Development Trend and Driving Factors of Agricultural Chemical Fertilizer Efficiency in China

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 12; no. 11; p. 4607
• Main Authors: He, Rong, Shao, Chaofeng, Shi, Rongguang, Zhang, Zheyu, Zhao, Run
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2020
• Subjects: 21st century; Agricultural production; Consumption; Crops; Decomposition; Developing countries; Efficiency; Fertilizers; Industrialized nations; LDCs; Nonpoint source pollution; Sustainability; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable development; Trends; China

In China, a high input of chemical fertilizers is currently required for a relatively low increase in agricultural production, and this has resulted in prominent nonpoint source pollution and problems related to the quality of agricultural products. These phenomena threaten China’s implementation of...