水质和污染交易:未来粮食生产的可持续解决方案
Jamie Gonzalez Zapata1, Bharadwaj Vangipuram1, Carole Dalin2
1Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
ACS ES&T engineering
|August 17, 2023
概括
一个新的质水质贸易计划鼓励农民共同减少污染. 这种方法具有成本效益,可以有效地减少排放,有利于水生生态系统,并提高农场的整体利能力.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 水资源管理 水资源管理
背景情况:
- 肥对于作物生产至关重要,但也会导致水污染.
- 增加用于满足粮食需求的肥料使用导致了显著的环境成本,包括水生生物多样性丧失.
- 有效的肥料管理对于水资源的可持续性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估一个气水质交易计划,用于管理农业污染.
- 评估该计划在减少污染,影响作物产量和经济成果方面的有效性.
- 促进当地农场之间的合作减少污染.
主要方法:
- 开发一个数学模型来模拟农场之间的交易.
- 该模型应用于英格兰萨福克的农场,计算负荷和减排成本.
- 评估减少污染,作物产量影响和经济效益.
主要成果:
- 质水质交易计划可以以成本有效的方式减少质水污染.
- 该计划导致整个河流流域的整体效益增加.
- 剩余的经济收益被分配给参与的农场,提高他们的利能力.
结论:
- 拟议的交易模式为农民提供了一个可行的平台,以合作减少水污染.
- 这种协作方法提高了水资源的可持续性,并使农业社区受益.
- 通过贸易鼓励减少污染,可以带来更有效的环境管理.
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