Extended Data Table 1 Changes associated with the agricultural Green Revolution

From: Agricultural Green Revolution as a driver of increasing atmospheric CO2 seasonal amplitude

  1. This table summarizes the changes in population, cropland area, and crop production from 1961 to 2010 from FAO data and other statistics, and harvest index, management intensity and NPPcrop from the VEGAS model. Crop production refers to the harvested edible parts of crops, while NPPcrop is the total biomass production including above and below-ground biomass. All are measured in terms of carbon mass, which is typically about 50% of plant dry mass. Model results are in parentheses.
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