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Pollution mitigation for agricultural machinery in China

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China’s agricultural sector is undergoing rapid mechanization. Sustainable development of the sector will require low-carbon fuel substitutions and region-specific agricultural management strategies to remain within emission reduction targets.

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The authors acknowledge the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Basic Science Center Program grant no. 72488101). They would also like to thank members of the Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment for useful comments and suggestions, and the Harvard Global Institute for an award to the Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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  2. John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

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  3. Department of New Energy Science and Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    Qing Yang

  4. China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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Wang, Q., Yang, Q. Pollution mitigation for agricultural machinery in China. Nat Food 6, 428–429 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01172-5

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