Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers

Nature

Volumn 555, Issue 7696, 2018, Pages 363-366

  Cui, Zhenling ^a   Zhang, Hongyan ^a   Chen, Xinping ^a   Zhang, Chaochun ^a   Ma, Wenqi ^b   Huang, Chengdong ^a   Zhang, Weifeng ^a   Mi, Guohua ^a   Miao, Yuxin ^a   Li, Xiaolin ^a   Gao, Qiang ^c   Yang, Jianchang ^d   Wang, Zhaohui ^e   Ye, Youliang ^f   Guo, Shiwei ^g   Lu, Jianwei ^h   Huang, Jianliang ^h   Lv, Shihua ⁱ   Sun, Yixiang ^j   Liu, Yuanying ^k   Peng, Xianlong ^k   Ren, Jun ^l   Li, Shiqing ^m   Deng, Xiping ^m   Shi, Xiaojun ⁿ   Zhangc, Qiang ^o   Yang, Zhiping ^o   Tang, Li ^p   Wei, Changzhou ^q   Jia, Liangliang ^r   Zhang, Jiwang ^s   He, Mingrong ^s   Tong, Yanan ^e   Tang, Qiyuan ^t   Zhong, Xuhua ^u   Liu, Zhaohui ^v   Cao, Ning ^w   Kou, Changlin ^x   Ying, Hao ^a   Yin, Yulong ^a   Jiao, Xiaoqiang ^a   Zhang, Qingsong ^a   Fan, Mingsheng ^a   Jiang, Rongfeng ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Dou, Zhengxia ^y   more..

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^c JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Zhejiang Agriculture   (China)

^f HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^j RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^k NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l JILIN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

^m NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^p YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^q SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^r INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

^s SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^t HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^u INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^v SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^w JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^x INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^y UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

AGROECOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP YIELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMISSION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; RICE; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINESE; FOOD SECURITY; GRAIN YIELD; HARVEST; HUMAN; MAIZE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RICE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WHEAT; AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; CHINA; CROP; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD GRAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORYZA; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EDIBLE GRAIN; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FARMERS; FERTILIZERS; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN; ORYZA; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85043581590     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature25785     Document Type: Article

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