RICE PRODUCER‐PROCESSOR NETWORKS IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE*

ABSTRACT. Pressured by structural adjustment loan conditions, Côte d'Ivoire reduced state support for rice production and processing during the 1990s. In this article we examine how various actors in the rice commodity chain adapted to the macroeconomic reforms. Following a brief history of the rice sector, we present the results of fieldwork based on interviews conducted in 2002 of farmers, millers, traders, and workers in the state extension service and nongovernmental organizations. We found that, in the absence of state supports for farmers, private millers became the focal point of regional producer‐processor rice networks. The four networks identified became the sole source of domestic commercial rice when the state removed subsidies for fertilizer and modern seeds, privatized extension, and liberalized prices and imports. To increase their role in the national rice supply, the rice networks may need support through microlending and a focus on niche markets.     

Potential for Coal-to-Liquids Conversion in the United States—Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis

The United States has the world’s largest coal reserves and Montana the highest potential for mega-mine development. Consequently, a large-scale effort to convert coal to liquids (CTL) has been proposed to create a major source of domestic transportation fuels from coal, and some prominent Montanans want to be at the center of that effort. We calculate that the energy efficiency of the best existing Fischer–Tropsch (FT) process applied to average coal in Montana is less than 1/2 of the corresponding efficiency of an average crude oil refining process. The resulting CO₂ emissions are 20 times (2000%) higher for CTL than for conventional petroleum products. One barrel of the FT fuel requires roughly 800 kg of coal and 800 kg of water. The minimum energy cost of subsurface CO₂ sequestration would be at least 40% of the FT fuel energy, essentially halving energy efficiency of the process. We argue therefore that CTL conversion is not the most valuable use for the coal, nor will it ever be, as long as it is economical to use natural gas for electric power generation. This finding results from the low efficiency inherent in FT synthesis, and is independent of the monumental FT plant construction costs, mine construction costs, acute lack of water, and the associated environmental impacts for Montana.

Hydropower – A Green Energy? Tropical Reservoirs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Reservoirs are man‐made lakes that severely impact on river ecosystems, and in addition, the new lake ecosystem can be damaged by several processes. Thus, the benefits of a reservoir, including energy production and flood control, must be measured against their impact on nature. New investigations point out that shallow and tropical reservoirs have high emission rates of the greenhouse gases CO₂ and CH₄. The methane emissions contribute strongly to climate change because CH₄ has a 25 times higher global warming potential than CO₂. The pathways for its production include ebullition, diffuse emission via the water‐air interface, and degassing in turbines and downstream of the reservoir in the spillway and the initial river stretch. Greenhouse gas emissions are promoted by a eutrophic state of the reservoir, and, with higher trophic levels, anaerobic conditions occur with the emission of CH₄. This means that a qualitative and quantitative jump in greenhouse gas emissions takes place. Available data from Petit Saut, French Guinea, provides a first quantification of these pathways. A simple evaluation of the global warming potential of a reservoir can be undertaken using the energy density, the ratio of the reservoir surface and the hydropower capacity; this parameter is mainly determined by the reservoir's morphometry but not by the hydropower capacity. Energy densities of some reservoirs are given and it is clearly seen that some reservoirs have a global warming potential higher than that of coal use for energy production.     

开发地震技术及进展

地震技术经过多年的发展,已经成为寻找石油和天然气的重要手段.并且正逐步向油气开发及生产领域渗透.出现的新技术主要包括：3D地震、垂直地震剖面、井间地震、时间推移地震、多波多分量地震、微地震检测、随钻地震等新技术.这些技术在国内各油田日益受到重视,在应用中取得了较好效果,为油田增储上产做出了重要贡献.对地震技术的形成过程作了简单回顾并着重对开发地震技术进行了介绍和归纳,同时对今后的发展方向进行了探讨.     

四分量钻孔应变观测资料的换算和使用

水平四分量钻孔应变仪观测的是地表附近一点的水平应变变化. 但是其直接记录并非应变变化,应根据互检条件先进行实地相对标定(计算元件校正系数),然后用理论固体潮进行实地绝对标定(计算探头校正系数),才能进行应变换算,给出可作为应变变化使用的数据. 因为钻孔应变仪观测的是应变变化,所以实地标定和应变换算都需要用增量. 对于精确的研究,这些校正系数都可能随时间变化,因而需要根据具体问题按特定时间段对校正系数进行计算. 该文比较系统地说明了四分量钻孔应变观测资料换算和使用的基本步骤和具体方法,并以姑咱台的观测资料为例,给出了具体分析结果.     

Remarkable geochemical changes and degassing at Voui crater lake,Ambae volcano,Vanuatu

Ambae (also known as Aoba), is a 38 × 16 km² lozenge-shaped island volcano with a coastal population of around 10 000. At the summit of the volcano is lake Voui — one of the largest active crater lakes worldwide, with 40 × 10⁶ m³ of acidic water perched 1400 m a.s.l. After more than 300 years of dormancy, Ambae volcano reawakened with phreatic eruptions through Voui in 1995, and culminating in a series of surtseyan eruptions in 2005, followed by a rapid and spectacular colour change of the lake from light blue to red in 2006. Integrating lake water chemistry with new measurements of SO₂ emissions from the volcano during the 2005–2006 eruptive period helps to explain the unusual and spectacular volcanic activity of Ambae — initially, a degassed magma approached the lake bed and triggered the surtseyan eruption. Depressurization of the conduit facilitated ascent of volatile-rich magma from the deeper plumbing system. The construction of a cone during eruption and the high degassing destabilised the equilibrium of lake stratification leading to a limnic event and subsequently the spectacular colour change.     

Demons算法在四维CT图像配准中的应用

由呼吸运动引起的器官的运动及形变是4D精确放射治疗中最主要的误差来源。利用4D CT图像和配准技术来分析不同呼吸时相中组织、器官的形变是目前研究的热点。目前常用的研究方法是基于形变模型的3D配准算法。基于光流场的Demons算法具有速度快和精度高的特点,本文将其应用到4D CT图像配准中,并在原始图像形变力的计算中引入了对称梯度。实验结果表明,结合对称梯度的Demons方法具有更快的收敛速度,而且匹配误差小。     

基于弥散-黏滞型波动方程的地震波衰减及延迟分析

地震波的衰减、储层中的流体预测和4D流体监测技术是目前石油地球物理勘探领域十分有价值的热门研究课题.该文在基于一维弥散-黏滞型波动方程正演的基础上,根据含流体地层的弥散性与黏滞性,研究和模拟含流体地层对地震波的吸收衰减特征、低频伴影现象及其在流体预测中的应用;同时,模拟和分析了地震波在含流体地层中传播而导致的延迟特征.这些特征的检测与解释方法,为基于实际地震资料的储层流体预测及4D油气田开发监测提供技术思路与有效方法.     

中国制定企业温室气体核算指南的对策建议

在总结国内外企业层面温室气体核算指南的现状和发展趋势的基础上,指出了确定正确的核算边界、选取合适的排放核算范围以及选择准确的排放活动水平和排放因子数据,是中国编制企业温室气体核算指南面临的关键问题,并提出了完善中国企业层面温室气体核算体系的对策建议：一是完善中国企业温室气体排放管理的相关制度安排;二是现阶段选择企业作为核算边界,建立并完善重点企业和设施的温室气体直报系统;三是将外购电力和热力消费引起的间接排放也纳入核算体系中,并根据行业具体情况及未来发展趋势确定所包括的温室气体种类;四是完善数据计量及收集工作,加强统计工作能力建设;五是统一排放因子的选择规则,逐步建立中国的排放因子数据库;六是建议设定企业温室气体报告门槛。     

基于城市功能分区的碳收支平衡时空分异研究

研究城市主导功能影响下区域碳平衡时空分异,有助于理解城市功能格局与碳循环过程之间的作用机制。本研究以厦门市6个区为例,采用各区历史统计数据以及卫星影像处理的土地利用数据,通过构建简化的区域碳收支计算模型,核算各行政区不同历史时期的碳平衡,结果表明：厦门市整体上呈现碳收支失衡逐渐加剧的趋势,2003年CO₂排放量是吸收量的1.91倍,2013年增长至7.44倍;各区碳代谢以及碳平衡表现出不同的时空分异特征。结合厦门市城市建设总体规划中制订的主导功能分类,阐明主导功能影响下时空分异的社会经济、自然景观等驱动因素对城市碳平衡时空变化的影响机制与过程。在此基础上针对各区不同的碳平衡状况,制订适应各自主导功能的减排以及碳补偿政策。研究有助于直接服务城市的规划和建设实践,从城市生态服务角度指导建设规划,合理城市功能分区。