Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa
Soybean production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is increasing as its demand for food, feed, cash, and soil fertility improvement soars. Yet, the difference between the smallholder farmers’ yield and either the attainable or the potential is large. Here, we assessed the contribution of various crop ma...
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| author | Omondi, John Okoth Chiduwa, Mazvita Sheila Kyei-Boahen, Stephen Masikati, Patricia Nyagumbo, Isaiah |
| author_browse | Chiduwa, Mazvita Sheila Kyei-Boahen, Stephen Masikati, Patricia Nyagumbo, Isaiah Omondi, John Okoth |
| author_facet | Omondi, John Okoth Chiduwa, Mazvita Sheila Kyei-Boahen, Stephen Masikati, Patricia Nyagumbo, Isaiah |
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| description | Soybean production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is increasing as its demand for food, feed, cash, and soil fertility improvement soars. Yet, the difference between the smallholder farmers’ yield and either the attainable or the potential is large. Here, we assessed the contribution of various crop management practices to yield gap, and the major factors limiting soybean yield increase per unit area. This study showed that besides soil nutrients and plant nutrition, soybean variety is the most limiting factor in Malawi and Zambia, whereas, in Mozambique, seed rate is significant. Overall, in the Southern Africa region (Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique) the major soybean yield gap contributors are: variety (63.9%), seed rate (49.7%), and disease damage (36.3%), especially soybean rust. An indication that through yield gap decomposition, interventions could be prioritized to target the most yield-limiting factors with the minimum resources available to smallholder farmers and immensely narrow the yield gap. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1702522025-12-08T10:29:22Z Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa Omondi, John Okoth Chiduwa, Mazvita Sheila Kyei-Boahen, Stephen Masikati, Patricia Nyagumbo, Isaiah yield gap crop yield soybeans limiting factors Soybean production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is increasing as its demand for food, feed, cash, and soil fertility improvement soars. Yet, the difference between the smallholder farmers’ yield and either the attainable or the potential is large. Here, we assessed the contribution of various crop management practices to yield gap, and the major factors limiting soybean yield increase per unit area. This study showed that besides soil nutrients and plant nutrition, soybean variety is the most limiting factor in Malawi and Zambia, whereas, in Mozambique, seed rate is significant. Overall, in the Southern Africa region (Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique) the major soybean yield gap contributors are: variety (63.9%), seed rate (49.7%), and disease damage (36.3%), especially soybean rust. An indication that through yield gap decomposition, interventions could be prioritized to target the most yield-limiting factors with the minimum resources available to smallholder farmers and immensely narrow the yield gap. 2024 2025-01-28T16:47:33Z 2025-01-28T16:47:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170252 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Omondi, J. O., Chiduwa, M. S., Kyei-Boahen, S., Masikati, P., & Nyagumbo, I. (2024). Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa. Npj Sustainable Agriculture, 2(1), 32. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-024-00039-9 |
| spellingShingle | yield gap crop yield soybeans limiting factors Omondi, John Okoth Chiduwa, Mazvita Sheila Kyei-Boahen, Stephen Masikati, Patricia Nyagumbo, Isaiah Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa |
| title | Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa |
| title_full | Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa |
| title_short | Yield gap decomposition: quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa |
| title_sort | yield gap decomposition quantifying factors limiting soybean yield in southern africa |
| topic | yield gap crop yield soybeans limiting factors |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170252 |
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