CENTURY agroecosystem dynamic model

The model predicts the effect of different management practices on soil organic carbon (SOC) in agricultural soils, hence it may be used to compile regional/national C inventories and to support policies for C sequestration in soil.

The agricultural managements simulated by CENTURY consider the mineral and organic fertilizations, irrigation, grazing, crop rotation, tillage and harvest. Therefore, both, past changes (ex-post) on those practices (including land use change) and scenarios analysis (ex-ante) can be assessed by model runs.