Journal article
Decreasing farm number benefits the mitigation of agricultural non-point source pollution in China
L Fan, Y Yuan, Z Ying, SK Lam, L Liu, X Zhang, H Liu, B Gu
Environmental Science and Pollution Research | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | Published : 2019
Abstract
Agricultural non-point source pollution causes global warming and the deterioration of air and water quality. It is difficult to identify and monitor the emission sources of agricultural pollution due to the large number of farms in China. Many studies focus on the technological aspect of achieving agricultural sustainability, but its socioeconomic aspect is poorly understood. Here, we report how group size (number of farms in a certain region) affects agricultural pollution governance through conducting a social science experiment. We found that when communication was allowed among group members, a small group size facilitated cooperation. Although deviations from the cooperation equilibriu..
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Awarded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China (2018YFC0213304), the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award by the Australian Research Council (DE170100423), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41773068, 41822701), the Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization of China, the Zhijiang Youth Grant of Zhejiang Province (G228), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (SSEYI201303 and 203102*172220171). The work contributes to the UK-China Virtual Joint Centre on Nitrogen "N-Circle" funded by the Newton Fund via UK BBSRC/NERC (BB/N013484/1), and Australia-China Joint Research Centre-Healthy soils for sustainable food production and environmental quality, jointly funded by Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology.