Mind the gap: how do climate and agricultural management explain the 'yield gap' of croplands around the world

As the demands for food, feed and fuel increase in coming decades, society will be pressed to increase agricultural production - whether by increasing yields on already cultivated lands or by cultivating currently natural areas - or to change current crop consumption patterns. In this analysis, we c...

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Published in:Global ecology and biogeography 2010-11, Vol.19 (6), p.769-782
Main Authors: Licker, Rachel, Johnston, Matt, Foley, Jonathan A., Barford, Carol, Kucharik, Christopher J., Monfreda, Chad, Ramankutty, Navin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Agricultural management
agricultural system
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
climate
Climatic zones
conventional farming
Corn
Crop ecology
Crop production
crop yield
cropland
Crops
data collection
developed countries
ecosystem services
Energy crops
Food crops
fuels
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agroecology
General agroecology. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development. Rural area planning. Landscaping
General agronomy. Plant production
General aspects
Generalities. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development
global
global land use
humans
land management
society
spatial data
Sustainable agriculture
Synecology
yield gap
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