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Acknowledgements

This study has been funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42371324, 42001347 and 41471343), the Chinese State Key Research & Development Programme (2017YFC0210100 and 2017YFD0200101) and the High-level Team Project of China Agricultural University.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

    Lei Liu & Xuejun Liu

  2. College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

    Lei Liu, Hang Xu & Sheng Liu

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Liu, L., Xu, H., Liu, S. et al. China’s response to extreme weather events must be long term. Nat Food 4, 1022–1023 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00892-w

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