Table 1 Summary statistics of climate change impacts on four major crops expresses as per decade impact and per degree impact without adaptation.

From: A global dataset for the projected impacts of climate change on four major crops

 

Per decade impact (% decade−1)

Per degree impact (% °C−1)

Maize

Rice

Soybean

Wheat

Maize

Rice

Soybean

Wheat

Minimum

−40.0

−40.8

−30.0

−35.4

−158.7

−71.7

−112.6

−122.3

Maximum

14.2

26.2

13.8

21.2

70.8

120.7

58.3

153.7

Mean

−3.9

−1.4

−2.6

−1.8

−13.5

−2.6

−8.8

−5.6

1st quartile

−5.5

−2.5

−6.7

−3.5

−18.1

−7.1

−16.9

−10.9

Median

−2.1

−0.7

−1.2

−1.2

−7.1

−2.3

−4.0

−3.7

3rd quartile

−0.3

0.8

1.7

0.7

−1.1

2.7

6.3

2.3

Standard deviation

7.0

4.7

7.4

5.0

25.4

12.0

26.3

17.4

Skewness

−1.8

−2.6

−0.9

−1.7

−1.9

1.0

−1.1

−1.2

Kurtosis

8.6

21.9

4.7

10.8

8.6

24.4

5.2

17.4