论打造畜牧强市的六大突破

提出了宿州市建立畜牧强市的思路与对策，以实现全市畜牧业在高起点上的新突破。     

我国农业机械化事业实现四大突破——“十一五”将逐步建立我国农机化发展的长效机制

2005年12月27日，全国农业工作会议农机专业会在北京召开。与会专家普遍认为，“十五”期间，我国农业机械化发展呈现速度、质量、效益同步增长的特点，农业机械化事业实现了四大突破，取得了许多具有里程碑意义的成就，成为当前农业和农村经济发展的一大亮点。     

盘活现代教育新理念 实现本科教育新突破

全国教育工作会议的召开与《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要（2010-2020年）》的发布,为我国教育工作实现由转变理念到开展行动的跨越提供了强大的动力和政策保障。高等教育特别是本科教育,应该积极行动起来,通过盘活现代教育理念,在更高层次上形成新的教学观;通过改革本科人才培养模式、教学质量评价体系以及创新管理制度,实现本科教学质量的新突破。     

湖北省民族乡镇实施乡村振兴战略的亮点·难点与突破点

湖北推进民族乡镇乡村振兴战略有不少亮点,如省直和一些市州县实施1+1对口帮扶工程、宜都潘家湾乡飞地经济、钟祥杨桥村社会治理积分制管理;存在的主要难点是,民族乡镇经济社会发展很不均衡、特色和优势产业发展难落地、乡村人才总量不足且流失严重等。建议将精准帮扶、市场化助推、发展有机农业和文化旅游产业、实施乡村绿卡引才政策作为下一步工作的突破点,加快民族乡镇乡村振兴。     

论高等教育的可持续发展

从1999年开始,我国普通高等教育连续扩大招生规模,短短的几年时间,普通高校在校生就已超过2 000万人,跃居世界第一位.在这种大好形势下,保持清醒的认识,深入了解扩招的重大意义,及时总结扩招出现的新问题并加以解决,对于不断推进我国高等教育事业沿着持续、健康的方向发展具有重要意义.     

Solar energy for village development

The National Academy of Sciences held a joint workshop with the Government of Tanzania last August on the potential of solar energy for the villages of that country. Costs of five solar technologies (mini-hydroelectric generators, wind, methane generation from organic wastes, photovoltaic cells, and flat-plate solar collectors) were compared with costs of diesel-generated electricity and with electricity from the national grid. Each of the five technologies is either now competitive with diesel or will be in a few years. Although the figures presented are not conclusive since they are derived from calculations rather than an actual test, the results are encouraging enough to warrant serious testing in Third World villages.     

分异与突破:明清岭南少数民族与汉族的农业交流

明清时期,岭南少数民族在制度、政策推动与自身发展需求的双重动力作用下,以农业交流为载体,与汉族建立经济联系,逐步突破岭南民族地域分异格局。这一时期,岭南少数民族与汉族在农副产品、农业技术、农产品消费方式等三个方面都有所交流,这种交流是双向的。岭南的地理交汇区特性,造就了明清岭南少数民族地区产品的独特性与高品质,这也是推动岭南民族地域分异格局突破的有利因素。     

Biotechnologizing Jatropha for local sustainable development

This article explores whether and how the biotechnologization process that the fuel-plant Jatropha curcas is undergoing might strengthen local sustainable development. It focuses on the ongoing efforts of the multi-stakeholder network Gota Verde to harness Jatropha within local small-scale production systems in Yoro, Honduras. It also looks at the genomics research on Jatropha conducted by the Dutch research institute Plant Research International, specifically addressing the ways in which that research can assists local development in Honduras. A territorial approach is applied for analysis employing a three domain concept (local sustainable biotechnological development) of territory, technology and re-territorialization. The article suggests that, although the biotechnologization process (through genomics) of Jatropha within the socio-technical framework of the institute and multi-stakeholder networks is an ongoing process––and different trajectories are, therefore, still open––the process can, nevertheless, strengthen local sustainable development.     

A genomic regulatory network for development

Development of the body plan is controlled by large networks of regulatory genes. A gene regulatory network that controls the specification of endoderm and mesoderm in the sea urchin embryo is summarized here. The network was derived from large-scale perturbation analyses, in combination with computational methodologies, genomic data, cis-regulatory analysis, and molecular embryology. The network contains over 40 genes at present, and each node can be directly verified at the DNA sequence level by cis-regulatory analysis. Its architecture reveals specific and general aspects of development, such as how given cells generate their ordained fates in the embryo and why the process moves inexorably forward in developmental time.