Reducing China's fertilizer use by increasing farm size

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 26-32

  Ju, Xiaotang ^a   Gu, Baojing ^b   Wu, Yiyun ^b   Galloway, James N ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effective; Fertilizer subsidy; Food security; Labor input; Smallholder; Zero increase plan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COST ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FARM SIZE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; INNOVATION; SMALLHOLDER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84983514585     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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