Balance yield increases with environmental sustainability

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 377 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Food self-sufficiency targets reshape climate trade-offs and synergies in China’s food system (2026) · Environmental Research Letters · doi

  The climate compatibility of China's food self-sufficiency targets is uncertain. There is a need to quantify the impacts of self-sufficiency targets on domestic and trade-embodied GHG emissions. The study addresses this gap by employing a food system integrated assessment model.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate compatibility china food self-sufficiency targets uncertain there
• Exploring the Relationship between Climate Variability and Crop Yields in Niger State, Nigeria (2026) · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · doi

  Future studies can examine the impact of climate variability on crop yields in other regions. Studies can use different methods to analyze the relationship between climate variables and crop yields. Research can focus on developing strategies to mitigate the effects of climate variability on agricultural production.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future studies examine impact climate variability crop yields
• Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health (2024) · Nature Communications · cited 377× · doi

  There is a need to balance yield increases with environmental sustainability in food production. Conventional food production systems have environmental drawbacks. Diversifying crop rotation can potentially address these challenges.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there need balance yield increases environmental sustainability food
• Ethephon as a bloom-delaying agent for frost-sensitive tree crop flowers at risk from a changing climate (2026) · BMC Plant Biology · doi

  Climate change is directly threatening crop production and food security. Extreme weather events and changes in abiotic conditions are aggravating production losses. Global fruit and vegetable production must increase by 50 to 150% by 2050 to meet the dietary needs of 10 billion people.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate change directly threatening crop production food security
• Food self-sufficiency targets reshape climate trade-offs and synergies in China’s food system (2026) · Environmental Research Letters · doi

  The study faces the challenge of quantifying the climate impact of food systems. The model needs to account for various factors, including agricultural nutrient cycling and associated emissions. The study relies on a single model (GLOBIOM-China) for scenario analysis, which may limit the accuracy of the results.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study faces challenge quantifying climate impact food systems
• A hybrid Granger TCN framework for generating climate analogues and determining the future of agricultural practices (2026) · Scientific Reports · doi

  Climate change is becoming a major contributor to the increasing economic crisis and a key factor for shortage of product supply-demand across the globe. The study aims to understand the effect of projection of climate change on the agriculture industry.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate change becoming major contributor increasing economic crisis
• Food self-sufficiency targets reshape climate trade-offs and synergies in China’s food system (2026) · Environmental Research Letters · doi

  Further research is needed to explore the impacts of climate change on food systems. The study's findings suggest that a combined pathway of self-sufficiency and production efficiency gains can support both food security and climate mitigation goals, which could be explored in future research. The development of more advanced models that account for climate change-induced yield shocks could improve the accuracy of scenario analysis.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: further research needed explore impacts climate change food
• BAYESIAN SPATIOTEMPORAL MODELING OF CLIMATE-INDUCED AGRICULTURAL YIELD VARIABILITY IN PAKISTAN UNDER DATA SCARCITY CONDITIONS (2026) · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · doi

  Future research should focus on developing climate-resilient agricultural practices and policies in Pakistan. Future studies should investigate the impacts of climate variability on other crops and agricultural systems in Pakistan. Future research should explore the use of other modeling frameworks and techniques to examine climate-induced agricultural yield variability.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5
  Keywords: future research focus developing climate-resilient agricultural practices policies

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