Creating space for sustainable food systems: Lessons from the field

In response to growing trendsin the current food system toward globalintegration, economic consolidation, andenvironmental degradation, communities haveinitiated alternative, more sustainable foodand agricultural systems. Lessons may now belearned about the development and maintenanceof local, sustainable food systems projects –those that attempt to integrate theenvironmental, economic, and social health oftheir food systems in particular places. Fourkinds of space need to be created and protected– social space, political space, intellectualspace, and economic space. Three importantthemes emerge from these community spaces:public participation, new partnerships, and acommitment to social, economic, andenvironmental justice principles.     

农村公共物品的有效供给方式研究

从农村公共物品的界定和分类入手,分析了我国广大农村地区的公共物品供给现状,显示出农村地区电力、通讯设施还未全面普及;文化教育设施严重落后;医疗和社会福利机构不足。指出了公共物品的合理供给模式：政府在投资资金量大、事关广大农民生产生活质量的公共物品供给上保持主导地位;小型的便于操作和供给的准公共物品和边缘化公共物品可以在政府的指导框架下,引入多元的供给主体。根据此模式,提出了相应的政策建议：加大财政投入力度,完善地方财政体系;积极鼓励农村广大村民参与公共物品供给机制的积极性,使得供给具有针对性;极力打造农村公共物品的多元化供给体系,确保有效供给。     

猪流感在我国的流行现状

猪流感是由正黏病毒科猪流感病毒引起的不同日龄、性别和品种猪的一种急性、热性和高度接触性、群发性呼吸道疾病,其临床上以发病急促,高热咳嗽,鼻中流出分泌物,呼吸困难,衰竭,怀孕母猪繁殖障碍、流产、死亡等病症为特征。目前,猪流感在我国各地广泛存在和发生,给养殖业带来了巨大的经济损失,并且严重危害人类的健康。本文就猪流感近几年在我国的流行现状进行简要概述,以期引起科研工作者和养殖者对猪流感的高度重视,继而建立有效的防制机制,减少由该病带来的危害。     

The Farmland and Rural Improvement Project budget under the Agriculture Basic Law in Japan

The Farmland and Rural Improvement Project (FRIP) system met socioeconomic needs during the time the Agriculture Basic Law (ABL) was in effect. Four hundred and forty publications and revisions of project execution guidelines between fiscal years (FY) 1960 and 1995 addressed the need to modify the FRIP systems. From the viewpoint of budgets, the budget share of the Farmland Improvement Project (FIP) in annual national public works budgets decreased in close correlation with percentages of gross agricultural product in gross domestic product (GDP). The Rural Improvement Project (RIP) share, however, increased during the same time period, in close correlation with percentages of non-farmers living in rural villages. Consequently, there was little change in the FRIP budget share. These changes in FRIP budget structure brought a certain level of FIP investment per hectare, with no increase since FY 1980. In addition, the RIP investment played a role in narrowing the gap in the living infrastructure investment per capita between urban and rural areas.     

东北三省省级馆数字资源建设对比探究

通过对黑龙江省图书馆、吉林省图书馆、辽宁省图书馆数字资源建设情况的调查,研究东北三省省级公共图书馆数字资源建设的现状,了解各家采购、自建、公网共享的数字资源建设的特点与优势,通过分析三家公共图书馆数字资源建设的公开数据,结合采购经费、方式、原则、渠道与受众等多方面因素对比分析研究,例举各馆数字资源目前建设的相对不足,并给出意见供参考,文中数据资料也供同行业内分享研究。     

When goliaths clash: US and EU differences over the labeling of food products derived from genetically modified organisms

There is a fundamental divergence of opinion between the EU and the US over how food products derived from genetically modified organisms should be labeled. This has less to do with safety, as moves towards the international harmonization of safety standards continue apace, and rather more to do with the consumers' right to know about the origins of the food they are consuming. This paper uses a framework drawn from the global public goods (GPG) literature of economics and the work by international relations theorists on formal international organizations (FIO) to explain why there is presently no global consensus on the manner (voluntary or mandatory) in which GM food products should be labeled.     

简析土地行政公益诉讼制度的设立

分析了土地行政公益诉讼制度的内涵与特征,阐释了设立土地行政公益诉讼制度的法律依据,明确设立土地行政公益诉讼制度的意义。     

Farmers’ perceptions and management practices of insect pests on stored sorghum in southwestern Ethiopia

Surveys were undertaken in six districts of southwestern Ethiopia from July to October 2003 to investigate farmers’ perceptions and management practices of insect pests on traditionally stored sorghum. The survey involved 138 randomly selected farmers who were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Storage insect pests were perceived as the major insect pests of sorghum. The majority of the farmers estimated sorghum yield losses of up to 50% due to insect damage during storage. High temperature and lack of storage hygiene were cited as the major factors resulting in insect infestation of stored sorghum. Infestations of stored sorghum insect pests were common on different forms of sorghum, which stored in various types of farm storage. Farmers classified sorghum varieties according to the level of resistance to stored sorghum insect pests. Only about 32% of the farmers had access to chemical insecticides for the control of stored sorghum insect pests, while the majority of them used cultural practices and locally available plant materials as storage protectants.