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DOI	10.1038/s41893-018-0143-8
	A technology-forcing approach to reduce nitrogen pollution
	Kanter D.R.; Searchinger T.D.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	544
结束页码	552
卷号	1 期号:10
英文摘要	Nitrogen pollution has exceeded safe levels outlined in the the planetary boundaries literature. As agricultural production continues to intensify, pollution abatement will require acute increases in nitrogen-use efficiency. Policies that rely on the voluntary adoption of farm-level management practices have rarely led to significant reductions in nitrogen pollution and are unlikely to achieve the required efficiency improvements. Enhanced-efficiency fertilizers offer a promising opportunity, but have modest adoption rates and receive limited research support. Here we propose a policy to increase farmer adoption modelled on the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards used to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles in the United States. This programme would require the fertilizer industry to increase the proportion of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers in traditional fertilizer over time, providing incentives for companies to improve both their products and their understanding of where their products are most effective. Using the US corn sector as a case study, we estimate that such a policy could generate net economic benefits of US$5–8 billion by 2030. © 2018, Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agriculture; Economics; Efficiency; Fertilizers; Fuel economy; Nitrogen; Agricultural productions; Corporate average fuel-economy standards; Efficiency improvement; Enhanced efficiency; Fertilizer industry; Nitrogen pollution; Nitrogen-use efficiency; Pollution abatement; Pollution control
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/163274
作者单位	Department of Environmental Studies, New York University, New York, NY 10003, United States; The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Robertson Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08854, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kanter D.R.,Searchinger T.D.. A technology-forcing approach to reduce nitrogen pollution[J],2018,1(10).
APA	Kanter D.R.,&Searchinger T.D..(2018).A technology-forcing approach to reduce nitrogen pollution.Nature Sustainability,1(10).
MLA	Kanter D.R.,et al."A technology-forcing approach to reduce nitrogen pollution".Nature Sustainability 1.10(2018).