There is a need for more focus in understanding the economic benefits of Climate-Smart Agriculture(CSA)interventions,particularly in sub-Saharan Africa,where extreme climate events are significantly affecting agricult...There is a need for more focus in understanding the economic benefits of Climate-Smart Agriculture(CSA)interventions,particularly in sub-Saharan Africa,where extreme climate events are significantly affecting agriculture and rural livelihoods.This study used the Net Present Value(NPV),Internal Rate of Return(IRR),Benefit-Cost Ratio(BCR),and payback period to evaluate the economic viability of the adopted CSA interventions in the three villages(Doggoh,Jeffiri,and Wulling)of the dryland farming systems of northern Ghana,where CSA interventions were mostly practiced.Data were collected from 161 farm households by the questionnaire survey.The results showed that CSA interventions including livestock-crop integration,mixed cropping,crop rotation,nutrient integration,and tie ridging enhanced crop yield and the household income of smallholder farmers.The five CSA interventions selected by smallholders were in the following order of priority:livestock-crop integration(BCR=2.87),mixed cropping(BCR=2.54),crop rotation(BCR=2.24),nutrient integration(BCR=1.98),and tie ridging(BCR=1.42).Results further showed that livestock-crop integration was the most profitable CSA intervention even under a pessimistic assumption with a long payback period of 5.00 a.Moreover,this study indicated that the implementation of CSA interventions,on average,was relatively profitable and had a nominal financial risk for smallholder farmers.Understanding the economic viability of CSA interventions will help in decision-making process toward selecting the right CSA interventions for resilience development.展开更多
The multifrequency voltage(MFV)stress,including switching impulses and harmonics,commonly appearing in the modern power system will stimulate the multifrequency impedance dynamics behaviours of electrical insulation.T...The multifrequency voltage(MFV)stress,including switching impulses and harmonics,commonly appearing in the modern power system will stimulate the multifrequency impedance dynamics behaviours of electrical insulation.Therefore,this article presents a novel concept of insulation resilience response(IRR)by employing polymer insulation materials,which may be extended to electrical insulation resilience(EIR).The focus is on understanding reversible recovery performance and supporting physics-informed condition assessment for electrical insulation exposed to MFV.The underlying physical mechanisms and modelling methodologies are integrated to characterise the IRR behaviours of polymer insulation systems.The multifrequency dielectric/impedance properties of different resin dielectrics under diverse temperatures are comparatively investigated as proofofconcept cases.Furthermore,multidimensional sensitivity indicators are developed to quantify the electrical insulation resilience behaviour.A radar plot representation integrating resilience sensitivity indicators qualitatively assesses the IRR behaviours of polymer insulation systems.Additionally,a quantification methodology,including the resilience index(RI)and time-varied RI(TVRI),is proposed for the reversible recovery performance analysis for electrical insulation,respectively.Ultimately,an application-oriented framework derived from TVRI is provided to analyse the recovery performance evolution behaviours of electrical insulation under complex operating conditions.This offers a key theoretical foundation for insulation performance characterisation and condition analysis for high-voltage power equipment.展开更多
文摘There is a need for more focus in understanding the economic benefits of Climate-Smart Agriculture(CSA)interventions,particularly in sub-Saharan Africa,where extreme climate events are significantly affecting agriculture and rural livelihoods.This study used the Net Present Value(NPV),Internal Rate of Return(IRR),Benefit-Cost Ratio(BCR),and payback period to evaluate the economic viability of the adopted CSA interventions in the three villages(Doggoh,Jeffiri,and Wulling)of the dryland farming systems of northern Ghana,where CSA interventions were mostly practiced.Data were collected from 161 farm households by the questionnaire survey.The results showed that CSA interventions including livestock-crop integration,mixed cropping,crop rotation,nutrient integration,and tie ridging enhanced crop yield and the household income of smallholder farmers.The five CSA interventions selected by smallholders were in the following order of priority:livestock-crop integration(BCR=2.87),mixed cropping(BCR=2.54),crop rotation(BCR=2.24),nutrient integration(BCR=1.98),and tie ridging(BCR=1.42).Results further showed that livestock-crop integration was the most profitable CSA intervention even under a pessimistic assumption with a long payback period of 5.00 a.Moreover,this study indicated that the implementation of CSA interventions,on average,was relatively profitable and had a nominal financial risk for smallholder farmers.Understanding the economic viability of CSA interventions will help in decision-making process toward selecting the right CSA interventions for resilience development.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Project of State Grid Corporation of China(Grant 5500-202455120A-1-1-ZN).
文摘The multifrequency voltage(MFV)stress,including switching impulses and harmonics,commonly appearing in the modern power system will stimulate the multifrequency impedance dynamics behaviours of electrical insulation.Therefore,this article presents a novel concept of insulation resilience response(IRR)by employing polymer insulation materials,which may be extended to electrical insulation resilience(EIR).The focus is on understanding reversible recovery performance and supporting physics-informed condition assessment for electrical insulation exposed to MFV.The underlying physical mechanisms and modelling methodologies are integrated to characterise the IRR behaviours of polymer insulation systems.The multifrequency dielectric/impedance properties of different resin dielectrics under diverse temperatures are comparatively investigated as proofofconcept cases.Furthermore,multidimensional sensitivity indicators are developed to quantify the electrical insulation resilience behaviour.A radar plot representation integrating resilience sensitivity indicators qualitatively assesses the IRR behaviours of polymer insulation systems.Additionally,a quantification methodology,including the resilience index(RI)and time-varied RI(TVRI),is proposed for the reversible recovery performance analysis for electrical insulation,respectively.Ultimately,an application-oriented framework derived from TVRI is provided to analyse the recovery performance evolution behaviours of electrical insulation under complex operating conditions.This offers a key theoretical foundation for insulation performance characterisation and condition analysis for high-voltage power equipment.
