Marloes P. van Loon

TL;DR: In this article, a robust yield gap analysis for 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using location-specific data and a spatial upscaling approach reveals that, in addition to yield gap closure, other more complex and uncertain components of intensification are also needed, i.e., increasing cropping intensity and sustainable expansion of irrigated production area.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a country-by-country, bottom-up approach to establish statistical estimates of actual grain yield, and compare these to modelled estimates of potential yields for either irrigated or rainfed conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, an integrated assessment of the impacts of agricultural land use policies has been performed, using the technical coefficient generator TechnoGIN and the bio-economic farm model FSSIM.

TL;DR: Intensification scenarios are clearly superior to expansion scenarios in terms of climate change mitigation, but only if current N-AE is increased to levels commonly achieved in e.g. the United States, and which have been demonstrated to be feasible in some locations in SSA.

TL;DR: In this article, a bottom-up approach was used to estimate water-limited yield potential (Yw) and yield gaps (Yg) for major grain legume crops in E-Afr, and estimate how narrowing the current legume Yg can contribute to food self-sufficiency by the year 2050.