By using conceptual model of BPEIR (Behavior-Pressure-Effect-Impact- Response) and Delphi method, we establish the evaluation index system of agricultural circular economy including four indices, namely index of socio-economic development, index of reducing input of resources, index of recycling...

Based on literature review, according to relevant consumption data in Hunan Statistical Yearbook and China Statistical Yearbook during 1978-2009, the thesis selects three indexes involving the average income per rural resident, per capita living expenses of rural residents and per capita savings...

This paper firstly introduces development history of China’s farmers’ specialized cooperatives and connotation and mechanism of tobacco farmers’ specialized cooperatives. Then, it analyzes current development situations of tobacco farmers’ specialized cooperatives in...

In recent years, serious food safety accidents are of frequent occurrence. Although government has taken many practical and feasible measures to contain food safety accidents, new food safety accidents still emerge in large numbers. In this situation, food safety control is a long-term and...

This paper tests the steps required to transform a theoretical natural capital/ecosystem service framework for soils into an operational model. Each of the services provided by a volcanic soil under a pastoral dairy use are quantified and valued. The six guiding principles underpinning the...

The present paper attempts to identify the determinants of the relation between the natural system and the human system in the rural area from Ţara Haţegului – Retezat. The natural system and the human system from the rural area represent a coupled system, where people interact with the...

The annual net primary production (ANPP) of temperate grasslands and production of livestock industries is predicted to decrease in southern Australia with future climate change. By using biophysical modelling, we address productivity and profitability of grazing systems while considering...

Effective solutions for integrating agricultural development and conservation of biodiversity at the landscape scale remain to be identified. We present a case study in an intensively farmed French cereal plain, where the reintroduction of grasslands has been proposed first for conservation...

Carbon capture and storage in geological formations has potential risks in the long-term safety because of the possibility of CO2 leakage. Effects of leaking gas, therefore, on vegetation, soil, and soil-inhabiting organisms are critical to understand. An artificial soil gassing and response...