Case Study 5: Chiquita Sticks Its Bananas Out 1. ON ETHICS: Why has Chiquita chosen to be proactive along a number of CSR dimensions? Chiquita was proactive to a number of CSR dimensions in order to build strong relationships with local farmers‚ environmental organizations and communities. The history of Chiquita has involved several negative issues of the company implementing improper behavior toward employees and the farming community. In hopes to correct this bad reputation‚ Chiquita conducted
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Length Research Article INVESTIGATING THE DETERMINANTS OF GHANA’S AGRICULTURAL EXPORTSPERFORMANCE: FOCUS ON BANANA‚ COFFEE ANDRUBBER *Boansi David Department of Economic and Technological Change‚ Center for Development Research (ZEF)‚ Bonn‚ Germany ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Following recent decline for performance of Ghana in rubber exports‚ failure of the banana subsector to achieve competitiveness in exports in spite of the prospects reflected so far‚ and a generally
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This watershed is now being threatened by expanding vegetable farms‚ creeping banana and pineapple plantations‚ illegal logging and other deleterious undertakings. A portion of the Mt. Talomo-Lipadas watershed‚ some 530 hectares inside the Mt. Apo Natural Park‚ has already been denuded (DCWD). Mt. Talomo-Lipadas watershed‚ the primary source of water in Davao City‚ is now in danger of expansion and encroachment of banana plantations in its protected area‚ especially at the foot slopes of Mt. Apo and
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced through the partial or total fermentation of grapes‚ other fruits and plants such as berries‚ apples‚ cherries‚ dandelions elder berries ‚ palm and rice can also be fermented. Grapes belong to the botanical family vitaceae of which there are many species. The species that are most widely used in wine production are Vitislabrusca and specially Vitisvinefara‚ which has long been the most widely used wine grape throughout the world
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KENYATTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY STUDY ON INFILTRATION AND SOIL TEXTURE UNDER BANANA AND MAIZE LAND USE SYSTEMS IN GATUNDU CATCHMENT‚ KIAMBU COUNTY‚KENYA KAKAIRE JOEL I56EA/20023/2012 ICEDUNA MARION I56EA/20021/2012 MWM714: FIELD MAPPING AND LABORATORY TECHQNIUES FIELD REPORT COURSE INSTRUCTOR: DR. MAKOKHA GEORGE TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGES 1.0 Introduction ...............................................................
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Introduction According to Wikipedia‚ durian is the fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio. There are 30 recognized Duriospecies‚ at least nine of which produce edible fruit. Durio zibethinus is the only species available in the international market: other species are sold in their local regions. Regarded by many people in Southeast Asia as the "king of fruits"‚ the durian is distinctive for its large size‚ strong odor‚ and formidable thorn-covered husk. The fruit can grow
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50 POSSIBLE SIGNS OF VISIBLE INTOXICATION 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Loud speech. Bravado‚ boasting. Overly animated or entertaining. Boisterous. Overly friendly to other guests and employees. Drinking alone. Drinking too fast. Ordering doubles. Careless with money. Urging other people to have another drink. Annoying other guests
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The ANOVA Table Printer-friendly version For the sake of concreteness here‚ let’s recall one of the analysis of variance tables from the previous page: In working to digest what is all contained in an ANOVA table‚ let’s start with the column headings: (1) Source means "the source of the variation in the data." As we’ll soon see‚ the possible choices for a one-factor study‚ such as the learning study‚ are Factor‚ Error‚ andTotal. The factor is the characteristic that defines the populations
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decreased in both MAP1 and MAP2. For MAP1‚ the CO2 level of banana and sapodilla in PP drop from 71.1% to 11% and 72.1% to 20.6% respectively‚ while the CO2 level of banana and sapodilla in PE drop from 71.1% to 9.5% then rise to 10.7% and 72.1% to 9.6% followed by an increment to 10.3% respectively. For MAP2‚ the CO2 level of banana and sapodilla in PP drop from 26% to 10.2% and 26% to 2.63% respectively‚ while the CO2 level of banana and sapodilla in PE drop from 26% to 9.2% and 26% to 4.9% then
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eat fruits like bananas‚ apples and others? Do you think that fruit peelings are useless after consuming its flesh? Well‚ the wastes of these fruits are not going to be thrown away anymore because there is a new way to make these wastes more useful to the community and to our environment. Through the intense research‚ the investigators have found out that fruit peelings from banana and apple can be one of the good sources in producing an ethanol fuel. In connection with this‚ banana peelings and apple
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