Inputs for staple crop production in China drive burden shifting of water and carbon footprints transgressing part of provincial planetary boundaries

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dc.contributor.authorFeng, Bianbianen
dc.contributor.authorZhuo, Laen
dc.contributor.authorMekonnen, Mesfin M.en
dc.contributor.authorMarston, Landon T.en
dc.contributor.authorYang, Xien
dc.contributor.authorXu, Zenghuien
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Yilinen
dc.contributor.authorWang, Weien
dc.contributor.authorLi, Zhibinen
dc.contributor.authorLi, Mengen
dc.contributor.authorJi, Xiangxiangen
dc.contributor.authorWu, Puteen
dc.coverage.countryChinaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-21T12:36:59Zen
dc.date.available2022-10-21T12:36:59Zen
dc.date.issued2022-08-01en
dc.description.abstractCrop production is the biggest water user and key contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Increasing crop yields to ensure adequate food supply under water and land scarcity is excessively dependents on intensive agricultural inputs (such as fertilizers, pesticides, agri-films, or energy), resulting in unintended environmental consequences. Supply chains bringing environmental-intensive inputs from their place of production to the croplands. However, most food-related environmental assessments ignore the environmental burden of agricultural input production, trade, and consumption. Here, we estimate spatially-detailed water (WF) and carbon footprints (CF) of wheat, maize, and rice production in China with extended system boundary from upstream raw material mining to the field. The agricultural inputs account for up to 24% and 89% of a crop's WF and CF, respectively, at the provincial level. The total local generated WF in Chinese northern provinces and CF in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia provinces for producing crops and agricultural inputs transgresses the corresponding downscaled blue water and carbon planetary boundaries. The study broadens the scope of traditional environmental impact assessments in agricultural production and sheds light on the significances to manage the linkages between the crop production and the agricultural inputs' upstream supply chains towards more efficient water use and less greenhouse gas emissions in food system.en
dc.description.notesThe study is financially supported by the Program for Cultivating Outstanding Talents on Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, People's Republic of China [13210321] , and the National Youth Talents Plan.en
dc.description.sponsorshipProgram for Cultivating Outstanding Talents on Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, People's Republic of China [13210321]; National Youth Talents Planen
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118803en
dc.identifier.eissn1879-2448en
dc.identifier.issn0043-1354en
dc.identifier.other118803en
dc.identifier.pmid35809385en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/112248en
dc.identifier.volume221en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevieren
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectCrop productionen
dc.subjectAgricultural inputsen
dc.subjectWater footprinten
dc.subjectCarbon footprinten
dc.subjectPlanetary boundaryen
dc.subjectChinaen
dc.titleInputs for staple crop production in China drive burden shifting of water and carbon footprints transgressing part of provincial planetary boundariesen
dc.title.serialWater Researchen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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