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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Robust relationship between yields and nitrogen inputs indicates three ways to reduce nitrogen pollution
Contributor:
Bodirsky, Benjamin Leon;
Müller, Christoph
imprint:
IOP Publishing, 2014
Published in:Environmental Research Letters
Language:
Not determined
DOI:
10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/111005
ISSN:
1748-9326
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
<jats:p>Historic increases in agricultural production came at the expense of substantial environmental burden through nitrogen pollution. Lassaletta <jats:italic>et al</jats:italic> (2014 <jats:italic>Environ. Res. Lett.</jats:italic>
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<jats:bold>9</jats:bold> 105011</jats:ext-link>) examine the historic relationship of crop yields and nitrogen fertilizer inputs globally and find a simple and robust relationship of declining nitrogen use efficiency with increasing nitrogen inputs. This general relationship helps to understand the dilemma between increased agricultural production and nitrogen pollution and allows identifying pathways towards more sustainable agricultural production and necessary associated policies.</jats:p>