Colombia is a country in South America in the northwestern part of the continent. Colombia has a lot of natural resources‚ including beautiful beaches‚ dramatic mountains‚ and lush rain forests‚ but it is known for its political unrest and the violent influence of powerful drug cartels. Despite a long history of democratic government‚ Colombia has one of the most rigidly stratified class systems in Latin America. Colombia is the only country in South America with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea
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Indonesian cuisine is diverse‚ in part because Indonesia is composed of approximately 6‚000 populated islands of the total 18‚000 in the world’s largest archipelago.[1] Many regional cuisines exist‚ often based upon cultural and foreign influences.[1] Indonesian cuisine varies greatly by region and has many different influences.[1][2][3] Throughout its history‚ Indonesia has been involved in trade due to its location and natural resources. Additionally‚ Indonesia’s indigenous techniques and ingredients
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Pace University Michael Khoo LAW 101 Gonzales v. Raich(545 U.S. 1 (U.S. Sup. Ct. 2005)) I. FACTS Angel Raich and Diane Monson (plaintiffs) suffered from serious medical conditions and the only effective treatment was the use of Marijuana which was recommended by the doctors. In 1996‚ a California statue‚ under the name of The Compassionate Use Act‚ was established to legally allow marijuana to be used only for medicinal purposes. Monson cultivated her own Marijuana for her
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enormous deposits of iron and coal. Secondly‚ agriculture played a significant role in the bringing about of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Many landowners seeking to increase their money incomes began to experiment with improved methods of cultivation and stock raising. Landowners made use of fertilizers (mainly animal manure). They introduced new implements such as the "drill seeder" and "horse-hoe". They developed new methods such as crop rotation and attempted to breed larger sheep and fatter
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On the United Nation’s website drug trafficking is defined as a global illicit trade involving the cultivation‚ manufacture‚ distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Trafficking offenses include production or cultivation‚ import and export‚ transporting‚ offering‚ selling and/or possession‚ with intent to distribute or supply‚ or the concept of acting ’for gain’ or ’on a commercial basis’. Drug trafficking takes a huge toll on Ireland’s society. There are murders
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the Schools of Banking‚ Inc.‚ a jointly-owned subsidiary of the Kansas and Nebraska Bankers Associations. Agricultural loan. Agricultural loans are available for a multitude of farming purposes. Farmers may apply for loans to buy inputs for the cultivation of food grain crops as well as for horticulture‚ aquaculture‚ animal husbandry‚ floriculture and sericulture businesses. There are also special loans to finance the purchase of agricultural machinery such as tractors‚ harvesters and trucks. Construction
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deprived ex-slaves at the lower strata of society from the time of freedom in 1838. They were determined not to return to the sugarcane plantations of the whites and so immigration into the deep rural areas took place. They were involved in the cultivation of a variety of goods such as cocoa‚ bananas‚ coffee‚ ginger‚ cotton‚ coconuts and arrowroot and the rearing of farm animals on fairly small pieces of property. As more land was demand‚ the whites blocked the paths of the ex-slaves because the
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Introduction Bangladesh is enriched with extensive and huge qualitative water resources distributed all over the country in the form of different types of ponds‚ beels‚ lakes‚ boropits‚ small and large rivers and estuaries covering an area of about 4.34 million hectare (ha.). There are four categories of major fisheries resources: these are- 1) Inland open water‚ 2) Inland closed water‚ 3) Brackish water‚ and 4) Marine water. Fisheries sector has been playing a significant role from time immemorial
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Agro-based industry would mean any activity involved in cultivation‚ under controlled conditions of agricultural and horticultural crops‚ including floriculture and cultivation of vegetables. Some of the agro based industries in India are Food processing ‚ vegetable oil ‚ cotton textile ‚dairy products ‚leather industries etc. Agro based industries use plant and animal products as their raw material. India is one of the world’s largest producers of food‚ and is the largest producer of milk‚
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and U.S. Customs Service took their attention from cocaine and marijuana focused on heroin trafficking‚ cocaine was largely ignored during the 1970s allowing it and marijuana cultivation to proliferate quietly in Latin America while the rest of the United States was unaware the doom they would have to face. During the start of the 1970s The D.E.A. had cracked down of many cases of heroin throughout the world‚ since it is considered
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