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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.
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