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...mber of the famished is declining, biodiversity loss is slowing as do pollution and tropical deforestation. In the long run, even in pockets of env... ...culties across Israel – was tried for his role in an attempted takeover of Israel's Agriculture Bank. Was interned in the State School of Prison War...

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...ditors, the chapter authors, and all those who made this work possible. We trust that this book will help improve smallholder dairy production in the tropical world. Hank Fitzhugh Director General International Livestock Research Institute Editors Professor Lindsay Falvey is Dean of the Institute of Land and Food Resources at the University of Melbourne, Austr...

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...ons Suggested reading Chapter 2: Dairy production systems in the tropics P. N. de Leeuw, A. Omore, S. Staal and W. Thorpe Global overview of tropical dairy production Sub-Saharan Africa Asia Central and South America Dairy production systems in sub-Saharan Africa Dairy production systems in Asia Dairy production systems in Latin America Dual-purpose systems...

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...e some allergy. Cinnamon Cinnamon is the herb of seduction. It only grows in tropical area but you can buy it anywhere. It is very good to trea... ...nd vitamins A and C. It is better fresh. Pepper Though pepper mainly grows in tropical regions, you can buy any kinds of pepper anywhere. Pepper...

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...set. This investigation reflects on the interplay of short and long- term social and biophysical factors on the scale of one particular disaster, Tropical Cyclone (TC) Nargis, which hit the Ayeyarwady Delta area of Myanmar in May 2008, killing perhaps 140,000 people in four hours. This will be achieved through an evaluation of its impact on the people of the area, thei...

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... 41 Landscape-scale Impacts 44 Chapter 4 –Myanmar and Tropical Cyclone Nargis 48 Overview of the Cyclone 50 The Country of Myanmar 53 Economy and Political Developments ...

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...women 40.87 (1986) Literacy: 12% Labor force: 4.98 million (1980 est); 67.8% agriculture and animal husbandry, 10.2% industry, 6.3% construction, 5.0%... ..., barites, sulphur, lead, zinc, iron, salt, precious and semiprecious stones Agriculture: subsistence farming and animal husbandry; main crops wheat, ... ...71) Life expectancy: 69 Literacy: 75% Labor force: 584,000 (1978); about 22% agriculture, 40% industry and commerce, 38% other (1978) Government Offic... ...; about $930 per capita (1986) Natural resources: oil, gas, coal, chro- mium Agriculture: corn, wheat, potatoes, to- bacco, sugar beets, cotton Major ... ...f exploitation Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 3 nm Climate: tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds Terrain: flat and low-lying ... ...ew trees, some commercial salt ponds Environment: frequent hurricanes, other tropical storms (July to October) Special notes: northernmost of Leeward ... ...s zone: 24 nm Extended economic zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: mostly lo... ...s; 16% forest and woodland; 59% other Environment: subject to hurricanes and tropical storms (June to October); insuffi- cient freshwater resources; d... ...D.C. Coastline: about 72 km Maritime claims: Territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: flat with...

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...otels and cultural attractions, all provided in a setting of unparalleled tropical beauty. The scenic splendor, the cultural diversity of our cosmop... ... capacity ballroom State-of-the-art audio and video services 22-acres of tropical gardens with 5 resort pools 2,860 guest rooms and suites 18 rest... ...ian experience, a postcard view of Diamond Head, the turquoise Pacific and tropical sunsets nightly. Where business meets pleasure. Award-winning Exe... ... capacity ballroom State-of-the-art audio and video services 22-acres of tropical gardens with 5 resort pools 2,860 guest rooms and suites 18 rest... ...ian experience, a postcard view of Diamond Head, the turquoise Pacific and tropical sunsets nightly. Where business meets pleasure. Award-winning Exe... ...is that it doubles as a social program that nurtures Hawai‘i’s future in agriculture and teaches farming techniques to students, from middle schoo...

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...moralized and starving followers toward the white man’s method of male-run agriculture (agricul- ture among the Iroquois had previously been women’s d... ...elds was done communally by American Indian women in companionable groups (agriculture being seen as appropriate to women’s lifegiving powers), and hu... ...lia there are contrasting regions. The dramatic wet and dry seasons of the tropical north, the temperate southern woodlands and grassy tablelands, for... ...lement. With the fenc- ing of private property for townships, grazing, and agriculture, Aboriginal religious expression was no longer possible. Tradi-... ...e creation myth of the Wunambal and related tribes in the Kimberley in the tropical northwest of Western Australia, while demonstrating some regional ... ...g is united with the physical world. Creation is on a grander scale in the tropical Kimberley myth of the Wunambal than in the desert myth of Jarapiri... ...ol- ic combination as are Ungud and Walanganda. In both places, desert and tropical, Aborigines identify with 152. For fuller accounts of the painting... ..., 1966. (First published in 1902.) Holly, Marilyn: “Land Philosophies,” in Agriculture and Human Values, vol. VIII, no. 1, Winter 1990, pp. 44-8. Hung... ... Ways of My Grandmothers, Quill, New York, 1980. Hurt, R. Douglas: Indian Agriculture in America, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1987....

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...rious bombardment -- An expedition against Panama -- Forcing a way through the tropical growth of Central America -- Storming a fortress -- An act of ... ...uries. -- An expedition up Chagres River -- 1200 men exposed to the dangers of tropical floods and starvation -- Perils encountered from alligators --... ...mals in shallow graves -- A dance with Samoyed girls -- Into an unknown sea -- Tropical birds in the Arctic region -- Some strange facts -- Remarkable... ... many kinds, such as are generally to be found only in the high temperature of tropical countries; so that the rude and savage peoples of Greenland, s... ... are three images of the same vessel, two in the water and one in the air. The tropical seas are full of optical wonders. The Arctic Region abounds wi... ...inctions of rank were measurably civilized, recognized social bonds, practised agriculture, and holding sacred the ties of matrimony forbade polygamy ... ...der and ball, a portable organ and an electrical machine; but no implements of agriculture or useful tools are included in the catalogue of his treasu...

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...well- being of the pets of the wealthy is “worth more” than the lives of the tropical world’s poor. But for a lot of products, in a lot of areas, the ... ...emand new legal protections aimed at producing that result. “What’s good for agriculture is good for the nation,” they say. But now comes the second t... ...s a nice extra rev- enue stream which will, the farmers say, “help encourage agriculture.” After all, more fences mean more money for farmers, and mor... ...heorizing that this new automobile technology presents “a terrible threat to agriculture, because of Chapter 5 84 -1 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 37278_u01.qxd 8/... ... Nellies: no one has anything to fear except the criminals. “What’s good for agriculture is good for the nation,” they announce again. As the barbed w... ...t us. It might help to cut the costs of early-stage drug development, as the Tropical Disease Initiative attempts to do for neglected diseases. It wil... ...ment” caused by the unnecessary patent is added expense and bu- reaucracy in agriculture and impediments to further innovators, not the un- dermining ...

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...hically disadvantaged. Recent studies have shown that being landlocked or having a tropical climate carry a hefty price tag in terms of reduced eco... ...y disadvantaged. Recent studies have demonstrated how being landlocked or having a tropical climate carry a hefty price tag in terms of reduced eco... ...ostered hype notwithstanding, 70% of all children work within their family unit, in agriculture. Less than 1 percent are employed in mining and anot... ...elp them leave poverty." Contrary to hype, three quarters of all children work in agriculture and with their families. Less than 1 percent work in... ... The answer is: it can teach us a lot. Low-tech genetic engineering (especially in agriculture and breeding) has been going on for millennia now. H... ...culties across Israel – was tried for his role in an attempted takeover of Israel's Agriculture Bank. Was interned in the State School of Prison War...

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...inces of North Africa. ―Though the 11 th Century the Muslim rulers fostered an advanced level of sciences, literature and the arts. Agricu... ...all of the economy, rather than pursue financial security in business he left for Tahiti to satisfy his love of painting and the beauty of the tropic...

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...ca: the increased energy levels were imbalanced. On one side, you have a lush tropical forest with tons of diversity in all levels except animal. W... ...els except animal. Why? Because it is sitting on a weak soil energy system. Tropical forests have too much rain. That rain washes away most of th... ...tions, becoming more abstractively creative. What anthropologists call the agriculture revolution; was in actuality, a dynamic of: separation- seg... .... The artificial process human squatters invented 12,000 years ago called agriculture; was what anthropologists call the Agricultural Revolution... ...now than ever before. Ownership Once fixed settlements arose: then came agriculture: more tool innovation, increased population density, chang... ...on of human existence and sedentary life styles. Once the new technology of agriculture was in place, new forms of tool-use developed. Once the c... ...w away? What sense does it make to scream about the destruction of a faraway tropical jungle, while ignoring all of the other forests being cut dow... ... an entire group of innocent British School boys surviving a plane wreck on a tropical Paradise Island. Read how the boys descended and regressed in... ...mans… regardless if it is the overpopulation of cities, or as in the cases of tropical viruses, the overpopulation of the Amazon rainforest by humans...

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... over 10,000 years now. Genetic modification and bio-engineering are as natural as agriculture. Human beings are a part of nature and its manifesta... ...mber of the famished is declining, biodiversity loss is slowing as do pollution and tropical deforestation. In the long run, even in pockets of env... ...cted recently by the Oregon Health & Science University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho, revealed.... ...culties across Israel – was tried for his role in an attempted takeover of Israel's Agriculture Bank. Was interned in the State School of Prison War...

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... over 10,000 years now. Genetic modification and bio-engineering are as natural as agriculture. Human beings are a part of nature and its manifesta... ...mber of the famished is declining, biodiversity loss is slowing as do pollution and tropical deforestation. In the long run, even in pockets of env... ...cted recently by the Oregon Health & Science University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho, revealed.... ...culties across Israel – was tried for his role in an attempted takeover of Israel's Agriculture Bank. Was interned in the State School of Prison War...

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...lville PART I CHAPTER I. MY RECEPTION ABOARD IT WAS the middle of a bright tropical afternoon that we made good our escape from the bay. The vessel we... ...hrough and through, as if the worms usually infesting this article in long tropical voyages had, in boring after nutri- ment, come out at the antipode... ...varhoo, though of the same group of islands, differed considerably from my tropical friends in the valley of Typee. As his tattooing attracted so much... ...the tasteful mansions of the chiefs and foreign residents impart an air of tropical elegance, heightened by the palm-trees waving here and there, and ... ...y seemed to know our whole history. The scenery around was delightful. The tropical day was fast drawing to a close; and from where we were, the sun l... ...p; and he stood by ready to join in. But what our friend had to say about agriculture all referred to the particular part of his plan- tation upon wh...

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...isk. There were no hedges, no signs of proprietary rights, no evidences of agriculture; the whole earth had become a garden. ‘So watching, I began to ... ...orward. And the harvest was what I saw! ‘After all, the sanitation and the agriculture of to-day are still in the rudimentary stage. The science of ou... ...but even so, it spreads its operations very steadily and persistently. Our agriculture and horticulture destroy a weed just here and there and cultiva... ...urn, even when it is focused by dewdrops, as is sometimes the case in more tropical districts. Lightning may blast and blacken, but it rarely gives ri...

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...f earth you would have sought him in vain; only in a few temperate and sub-tropical river val- leys would you have found the squatting lairs of his li... ... to him. He tamed certain animals, he developed his primordially haphazard agriculture into a ritual, he added first one metal to his resources and th... ... not very greatly alter the weapons and tactics of warfare, the methods of agriculture, seamanship, their knowledge of the habitable globe, or the dev... ...ands. Men still clung closely to water and arable soil in temperate or sub-tropical climates, they lived abundantly only in river valleys, and all the... ...ife, a refined helplessness, a peculiar dependent charm. Like some slender tropical creeper—with great white flowers…. But all this is foolish talk. I... ...e progressive establishment throughout the world of the ‘modern system’ in agriculture, a system that should give the full advantages of a civilised l...

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...e then per- ceived that to attempt the conversion of this host of isles of tropical climate through a resident English clergyman in each, would be imp... ...nds. The climate of New Zealand is far too chilly for these inhabitants of tropical regions, and it was abso- lutely necessary to return them to their... ... even in the summer months, the climate of New Zealand was trying to these tropical consti- tutions, and as it was just then determined that Norfolk I... ...on the necessity of attending to the more secular part of missionary work,—agriculture, fishing, and other means of humaniz- ing the social condition ... ... Then followed some days of great enjoyment of the calm warmth of the semi-tropical winter, chiefly varied by catch- ing a young shark, and contrastin... ... trees, bananas, breadfruit trees, citrons, lemons, taro, &c., with bright tropical colouring thrown over all, lighting up the broad leaves and thick ...

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... toiled at this childish pleasure for hours in the strong sun, con- scious of my incurable ignorance; but too keenly pleased to be ashamed. Meanwhile,... ...side begin high up; higher yet, the more melancholy spectacle of empty paepaes. When a native habitation is deserted, the superstructure—pan- danus th... ...PTER V—DEPOPULATION OVER THE WHOLE EXTENT of the South Seas, from one tropic to another, we find traces of a bygone state of over-popu- lation, when t... ...ere insufficient for the teeming people, and the annals of the past are gloomy with famine and cannibalism. Among the Hawaiians—a hardier people, in a... ..., their families would be lamenting aloud upon the beach. It was from Hatiheu that I paid my first visit to a cannibal high place. The day was sultry ... ... man-hunt, it was their labour rather to block and deface than to improve them. In the crypt of the wood the air was clammy and hot and cold; overhead...

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...bin, the prime mover in the organisation of the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome. It is a movement that has always ap- pealed to my imag... ...er, it should take over and extend the work of the International Bureau of Agriculture at Rome with a view to the control of all staple products. It s... ... ne- cessity for free access for everyone to natural products, to coal and tropical products, e.g. free shipping at non-discrimi- nating tariffs, and ...