Hi-sAFe is a 3-D mechanistic biophysical simulation model designed to explore the interactions within agroforestry systems that mix trees with crops.

The model couples the pre-existing STICS crop model to a new tree model that includes several plasticity mechanisms responsive to tree–tree and tree–crop competition for light, water, and nitrogen.

Hi-sAFe is a novel tool for exploring agroforestry designs (tree spacing, crop type, tree row orientation), management strategies (thinning, branch pruning, root pruning, fertilization, irrigation), and responses to environmental variation (latitude, climate change, soil depth, soil structure and fertility, fluctuating water table).

Hisafe model is described in this publication:

Dupraz, C., Wolz, K.J., Lecomte, I., Talbot, G., Vincent, G., Mulia, R., Bussière, F., Ozier-Lafontaine, H., Andrianarisoa, S., Jackson, N., Lawson, G., Dones, N., Sinoquet, H., Lusiana, B., Harja, D., Domenicano, S., Reyes, F., Gosme, M., Van Noordwijk, M., 2019. Hi-sAFe: A 3D Agroforestry Model for Integrating Dynamic Tree–Crop Interactions. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082293

License CC-BY: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr

Web site: https://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/wp-inra/hi-safe/

Download: https://github.com/hisafe/hisafe

Contact: Marie GOSME INRAE (UMR-ABSYS), University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France marie.gosme at inrae.fr