Intensification or extensification? Factors affecting technology use in peri-urban lowlands along an agro-ecological gradient in West Africa

The paper analyses whether the increased use of lowlands in proximity to urban centres in West Africa is associated with technological intensification or extensification. Technologies are typified in terms of their orientation – land or labour saving – and market dependence for their procurement and reviews the factors driving and modifying their use in lowlands. The factors associated with technology use are analyzed empirically using geo-referenced lowland data around four urban centers along an ecological gradient in Côte d’Ivoire and Mali. The technologies analyzed include both external inputs (fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, improved varieties) and crop management practices (plot level bunding, rice transplanting and rice direct seeding). Results from binomial logit models highlight the prominent positive and non-linear role of proximity to urban markets for the technological intensification of lowlands – an issue associated with factor scarcities and the transaction costs for procurement and marketing. Technology use in lowlands is also associated with the agro-ecological gradient, lowland development and non-native lowland users. A common thread linking these variables is that they modify resource scarcity and therefore intensification incentives. Lowlands are not always as valuable as they may seem and there may be limited incentives to intensify. Instances of significant lowland cultivation and intensification in the study sites tend to be associated with specific opportunities – driven by market opportunities and modified by seasonal, institutional or development-induced relative land scarcity. Market access is therefore a necessary but not sufficient factor for the technological intensification of lowland use. There is a need for better targeting of development efforts in terms of enabling lowland intensification or extensification as appropriate.     

降雨入渗补给量计算的数值模拟方

基于土壤水运动的物理过程，提出了降雨入渗补给地下水的计算模型。该模型以超渗产流和蓄满产流的混合产流模式计算地表产流量，以双层土壤蒸发模式和植物蒸散发机制计算蒸散发量，并在考虑大孔隙对土壤水运动影响的基础上，采用一维土壤水运动分层计算模型模拟土壤水运动。利用零通量面法确定非饱和土壤渗透系数、土壤水分率定模型其它参数。利用江苏徐州汉王水文试验站蒸渗仪实测资料对模型计算的入渗补给量进行了检验，结果表明，模型可以较好地模拟以土壤水运动为核心的水文过程及降雨入渗补给量。     

Soil bacterial characteristics between surface and subsurface soils along a precipitation gradient in the Alxa Desert,China

Bacteria in desert soil have unique phylogeny and important ecological functions, and theirresponses to changes in precipitation need further attention. However, relevant studies have mainlyfocused on the surface soil, and studies on the responses of bacteria at different soil depths to variationsin precipitation are rare. Thus, we used 16S rDNA high-throughput sequencing to investigate the changesin soil bacterial distribution along a mean annual precipitation gradient (50–150 mm) in the Alxa Desert,China, and compared the variation characteristics in the surface soil layer (0–10 cm) and subsurface soillayer (10–20 cm). Results showed that soil bacterial communities significantly changed along theprecipitation gradient in both soil layers. However, the subsurface soil layer could support bacterialcommunities with higher diversity and closer internal relationships but more internal competition than thesurface soil layer. Additionally, compared with the surface soil layer, variations in diversity andco-occurrence patterns in the subsurface soil layer were more in line with the changes in the mean annualprecipitation, while bacterial community structure was less variable in the subsurface soil layer. Comparedwith the mean annual precipitation, soil moisture had little influence on the structure and diversity of soilbacterial community but had a high correlation with intercommunity connectivity. Therefore, soilmoisture might play a complex role in mediating environmental conditions and soil bacterial communitycharacteristics. Due to the different responses of surface and subsurface soil bacteria to the changes inprecipitation, it is necessary to distinguish different soil layers when predicting the trends in desert soilbacterial conditions associated with precipitation, and prediction of subsurface soil bacteria may be moreaccurate.     

近45 a来中国西北汛期降水极值的变化分析

本文利用中国西北五省(区)1960-2004年125个台站汛期(5-9月)逐日降水资料,首先定义了不同台站的极端降水阈值,然后统计出了不同台站近45a来逐年汛期发生极端降水的频次、干日数、极端干期长度、湿日数及极端湿期长度,并对它们的长期变化趋势作了分析,结果表明:近45a来西北西部汛期极端降水发生频次、湿日数和极端湿期长度表现出增多和增长趋势,干日数和极端干期长度表现出减少和变短趋势;西北东部汛期极端降水发生频次、湿日数和极端湿期长度表现出减少和变短趋势,干日数和极端干期长度表现出增多和变长趋势;从整个西北来说,近45a来极端降水发生频次和湿日数表现出了增多趋势,极端干期长度表现为变短趋势,而干日数同极端湿期长度表现出周期波动状变化,另外干日数同极端湿期长度的变化趋势恰恰相反,而湿日数却与极端干期长度的变化趋势恰恰相反;自上世纪80年代以来降水极值变率较过去有所变大。     

基于两变量联合分布的干旱特征分析

以标准降水指数作为干旱指标,通过Copula函数构造干旱历时和干旱程度的联合分布来分析干旱的基本特征,并以汉江上游为例进行了应用研究.结果表明,由于联合分布考虑了两变量之间的各种组合,并且可以求出各干旱历时或干旱程度下的条件概率,因此,能够更全面地反映干旱的特征.     

根茎类作物单摆铲栅收获装置渐变抛掷特性

单摆铲栅是基于变幅变向振动技术研发的铲栅一体收获装置。为明确单摆铲栅工作特性及抛掷分离作业机理,该研究在运动学及动力学分析基础上建立了铲栅工作面抛掷系数解析方程,铲栅工作面各点抛掷系数随工作长度逐渐增大且具有明显的渐变抛掷特性和较强的抛掷能力,分离区最大抛掷系数达9.98～19.72;建立了单摆铲栅EDEM-MBD耦合仿真模型,以振幅、振动频率、前进速度为因素开展单因素仿真试验,试验结果表明：受工作面抛掷特性及土壤粘塑性影响,牵引阻力、驱动转矩具有明显的强弱周期,在强周期内：单摆铲栅与土壤互作力较大,分离间距最大值发生在该周期切削行程终点时刻分离区中点处;振幅为7～11 mm时,牵引阻力均值约1 580.93～2 019.9 N、最大驱动转矩约224.04～322.11 、最大分离间距约59.58～98.3 mm;振动频率为6.67～10.67 Hz时,牵引阻力均值约1 416.43～1 866.38 N、最大驱动转矩约315.28～364.19 、最大分离间距约78.43～94.67 mm;前进速度为0.2～0.4 m/s时,牵引阻力均值约1 429.43～2 110.48 N、最大驱动转矩约241.27～387.78 、最大分离间距约62.5～102.5 mm。甘草收获试验结果表明：甘草收获机牵引阻力32.17 kN、驱动转矩802.02 、挖掘深度468 mm时,收净率为96.42%,单摆铲栅作业过程流畅有序,渐变抛掷作用明显,根茎土壤分离效果良好。该研究结果可为根茎作物特别是深根茎作物节能高效收获提供参考。     

基于APSIM模型分析不同降水年型下施氮深度对旱地小麦的产量效应

氮肥深施有助于提高旱地作物产量,但施氮深度对黄土高原丘陵沟壑区旱地小麦产量在不同降水年型的影响尚不清楚.利用1990-2020年气象观测数据,基于APSIM模型和数学统计方法探讨施氮深度对不同降水年型小麦产量的影响.结果 表明:模型模拟的小麦产量和生物量模拟值与观测值相关性决定系数(R2)＞0.9、模型有效性指数(ME...     

典型黑土区坡耕地退化程度诊断与评价

为了对黑土区坡耕地退化程度进行全面、综合、客观的诊断与评价,通过文献计量法和频度分析法对国内外耕地退化评价文献内的高频指标进行了统计分析,建立了适用于东北典型黑土区坡耕地退化程度诊断与评价的指标体系(TIS)。同时以拜泉县为研究区域,通过聚类分析建立了土壤退化程度诊断与评价最小指标集(MIS)。结果表明:(1)TIS共包括物理、化学、生物和侵蚀特征因子4类共11项指标:腐殖质层厚度、黏粒含量、有机质含量、pH值、坡度、垄坡角、沟壑密度、容重、水稳性大团聚体含量、土壤阳离子交换量和作物产量,其中前6项指标组成了MIS。(2)研究区未退化土壤占12%,轻度退化土壤占12%,中度及以上退化土壤占76%。坡度可能是影响研究区土壤退化的主要因素之一,坡度与垄坡角之间存在协同关系。此外,施用农药、化肥以及连作导致土壤酸化问题突出。     

坡度对降雨径流挟沙能力影响的模拟试验

高陡边坡降雨径流侵蚀输移能力是一个重要的科学问题。通过室内模拟降雨试验研究相同雨强不同坡度和坡长条件下的降雨径流侵蚀输移规律。结果表明：(1)试验条件下,水深与水力坡度的1/3次方呈负相关,与坡长的3/5次方呈正相关,流速与水力坡度和水深呈幂函数增加;(2)相同雨强裸坡条件下,径流含沙量与水力坡度的1/2次方呈正相关,与坡长的4/5次方呈正相关。水流挟沙能力约与水力坡度的1/2次方呈正相关。(3)降雨径流的水流紊动扩散作用与重力作用的比值较明渠水流偏大,表明雨滴打击的紊动作用较明显,给出挟沙能力公式。与常用的河流泥沙挟沙能力公式比较,系数偏大,指数偏小。研究成果对深入分析降雨径流侵蚀输移的机制具有重要意义。