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Recycling and collaborative regulation of water-nitrogen-straw resources in farmland ecosystem: A collaborative optimization method based on water-energy-food nexus

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  • Zhang, Pingan
  • Yang, Aizheng
  • Wang, Xiaofang
  • Xu, Xianghui
  • Dong, Wenhao
  • Wang, Lihong
  • Li, Mo

Abstract

The collaborative management of water-nitrogen-straw resources in farmland ecosystem is helpful to improve agricultural production efficiency and ecological environmental protection. Based on the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, this study established a model framework for optimizing of water-nitrogen-straw resources in the crop-livestock-biogas-crop cycle system, which can balance the contradictions between system yield (S-Yield), system light use efficiency (S-LUE), system electricity generation (S-ELE) and system net greenhouse gas emissions (S-NGE). The results show that a synergistic effect exists between the system yield and the solar energy utilization efficiency and power generation. An increase of 1.0 % in S-LUE and S-ELE corresponded to increases of 2.95 % and 8.64 % in S-Yield, respectively. When the water-nitrogen dosages of tomato-maize-soybean were 191.62-156.71–142.26 mm and 206.24-284.67–84.62 kg/hm2, respectively, S-Yield, S-LUE, S-ELE and S-NGE increased by 1.60 %, 5.84 %, 0.91 % and −11.12 % compared with local farmers, respectively. When considering the straw power generation, straw fermentation and feed preparation scheme (S4), the coordination degree of multiple objectives is increased by 2.32–10.28 % on average compared with the scenario of single straw utilization scheme. This study enhances the understanding of sustainable water-nitrogen-straw resource management and promotes the integrated development of agroecosystems by combining energy and food production.

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  • Zhang, Pingan & Yang, Aizheng & Wang, Xiaofang & Xu, Xianghui & Dong, Wenhao & Wang, Lihong & Li, Mo, 2025. "Recycling and collaborative regulation of water-nitrogen-straw resources in farmland ecosystem: A collaborative optimization method based on water-energy-food nexus," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 253(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:253:y:2025:i:c:s0960148125012601
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.123598
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