The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa

GN Falconnier, R Cardinael, M Corbeels… - Outlook on …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Can farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) boost crop yields and improve food availability
without using more mineral fertilizer? This question has been at the center of lively debates …

Decline in atmospheric nitrogen deposition in China between 2010 and 2020

L Liu, Z Wen, S Liu, X Zhang, X Liu - Nature Geoscience, 2024 - nature.com
The deposition of atmospheric nitrogen sourced from emissions has broad environmental
consequences, but long-term measurements of recent air pollution control and nitrogen …

Non-Thermal Plasma as Environmentally-Friendly Technology for Agriculture: A Review and Roadmap

F Bilea, M Garcia-Vaquero, M Magureanu… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
New approaches are required in the agricultural sector to keep pace with the ever-growing
demand for food in the context of climate change and resource deterioration and avoiding …

Plasma-assisted ammonia synthesis under mild conditions for hydrogen and electricity storage: Mechanisms, pathways, and application prospects

F Gong, Y Jing, R Xiao - Frontiers in Energy, 2024 - Springer
Ammonia, with its high hydrogen storage density of 17.7 wt.%(mass fraction), cleanliness,
efficiency, and renewability, presents itself as a promising zero-carbon fuel. However, the …

On the contribution of atmospheric reactive nitrogen deposition to nitrogen burden in a eutrophic Lake in eastern China

W Li, X Wang, W Song, Z Zhang, X Wang, X Liu, T Ma… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Although it has been demonstrated that atmospheric reactive nitrogen (ie, Nr mainly
including NH 3, NH 4+, NO x, NO 3− and etc.) deposition has substantial impacts on …

Increasing winter wheat yield and nitrogen utilization, and reducing residual soil nitrogen in semi-humid areas: A study matching deep fertilizer application with …

Y Wang, Y Xu, Q Guo, H Li, P Zhang, T Cai… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The deep fertilizer application (DF) has been recommended as an effective strategy for
promoting crop growth and yield formation. However, the controversial discussion revolves …

Nitrogen use efficiencies, flows, and losses of typical dairy farming systems in Inner Mongolia

M Qili, Z Zhao, J Bao, N Wu, B Gou, Y Ying… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Dairy farming is a notable source of nitrogen (N) emissions, impacting both atmospheric and
aquatic ecosystems, thus necessitating a detailed analysis of nutrient dynamics to curtail …

Increase in Agricultural-Derived NHx and Decrease in Coal Combustion-Derived NOx Result in Atmospheric Particulate N–NH4+ Surpassing N–NO3 in the …

ZE Zhang, J Li, R Zhang, C Tian, Z Sun… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic active nitrogen significantly influences marine
primary productivity and contributes to eutrophication. The form of nitrogen deposition has …

Tracking Carbon and Ammonia Emission Flows of China's Nitrogen Fertilizer System: Implications for Domestic and International Trade

L Luo, K Wang, S Liu, H Liu, L Tong… - … Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
China is the world's largest producer, consumer, and exporter of synthetic nitrogen (N)
fertilizer. To assess the impact of domestic demand and international exports, we quantified …

NPKGRIDS: a global georeferenced dataset of N, P2O5, and K2O fertilizer application rates for 173 crops

TH Nguyen, FHM Tang, G Conchedda, L Casse… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
We introduce NPKGRIDS, a new geospatial dataset, providing for the first time data on
application rates for all three main plant nutrients, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P, in terms of …