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The model result was filtered using multivariate data to identify suitable regions for foxtail millet cultivation.</div></div><div><h3>RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS</h3><div>The analysis revealed that foxtail millet cultivation is spatially concentrated in Hebei, Shanxi, eastern Inner Mongolia, and the northeastern provinces. The potential planting area for foxtail millet is 2.38 million hectares, capable of producing 9.92 million tons in the study area, which can meet dietary consumption needs according to Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents. Utilizing marginal lands for foxtail millet cultivation could save 50 % of water and more than 60 % of fertilizer compared to maize, while generating approximately ¥29 billion in revenue for farmers.</div></div><div><h3>SIGNIFICANCE</h3><div>This study highlights the multiple benefits of foxtail millet in reducing land and water resources burden, promoting health, and increasing farmers' income. 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Unlocking the potential of foxtail millet: Spatial strategy and multiple benefits of expanding cultivation on marginal lands in China
CONTEXT
In the context of Healthy China strategy, nutritious coarse grains are gaining more and more recognition. However, the current production of foxtail millet is insufficient and lack of spatial planning to meet the consumption demands outlined in the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents.
OBJECTIVE
This study aims to optimize foxtail millet cultivation by expanding production on marginal lands, ensuring staple food security while addressing agricultural transformation and improving public health in China.
METHODS
We analyzed the spatiotemporal changes in foxtail millet production in China from 2000 to 2020, using the GAEZ model to estimate its production potential. The model result was filtered using multivariate data to identify suitable regions for foxtail millet cultivation.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS
The analysis revealed that foxtail millet cultivation is spatially concentrated in Hebei, Shanxi, eastern Inner Mongolia, and the northeastern provinces. The potential planting area for foxtail millet is 2.38 million hectares, capable of producing 9.92 million tons in the study area, which can meet dietary consumption needs according to Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents. Utilizing marginal lands for foxtail millet cultivation could save 50 % of water and more than 60 % of fertilizer compared to maize, while generating approximately ¥29 billion in revenue for farmers.
SIGNIFICANCE
This study highlights the multiple benefits of foxtail millet in reducing land and water resources burden, promoting health, and increasing farmers' income. The findings provide spatially explicit solutions for optimizing coarse grain production and reasonable utilizing marginal land resources.
期刊介绍:
Agricultural Systems is an international journal that deals with interactions - among the components of agricultural systems, among hierarchical levels of agricultural systems, between agricultural and other land use systems, and between agricultural systems and their natural, social and economic environments.
The scope includes the development and application of systems analysis methodologies in the following areas:
Systems approaches in the sustainable intensification of agriculture; pathways for sustainable intensification; crop-livestock integration; farm-level resource allocation; quantification of benefits and trade-offs at farm to landscape levels; integrative, participatory and dynamic modelling approaches for qualitative and quantitative assessments of agricultural systems and decision making;
The interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes; the multiple services of agricultural systems; food security and the environment;
Global change and adaptation science; transformational adaptations as driven by changes in climate, policy, values and attitudes influencing the design of farming systems;
Development and application of farming systems design tools and methods for impact, scenario and case study analysis; managing the complexities of dynamic agricultural systems; innovation systems and multi stakeholder arrangements that support or promote change and (or) inform policy decisions.