Teaching Agricultural Ethics

A survey was conducted in the United Statesin 1998 and 1999 to determine what members of theNational Association of State Universities and LandGrant Colleges (NASULGC) and of the AmericanAssociation of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)offered agricultural ethics as an undergraduatecourse. Of the 59 responses, the survey found 15 USuniversities that have a course on agricultural ethicsor one that includes the topic. This paper willdiscuss the survey's findings and offer six reasonsthat explain why so few universities includeagricultural ethics in their curriculum. The sixreasons are: 1) lack of education in ethics andphilosophy on the part of agricultural scientists; 2)lack of institutional or disciplinary incentives foragricultural scientists to reflect on their work andits effects; 3) lack of administrative leadership incolleges of agriculture due to their failure tounderstand the benefits of agricultural ethics; 4)continuance of the prevailing assumption thatagriculture is inherently ethically correct; 5) thefelt necessity by agricultural scientists to defendthemselves against what are perceived to be unjust andinaccurate criticisms of agriculture; and 6) areluctance to engage in ethical reflection because itmay raise more problems than it solves. The paper'scentral question is why ethics is not taught in morecolleges of agriculture. Those who teach know thattheir students are tomorrow's farmers, businesspeople, professors, and policy makers. If we who nowteach and administer fail to include true ethicalstudy in our student's education, our students willstill be defensive when confronted with an ethicalissue and unable to respond except with assertionsbased on the production paradigm, the correctness ofwhich, although unexamined, we taught them. If theagricultural faculty does not recognize theopportunity and the obligation to participate in theshaping of values, then the values of agriculture willbe shaped elsewhere in the institution and insociety.     

农田生态系统管理与非点源污染控制

随着化肥和农药大量使用,农业非点源污染已经成为全球水污染的主要来源．不同农田管理措施,如免耕、少耕、传统耕作方式,化肥和农药的使用量、使用方式以及使用季节,灌溉的不同方式,如沟灌、淹灌和喷灌等与农业非点源污染形成之间均有密切的关系,通过农田景观设计来控制非点源污染,可望在控制农业非点源污染方面起到指导作用．     

农业资源综合开发生态环境评价

分析了农业资源综合开发生态环境评价与常规环境评价的意义及不同点,提出了农业资源综合开发生态环境评价的主要步骤、指标体 系、评价标准和评价方法。      

土地利用/覆被变化的水文效应研究进展

随着社会的不断进步和人口的迅速膨胀,土地利用/覆被变化对水文过程产生了重大影响,其研究已经成为国际热点问题和前沿领域。论文首先分析了LUCC水文效应的研究方法,然后从土地利用/覆被变化的驱动力方面:造林与毁林、城市化过程与农业开发活动以及水土保持等,概述了LUCC水文效应的研究进展。综合分析表明:关于城市化过程的水文影响研究,一般认为,在城市化快速发展的驱动下,不透水面积大量增加,改变了水量平衡状况,造成入渗减少,洪峰流量增大,但不同地区城市化发展程度的不同使得水文效应的表现也不相同;水土保持水文效应的研究一般认为,水土保持通过植树造林、种草、修建梯田、淤地坝等措施,使得区域/流域下垫面覆盖状况发生了很大的改变,造成年径流和洪峰流量减少,而使入渗和枯季径流增加,但因地理位置和气象条件等方面的差异,不同地区水土保持产生的水文影响也有所差别;造林与毁林、农业开发活动对水文过程的影响则因研究尺度、区域位置、气象条件、研究对象等因素的影响出现了较大的差异。因此,需考虑多方面因素的影响,正确评价土地利用/覆被变化的水文效应,为水土资源的合理配置和可持续利用提供科学依据。     

The Future of Scattered Trees in Agricultural Landscapes

Abstract: Mature trees scattered throughout agricultural landscapes are critical habitat for some biota and provide a range of ecosystem services. These trees are declining in intensively managed agricultural landscapes globally. We developed a simulation model to predict the rates at which these trees are declining, identified the key variables that can be manipulated to mitigate this decline, and compared alternative management proposals. We used the initial numbers of trees in the stand, the predicted ages of these trees, their rate of growth, the number of recruits established, the frequency of recruitment, and the rate of tree mortality to simulate the dynamics of scattered trees in agricultural landscapes. We applied this simulation model to case studies from Spain, United States, Australia, and Costa Rica. We predicted that mature trees would be lost from these landscapes in 90–180 years under current management. Existing management recommendations for these landscapes—which focus on increasing recruitment—would not reverse this trend. The loss of scattered mature trees was most sensitive to tree mortality, stand age, number of recruits, and frequency of recruitment. We predicted that perpetuating mature trees in agricultural landscapes at or above existing densities requires a strategy that keeps mortality among established trees below around 0.5% per year, recruits new trees at a rate that is higher than the number of existing trees, and recruits new trees at a frequency in years equivalent to around 15% of the maximum life expectancy of trees. Numbers of mature trees in landscapes represented by the case studies will decline before they increase, even if strategies of this type are implemented immediately. This decline will be greater if a management response is delayed.     

农用肥料中有机污染物的初步检测

利用GC/MS技术对21种农用肥料中8类43种USEPA优控有机污染物进行了系统分析.结果表明,大部分肥料检出3类5种以上有机污染物,主要是邻苯二甲酸酯、硝基苯、氯代烯和多环芳烃;有26种有机污染物至少在1种肥料中被检出,其中有5种污染物,尤其是邻苯二甲酸酯在大部分甚至全部肥料中被检出,最高达9764.57μg/kg ;强致癌性化合物苯并(a)芘在2种肥料中被检出.包膜肥料、多功能复合肥料中有机污染物的含量明显较高,表明在肥料生产中应注意原料的有机污染问题.     

岩石风化对三峡库区农业小流域水化学特征的影响

通过对三峡库区典型农业小流域-重庆涪陵王家沟小流域为期一年的水质系统监测,明确了流域主要离子组成,分析了小流域的水化学特征和主要离子来源.结果表明,该流域水化学类型为Cl-—Ca2+型;大多数离子的含量随采样点、季节、水体类型的不同而有显著性差异;Gibbs图、阴阳离子三角图分析结果表明,该流域水体离子组成受岩石风化的影响比较显著,且阴离子可能主要来自于岩盐溶解和碳酸盐的风化,而岩盐溶解也是控制流域阳离子的主要机制,硅酸盐矿物的风化侵蚀作用也存在一定影响;主成分分析得出对该流域水体离子组成影响最大的可能是碳酸盐(其中H2CO3风化碳酸盐岩过程比H2SO4风化作用更为显著),其次是岩盐、硅酸盐,农业活动和居民生活也有一定影响.     

混装制剂类制药行业污染特征与控制标准研究

对混装制剂类制药工业污染物的产生和排放特征进行了调研,对国内外相关标准进行了比较分析,分析了混装制剂类制药行业污染物排放标准的达标情况。提出了大气污染物排放标准的控制项目和建议。     

基于农业自然风险综合评价的高标准基本农田建设区划定方法研究

大规模建设高产稳产、旱涝保收的高标准基本农田是当前土地整治的重要任务,论文从分析区域防灾减灾能力入手,将农业生产自然风险综合评价引入高标准基本农田建设区划定,在识别区域主要风险类型的基础上,应用可变模糊集理论,借助GIS 方法,划分综合风险等级,根据风险强度和整治可行性划定高标准基本农田建设区。结合对关中地区的实例分析,研究表明：①使用可变模糊集理论,综合考虑各单因子风险差异,可减少风险定量化的模糊不确定性;②综合风险由致灾因子危险性和承灾体脆弱性共同决定,风险评价结果可为筛选高标准基本农田建设适宜区提供依据;③综合风险等级、集中连片程度和整治潜力共同确定土地整治时序,可为划定高标准基本农田建设区和确定整治规划提供参考。     

农业资源开发中的耦合效应

论文研究了农业系统的耦合效应,以达到提高农业资源利用率的目的。基于对农业资源特性的分析,肯定了农业资源开发进行系统耦合的必要性。重点论述了农业系统的涵义,并将其分为6个生产层,表述了每个生产层的特点,这为农业系统耦合提供某些理论基础。设计了农业系统耦合的结构要素,通过各结构要素在时序性、空间格局和生态过程上的相互联系和相互作用,将其结构要素耦合成为一个优势互补的农业系统。这个设计在马坪镇实施,取得显著的耦合效应。由此,讨论了在农业资源开发中如何发挥耦合效应的问题。