Increasing crop production in Russia and Ukraine-regional and global impacts from intensification and recultivation

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 25008 - 25019
• Main Authors: Deppermann, Andre, Balkovič, Juraj, Bundle, Sophie-Charlotte, Di Fulvio, Fulvio, Havlik, Petr, Leclère, David, Lesiv, Myroslava, Prishchepov, Alexander V, Schepaschenko, Dmitry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.02.2018
• Subjects: Abandoned land; Agricultural industry; Agricultural land; agricultural sector model; Cereals; Crop production; Crops; Economic models; Oilseed crops; Oilseeds; Rapeseed; Russia; Soybeans; Sunflowers; Ukraine; yield potentials; Ukraine; Russia

Russia and Ukraine are countries with relatively large untapped agricultural potentials, both in terms of abandoned agricultural land and substantial yield gaps. Here we present a comprehensive assessment of Russian and Ukrainian crop production potentials and we analyze possible impacts of their fu...