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A feasible crop yield model for worldwide international food production

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This work addresses itself to the problem of deriving feasible computational methods for the determination of temporal and spatial agricultural distribution of productivity for potential application in international food production-allocation modeling. A solution has been sought through the creation of a crop-specific, crop-growth-stage-specific yield model (YIELD). The computer program is a compromise between area-specific regression models and expensive, complex energy and mass transfer models. The intra-seasonal soil moisture and evapotranspiration section of the model has been validated partially in previous publications, whereas the end-of season yield validation portion is briefly discussed in this summary paper of the model.

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    J. T. Hayes, W. H. Terjung & P. E. Todhunter

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Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., Terjung, W.H. et al. A feasible crop yield model for worldwide international food production. Int J Biometeorol 26, 239–257 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02184940

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