Relocate 10 billion livestock to reduce harmful nitrogen pollution exposure for 90% of China's population

Z Bai, X Fan, X Jin, Z Zhao, Y Wu, O Oenema, G Velthof… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Livestock production in China is increasingly located near urban areas, exposing human
populations to nitrogen pollution via air and water. Here we analyse livestock and human …

Water quality management could halve future water scarcity cost-effectively in the Pearl River Basin

S Baccour, G Goelema, T Kahil, J Albiac… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Reducing water scarcity requires both mitigation of the increasing water pollution and
adaptation to the changing availability and demand of water resources under global change …

Fertilizer application rate and nutrient use efficiency in Chinese greenhouse vegetable production

Z Wang, D Li, NS Gruda, Z Duan, X Li - Resources, Conservation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
China's greenhouse vegetable production has rapidly expanded over 30 years. We
reviewed 476 papers from 1990 to 2021 to investigate the changes in the conventional …

Biochar application with reduced chemical fertilizers improves soil pore structure and rice productivity

N An, L Zhang, Y Liu, S Shen, N Li, Z Wu, J Yang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar is an efficient amendment to improve soil quality and crop productivity, but the
potential of biochar as a substitute for chemical fertilizers is still unknown. Here we …

Rebuilding the crop-livestock integration system in China——Based on the perspective of circular economy

Z Han, C Han, Z Shi, J Li, E Luo - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
From the perspective of the agricultural circular economy, rebuilding the crop-livestock
integration system contributes a lot to improving the recycling rate of livestock manure, and …

Role of organic and conservation agriculture in ammonia emissions and crop productivity in China

P Xu, G Li, BZ Houlton, L Ma, D Ai, L Zhu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
There is an increasing food demand with growing population and limited land for agriculture.
Conventional agriculture with nitrogen (N) fertilizer applications, however, is a key source of …

Manure amendment can reduce rice yield loss under extreme temperatures

X Zhu, J Chen, S Huang, W Li, J Penuelas… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Extreme temperatures are predicted to become increasingly common due to climate change,
threatening the sustainability and profitability of global rice production. Manure amendment …

The role of public agricultural extension services in driving fertilizer use in rice production in China

Y Lin, R Hu, C Zhang, K Chen - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Fertilizer overuse causes serious environmental degradation, and it is important to identify
the influencing factors of fertilizer use. To feed the largest population worldwide, China has …

City-level decoupling between livestock and crop production and its effect on fertilizer usage: Evidence from China

X Kang, M Du, Q Liu, H Du, W Zou, L Zhao, Y Yin… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
China is one of the largest producers of livestock production and also with tremendous
fertilizer consumption in crop production, regional decoupling between livestock and crop …

Innovative nitrogen management strategy reduced N2O emission while maintaining high pepper yield in subtropical condition

F Zhang, X Ma, X Gao, H Cao, F Liu, J Wang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
High N fertilizer inputs in subtropical vegetable systems under the warm and humid climatic
conditions increase the risk of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions. However, there is limited …