Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand (Second Edition)

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues".

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Dear Colleagues,

Global agriculture in the 21st century is facing two disparate challenges which call for studying the land–food–climate nexus. First, food production will need to substantially increase to meet the growing demand of a larger and wealthier population. Moreover, climate change, urbanization, and several other drivers are posing challenges to food production. Farmers can increase food production either by expanding land area or by raising existing agricultural land productivity. Given the limited cultivatable land and high socio-economic and ecosystem costs of clearing more land for agriculture, the prospect of expanding agricultural land is almost non-existent. Therefore, it is vital to raise crop yields on existing farmlands through adopting sustainable land management practices. Several social, economic, demographic, and biophysical factors can affect the implementation of land management practices in different agricultural production systems. Consequently, the design and implementation of location-specific land management practices that can enhance crop yields while minimizing adverse environmental impacts are important and require further research and investigation.

As the current and potential climate scenarios are expected to adversely affect food security, it is necessary to reconsider sustainable methods of farmland management for crop cultivation to meet future food demands. Therefore, for this Special Issue, we are interested in contributions that link agricultural land management practices to food production. This Special Issue also welcomes papers on unsustainable land management practices, as they can provide good lessons. Since the journal Land is a key platform for readers and contributors interested in this topic, we believe that Land is the most suitable platform for our Special Issue, “Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand (Second Edition)”. We invite conceptual works and original research, review, and synthesis papers that address research issues including, but not limited to, the following:

  • The sustainable intensification of agricultural land;
  • Modeling agricultural systems and food production;
  • The design and implementation of land management practices;
  • Economic analyses of agricultural interventions;
  • The adoption and diffusion of agricultural technologies;
  • Agricultural adaptation and the mitigation of climate change and climate variability;
  • The environmental benefits of land management practices.

Dr. Uttam Khanal
Dr. Sanzidur Rahman
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable land management
  • food security
  • agricultural intensification
  • crop diversification
  • agricultural adaptations to climate change

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Can Farmland Transfer Reduce Fertilizer Nonpoint Source Pollution? Evidence from China
by Ziming Bai, Xiaochen Zhang, Jiabin Xu and Cuixia Li
Land 2024, 13(6), 798; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060798 - 4 Jun 2024
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China repeatedly surpasses international fertilizer safety limits, resulting in significant fertilizer nonpoint source pollution (denoted as FNSP), which adversely affects food security and agricultural sustainability. Simultaneously, farmland transfer has emerged as a pivotal strategy for transitioning between agricultural production methods. The present study [...] Read more.
China repeatedly surpasses international fertilizer safety limits, resulting in significant fertilizer nonpoint source pollution (denoted as FNSP), which adversely affects food security and agricultural sustainability. Simultaneously, farmland transfer has emerged as a pivotal strategy for transitioning between agricultural production methods. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between farmland transfer and FNSP. In line with the aim of the study, based on China’s panel data from 2005 to 2020, the fixed-effect model, mediating-effect model, spatial Durbin model, and threshold regression model are employed. The findings reveal that farmland transfer exerts a significant inhibitory effect on FNSP. The reduction in FNSP through farmland transfer is facilitated by the decrease in fertilizer application intensity and increase in compound fertilizer application. Further, farmland transfer demonstrates a significant spatial spillover effect on FNSP, mitigating pollution levels within regions and influencing neighboring areas. Moreover, a nonlinear relationship between farmland transfer and FNSP is observed. These findings contribute to understanding the intricate dynamics between agricultural land management strategies and environmental sustainability, offering valuable insights for policymakers and stakeholders engaged in promoting green and sustainable agricultural practices. Full article
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