With the rapid development of industrialization and agricultural intensification and scale, the
problem of heavy metal pollution in farmland has attracted widespread attention. There exist …

Global consumption of agrochemicals continues to rise, despite growing evidence of their
adverse effects on environmental quality and human health. The extent of increase varies …

Cropland is a main source of global nitrogen pollution,. Mitigating nitrogen pollution from
global croplands is a grand challenge because of the nature of non-point-source pollution …

To meet the growing food demand while addressing the multiple challenges of exacerbating
phosphorus (P) pollution and depleting P rock reserves,,,,,,,,,,,,,–, P use efficiency (PUE, the …

Rapid demographic ageing substantially affects socioeconomic development,,–and
presents considerable challenges for food security and agricultural sustainability,,–, which …

Avoiding excessive agricultural nitrogen (N) use without compromising yields has long been
a priority for both research and government policy in China,. Although numerous rice-related …

Recent evidence shows that carbon emissions in China are likely to peak ahead of 2030.
However, the social and economic impacts of such an early carbon peak have rarely been …

Urbanization has often been considered a threat to food security since it is likely to reduce
the availability of croplands. Using spatial statistics and scenario analysis, we show that an …

Crop production is a large source of atmospheric ammonia (NH3), which poses risks to air
quality, human health and ecosystems,,,–. However, estimating global NH3 emissions from …

China's agricultural sector is dominated by smallholder farms, which mostly exhibit relatively
low nutrient use efficiency, low agricultural income and substantial non-point-source …