Unmet Potential

UNMET POTENTIAL Yields for irrigated MAIZE YIELDS (metric tons/hectare) maize in Africa are more than three times as high as yields for rainfed maize. 1.6 16 RAINFED 61 IRRIGATED Source: L You, S. Wood, and U. Wood-Sichra, "Generating Plausible Crop Distribution and Performance Maps for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Spatially Disaggregated Data Fusion and Optimization Approach," Agricultural System 99, no. 2–3 (2009): 126–140. INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INSIGHTS sustainabie solutions for ending hunger and poverty IFPRI MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | FALL 2011 Supportad by the COAA UNMET POTENTIAL Yields for irrigated MAIZE YIELDS (metric tons/hectare) maize in Africa are more than three times as high as yields for rainfed maize. 1.6 16 RAINFED 61 IRRIGATED Source: L You, S. Wood, and U. Wood-Sichra, "Generating Plausible Crop Distribution and Performance Maps for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Spatially Disaggregated Data Fusion and Optimization Approach," Agricultural System 99, no. 2–3 (2009): 126–140. INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INSIGHTS sustainabie solutions for ending hunger and poverty IFPRI MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | FALL 2011 Supportad by the COAA