Updated README

CONTRIBUTORS.md

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 - Marco Matthies
 - Gabriel Díaz Iturry
 
-
 ### Code reviewers
 
 - Ludmilla Figueiredo

README.md

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 investigate how changes in farm operations (e.g. through changes in the European Common
 Agricultural Policy) influence biodiversity.
 
-**The model is still in development. A first version will be available in summer 2024.**
+**The model is still in development. A first version will be available in spring 2025.**
 
 ## Usage
 
-*For the full documentation, or visit the [website](https://persefone-model.eu/documentation).
+*For the full documentation, visit the [website](https://persefone-model.eu/documentation), or read the manual in the `docs` folder.
 To use Persefone.jl with a graphical user interface, see [here](https://git.idiv.de/persefone/persefone-desktop).*
 
 ### Installation
 
 Install the latest version of the [Julia](https://julialang.org/downloads/) programming 
 language (1.10+). The recommended editors are [VSCode](https://www.julia-vscode.org/) or
-[Emacs](https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/JuliaProgrammingLanguage).
-To install package dependencies, open a Julia REPL in the Persefone root folder and run 
-`using Pkg; Pkg.activate("."); Pkg.instantiate()`.
+[Emacs](https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/JuliaProgrammingLanguage). Clone this
+repository, then install package dependencies by opening a Julia REPL in the Persefone 
+root folder and running `using Pkg; Pkg.activate("."); Pkg.instantiate()`.
+
+Alternatively, if you only want to use the package from within Julia (see below), 
+you can install it directly in any Julia REPL:
+
+```julia
+using Pkg
+Pkg.add(url="https://git.idiv.de/persefone/persefone-model.git")
+using Persefone
+```
 
 ### Running from the command line
 
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-© 2022-2024 the contributors (MIT license)
+© 2022-2025 the contributors (MIT license)