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Sun H, Yang Z, Li X, Hang Y, Gao M, Lu X, Yang Y, Meng X, Zhu L. Assessment of the cultivated land quality in the black soil region of Northeast China based on the field scale. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2023; 195:1508. [PMID: 37987867 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-12099-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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In some developing countries, particularly China, a significant number of individual farmers manage small field scale of cultivated land. However, the existing research on cultivated land quality assessment mainly focuses on large-scale regions, establishing comprehensive index systems from a macro perspective, while lacking evaluations customized to individual farmers, who constitute a crucial component in agricultural production, and a demand-driven field-scale assessment of cultivated land quality. Therefore, we developed a field-scale index system that meets the needs of individual farmers in the black soil region of Northeast China. Additionally, we proposed a machine learning model for field-scale cultivated land quality assessment. The experimental results showed that our model achieved an [Formula: see text] value of 0.9660 and an [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] under fourfold cross-validation, which represents an improvement of 5.19% and a reduction of 1.13%, respectively, relative to the XGBoost model. Ultimately, we conducted obstacle factor diagnosis, aiming to assist individual farmers in identifying the existing issues in their cultivated land fields. This study not only provides guidance to individual farmers but also addresses the research gap in cultivated land quality assessment by offering an individual farmer demand-driven index system for field-scale studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hongmin Sun
- Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electrical and Information, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electrical and Information, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electrical and Information, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
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- Department of Land Resources Management, School of Public Administration and Law, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electrical and Information, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Land Resources Management, School of Public Administration and Law, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Land Resources Management, School of Public Administration and Law, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electrical and Information, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, School of Electrical and Information, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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Qi H, Ma Z, Xu Z, Wang S, Ma Y, Wu S, Guo M. The Design and Experimental Validation of a Biomimetic Stubble-Cutting Device Inspired by a Leaf-Cutting Ant's Mandibles. Biomimetics (Basel) 2023; 8:555. [PMID: 37999196 PMCID: PMC10669215 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics8070555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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Under the conditions of conservation tillage, the existence of the root-soil complex greatly increases the resistance and energy consumption of stubble-cutting blades, especially in Northeast China. In this research, the corn root-soil complex in Northeast China was selected as the research object. Based on the multi-toothed structure of the leaf-cutting ant's mandibles and the unique bite mode of its mandibles on leaves, a gear-tooth, double-disk, bionic stubble-cutting device (BSCD) was developed by using a combination of power cutting and passive cutting. The effects of rotary speed, tillage depth, and forward speed on the torque and power of the BSCD were analyzed using orthogonal tests, and the results showed that all of the factors had a large influence on the torque and power, in the order of tillage depth > rotary speed > forward speed. The performance of the BSCD and the traditional power straight blade (TPSB) was explored using comparative tests. It was found that the optimal stubble-cutting rate of the BSCD was 97.4%. Compared with the TPSB, the torque of the BSCD was reduced by 15.2-16.4%, and the power was reduced by 9.2-11.3%. The excellent performance of the BSCD was due to the multi-toothed structure of the cutting edge and the cutting mode.
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- Hongyan Qi
- The College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China; (H.Q.); (Z.X.); (S.W.)
- The Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, 137 Reber Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-440, USA;
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- The College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China; (H.Q.); (Z.X.); (S.W.)
- The Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China
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- The College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China; (H.Q.); (Z.X.); (S.W.)
- The Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China
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- The College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China; (H.Q.); (Z.X.); (S.W.)
- The Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China
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- The College of Engineering and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China;
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- The College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China; (H.Q.); (Z.X.); (S.W.)
- The Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, 5988 Renmin Street, Changchun 130025, China
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Ge W, Zhang S, Lu Y, Jiang J, Jiang H, Cheng X. Can Higher Land Rentals Promote Soil Conservation of Large-Scale Farmers in China? INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:15695. [PMID: 36497768 PMCID: PMC9738744 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192315695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Based on theoretical analysis, this study empirically analyzes the mediating mechanism of how land rentals work on large-scale farmers to enhance soil conservation with survey data of 425 large-scale farmers in Shandong and Anhui Provinces, the main grain-producing regions of China, and further examines the moderating effect of agricultural extension services. The results show that: (1) The higher the land rentals, the greater the probability that large-scale farmers enhance soil conservation. (2) The mediating effect demonstrates that in a highly market-oriented rural land transfer market in China, the land lease term of large-scale farmers is longer with the increase of land rentals, thus motivating large-scale farmers to engage in soil conservation. (3) As shown by the moderating effect, agricultural extension services can further positively moderate the contribution of land lease term to large-scale farmers enhancing soil conservation. In order to encourage large-scale farmers to enhance soil conservation, on the one hand it is necessary to standardize the land transfer market and proactively guide large-scale farmers to extend the land lease term. On the other hand, it is indispensable to strengthen agricultural extension services and further broaden the access to soil conservation technologies for large-scale farmers.
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- Wang Ge
- College of Economics and Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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A Cooperative-Dominated Model of Conservation Tillage to Mitigate Soil Degradation on Cultivated Land and Its Effectiveness Evaluation. LAND 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/land11081223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sustainable agricultural production systems are important for ensuring food security. However, they are severely threatened by soil degradation and carbon emissions resulting from traditional farming practices. A cooperative-dominated conservation tillage model attempts to mitigate these issues, yet it is not clear how this model has been implemented and how well it performs in practice. This study takes Lishu County in Jilin Province in Northeast China as a case study to explore the implementation of a cooperative-dominated conservation tillage (CDCT) model and its practical effectiveness. In contrast to the traditional production model, this model uses cooperatives as the direct managers of cultivated land and promotes the construction of new production units and large-scale and mechanized operations to standardize the application of conservation tillage technology in agricultural production. Scientific research institutes, governments, and enterprises are supporters of cooperatives, empowering them in terms of technology, capital, products, and services. The evaluation results show that, unlike the traditional production model, which caused a decrease in the soil organic carbon content, the organic carbon content of the topsoil of cultivated land under this model increased by an average of 6.17% after 9 years of conservation tillage application. Furthermore, the soil structural stability index of the cultivated land increased from 3.35% to 3.69%, indicating that the degree of soil structural degradation was alleviated to a certain extent. The CDCT model effectively enhanced the operational efficiency and fertilizer use efficiency, and the carbon footprint of maize production was also reduced by 15.65% compared to the traditional production model. In addition, the total production cost was reduced by 1449 CNY/ha and profit increased by 2599 CNY/ha on average, indicating higher economic returns under the CDCT model due to increased yields and lower input costs. Farmers who are freed from agricultural production activities by transferring their farmland can also gain two types of income—land revenue and labor wagesi—thus mproving their living conditions. The CDCT model can deliver multigoal benefits and be of great value in its extension to other regions. This study may provide lessons for the sustainable use of cultivated land in China and other developing countries, contributing to agricultural development with lower environmental costs.
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No-Tillage Improvement of Nitrogen Absorption and Utilization in a Chinese Mollisol Using 15N-Tracing Method. ATMOSPHERE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos13040530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To better understand the mechanism of nitrogen (N) distribution, absorption, utilization and loss in fertilizer under different tillage practices, a study was conducted to quantitatively explore the fate of fertilizer N in the soil–plant–atmosphere using the 15N labelling technique under the long-term conservation tillage experiment in Northeast China. The test crop used was corn. This study compared the residual amount of 15N fertilizer in soil, the content of 15N fertilizer N in particle organic nitrogen (PON), light fraction organic matter nitrogen (LFOMN) and heavy fraction organic matter N (HFOMN) under different tillage practices. In addition, N uptake, utilization and distribution by corn, the emission of N2O and the gas loss of fertilizer N, and the fertilizer N utilization rate were also taken into account. The results showed that no tillage (NT) had a significantly lower amount of residual 15N fertilizer than a moldboard plow (MP) (p < 0.05). In general, the content under NT at the 0–30 cm soil layer was 7.85% lower than that of MP. NT led to significantly greater PON and LFOMN of soil organic N compared to MP (p < 0.05). 15N from N uptake, fertilizer absorption and utilization under NT were significantly higher than that under MP (p < 0.05), the soil N absorbed by plants under NT or MP was greater than 70%. The distribution of 15N from N fertilizer in each corn part increases in this order: seed > leave > sheath > stem > bract > ear; about 57.91–64.92% of 15N is distributed in the grain. NT resulted in significantly lower average and cumulative N2O emissions than those from MP based on the static closed chamber approach (p < 0.05). The average and cumulative emissions of soil fertilizer 15N-N2O under MP were also significantly greater than that of NT. Among the N2O emissions, 15.3% and 22.98% came from fertilizer N under NT and MP, respectively. On average, 0.1–0.16% of fertilizer N was lost in the form of N2O. There was a significant difference in fertilizer utilization between NT and MP, and NT was 4.23% larger than MP (p < 0.05). These one year findings suggest that NT plays a positive role in improving the N absorption and utilization of fertilizer in a Chinese mollisol and long-term effects need to be further studied.
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Precipitation and Anthropogenic Activities Jointly Green the China–Mongolia–Russia Economic Corridor. REMOTE SENSING 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/rs14010187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Climate change and anthropogenic activities are widely considered the main factors affecting vegetation growth. However, their relative contributions are under debate. Within the non-climatic impact, detailed human activities, particularly government policy adjustments, are less investigated. In this study, we develop a fractional vegetation coverage (FVC) extraction method based on MODIS-EVI satellite data to analyze the spatiotemporal variation of vegetation and its attributions in the China–Mongolia–Russia Economic Corridor (CMREC). The average FVC has improved, with a general increase of 0.02/10a from 2000 to 2020. We construct a driving factor identification system for FVC change, based on partial and multiple correlation coefficients, and we divide the driving forces of FVC changes into seven climate-driven types and one non-climate-driven type. The results reveal that FVC changes caused by climatic factors account for 28.2% of CMREC. The most prominent greening (19.5%) is precipitation-driven, and is extensively distributed in Khentii Aimag, Mongolia; southeast Inner Mongolia; west Jilin Province; and southwest Heilongjiang Province, China. Moreover, we quantify the relative contribution of climatic and non-climatic factors to significant FVC change using the first-difference multivariate regression method. The results indicate that the effects of non-climatic factors on vegetation change outweigh those of climatic factors in most areas. According to the land cover change and regional policy adjustment, anthropogenic activities such as afforestation, reclamation, and planting structure adjustment explain most vegetation improvement in the Northeast Plain; eastern Inner Mongolia; and the Hetao Irrigation District, China. Meanwhile, both vegetation improvement and degradation disperse concurrently in the Mongolian and Russian parts of CMREC, where climate change and anthropogenic activities positively and negatively affect vegetation change, respectively. Despite the greening in most CMREC, it must be noted that human-induced greening is unsustainable to some degree. The overdevelopment of black soil area and sandy land, adverse effects of afforestation projects, and natural hazards related to weather and climate extremes altogether threaten the local ecological security in the long run. Therefore, governments should develop new desertification countermeasures in accordance with the laws of nature, and enhance international cooperation to guarantee the ecological safety of CMREC.
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