Emergy analysis of grain production systems on large-scale farms in the North China Plain based on LCA

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-78

  Wang, Xiaolong ^a   Chen, Yuanquan ^a   Sui, Peng ^a   Gao, Wangsheng ^a   Qin, Feng ^a   Zhang, Jiansheng ^a   Wu, Xia ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergy analysis; Grain production system; Large scale farm; LCA; North china plain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRONOMY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; EMERGY; FARMING SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84901254571     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Brown M.T., Ulgiati S. Emergy-based indices and ratios to evaluate sustainability: monitoring economies and technology toward environmentally sound innovation. Ecol. Eng. 1997, 9:51-69.
2. Brown M.T., Ulgiati S. Emergy analysis and environmental accounting. Encyclopedia Energy 2004, 2:329-354.
3. Brandt-Williams, S., 2002. Emergy of Florida Agriculture. Folio #4. Handbook of Emergy Evaluation. Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
4. Cavalett O., Ortega E. Emergy, nutrients balance, and economic assessment of soybean production and industrialization in Brazil. J. Cleaner Prod. 2009, 17:762-771.
5. Cavalett O., Queiroz J.F., Ortega E. Emergy assessment of integrated production systems of grains, pig and fish in small farms in the South Brazil. Ecol. Model. 2006, 193:205-224.
6. Chen D.D., Gao W.S., Sui P., Wu T.L. Dynamic analysis on energy efficiency of modern planting system and grain production-a case study of Luancheng, Hebei. Prog. Geogr. 2008, 27(1):99-104. (in Chinese with English abstract).
7. Chen F. Agricultural Ecology 2011, China Agricultural University Press, Beijing, (in Chinese). second ed.
8. Chen G.O., Jiang M.M., Chen B., Yang Z.F., Lin C. Emergy analysis of Chinese agriculture. Agric., Ecosyst. Environ. 2006, 115:161-173.
9. Cui Z.L., Zhang F.S., Chen X.P., Miao Y.X., Li J.L., Shi L.W., Xu J.F., Ye Y.L., Liu C.S., Yang Z.P., Zhang Q., Huang S.M., Bao D.J. On-farm estimation of indigenous nitrogen supply for site-specific nitrogen management in the North China plain. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosyst. 2008, 81:37-47.
10. Fu G.B., Charles S.P., Yu J.J., Liu C.M. Decadal climatic variability, trend, and future scenarios for the North China Plain. J. Clim. 2009, 22(8):2111-2123.
11. Feng Z.M. Future food security and arable land guarantee for population development in China. Popul. Res. 2007, 31(2):15-29. (in Chinese with English abstract).
12. Giannetti B.F., Ogura Y., Bonilla S.H., Almeida C.M.V.B. Emergy assessment of a coffee farm in Brazilian Cerrado considering in a broad form the environmental services, negative externalities and fair price. Agric. Syst. 2011, 104:679-688.
13. Ghaley B.B., Porter J.R. Emergy synthesis of a combined food and energy production system compared to a conventional wheat (Triticum aestivum) production system. Ecol. Ind. 2013, 24:534-542.
14. Gong W., Yan X.Y., Wang J.Y., Hu T.X., Gong Y.B. Long-term manuring and fertilization effects on soil organic carbon pools under a wheat-maize cropping system in North China Plain. Plant Soil 2009, 314:67-76.
15. He Y., Hua K.L., Wang H., Huang Y.F., Chen D.L., Li B.G., Li Y. Modeling of water and nitrogen utilization of layered soil profiles under a wheat-maize cropping system. Math. Comput. Model. 2013, 58:596-605.
16. Hu S., Mo X.G., Lin Z.H., Qiu J.X. Emergy assessment of a wheat-maize rotation system with different water assignments in the North China Plain. Environ. Manage. 2010, 46:643-657.
17. Ingwersen W.W. Uncertainty characterization for emergy values. Ecol. Model. 2010, 221:445-452.
18. Jiang M.M., Chen B., Zhou J.B., Tao F.R., Li Z., Yang Z.F., Chen G.Q. Emergy account for biomass resource exploitation by agriculture in China. Energy Policy 2007, 35:4704-4719.
19. Khan S., Hanjra M.A., Mu J.X. Water management and crop production for food security in China: a review. Agricultural water management 2009, 96:349-360.
20. La Rosa A.D., Siracusa G., Cavallaro R. Emergy evaluation of Sicilian red orange production. A comparison between organic and conventional farming. J. Cleaner Prod. 2008, 16:1907-1914.
21. Lefroy E., Rydberg T. Emergy evaluation of three cropping systems in southwestern Australia. Ecol. Model. 2003, 161:195-211.
22. Li Q., Yan J.M. Assessing the health of agricultural land with emergy analysis and fuzzy logic in the major grain-producing region. Catena 2012, 99:9-17.
23. Liu C.M., Zhang X.Y., Zhang Y.Q. Determination of daily evaporation and evapotranspiration of winter wheat and maize by large-scale weighing lysimeter and miro-lysimeter. Agric. For. Meteorol. 2002, 111:109-120.
24. Liu X.W., Chen B.M. Efficiency and sustainability analysis of grain production in Jiangsu and Shaanxi Provinces of China. J. Cleaner Prod. 2007, 15:313-322.
25. Lu H.F., Bai Y., Ren H., Campbell D.E. Integrated emergy, energy and economic evaluation of rice and vegetable production systems in alluvial paddy fields: Implications for agricultural policy in China. J. Environ. Manage. 2010, 91:2727-2735.
26. Lu H.F., Campbell D.E. Ecological and economic dynamics of the Shunde agricultural system under China's small city development strategy. J. Environ. Manage. 2009, 90:2589-2600.
27. Ma J. Analysis of the amount and effect of fertilizer dosage of grain crops by farmer-an case of North Plain China. J. Agrotech. Econ. 2006, 6:36-42. (in Chinese with English abstract).
28. Martin J.F., Diemont S.A.W., Powell E., Stanton M., Levy-Tacher S. Emergy evaluation of the performance and sustainability of three agricultural systems with different scales and management Agriculture. Ecosyst. Environ. 2006, 115:128-140.
29. Ortega E., Cavalett O., Bonifacio R., Watanabe M. Brazilian soybean production: emergy analysis with an expanded scope. Bull. Sci. Technol. Soc. 2005, 25(4):323-334.
30. Odum H.T. Environmental Accounting: Emergy and Environmental Decision Making 1996, Wiley, New York, USA.
31. Odum, H.T., Brown M.T., Brandt-Williams S., 2000. Introduction and global budget, Folio #1. Handbook of Emergy Evaluation. Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
32. Pan J. Accelerating and improving the ability of large-scale operation to realize the sustainable development of grain production. Shanghai Agric. Sci. Technol. 2012, 3:1-2. (in Chinese with English abstract).
33. Pizzigallo A.C.I., Granai C., Borsa S. The joint use of LCA and emergy evaluation for the analysis of two Italian wine farms. J. Environ. Manage. 2008, 86:396-406.
34. Sun H.Y., Shen Y.J., Yu Q., Flerchinger G.N., Zhang Y.Q., Liu C.M., Zhang X.Y. Effect of precipitation change on water balance and WUE of the winter wheat-summer maize rotation in the North China Plain. Agric. Water Manag. 2010, 97:1139-1145.
35. Yang L.L., Jia L.L., Hu C.S., Zhang F.S., Mao R.Z. Revision of fertilizer recommendation for wheat and maize rotation in Taihang piedmont of North China. Trans. Chinese Soc. Agric. Eng. 2007, 23(11):89-94. (in Chinese with English abstract).
36. Ulgiati S., Odum H.T., Bastianoni S. Emergy use, environmental loading and sustainability. An emergy analysis of Italy. Ecol. Model. 1994, 73:215-268.
37. Vassallo P., Bastianoni S., Beiso I., Ridolfi R., Fabiano M. Emergy analysis for the environmental sustainability of an inshore fish farming system. Ecol. Ind. 2007, 7:290-298.
38. Wang F.H., He Z.H., Sayre K., Li S.D., Si J.S., Feng B., Kong L.G. Wheat cropping systems and technologies in China. Field Crops Res. 2009, 111:181-188.
39. Wang H.J., Sui P., Shi Y.Q., Xiong J., Chen Y.Q. Effects of different fertilizing treatments on soil nutrient and yield of wheat. Chinese Agric. Sci. Bull. 2011, 27(18):192-196. (in Chinese with English abstract).
40. Wang L.Q. Considerations about the Necessity of the Scale Operation of Rural Farmland. Sci-Tech Inform. Develop. Econ. 2004, 14(7):89-90. (in Chinese with English abstract).
41. Wang X.L., Chen Y.Q., Sui P., Gao W.S., Qin F., Wu X., Xiong J. Efficiency and sustainability analysis of biogas and electricity production from a large-scale biogas project in China: an emergy evaluation based on LCA. J. Cleaner Prod. 2014, 65:234-245.
42. Xing T.X. Planting pattern and development strategy of combining agriculture and stockbreeding. Res. Agric. Modern. 1999, 20(1):46-49. (in Chinese with English abstract).
43. Xi Y.G., Qin P. Emergy evaluation of organic rice-duck mutualism system. Ecol. Eng. 2009, 35(11):1677-1683.
44. Xu Z.Z., Yua Z.W., Zhao J.Y. Theory and application for the promotion of wheat production in China: past, present and future. J. Sci. Food Agric. 2013, 93:2339-2350.
45. Yang Y.H., Watanabe M., Zhang X.Y., Hao X.H., Zhang J.Q. Estimation of groundwater use by crop production simulated by DSSAT-wheat and DSSAT-maize models in the piedmont region of the North China Plain. Hydrol. Process. 2006, 20(13):2787-2802.
46. Yang Z.F., Jiang M.M., Chen B., Zhou J.B., Chen G.Q., Li S.C. Solar emergy evaluation for Chinese economy. Energy Policy 2010, 38:875-886.
47. Zan X.C., Zhou G.Y., Wu L.N., Wang S., Hu X.X., Lu W., Wang B.J. Present status of wheat quality in China. J. Triticeae Crops 2006, 26(6):46-49. (in Chinese with English abstract).
48. Zhang D.Y., Ling F.L., Zhang L.F., Yang S.Q., Liu X.T., Gao W.S. Emergy analysis of planting system at Gongzhuling county in the main grain production region in Northeast China Plain. Trans. Chinese Soc. Agric. Eng. 2005, 21(6):12-17. (in Chinese with English abstract).
49. Zhang L.X., Ulgiati S., Yang Z.F., Chen B. Emergy evaluation and economic analysis of three wetland fish farming systems in Nansi Lake area, China. J. Environ. Manage. 2011, 92:683-694.
50. Zhang X.Y., Dong P., Hu C.S. Conserving groundwater for irrigation in the North China Plain. Irrig. Sci. 2003, 21:159-166.