Farmer's College Essays Samples For Students

Abstract:

The socially disadvantaged farmer is in a perpetual struggle to maintain farmland in the United States of America. Land possession among this social group has declined at a high rate well into the 21^st century. Government programs and banking industry components have played a crucial role for the disadvantaged farmers who are losing their farmland due to illicit business practices, ignorance, and greed. The small American farmer has endured discrimination, poverty, pest infestation, industrialization, and indelible hardships that have persisted for many generations. Their survival depends on the virtues in which our country fought and stands for.

Introduction

Socially Disadvantaged ...

U.S. Farm Bill and The Dairy Industry
For over eight decades American taxpayers have been subsidizing farmers through a series of complex programs, in the U.S Farm Bill (Snap to Health, par. 3). In 1933, during the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt passed a bill that supported farmers who suffered from a surplus of harvests and from the drought effects of the Dust Bowl Till this day, the Farm Bill has consistently remained an active part of the agenda of the United States government. Based on research it seems that there are arguments for both sides, i.e. the one who are ...

Introduction

Black Gold is documentary directed by the by British brothers Marc and Nick Francis. The documentary was produced in 2006 and it is all about Ethiopia farmer as he moves around the world while seeking to secure good prices for his quality coffee commodity. The generally address the world coffee trade and the consequences of this coffee trade to farmers. The movie utilized a budget of $ 760,000 and its preparation took about three years.
The whole question addressed by the movie is about the way the multinational companies are controlling the coffee shopping malls and the whole coffee ...

Increasing Access and Use of Local Certified Farmers’ Markets:

Abstract
The Supplemental Nutrition Program Women, Infants, and Children provides healthy foods, nutritional education and certain referral services to low-income pregnant and post-partum women, infants, and children up to age five. Groundbreaking modifications in 2009 added cash vouchers for fruits and vegetables to WIC’s approved foods list. While these vouchers are redeemable at local Certified Farmers’ Markets, research in California exposed specific barriers to WIC participants utilizing this option. Our proposal addresses the three main deterrents to redeeming vouchers at local farmers’ markets, including: (1) lack of transportation, CFM in close proximity or knowledge of CFM location, (2) ...

Canada is known to be among the largest agricultural exporter and producers globally. A recent statistics shows that the production of field crops, particularly wheat in the year 2013 has increased at its highest record as compared to 2012. The wheat production was reported with an increase of 38.0% i.e., 37.5 million tons by in the year 2013, in comparison to 2012. Prairies showed record production of Wheat of 11.3 million tons, whereas Saskatchewan and Manitoba showed production increase of +43.8% and +31.5% in 2013 respectively in comparison to 2012 (Statistics Canada ).
The farmers who produce wheat face ...

Introduction

Historically, Guatemala has been a well known producer and exporter of high quality coffee. In recent years, however, stiff competition from other coffee producing nations such as Brazil and Vietnam has driven global prices low. This means that it has become increasingly unprofitable to produce coffee in Guatemala. Despite the ample land and human resources available in the country, farmers have been forced to stop production since they can no longer pay workers from proceeds. For the most part of the country, this has led to poverty and under-development. Incredibly, however, some farmers have vowed to fight on, forming cooperatives ...

1. Introduction
Agriculture is an important area of policy development in the EU. There are 500 million people residing in the EU (European Commission, “Agriculture”). Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) expresses the EU’s agricultural strategies and plans for all member states. CAP is one of the oldest EU policies. Revision of the CAP occurs periodically to accommodate emerging issues affecting all member states or specific to one or some member states. Spain protects its interests as a major agricultural producer by influencing the EU’s agricultural policy.
Agriculture is a key sector in Spain. The agricultural sector contributes 3.4% ...

The research project is to determine the necessary parameters that communities need to follow to establish an Arts and Public Market in a their community. The goal of the research is to establish a suitable pattern and guide from securing the space, to attracting vendors, and marketing to customers to keep the market a viable business enterprise. Many communities are in need of a grassroots venture such as this and are in need of a guide to bring the project to fruition.
The definition of a Arts and Public Market is a selling place in the local community featuring ...

Introduction

East Asia comprises of four countries located on the Eastern end of the Asian Continent. The four countries making up the region are China, Mongolia, Japan and North and South Korea. The geography of East Asia comprises of mountains, plateaus, deserts, and Islands. Other than the physical features, East Asia is characterized by high population densities with China and Japan being some of the most populated countries in the World. These high population densities coupled with the size of arable land has resulted in most East Asian countries having rice as the main cereal crop. The climate and the ...

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- Battle over water rights for farmers or wild fish in Southern Oregon
- Battle over water right for farmers or wild fish in Southern Oregon is an ecological crisis over water where the farmers were denied water for irrigation during the dry season. The wild fish were in the danger of dying if the water which was their life could be used by farmers. This topic is important as it provides us with the information on the causes of water crisis, how it affected those involved and the possibilities of resolving the crisis. It shows that water ...

21st Century farmers share some problems with their colleagues from earlier times, but today’s society also breeds new difficulties. For farmers, their work is much more than a job; it is a lifestyle. Farming is notoriously all consuming and farmers tend to work and live on their farms and, therefore, it is vital that they find ways to ensure that their businesses, and their lifestyles, continue to thrive. Combining several types of farming, along with working on becoming closer to the consumer, are two ways in which new farmers can aide their business success.
With so much uncertainty, ...

Industry Environment

According to the U.S. Dairy Export Council (2015), there were 9.3 million cows which produced 93.4 million tons of milk in the United States in 2014. The country has about 50,000 farms under dairy farms which are majorly family-owned (U.S. Dairy Export Council, 2015). Dairy farming is practiced in all the 50 states as well as in Puerto Rico, and it is the leading agricultural business in Arizona, California, Michigan, Idaho, New York, New Hamshire, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. 74 percent of dairy farms in the country have less than 100 cows, and the average ...

Introduction

The desire for shopping organic fruits and vegetables verses those that were produced traditionally was among other propelling factors that gave birth to ACME Marketing and Consulting by MR. Frederick Nelson a retired government employee. The firm growth and establishment was based on the shopping interests where Frederick and his wife growing pricing and marketing analysis based on the two options led to the need to explore the preceding objectives in reference to the local farmers and distributors; develop a common ground where farmers and the distributors share information, to achieve this he enacted strategies where organic farmers and producers operate ...

Statistics show that a large number of workers employed in office settings resort to taking time off work some time in their career owing to their schedules which tend to have damaging effects on their physique. A number of studies have highlighted the negative impacts of jobs which limit movement and also reduce the chance of exercise leading to a number of skeletal and muscular symptoms in office workers. Studies show that with furniture that has been designed to impart a higher level of comfort and also through programs that guide employees to have correct posture, muscular and skeletal ...

Introduction

There has been a raging debate on the existence of genetically modified foods. Proponents of the genetic modified foods base their argument on the increasing population and the need to have food sufficiency. There are many advantages fronted by these proponents as to why genetically modified foods should be encouraged. Genetically modified foods are pest resistant. Therefore, they can withstand attacks from pests. In this regard, genetically modified foods shield farmers from possible financial losses that would be occasioned by pest attacks. Consumers, on the other hand, do not wish to eat food treated by pesticides due to the associated ...

Land circulation can be defined as a situation whereby farmers and landowners hand over their land operation rights so that farmland that is isolated is centralized enabling a thorough and bulk agricultural production (Xianglin, 2014). Circulation of land is considered as a requirement for the expansion of modern agriculture. It not only provides a basis for resource allocation for modern agriculture but also gives economic benefits foundation (Jing & Zhe, n.d.). It is the basis for the improvement of farmland system. It is accelerated mainly by developing industries and speeding up the relocation of the surplus rural labor force. This ...

PORK INDUSTRY IN THE U.S.A

Introduction

The pork industry in the U.S has taken a tremendous change in the recent past, especially with the introduction of large-scale fabrication of the produce by a few individuals in the country. However, the shift in the production to include a few players that engage in large scale production is a worry to many people in the country, an aspect that has led to heated debates. The widespread discrimination experienced by consumers is a major aspect that has contributed to the change in production trend. Consumers' taste has significantly changed in the recent past, ...

Agriculture takes up a large part of our daily lives and about a third of the earth’s surface (United Nations Environment Programme 1). Many rural activities take place on the land (earth’s surface) making it susceptible to exploitation and bad management. It is therefore the prerogative of farmers and ranchers to conserve and manage their physical environment because this serves as their major source of sustenance. One of the major ways they can do this is through the help of farmer organizations playing important parts in the policy formulation of the agricultural sector in whatever region they ...

Several people in different parts of the world in both developed and developing countries go without or with little food every day. This is attributed to the fact that there exists not enough food to supply the needs of the people in these countries. As result of factors such as war, political feuds, poor economic prosperity and poor infrastructure, hunger and poverty are generally witnessed in such countries. Therefore their use of genetically modified food is seen as a source of relief to the starving population. It has to be understood that the use of Genetically Modified food may not ...

- Brief Case Description
Farmers Field is a project meant to see construction of a sports complex and events stadium in Downtown Los Angeles. The masterminds behind the project include the outgoing president of the Anschutz entertainment group (AEG), TimLeiweke and Casey Wassermann, former owner of the LosAngeles avengers. The stadium will be located at the current Los Angeles conventional Centre. The stadium will be a 72000-seater with a retractable roof covering it. Some of the games and events suggested of the Farmers Field include super bowls, Olympic Games, and rally events (Kellogg 356). Leiweke estimated that the project would cost US$ ...

Agriculture is the creation of feed, food, and other products by methodical growing and harvesting of plants, animals, as well as, other forms of life. It plays a significant function in human civilization. Until the industrial insurgency, agriculture functioned as the mode of revenue for most people in different countries. The techniques of agriculture have continued to change with the advancement in global population.

On the other hand, animal husbandry is rapidly changing the financial system of several countries, therefore, contributing significantly in their economy. Livestock provides improved financial stability to the poor population. It generates immense employment prospects in ...

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Introduction

Food industry is the largest and the most critical part of our society. As a matter of fact, it has already reached an estimated sales of four trillion dollars globally in 2002 (Regmi and Gehlhar, 2005). Moreover, the food industry is the main producer of nutrition for the entire population. Dell’Aquila and Cioffi (2004) focused on fresh vegetables and fruits and discusses that EU rules are counterproductive by increasing neither the import nor the export of quality products. Vancauteren and De Frahan (2006) estimated a model called the structural gravity, and stated that bringing together of food policies ...

Socialism involves the social or communal ownership of production facilities and means in an economic system. In a socialist system, the economy is managed like a cooperative. Social ownership can be through the state, individual parties or a combination of the two. After the American civil war, the United States faced a lot of social and economic problems. A majority of the poor embarked on farming as a means of livelihood. Irons looks at the various judicial decisions made during the late 1800s and early 1900 that shaped the concept of socialism in the United States. The devastation left by the war provided an ...

George Washington Carver was an African American who was born into slavery. At the end of the civil war, he got his freedom although however he still lived in his former boss’s house since he was an orphan. He educated himself by doing odd jobs and later earned a Master’s degree in horticulture. At that time, there were still instances of racism and he had to travel to other cities where he would be accepted because of his race. While working at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, he came up with inventions in agriculture that had a huge impact ...

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Acknowledgements

This project paper demonstrates the integration of the knowledge I acquired from the courses in Master of Health Administration and Leadership Program and the collaborative application with this project’s community partner, MidMichigan Health to improve the community health in Gratiot County, Michigan. I am thankful for getting this valuable opportunity to work with a large healthcare organization.
First and foremost, I would like to thank my parents who worked really hard to financially and emotionally support me in pursuing further education overseas. They comfort me every ...

Abstract

The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established to address chronic rural poverty during the Great Depression in the US. A string of known and unknown artists was hired by the organization to capture the images of poverty and lives of rural farmers, with the hope of garnering support for them. The essay describes FSA briefly and then goes on to select a social documentary photograph from an FSA photographer. It evaluates the photograph and how successful it is in expressing the hardships faced by countless rural farmers and migrants during the 1930s. The essay discusses the selected photographer Dorothea ...

American superheroes and action figures follow a distinct history and background to their origin and existence. Also, that background is chosen to be American in nature, and mostly the work and actions of that chosen superhero revolve around an American backdrop. Superman is an age-old superhero who has gained immense popularity amongst the American as well as worldwide audience due to his saving-the-world way of life, and the various stories that circulate in his life are in one way or the other pertinent to American culture and lifestyle. Different critics have responded to the existence of Superman differently. For ...

Juhudi Kilimo is an enterprise that provides technical assistance and asset financing to medium and small sixed agro-businesses and smaller farmers throughout Kenya. Juhudi operations are mainly throughout the rural areas of Kenya. This gives smaller farmers the access to the resources and tools they need in order to succeed. Juhudi Kilimo invests in startups companies and work with them in order to make them major participates in the market. This helps develop the opportunities and networks for smaller farmers throughout rural Kenya. Juhudi uses a comprehensive approach in order to create long term gains in regards to productivity ...

Nestlé’s Role in the global food system & its decision to partner with competitors and suppliers
The supply chain is a combination of processes that are needed to convert the product form a raw state to final and finished form. Although, this sounds easy, it takes a co-ordinated effort and proper logistics support to achieve this. In today’s global scenario, Nestle is promoting the global movement of developing sustainable agriculture for the entire food industry. The company’s role in the future global food system is going to be very important, and it can be a game changer for the coffee ...

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The last quarter of the 19th century became one of the most significant periods of the US history due to a number of events, such as the long confrontation between Republicans and Democrats and the policy of Laissez-faire, movement of Populists, rapid economic development and the prosperity of enterprises, a large influx of immigrants into the country and growth of labor unions. During this period of history John D. Rockefeller, Andrew W. Mellon, J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie and other huge industrialists became known as “robber barons” because of their exceptional financial success. After the Civil War the United ...

China has one of the biggest populations in the world and over the past few years there has been a lot of business growth in the country. People live busy lives, trying to keep up with the pace of business growth as well as tourists. As a result, once traditional Chinese foods are soon becoming a thing of the past. In Honk Kong, although residents and tourists love food and talk about it all the time, older people point out that a lot of traditional dishes are just not made any more . They say that this is because of the difficulties vendors face ...

In Michael Pollan's essay "The Animals: Practicing Complexity," Pollan explores an organic farm and garden known as Polyface, where a complete ecosystem is allowed to thrive without human tampering, the farmers only taking from the land as they see fit, without adding additional cruelty to the animals. Pollan notes that, despite the relatively damaged nature of the property these farmers work on, it is "harder to believe that farming such a damaged landscape so intensively, rather than just letting it be, could restore it to health and yield this beauty" (p. 281). In the essay, he describes how the farmers and ...

Question 1: Brazil vs. the United States

In 2002 Brazil filed a lawsuit in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement System challenging the United States farmers for violating most of the trade agreements. The case was touching different farmers including fruits, vegetables and cotton farmers. Brazil looked unhappy by the actions the United States was taking to give its farmers some advantages such as providing grants, subsidiaries which according to the WTO was to be prohibited (Mercier, p.31). Therefore, due to the unfair competition, the US farmers were provided; Brazil decided to seek a resolution from the WTO.
The WTO ruled against the United States. ...

Several thousand years ago, the early modern humans were nomadic foragers, and they forage in groups. However, a major transition occurred around 10,000 BC changing the human behavior, a changeover from the control of the natural environment over humans, to humans in control over the natural environment.
Before the start of the agricultural era, the early humans were hunter-gatherers, which means that they depended on wild resources for their nutritional requirements. This style of living led the early humans to have a largely nomadic lifestyle, with the abundance of food source dictated by the natural environment, specifically the ...

Company/Product Description

Angel wholesale foods are a company that specializes in the supply of vegetables, fruits, and fresh foods. It specializes in the supply of these products to supermarkets at a wholesale price. We purchase fresh vegetables and fruits from our farms. We also outsource other farmers for their fresh products. This practice enables the company to have an adequate supply of the fresh product that meets their customer demands.

Strategic Focus and Plan

Mission
The primary mission of our business, as explained earlier, is to offer quality products to our consumers all over the region.

Goals

It is the company's objective to ensure that there ...

Whole Foods actually seeks to distinguish and differentiate itself by producing organic products. Now, Whole Foods is bearing an intensive competition. It is required to maintain a mutually beneficial relationship between farmers and the Whole Foods Grocers to compete the entire market. It is important to give more benefits to the farmers as they are suffering from the impact of the intense competition that is facing Whole Foods. This severe competition from other stores like Walmart and Costco, etc; providing the food without the tag names of farmers have turned Whole Foods from growth to maturity phase. This can be ...

Introduction

Dust Bowl is a phenomenon, which shows how Mother Nature can be rough and devastating. This is the effect of strong wind blowing strongly low on the ground. It has a lot of dusts and dirt that makes it very dark that you could not even see a thing (Burns). Others even think of what they have done why it is happening, as why is it so dark and so strong that it makes their houses shake while inside the horrifying dark bowl of dirt. People did even think that it was the beginning of the end. It was a scare that dusts entered people’ ...

Never a spontaneous phenomenon, racism seems sparked often as an ideological view. Unlikely though it may sound, the white liberal government instituted what continued for over 40 years. Characterized by segregation and violence in response to any opposition, the order came to its end. While in the transitional period, the country established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for the restoration of national unity. Obviously, national reconciliation is possible only through racism eradication since it is racial bias that is at the root of the national disunity and bellicosity. Much as the commission utilized a number of tools towards this ...

Introduction

The Ottoman Empire was ruled from the top by a Sultan. A collection of taxes was an eternal problem in this empire so they came up with a tax farming system whereby tax collectors were employed to collect taxes in the entire empire. The system brought about various mistreatments and the poorest received very heavy tax burdens, they did not have the capability of avoiding taxes or bribe off the tax collectors. A segment of the population lived under the millet system and it consisted of the Jews, Christians and Religious minorities who run their own schools, local communities ...

Introduction

Modifying the genetic make-up of food is a concept which has been around for centuries. Farmers have successfully improved food supply through cross-breeding different plant and animal varieties to develop organisms that yield more, taste better and tolerate harsh conditions. In modern times, this has not always been welcome. The Pure Food Campaign (PFC) was established in 1992 as a coalition of restaurateurs, farmers, animal welfare, environmental and consumer groups opposed to genetic engineered food. Around the same time, the U.S. Agriculture Department stated that it would not regulate production and shipping of Flavr Savr, which is a genetically engineered tomato from ...

Introduction

U.S history is full of various victories, changes, and many developments that were just possible through persistent struggle. This is evident through knowing the period of 1865-1900 that gave the US society with a huge growth in terms of economy, politics, and societal changes, giving it an ultimate power related to industries and more specifically agriculture. During this period, industrialization began to increase at higher level and the history covered the most important changes named as Reconstruction, Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era, reflecting the positive impacts of Civil war that boomed US north but same time declined other confederate ...

Introduction

The Gilded Age, as it came to be known, was a period between 1870’s and early 1900’s. It spanned three decades of the late nineteenth century and was characterized by one of the most contentious, volatile and dynamic scenes in the American history. The word “Gilded” was lifted from a book by Mark Twain immediately after the civil war. This was as a result of the widespread greed that was evidenced at the time as well as speculative nature that the markets had coined. Further, there was rampant corruption that pervaded politics and Mark Twain together with his colleagues employed ...

After his graduation from Cambridge University in 1831, Charles Darwin developed deep enthusiasm in biology and consequently embarked on a mission to investigate the origin of species (Quammen, 2006). Several years later, after conducting extensive research, he came up with the theory of evolution which mainly suggests that organisms evolved from simple forms to their present complex forms. He proposed several theories that sought to explain how the process of evolution took place. The process of natural selection is one of them. This theory suggests that nature selects a variety of species that are suitable for survival and reproduction in a particular ...

Question 1. The agricultural marketing agreement act commonly referred to as ‘AMAA’, is the law that allows the government to issue ‘marketing orders’ for agricultural products. Question 2. This law was adopted in 1937; however the current marketing order for raisins was adopted in August.18 1949.
Question 3.The marketing orders are formally issued by the united states department of agriculture(USDA) secretary, after it is issued, the agricultural marketing services is the federal body (“AMS”) that administers the order. The “AMS” itself is an agency within the USDA. The committee that determines how the order will be applied ...

Business Submission: Nestle

Business Submission: Nestle
The UN Global Compact involves ten principals that cover areas in anti-corruption, the environment, human rights, and labor. Companies are requested by the UN Global Compact to incorporate the ten principal in their core business strategies so as to facilitate the achievement of good values in the four areas (Gregoratti, 2012). Nestle is a member of the UN global Compact and incorporates all the ten principals in its core business strategies. The company has participated since 2001. In this case, the status of the company is active while its differentiation level is global compact advanced (Timmermann, ...

The Curse of Corn: Eating for the Yankee Dollar

In the first section of his book, ‘Industrial Corn’ in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan investigates the detrimental effects of the over-production of corn and the reasons for this. He also explains in detail the pernicious effects of the over-production of corn which are very shocking in their implications for us all. In order to do justice to the radical and shocking truths that Pollan reveals, radical alternatives must be explored in order to change this situation. In short, the over-production of corn must stop for the good of American farmers, for the environment, for American consumers and ...

Genetic food modification is the laboratory process of artificial alteration of the genes in the DNA of a food crop or organism majorly used for human consumption, using the novel science and biological techniques based on the molecular and structural composition of food crops or organisms (Freedman 4). Genes carry genetic information that is key determinants of the trait that an organism will have; traits like color, disease tolerance, disease susceptibility, among other traits. Through recombinant DNA technology, the gene makeup of an organism and characteristics can be altered or be injected in another organism. With the knowledge that modification ...

Mao ruled China for the period from 1949 to 1976. During his leadership, Mao oversaw several initiatives that aimed to put across the progress of the country. Several of these revolutionary changes captured the attention of the media and received intensive debate from professionals and members of the Republic. Among the initiatives that received media attention is the five-year plan that was published in the first week of August 1955. The information in the extracts of the China Mainland Press indicated that the plan was drafted to happen between the years 1953 to 1957 (Pong, 2009). The five-year plan ...

Essay & Discussion

The Politics of Food, Nutrition and the Environment
The family farm system has been suggested to be a solution to the increasing demand for food, which is expected to grow extensively by 2050 (AGree, 2014).Such projections are based on population growth which then inform the food needs on a global scale(AGree, 2014). Agricultural resources required to meet this demand are heavily reliant on policy and economic growth. Concerns of the negative consequences of the current agricultural system which relies heavily on technology and methods of production which harm our health and environment(Schlosser, 2012), has led to ...

One of the elements of globalization has been the disappearance of borders in terms of goods and services. This is most easily observed in with food. This paper will explore some of the benefits and disadvantages of our increasingly borderless society by analyzing its impacts on one meal The meal that will form the basis of analysis consisted of pork ribs, lotus root, broccoli, rice, and “Tieguanyin” tea. The lotus root, rice, pork ribs and tea were purchased at a local grocery store. The other items, namely, the broccoli and green beans were purchased at a local farmer’s ...

The issues faced by the Indian River Lagoon is quite similar to that of many rivers, lakes, and even oceans from various locations of the world. The steady decline in the marine population of the lagoon escalated to alarming rates by the end of the last decade. A few legislations that were passed in the early nineties to limit trawling in the estuarine region and as well as the direct dumping of untreated sewage wastes, had proved effective in the past. But later into the decade, the rescue efforts to salvage the lagoon and the ecosystem associated with it, ...

INTRODUCTION

Franklin D. Roosevelt won presidential campaign in 1932 because H. Hoover was unable to lead the country out of the economic crisis of 1929-33. The policy of President Roosevelt in 1933-1941, became known under the name “New Deal”. It was an attempt to overcome the crisis and alleviate social tension in society, through deep reforms. In the presidential race, Roosevelt emphasized the need of the help to the millions of disadvantaged citizens; he promised that the American people would get the “New Deal”!
Roosevelt did everything to maintain and develop the existing socioeconomic system in the country and strengthen ...

Drapetomania referred to an alleged disease of the mind that only affected black people. Apparently, upon infection, a black person becomes mad and would often act in an unexplainable manner because his or her brains would not have normal function. For that reason, when slaves ran away, they were mentally sick, and the situation was getting out of hand since the doctors were yet to understand the details of drapetomania.
If Caucasians failed to exert their God-given authority over the black population, the latter group would become idle because it is in their nature to be so. In other ...

Abstract

The strong abilities of Romans to manipulate their physical environment via the development and use of strong military forces has led them to acquire several tracts of land across Europe, with its end as the Roman Empire having become memorable in scholarly works due to its sheer expanse. The magnanimity of the Roman Empire is perhaps best measured by the largeness of its territorial acquisitions. This study finds that the strong military forces of Rome has enabled it to two more consequential forms of physical manipulation – the slaughter of many people supporting Roman rivals and the systemic acquisition of land as “war ...

Study Programme

The activity of policy making mostly involves research analysis and synthesis of information in order to bring out sound and acceptable solutions. This should also include evaluation opportunities by involving relevant stakeholders, For example, the people who will have policy responsibilities or implementers should be consulted in the policy development.
Participatory policy making, as a general approach, facilitates inclusion through consultative or participative means of individuals or groups in the development of policy. This allows for transparency, accountability and participation of all stakeholders. Creating the right conditions and putting up the necessary structures enable participatory policy making that raises ...

One of the rapidly growing areas of modern "sustainable" agriculture is the movement of "fair trade» (Fair Trade). This movement advocates fair international labor standards, environmental and social regulation on agricultural products and handcrafts. In particular, this movement focuses on the export of goods from developing to developed countries. The system of production and sales of these products is designed to help farmers in poor countries get a decent wage for their work. In order to achieve the optimum cost structure of products it is obligatory to minimize the number of intermediaries between the farmer and the buyer. Production of " ...

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Introduction

The emergence of genetically engineered food has become widespread in contemporary times, particularly because of the fact that the human population is constantly growing to the point where the natural production of food proved inadequate. The need to feed the human population with enough food has since stood as the justification of numerous caucuses supporting the production of genetically engineered food. At the same time, genetically modified food has become the center of dispute by groups opposing it for reasons such as its allegedly unhealthy effects and unethical ways of producing it, among many others. This study aims ...

INTRODUCTION

There is general discontent and uneven acceptance of genetically modified foods in the world all over. This has led to the development of regulatory frameworks in many countries to control its use or at the least monitor them. The sudden increase in discontent prompting different control and monitoring approaches such as labeling can be attributed to a lot of factors. First, organic farming is on the rise globally, and as a worthy competitor of genetic modified foods, organic farmers are advocating for the labeling of GM foods in order to advance their health and environmental risk concerns. The discontent is so ...

Cocaine Unwrapped Seifert, Rachael (Director) 2011. UK: Dartmouth Films. The film is about 83 minutes and 54 seconds in length.

Introduction

The documentary addresses the most common economic disparity resulting from cocaine trafficking as the issue of war on drug is concerned. The film contributes to a clear understanding of the economic and social effects of the war on drugs on specification in cocaine dealing. The understanding is done through two accounts of the documentary. First, the film shows how the young people in every developed city are linked with the poor peasants in Columbia through cocaine line connection. Secondly, the ...

Abstract:

This paper is about the phenomenon of the Restavek children in Haiti and how these have become an accepted form of the country’s culture. The film which discusses the plight of these children was taken from a CNN documentary in 2010 where the director examines the way of life of these child slaves in great depth. Thus the topic of child slavery is an essential part of the film and demonstrates how this is still an essential part of Haitian society. The second part of the paper deals with Marjane Satrap’s film Persepolis and its impact on Iranian ...