Opportunity and shift of nitrogen use in China

Opportunity and shift of nitrogen use in China

It is never an easy task for China to feed 1.4 billion people with only 7% of the world’s arable land. With nearly 30% of the world’s nitrogen (N) fertilizer applied, China achieves high crop yields while facing N pollution resulting from excessive N input. Here, we calculate the farmland N budget o...

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Main Authors: Wangzheng Shen, Jing He, Sisi Li, Yanhua Zhuang, Hongyuan Wang, Hongbin Liu, Liang Zhang, Andreas Kappler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:Geography and Sustainability
Subjects:
Environmental Kuznets curve
Nitrogen surplus
Greenhouse gas emission
Climate change
Non-point source pollution
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666683923000524

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