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Midseason drainage (MSD) involves the removal of all surface water from the rice crop at mid to late tillering for 10-14 days, allowing the soil to dry, crack, and re-aerate. Dry seeded rice leaves soil aerobic most of the season without compromising yields. Laser land leveling reduces GHG emissions by conserving energy, reducing cultivation time, and improving input-use efficiency with the potential to enhance rice yields by improving field conditions. This practice should be performed prior to the AWD technique. Follow the “One Must Do, Five Reductions” technology package. “One Must” relates to using certified seeds and “Five Reductions” relates to reducing (i) seed rate, (ii) nitrogen application, (iii) pesticide use, (iv) water use (e.g., AWD and MSD), and (v) my latest blog post-harvesting losses (see Case Study below). Compost rice straw residues rather than burning residues. Apply organic inputs to dry soil in the off-season. Combine the above strategies with direct seeding in zero-tillage systems; adding soil amendments such as calcium carbine, calcium silicate, phosphogypsum, and biochar with urea fertilizer; and cover crops.

Areas identified as flood-prone can be converted into parks and playgrounds that can tolerate occasional flooding. Ordinances can be adopted to require developers to retain stormwater on site and require buildings to be elevated, protected by floodwalls and levees, or designed to withstand temporary inundation. Property owners can also invest in solutions themselves, such as re-landscaping their property to take the flow of water away from their building and installing rain barrels, sump pumps, and check valves. In some areas, the presence of certain species (such as beavers) can be beneficial for flood control reasons. Besides this, they also boost wildlife populations and filter pollutants (manure, fertilisers, slurry). UK environment minister Rebecca Pow stated that in the future the beavers could be considered a "public good" and landowners would be paid to have them on their land. Flood control (or flood mitigation or flood protection or flood alleviation) methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters.

However, the current economic challenges associated with the operation of RES linked to water electrolysis result in diminished participation from IPPs. In response, the Korean government is planning to implement the Clean Hydrogen Portfolio Standard (CHPS), which requires clean hydrogen power generation and offers corresponding Fixed Premium (FP) subsidies. In this paper, we incrementally increase the FP for RES linked to electrolyzers (ELZ) and derive a marginal fixed premium (FPmar). This method initiates a shift towards higher economic feasibility compared to the traditional benefit structure of power trading-based RES. We suggest a green hydrogen-based business model (BM) that synergizes hydropower with water electrolysis and calculate a suitable CHPS subsidy to ensure the economic feasibility of this BM. In conclusion, this paper equips IPPs operating hydropower with the capability to evaluate the adequacy of the government-provided FP for the economical operation of a hydropower plant linked to water electrolysis. Furthermore, it provides policymakers with the framework to make informed decisions regarding the necessary FPmar to stimulate IPPs’ participation.

Although Bridgy was, for a time, successful at navigating its relationship with Facebook, the pressure of the Cambridge Analytica scandal prompted a set of restrictions in Facebook’s API that Bridgy could not accommodate. While the circumstances surrounding Facebook’s API restrictions were dramatic, they represent a precarity that extends to all similar dependence on platforms. Nonetheless, the purpose of POSSE in the first place is to reduce dependence upon platforms by encouraging people to post to their personal website first, rather than allowing the only copy of one’s content to be on a platform. In this respect, the outcome when Bridgy has lost access to platforms demonstrates resilience of this overall approach. Google to host it in the first place. Further, amidst this discussion of Bridgy losing functionality as a result of API closures and changes, I would like to acknowledge that as of the time of this writing (in summer of 2020), other platforms through which Bridgy supports POSSE remain functional (e.g. Twitter, Instagram, Flickr, GitHub) and new platforms have been added, including Meetup, Reddit, and Mastodon.