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Yield Gap Analysis: Implications for Research and Policy

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<strong>Yield</strong><br />

CO 2<br />

Solar radiation<br />

Temperature<br />

Growth period<br />

Plant density<br />

<strong>Gap</strong> 1<br />

Attainable yield<br />

with available<br />

water supply:<br />

Soil<br />

Rainfall<br />

Irrigation<br />

<strong>Yield</strong> potential Water-limited<br />

yield potential<br />

<strong>Gap</strong> 2<br />

Other limiting<br />

factors:<br />

Nutrients<br />

Weeds<br />

Pests<br />

Others<br />

Actual yield<br />

<strong>Yield</strong> potential <strong>and</strong> yield gaps<br />

Modified from: van Ittersum <strong>and</strong> Rabbinge, 1997

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