Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
Volume 187, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4569-4
Keywords
Fuzzy logic method; Empirical formula; Nitrateleaching; N2O emission; Environmental-friendly agricultural practices
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Funding
- National ST Major Project [2012ZX07101004, 2014ZX07105001]
- Agricultural Clean Watershed Innovation Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China [31170416]
- Special Foundation for Basic Scientific Research of Central Public Welfare Institute [BSRF201209]
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Agricultural nonpoint source pollution in China has been the major environmental problem, so environmental-friendly agricultural practices (EAPs) must be promoted to improve environmental quality. However, the most suitable practices for each agricultural region must first be identified. Thus, in the presented study a fuzzy-logic method and a revised empirical formula were used to assess nitrate leakage and N2O emissions, respectively, and to compare five EAPs in Xinxiang, a major grain-producing county in Henan Province, China. The required information was collected in face-to-face interviews with 10 extension service experts from the county, using a questionnaire to explore their opinions of the EAPs currently adopted by smallholder farmers, as well as the amounts, frequencies, varieties and proportions of nitrogen fertilizers applied annually. The results indicate that reduced tillage, soil testing and fertilizer recommendations would be the most appropriate practices to initially promote on a large scale in Xinxiang.
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