Identifying exemplary sustainable cropping systems using a positive deviance approach: Wheat-maize double cropping in the North China Plain

Zhengyuan Liang, Wopke van der Werf, Zhan Xu, Jiali Cheng, Chong Wang, Wen-Feng Cong, Chaochun Zhang, Fusuo Zhang and Jeroen C.J. Groot

Agricultural Systems, 2022, vol. 201, issue C

Abstract: Sustainable cropping systems need to balance productivity and profitability with resource and environmental conservation. Within a population of cropping system observations, there might be positive deviants that outperform others in terms of sustainability, which could serve as “model systems” for future development. Wheat-maize double cropping is the dominant system in the North China Plain, which is facing multiple economic, societal, and environmental sustainability challenges. Identifying exemplary positive deviants out of a multitude of wheat-maize observations might provide solutions to enhance overall sustainability.

Keywords: Hierarchical clustering; Pareto ranking; Dietary energy yield; Gross margin; Nitrogen loss; Groundwater depletion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103471

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