Abstract
Reliable estimates of the impacts of climate change on crop production are critical for assessing the sustainability of food systems. Global, regional, and site-specific crop simulation studies have been conducted for nearly four decades, representing valuable sources of information for climate change impact assessments. However, the wealth of data produced by these studies has not been made publicly available. Here, we develop a global dataset by consolidating previously published meta-analyses and data collected through a new literature search covering recent crop simulations. The new global dataset builds on 8314 simulations from 203 studies published between 1984 and 2020. It contains projected yields of four major crops (maize, rice, soybean, and wheat) in 91 countries under major emission scenarios for the 21st century, with and without adaptation measures, along with geographical coordinates, current temperatures, local and global warming levels. This dataset provides a basis for a comprehensive understanding of the impacts of climate change on crop production and will facilitate the rapidly developing data-driven machine learning applications.
Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
Footnotes
Figure 2a and Figure 5c have been revised. In the previous figures, the temperature rise from the baseline period was mistakenly used. The current figures use the global temperature rise from the preindustrial era (1850-1900). Also, the figure caption in Figure 5c is corrected. The previous caption stated the baseline period erroneously (2001-2005), which is now corrected to (2001-2010).