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Net-Zero Emissions for Sustainable Food Production and Land Management
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Net-Zero Emissions for Sustainable Food Production and Land Management

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2024 | Viewed by 541

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Zhengqin Xiong

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College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: carbon footprint; nitrogen footprint; reactive nitrogen; greenhouse gases; nitrous oxide; greenhouse gas intensity; carbon budget; biochar; nitrogen use efficiency
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Prof. Dr. Jianying Shang

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College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: biochar; carbon sequestration; soil colloid; colloid fate and transport

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, more and more industries and companies are pledging to become carbon neutral, net-zero or even carbon negative to combat global climate changes. Net-zero emissions balance the total amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) released and the amount removed from the atmosphere, and serve as the core of carbon neutrality. How is it possible to achieve net-zero emissions for sustainable food production or land management while ensuring our food security and humanity’s welfare? Future sustainable agriculture should explore systems with low net GHG emissions and GHG intensities at high crop productivity and low environmental damage costs. Research and reviews on greenhouse gas emissions and mitigations, life cycle assessments and net ecosystem economic benefits are invited for submission to this Special Issue in order to foster a better understanding of this issue among scientists and policy makers.

Prof. Dr. Zhengqin Xiong
Prof. Dr. Jianying Shang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agronomy is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • carbon footprint
  • greenhouse gases
  • greenhouse gas intensity
  • carbon budget
  • biochar
  • carbon sequestration
  • net ecosystem economic benefit
  • profile carbon storage

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Evaluation of the Best Management Practices for Reducing Phosphorus Load in a Watershed in Terms of Cost and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
by Dae Seong Jeong, Joon Ha Kim, Jin Hwi Kim and Yongeun Park
Agronomy 2024, 14(5), 906; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/agronomy14050906 (registering DOI) - 26 Apr 2024
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Effective management of water quality in watersheds is crucial because it is directly linked to the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems. In conventional watershed management, best management practices (BMPs) have been instrumental in addressing deteriorating water quality issues caused by non-point source pollution. Greenhouse [...] Read more.
Effective management of water quality in watersheds is crucial because it is directly linked to the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems. In conventional watershed management, best management practices (BMPs) have been instrumental in addressing deteriorating water quality issues caused by non-point source pollution. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have emerged as a global concern, necessitating immediate and diverse environmental actions to mitigate their impacts. This study aims to explore BMPs that maximize total phosphorus (TP) load removal efficiencies, while minimizing costs and GHG emissions within watersheds, using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm III (NSGA-III). The Yeongsan River Watershed between 2012 and 2021 was selected as the study area. Hydrological and BMP data were analyzed. Applying identical BMPs to the watershed showed that the BMPs with high TP removal efficiency may not be effective in terms of cost and GHG emissions. Therefore, the optimal combination of BMPs for the Yeongsan River Watershed was determined using NSGA-III considering TP removal efficiency, cost, and GHG emissions. This study is the first to consider GHG emissions at the watershed level when applying BMPs and is expected to contribute to the development of BMP implementation incorporating GHG emissions. Full article
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