Table 2 Losses in crop yields (million metric tons) stemming from urban extensification averaged for scenarios within Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) for 2050 and 2100.

From: Dynamic urban land extensification is projected to lead to imbalances in the global land-carbon equilibrium

Crop

SSP1

SSP2

SSP3

SSP4

SSP5

Min

Max

2050

Cotton

0.21

0.55

0.38

0.63

0.76

0.04

1.01

Corn

11.4

35.7

18.1

35.5

63.4

2.94

85.0

Rice

10.6

17.5

15.5

17.3

21.0

9.19

24.3

Soybean

1.02

2.97

1.52

2.73

4.62

0.25

6.03

Sugar

0.07

0.09

0.07

0.11

0.09

0.03

0.16

Wheat

3.53

8.53

6.44

7.71

10.4

2.01

13.1

2100

Cotton

0.26

1.64

1.52

1.58

1.83

0.12

2.24

Corn

17.1

93.0

43.6

67.6

165

9.96

219

Rice

11.4

31.4

31.3

27.0

36.5

9.20

41.1

Soybean

1.43

7.11

3.54

5.47

11.11

0.71

14.9

Sugar

0.02

0.08

0.03

0.10

0.03

0.00

0.16

Wheat

3.88

16.6

12.8

13.3

23.6

2.44

30.8

  1. Minima and maxima are also provided across all scenarios, including SSPs, Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), Global Circulation Models (GCMs), and harmonized and non-harmonized land classifications.
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