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Multi-model yield projections

Using model ensembles for simulating the responses of future crop yields to climate change offers the prospect of more reliable projections, but requires sustained international collaboration and exchange of high-quality data for model testing.

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Carter, T. Multi-model yield projections. Nature Clim Change 3, 784–786 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1995

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