An overview on biogas generation from anaerobic digestion of food waste

Food waste is an inevitable type of waste in every city, and its treatment technology evolves with time. Due to the high organic content and high biodegradability of food waste, anaerobic digestion becomes a commonly accepted treatment method to deal with it. This review article summarizes key factors for anaerobic digestion and provides useful information for successful anaerobic digestions. Reasonable temperature and pH are essential for a successful and productive anaerobic digestion process. A good inoculum to substrate ratio triggers a profitable food waste digestion. Good mixing and small particle sizes are important factors too. In addition, the pros and cons of different reactors to food waste digestion are highlighted. Moreover, co-digestion of food waste with animal manures, sewage sludge, and green waste were introduced.     

国家资源安全战略视角下金属资源税改革的影响

使用修正后的使用者成本模型核算金属资源的耗竭成本,测算出金属资源税理论税率区间,即金属资源从价计征改革的税率应该在5%-20%之间;然后,构建动态递归CGE模型,模拟分析金属资源税从价计征改革对国民收入、行业、金属资源进出口、金属资源消耗量及社会福利的影响。研究表明,现有金属资源税征收数额低,变化比率大约在0.1%-0.5%区间,远远低于本文测算的5%-20%,金属资源价格对资源配置作用失灵。在对宏观经济影响上,金属资源税从价计征改革会对国民收入产生一定的负向冲击,在同等条件下超过了煤炭对GDP的影响;金属资源税改革对重工业影响达到-1.73%,远高于对其他行业的影响;在税率为17%的情况下,对进出口的负面影响最大;在税率为8%和13%的情景设计下,进出口的损失在经济可以承受的范围之内;从2016年到2020年,税率提升对进出口的影响逐渐减弱;随着金属资源税计征改革,各部门对于金属资源的使用量逐渐降低;8%和13%的资源税税率对居民和政府的收入支出比例影响不大,社会福利损失程度随着税率的不断提高而增加,2016-2020年税率的提高对福利的负面影响程度逐渐减弱。根据这些影响,本文认为在金属资源税从价计征改革初期应将税率设定在8%-10%的范围内,以后再逐步提高;并且建议利用资源税替代出口配额与出口关税等政策措施,通过增加金属资源上游矿产品的供给成本,提高金属矿产品出口价格,这样在达到与金属资源配额和关税政策同等效果的同时,有效避免金属资源领域的贸易纠纷,助推国家资源安全战略的实施;此外,政府应该创新金属资源价格与税收体制改革,建立反映市场供求和金属资源稀缺程度、体现生态价值和代际补偿的金属资源绿色税制,使价格更好地反映金属资源的稀缺性,通过资源税实现金属矿产开发的代际安全。     

影响食品行业社会组织参与食品安全风险治理能力的主要因素研究

事实再次证明,单纯由政府主导的食品安全监管模式已无法满足人们对于食品安全的消费需求。政府和市场在食品安全风险治理中出现的政府公权和市场私权的"双重失灵",迫切需要社会组织的参与。本文通过深度访问和问卷调查的形式,基于主成分分析方法将影响食品行业社会组织参与食品安全风险治理能力的影响因素指标融合为互不相关的综合指标,并由此构建了多元线性回归模型,研究了影响食品行业的社会组织参与食品安全风险治理能力的主要因素。研究结果表明,社会组织的公信力、与政府的关系、政府支持力度、社会组织的信息公开程度、专职人员的数量与质量等因素与其参与治理能力存在较强的正相关;社会组织法定代表人年龄、现职国家机关公务人员在组织内担任职务的比例与其参与治理的能力存在较高的负相关。因此,社会组织在食品安全的风险治理中是否能发挥自身独有的优势,弥补政府和市场在食品安全风险中的双重失灵,内在地取决于社会组织的外部环境、内部治理结构与内部管理水平。构建具有中国特色的食品安全社会共治体系亟需逐步完善社会组织的立法,明确社会组织的法律地位,确保社会组织在法律框架下按照各自的章程自主性地开展的各种活动,政府在法律框架下履行支持社会组织发展的职能力度;同时优化内部人员结构,建设具有数量充足、能力结构基本完备的工作人员队伍,并依据改革要求,优化法定代表人的结构,建立诚信信息服务平台,提升自身的社会公信度,由此保障社会组织在参与食品安全风险治理过程中的独立性,发挥自身专业性、自治性等优势。     

华北1743-1744年与1876-1878年旱灾中的政府粮食调度与社会后果对比

以《清实录》等清代档案文献为主要历史信息源,挑选华北地区清代盛期(1743-1744年)和晚期(1876-1878年)分别发生的两次典型旱灾,对灾害气候背景和灾情、政府措施(特别是政府主导的跨区粮食调度)、社会后果(人口迁徙和动乱)等信息进行整理并分别对比,可以发现1743-1744年旱灾期间政府的粮食调度体现出粮食数量大、来源渠道广、调度效率高等鲜明特点,并取得了良好的社会效果;而1876-1878年旱灾则反之,粮食数量及来源有限,且转运效率极低,由此引发严重社会后果。这种转变,发生在主要余粮产区农业凋敝、南北粮食运道(大运河)阻断、漕运及仓储制度衰败的时代背景之下,重灾区空间分布带来的交通通达性差异,也在客观上影响了粮食调度的效率。     

Scenario Development as a Basis for Formulating a Research Program on Future Agriculture: A Methodological Approach

To increase the awareness of society to the challenges of global food security, we developed five contrasting global and European scenarios for 2050 and used these to identify important issues for future agricultural research. Using a scenario development method known as morphological analysis, scenarios were constructed that took economic, political, technical, and environmental factors into account. With the scenarios as a starting point future challenges were discussed and research issues and questions were identified in an interactive process with stakeholders and researchers. Based on the outcome of this process, six socioeconomic and biophysical overarching challenges for future agricultural were formulated and related research issues identified. The outcome was compared with research priorities generated in five other research programs. In comparison, our research questions focus more on societal values and the role of consumers in influencing agricultural production, as well as on policy formulation and resolving conflicting goals, areas that are presently under-represented in agricultural research. The partly new and more interdisciplinary research priorities identified in Future Agriculture compared to other programs analyzed are likely a result of the methodological approach used, combining scenarios and interaction between stakeholders and researchers.     

中国区域粮食生产与消费中的虚拟耕地平衡研究

从不同尺度分析了我国2008年粮食生产、消费中的虚拟耕地含量及虚拟耕地平衡空间分布规律.主要结论为:①2008年粮食生产虚拟耕地北方比南方多32396.8×107m2,人均粮食生产虚拟耕地量北方远远高于全国平均水平和南方,因粮食生产形成较为典型的虚拟耕地“北土南调”现象.②2008年粮食消费虚拟耕地北方比南方多6851.62×107m2.③从粮食生产与消费的虚拟耕地平衡空间分布规律来看,2008年虚拟耕地调出区全部位于我国北方地区,集中分布在两大地带:一是由黑龙江、吉林、内蒙古、新疆、宁夏5省(区)组成的我国北方边境沿线地带,二是由河南、安徽组成的中部区;调入区则集中在由东部沿海地区、中部省份和西部内陆省份组成的环状地带.     

餐厨垃圾和稻草两相厌氧发酵及其动力学

采用响应面实验设计对影响酸化相产酸效果的4个因素即有机负荷、酸化时间、F/M(VS/VS)比、餐、草比进行实验研究.在最优的酸化条件下,选取最优的餐、草比与单餐厨和单稻草的产酸效果和产甲烷性能进行比较,并进行产物动力学曲线拟合.实验结果表明,进料负荷为42.95 g(VS)/L,酸化时间为7.92 d,F/M(VS/VS)为2.12∶1,餐、草混合比为3.88∶1时,产酸效果最优,VFA和乙醇总量为16 844 mg/L,比单因素最优水平组合VFA和乙醇总量提高30.4％.一级动力学模型可以很好地表征酸化阶段的VFA和乙醇的产量,餐、草比3.88∶1,餐厨垃圾和稻草的酸化一级产物生成的速率k分别为0.0887、0.0753和0.0625 1/d.修正Gompertz模型也较好地表征产甲烷阶段的负荷累计产甲烷量,拟合曲线的相关系数均大于0.98.     

能源安全视角下中俄能源合作战略选择

中俄能源合作是中俄两国经贸合作的重要组成部分,也是发展两国战略协作伙伴关系的重要领域。中俄两国能源合作既有利于缓解中国能源安全紧张问题,也有利于俄罗斯开拓广阔的能源消费市场,促进本国经济发展,同时对地区经济发展起到重要作用。分析了中俄能源合作的背景、基础、特点与障碍,提出了发展中俄能源合作的战略选择。     

Green pre-concentration techniques during pesticide analysis in food samples

The ever-increasing demand for determining pesticides at low concentration levels in different food matrices requires a preliminary step of pre-concentration which is considered a crucial stage. Recently, the parameter of “greenness” during sample pre-concentration of pesticides in food matrices is as important as selectivity in order to avoid using harmful organic solvents during sample preparation. Developing new green pre-concentration techniques is one of the key subjects. Thus, to reduce the impact on the environment during trace analysis of pesticides in food matrices, new developments in pre-concentration have gone in three separate directions: the search for more environmentally friendly solvents, miniaturization and development of solvent-free pre-concentration techniques. Eco-friendly solvents such as supercritical fluids, ionic liquids and natural deep eutectic solvents have been developed for use as extraction solvents during pre-concentration of pesticides in food matrices. Also, miniaturized pre-concentration techniques such as QuEChERS, dispersive liquid–liquid micro-extraction and hollow-fiber liquid-phase micro-extraction have been used during trace analysis of pesticides in food samples as well as solvent-free techniques such as solid-phase micro-extraction and stir bar sorptive extraction. All these developments which are aimed at ensuring that pesticide pre-concentration in different food matrices is green are critically reviewed in this paper.