World Soybean Production: Area Harvested, Yield, and Long-Term Projections
Tadayoshi Masuda and
Peter Goldsmith (pgoldsmi@illinois.edu)
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2009, vol. 12, issue 4, 20
Abstract:
Soybeans (Glycine max) serve as one of the most valuable crops in the world, not only as an oil seed crop and feed for livestock and aquaculture, but also as a good source of protein for the human diet and as a biofuel feedstock. The world soybean production increased by 4.6% annually from 1961 to 2007 and reached average annual production of 217.6 million tons in 2005-07. World production of soybeans is predicted to increase by 2.2% annually to 371.3 million tons by 2030 using an exponential smoothing model with a damped trend. Finally, three scenarios and their implications are presented for increasing supply as land availability declines. The scenarios highlight for agribusiness policy makers and managers the urgent need for significant investments in yield improving research.
Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.92573
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