The Case for Local and Regional Food Marketing SUMMARY Communities across the United States are enjoying healthier food grown by local farmers; and farmers are reaping better returns and helping to revitalize rural and urban communities by selling close to home instead of through distant markets. Local marketing has expanded beyond farmers’ markets and farmstands‚ although these are still popular and the number of US farmers’ markets is growing rapidly. New regional supply networks are
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at the Local Level A report by: Sheryl I. Fernando “Local governments do not have the luxury d of time to delay the development of their de own capabilities whic will allow them to ch achieve their cherishe objectives. ed They should help them mselves and not stagnate while the rest of the world go by. st Local governments he elping themselves is the essence of the home ru It is also the ule. cornerstone of democr ratic and just institutions. “ ‐‐ LOGODEF‚ 1993 “Local governments in
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area. With this autonomy‚ the area is given broad authority to take care of their own household with minimal government intervention. Local governments have the right and authority to use the vast financial resources in accordance with its needs and aspirations of communities that developed in the area. However‚ with broad authority‚ it is not meant that local governments can use the financial resources they have at will‚ without a clear direction and purpose. Extensive rights and powers granted
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Project Proposal Local Government in the Russian Federation Author: Viktoria Faculty of Public Administration Research supervisor: O.Kalugina Moscow 2012 Intoduction. Abstract. The “new history” of local government in Russia dates back to the beginning of the
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Brief Historical Background of Local government System in Nigeria Regardless of nomenclature‚ local government is a creation of British colonial rule in Nigeria. It has overtime experienced change in name‚ structure and composition. Between 1930s and 1940s‚ for instance‚ local government was known as chief-in-council and chief-and-council‚ where traditional rulers were given pride of place in the scheme of things. In the 1950s‚ election was introduced according to the British model in the western
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Budget Setting Process within Local Governments in the UK Introduction Finance is one of the key resources available to local authorities for use in providing their services and for meeting their statutory obligations to their residents. Other resources include staff‚ systems‚ property/buildings and information. Finance is the resource that allows all the other resources to be secured and as such managing it becomes a very important activity to ensure an efficient use of all resources. Finance
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INTRODUCTION Local government areas are suppose to be the engines of national development. A quite rural community grows into a busting city‚ and the local leaders makes this possible. In an ideal and well developed nations of the world‚ when people are tired of living in the cities they retire or relocate to rural communities where life is less strenuous. However‚ the opposite is the case in Nigeria; living in a rural community is difficult because nothing works as it should. People are subjected
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Identify the strategies for strengthening local financial capacity in Malaysian local government. The first strategy that can be used to strengthen the financial capacity in Malaysian local government is by generating the new avenues for revenue source which are sought to supplement the income of the local authorities. This may include sale of the municipal bonds‚ rezoning of the land from the residential to commercial purposes or taking the equity share in the privatization project. Another
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Role of local government in housing i. Examination of the housing conditions of the area‚ estimation of demand including the requirement of special groups such as the aged‚ physically handicapped and the homeless ii. Assessment of the housing supply including the physical condition of the existing dwelling and the size and scope of the building and acquisition program of all the agencies involved iii. Research to assess housing need to ensure that all available resources are used to the
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Local government is faced with varieties of difficulties to source adequate fund from federal government‚ state government and the internally generated revenue‚ such problems are cogwheel to the smooth running of local government administration. Revenue generation in Nigeria local governments is principally derived from TAX. Recently the revenue that accrues to local government is derived from two broad sources‚ viz: the external sources and the internal sources. The external sources of fund generation
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