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A global initiative led by Wageningen, University of Nebraska and others to estimate yield potential and yield gaps across the world.

The world's leading database on high-quality agronomic data with local to global relevance that covers up to 13 major food crops across 70 countries and six continents with the following data:

  • actual and potential yield and yield gap
  • actual and potential water productivity
  • actual and minimum nutrient requirement
  • underlying data on weather, soil and cropping systems
  • climate zones and technology extrapolation domains (TEDs).

The data serves research, strategic decision making and local-global actions that aim to improve yield and resource use efficiency by public and private sectors.

 

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