Subjects: Other Disciplines >> Synthetic discipline submitted time 2023-03-28 Cooperative journals: 《中国科学院院刊》
Abstract： Irrigation zones located in the lower reaches of Yellow River is a vital food security base in China. Currently, this area is facing the problem of rapid decline of groundwater level due to serious water shortage and insufficient water resources allocation. Therefore, there are many unknown and uncertain impacts on the future agriculture and ecological environment, and it is the current hotspot of agroecosystem research. However, under the dynamic scenarios, for innovatively carrying out the studies on large groundwater table from surface, and conducting the critical process researches such as sectional structure of farmland soil, crop root growth dynamics, interaction between surface water and groundwater, groundwater-soil-plant-atmosphere continuum response, dynamic variation and influence mechanism of water-salt-nutrient of agroecosystem, it is urgently needed to build a comprehensive experiment simulation infrastructure. Funded by the “Key Scientific and Technological Infrastructure Construction Project for the Field Station Network of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)”, Yucheng Comprehensive Experiment Station of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shandong Yucheng Agro-ecosystem National Observation and Research Station) completed the platform construction of Groundwater#2;Agroecosystem Experimental Simulator (Yucheng GAS), an infrastructure with three floors (10 m underground) constituted by 16 bottom sealed sample plots with controllable groundwater levels after five-year strenuous efforts (from 2016 to 2020). Yucheng GAS integrates nine subsystems including the large scale bottom sealed sample plots system, underground water level automatic controlling; soil temperature, water content, and salinity monitoring; soil water sampling; root growth monitoring; groundwater quantity and quality monitoring; critical zone observation of agroecosystem; water-carbon-nitrogen nexus in agroecosystem; and multispectral crop condition monitoring by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Yucheng GAS, a comprehensive monitoring methodology with multiple methods of stereo-position monitoring, multi-factors chromatograph, and multi-scales three-dimensional observation, is expected to support the basic experimental research and international frontier explore in water-carbon-nitrogen cycles in agroecosystem, food security, ecological security, and environmental security under the scenario of dynamically changed groundwater in future.
Subjects: Other Disciplines >> Synthetic discipline submitted time 2023-03-28 Cooperative journals: 《中国科学院院刊》
Abstract： One of the burning questions of food security in current China is how to produce sufficient forage products and animal feeds. The limited arable land has to be devoted to cereal production, and exploring more terrestrial land is a prerequisite for the sustainable forage production and the development of grass-based livestock husbandry. Bohai rim is consist of coastal line of the North China Plain, which has a significant amount of medium-low yielding fields and unutilized saline-alkali land as well as intensive livestock production. In this study, a new concept of “Coastal Grass Belt”, proposed by LI Zhensheng, an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was introduced, which addresses how to develop grass/forage farming system according to the severity of salinity. This concept can not only improve soil quality but also provide sufficient forage for livestock. Meanwhile, the concept is also aligned with China’s national strategies of storing grain in land and in agricultural technology to ensure the self-sufficiency of important agricultural products and the integration of the security of land and marine ecosystems. This paper provides a detailed description of the “Coastal Grass Belt” concept, elaborates its goals, key scientific issues and innovative modes, and analyzes the ecological environmental and economic-industrial benefits. Finally, the much-needed innovation platforms, agro-industry modes and policies for the development of “Coastal Grass Belt” are discussed.
Subjects: Other Disciplines >> Synthetic discipline submitted time 2023-03-28 Cooperative journals: 《中国科学院院刊》
Abstract： The Yellow River Delta is the world’s youngest delta and new land, also the youngest ecosystem. Its ecological environment is fragile, and the interaction among the river, the sea, and the land forms a unique geographical environment. The salinization of land and the wide distribution of saline land are two of the main features of the region, and agriculture is one of the leading industries in the region. Agricultural development is related to the efficient use and rational distribution of water resources in this area, related to the protection of the estuary wetland and the ecological environment of the whole region, and related to the efficient development and safety of land resources. It is also about the overall development of land and sea, as well as about the revitalization of the countryside. Therefore, the high quality development of saline agriculture is the important part of sustainable development of the region, while the development of high-quality agriculture in saline land is an important challenge. Based on the major strategic needs of the country, the current situation, and major problems of the development of the Yellow River Delta, this study puts forward a new model of efficient agricultural development in the saline-alkali areas of the Yellow River Delta, as well as some suggestions for the future ecological protection and high-quality development of the region. This study is also of great significance for the efficient development of saline land in China.
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