Urban agriculture in Tianjin valued at billions, key to ecological balance.
The article discusses how urban modern agriculture in Tianjin City provides important ecological services like air and climate regulation, water conservation, and biodiversity conservation. The researchers estimated that the ecological value of agriculture in Tianjin City was close to its economic value in 2010. To enhance the ecological function of urban modern agriculture, they suggest protecting arable land, developing facility agriculture carefully, promoting ecological agriculture, and improving the environment to create a complete agro-ecological system.