Food security and overuse of agrochemicals: evidence from China’s major grain-producing areas policy

Ji, Xing; Yin, Runsheng; Zhang, Hongxiao

doi:10.1007/s11356-023-26620-2

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“…Agricultural production around the world is currently dependent on the use of pesticides, thereby making the utilization of them and their effects widely discussed research topics. Pesticides are used in agriculture to protect crops from pests, pathogens, and weeds, thereby improving crop yield and quality, and are considered important tools for ensuring food security [23][24][25]. However, many studies show that pesticide use also has a negative impact on the Sustainable Development Goals [26].…”

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“…Pesticide poisoning has serious effects on children's health and development, including damage to the nervous system, immune system, and reproductive system. Studies in developing countries show that overuse and misuse of pesticides are more common due to the lack of effective regulatory and training mechanisms [25,33,34]. Therefore, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, it is necessary to reduce the use of pesticides and improve the sustainability of agriculture (Figure 2 [26,35]).…”

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“…Varghese and Erickson [32] found that I rates of pesticide poisoning among children due to widespread use and p of pesticides. Pesticide poisoning has serious effects on children's health and including damage to the nervous system, immune system, and reproductive ies in developing countries show that overuse and misuse of pesticides are due to the lack of effective regulatory and training mechanisms [25,33,34] achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, it is necessary to reduce the us and improve the sustainability of agriculture (Figure 2 [26,35]). Some scholars have conducted studies to identify the root causes of pes by farmers.…”

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Evolutionary Game of Pesticide Reduction Management for Sustainable Agriculture: An Analysis Based on Local Governments, Farmers, and Consumers

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Promoting pesticide reduction is a critical component of achieving sustainable agriculture. However, the challenges involved in coordinating diverse stakeholder demands pose difficulties in promoting pesticide reduction behavior. To reveal the evolutionary paths of the decision-making processes of each player under various influencing factors and optimize pesticide reduction policies, this paper proposes a three-way evolutionary game model that considers the interests of the local governments, farmers, and consumers. The study reveals six stable equilibrium strategies in the evolutionary game system of pesticide reduction for sustainable agriculture (SA). Under polycentric governance, ideal states allow local governments to regulate farmers’ pesticide reduction and consumers’ purchases of green agricultural products. Regulatory measures such as providing technical and in-kind subsidies for pesticide reduction, imposing penalties for the overuse of pesticides, and promoting public awareness influence farmers’ and consumers’ decisions when it comes to reducing pesticides and purchasing green produce. Moreover, the total benefits of pesticide reduction for farmers and the utility of green produce consumption for consumers are primary factors that influence the evolutionary game system’s eventual evolution toward different stable equilibrium strategies. These factors primarily affect the supply and demand of green products, which in turn impacts pesticide reduction. This study enhances the policy analysis of pesticide reduction and provides valuable insights into constructing a pesticide reduction policy system based on polycentric governance.

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2023

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“…Therefore, the food industry has adopted profitable grain varieties [3], genetic modified grains and introduced new plant technologies [4] to create a better food security and productivity [5]. These methods have formed a high dependency on agrochemical products [6], causing an impact on agricultural soil due to certain contamination, erosion, pollution, and plague resistance [7] which can lead to high social [5] and biodiversity effects in the long term [7]. Moreover, it is projected that the enhancement of the remaining farmland using the intensification of plants still requires new agricultural cultivation areas which could accelerate the environmental impacts [2].…”

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Horticulture Irrigation Systems and Aquaculture Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

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Parra-Pacheco

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The expansion of food production is getting more important due to a rising world population, which is relying on food security on a regional and local scale. Intensive food production systems create a negative impact on the regional ecosystem because of agrochemical pollution and nutrient rich water discharges into nearby rivers. Furthermore, these systems are highly depending on regional water resources causing water scarcity and soil erosion due to the overexploitation of natural resources in general. The objective of this article is to review the water usage in the two most water intensive food production systems, agriculture and aquaculture showing lacking areas, like system management and climate change, which must be considered in the implementation of sustainable water footprint. In addition, the review includes an analysis if the combination of both production system into aquaponic food production and the possibilities of water saving. There are a variety of water footprint analyses for crop and aquatic animal production, but there is also a lack of information about the system management including irrigation systems, system cleaning processes, water substitution, pond removal, evaporation due to climate change and especially in aquaculture, the water footprint of industrial elaborated fish feed.

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“…Therefore, the food industry has adopted profitable grain varieties [3] and genetically modified grains and introduced new plant technologies [4] to create better food security and productivity [5]. These methods have formed a high dependency on agrochemical products [6], causing an impact on agricultural soil due to certain contamination, erosion, pollution, and plague resistance [7], which can lead to high social [5] and biodiversity-based effects in the long term [7]. Moreover, it is projected that the enhancement of the remaining farmland using the intensification of plants still requires new agricultural cultivation areas, which could accelerate the environmental impacts [2].…”

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confidence: 99%

Horticultural Irrigation Systems and Aquacultural Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

Schoor,

Arenas-Salazar,

Parra-Pacheco

et al. 2024

Agriculture

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The expansion of food production is becoming more important due to a rising world population, which is relying on food security on regional and local scales. Intensive food production systems exert a negative impact on the regional ecosystem because of agrochemical pollution and nutrient-rich water discharging into nearby rivers. Furthermore, these systems highly depend on regional water resources, causing water scarcity and soil erosion due to the overexploitation of natural resources in general. The objective of this article is to review the water usage in the two most water-intensive food production systems, agriculture and aquaculture, showing lacking areas like system management and climate change, which must be considered in the implementation of a sustainable water footprint. In addition, the review includes an analysis of the combination of both production systems in aquaponic food production and the possibilities of water saving. There are a variety of analyses related to water usage for crop and aquatic animal production, but in these analyses, there is a lack of information about system management in general, which includes cleaning processes, water substitution, pond removal, water evaporation, and, especially in aquaculture, the water usage required for industrially elaborated fish feed.

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Food security and overuse of agrochemicals: evidence from China’s major grain-producing areas policy

Cited by 12 publications

References 53 publications

Evolutionary Game of Pesticide Reduction Management for Sustainable Agriculture: An Analysis Based on Local Governments, Farmers, and Consumers

Evolutionary Game of Pesticide Reduction Management for Sustainable Agriculture: An Analysis Based on Local Governments, Farmers, and Consumers

Horticulture Irrigation Systems and Aquaculture Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

Horticultural Irrigation Systems and Aquacultural Water Usage: A Perspective for the Use of Aquaponics to Generate a Sustainable Water Footprint

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