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Environmental and Economic Impacts of Chemical Fertilizer Use: A Case Study of the North China Plain

Powell, Jane Elizabeth
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6674-8615
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523891542371046

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2018, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, East Asian Studies.
Since the 1960’s China’s agricultural system has gone through drastic changes. Modernization of this system necessitated adoption of key innovations, including new seed varieties, farm management practices, and the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This thesis examines the impacts of three major transformations of China’s agricultural economy, including the Socialist Period, the Green Revolution, and the Reform Period. A production function was used to estimate the effect of different agricultural inputs, regions, and decades for China’s provincial grain production, including wheat, maize, and rice. The ordinary least squared estimates demonstrate the changes in China’s agricultural system in this period. The North China Plain’s (NCP) agricultural system was used as a case study, and demonstrated the changes in intensity of grain production from 1960-2016. Increasing chemical fertilizer use was found to be the most important change in China’s agricultural inputs, as changes in other inputs such as land, labor, and agricultural machinery were constrained. Chemical fertilizer use was found to be more effective for grain production in the NCP compared to other provinces. However, high or poorly balanced chemical fertilizer applications in this region has important environmental health consequences. This fertilizer intensive production is reinforced by Chinese farmers’ needs for ensured income and management practices introduced during the Green Revolution. China’s environmental policy has had limited success in addressing these problems.
Karen Mancl (Committee Chair)
Hongtao Yi (Committee Member)
H. Allen Klaiber (Committee Co-Chair)
Sathya Gopalakrishnan (Committee Member)
98 p.
Agricultural Economics; Agriculture; Asian Studies
China; agriculture; agricultural economics; Green Revolution; Socialist Period; Reform Era; Area Studies; Asian Studies; Chemical Fertilizer; Non Point Source Pollution; Agriculture and Environment; Excessive Fertilizer use; Grain Production

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  • Powell, J. E. (2018). Environmental and Economic Impacts of Chemical Fertilizer Use: A Case Study of the North China Plain [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523891542371046

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Powell, Jane. Environmental and Economic Impacts of Chemical Fertilizer Use: A Case Study of the North China Plain. 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523891542371046.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Powell, Jane. "Environmental and Economic Impacts of Chemical Fertilizer Use: A Case Study of the North China Plain." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523891542371046

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