Identifying synergistic solutions for the food-energy-water nexus via plastic film mulching cultivation

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Zhang, Li

作者： Zhang, Li;Zhang, Li;Zhang, Li;Zhang, Li;Yang, Yifan;Li, Feng-Min;Zhang, Feng;Li, Zhansheng;Huang, Jie;Zhang, Feng

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关键词： Denitrification-decomposition model; Maize yield; Energy budget; Water footprint; Food -energy -water nexus indicator

期刊名称：SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT （ 影响因子：9.8； 五年影响因子：9.6 ）

ISSN： 0048-9697

年卷期： 2024 年 920 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Food security, water scarcity, and excessive fossil energy use pose considerable challenges to sustainable agriculture. To understand how rain -fed farming systems on the Loess Plateau, China, reconcile yield increases with ecological conservation, we conducted an integrated evaluation based on the denitrification-decomposition (DNDC) model, agricultural statistics data using the Food -Energy -Water (FEW) nexus indicator. The results showed that maize yields with ridge -furrow plastic film mulching (PFM) were 3479, 8942, and 11,124 kg ha- 1 under low (50 kg N ha - 1), medium (200 kg N ha - 1), and high (350 kg N ha - 1) nitrogen (N) fertilizer rates, respectively, and that PFM increased yield and water use efficiency (WUE) by 110-253 % and 166-205 % compared to using no mulching (control, CK), respectively. Plastic film mulching also increased net energy (126-436 %), energy use efficiency (81-578 %), energy productivity (100-670 %), and energy profitability (126-994 %), and nitrogen fertilizer, compound fertilizer, and diesel fuel consumption by agricultural machinery were the main energy inputs. The PFM system reduced water consumption during the maize growing season and the green water footprint and gray water footprint decreased by 66-74 % and 44-68 %, respectively. The FEW nexus indicator, based on a high production at low environmental cost scenario, was greater under the PFM system and had the widest spatial distribution area at the medium -N application rate. Among the environmental factors, the nexus indicator was negatively correlated with precipitation (-0.37), air temperature (-0.36), and the aridity index (-0.36), but positively correlated with elevation (0.17). Our results suggest that the PFM system promotes resource -saving while increasing yields and moves dryland agriculture in an environmentally friendly direction, thus promoting the sustainable development of agroecosystems.

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