Improvements in crop yields have been essential to feed a growing population while reducing the environmental impact of food production at the same time. Increasing crop yields can reduce the amount of land we use for agriculture.
Crop yields might seem far from being one of the world’s largest problems. But, if yields and labor productivity do not increase, it will have far-reaching consequences for global poverty and the protection of the environment. For people and the planet, it’s one of our most important problems to work on.
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To protect the world’s wildlife we must improve crop yields – especially across Africa
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Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use
Cereal yields
Change in cereal production, yield, land use and population
Crop yields
How much cropland has the world spared due to increases in crop yields?
Almond yields
Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Banana yields
Barley yields
Bean yields
Cashew nut yields
Cassava yields
Cereal yield vs. GDP per capita
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate
Change in production, yield and land use of oil palm fruit
Cocoa bean yields
Coffee bean yields
Corn yields
Corn: Attainable crop yields
Corn: Yield gap
Cotton yields
Groundnut yields
Lettuce yields
Millet yields
Oil palm fruit yields
Oil yields by crop type
Orange yields
Pea yields
Potato yields
Rapeseed yields
Rice yields
Rye yields
Sorghum yields
Soybean yields
Sugar beet yields
Sugar cane yields
Sunflower seed yields
Tomato yields
Wheat yields
Which countries overapplied nitrogen without gains in crop yields?