Yield data of eleven Central European permaculture sites with reference data from Germany 2019-2022

For this dataset on permaculture yield, we collected yield data of eleven permaculture sites, that work according to organic guidelines, in Germany (7), Switzerland (3) and Luxembourg (1). We used the Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) as index to compare mixed cropping systems of permaculture sites with average monoculture yield data of total and organic German agriculture. An LER of 1 indicates equal yields of the compared polyculture and monoculture. Mean permaculture LER as compared to total German agriculture was 0.80 ± 0.27 and 1.44 ± 0.52 as compared to German organic agriculture.