fiber such as cotton‚ or an animal product like wool. Commercial farms are also known as plantations. An example of this kind of farm is the large citrus farms of Abaco. Source: www.bahamasguide.com Agriculture in the Bahamas Agricultural production in the Bahamas focuses on four main areas: crops‚ poultry‚ livestock‚ and dairy.Poultry‚ winter vegetables‚ and citrus fruits are the mainstay of the agricultural sector‚ which is concentrated in The Abacos. Exports consist mainly of grapefruits
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PROBLEMS FACING THE INTEGRATION OF THE REGION There are basically three main problems the Caribbean Integration Face. For a number of CARICOM members‚ as for their Latin American neighbors‚ the 1980s were a “lost decade” in terms of economic growth. Real GDP in the Caribbean common market contracted significantly in 1982-1985 and remained almost still in the following three years. Although declining output was mainly a result of adverse conditions in the external environment‚ economic management
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The Bahamas Listeni/bəˈhɑːməz/‚ officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas‚ is a country consisting of more than 700 islands‚ cays‚ and islets in the Atlantic Ocean; north of Cuba and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti); northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands; southeast of the U.S. state of Florida and east of the Florida Keys. Its capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. The designation of "Bahamas" can refer to either the country or the larger island chain that it shares
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Crime in the Bahamas On the 6th April‚ 2011‚ shock waves were sent throughout the Bahamaland after the report of a brutal massacre of Nellie Brown-Cox. It is alleged that this crime was committed by her common law husband (Bahamas Press‚ 2011). This murder was a result of domestic violence‚ which is a crime that is committed among many residents in the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands. Crime is ubiquitous‚ but can be alleviated if the necessary steps are applied. To further explain‚ certain aspects
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career fair on some initiatives the government offers to assist and encourage more Bahamians to consider farming as a career. I would take a few minutes to speak generally about farming before telling you about those initiatives. A study of farming in The Bahamas shows that farming has not maintained a steady growth over the years. There was once a large dairy and poultry farm at Hatchet Bay Eleuthera that provided milk‚ eggs‚ and ice-cream for Eleuthera and New Providence. Many persons were employed
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just a few of the headlines that we hear on a daily basis in The Bahamas. We as a small nation should take heed to the crime problem and try to find ways in solving them. The crime rate will continue to persist if drastic measures aren’t taken. Athena Daminos‚ former Tribune editor and journalist asked this question “What will it take for the government to deal with the violent crime problem that is rocking our island and the many social disorders feeding it?” in the text “What Will It Take for the
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Patton 1st February‚2013 History What factors contributed to the social unrest of the 1930’s and the 1940’s? When citizens are not satisfied ‚ something is lead to happen ‚ this is called an unrest. The Bahamas between the years 1930 to 1940‚ social unrest came about. That Bahamians were fed up with the categorization or separation of society that they were placed in‚ in their own country. The Bahamas always experienced social unrest but it was during these years that its strength increased and
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INTRODUCTION Can the Bahamas survive without branching into other areas of tourism? The tourism industry today is big business for a country‚ it is the number one industry of the Bahamas. It is the migration of individuals from one place to another for a short period of time. There are two types of tourism‚ domestic and foreign. People travel for recreation‚ business‚ sports‚ education and for religious or medical purposes. Tourism is a very competitive industry. It accounts for seventy percent
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Name- Mohammed Bhuiyan ID-000668860 Coursework Header Sheet 198578-167 Course Coursework Tutor ACCO1095: Management Accounting Essay KB Brickman Course School/Level Assessment Weight Submission Deadline BU/UG 30.00% 25/01/2013 Coursework is receipted on the understanding that it is the student ’s own work and that it has not‚ in whole or part‚ been presented elsewhere for assessment. Where material has been used from other sources it has been properly acknowledged
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Year after year there are ringing calls for the Bahamas to invest more and do more to develop agriculture. In 2001‚ former Central Bank researcher Gabriella Fraser observed that Bahamian agriculture had "hardly evolved" over time‚ and asked whether enough effort was being made to achieve food security. Environmental advocate Sam Duncombe argued in a recent online exchange that If we don’t invest in agriculture and manufacturing‚ Bahamians will be condemned to "a life of servitude and dependence
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