This paper was written by the Policy Department of Oxfam (Great Britain). The principal author was Koos Neefjes. For further information‚ please contact Anni Long‚ Team Administrator: Tel: Fax: +44 1865 312127 +44 1865 312245 Email: along@oxfam.org.uk Website: http://www.oxfam.org.uk Summary There is a world food crisis. Currently 790 million people are undernourished and around one third of the world’s children go to bed hungry. But their lack of food security is primarily caused by low
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rangeland remain at the foundation of agriculture. In the past century there has been increasing concern to identify and quantify various forms of agriculture. In the developed world the range usually extends between sustainable agriculture (e.g. permaculture or organic agriculture) and intensive farming (e.g. industrial agriculture). Modern agronomy‚ plant breeding‚ pesticides and fertilizers‚ and technological improvements have sharply increased yields from cultivation‚ but at the same time have caused
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LAWS1017 – CONTRACTS I – CASE SUMMARIES SESSION ONE – 2004 1 OFFER Gibson v Manchester City Council Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co MacRobertson Miller Airline Services v Commissioner of State Taxation Australian Woollen Mills Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Offers distinguished from Invitations to Treat Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists Ltd Revocation of an Offer Goldsborough‚ Mort & Co v Quinn Mobil Oil Australia Ltd v Wellcome International Pty Ltd ACCEPTANCE Relationship
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The retailer that I have chosen to conduct my research on is Woolworths‚ which is an established chain of retail stores founded in South Africa. Whilst they operate predominantly in this country‚ they have a substantial number of franchises and business dealings overseas. Their vast product range includes but is not limited to variable groceries‚ clothing‚ homeware and financial services‚ all of which are superior in quality. [Question 1 – The Existing Gaps Between The Producer and The Consumer]
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PELUM-KENYA STRATEGIC PLAN (2013 – 2015) Produced with technical and facilitation Support from: Christian Organisations Research and Advisory Trust of Africa BOGANI EAST ROAD‚ P.O. BOX 42493 - 00100 NAIROBI‚ KENYA Telephone Number: (254) (020) 890165/7 FAX NO. 891900 or 890481 Email: coratafrica@nbi.ispkenya.com or training@coratafrica.com Website: www.coratafrica.com WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM Bread for the World and Swedish Society for Nature Conservation INSTITUTIONAL OUTLOOK Vision of PELUM
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE (ORGANIC) & CONVENTIONAL FARMING SYSTEMS AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS ON THE EARTH BY DENNIS LEE WAN-CHIEN THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MULTIMEDIA (FILM & ANIMATION) (by Research) in the Faculty of Creative Multimedia MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA October 2008 The copyright of this thesis belongs to the author under the terms of the Copyright Act 1987 as qualified by Regulation 4(1)
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still the most common means of raising livestock. In the developed world‚ industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture has become the dominant system of modern farming‚ although there is growing support for sustainable agriculture (e.g. permaculture or organic agriculture). Modern agronomy‚ plant breeding‚ pesticides and fertilizers‚ and technological improvements have sharply increased yields from cultivation‚ but at the same time have caused widespread ecological damage and negative human
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Compact City The Next Urban Evolution Thomas Saaty saaty@katz.pitt.edu Compact City The Next Urban Evolution Thomas L. Saaty saaty@katz.pitt.edu No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical‚ photographic‚ or electronic process‚ or in the form of a phonographic recording‚ nor may it be stored in a retrieval system‚ transmitted‚ or otherwise copied for public or private use without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: to be obtained
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ABSTRACT We have proposed a framework for transforming landscapes to improve performance by integrating ecological principles into landscape design. This effort would focus on the development of multifunctional landscapes‚ guided by the rapidly growing knowledge base of ecosystem services provided by landscape features. Although the conventional approach to landscape ecology is based on a model that assumes poor ecological quality in the human-dominated matrix‚ a review of recent literature reveals
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