As most of us are aware of China's pollution problem and the legislation that is being brought to mind to reduce air pollutions. Well now, farmers in China are understanding the greenhouse gas emissions thanks to a 10 year long study. Chinese farmers are using more than 300 kg or nitrogen per hectare per year which is 4 times the global average. This is extremely alarming. With the study having been done, they realize that much fertilizer does not need to be used to yield maize, wheat, or rice. There have been many other recommendations for timing of the applications. Now farmers have a variety of different management practices for their agriculture and they will begin to use to hopefully reduce the nitrogen being used due to fertilizer.
Reference:
Hauptman, Hannah (2018). Decade-Long study helps 21 million Chinese farmers cut fertilizer use. Retrieved from https://e360.yale.edu/digest/decade-long-study-helps-21-million-chinese-farmers-cut-fertilizer-use
Hi Tina,
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful news to hear. Every time my family and I go back to China to visit family we are very careful on the food we eat because we have heard many stories about the amount of pesticide used, and giving steroids to chickens so they could growing quickly. I think they are taking a great path to reducing greenhouse gas.
This is so wonderful to learn about! You're right, China is known to have a lot of pollution issues with their air as well as the toxic pesticides that they use on their crops. I am happy they are using alternative methods of managing their crops because of the 10 year long study that had been done. This is really exciting and encouraging news to learn.
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