Applications of yield gap assessment
Seyyedmajid Alimagham, Marloes P. van Loon,Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Herman N. C Berghuijs, Martin K. van Ittersum. Daily bias-corrected weather data and daily simulated growth data of maize, millet, sorghum, and wheat in the changing climate of sub-Saharan Africa. Data in Brief 54, June 2024, 110455 (2024).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110455
Shen Yuan, Kazuki Saito, Pepijn A. J. van Oort, Martin K. van Ittersum, Shaobing Peng, Patricio Grassini. Intensifying rice production to reduce imports and land conversion in Africa. Nat Commun 15, 835 (2024).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44950-8
Seyyedmajid Alimagham, Marloes P. van Loon, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Freddy Baijukya, Abdullahi Bala, Regis Chikowo, Jo˜ao Vasco Silva, Abdelkader Mahamane Soul´e, Godfrey Taulya, Fatima Amor Tenorio, Kindie Tesfaye, Martin K. van Ittersum. Climate change impact and adaptation of rainfed cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa. European Journal of Agronomy 155, 127137 (2024).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127137
Marloes P. van Loon, Seyyedmajid Alimagham, Annette Pronk, Nandor Fodor, Viorel Ion, Oleksandr Kryvoshein, Oleksii Kryvobok, Helene Marrou, Rurac Mihail, M. Ines Minguez, Antonio Pulina, Moritz Reckling, Leopold Rittler, Pier Paolo Roggero, Frederick L. Stoddard, Cairistiona F.E. Topp, Jop van der Wel, Christine Watson, Martin K. van Ittersum. Grain legume production in Europe for food, feed and meat-substitution. Global Food Security 39, 100723 (2023).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100723
Shen Yuan, Bruce A. Linquist, Lloyd T. Wilson, Kenneth G. Cassman, Alexander M. Stuart, Valerien Pede, Berta Miro, Kazuki Saito, Nurwulan Agustiani, Vina Eka Aristya, Leonardus Y. Krisnadi, Alencar Junior Zanon, Alexandre Bryan Heinemann, Gonzalo Carracelas, Nataraja Subash, Pothula S. Brahmanand, Tao Li, Shaobing Peng, Patricio Grassini. Sustainable intensification for a larger global rice bowl. Nat Commun 12, 7163 (2021).https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27424-z
Andrade, J.F., Cassman, K.G., Rattalino Edreira, J.I., Agus F., Bala A., Deng N, Grassini P. Impact of urbanization trends on production of key staple crops. Ambio (2021).https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01674-z
Rattalino Edreira, J.I., Andrade, J.F., Cassman, K.G., Van Ittersum, M.K., Van Loon, M.P., Grassini, P., 2021. Spatial frameworks for robust estimation of yield gaps. Nature Food https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00365-y
Nehbandani A., A. Soltani, A. Hajjarpoor, A. Dadrasi and F. Nourbakhsh, 2021. Comprehensive yield gap analysis and optimizing agronomy practices of soybean in Iran. The Journal of Agricultural Science 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859621000241
Juan P. Monzon, Maja A. Slingerland, Suroso Rahutomo, Fahmuddin Agus, Thomas Oberthür, José F. Andrade, Antoine Couëdel, Juan I. Rattalino Edreira, Willem Hekman, Rob van den Beuken, Fandi Hidayat, Iput Pradiko, Dwi K. G. Purwantomo, Christopher R. Donough, Hendra Sugianto, Ya Li Lim, Thomas Farrell and Patricio Grassini, 2021. Fostering a climate-smart intensification for oil Palm, Nature Sustainability: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00700-y
Rizzo, Gonzalo, Juan Pablo Monzon, Oswaldo Ernst 2021. Cropping system-imposed yield gap: Proof of concept on soybean cropping systems in Uruguay. Field Crops Research 260 (2021) 107944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2020.107944
Soltani, A., S.M. Alimagham, A. Nehbandani, B. Torabi, E. Zeinali, E. Zand, V. Vadez, M. P. van Loon, M. K. van Ittersum. 2020. Future food self-sufficiency in Iran: A model-based analysis. Global Food Security. 24 (2020):100351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100351
Loon Marloes P. van, Renske Hijbeek, Hein F. M. ten Berge, Veronique De Sy, Guus A. ten Broeke, Dawit Solomon, Martin K. van Ittersum. 2019. Impacts of intensifying or expanding cereal cropping in sub‐Saharan Africa on greenhouse gas emissions and food security. Global Change Biology. 25:3720–3730. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14783
Agus Fahmuddin, José F. Andrade, Juan I. Rattalino Edreirab, Nanyan Deng,1, Dwi K.G. Purwantomo, Nurwulan Agustiani, Vina E. Aristya, Siti F. Batubara, Herniwati, Evert Y. Hosang, Leonardus Y. Krisnadi, Andarias Makka, Samijan, Nicola Cenacchi, Keith Wiebe, Patricio Grassini. 2019. Yield gaps in intensive rice-maize cropping sequences in the humid tropics of Indonesia. Field Crops Research. 237 12-22 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.04.006
Deng Nanyan, Patricio Grassini, Haishun Yang, Jianliang Huang, Kenneth G. Cassman, Shaobing Peng. 2019. Closing yield gaps for rice self-sufficiency in China.Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 1725 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09447-9
Berge H.F.M. ten, R.Hijbeek, M.P.van Loon, J.Rurinda, K.Tesfaye, S.Zingore, P.Craufurd, J.van Heerwaarden, F.Brentrup, J.J.Schröder, H.L.Boogaard, H.L.E.de Groot, M.K.van Ittersum. 2019. Maize crop nutrient input requirements for food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Food Security. Vol. 23 (2019), 9-21; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.02.001
Loon, Marloes P. van , Nanyan Deng, Patricio Grassini, Juan I. Rattalino Edreira, Endalkachew Wolde-meskel, Frederick Baijukya, Hélène Marrou, Martin K. van Ittersum. 2018. Prospect for increasing grain legume crop production in East Africa. European Journal of Agronomy. Vol. 101 (November 2018), 140-148; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2018.09.004
Schils, René L.M., J.E.Olesen, K.C.Kersebaum, B.Rijk, M.Oberforster, V.Kalyada, M.Khitrykau, A.Gobin, H.Kirchev, V.Manolova, I.Manolov, M.Trnka, P.Hlavinka, T.Paluoso, P.Peltonen-Sainio, L.Jauhiainen, J.Lorgeou, H.Marrou, N.Danalatos, S.Archontoulis, N.Fodor, J.Spink, P.P.Roggero, S.Bassu, A.Pulina, T.Seehusen, A.K.Uhlen, K.Żyłowska, A.Nieróbca, J.Kozyra, J.Vasco Silva, B. Martins Maçãs, J.Coutinho, V.Ion, J.Takáč, M. Inés Mínguez, H.Eckersten, L.Levy, J.M.Herrera, J.Hiltbrunner, O.Kryvobok, O.Kryvoshein, R.Sylvester-Bradley, D.Kindred, C.F.E.Topp, H.Boogaard, H.de Groot, J.P.Lesschen, L. van Bussel, J.Wolf, M.Zijlstra, M.P.van Loon, M.K.van Ittersum. 2018. Cereal yield gaps across Europe. European Journal of Agronomy. Vol. 101 (November 2018), 109-120; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2018.09.003
Rattalino Edreira Juan I., Nicolas Guilpart, Victor Sadras, Kenneth G.Cassman, Martin K.van Ittersum, René L.M.Schils, Patricio Grassini. 2018. Water productivity of rainfed maize and wheat: A local to global perspective. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Vol. 259 (2018), 364-373; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192318301771
Leenaars Johan G.B., Lieven Claessens, Gerard B.M. Heuvelink, Tom Hengl, Maria Ruiperez González, Lenny G.J. van Bussel, Nicolas Guilpart, Haishun Yang, Kenneth G. Cassman. 2018. Mapping rootable depth and root zone plant-available water holding capacity of the soil of sub-Saharan Africa. Geoderma Vol. 324, (2018), 18–36; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.02.046
Guilpart N., P. Grassini, J. van Wart, H. Yang, M.K. van Ittersum, Lenny G J van Bussel, J Wolf, L Claessens, J. G B Leenaars and K.G. Cassman. 2017. Rooting for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Environ. Res. Lett.12 (2017) 114036; https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9003
van Oort, P.A.J., Saito, K., Dieng, I., Grassini, P., Cassman, K.G., van Ittersum, M.K., 2017. Can yield gap analysis be used to inform R&D prioritisation? Global Food Security 12: 109–118; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2016.09.005
Guilpart, N., P. Grassini, V.O. Sadras, J. Timsina, K.G. Cassman. 2017. Estimating yield gaps at the cropping system level. Field Crops Research. 206, 21-32.
Liu, Baohua., Xinping Chen, Qingfeng Meng, Haishun Yang, Justin van Wart. 2017. Estimating maize yield potential and yield gap with agro-climatic zones in China: Distinguish irrigated and rainfed conditions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol. 239 (2017), 108-117
Van Ittersum Martin K. , Lenny G. J. van Bussel, Joost Wolf, Patricio Grassini, Justin van Wart, Nicolas Guilpart, Lieven Claessens, Hugo de Groot, Keith Wiebe, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Haishun Yang, Hendrik Boogaard, Pepijn A. J. van Oort, Marloes P. van Loon, Kazuki Saito, Ochieng Adimo, Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Alhassane Agali, Abdullahi Bala, Regis Chikowo, Kayuki Kaizzi, Mamoutou Kouressy, Joachim H. J. R. Makoi, Korodjouma Ouattara, Kindie Tesfaye, and Kenneth G. Cassman. 2016. Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 113 (52) 14964-14969
Timsina J., J. Wolf, N. Guilpart, L.G.J. van Bussel, P. Grassini, J. van Wart, A. Hossain, H. Rashid, S. Islam, M.K. van Ittersum, 2018. Can Bangladesh produce enough cereals to meet future demand? Agricultural Systems 163, 36-44
Gobbet, D.L., Z. Hochman, H. Horan, J. Navarro Garcia, P. Grassini and K.G. Cassman. 2016. Yield gap analysis for rainfed wheat demonstrates local to global relevance. Journ. of Agricultural Science. 155 , 282–299
Espe, M.B., K.G. Cassman, H. Yang, N. Guilpart, P. Grassini, P., J. van Wart, M. Anders, D. Beighley, D. Harrell, S. Linscombe, K. McKenzie, R. Mutters, L.T. Wilson and B.A. Linquist. 2016. Yield gap analysis of US rice production systems show opportunities for improvement. Field Crops Research. 196, 276–283.
Hochman, Z., D.L. Gobbet, H. Horan and J. Navarro Garcia. 2016. Data rich yield gap analysis of wheat in Australia. Field Crops Research. 197, 97–106.
Marin, F.R., G. B. Martha Jr., K. G. Cassman and P. Grassini. 2016. Prospects for Increasing Sugarcane and Bioethanol Production on Existing Crop Area in Brazil. BioScience 66 (4), 307-316
Aramburu Merlosa, F., J.P. Monzon, J.L. Mercau, M. Taboada, F.H. Andrade, A.J. Hall, E. Jobbagy, K.G. Cassman, P. Grassini. 2015. Potential for crop production increase in Argentina through closure of existing yield gaps. Field Crops Research. 184, 145-154.
Van Oort, P.A.J., Saito, K., Tanaka, A., Amovin-Assagba, E., Van Bussel, L.G.J., Van Wart, J., de Groot, H., van Ittersum, M.K., Cassman, K.G., Wopereis, M.C.S., 2015. Assessment of rice self-sufficiency in 2025 in eight African countries. Global Food Security. 5, 39-49
Methodology
Soltani, A., S.M. Alimagham, A. Nehbandani, B. Torabi, E. Zeinali, E. Zand, S. Ghassemi, V. Vadez, T.R. Sinclair, M.K. van Ittersum 2020. Modeling plant production at country level as affected by availability and productivity of land and water. Agricultural Systems 183 (2020) 102859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102859
Soltani, A., S.M. Alimagham, A. Nehbandani, B. Torabi, E. Zeinali, A. Dadrasi, E. Zand, S. Ghassemi, S. Pourshirazi, O. Alasti, R.S. Hosseini, M. Zahed, R. Arabameri, Z. Mohammadzade, S. Rahban, H. Kamari, H. Fayazi, S. Mohammadi, S. Keramat, V. Vadez, M.K. van Ittersum, T.R. Sinclair. 2020. SSM-iCrop2: A simple model for diverse crop species over large areas. Agricultural Systems 182 (2020) 102855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102855
Andrade, José F., Juan I. Rattalino Edreira, Andrew Farrow, Marloes P. van Loon, Peter Q. Craufurd, Jairos Rurinda, Shamie Zingore, Jordan Chamberlin, Lieven Claessens, Julius Adewopo, Martin K. van Ittersum, Kenneth G. Cassman and Patricio Grassini. 2019. A spatial framework for ex-ante impact assessment of agricultural technologies. Global Food Security 20 (2019) 72-81.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.12.006
Rattalino Edreira, Juan I, Kenneth G Cassman, Zvi Hochman, Martin K van Ittersum, Lenny van Bussel, Lieven Claessens and Patricio Grassini. 2018. Beyond the plot: technology extrapolation domains for scaling out agronomic science.Environ. Res. Lett. 13 (2018) 054027
Schils, R. L. M., van Voorn, G. A. K., Grassini, P., & van Ittersum, M. K. 2022). Uncertainty is more than a number or colour: Involving experts in uncertainty assessments of yield gaps. Agricultural Systems, 195.
De Groot, H., O. Adimo, L. Claessens, J. Van Wart, L.G.J. van Bussel, P. Grassini, J. Wolf, N. Guilpart, H. Boogaard, P.A.J. van Oort, H.S. Yang, M.K. van Ittersum, K.G. Cassman. 2017. Kenya public weather processed by the Global Yield Gap Atlas project. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research. 3, 1-3
Van Bussel, L.G.J., P. Grassini, J. van Wart, J. Wolf, L. Claessens, H. Yang, H. Boogaard, H. de Groot, K. Saito, K.G. Cassman and M.K. van Ittersum. 2015. From field to atlas: Upscaling of location-specific yield gap estimates. Field Crops Research. 177, 98-108.
Grassini, P., L.G.J. Van Bussel, J. van Wart, J. Wolf, L. Claessens, H. Yang, H. Boogaard, H. de Groot, M.K. van Ittersum and K.G. Cassman. 2015. How good is good enough? Data requirements for reliable crop yield simulations and yield-gap analysis. Field Crops Research. 177, 49-63
Van Ittersum, M., Cassman K.G., Grassini, P., Wolf, J. Tittonell, P., Hochman, Z. 2013. Yield gap analysis with local to global relevance—A Review. Field Crops Research. 143, 4-17
Van Wart, J., Grassini, P., Yang, H.S., Claessens, L., Jarvis, A., Cassman, K.G. 2015. Creating long-term weather data from the thin air for crop simulation modelling. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 208, 49-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.02.020
Wolf, J., Oattara, K., Supit, I. 2015. Sowing rules for estimating rainfed yield potential of sorghum and maize in Burkina Faso. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 214-215, 208-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.08.262
Van Wart J, van Bussel LGJ, Wolf J, Licker R, Grassini P, Nelson A, Boogaard H, Gerber J, Mueller ND, Claessens L, van Ittersum MK, KG Cassman. 2013a. Use of agro-climatic zones to upscale simulated crop yield potential. Field Crops Research. 143, 44-55
Van Wart, J., Kersebaum, K.C., Peng, S., Milner, M., Cassman, K.G. 2013b. Estimating crop yield potential at regional to national scales. Field Crops Research. 143, 34-43