Gaps between farmer and attainable yields across rainfed sunflower growing regions of Argentina
We computed three estimators of attainable yield for each of between 5 and 8 rainfed sunflower-growing regions of Argentina using between 5 and 9 years of data over the 2000–2007 interval. The estimators were based on comparative yield trial (CYT) data for commercial hybrids, on individual commercia...
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| author | Hall, Antonio Juan Feoli, Carlos Ingaramo, Jorge Balzarini, Mónica Graciela |
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| description | We computed three estimators of attainable yield for each of between 5 and 8 rainfed sunflower-growing regions of Argentina using between 5 and 9 years of data over the 2000–2007 interval. The estimators were based on comparative yield trial (CYT) data for commercial hybrids, on individual commercial field (ICF) data, and on reporting district (RD) yield information. Contrasts between these estimators led us to prefer the attainable (CYT) yield estimator over the other two. Attainable (CYT) yields ranged from 2.21 to 2.83 t ha−1 across regions. Yield gaps between mean farmer (RD data) and attainable (CYT) yields were computed using best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE) values for both variables obtained using mixed linear models. These gaps were statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05) for all 8 regions and ranged from 0.37 to 1.18 t ha−1 across regions, for a country average of 0.75 t ha−1, equivalent to 41% of the mean country yield of 1.85 t ha−1. We also used CYT data to examine the issue of recurrent, albeit infrequent, reports of unusually high yields. Mean yields for the top decile of comparative yield trial data ranged from 3.2 to 4.2 t ha−1 across regions, and the highest yields for this decile in any of the years of record ranged from 3.9 to 4.8 t ha−1 across regions. Individual commercial field yields were available for 5 regions. Gaps between BLUEs for this variable and attainable (CYT) yields were smaller than those between reporting district and attainable (CYT) yields, but were nevertheless significant in all 5 regions. A notable feature of reporting district, individual field, and yield trial data was their variability. At reporting district level within regions, contributions of spatial and temporal variability were roughly similar. The mean relative contribution of the trial effect to non-error variance of the CYT data exceeded 85% across regions, dominating the contributions of genotype and of genotype by trial effects. We conclude that the magnitude of mean farmer/attainable (CYT) yield gaps for this crop in Argentina justifies further research aimed at reducing regional gaps; and that CYT data can be used to generate an appropriate benchmark for attainable yields. |
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| spelling | INTA50102019-06-05T17:03:17Z Gaps between farmer and attainable yields across rainfed sunflower growing regions of Argentina Hall, Antonio Juan Feoli, Carlos Ingaramo, Jorge Balzarini, Mónica Graciela Helianthus Annuus Rendimiento Cultivo de Temporal Sistemas de Cultivo Indicadores Económicos Yields Rainfed Farming Cropping Systems Economic Indicators Yield Gap Girasol Argentina We computed three estimators of attainable yield for each of between 5 and 8 rainfed sunflower-growing regions of Argentina using between 5 and 9 years of data over the 2000–2007 interval. The estimators were based on comparative yield trial (CYT) data for commercial hybrids, on individual commercial field (ICF) data, and on reporting district (RD) yield information. Contrasts between these estimators led us to prefer the attainable (CYT) yield estimator over the other two. Attainable (CYT) yields ranged from 2.21 to 2.83 t ha−1 across regions. Yield gaps between mean farmer (RD data) and attainable (CYT) yields were computed using best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE) values for both variables obtained using mixed linear models. These gaps were statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05) for all 8 regions and ranged from 0.37 to 1.18 t ha−1 across regions, for a country average of 0.75 t ha−1, equivalent to 41% of the mean country yield of 1.85 t ha−1. We also used CYT data to examine the issue of recurrent, albeit infrequent, reports of unusually high yields. Mean yields for the top decile of comparative yield trial data ranged from 3.2 to 4.2 t ha−1 across regions, and the highest yields for this decile in any of the years of record ranged from 3.9 to 4.8 t ha−1 across regions. Individual commercial field yields were available for 5 regions. Gaps between BLUEs for this variable and attainable (CYT) yields were smaller than those between reporting district and attainable (CYT) yields, but were nevertheless significant in all 5 regions. A notable feature of reporting district, individual field, and yield trial data was their variability. At reporting district level within regions, contributions of spatial and temporal variability were roughly similar. The mean relative contribution of the trial effect to non-error variance of the CYT data exceeded 85% across regions, dominating the contributions of genotype and of genotype by trial effects. We conclude that the magnitude of mean farmer/attainable (CYT) yield gaps for this crop in Argentina justifies further research aimed at reducing regional gaps; and that CYT data can be used to generate an appropriate benchmark for attainable yields. EEA Pergamino Fil: Hall, Antonio Juan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Feoli, Carlos. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Pergamino. Acuerdo Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA).ASAGIR; Argentina Fil: Ingaramo, Jorge. Asociación Argentina del Girasol; Argentina Fil: Balzarini, Monica Graciela. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias. Departamento de Desarrollo Rural. Area de Estadística y Biometría; Argentina 2019-04-30T11:22:57Z 2019-04-30T11:22:57Z 2013-03-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429012001621 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/5010 0378-4290 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2012.05.003 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Field Crops Research 143 : 119-129 (March 2013) |
| spellingShingle | Helianthus Annuus Rendimiento Cultivo de Temporal Sistemas de Cultivo Indicadores Económicos Yields Rainfed Farming Cropping Systems Economic Indicators Yield Gap Girasol Argentina Hall, Antonio Juan Feoli, Carlos Ingaramo, Jorge Balzarini, Mónica Graciela Gaps between farmer and attainable yields across rainfed sunflower growing regions of Argentina |
| title | Gaps between farmer and attainable yields across rainfed sunflower growing regions of Argentina |
| title_full | Gaps between farmer and attainable yields across rainfed sunflower growing regions of Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Gaps between farmer and attainable yields across rainfed sunflower growing regions of Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gaps between farmer and attainable yields across rainfed sunflower growing regions of Argentina |
| title_short | Gaps between farmer and attainable yields across rainfed sunflower growing regions of Argentina |
| title_sort | gaps between farmer and attainable yields across rainfed sunflower growing regions of argentina |
| topic | Helianthus Annuus Rendimiento Cultivo de Temporal Sistemas de Cultivo Indicadores Económicos Yields Rainfed Farming Cropping Systems Economic Indicators Yield Gap Girasol Argentina |
| url | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429012001621 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/5010 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2012.05.003 |
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