Worldwide, an estimated 20-40% of crop yield is lost to pests and diseases. Losses of staple cereal (rice, wheat, maize) and tuber crops (potatoes and sweet potatoes) directly impact food …

Up to 40% of crops globally are lost due to pests before they’re even harvested, highlighting huge potential for improving pre-harvest yields. Effective action against crop loss requires better …

The Global Burden of Crop Loss initiative is pulling together data from around the world in order to answer the questions that matter. The goal is to improve food security by supporting data …

2019年2月4日 · Here, we report on an expert-based assessment of crop health, and provide numerical estimates of yield losses on an individual pathogen and pest basis for five major …

2022年10月11日 · It estimates that pests reduce global crop production by 20% to 40%, and further losses occur between harvest and distribution, as well at the consumer level. Reducing …

Several factors contribute to crop loss during harvesting, such as improper combine adjustment, untimely harvesting, combine model and lifespan, driver skill, crop type, and farm conditions. …

2024年2月24日 · Major factors causing these losses include pests, diseases, pathogens, climatic changes, salinity, drought, loss of arable lands and weeds. Post-harvest losses are also …

In general, regions which benefitted relatively little from improved crop varieties yet faced lower crop prices (which reduced incentives to expand cropland) experienced a reduction in the rate …

2021年9月13日 · After over a century of warnings about crop diversity loss, more than 50 yr of concerted conservation efforts, and many decades of active genetic erosion research, the …

The session hosted by the Global Burden of Crop Loss initiative brings together a diverse group of scientists and stakeholders to explore causes and impacts of crop loss and the need for an …