Yield gap analysis of major food crops in Pakistan: prospects for food security

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 28; no. 7; pp. 7994 - 8011
• Main Authors: Khan, Imran, Lei, Hongdou, Khan, Ahmad, Muhammad, Ihsan, Javeed, Tehseen, Khan, Asif, Huo, Xuexi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Africa; Agricultural land; Agricultural production; Agricultural products; Agriculture; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Cereal crops; climate; corn; Crop yield; Crops; Crops, Agricultural; Cultivars; Developing countries; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Edible Grain; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Food; Food Security; Food selection; Food Supply; Gap analysis; Grain; Heterogeneity; Hunger; infrastructure; LDCs; Pakistan; pollution; Poverty; rain; Rainfall; Research Article; Resource allocation; rice; Spatial heterogeneity; spatial variation; Sustainable development; temperature; topography; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; wheat; Pakistan; Africa; Yield potential; Yield gap analysis; Food security; Sustainable food production; Future strategies

The concept of yield gap analysis can be used to meet the growing demands for agricultural products. Sustainable development goals (e.g. SDG1 and SDG2) to end poverty and hunger require sustainable increases in agricultural production in developing countries, particularly in South Asia and Africa. T...