Rising Global Interest in Farmland: Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits?

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Figure A3.2 Yield Gap vs. Relative Land Availability, Europe and Central Asia area (ha/rural inhabitant) Czech Republic

1.19

Albania

0.49

Slovak Republic

0.66

Montenegro

1.37

Hungary

1.44

Moldova

1.03

Poland

0.96

Romania

0.97

Slovenia

0.20

Serbia

0.94

Macedonia, FYR

0.96

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.54

Uzbekistan

0.28

Lithuania

2.67

Croatia

0.81

Mongolia

0.92

Turkmenistan

0.75

Bulgaria

1.70

Ukraine

2.23

Kazakhstan

4.12

Armenia

1.05

Estonia

2.10

Kyrgyz Republic

0.41

Tajikistan

0.20

Georgia

0.50

Azerbaijan

0.33

Russian Federation

3.11

Latvia

1.19 2.34

Belarus 0.00

1.00 ratio of cultivated to total suitable area achieved percentage of potential yield

Source: Authors’ calculations based on Fischer and Shah 2010.

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