Conserving fertilizer in China's rural-agricultural development: The reversal shifts and the county-specific EKC evidence from Hubei

This paper examines China's fertilizer conservation in 1978–2017. The provincial data displays a positive reversal shift consistent to the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in fertilizer application. The occurrences of applying less fertilizer but achieving higher farming output, is...

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Main Authors: Yun Liu, Warren Mabee, Huiwen Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Cleaner Environmental Systems
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789421000428