{"id":3418,"date":"2023-12-15T20:48:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=3418"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:42:07","slug":"reducing-fertilizer-usage-for-increased-efficiency-and-nitrous-oxide-emission-reduction","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/insights\/reducing-fertilizer-usage-for-increased-efficiency-and-nitrous-oxide-emission-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Fertilizer Usage for Increased Efficiency and Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3418\" class=\"elementor elementor-3418\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1dd943d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1dd943d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74bf926\" data-id=\"74bf926\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b83cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-igdp_insight_detail_hero\" data-id=\"82b83cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"igdp_insight_detail_hero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row-report1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cur cur1\">\n\t\t<a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<i>\/<\/i>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/insights\/\">Insights<\/a>\n\t\t<i>\/<\/i>\n\t\t<span>Reducing Fertilizer Usage for Increased Efficiency and Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"m-report1 wow fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">Reducing Fertilizer Usage for Increased Efficiency and Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subtit\">Observations and Prospects<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon3.svg);\">English, Chinese<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon4.svg);\">DEC 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon5.svg);\">Working Paper<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon6.svg);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">Beyond Carbon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">CCNT<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">Climate-Food<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span2\">Summary:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span3\">This policy brief examines the progress and challenges in reducing fertilizer use in China&#039;s agriculture, a major source of nitrous oxide (N\u2082O) emissions. It quantifies the contribution of the agricultural sector to national N\u2082O emissions, reviews China&#039;s existing policy framework promoting fertilizer reduction and efficiency, and analyzes national trends in fertilizer application and related emissions. It then identifies persistent challenges, such as high application intensity and barriers to adopting precision farming and organic fertilizers, to formulate targeted policy recommendations.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span2\">Suggested citation:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span3\">Chen, Meian. 2024. CCNT Agricultural Sector: Reducing Fertilizer Usage for Increased Efficiency and Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction: Observations and Prospects. 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Global warming is steadily approaching the 1.5\u00b0C threshold, and extreme weather events are becoming increasingly \u201ccommonplace.\u201d As China kicks off its 15th Five-Year Plan, the goal of reducing carbon intensity faces the practical pressure of \u201csluggish progress in the first half of the year\u201d\u2014global climate governance has reached a complex and critical crossroads.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Interview<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">JUN 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.59.30-PM-e1787128162976-768x478.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.59.30-PM-e1787128162976-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.59.30-PM-e1787128162976-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.59.30-PM-e1787128162976-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-9.59.30-PM-e1787128162976.jpg 1108w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This policy brief examines the progress and challenges in reducing fertilizer use in China&#8217;s agriculture, a major source of nitrous oxide (N\u2082O) emissions. It quantifies the contribution of the agricultural sector to national N\u2082O emissions, reviews China&#8217;s existing policy framework promoting fertilizer reduction and efficiency, and analyzes national trends in fertilizer application and related emissions. It then identifies persistent challenges, such as high application intensity and barriers to adopting precision farming and organic fertilizers, to formulate targeted policy recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3419,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"igdp_summary":"This policy brief examines the progress and challenges in reducing fertilizer use in China's agriculture, a major source of nitrous oxide (N\u2082O) emissions. It quantifies the contribution of the agricultural sector to national N\u2082O emissions, reviews China's existing policy framework promoting fertilizer reduction and efficiency, and analyzes national trends in fertilizer application and related emissions. It then identifies persistent challenges, such as high application intensity and barriers to adopting precision farming and organic fertilizers, to formulate targeted policy recommendations.","igdp_featured_media":3419,"igdp_download_file":1658,"igdp_external_url":"","igdp_key_info":"","igdp_related_insights":[]},"insight_type":[49],"insight_region":[45],"igdp_topic":[148,160,154],"class_list":["post-3418","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","insight_type-working-paper","insight_region-china-national","igdp_topic-beyond-carbon","igdp_topic-ccnt","igdp_topic-climate-food"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/3418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insight"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/3418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4648,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/3418\/revisions\/4648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"insight_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight_type?post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"insight_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight_region?post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"igdp_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/igdp_topic?post=3418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}