Table 2.
Rules of projections of future of crop production areas. LSt, land suitability today (1981–2010); LSf, Land Suitability in the future (2071–2100); PERC33(LSt) and PERC67(LSt), 33rd and 67th percentile of the distribution of the LSt values of the grid cells used for maize/soya production over the global grid. LU denotes land use. Acronyms refer to certain areas with different colors in Figs 1 and 2
| Scenario | No change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LU today | Used | Used | Not used | Not used |
| LU in the future | Used | Not used | Used | Not used |
| LU change | Unaltered | Abandoned | Added | Unaltered |
| Rule | If | If | If | If |
| LSf > 0.9 � LSt | LSf ≤ 0.9 � LSt | LSf > PERC33(LSt) | LSf ≤ PERC33(LSt) | |
| Acronym | NoCh_Used | NoCh_Aband | NoCh_Added | NoCh_Notused |
| Scenario | Major change | |||
| LU today | Used | Used | Not used | Not used |
| LU in the future | Used | not used | Used | Not used |
| LU change | Unaltered | Abandoned | Added | Unaltered |
| Rule | If | If | If | If |
| LSf > 1.1 � LSt | LSf ≤ 1.1 � LSt | LSf > PERC67(LSt) | LSf ≤ PERC67(LSt) | |
| Acronym | MaCh_Used | MaCh_Aband | MaCh_Added | MaCh_Notused |