Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Strategic planning for global agricultural R&D is hampered by a lack of comparable data on target populations. Surprisingly, even the global number of crop-specific farms are unavailable for any given year. We estimate the number of farms growing maize and wheat – the two most important cereals globally – at multiple geographic scales. For 2020, we estimate that a third and a fifth of global farms cultivated maize and wheat respectively. For 2030, we estimate the number of maize farms to increase by 5% (from 216 to 227 million) and wheat farms to decrease by 4% (from 135 to 130 million). Our estimation approach can be extended to other crops, and can contribute to improved agricultural investment programming.
Source: Global Food Security
Authors: Olaf Erenstein, Jordan Chamberlin, Kai Sonder
Institution: Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,250
OpenAlex ID: W3173649206