High-resolution global maps of yield potential with local relevance for targeted crop production improvement

Fernando Aramburu-Merlos, Marloes P. van Loon, Martin K. van Ittersum, Patricio Grassini

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Abstract

Identifying untapped opportunities for crop production improvement in current cropland is crucial to guide food availability interventions. Here we integrated an agronomically robust bottom-up approach with machine learning to generate global maps of yield potential of high resolution (ca. 1 km2 at the Equator) and accuracy for maize, wheat and rice. These maps serve as a robust reference to benchmark farmers’ yields in the context of current cropping systems and water regimes and can help to identify areas with large room to increase crop yields.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)667-672
Number of pages6
JournalNature Food
Volume5
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Science
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science

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