Nature Communications (Feb 2021)
Global irrigation contribution to wheat and maize yield
- Xuhui Wang,
- Christoph Müller,
- Joshua Elliot,
- Nathaniel D. Mueller,
- Philippe Ciais,
- Jonas Jägermeyr,
- James Gerber,
- Patrice Dumas,
- Chenzhi Wang,
- Hui Yang,
- Laurent Li,
- Delphine Deryng,
- Christian Folberth,
- Wenfeng Liu,
- David Makowski,
- Stefan Olin,
- Thomas A. M. Pugh,
- Ashwan Reddy,
- Erwin Schmid,
- Sujong Jeong,
- Feng Zhou,
- Shilong Piao
Affiliations
- Xuhui Wang
- Sino-French Institute of Earth System Sciences, Peking University
- Christoph Müller
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- Joshua Elliot
- University of Chicago and ANL Computation Institute
- Nathaniel D. Mueller
- Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University
- Philippe Ciais
- Sino-French Institute of Earth System Sciences, Peking University
- Jonas Jägermeyr
- University of Chicago and ANL Computation Institute
- James Gerber
- Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
- Patrice Dumas
- Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement
- Chenzhi Wang
- Sino-French Institute of Earth System Sciences, Peking University
- Hui Yang
- Sino-French Institute of Earth System Sciences, Peking University
- Laurent Li
- Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
- Delphine Deryng
- Climate Analytics
- Christian Folberth
- Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilian University
- Wenfeng Liu
- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University
- David Makowski
- INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, UMR 211 Agronomie
- Stefan Olin
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
- Thomas A. M. Pugh
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
- Ashwan Reddy
- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland
- Erwin Schmid
- Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
- Sujong Jeong
- Department of Environmental Planning, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University
- Feng Zhou
- Sino-French Institute of Earth System Sciences, Peking University
- Shilong Piao
- Sino-French Institute of Earth System Sciences, Peking University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21498-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
There are big uncertainties in the contribution of irrigation to crop yields. Here, the authors use Bayesian model averaging to combine statistical and process-based models and quantify the contribution of irrigation for wheat and maize yields, finding that irrigation alone cannot close yield gaps for a large fraction of global rainfed agriculture.
