Localized nitrogen management strategies can halve fertilizer use in Chinese staple crop production

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第一作者: Liu, Yize

作者: Liu, Yize;Zhang, Liying;Zhang, Lixiao;Hao, Yan;Zhuang, Minghao;Zhang, Rui;Zhuang, Minghao;Zhang, Rui;Liang, Xia;Lam, Shu Kee;Chen, Deli;Liang, Xia;Malik, Arunima;Li, Mengyu;Lenzen, Manfred;Malik, Arunima

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期刊名称:NATURE FOOD ( 影响因子:21.9; 五年影响因子:28.3 )

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年卷期: 2024 年 5 卷 10 期

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摘要: Nitrogen (N) management is the key to achieving food security and environmental sustainability. Here we analyse N flows using a localized N management model for wheat, maize and rice in 1,690 Chinese counties, with a breakdown of multiple reactive N (Nr) loss pathways. Results show that the total N input for producing these three staple crops in China was 22.2 Tg N in 2015, of which 7.4 Tg N was harvested as grain N and 4.0 Tg N was Nr losses in the forms of NH3 (47%), NOx (10%), N2O (3%), and leaching and runoff (40%). By assuming a production level equivalent to that of the top 10% of counties with the highest N use efficiency and yields surpassing the regional average, we reveal the possibility of achieving national staple crop production targets while improving net ecosystem economic benefit in 2050 through a 49% reduction (10.4 Tg N) in synthetic N fertilizer inputs and a 52% decrease (2.9 Tg N) in Nr losses. Staple crop production in China involves high levels of synthetic fertilizer use and losses to the environment. Using a localized nitrogen management model for wheat, maize and rice, this study estimates the environmental and economic benefits of improving nitrogen use efficiency at the county level.

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