Rooting for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Rooting for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa

There is a persistent narrative about the potential of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to be a ‘grain breadbasket’ because of large gaps between current low yields and yield potential with good management, and vast land resources with adequate rainfall. However, rigorous evaluation of the extent to which s...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Guilpart, Patricio Grassini, Justin van Wart, Haishun Yang, Martin K van Ittersum, Lenny G J van Bussel, Joost Wolf, Lieven Claessens, Johan G B Leenaars, Kenneth G Cassman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
food security
sub-saharan Africa
yield gap
maize
soil depth
water requirements
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9003

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9003

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