Yield Potential and Yield Gap Atlas

The Yield Potential and Yield Gap Atlas (YPYGA) is a global agronomic data resource that helps users assess crop production potential and opportunities to improve agricultural productivity. Building on the work of the Global Yield Gap Atlas, it brings together locally grounded data and analysis with coverage across 83 countries and six continents, focusing on major staple food and vegetable oil crops.

The Atlas provides estimates of actual and potential yields, yield gaps, and water productivity, alongside supporting information on weather, soils, and cropping systems. Users can explore data by crop and location, including rainfed and irrigated production, and consult methods, climate zones, technology extrapolation domains, publications, and other research resources. Its bottom-up spatial approach supports evaluation of crop and soil management practices, analysis of yield-limiting constraints, and prioritization of research. Designed for public- and private-sector data users, YPYGA aims to offer a comprehensive, continuing resource with local-to-global relevance. The Atlas also provides guidance for citing its data and content, which are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.