Table 2.
The average water-limited yield potential (Yw), actual yield (Ya), and yield gap (Yg) for the 19 reference weather stations (RWS) in and for the associated climate zones (CZ) selected for sugarcane yield-gap analysis in Brazil.
| RWS (in megagrams per hectare) | CZ (in megagrams per hectare) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weather station (code) | Yw | Ya | Yg | Yw | Ya | Yg |
| Sorocoba (SO) | 121 (15%) | 80 | 41 | 118 (9%) | 83 | 34 |
| Catanduva (CAT) | 113 (12%) | 86 | 27 | |||
| Sao Simão (SS) | 152 (6%) | 83 | 68 | 146 (5%) | 84 | 61 |
| Uberaba (UB) | 136 (13%) | 88 | 48 | |||
| Maringá (MA) | 141 (9%) | 85 | 56 | |||
| Avaré (AV) | 126 (14%) | 71 | 55 | |||
| Votuporanga (VO) | 144 (6%) | 86 | 57 | 141 (6%) | 83 | 58 |
| Campos (CAM) | 110 (17%) | 48 | 62 | |||
| Presidente Prudente (PP) | 110 (7%) | 79 | 31 | 114 (6%) | 73 | 41 |
| St Antonio de Padua (SAP) | 128 (11%) | 49 | 80 | |||
| Frutal (FR) | 154 (4%) | 87 | 66 | 141 (4%) | 84 | 57 |
| Capinópolis (CAR) | 128 (14%) | 81 | 47 | |||
| Paranaíba (PA) | 109 (28%) | 76 | 32 | |||
| São Mateus (SM) | 120 (16%) | 65 | 54 | |||
| Rio Verde (RV) | 157 (9%) | 83 | 74 | 157 (6%) | 84 | 74 |
| Ivinhema (IV) | 157 (4%) | 84 | 72 | |||
| Sao Sebastião do Paraiso (SSP) | 157 (14%) | 83 | 74 | 157 (14%) | 84 | 74 |
| Goiás (GO) | 154 (6%) | 75 | 79 | 154 (6%) | 75 | 79 |
| Diamantino (DI) | 140 (10%) | 66 | 74 | 140 (10%) | 66 | 77 |
| National weighted average | 134 (4%) | 82 | 52 | |||
Note: The parenthetic values for Yw are the temporal coefficients of variation.