Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of agricultural land in Great Britain

The aim of this paper is to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential of croplands and grasslands in Great Britain under different management practices. We consider the feasible land management options for grass and cropland using county level land‐use data with estimates of per‐area mitigation potential for individual and total GHGs, to identify the land management options with the greatest cost‐effective mitigation potential. We show that for grasslands, uncertainties still remain on the mitigation potential because of their climatic sensitivity and also their less intensive management. For croplands in Great Britain, the technical mean GHG mitigation potentials for all cropland management practices range from 17 Mt CO₂‐eq. per 20 yr to 39 Mt CO₂‐eq. per 20 yr. There are significant regional variation in all cases, with the greatest potentials in England, negligible potential in Wales and intermediate potential in Scotland, with country differences largely driven by the areas of cropland and grassland in each country. Practices such as agronomic improvement and nutrient management are the most promising options because of their impact on N₂O emissions and also their larger potential at low cost. In terms of annual emissions from agriculture, calculated mitigation potentials are small, where the technical mitigation potential of agronomy and nutrient management strategies are ca. 4.5 and 3.8%, respectively (agricultural emissions account for ca. 9% or 47.7 Mt CO₂‐eq., of total Great Britain GHG emissions, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK). However when compared with the land use, land‐use change and forestry sector (LULUCF) emissions, nutrient management would reduce further emission reductions by approximately half of the 2005 LULUCF sink (i.e. ?1.6 Mt CO₂‐eq. per year).     

陆良县农业生产防灾抗灾对策研究

陆良县是一个农业大县，近年来干旱、低温、霜冻、病虫害等农业灾害多发、濒发，对农业生产造成极大的危害和影响。总结该县采取的一些农业生产防灾抗灾做法及取得的成效，分析防灾抗灾中存在的问题，探讨进一步做好防灾减灾的对策措施。     

统筹城乡背景下农机社会化服务的现状与实践—以成渝经济区为例

农机社会化服务是推动农业机械化发展的有效方式,新时期成渝经济区在统筹城乡社会经济发展背景下农机社会化服务正在进行着多元化的实践。为此,通过实证研究,分析了成渝经济区农机社会化服务的现状及作用,探讨了农机社会化服务与统筹城乡发展二者之间双向互动支撑的发展态势。同时,提出了促进成渝经济区农机社会化服务的针对性建议。     

Use of the nitrate‐specific ion electrode for the determination of nitrate nitrogen in surface and ground water

Abstract

The usefulness of the nitrate‐specific ion electrode (NE) for the determination of nitrate nitrogen (NO3‐N) in surface and ground water was determined. The NE method had several advantages that made it superior to the phenoldisulfonic acid (PDS) method in our environmental quality studies. Samples could be analyzed quickly and with a minimum of sample preparation. Sample coloration and soluble salts did not interfere with the performance of the electrode. Range of detection without dilution was much wider than by the PDS method. Also, the values obtained by the NE method, although slightly greater than those obtained by the PDS method, were satisfactory.     

对提高农业院校科技成果转化效率的若干思考

首先分析了现阶段中国农业院校提高农业科技成果转化效率的现实意义,在此基础上以中国H农业大学为例,深入研究了中国农业院校在农业科技成果转化工作中存在的问题,并针对性地提出了解决对策。     

提升农业科研基本建设项目管理水平的建议

中国农业科研基本建设项目的管理工作在农业科研发展中有着十分重要的作用,结合实际工作经验,从三个方面对农业科研基本建设项目管理过程中出现的问题进行了分析,并提出了提升农业科研基本建设项目管理的建议。     

秦皇岛市农业生态旅游经济发展现状探析

分析秦皇岛市农业生态旅游经济的主要特点和效益现状，并与相似城市进行比较；针对秦皇岛市农业生态旅游市场发展中存在的问题，提出农业生态旅游经济发展的思路与对策。     

烟草农业机械引进的研究调查

烟草农业机械化种植是大势所趋,适时引进发达国家先进烟草农业机械是助推烟草农业机械化进程的一个有利途径。文章结合山东近两年在烟草农机方面的实践经验,谈了一些具体的看法和建议。     

水泵噪声治理工艺研究

对水泵噪声源进行了分析，并举例探讨了水泵噪声治理工艺。     

Environmental Change and the Sustainability of European Forests

Summary

It is some years now since forest decline was a major public concern in Europe and was one of the principal environmental issues around which international research programs were focused. A number of internationally coordinated activities were initiated in the 1980s and 1990s and have continued until now; these contributed significantly to our current understanding of forestry and to the way in which forestry policies have developed. In short, the concept of sustainable development has had an increasing influence and is now of immeasurable value in forest policy, with sustainable forest management well established as its guiding principle. This sequence of events is examined here. The extent to which understanding has advanced is remarkable; much has changed. Arguably this period gave the first indication of the extent to which forests and ecosystems globally are threatened by environmental change. On the basis of the last 20 years, it is tempting to conclude that we now have an effective institutional framework and have made excellent progress. However, some of the recorded ecosystem responses seem anomalous; there are surprises in system responses, e.g., the linkage between sulphur and nitrogen depositions and forest growth. Even more importantly some specific pollutant problems remain and will intensify, and climate change has become an environmental issue of overwhelming importance.