Adopting yield-improving practices to meet maize demand in Sub-Saharan Africa without cropland expansion

Maize demand in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase 2.3 times during the next 30 years driven by demographic and dietary changes. Over the past two decades, the area cropped with maize has expanded by 17 million hectares in the region, with limited yield increase. Following this trend could p...

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Main Authors:	Aramburu Merlos, Fernando, Tenorio, Fátima, Mashingaidze, Nester, Sananka, Alex, Aston, Stephen, Ojeda, Jonathan, Grassini, Patricio
Format:	info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2024
Subjects:	Agroecología Maíz Prácticas Agrícolas África Agroecology Maize Agricultural Practices
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17976 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48859-0 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48859-0