Agricultural Multifunctionality Evolution and Research into Issues concerning Agriculture,Countryside and Farmers

From the point of view of agricultural civilization, the history of human civilization is the history of the development of the agricultural civilization. Accompanied by social progress and development of the times, the function of agriculture also experiences the expansion and deepening. In terms of economy, there is a process from mechanized farming to industrialization, then to informatization, modernization and internationalization. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has also experienced and witnessed this process. In terms of "agriculture, countryside and farmers", the content is complex, diverse, profound, sharp, and changing, constantly testing and challenging our wisdom. When the Document No.1 in 2007 targeted modern agriculture, it indicated that new connotation was integrated into agricultural multifunctionality, standing at a new starting point. At present, the function of agriculture is still deepening; there are tremendous achievements and outstanding problems concurrently in issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers. We take the agricultural multifunctionality as breakthrough point for exploration and research.

SEVERAL ISSUES CONCERNING FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

This article expounds the strategic significance and main tasks of fundamental research, and analyses the situation that the Chinese Academy of Sciences is faced with in its fundamental research, and the measures which should be taken.

A white book of SGCC issued concerning green development

On April 19, the State Grid Corporation Green Development White Book was issued in Beijing, which is the f irst one the Chinese enterprises have ever published. In the book, it is anticipated that by 2020, SGCC will generally fin ish the construction of smart grid, which increases

Environmental Issues Related to Chemical Fertilizer Use in China

The current status of chemical fertilizers production and consumption in China as well as their important roles in Chinese modern agriculture are discussed with special concerns to the environmental issues related to chemical fertilizer use. On the one hand, the total amount of chemical fertilizer produced is insufficient to meet the agricultural needs. On the other hand, the production and consumption of chemical fertilizers in China are obviously not balanced. In some areas over application of nitrogen fertilizers and loss of phosphate fertilizer due to soil erosion have resulted in some undesirable environmental problems such as increase of nitrate in water and eutrophication of water bodies. Maximum scientific uses of organic manures in combination with reasonable use of chemical fertilizers are part of good practices not only in increasing soil productivity and keeping sustainable agriculture development but also in mimimizing their detrimental effects on the environment.

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: ITS STATUS QUO AND TREND IN CHINA

Agriculture is a complex of processes that takes place within a threefold (that is, bio-physical, socio-political and techno-economic) environmatal framework. The sustainability of agriculturral systems can also be assessed within this framework. Sustainable agnculture has different meanings at various spatial scales At local and regional scales, it is just ecological farming. At national and global scales, however, the emphasis is put on the issues of food production and distribution. Based upon the framework, this paper discusses the current situation and future trend of Chinese agriculture in relation to sustainability.

Previous No.1 Central Documents on Agriculture

This is the 11th consecutive year that the No.1 document has focused on rural issues.The 10 previous documents are as follows:2013The No.1 Central Document issued on Jan.31,2013,put the theme on"speeding up the modernization of agriculture and further strengthening the vitality of rural growth."It listed ensuring grain security and supplies

National mandatory standard on agricultural mulch film issued

The revised national mandatory standard on polyethylene blown mulch film for agricultural uses was officially issued in October 2017.The new standard defines the increase of the minimum thickness of mulch film,which can prevent the overuse of ultra-thin mulch film and promote the recycling and aging-resistance of mulch film,according to Sha Nansheng,Deputy-Director of Science and Technology Division,MIIT.

On the Relation between Agricultural Informationization and Rural Informationization

Through analyzing concept of agriculture and countryside,and overall objective of new socialist countryside construction " developed production,well-off living,civilized village culture,clean village environment,and democratic management",this paper divides the informationization construction for new socialist countryside into agricultural informationization and rural informationization,and presents the new socialist countryside informationization construction system.Then the paper elaborates connotation of agricultural informationization and rural informationization,differentiates and analyzes the relation between the two concepts.Agricultural informationization and rural informationization influence each other,promote each other,and are integrated into new socialist countryside informationization construction.

Analysis of Influential Factors on Agricultural Surplus Labor Professionalization During China's Economic Downturn

This paper contributed to the pool of studies about agricultural surplus labor in China, also acted as the root to the imminent settlement of the issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers. Using data from survey of agricultural surplus labor in 2012, which covered three provinces in northern, midwestem and southern parts of China, this paper analyzed the influential factors on agricultural surplus labor professionalization by adoption of a logistic regression model. It showed that agricultural surplus labor shortage could be explained by low-quality professionalization. It was a feasible and effective way to solve the issue of workforce shortage during economic downturn by improving agricultural surplus labor＇s professionalization.

Google Maps Security Concerns

Google Maps and other such maps in GIS have a lot of significance in every one’s life for in modern world due to technological development as well as contemporary needs in travelling, business planning, agriculture, e-marketing supply chain management, census and planning and excessive use of mobile phones. Being a revolutionary technology, it attracts the users from its inception. It has been revolutionary in having an impact on one’s daily life by helping one explore geographical locations virtually anywhere on the whole planet. It has become a norm that people use Google Maps before or while commuting to a certain place as most of the people rely on it to provide the shortest or fastest route to a destination. Google Maps has had a profound impact not only one’s personal life, but has opened new avenues of marketing, business intelligence, urban planning, infrastructure strategy development, as well as traffic engineering. Hence, no one can deny the impact it has had on our society in a short period. However, Google Maps has security concerns associated with its use. This is because whenever a user is searching for a geographical location on Google Maps, there is no way to ascertain his/her intention. As result, whatever is requested by the user, it is provided without much security checks or personal specific logging history. Criminal minded people may use the technology to carry out unwarranted and uncalled-for activities such as terror attacks, exploitation of military assets, target killing, trailing a potential victim, kidnapping, demanding ransom money, and compromising national security etc. Numbers of such activities may be carried out using the guidance from “Google Maps” without getting noticed. This is largely due to that anonymous login is allowed into Google Maps. The paper highlights the main security issues that exist in the use of Google Maps and suggests the key areas to improve upon. In this research paper, we discuss the security concerns related to Google Maps utilization and try to identify the associated risks that may be worst in some situations due to that it is significant to assess the usage of this tremendous technology. We categorize the millions of Anonymous Google Maps users into two major categories (Anonymous Good Users and Anonymous Bad Users) based on Google Maps browsing and analyze the associated risks and potential threats and propose the way to minimize them. In future, if Google Maps adopts the proposed techniques and improves upon, then its utilization minimizes security concerns and makes the world much safe place.

Asian Agricultural Research is indexed by CABI, CSA Illumina, AGE and otherfamous databases in many countries

Through the joint efforts of editorial staff and multitudinous readers,Asian Agricultural Research eventually passes the extremely strict appraisal,to be indexed by CABI’ s full text repository.CABI is globally acclaimed as one of the most authoritative and prestigious abstract data bases concerning agriculture and forestry.Since inception of publication,Asian Agricultural Research has also been indexed by AGE Database,Naresuan University Library,Rural Development Foundation of India,Royal Tropical Institute and CSA Illumina.Editorial office of Asian Agricultural Research CABI Database CABI Database,one of the most authoritative and prestigious abstract data bases concerning agriculture and forestry,is compiled by Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International.This data base,since 1973,has indexed

About Asian Agricultural Research

In 2009,Wu Chu (USA-China) Science and Culture Media Corporation (Cranston,USA) and American Gene C T LLC (Cranston,USA) issued the journal

Agricultural Companies Encouraged to Go Public

Since the year 2004,the No.1 document issued by the central government is related to agri-culture,rural villages and farm-ers,which has greatly promoted the development of agricultural economy and industry.In the area of accelerating rural financial system innovation,the No.1 document states that it is necessary

Research on the agricultural comprehensive development project performance evaluation problems and countermeasures

The agricultural comprehensive development project performance evaluation refers to the evaluation and assessment of the expected target original and effectiveness after the completion of a project, discuss how to according to different projects to form a reasonable evaluation system for agricultural comprehensive development project, make a reasonable assessment, which can not only ensure the project quality, but also to achieve the project plans to further improve and perfect, make agricultural development operation became more efficient, so it has the practical significance. This paper describes the construction of the performance evaluation system of agricultural comprehensive development project problems, and puts forward some countermeasures for construction of agricultural comprehensive development project performance evaluation system.

“双碳”目标下的农业碳问题研究进展及未来展望

减少农业碳排放,提高农业碳汇能力,是我国实现“双碳”目标的重要举措,也是潜力所在,故厘清农业碳问题的研究现状及其特征具有重要意义。为助力我国“双碳”目标早日实现,本文基于农业碳排放、农业碳汇以及农业低碳发展驱动因素3个维度对已有相关研究进行全面梳理:首先,明确了农业碳排放的基本概念并介绍了常见的测算方法,同时基于时序演变、空间分布、效率特征、减排路径等视角对其研究现状进行了回顾;其次,界定农业碳汇的基本概念,进而引申出森林碳汇、土壤碳汇和海洋碳汇并介绍各自的测算方法,而后则围绕农业净碳汇与碳汇市场化展开重点阐述;最后,从宏观和微观2个层面探讨影响农业低碳发展的主要因素,其中前者着眼于政策、经济、社会等方面,而后者则侧重于户主的内在因素和农户面临的外部环境。针对未来农业碳问题的研究方向,本文认为可重点围绕以下4个方面,即农业碳达峰的科学预测与差异化减排路径设计、农业减碳固碳潜力的科学评估与实现路径探讨、农业碳市场的构建与碳汇价值变现的思路探索以及农户低碳生产技术供需匹配探究与其制度优化。

由强省到强国:省级政府推进特色农业强国政策体系的异质性研究

农业强省是农业强国的有机组成部分,地方政府对农业强国战略的推进是农业强国建设的重要环节。农业强国的政策体系主要以政策背景、政策手段和政策目标三大要素来构成。其中,政策背景作为出发点,分别从制度空间、经济空间、社会空间描绘出现实图景。各省以构建保障体系、产业体系、支持体系和创新体系的政策手段来贯彻落实农业强国战略,勾勒出鲜明的农业强国建设着力点。政策目标是政策体系的归宿点,央地政策的精准匹配体现出协同治理的思想。在建设农业强国的实践中,各省级政府要统筹发挥好不同体系的作用,打造具有弹性的特色农业强国建设体系,协调好中央与地方治理的关系,实现央地协同发展。