Crop yield gaps: their importance, magnitudes, and causes.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Annual Review of Environment and Resources

• Publication date

  2009-10-15

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV.ENVIRON.041008.093740
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