Effects of national policies on crop yield and nitrogen losses can be disentangled from environmental conditions using spatial discontinuities between international borders.
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Billen, G. Agricultural performance over the border line. Nat Food 1, 667–668 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00188-3
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