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022 _a2731-9202 (Online)
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-024-00039-9
040 _aMX-TxCIM
041 _aeng
100 1 _aOmondi, J.O.
_918775
245 1 0 _aYield gap decomposition :
_bquantifying factors limiting soybean yield in Southern Africa
260 _aLondon (United Kingdom) :
_bSpringer Nature,
_c2024.
500 _aPeer review
500 _aOpen access
520 _aSoybean production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is increasing as its demand for food, feed, cash, and soil fertility improvement soars. Yet, the difference between the smallholder farmers’ yield and either the attainable or the potential is large. Here, we assessed the contribution of various crop management practices to yield gap, and the major factors limiting soybean yield increase per unit area. This study showed that besides soil nutrients and plant nutrition, soybean variety is the most limiting factor in Malawi and Zambia, whereas, in Mozambique, seed rate is significant. Overall, in the Southern Africa region (Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique) the major soybean yield gap contributors are: variety (63.9%), seed rate (49.7%), and disease damage (36.3%), especially soybean rust. An indication that through yield gap decomposition, interventions could be prioritized to target the most yield-limiting factors with the minimum resources available to smallholder farmers and immensely narrow the yield gap.
546 _aText in English
597 _aClimate adaptation & mitigation
_aNutrition, health & food security
_bExcellence in Agronomy
_cResilient Agrifood Systems
_dBill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/170252
650 7 _aYield gap
_2AGROVOC
_91356
650 7 _aCrop yield
_2AGROVOC
_91066
650 7 _aSoybeans
_2AGROVOC
_93639
650 7 _aLimiting factors
_2AGROVOC
_934030
651 7 _aSouthern Africa
_2AGROVOC
_91954
700 1 _8001713480
_aChiduwa, M.S.
_gSustainable Agrifood Systems
_929879
700 1 _aKyei-Boahen, S.
_931442
700 1 _aMasikati, P.
_9198
700 1 _aNyagumbo, I.
_gSustainable Agrifood Systems
_8INT3097
_9891
773 0 _dLondon (United Kingdom) : Springer Nature, 2024.
_gv. 2, art. 32
_tnpj Sustainable Agriculture
_x2731-9202
856 4 _yOpen Access through DSpace
_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/35328
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