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Increasing crop yields can reduce the amount of <a href="http://ourworldindata.org/land-use">land we use for agriculture</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Crop yields might seem far from being one of the world's largest problems. But, if yields and labor productivity do not increase, it will have far-reaching consequences for <a href="http://ourworldindata.org/poverty">global poverty</a> and the protection of the environment. For people and the planet, it’s one of our most important problems to work on.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p id="introduction">You can find all our data, visualizations, and writing relating to crop yields on this page.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:group {"className":"related-topics"} --> <div class="wp-block-group related-topics"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Related topics</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/land-use">Land use</a></li><li><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/biodiversity">Biodiversity</a></li><li><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/fertilizers">Fertilizers</a></li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --></div> <!-- /wp:group --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- /wp:owid/front-matter --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>Explore data on Crop Yields</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:html --> <iframe class="wp-block-full-content-width" src="https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/crop-yields?facet=none&amp;country=IND~USA~ITA~GBR~NGA~LKA~BRA~PER~AGO&amp;Crop=Wheat&amp;Metric=Actual+yield&amp;hideControls=false" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; min-height: 740px; max-height: 950px; height: 100vh; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:owid/research-and-writing --> <!-- wp:group {"className":"wp-block-research-and-writing"} --> <div class="wp-block-group wp-block-research-and-writing"><!-- wp:heading --> <h2 id="research-and-writing">Research &amp; Writing</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:group {"className":"research-and-writing__top"} --> <div class="wp-block-group research-and-writing__top"><!-- wp:owid/card {"title":"Increasing agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most important problems this century","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/africa-yields-problem","mediaId":50501,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2022/03/Yields-vs.-land-use-marimekko-featured-image-01.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa needs to improve to reduce hunger, poverty, and the destruction of biodiversity.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hannah Ritchie</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:group {"className":"research-and-writing__top-right"} --> <div class="wp-block-group research-and-writing__top-right"><!-- wp:owid/card {"title":"Do we only have 60 harvests left?","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans","mediaId":38941,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/Soil-Lifespans-Thumbnail.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Claims that the world has only 100, 60, or even 30 years of harvests left often hit the headlines. 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For people and the planet, it\u2019s one of our most important problems to work on.</p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"introduction\">You can find all our data, visualizations, and writing relating to crop yields on this page.</p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-65e6e27c7dd9e wp-block-group related-topics\">\n<p>Related topics</p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/land-use\">Land use</a></li><li><a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/biodiversity\">Biodiversity</a></li><li><a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/fertilizers\">Fertilizers</a></li></ul>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n\n<h3>Explore data on Crop Yields</h3>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"wp-block-full-content-width\" src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/crop-yields?facet=none&amp;country=IND~USA~ITA~GBR~NGA~LKA~BRA~PER~AGO&amp;Crop=Wheat&amp;Metric=Actual+yield&amp;hideControls=false\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; min-height: 740px; max-height: 950px; height: 100vh; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-65e6e27c94413 wp-block-group wp-block-research-and-writing\">\n<h2 id=\"research-and-writing\">Research &amp; Writing</h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-65e6e27c93fb3 wp-block-group research-and-writing__top\">      <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card  with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n        <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/africa-yields-problem\">\n            <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"301\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2022/03/Yields-vs.-land-use-marimekko-featured-image-01-768x301.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2022/03/Yields-vs.-land-use-marimekko-featured-image-01-768x301.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2022/03/Yields-vs.-land-use-marimekko-featured-image-01-400x157.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2022/03/Yields-vs.-land-use-marimekko-featured-image-01-800x314.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2022/03/Yields-vs.-land-use-marimekko-featured-image-01-150x59.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2022/03/Yields-vs.-land-use-marimekko-featured-image-01-1536x603.png 1536w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2022/03/Yields-vs.-land-use-marimekko-featured-image-01.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n              <div class=\"title\">Increasing agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most important problems this century</div class=\"title\">\n              <div class=\"description\">\n                \n\n<p>Agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa needs to improve to reduce hunger, poverty, and the destruction of biodiversity.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannah Ritchie</p>\n\n\n              </div>\n            </div>\n        </a>\n      </div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-65e6e27c93bed wp-block-group research-and-writing__top-right\">      <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card  with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n        <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/soil-lifespans\">\n            <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"402\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/Soil-Lifespans-Thumbnail-768x402.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/Soil-Lifespans-Thumbnail-768x402.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/Soil-Lifespans-Thumbnail-400x209.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/Soil-Lifespans-Thumbnail-800x418.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/Soil-Lifespans-Thumbnail-150x78.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/Soil-Lifespans-Thumbnail.png 1201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n              <div class=\"title\">Do we only have 60 harvests left?</div class=\"title\">\n              <div class=\"description\">\n                \n\n<p>Claims that the world has only 100, 60, or even 30 years of harvests left often hit the headlines. 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