Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers

By Zhenling Cui, Hongyan Zhang, Xin-ping Chen, Chaochun Zhang, Wenqi Ma, Chengdong Huang, Weifeng Zhang, Guohua Mi, Y. Miao, Xiao-lin Li and 36 more. Nature, 2018

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Policy distortions, farm size, and the overuse of agricultural chemicals in China (2018, positive): “(11) found that engaging Chinese farmers to adopt science-based management practices is effective in reducing nitrogen use without compromising crop yields.”
Realizing the potential of digital development: The case of agricultural advice (2019, background): “Improved access to agricultural information and targeting of agricultural inputs can raise agricultural productivity and reduce negative environmental footprints ( 11 , 12 ).”
Spatial differentiation characteristics and driving factors of agricultural eco-efficiency in Chinese provinces from the perspective of ecosystem services (2020, background): “Nowadays, with the more prominent resource and environmental problems, ecological efficiency is an effective tool tomeasure resource environment and social economy (Fet, 2004).”
Soil and Crop Management Strategies to Ensure Higher Crop Productivity within Sustainable Environments (2019, background): “Interestingly, recent work provided further evidence of the possibility and feasibility of mobilizing millions of smallholder farmers to adopt recommended integrated soil-crop system management to improve crop production while simultaneously protecting the environment [82].”