Is closing the agricultural yield gap a “risky” endeavor?

CONTEXT: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the climatic and biophysical potential to grow the crops it needs to meet rapidly growing food demand; however, agricultural productivity remains low. While potential maize yields in Zambia are 9 t per hectare (t/ha), the average farmer produces only 1–2. OBJEC...

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Main Authors: Gatti, Nicolas, Cecil, Michael, Baylis, Kathy, Estes, Lyndon, Blekking, Jordan, Heckelei, Thomas, Vergopolan, Noemi, Evans, Tom
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2023
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/15610
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X23000628
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103657

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