The GAP Report would not be possible without the efforts and expertise of many partners and friends. Thank you to Keith Fuglie, senior economist at the USDA Economic Research Service, for providing the total factor productivity data and assistance with interpretation and analysis. Ben Grove, associate director of CALS Global, engaged partner organizations on the report, soliciting story ideas and participation in the report’s promotion. Tessa Naughton-Rockwell, a student at Virginia Tech and the GAP Initiative intern, provided invaluable assistance on multiple fronts creating, designing, and promoting the report.
The following individuals assisted with the GAP Report creation and promotion:
ACDI/VOCA
- Charles Hall
- Carrie McLeod
Bayer Crop Science
- Christi Dixon*
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Roger Thurow
Corteva Agriscience
- Jennifer Billings
Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska
- Frances Hayes
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- Ruben Echeverria
International Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
- Kelly Witkowski
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
- Bram Govaerts
- Ricardo Curiel Martinez
International Potato Center (CIP)
- James Stapleton
- Ginya Truitt Nakata
HarvestPlus
- Peter Goldstein
John Deere
- Aaron Wetzel*
The Mosaic Company
- Adam Herges
- Ben Pratt*
Purdue Center for Global Food Security
- Gary Burniske
Sasakawa Africa Association
- Mel Oluoch
Sehgal Foundation
- Jay Sehgal
Shop Kansas Farms
- Rick McNary
Smithfield Foods
- Anna Harry
- Stewart Leeth*
Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation (SoAR)
- Margaret Zeigler
Tanager
- Ana Bilik
- Martin Royale
The Ohio State University
- Rattan Lal
Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Zeke Barlow
- Max Esterhuizen
- Alan Grant*
- Nicole Martin
*Members of the GAP Initiative Leadership Council
Erica Corder provided communications support. Graphic design and artwork by Chris Dinsmore of Dinsmore Designs and Joan Cox of Peacox Designs. Website design and maintenance by Ironistic. Event and video production services by CLE Productions. Copy editing by Bobbi Hoffman.
Suggested citation: Steensland, A. (2021), 2021 Global Agricultural Productivity Report: Climate for sustainable agricultural growth. T. Thompson (Ed.) Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Photos in the report are attributed and used with permission. Photos without attribution are in the public domain. Cover photo credits: Sara Fajardo, CIP, 2018, International Rice Research Institute/CGIAR.
The GAP Report, including the charts, graphs, infographics, and artwork, are available for non-commercial public use, reprint, or citation without further permission, provided it includes credit to the author, the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the Virginia Tech Foundation. Any reuse of charts or graphs in the GAP Report must also include the source information. Permission is required from the author to alter original GAP Report materials, including the charts, graphs, infographics, and artwork.
