The Research Development on Overseas Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution

Research work on agricultural non-point source pollution caused by soil erosion is a hot-point issue in recent 20 years. The author outlined the research development on overseas agricultural non-point source pollution, including the factors affecting agricultural non-point source pollutants, prediction models and measures to minimize agricultural non-point source pollution.Main research fields on developing agricultural non-point source pollution in China were also put forward, including research on processes and mechanisms of agricultural non-point source pollutants, developing prediction model and constituting indictors assessed potential risks of different agricultural non-point source pollutants.