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Agricultural water and carbon footprint driving mechanisms at the household scale in North China Plain
Author(s) -
Wang Pengxiang,
Chen Xiuzhi,
Shi Ze,
Kasmu Xiaokaitijiang,
Li Yunkai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/wej.12520
Subject(s) - agriculture , carbon footprint , greenhouse gas , water use , water scarcity , farm water , agricultural productivity , environmental science , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , consumption (sociology) , production (economics) , china , scale (ratio) , water resources , water conservation , economics , geography , ecology , social science , macroeconomics , archaeology , sociology , biology , cartography
The North China Plain (NCP) is dominated by intensive household agriculture, and household plays a decisive role in agricultural development. Studying the factors of agricultural water consumption and carbon emissions at the household scale can help solve the problems of agricultural water scarcity and greenhouse gases excessive emissions. This study investigates the agricultural production scenarios of 590 households in the NCP and calculates the household's agricultural water footprint (WF) and carbon footprint (CF). The driving mechanisms of the WF and CF are analysed by a two‐layer, multilevel linear statistical model. The results show that agricultural production conditions will affect a household's WF and CF; family labour and the economy will affect a user's willingness to adopt agricultural water‐saving technology. The results of this study can serve as a reference for the sustainable management of groundwater resources and emissions reductions.