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Distinguishing between yield advances and yield plateaus in historical crop production trends

Food security and land required for food production largely depend on rate of yield gain of major cereal crops. Previous projections of food security are often more optimistic than what historical yield trends would support. Many econometric projections of future food production assume compound rate...

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Autores principales: Grassini, Patricio, Eskridge, Kent M., Cassman, Kenneth G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3905725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24346131
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3918