Path to Support Development of Production and Operation of Big Grain Production Households——Based on Investigation of Heilongjiang Province

Developing production and operation in scales in the major grain producing areas is the direction of the paper. Seizing the opportunity of modem agriculture comprehensive reform in two plains （Songnen Plain and Sanjiang Plain） of Heilongjiang Province and supporting to build a new type of production and management based on the big grain production householding, which plays demonstration and leading roles, have an important strategic position in improving agricultural comprehensive production capacity and ensuring national food security. In this paper, based on the survey data about the big grain production households production operations and analyses of the obstacles in expansion of production in Heilongjiang Province, specific suggestions in supporting the development of the big grain production household were put forward, such as, increasing agricultural production socialized level; perfecting the service system of land transferring; improving financial policies and farmer-friendly policy measures and perfecting the agriculture socialized service system.

Household Income Based on a Broad View of Production

This paper considers the real value of unpaid work. Actual living satisfaction depends not only on market income measured using the current concept of GDP, but also on unpaid household production. We try to estimate broad household income in Japan based on 2011 government estimates. We assume three household life stages, each of which consists of three cases categorized by the spouse＇s type of work. The results show that income differences between the three cases were very small and women worked longer hours than men in all household life stages. This reveals a different possible view of income distribution and poverty, in which women are overburdened.

Technical efficiency and its determinants in China's hog production

China＇s hog production is undergoing a great transformation due to the soaring demand and changing raising system. Regarding the essential role of pork in Chinese diet, a systematic analysis on the productivity and efficiency of hog production can provide significant implications for policy makers. This paper investigates the productivity and efficiency of hog production and the determinants of technical efficiency in China using a household level panel data（2004–2010）. A stochastic frontier translog production function with scaling property in inefficiency term is adopted for hog production analysis, and the determinants of technical efficiency are incorporated in a one-step estimation using maximum likelihood estimation. Our results show that the average technical efficiency of hog production in China is 0.5914. More importantly, we find that specialized farmers have higher technical efficiency than others, and technical efficiency in the eastern region is higher than that in Central and West China.

Direct synthesis of a disinfectant with fresh scent of green plants by semi-hydrogenation of alkynol on Pd single-atom catalysts

Alcohol-based disinfectants have protected people in the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic,but olfactory stimuli of ethanol may evoke unpleasant memories associated with stressful situations in the devastating infectious disease.The smell of ethanol in household cleaning and disinfectant products can be covered up by the fragrance additives,and 3-hexenol is especially appreciated for the characteristic,strong odor of green plants.Industrial production of 3-hexenol relies on the selective hydrogenation of 3-hexyn-1-ol,where Lindlar catalyst is normally used for the superior selectivity.Although achieving such catalytic transformation in ethanol solution seems as a direct way to produce a disinfectant with green aroma,a popular consumer product in the post-COVID era,severe leaching of toxic Pb hinders Lindlar catalyst as a promising candidate.We find that the Fe_(2)O_(3) supported Pd single-atom catalyst is highly selective to fulfill semi-hydrogenation of 3-hexyn-1-ol in 75%ethanol,and the aforementioned household product is readily generated after filtrating the stable,solid catalyst out of reaction solution.Single-atom catalysts have been frequently utilized for fine-chemical synthesis,while in this work they make stunning debut in practical manufacture of daily used products.