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. 2019 May 31;14(5):e0217148. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217148

Table 1. Impact of mean climate change summarized by large regions.

  North and Central America Caribbean and South America Western and Southern Europe Eastern and Northern Europe Northern Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Central and Eastern Asia Western, Southern and South-eastern Asia Oceania Global
Percentage of harvested areas where model is significant at p < 0.05
Barley 61 63 97 65 95 14 90 92 40 74
Cassava 96 52 NA NA 100 62 34 90 NA 66
Maize 89 85 94 58 100 57 75 77 55 77
Oilpalm 90 66 NA NA NA 55 79 84 NA 72
Rapeseed 53 100 96 34 NA 100 75 75 66 66
Rice 92 87 93 18 100 77 89 88 100 88
Sorghum 59 70 100 74 100 39 85 38 100 54
Soybean 87 92 94 22 100 88 56 46 60 81
Sugarcane 43 79 74 NA 94 63 76 69 6 70
Wheat 71 63 90 43 100 89 88 90 68 75
Yield change (kg/ha/year averaged over significant model areas)
Barley -131 124 -726 -355 -66 -64 38 -17 -94 -269
Cassava -270 130 NA NA 301 275 575 -1070 NA -83
Maize 48 129 -614 -1839 -264 -148 396 38 -154 2
Oilpalm -1188 -130 NA NA NA -2 -66 -3930 NA -2551
Rapeseed -13 256 -400 188 NA 264 143 27 10 14
Rice -9 -34 -233 -98 -131 -75 66 -31 335 -13
Sorghum 276 1 -1010 -225 136 17 324 20 -856 53
Soybean 108 151 -709 -209 352 -20 7 -72 -240 104
Sugarcane 2986 2251 3065 NA -6085 -2912 4628 -529 5538 982
Wheat -48 -66 -537 -145 278 -48 175 -25 -125 -33
  Production change (million tons (MT)/year)
Barley -0.41 0.05 -4.85 -4.58 -0.23 -0.01 0.09 -0.13 -0.13 -10.20
Cassava -0.04 0.15 NA NA 0.00 1.90 0.05 -2.98 NA -0.92
Maize 1.73 1.72 -2.35 -6.14 -0.29 -2.03 7.00 0.53 -0.01 0.17
Oilpalm -0.11 -0.03 NA NA NA -0.01 0.00 -19.64 NA -19.79
Rapeseed -0.04 0.00 -0.76 0.20 NA 0.01 0.68 0.11 0.01 0.21
Rice -0.01 -0.14 -0.08 0.00 -0.09 -0.44 1.78 -2.66 0.02 -1.62
Sorghum 0.70 0.00 -0.09 -0.01 0.92 0.12 0.10 0.07 -0.65 1.16
Soybean 2.58 4.00 -0.12 -0.06 0.00 -0.02 0.04 -0.20 0.00 6.22
Sugarcane 1.59 10.84 0.00 NA -1.25 -1.59 4.38 -2.51 0.13 11.60
Wheat -1.01 -0.29 -6.17 -2.56 1.93 -0.10 5.28 -1.20 -0.83 -4.95
Percentage yield / production changed w.r.t current average (at fixed all current harvested areas)
Barley -2.5 4.0 -16.1 -9.1 -6.8 -0.6 1.6 -0.9 -2.3 -7.9
Cassava -2.9 0.5 NA NA 18.0 1.7 1.2 -5.6 NA -0.5
Maize 0.5 2.7 -6.3 -24.5 -4.3 -5.8 5.1 1.0 -1.2 0.0
Oilpalm -7.2 -0.6 NA NA NA 0.0 -0.4 -15.9 NA -13.4
Rapeseed -0.4 6.8 -11.4 3.1 NA 24.9 5.9 1.9 0.6 0.5
Rice -0.1 -0.7 -3.2 -0.4 -1.3 -3.1 0.9 -0.8 4.1 -0.3
Sorghum 4.3 0.0 -18.2 -9.5 17.9 0.7 4.9 0.9 -30.5 2.1
Soybean 3.3 5.4 -21.2 -3.8 10.9 -1.6 0.2 -3.2 -6.3 3.5
Sugarcane 1.7 2.5 2.7 NA -5.1 -3.9 5.3 -0.6 0.4 1.0
Wheat -1.3 -1.6 -8.7 -2.1 12.0 -2.3 4.5 -0.9 -5.8 -0.9
Percentage kilocalories changed w.r.t current kilocalories consumed from the crop (only countries reporting consumption as per the FAO Food Balance Sheets are included & trade is not accounted). Also see S4 Table
Barley -12.9 1.5 -218.0 -67.9 -9.8 -0.3 0.9 -3.3 -952.7 -14.9
Cassava -14.5 0.7 NA NA 17.7 3.1 0.4 -5.7 NA 0.5
Maize 2.3 1.5 -10.6 -50.2 -2.0 -4.0 6.0 1.0 -1.9 -0.7
Oilpalm -6.3 -1.0 NA NA NA -0.6 0.0 -219.0 NA -56.6
Rapeseed -2.6 3.8 -34.8 8.0 NA 34.5 7.3 1.7 1.6 1.1
Rice -0.8 -0.9 -6.1 -0.3 -2.5 -2.6 1.4 -1.2 5.5 -0.4
Sorghum 25.5 -0.8 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.5 4.8 0.8 0.0 3.6
Soybean 6.0 21.0 -3.1 -4.9 0.5 0.6 0.1 -1.0 -1.3 4.7
Sugarcane 0.7 4.0 0.0 NA -3.3 -2.1 5.4 -0.6 1.6 0.7
Wheat -2.0 -1.3 -8.4 -2.8 6.1 -0.8 2.2 -0.8 -11.8 -0.5