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2022
Demand for healthier and higher-priced processed foods in low-income communities : Experimental evidence from Mexico City.

Demand for healthier and higher-priced processed foods in low-income communities : Experimental evidence from Mexico City.

Dominguez-Viera, Marcos E. , Berg, Marrit van den , Donovan, Jason , Perez-Luna, Miriam E. , Ospina-Rojas, Diana , Handgraaf, Michel (2022) Food Quality and Preference…

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2021
An electric field immobilizes heavy metals through promoting combination with humic substances during composting

An electric field immobilizes heavy metals through promoting combination with humic substances during composting

Cao, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, X., Misselbrook, T., Bai, Z., & Ma, L. (2021) The aim of this study was to explore a novel method…

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Equality in river pollution control in China

Equality in river pollution control in China

Li, A., Yuan, Q., Strokal, M., Kroeze, C., Ma, L., & Liu, Y. (2021) Water pollution is a serious problem in China. This study focuses…

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Impact of participatory irrigation management on mulched drip irrigation technology adoption in rural Xinjiang, China

Impact of participatory irrigation management on mulched drip irrigation technology adoption in rural Xinjiang, China

Rao, F., Abudikeranmu, A., Shi, X., Heerink, N., & Ma, X. (2021) Reforms in irrigation management can make important contributions to reducing irrigation water scarcity.…

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Urbanization: an increasing source of multiple pollutants to rivers in the 21st century

Urbanization: an increasing source of multiple pollutants to rivers in the 21st century

Strokal, M., Bai, Z., Franssen, W., Hofstra, N., Koelmans, A., Ludwig, F., Ma. L., van Puijenbroek, P., Spanier, J., Vermeulen, L., van Vliet, M., Wijnen,…

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Operational costs and neglect of end-users are the main barriers to improving manure treatment in intensive livestock farms

Operational costs and neglect of end-users are the main barriers to improving manure treatment in intensive livestock farms

Tan, M., Hou, Y., Zhang, L., Shi., Long, W., Ma, W., Zhang, T., Li, F., Oenema, O., (2021) Improving manure management is essential to actualise…

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Seasonal river export of Nitrogen to Guanting and Baiyangdian Lakes in the Hai He Basin

Seasonal river export of Nitrogen to Guanting and Baiyangdian Lakes in the Hai He Basin

Yang, J., Strokal, M., Kroeze, C., Chen, X., Bai, Z., Li, H., Wu, Y., Ma, L., (2021) Eutrophication refers to the nutrient enrichment, leading to…

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Replacing synthetic fertilizer by manure requires adjusted technology and incentives: A farm survey across China

Replacing synthetic fertilizer by manure requires adjusted technology and incentives: A farm survey across China

Zhang, T., Hou, Y., Meng, T., Ma, Y., Tan, M., Zhang, F., & Oenema, O. (2021) Improved recycling of animal manure may contribute to reduce…

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Green Agriculture and Blue Water in China: Integrating Crop and Livestock Production for Clean Water

Green Agriculture and Blue Water in China: Integrating Crop and Livestock Production for Clean Water

Strokal, M., Annette, J., Chen, X., Kroeze, C., Li, F., Ma, L., Yu, H., Zhang, F., and Wang, M. (2021). Frontiers of Agricultural Science and…

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2020
Chemical vegetable safety in China: “supermarketisation” and its limits

Chemical vegetable safety in China: “supermarketisation” and its limits

Alita, L., Dries, L., Oosterveer, P. (2020) Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the process of supermarketization in the vegetable retail…

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Acidification of manure reduces gaseous emissions and nutrient losses from subsequent composting process

Acidification of manure reduces gaseous emissions and nutrient losses from subsequent composting process

Cao, Y., Wang, X., Liu, L., Velthof, G.L., Misselbrook, T., Bai, Z., Ma, L., (2020) Manure acidification is recommended to minimize ammonia (NH3) emission at…

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Modeling the contribution of crops to nitrogen pollution in the Yangtze river

Modeling the contribution of crops to nitrogen pollution in the Yangtze river

Chen, X., Strokal, M., Kroeze, C., Supit, I., Wang, M., Ma, L., Chen, X., Shi, X. (2020) Major rivers in developing and emerging countries suffer…

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Mitigation nitrogen emissions from dairy farming system in China

Mitigation nitrogen emissions from dairy farming system in China

Fang, Q., Ma, Y., Zhang, X., Wei, S., Hou, Y. (2020) Dairy farming intensification results from the increasing demand for dairy products being met by…

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Shifting states, shifting services: Linking regime shifts to changes in ecosystem services of shallow lakes

Shifting states, shifting services: Linking regime shifts to changes in ecosystem services of shallow lakes

Janssen, A.B.G., Hilt, S., Kosten, S., de Klein, J., Paerl, H.W., van de Waal, D.B. (2020) Shallow lakes can shift between stable states as a…

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Decisions by Chinese households regard ing renting in arable land – The impact of tenure security perceptions and trust

Decisions by Chinese households regard ing renting in arable land – The impact of tenure security perceptions and trust

Ma, X., Heerink, N., van Ierland, E., Lang, H. and Shi, X. (2020). Policies aimed at strengthening tenure security through the elimination of land reallocations…

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Nutrient use efficiency and losses of industrial farms and mixed smallholdings: lessons from the North China Plain

Nutrient use efficiency and losses of industrial farms and mixed smallholdings: lessons from the North China Plain

Ma, Y., Zhang, L., Bai, Z., Jiang, R., Hou, Y., Ma, L. (2020) The proportion of industrial livestock in China has increased over the past…

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Effect of personality traits on smallholders’ land renting behavior: Theory and evidence from the North China Plain

Effect of personality traits on smallholders’ land renting behavior: Theory and evidence from the North China Plain

Qian, C., Li, F., Antonides, G., Heerink, N., Ma, X., Li, X. (2020) This study investigates the effect of smallholders’ personality traits on their land…

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Rural household migration in China – the roles of actual and perceived tenure security

Rural household migration in China – the roles of actual and perceived tenure security

Ren, G., Zhu, X., Heerink, N., Feng, S. (2020) Migration can make an important contribution to rural poverty reduction and overall productivity growth, but it…

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Cost-effective management of coastal eutrophication: A case study for the Yangtze river basin

Cost-effective management of coastal eutrophication: A case study for the Yangtze river basin

Strokal, M., Kahil, T., Wada, Y., Albiac, J., Bai, Z., Ermolieva, T., Langan, S., Ma, L., Oenema, O., Wagner, F., Zhu, X., Kroeze, C. (2020)…

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Transfer of development rights, farmland preservation, and economic growth: a case study of Chongqing’s land quotas trading program

Transfer of development rights, farmland preservation, and economic growth: a case study of Chongqing’s land quotas trading program

Wang, B., Li, F., Feng, S., Shen, T. (2020) The dilemma between preserving farmland and urbanization has attracted many policymakers’ attention. One sound solution that…

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Mitigation potentials of carbon and nitrogen emissions in the pig production systems: lessons from the North China Plain

Mitigation potentials of carbon and nitrogen emissions in the pig production systems: lessons from the North China Plain

Wang, H., Zhang, X., Ma, Y., Hou, Y. (2020) China produces approximately half of the world's pork at a high environmental cost. Implementing mitigation measures…

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Global change can make coastal eutrophication control in China more difficult

Global change can make coastal eutrophication control in China more difficult

Wang, M., Kroeze, C., Strokal, M., van Vliet, M. T. H., Ma, L. (2020) Fast socio-economic development in agriculture and urbanization resulted in increasing nutrient…

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Farmer’s Perceptions of Manure Management Techniques in Medium to Large Size Dairy and Poultry Farms in China.

Farmer’s Perceptions of Manure Management Techniques in Medium to Large Size Dairy and Poultry Farms in China.

Tan, M., Hou, Y., Zhang, L., Shi, S., Long, W., Ma, Y., Zhang, T., Li, F., and Oenema, O. (2020). Journal of Cleaner Production. (2020)…

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Liberalizing rural-to-urban construction land transfers in China: Distribution effects

Liberalizing rural-to-urban construction land transfers in China: Distribution effects

Tan, R., R. Wang and N. Heerink. (2020) China’s land market is characterized by a dual urban-rural system, with the government in control of rural-urban…

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Reducing nutrient pollution in water systems in China: challenges, trends and solutions

Reducing nutrient pollution in water systems in China: challenges, trends and solutions

Wang, M. (2020). PhD thesis, Wageningen University Intensive human activities in China have led to considerable nutrient losses to aquatic ecosystems, causing water pollution. This…

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Land tenure security, migration and farm performance in rural China

Land tenure security, migration and farm performance in rural China

Ren, G. (2020). PhD thesis, Wageningen University. Land tenure security and migration play vital roles in rural development and livelihood security of rural households. Farm…

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Five priorities to operationalize the EAT-Lancet commission report

Five priorities to operationalize the EAT-Lancet commission report

Béné, C., Fanzo, J., Haddad, L., Hawkes, C., Caron, P., Vermeulen, S., Herrero, M., Oosterveer, P. (2020) To operationalize the great food system transformation and…

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Feeding the melting pot: Inclusive strategies to feeding the city

Feeding the melting pot: Inclusive strategies to feeding the city

Brons, A., Wertheim-Heck, S., Oosterveer, P. (2020) The need for a shift toward healthier and more sustainable diets is evident and is supported by universalized…

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Transparency in global sustainability governance: To what effect?

Transparency in global sustainability governance: To what effect?

Gupta, A., Boas, I., Oosterveer, P. (2020) Transparency in environmental governance is no longer an uncontroversial answer to problems of accountability and effectiveness. How to…

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Farm size and smallholders’ use of intercropping in northwest China

Farm size and smallholders’ use of intercropping in northwest China

Hong, Y., Heerink, N., van der Werf, W. (2020) Intercropping, i.e. the cultivation of crop species mixtures, can potentially reduce pressure on land resources by…

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Spatial planning needed to drastically reduce nitrogen and phosphorus surpluses in China’s agriculture

Spatial planning needed to drastically reduce nitrogen and phosphorus surpluses in China’s agriculture

Jin, X., Bai, Z., Oenema, O., Winiwarter, W., Velthof, G., Chen, X., Ma, L. (2020) China's fertilization practices contribute greatly to the global biogeochemical nitrogen…

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Global nutrient flows and cycling in food systems

Global nutrient flows and cycling in food systems

Liu, Q., Wang, J., Hou, Y., van Dijk, K. C., Qin, W., Lesschen, J. P., Velthof, G. L., Oenema, O. (2020) Plants require 14 nutrient…

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Do land markets improve land use efficiency? Evidence from Jiangsu, China

Do land markets improve land use efficiency? Evidence from Jiangsu, China

Liu, Z., Zhang, L., Rommel, J., Feng, S. (2020) Inefficient use of scarce and fragmented land challenges the sustainability of agriculture. Land markets may improve…

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Towards agriculture green development

Towards agriculture green development

Oenema, O. (2020) The term Agriculture Green Development (AGD) was introduced by the 19th National Congress of China’s CPCC in 2017 as a name for…

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Agriculture green development: A model for China and the world

Agriculture green development: A model for China and the world

Shen, J., Zhu, Q., Jiao, X., Ying, H., Wang, H., Wen, X., Xu, W., Li, T., Cong, W., Liu, X., Hou, Y., Cui, Z., Oenema,…

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The missing middle: Connected global goals to local contexts and agricultural production to food consumption to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2

The missing middle: Connected global goals to local contexts and agricultural production to food consumption to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2

Veldhuizen, L.J.L, Giller, K.E., de Boer, I.J.M., Oosterveer, P., Brouwer, I.D., Janssen, S., van Zanten, H.H.E., Slingerland, M.M.A. (2020) Sustainable development goal 2 (SDG 2)…

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Can dietary manupulations improve the productivity of pigs with lower environmental and economic cost? A global meta-analysis

Can dietary manupulations improve the productivity of pigs with lower environmental and economic cost? A global meta-analysis

Wang, H., Long, W., Chadwick, D., Velthof, G. L., Oenema, O., Ma, W., Wang, J., Qin, W., Hou, Y., Zhang, F. (2020) Inappropriate management of…

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Price decline, land rental markets and grain production in the North China Plain

Price decline, land rental markets and grain production in the North China Plain

ang, Q., Li, F., Yu, J., Fleskens, L., Ritsema, C. (2020) Purpose This study examines the heterogeneous correlations between rural farmers' land renting behavior and…

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2019
Persistance of land reallocations in Chinese villages: The role of village democracy and households’ knowledge of policy

Persistance of land reallocations in Chinese villages: The role of village democracy and households’ knowledge of policy

Ren, G., Zhu, X., Heerink, N., Feng, S., & van Ierland, E. C. (2019) Land reallocations have been severely restricted in rural China since 1998.…

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A perspective on water quality in connected systems: modelling feedback between upstream and downstream transport and local ecological processes

A perspective on water quality in connected systems: modelling feedback between upstream and downstream transport and local ecological processes

Teurlincx, S., van Wijk, D., Mooij, W. M., Kuiper, J. J., Huttunen, I., Brederveld, R. J., Chang, M., Janse, J. H., Woodward, B., Janssen, A.…

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Nitrogen surplus benchmarks for controlling N pollution in the main cropping systems of China

Nitrogen surplus benchmarks for controlling N pollution in the main cropping systems of China

Zhang, C., Ju, X., Powlson, D., Oenema, O.,  Smith, P. (2019) Nitrogen (N) surplus is a useful indicator for improving agricultural N management and controlling…

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Institutional changes and changing political consumerism in China

Institutional changes and changing political consumerism in China

Zhang, L., Liu, L., Oosterveer, P. (2019) The growth of consumption is one of the most impressive social changes in contemporary China. This transformation is…

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Mitigation of ammonia, nitrous oxide and methane emissions during soild waste composting with different additives: A meta-analysis

Mitigation of ammonia, nitrous oxide and methane emissions during soild waste composting with different additives: A meta-analysis

Cao, Y., Wang, X., Bai, Z., Chadwick, D., Misselbrook, T., Sommer, S.G., Qin, W., Ma, L. (2019) Composting of solid waste can be associated with…

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How to avoid coastal eutrophication – a back-casting study for the North China Plain

How to avoid coastal eutrophication – a back-casting study for the North China Plain

Li, A., Strokal, M., Bai, Z., Kroeze, C., Ma, L. (2019) Eutrophication is a serious problem in Chinese seas. We explore possibilities to avoid coastal…

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Water pollution from food production: lessons for optimistic and optimal solutions

Water pollution from food production: lessons for optimistic and optimal solutions

Li, A., Kroeze, C., Kahil, T., Ma, L., Strokal, M. (2019) Food production is a source of various pollutants in aquatic systems. For example, nutrients…

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Perceptions of land tenure security in rural China: The impact of land reallocations and certification

Perceptions of land tenure security in rural China: The impact of land reallocations and certification

Ren, G., Zhu, X., Heerink, N., Feng, S., van Ierland, E. (2019) Tenure security is commonly recognized as an important factor in stimulating long-term investments…

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Social relations, public intervention and land rent distortion: evidence from Jiangsu province

Social relations, public intervention and land rent distortion: evidence from Jiangsu province

Tang, L., Ma, X., Zhou, Y., Shi, X., Ma, J. (2019). The price mechanism plays an important role in allocating resources and enhancing economic efficiency…

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Excess nutrient loads to Lake Taihu: Opportunities for nutrient reduction

Excess nutrient loads to Lake Taihu: Opportunities for nutrient reduction

Wang, M., Strokal, M., Burek, P., Kroeze, C., Ma, Lin., Janssen, A.B.G. (2019). Intensive agriculture and rapid urbanization have increased nutrient inputs to Lake Taihu…

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Benefits and trade-offs of replacing synthetic fertilizers by animal manures in crop production in China: A meta-analysis

Benefits and trade-offs of replacing synthetic fertilizers by animal manures in crop production in China: A meta-analysis

Zhang, X., Fang, Q., Zhang, T., Ma, W., Velthof, G. L., Hou, Y., Oenema, O., Zhang, F. (2019). Recycling of livestock manure to agricultural land…

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Tenure integrity, security and forestland transfer: evidence from Jiangxi province, China

Tenure integrity, security and forestland transfer: evidence from Jiangxi province, China

Zhou, Y., Ji, D., Shi, X., Ma, X., Chand, S. (2019). The decentralization of property rights is the focus of the forest tenure reforms in…

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Global multi-pollutant modelling of water quality: scientific challenges and future directions.

Global multi-pollutant modelling of water quality: scientific challenges and future directions.

Strokal M, Spanier JE, Kroeze C, Koelmans AA, Flörke M, Franssen W, et al. (2019) Assessing global water quality issues requires a multi-pollutant modelling approach.…

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How to model algal blooms in any lake on earth

How to model algal blooms in any lake on earth

Janssen, Annette B.G. ; Janse, Jan H. ; Beusen, Arthur H.W. ; Chang, Manqi ; Harrison, John A. ; Huttunen, Inese ; Kong, Xiangzhen ;…

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Nutrient losses to surface waters in Hai He basin: A case study of Guanting reservoir and Baiyangdian lake

Nutrient losses to surface waters in Hai He basin: A case study of Guanting reservoir and Baiyangdian lake

Yang, Jing ; Strokal, Maryna ; Kroeze, Carolien ; Wang, Mengru ; Wang, Jingfei ; Wu, Yihong ; Bai, Zhaohai ; Ma, Lin (2019) Hai…

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Sustainable food systems

Sustainable food systems

Oosterveer, P., Brons, A. (2019) Description Food and Sustainability is the first text on this topic to consistently and coherently bring together important concepts from…

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The effect of land tenure governance on technical efficiency: Evidence from three provinces in eastern China

The effect of land tenure governance on technical efficiency: Evidence from three provinces in eastern China

Zhou, Y., Shi, X., Heerink, N., Ma, X. (2019) This study aims to identify the mechanisms through which land tenure governance affects the technical efficiency…

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Further improvement of air quality in China needs clear ammonia mitigation target

Further improvement of air quality in China needs clear ammonia mitigation target

Bai, Z., Winiwarter, W., Klimont, Z., Velthof, G., Misselbrook, T., Zhao, Z., Jin, X., Oenema, O., Hu, C. & Ma, L., (2019) Heavy air pollution…

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China’s pig relocation in balance

China’s pig relocation in balance

Bai, Z., Jin, S., Wu, Y., zu Ermgassen, E., Oenema, O., Chadwick, D., Lassaletta, L., Velthof, G., Zhao, J.,  Ma, L. (2019) China’s pig relocation…

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A generically parameterized model of lake eutrophication that links field lab- and model-based knowledge

A generically parameterized model of lake eutrophication that links field lab- and model-based knowledge

Change, M., Teurlincx, S., DeAngelis, D., Janse, J., Troost, T., van Wijk, D., Mooij, M., Janssen, A., (2019) Worldwide, eutrophication is threatening lake ecosystems. To…

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Seasonality in river export of nitrogen: A modelling approach for the Yangtze River

Seasonality in river export of nitrogen: A modelling approach for the Yangtze River

Chen, X., Strokal, M., Kroeze, C., Ma, L., Shen, Z., Wu, J., Chen, X., Shi, X. (2019) In China, many estuaries suffer from eutrophication problems…

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Multi-scale modelling of nutrient pollution in the rivers of China

Multi-scale modelling of nutrient pollution in the rivers of China

Chen, X., Strokal, M., van Vliet, M.T.H., Stuiver, J., Wang, M., Bai, Z., Ma, L., Kroeze, C. (2019) Chinese surface waters are severely polluted by…

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Modelling induced bank filtration effects on freshwater ecosystems to ensure sustainable drinking water production

Modelling induced bank filtration effects on freshwater ecosystems to ensure sustainable drinking water production

Gillefalk, M., M, Mooij., Teurlincx, S., Janssen, A., Janse, J., Chang, M., Köhler, J., Hilt, S., (2019) Induced bank filtration (IBF) is a water abstraction…

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Intercropping contributes to a higher technical efficiency in smallholder farming: Evidence from a case study in Gaotai County, China

Intercropping contributes to a higher technical efficiency in smallholder farming: Evidence from a case study in Gaotai County, China

Hong, Y., Heerink, N. Zhao, M., van der Werf, W. (2019) Intercropping entails the concurrent production of two or more crop species in the same…

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Integrated modelling and management of water resources: the ecosystem perspective on the nexus approach

Integrated modelling and management of water resources: the ecosystem perspective on the nexus approach

Hülsmann, S., Sušnik, J., Rinke, K., Langan, S., van Wijk, D., Janssen, A. B. G., Mooij, W. M. (2019) Addressing challenges of water, energy and…

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Land tenure and agricultural investments in China: A meta-regression analysis

Land tenure and agricultural investments in China: A meta-regression analysis

Li, J. (2019) Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that lead to the controversy within the existing empirical literature…

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Modelling nutrients in lake Dianchi (China) and its watershed

Modelling nutrients in lake Dianchi (China) and its watershed

Li, X., Janssen, A.B.G., de Klein, J.J.M., Kroeze, C., Strokal, M., Ma, L., Zheng, Y. (2019) Lake Dianchi suffered from severe eutrophication for decades. Past…

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Land tenure reform and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia, China

Land tenure reform and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia, China

Liu, M., Dries, L., Heijman, W., Huang, J., Zhu, X., Deng X. (2019) Since the start of the land tenure reform in the pastoral areas…

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Exploring future food provision scenarios for China

Exploring future food provision scenarios for China

Ma, L., Bai, Z., Ma, W., Guo, M., Jiang, R., Liu, J., Oenema, O., Velthof, G. L., Whitmore, A. P., Crawford, J., Dobermann, A., Schwoob,…

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Demystifying the key for intoxicating land finance in China: An empirical study through the lens of government expenditure

Demystifying the key for intoxicating land finance in China: An empirical study through the lens of government expenditure

Tang, P., Shi, X., Gao, J., Feng, S., Qu, F. (2019) In recent decades, a sharp increase in land financing has eased the fiscal restraints…

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Adapting the current mass mobilization approach in Ethiopia to enhance its impact on sustainable land management: Lessons from the Sago-kara watershed

Adapting the current mass mobilization approach in Ethiopia to enhance its impact on sustainable land management: Lessons from the Sago-kara watershed

Teka, M.A., Kessler, A., Oosterveer, P. (2019) This paper analyses the effect of an adapted – more participatory and more integrated – mass mobilization training…

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2018
How do land rental markets affect household income? Evidence from rural Jiangsu, P.R. China

How do land rental markets affect household income? Evidence from rural Jiangsu, P.R. China

Zhang, L., S. Feng, N. Heerink, F. Qu and A. Kuyvenhoven. (2018). The development of land rental markets in developing countries attracts much attention, but…

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Does property rights integrity improve tenure security? Evidence from China’s forest reform

Does property rights integrity improve tenure security? Evidence from China’s forest reform

Zhou, Y., X. Ma, D. Ji, N. Heerink, X. Shi and H. Liu. (2018) The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of…

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2017
Land tenure security and technical efficiency: new insights from a case study in Northwest China

Land tenure security and technical efficiency: new insights from a case study in Northwest China

Ma, X., Heerink, M., Feng, S., Shi, X. (2017) Improving technical efficiency in agriculture can play an important role in meeting present and future demands…

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Public and self-organized land readjustment in rural China – a comparison

Public and self-organized land readjustment in rural China – a comparison

Tan, R., Heerink, N. (2017) The role of land readjustment for urban and rural development has attracted more and more attention worldwide. Research on how…

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