Resource allocation tradeoffs in Manila’s peri-urban vegetable production systems: An application of multiple objective programming

This paper designed and developed a multi-objective programming (MOP) model to illustrate the dynamic relationship among technologies, productive activities, constraints and farmers’ objectives in the peri-urban vegetable production system and use the model as an economic tool in analysing probable consequences of a given action or innovation on the farm. The best compromise solution was generated using four analytical steps, as follows: single-objective optimization (to determine the ideal and anti-ideal values of the objective functions); constrained optimization (to generate the set of Pareto non-dominated solutions); cluster analysis (to trim down efficient set into smaller homogeneous groups); and compromise programming (to determine where the best compromise solution lies).     

Monitoring forage production for farmers’ decision making

Objective management of grazing livestock production systems needs monitoring of forage production at the managerial unit level. Our objectives were to develop a system that routinely estimates forage above-ground net primary production (ANPP) at the spatial and temporal resolution required by farmers in the Pampas of Argentina, and to facilitate adoption of the system by end users as a managerial support tool. Our approach was based on the radiation use efficiency (RUE) logic, which proposes that ANPP is determined by the amount of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by the canopy (APAR), and the efficiency with which that energy is transformed in above-ground dry matter (radiation use efficiency, RUE). APAR is the product of incoming photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and the fraction absorbed by the canopy (fPAR). We estimated fPAR as a non-linear function of MODIS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). RUE was empirically estimated for the two principal forage resources of the region, yielding the following relations: ANPP = 0.6 × APAR + 12, (R² = 0.86; p < 0.001; n = 18) for the upland sown pastures, and ANPP = 0.27 × APAR + 26, (R² = 0.74; p < 0.001; n = 18) for the lowland naturalized pastures, with ANPP in g/m²/60 days and APAR in MJ/m²/60 days. The models were able to predict independent ANPP values with acceptable accuracy. Computational procedures were automated and run in a Relational Data Base Manager System that stored and managed all the information. The system is currently monitoring 212,794 ha in 83 farms and provides monthly ANPP values for the previous month and a history of the last 6 years. The data so generated show ANPP differences between the two major forage resources, considerable variability of a given month’s ANPP among years and paddocks, and contrasting among-farm differences in the efficiency of conversion of ANPP and forage supplements into beef production. The system was well accepted by end users who utilize it mainly for making near real time decisions according to last month ANPP, and explaining results of previous production cycles by incorporating ANPP as an explicative variable. However, there were differences among farmers in the degree of utilization, apparently related to the advisor’s attitude toward this new technology. Our results indicate that (1) forage production of large extensions can be monthly monitored at the paddock level by a small laboratory with capabilities in geographic information systems, and (2) advisors and farmers apply this information to their managerial decisions.     

荒漠化预警模型及其应用研究

分析了土地生产潜力的影响因子及其计算方法，从机理上分析各因子给未来荒漠化的发展趋势可能造成的影响，并从土地生产潜力退化基本原理出发，建立了荒漠化顸警模型。以疏勒河流域为背景，在GIS平台支持下，应用预警模型分析了该流域昌马灌区农业综合开发后的荒漠化趋势，对灌区荒漠化的发展趋势和潜在危险性进行了分析判断。     

Determining crop-water production functions using yield–irrigation gradient algorithms

Crop-water production functions (CWPFs) are a useful tool for irrigation planning, but derivation of CWPFs by field experimentation is expensive, and traditional analytical techniques are not well suited to derivation of CWPFs. Physiologically based crop models provide a useful tool for simulation of agricultural experiments, but they have not been extensively applied to the task of CWPF determination. A new algorithm type based upon differential crop yield response to irrigation (“yield–irrigation gradients” [YIG]) is presented that uses these crop models to determine planning-level irrigation schedules and CWPFs. Three specific algorithms are developed within this type, varying in complexity, performance, and computational costs. Performance of the YIG methods is compared against a standard reference evapotranspiration method. In particular, the randomized iterative YIG (RIYIG) algorithm provides near-optimal results but at the highest computational costs of all the methods specified. All of the techniques presented have general applicability and are not limited to any one crop or location.     

温度对不同育成地水稻品种的生长及其物质生产的影响

以原产温带的日本晴三粳稻品种和原产热带的IR8两籼稻品种为材料,观察了16—30℃恒温对其生长和物质生产的影响。结果:在试验温度范围内,各个品种的植株均随温度升高而增高;但两类品种的株高感温指数有差异,IR8两品种的较低,日本晴三品种的较高。IR8两品种在30℃下分蘖数最大,日本晴三品种则是在25℃下,较有利于它们的分蘖。IR8两品种的CGR和NAR,以30℃下最大,日本晴三品种则以25℃下的最大,干物质生产量亦呈此趋势。所有供试品种都是在25℃下出叶最少,出叶间隔天数则以在20℃下为最快。     

贵州省畜产品质量安全问题

为了提高畜产品的质量安全,确保畜牧业稳定、持续发展,对贵州省畜产品质量安全的现状、存在问题及原因、今后发展对策等,进行了全方位探讨。     

生产效率视域下加工番茄生产要素冗余的区域差异及影响因素

新疆是我国番茄制品生产和出口的重要基地,基于新疆加工番茄主产县域480份农户的调研数据,采用DEA-BCC模型,测算新疆加工番茄主产县域的生产效率,分析加工番茄主产县域的生产要素冗余率,并利用地理探测器模型,揭示影响加工番茄生产效率的关键因子。结果表明：新疆加工番茄主产县域的生产效率存在显著差异,且生产效率均未达到DEA有效水平;其次,加工番茄主产县域的生产要素投入存在不同程度的冗余,种植面积和农业机械投入冗余属于资源利用强度不足型,劳动力、化肥及农药投入冗余属于要素投入过度型;家庭纯收入、户主年龄、户主受教育程度、种植时间和种植面积是生产效率出现县域差异的主要因子,解释力度介于61.4%～65.2%,且因子间相互作用的影响力均高于单独作用的影响力,表明促进县域之间生产要素的合理流动和高效集聚,发挥主产县域的辐射带动作用,可以有效提高加工番茄种植户的生产效率。     

江西省水稻蓄雨间歇灌溉模式初探

【目的】探索水稻蓄雨间歇灌溉模式节水减排效益。【方法】以鄱阳湖区双季早晚稻为试验材料,采用大田和测坑试验,研究了水稻蓄雨间歇灌溉模式对灌溉定额、排水定额、降雨有效利用率、产量、稻田水分生产率,以及氮、磷排放量的影响,并与间歇灌溉和常规淹水灌溉试验进行了分析比较。【结果】与淹水灌溉、间歇灌溉相比,蓄雨间歇灌溉灌排水量、灌排次数明显减少。双季早晚稻年平均灌水量分别减少975m^3/hm^2和1251m^3/hm^2,年平均灌水次数分别减少8次和7.5次;年平均排水量分别减少729 m^3/hm^2和893 m^3/hm^2,年平均排水次数分别减少5.8次和3.1次;蓄雨间歇灌溉降雨有效利用率明显提高。早稻降雨利用率分别提高12.40%和9.14%,晚稻分别提高6.84%和6.42%;蓄雨间歇灌溉模式下,双季早晚稻总氮排放量年平均减排7.64 kg/hm^2和3.12 kg/hm^2,减排幅度34.93%和14.26%;双季早晚稻总磷排放量0.180kg/hm^2和0.095kg/hm^2,减排幅度37.25%和70.59%。【结论】蓄雨间歇灌溉模式具有明显的节水、减排和提高降雨有效利用率的效果,在我国南方多雨地区具有较强的推广应用空间。     

中国稻谷生产率的地域差异和时空分异——基于稻谷主产区的实证分析

农业结构调整的背景下,提高稻谷的生产效率对于保障我国口粮安全具有重要意义。采用1999-2015年全国籼稻和粳稻主产省的数据,利用数据包络分析法对我国各省份各年度稻谷生产效率的DEA-Malmquist指数进行了测算,通过测算得出反映稻谷全要素生产率的Malmqusit指数,并将全要素生产率分解为规模效率变化、纯技术效率变化和技术进步变化。结果表明：①稻谷主产区区域布局方面,水稻产业可以结合地区优势布局。②技术进步在稻谷的投入产出效率的提高中发挥了重要作用。在推广水稻种植中,农业部门应充分重视技术进步的作用。③发展适度规模经营,提高规模效率,提高稻谷生产效率。未来稻谷产业仍以去库存、绿色发展、规模化经营为主要趋势。