Forecasting crop yields to increase food security: a novel biophysical and social integrated systems approach

Ames Fowler1, Fidel Maureira1, Brian Baer2, Bruno Basso3 and Lorenzo de Simone4, (1)Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States, (2)Michigan State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, United States, (3)Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, United States, (4)Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Office of the Chief Statistician, Rome, Italy