UK - China Virtual Joint Centre for Improved Nitrogen Agronomy (CINAG)

英中氮肥农学虚拟联合中心 (CINAG)

• 批准号: BB/N013468/1
• 负责人: Tom Misselbrook
• 金额: $ 310.71万
• 依托单位: Rothamsted Research
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FN013468%2F1
• 关键词: UK; China; Virtual; Joint; Centre

UK-China Virtual Joint Centre for Improved Nitrogen Agronomy (CINAG)Despite making great progress, China still needs to increase agricultural production to feed its growing population with its increasing expectations while overcoming the considerable environmental problems that industrial and agricultural development has brought with it such as air and water pollution and soil acidification. Currently the three main cereal crops (wheat, maize and rice) use only 33% of the nitrogen fertiliser applied, and less than 40% of the nutrients in recyclable organic 'wastes' such as livestock manure are returned to agriculture. China Agricultural University (CAU), the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed innovative and successful ways of working with farmers to improve the situation, increasing yields of winter wheat and summer maize by 35% and reducing nitrogen fertiliser use by 20%. However, the Chinese Government has set the goal of increasing yields with zero increases in chemical inputs by the year 2020.Rothamsted Research and its partners in this proposal, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) and Bangor University (BU), have worked with CAU, CAAS and CAS for over 10 years, producing research into agriculture and the environment that has been published in the very best journals such as 'Nature' and 'Science' but also used by Chinese farmers through such mechanisms as a Chinese fertiliser recommendations system and farmer field schools. We propose to increase our UK-China collaborative research through a Virtual Joint Centre in Nitrogen Agronomy that would:1. Carry out joint research projects, in particular using novel 'Farm Platforms' that will allow us to develop economically and environmentally sustainable farm systems through research at the farm level.2. Exchange staff and students for laboratory and field work, with a strong focus on UK-to-China movements and for periods of 1-3 months, e.g. summer student visits from the UK to China to work on the new CAU Cropping Farm Platform.3. Hold joint conferences and meetings, with public participation.4. Share data management, publications and practical work with farmers in China and the UK.We will develop novel metagenomic-based indicators of N use efficiency and soil quality, use these indicators, and other emerging knowledge, to test and develop farm systems that permit the sustainable intensification of (especially Chinese) agriculture, and take these developments to Chinese farmers. We will achieve this through four Work Packages: improved fundamental understanding of N cycling; harnessing novel N technologies; improved agronomic practices; predictive capacity and knowledge exchangeThe Centre will build on previous collaborations such as China Partnering Awards and joint projects between the partners such as 'Sino-United Kingdom Low Carbon Agriculture' project (Grant FCO-C02/62.1001), 2008-2011, funded jointly by the UK FCO and the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and an existing VJC with CAAS: The 'Centre for the Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture' (CSIA) and closely link to similar international initiatives such as EU 'N Expert Panel', utilising the Panel's approaches for expressing NUE at (1) the farm level and (2) through the food chain in order to compare systems and regions and as a stimulus to use N more efficiently. The Centre will translate its research into practice in China through the existing and very 'Science and Technology Backyard (STB)' programme, managed by our partners at CAU, CAAS and the Hebei Institute of Agricultural Sciences, and linked to Chinese local government extension agencies, fertiliser companies and farmers.

中英氮素农学虚拟联合中心（CINAG）尽管取得了巨大的进步，但中国仍需要提高农业产量，以满足不断增长的人口的需求，同时克服工业和农业发展带来的严重环境问题，如空气和水污染以及土壤酸化。目前，三种主要谷物作物（小麦、玉米和水稻）仅使用了所施氮肥的33%，牲畜粪便等可回收有机“废物”中只有不到40%的营养物质返回农业。中国农业大学（CAU）、中国农业科学院（CAAS）和中国科学院（CAS）开发了创新和成功的方法，与农民合作改善这种情况，将冬小麦和夏玉米的产量提高了35%，并将氮肥使用量减少了20%。然而，中国政府已经制定了到2020年在化学投入零增加的情况下提高产量的目标。在这一建议中，Rothamsted Research及其合作伙伴，生态与水文中心（CEH）和班戈尔大学（BU），与CAU，CAAS和CAS合作了10多年，农业和环境方面的研究成果已经发表在《自然》和《科学》等最好的期刊上，但也被中国农民通过中国农业科学院等机制所使用。肥料推荐系统和农民田间学校。我们建议通过氮素农学虚拟联合中心加强中英合作研究，该中心将：1。开展联合研究项目，特别是使用新的“农场平台”，使我们能够通过农场层面的研究开发经济和环境可持续的农场系统。2.交换工作人员和学生进行实验室和实地工作，重点关注英国到中国的运动，为期1-3个月，例如夏季学生从英国访问中国，在新的CAU种植农场平台上工作。3.举行有公众参与的联席会议。与中英两国的农民分享数据管理、出版物和实际工作。我们将开发新的基于宏基因组学的氮素利用效率和土壤质量指标，利用这些指标和其他新兴知识，测试和开发允许可持续集约化农业（特别是中国）的农场系统，并将这些发展成果带给中国农民。我们将通过四个工作包来实现这一目标：提高对氮循环的基本认识;利用新的氮技术;改进农艺措施;预测能力和知识交流该中心将建立在以前的合作基础上，如中国合作伙伴奖和合作伙伴之间的联合项目，如“中英低碳农业”项目（资助FCO-C 02/62.1001），2008-2011，由英国外交部和中国农业部以及现有的VJC与CAAS共同资助：“农业可持续集约化中心”（CSIA）与欧盟“N专家小组”等类似国际倡议密切联系，利用专家小组的方法，在（1）农场一级和（2）通过食物链表达NUE，以便比较系统和区域，并作为更有效地利用氮的刺激因素。该中心将通过现有的“科技后院（STB）”计划将其研究转化为中国的实践，该计划由我们在中国农业大学，中国农业科学院和河北省农业科学院的合作伙伴管理，并与中国地方政府推广机构，化肥公司和农民联系。

项目成果

Global environmental costs of China's thirst for milk

• DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14047
• 发表时间: 2018-05-01
• 期刊: GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
• 影响因子: 11.6
• 作者: Bai, Zhaohai;Lee, Michael R. F.;Zhang, Fusuo
• 通讯作者: Zhang, Fusuo

The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming

• DOI: 10.1038/s41893-018-0138-5
• 发表时间: 2018-09-01
• 期刊: NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
• 影响因子: 27.6
• 作者: Balmford, Andrew;Amano, Tatsuya;Eisner, Rowan
• 通讯作者: Eisner, Rowan

Critical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands.

• DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.10.023
• 发表时间: 2018-02-01
• 期刊: Agriculture, ecosystems & environment
• 作者: Abdalla M;Hastings A;Chadwick DR;Jones DL;Evans CD;Jones MB;Rees RM;Smith P
• 通讯作者: Smith P

Agronomic and environmental causes of yield and nitrogen use efficiency gaps in Chinese rice farming systems

• DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2017.11.001
• 发表时间: 2018-02-01
• 期刊: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
• 影响因子: 5.2
• 作者: An, Ning;Wei, Wenliang;Fan, Mingsheng
• 通讯作者: Fan, Mingsheng