Sustainable agriculture & soil conservation in field-crop production is also all about reducing yield gaps. Schils et al. 2018 (https://lnkd.in/erGxsh_r) were quite explicite in that respect. At the risk of self-promotion, Polyor SAS's AgroNum (https://lnkd.in/eK2mhszv) approach to setting sustainable cereal target yields & N-fertilizer recommendations seems to be a means to that end. As compared to conventional regional (local) yield-averages often used as proxies for target-yields, AgroNum sustainable target grain & nitrogen yields are on average & 70% of the time higher. For those interested, see www.polyor.fr for details & rationale.
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