The yield gap of global grain production: A spatial analysis

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 316-326

  Neumann, Kathleen ^a   Verburg, Peter H ^b   Stehfest, Elke ^c   Müller, Christoph ^c,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frontier analysis; Grain production; Inefficiency; Intensification; Land management; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION; CROP PRODUCTION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; MARKET SYSTEM; RICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951296386     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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