Managing nitrogen for sustainable development

X Zhang, EA Davidson, DL Mauzerall, TD Searchinger… - Nature, 2015‏ - nature.com
Improvements in nitrogen use efficiency in crop production are critical for addressing the
triple challenges of food security, environmental degradation and climate change. Such …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of constraints to improved management of fertilizers in China and mitigation of diffuse water pollution from agriculture

LED Smith, G Siciliano - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Complex and inter-related factors explain the excessive use of fertilizer observed in many
intensive farming systems in China, and hence act as barriers to development of a …

Global trends of cropland phosphorus use and sustainability challenges

T Zou, X Zhang, EA Davidson - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
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 …

Effect of agricultural subsidies on the use of chemical fertilizer

L Guo, H Li, X Cao, A Cao, M Huang - Journal of Environmental …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Agricultural subsidies lead to changes in the use of chemical fertilizer by farmers. Using data
from a household survey conducted annually by the Rural Economy Research Center of the …

What could promote farmers to replace chemical fertilizers with organic fertilizers?

Y Wang, Y Zhu, S Zhang, Y Wang - Journal of cleaner production, 2018‏ - Elsevier
To lessen the negative environmental impact of chemical fertilizers, replacing chemical
fertilizers with more organic fertilizers for famers is a good choice. However, most of the …

Predicting climate change mitigation and adaptation behaviors in agricultural production: A comparison of the theory of planned behavior and the Value-Belief-Norm …

L Zhang, J Ruiz-Menjivar, B Luo, Z Liang… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This study compares the predictive power of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the
Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) theory in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation …

Closing yield gaps in China by empowering smallholder farmers

W Zhang, G Cao, X Li, H Zhang, C Wang, Q Liu… - Nature, 2016‏ - nature.com
Sustainably feeding the world's growing population is a challenge,,, and closing yield gaps
(that is, differences between farmers' yields and what are attainable for a given region),, is a …

Reducing China's fertilizer use by increasing farm size

X Ju, B Gu, Y Wu, JN Galloway - Global environmental change, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The excessive use of fertilizer has resulted in serious environmental degradation and a high
health cost in China. Much research has focused on the technological innovation to improve …

Technical training and rice farmers' adoption of low-carbon management practices: the case of soil testing and formulated fertilization technologies in Hubei, China

Y Liu, J Ruiz-Menjivar, L Zhang, J Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
More than a decade ago, the Chinese government created several agricultural programs
with the objective to promote food security and to foster environmental sustainability via the …

Improving nitrogen use efficiency and reducing nitrogen surplus through best fertilizer nitrogen management in cereal production: The case of India and China

TB Sapkota, R Takele - Advances in Agronomy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
China and India are the two top consumers of fertilizer nitrogen (N) in the world not only to
provide food security to 36% of the global population living in the two countries but also due …