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Public Policy Of Agriculture Farm Bill 2018

Pages: 2 (712 words) Sources: 5 Document Type:Essay Document #:94429716

… has been down sides to this policy as well. Government should have given measures like supply management and pricing policy to improve the farming conditions of the farmers instead of allocating tax money on them, which will just benefit the mega farms and not the poor farmers ……

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Aid, F. (2018, December). What’s in the 2018 Farm Bill? The Good, The Bad and The Offal…. Farm Aid. Retrieved from  https://www.farmaid.org/issues/farm-policy/whats-in-the-2018-farm-bill-the-good-the-bad-and-the-offal/ 

Amadeo, K. (2019, November 24). Current US Federal Budget Deficit. The Balance.

Coalition, N. S. (2019). WHAT IS THE FARM BILL? National Sustainable Agricultural Coalition. Retrieved from  https://sustainableagriculture.net/our-work/campaigns/fbcampaign/what-is-the-farm-bill/ 

Queck-Matzie, T. (2018, December 12). GRASSLEY SEES FARM BILL PROS AND CONS. Successful Farming. Retrieved from  https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/grassley-sees-farm-bill-pros-and-cons 

Us, I. U. (2019, November 12). Breaking down the US Federal Budget for the Fiscal Year 2019. It\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Up To Us.

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Pros And Cons GMO Farming

Pages: 3 (780 words) Sources: 6 Document Type:Essay Document #:20380555

Pros and Cons of GMO Farming
The commercial growing of GMO crops has been around for a while – with the last two decades having been especially important for ……

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Bawa, Arya and Anilakumar, Kalkin. Genetically modified foods: Safety, risks and public concerns—a review. Journal of Food Science and Technology 50.6 (2013): 1035–1046.

James, Clive. Global status of commercialized biotech/GM crops: 2014 - ISAAA Brief No. 49. Ithaca: NY, 2015.

James, Clive. Global status of commercialized biotech/GM crops: 2013 - ISAAA Brief No. 49. Ithaca: NY, 2014.

Key, Suzie, Julian K-C Ma, and Pascal MW Drake. “Genetically modified plants and human health.” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 101.2 (2008): 290–298.

Lucht, Johnson M. Public acceptance of plant biotechnology and GM crops. Viruses 7.8 (2015): 4254–4281.

Ramaswami, Bharat, Carl E. Pray, and Natham Lalitha, N. “The spread of illegal transgenic cotton varieties in India: Biosafety regulation, monopoly, and enforcement.” World Development 40.1 (2012): 177–188.

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Summer Sun Risin

Pages: 8 (2257 words) Sources: 7 Document Type:Book Review Document #:69181450

… and more.
The book focuses on several themes, including biodiversity, poetry, Africa, Afro-American interests, enthusiasm, pride, real fiction, being responsible, seasons, family, food, farming activity, experiences in childhood, the environment, and careers. The infused rhythmic verses seem to call to be uttered loudly. The choice colors and ……

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Aziz-Raina, Seemi. \\\\\\\\\\\\"We are Grateful: Otsaliheliga.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Language Arts 97.2 (2019): 116-121.

Greene, Catherine. \\\\\\\\\\\\"My Papi Has a Motorcycle.\\\\\\\\\\\\" The Catholic Library World 90.2 (2019): 151-151.

Nikola-Lisa, W., and Don Tate. Summer sun risin\\\\\\\\\\\\'. Lee & Low Books, 2002.

Park, Linda Sue. Bee-bim bop!. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008.

Schiffer, Miriam B. Stella brings the family. Chronicle Books, 2015.

Seeger, Pete, and Paul DuBois Jacobs. The deaf musicians. GP Putnam\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2006.

Soetoro-Ng, Maya. Ladder to the Moon. Candlewick Press, 2017.

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Local Vs Organic Food

Pages: 6 (1873 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:28856359

...Farming Introduction
When it comes to the great debate over whether it is healthier to eat local foods or organic foods, there are arguments to be found on both sides. But at the end of the day, one has to decide what one is really seeking to achieve by choosing one side over the other. Organic foods are typically labeled or certified organic, meaning they are non-GMO and thus are naturally grown. Local foods are typically fresher and seasonal, meaning they are going to have a more authentic and more robust quality and character to them (though there is no guarantee they are raised or grown non-GMO). Nonetheless, consuming local foods comes with the added benefit of supporting local farmers and the local economy. Plus, with local foods, one is more likely to be able to know for sure that one is getting quality foods from quality farmers whom one can……

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Debate. (2018). Is organic food healthier than non-organic food? Retrieved from  https://www.debate.org/opinions/is-organic-food-healthier-than-non-organic-foods 

Goldberg, H. (2014). People Still Don\\\\'t Know the Difference Between \\\\"Organic\\\\" and \\\\"Local\\\\". Retrieved from  https://time.com/2970505/organic-misconception-local/ 

Heather, X. (2011). The local vs. organic debate. Retrieved from  http://www.intuitive-nutrition.com/the-local-vs-organic-debate/ 

Healthline. (2018). Fresh vs Frozen Fruit and Vegetables — Which Are Healthier? Retrieved from  https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/fresh-vs-frozen-fruit-and-vegetables 

O’Born, S. (2019). Local vs. organic food: the great debate. Retrieved fromhttps://canadianfamily.ca/food/great-debate-local-organic/

Ryvasy, T. (2018). Is organic or local food better? Retrieved from  https://greenamerica.org/organic-or-local/organic-or-local-food-better 

Trimarchi, M. (2018). Is it better to buy local or organic food? Retrieved from  https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/local-or-organic.htm 

Wadyka, S. (2018). Farmer’s market produce. Retrieved from  https://www.consumerreports.org/fruits-vegetables/farmers-market-produce-local-vs-organic/

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Canadian Reciprocity Treaty Of 1854

Pages: 10 (2920 words) Sources: 8 Document Type:Essay Document #:12980829

...Farming Reciprocity Treaty (1854)
Introduction
The 1854 Reciprocity Treaty is one of the most famous economic treaties in Canadian history. The Reciprocity Treaty was a trade treaty that was signed between the economy of the United States and what was then known as the Province of Canada (Quebec and Ontario) and other smaller provinces of the then British North America. The treaty was a forerunner of the Canada-United States trade agreement of 1989. It was primarily intended to facilitate free trade in primary products such as coal, fish, timber, barley, oats, and wheat. The parties signed it on 5th June 1854, and it went into effect as soon as it was ratified by the lawmaking bodies of the parties to the treaty. The legislatures in the Canadian provinces approved it before the end of 1854, while the United States approved it in 1855 (Haynes, 1892, p. 18; Hinton, 2013). This work looks……

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Ankli, R. E. (1971). The reciprocity treaty of 1854. The Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d\\\\\\\\\\\\'Economique, 4(1), 1-20.

Gerriets, M., & Gwyn, J. (1996). Tariffs, trade, and reciprocity: Nova Scotia, 1830-1866. Acadiensis, 25(2), 62-81.

Haynes, F. E. (1892). The Reciprocity treaty with Canada of 1854 (Vol. 7, No. 6). Baltimore, Md.: American Economic Association.

Hinton, M. (2013). Canadian economic growth and the reciprocity treaty of 1854. Working Papers 13038, Economic History Society.

Masters, D. C. (1963). The reciprocity treaty of 1854: its history, its relation to British colonial and foreign policy, and to the development of Canadian fiscal autonomy (Vol. 9). McGill-Queen\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Press-MQUP.

Officer, L. H., & Smith, L. B. (1968). The Canadian-American reciprocity treaty of 1855 to 1866. Journal of Economic History, 598-623.

Porritt, E. (1908). Sixty Years of Protection in Canada, 1846-1907: Where Industry Leans on the Politician. London: Macmillan.

Saunders, S. A. (1934). The Maritime Provinces and the Reciprocity Treaty. The Dalhousie Review.

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The Rise Of The Opium Trade In Afghanistan Following The US Invasion

Pages: 14 (4271 words) Sources: 15 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:85024812

… to farm poppies have grown in size by 4x since the US invasion of Afghanistan. Were the US genuinely interested in stopping the farming and production of opium, one would think these farms would not have increased in size—yet they have—which points to the existence of an ……

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Almukhtar, S. & Nordland, R. (2019). What Did the U.S. Get for $2 Trillion in Afghanistan? Retrieved from  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/09/world/middleeast/afghanistan-war-cost.html 

Barno, D. (2007). The Other War: Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan 2003– 20. Military Review, 87(5), 32–44.

Barton, G. (2016). Out of the ashes of Afghanistan and Iraq: the rise and rise of Islamic State. Retrieved from  https://theconversation.com/out-of-the-ashes-of-afghanistan-and-iraq-the-rise-and-rise-of-islamic-state-55437 

Felbab-Brown, V. (2017). Afghanistan’s opium production is through the roof—why Washington shouldn’t overreact. Retrieved from  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/11/21/afghanistans-opium-production-is-through-the-roof-why-washington-shouldnt-overreact/ 

FM 3-24. (2014). Retrieved from  https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24.pdf 

Hitz, F. P. (1999). Obscuring Propriety: The CIA and Drugs. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 12(4), 448-462.

IrishTimes. (2001). Britain freezes £61m of suspected Taliban assets. Retrieved from  https://www.irishtimes.com/news/britain-freezes-61m-of-suspected-taliban-assets-1.398565 

Kiras, J. D. (2002). Terrorism and Irregular Warfare, in John Baylis, James Wirtz, Eliot Cohen and Colin Gray eds., Strategy in the Contemporary World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), 208–232.

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Equine Viral Arteritis

Pages: 3 (889 words) Sources: 5 Document Type:Essay Document #:40409672

...Farming Horse Virus Detection and Treatment
Equine viral arteritis (EVA) is defined by Timoney (2019) in the Merck Veterinary Manual as “an acute, contagious, viral disease of equids caused by equine arteritis virus (EAV).” EAV is also known as Epizootic cellulitis-pinkeye, Equine typhoid, and Rotlaufseuche (Timoney, 2019). The virus can cause symptoms of fever, conjunctivitis, depression, anorexia, nasal discharge, skin rash, subfertility in stallions, and death on young foals and abortion in mares (Price, Rentsch, Burn & Spector, 1998). 
The etiology of EVA starts with respiratory exposure: the virus invades the respiratory tract, where it then proceeds to duplicate itself in the tonsillar tissue and nasopharyngeal epithelium, as well as in bronchial macrophages (Timoney, 2019). Cells infected by EVA then transmit the virus to the lymph nodes, resulting in further multiplication of the virus and ultimate release into the carrier’s blood stream. Within one week, EVA will localize in small blood……

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Center for Food Security and Public Health. (2009). Equine viral arteritis. Retrieved from  http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/equine_viral_arteritis.pdf 

Price, S. D., Rentsch, G., Burn, B., & Spector, D. A. (1998). The Whole Horse Catalog: The Complete Guide to Buying, Stabling and Stable Management, Equine Health, Tack, Rider Apparel, Equestrian Activities and Organizations... and Everything Else a Horse Owner and Rider Will Ever Need. Simon and Schuster.

Timoney, P. (2019). Overview of Equine Viral Arteritis. Retrieved from  https://www.merckvetmanual.com/generalized-conditions/equine-viral-arteritis/overview-of-equine-viral-arteritis?query=Equine%20Viral%20Arteritis 

Timoney, P. J., Creekmore, L., Meade, B., Fly, D., Rogers, E., & King, B. (2008). 2006 Multi-State Occurrence of EVA. https://www.animalagriculture.org/resources/Documents/Conf%20-%20Symp/Symposiums/2016%20Equine/EDF%20Resources/EVA/USDA%20EVA_2006_Multistate_USAHA.pdf

Virginia Department of Health. (2016). One health notes, 1(1). Retrieved from

 http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/123/2016/12/OneHealthJan2016.pdf 

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Starbucks Corporation Operational Sustainability

Pages: 6 (1944 words) Sources: 6 Document Type:Research Paper Document #:45580397

… is positioning itself to reap from the benefits of cross-selling and co-branding that are increasingly becoming popular as Smartphone technology advances…[break]…more productive coffee farming and supply chain solutions. Starbucks has established Farmer Support Centers in various communities to offer financial support to its suppliers. Such investments in ……

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Bruhn-Hansen, S. (2012). Corporate Social Responsibility–A case study of Starbucks’ CSR: communication through its corporate website. Unpublished master’s thesis, Illinois State University. Retrieved from http://pure. au. dk/portal/files/45282206/ba_thesis. pdf.

Harnrungchalotorn, S., & Phayonlerd, Y. (2016). Starbucks with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):“How Starbucks succeeds in a business world with CSR” (Doctoral dissertation, Master Thesis. Faculty Board of Economic Sciences, Communication and IT Business Administration).

Juneja, P. (2018). PESTLE Analysis of Starbucks. Retrieved November 21, 2019, from  https://www.managementstudyguide.com/swot-analysis-of-unilever.htm .

Khalamayzer, A. (2017, November 16). How Starbucks brewed a stronger sustainability bond. Retrieved November 21, 2019, from  https://www.greenbiz.com/article/how-starbucks-brewed-stronger-sustainability-bond .

Steven Li. (2019, July 5). Is Starbucks actually serious about environmental sustainability? Retrieved November 21, 2019, from  https://therising.co/2019/07/05/is-starbucks-actually-serious-about-environmental-sustainability/ .

Sustainalytics. (2019). Second-Party Opinion Starbucks Sustainability Bond. Sustainalytics Second-Party Opinion Review.

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COVID 19 In South Africa Nigeria And Swaziland

Pages: 7 (2030 words) Sources: 6 Document Type:literature review Document #:53851517

...Farming Literature Review on Coping Through The Use Of Informal Institutions during COVID 19 in South Africa, Nigeria, and Swaziland
The institutional theory deals with the outlines, regulations, standards, and procedures that are formulated in the institutions as commanding instructions for social behavior. This theory gives an understanding of how institutions are shaped, and the societal norms and frameworks are informed to all people of an organization. Communication is the sole indicator of how organizations are formulated with the help of formal rules and regulations, as that would reflect how they are conversed across all levels of the firm and in what way people are obeying them. This would ultimately build an organizational culture for coping with social and political issues. The informal institutions are socially shared instructions, typically unwritten, that are formed, transferred and imposed outside the official boundaries (Torniainen & Sasstamoinen, 2007), for example, giving tips to the food……

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Coelho, A. (2019). The role of informal institutions in the enforcement of rules and how to improve corporate and public governance in Brazil: Studies based on a set of corporate governance cases involving state-owned companies (Working Paper). Retrieved from SSRN website  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3434037 

Dacin, M.T., Goodstein, J. & Scott, W.R. (2002). Institutional theory and institutional change: Introduction to the special research forum. Academy of Management Journal, 45(1), 45- 47. DOI: 10.2307/3069284

Escandon-Barbosa, D.M., Urbano, D., Hurtado-Ayala, A., Paramo, J.S. & Dominguez, A.Z. (2019). Formal institutions, informal institutions, and entrepreneurial activity: A comparative relationship between rural and urban areas in Colombia. Journal of Urban Management, 8(3), 458-471.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2019.06.002 

Estrin, S. & Prevezer, M. (2010). The role of informal institutions in corporate governance: Brazil, Russia, India, and China compared. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 28, 41- 67.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-010-9229-1 

Kaufmann, W., Hooghiemstra, R. & Feeney, M.K. (2018). Formal institutions, informal institutions, and red tape: A comparative study. Public Administration, 96(2), 386-403. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12397

Meluch, A.L. (2016, August). Understanding the organizational and institutional origins of social support in a cancer support center. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=kent1466944822&disposition=inline

Torniainen, T.J. & Sasstamoinen, O.J. (2007). Formal and informal institutions and their hierarchy in the regulation of the forest lease in Russia. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 80(5), 489-501.  https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpm033 

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