As Document A shows, over the course of the 35 years from 1865-1900, agriculture went from good to bad. Wheat went from $2.16 a bushel to $.62. Cotton and corn both followed in a similar suit, dropping from $.83 to $.10 a pound and $.52 to $.35 a bushel, respectively. As farmers began getting less and less profit from their produce, they tried to compensate more and more by producing more. Over time, this caused overproduction, driving prices down even more. The trend of overproduction is also demonstrated in Document C. However, as Mary Elizabeth Lease points out in Document G that even though they were producing more crops they were still cheated. The farmers were barely being paid for their crops and yet they were being told they were suffering from overproduction and when ten thousand children were starving every year in the United States. Poverty was affecting every citizen, whether they were white or black. This was demonstrated in Document E. This document shows how…
As the world flattens countries are advancing or getting left behind. China is the wolf of all the ten flatteners. The entry of China into the world market is the most important for developing countries and for many developed countries. The reason is because China can do high-quality low-cost manufacturing better than any other country and it can also do high-quality higher-cost manufacturing. With China and the other nine flatteners coming on so strong, other countries need to start living up to there potential…
The troubles of a farmer were part of a larger economic problem that was affecting…
12. Discuss local agricultural problems and opportunities. What major changes in agricultural practices are likely to occur in the coming decades? With what consequences? What types of farming activities are carried on in your locale? What is the balance between large and small farms? What are the major products? How much of the produce is used in local areas? How much is shipped out and where does it go?…
UNITED STATES HISTORY SECTION II Part A (Suggested writing time—45 minutes) Percent of Section II score—45 Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-J and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period. 1. Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865–1900. In your answer be sure to evaluate farmers’ responses to these changes.…
The last one is many western importers looking to diversify their supply sources. Indeed, importers fear to become too dependent toward China.…
Chinese Ministry Warns Of A Decade-Long Food Shortage - Business Insider. 2012. Chinese Ministry Warns Of A Decade-Long Food Shortage - Business Insider. [ONLINE] Available at: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2010-08-27/markets/30051832_1_water-resources-farmland-china-daily. [Accessed 29 September 2012].…
4. What kind of advantage are the Chinese entrants seeking? How close are they to achieving that advantage?…
5. Discuss the future competitive threats of China and India for industries in developed countries.…
B. Cheap smuggled rice can lower the price of local rice particularly during harvest season, which discourage local farmers to plant.…
6) Many Indian companies have already shifted their production bases from small Indian towns and villages to China. This has resulted in unemployment for lakhs of workers, pushing them to the brink of starvation. China's steady entry into our textile, food, information-technology, pharmaceutical, automobile and other sectors may result in the collapse of many Indian industries -- in both organised and unorganised sectors.…
forces play a dominant role in price determination in Pakistan, and that policies that promote…
China is a rising economy, future of which also depends heavily on steady flow of imported resources, especially oil.…
- Cunningham lists three prominent challenges facing China in coming years: dependence on imported oil, rising ratio of energy consumption to GDP, and environmental degradation (Fewsmith 246). While all of these issues are in one way or another being discussed by China's policy makers, they are far behind the U.S. in amending their policies for the better. For example, though China's energy bureau has doubled their staff from 50 to 112, this number is still minuscule compared to the US Department of Energy's 14,713 staff members.…
* Availability - The availability of food is determined by food production potentials of the country. This is also affected by the possibility of import and export of the food products that is very much influenced by national and international trade policies.…