A comprehensive framework for assessing the impact of potential agricultural pollution on grain security and human health in economically developed areas

Jiang, Yefeng; Chen, Songchao; Hu, Bifeng; Zhou, Yin; Liang, Zhao; Jia, Xiaolin; Huang, Mingxiang; Wei, Jing; Shi, Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114653

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“…Besides the dumping of livestock into water bodies, another major source of agriculture causes water pollution. Jiang et al [60] disclosed that the reason why the rate of water pollution in China doubled the predicted figure in 2019 was because the government underestimated the amount of pollution that emanates from agricultural to pollute water bodies. In Sun [61] is the exacerbating impact of farm fertiliser on water pollution is discussed.…”

Section: Water Pollution Challenges Facing Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

Progressing towards Environmental Health Targets in China: An Integrative Review of Achievements in Air and Water Pollution under the “Ecological Civilisation and the Beautiful China” Dream

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Zhou

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Sustainability

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Despite the positive effect of industrialisation on health and quality of life indicators across the globe, it is also responsible for the release of chemical toxins into the environment. Thus, the pursuit of economic development through industrialisation has equally nurtured numerous environmental disasters with accompanying catastrophic health effects. China is one of the countries with high carbon emissions, but new policy changes have resulted in massive gains in controlling environmental damage while enhancing the environment-related quality of life. This paper combines the six-step integrative review strategy with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) strategy to determine appropriate exclusion and inclusion criteria to explore the available stock of literature. We note that overall pollution in China fell by 10% between 2014 and 2019 whereas the average fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration of 93 micrograms per cubic meter reduced by 47% by 2019. Beijing exhibited the top 200 most polluted cities in 2019 after recording the lowest PM2.5 ever. All cities that implemented the 2012 Environmental Air Quality Standards reduced the average concentration of PM2.5 and sulfur dioxide by 42–68% by the end of 2018. Improvements in freshwater quality and a decline in water pollution levels were recorded despite increases in economic growth, urbanisation, energy use, trade openness, and agriculture, all of which are major stimulants of pollution. Deterring environmental tariff, tight ecological inspections, closing down of non-compliant producers, heavy investment in environmental control, and the ambitious five year-plan to revitalise renewable energy goals emanating from China’s ecological civilisation masterplan are responsible for these improvements in air and water pollution. China needs to work more aggressively to consolidate the gains already made in order to quicken the actualisation of the ecological civilisation and beautiful China dream.

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Section: Water Pollution Challenges Facing Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

Progressing towards Environmental Health Targets in China: An Integrative Review of Achievements in Air and Water Pollution under the “Ecological Civilisation and the Beautiful China” Dream

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Zhou

et al. 2021

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“…(3) The government needs to improve the living environment of rural residents and the production environment of agriculture, and also build new agricultural infrastructure, in order to increase the physical capital of households, increase the potential demands of households for leisure and cultural functions, and reduce the negative effects of the agricultural environment [79,80].…”

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The Nexus between Rural Household Livelihoods and Agricultural Functions: Evidence from China

Liu

Fang

2021

Agriculture

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Understanding the relationship between households’ livelihoods and agricultural functions is important for regulating and balancing households’ and macrosocieties’ agricultural functional needs and formulating better agricultural policies and rural revitalization strategies. This paper uses peasant household survey data obtained from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) and statistical analysis methods, to analyze the differences in livelihood assets and agricultural functions of households with different livelihood strategies and the relationship between livelihood assets and agricultural functions. Households are categorized based on their livelihood strategies as full-time farming households, part-time farming I households, part-time farming II households, and non-farming households. The agricultural product supply and negative effects of the ecological service function of full-time farming households are higher than those of part-time farming and non-farming households. Part-time farming I households have the strongest social security function, while non-farming households have the weakest social security function. Non-farming households have the strongest leisure and cultural function, while part-time farming I households have the weakest leisure and cultural function. Households’ demand for agricultural functions is affected by livelihood assets. Effective measures should be taken to address contradictions in the agricultural functional demands of households and macrosocieties.

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“…According to Jiang, Chen et al (2020) water pollution in China doubled in 2019 from governments predicted rate because the government underestimated the impact of the contribution of agricultural waste to water pollution. In Sun (Sun, Peng et al 2020) it is revealed that farm fertiliser as a major contributor to water contamination in China has accentuated since 2015.…”

Section: Water Pollutionmentioning

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Progressing Towards Environmental Health Targets in China: A Systematic Review of Achievements in Air and Water Pollution under the “Ecological Civilization and the Beautiful China” Dream

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2020

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Despite the positive effect of industrialization on health and quality of life indicators across the globe, it is also responsible for the release of chemical toxins into the environment and has nurtured numerous environmental disasters with severe health effects. China alone produces more than a third of carbon emissions in the world and currently has the second highest number of pollution-related deaths, after India. There is no issue that underscores the challenges of environmental crisis in China than the gradual acceptance of the existence of the cancer villages. These are entire towns that have been completely written off as so polluted that simply living there is synonymous with high rate of cancer risk. For years, residents and advocacy groups in villages such as Wuli, Yanglingang, Yangqiao and additional 459 identified cancer villages have waged a desperate war to turn the attention of government to the high risk of stomach, liver, kidney and colon cancer in these areas located near heavy industrial complexes. China responded by promoting an ecological civilization and a beautiful China dream as its sustainability blueprint in 2012. Today, this blueprint has been engraved into the national ideology for socio-economic and political orientation. This review therefore revisits the progress made towards environmental health targets under China’s sustainable development strategy. The study systematic explores the extant works on air and water pollution since the “Ecological Civilization and the Beautiful China” Dream.

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A comprehensive framework for assessing the impact of potential agricultural pollution on grain security and human health in economically developed areas

Cited by 39 publications

References 43 publications

Progressing towards Environmental Health Targets in China: An Integrative Review of Achievements in Air and Water Pollution under the “Ecological Civilisation and the Beautiful China” Dream

Progressing towards Environmental Health Targets in China: An Integrative Review of Achievements in Air and Water Pollution under the “Ecological Civilisation and the Beautiful China” Dream

The Nexus between Rural Household Livelihoods and Agricultural Functions: Evidence from China

Progressing Towards Environmental Health Targets in China: A Systematic Review of Achievements in Air and Water Pollution under the “Ecological Civilization and the Beautiful China” Dream

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