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Richard Waite

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Food crop yields are not keeping up with yields for non-food crops. Click the link to the article www.wri.org/insights/cro... to see how yields for direct food crops, feed crops, industrial-use (e.g., biofuel) crops have changed between 1964-2013. 🧪

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How crops are used also varies by region. In high-income countries, yields are high but many crops are used for non-food uses. In low-income countries, more cropland feeds people directly, but yields are low. This creates risks for both food security & agricultural expansion into natural ecosystems.

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