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Spatial-temporal variation of grain production after the Grain for Green Project in the Loess Plateau, China

Year: 2017

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The Grain for Green Project (GGP) has been implemented for 17 years, promoted the regional environment significantly, but the impact on local food production is still an issue worth studying. This paper analysed the temporal and spatial variations of grain production in the Loess Plateau of China, using county-level statistics from 2000 to 2012. The results showed that the total grain yield and the unit area grain yield was continuously improved while the grain planting area was declined, which showed that ecological construction does not affect grain production. Besides, the regional differentiation of grain production efficiency in the Loess Plateau was decreasing.

Source: IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/59/1/012049

Authors: Zhiyuan Xu, Changhe Lu

Institutions: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Changes in China

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Life on land, Climate action

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: China Association for Science and Technology, National Key Research and Development Program of China