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Table 5 Yield contribution to agricultural production growth in selected crops cultivated in the Brazilian Cerrado

From: The development of Brazilian agriculture: future technological challenges and opportunities

Period

Crop

Rice

Beans

Maize

Soybean

Coffee

Cotton

1970 to 2006

357.14

157.78

81.38

14.62

92.94

92.03

1970 to 1975

8.12

511.59

83.19

11.98

45.49

102.96

1975 to 1980

38.71

13.24

70.88

8.06

38.96

184.02

1980 to 1985

18.52

324.48

59.18

7.39

94.07

12.58

1985 to 1996

57.48

515.66

88.21

38.01

95.89

7.49

1996 to 2006

718.39

159.87

81.63

19.17

83.50

44.44

  1. Source: Alves [33], using data from THE IBGE Agricultural Census