 : R packages for STICS

9h45 : Coffee time

10h00-12h15 : Practical work: Using STICS R packages for simulation, evaluation and calibration

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Tuesday 28 March

9h00-9h45 : Debriefing of homework

9h45 Coffee time and photo

10h00-12h15 : Specificities of perennial crops and crop rotations

Lunch

14h00-16h45 : Practical work 3: Simulation of crop rotations including perennial crop with the STICS model

16h45 Coffee time

17h00-17h15 : Debriefing of the day

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Wednesday 29 March

9h00-10h30 : Model evaluation and calibration: principles and existing tools

10h30 Coffee time

10h45-12h15 : Practical work 4: Integration of observed data and example of parameter calibration

Lunch

14h00-16h00 : Presentations of homework results by groups of students

16h00 Coffee time

16h15-17h15 : Debriefing of the STICS course & Evaluation of the webinar