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Where global crop yields may falter next

Nature Food volume 5, pages 98–99 (2024)Cite this article

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Reliably predicting where crop yields may stagnate in the future can offer a suite of benefits for food system sustainability.

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K.F.D. and E.K. acknowledge support by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (grant no. 2022-67019-37180).

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    Kyle Frankel Davis, Hanan Abou Ali, Endalkachew Kebede, Bhoktear Khan & Afia Sarwar

  2. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

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Davis, K.F., Abou Ali, H., Kebede, E. et al. Where global crop yields may falter next. Nat Food 5, 98–99 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00911-w

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