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The edited volume focuses on modern agro-technologies for achieving climate smart agriculture in China and meeting the UN sustainable development goals (especially SDGs 2, 13, and 15). It describes the technologies being adopted in China for meeting food security challenges, with the main focus being on soils.
China is a large and diverse country, and what happens there has a global impact. In the past decades, China has achieved remarkable increases in food production, feeding nearly 20% of the world population with less than 10% of the arable land. This great achievement was mainly based on the intensive use of chemical inputs like fertilizers and pesticides, which in turn caused environmental pollution and food safety issues. China has fully realized this important issue and has adopted a "Zero Growth" policy to restrict the further increase in chemical fertilizers after 2020. Chinese scientists have developed regional optimum crop management practices and guidelines to increase crop yield and nutrient use efficiencies compared with current farming practices. Chinese agricultural soil is also currently in critical condition with severe environmental pollution. These agricultural practices need improvement to maintain sustainable food production with minimum environmental footprint. At present, the traditional mode of agricultural production in China is difficult to sustain. This book offers case studies and sustainable solutions for transforming agricultural sciences in China.
The book is a useful reading material for stakeholders such as governments, policymakers, research institutions, and farmers.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Precision agriculture and nitrogen management technologies.- Chapter 3. Food safety and the importance of comprehensive analytical methods for pesticides and other contaminants.- Chapter 4. Artificial intelligence and hyperspectral modeling for soil management.- Chapter 5. Biochar-based technology in food production, climate change mitigation and sustainable agricultural soil management - post Terra Preta era.- Chapter 6. Diversity and ecological functions of soil microbial community in black soil in northeast China.- Chapter 7. Lignosulphonates as soil amendments in agriculture.- Chapter 8. Ecological functions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agriculture.- Chapter 9. The agro-extension service evolution in China and Norway: different pathways to tackle evolving challenges.- Chapter 10. Climate smart agriculture in China: current status and future perspectives.- Chapter 11. China-Africa joint force on integrated pest and disease management (IPM) for food security - fall armyworm as a showcase.
About the author
Nicholas Clarke, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
Deliang Peng, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing China
Jihong Liu Clarke, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
