Project
Agricultural Green Development Pathways for food and water in China
A PhD Research by Qi Zhang.
Research introduction
Agriculture often discharges pollutants such as antibiotics into surface and ground water. This causes negative effects on nature and society.
Research challenges
The main research objective of this research is to explore future Agricultural Green Development pathways for clean water in the North China Plain and China in the 21st century. For this, a multi-pollutant model will be developed to quantify inputs of pollutants to surface and ground water today and in the future. Agricultural Green Development pathways will be developed and integrate optimistic solutions to increase the availability of clean water under sustainable agriculture in the North China Plain and China.
The expected results of this research are:
- Model development for multiple pollutants from food production to surface and ground water in the North China Plain. The main focus is on antibiotics;
- Develop Agricultural Green Development pathways for food production and water requirements in the North China Plain;
- Assess the clean water availability under global change in the North China Plain;
- Explore optimistic options under agricultural Green Development for clean water availability in China.