Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

Enhanced mitigation in nutrient surplus driven by multilateral crop trade patterns

  • Hongwei Lu,
  • Wei Feng,
  • Pengdong Yan,
  • Jiajie Kang,
  • Chunfang Jiang,
  • Qing Yu,
  • Tianci Yao,
  • Yuxuan Xue,
  • Dongzhe Liang,
  • Yiming Yan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00623-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Multilateral crop trading that maximizes the system benefit and minimizes the inequality level of water-land benefits could effectively mitigate both nutrient surplus and footprint, according to an integrated evaluation model for China and central Asia.