Devastating Effect of Flooding in Nigeria SUMMARY Floods are among the most devastating natural disasters in the world‚ claiming more lives and causing more property damage than any other natural phenomena. In Nigeria‚ though not leading in terms of claiming lives‚ flood affects and displaces more people than any other disaster; it also causes more damage to properties. At least 20 per cent of the population is at risk from one form of flooding or another. In Nigeria‚ flood disaster has been perilous
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What does “food security” mean? Although there are several different working definitions of food security‚ all of which have evolved over time‚ the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations currently uses the following description: “Food security exists when all people‚ at all times‚ have physical‚ social and economic access to sufficient‚ safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” FA similar definition has
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Agricultural Sector of Indonesia And Its Role on Economy With its vast and abundant fertile soils Indonesia is a major global key producer of a wide variety of agricultural tropical products‚ and although agriculture’s share of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has declined markedly during the last five decades‚ it still provides income for the majority of Indonesian households today. In 2012 this sector employed around 49 million Indonesian individuals‚ which represents 41 percent of the
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DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY EXCHANGES IN UKRAINE ABSTRACT The paper presents analysis and assessment of the current situation with Ukrain-ian agricultural commodity exchanges and their development prospects. Today‚ there is a need for an efficient market infrastructure‚ capable of ensuring trans-parent sales of agricultural commodities. In the developed countries‚ exchange trading in agricultural commodities is the most efficient way for determining market prices. However‚ most Ukrainian
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I. Introduction The Agricultural Revolution was or maybe still is one of the biggest impacts on religion‚ by the government and the laws‚ and even new technology advancements. II. First Body Paragraph: The Agricultural Revolution has advanced technology on the way we grow food and transport goods and made inventions that were created or greatly improved. The steamboat and the railroad enabled transportation to the West. Steamboats traveled all the larger rivers and the lakes. The railroad was growing
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Summary of “Farming it out” by Maria Amuchastegui Maria Amuchastegui’s article “Farming it out‚” explains and argues how Canada‚ along with the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAW)‚ allows guest-workers from Mexico to work and receive the benefits Canadian citizens appreciate until health issues arise. Ms. Amuchastegui reviews the pros and cons for the migrant workers in Canada. Through the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAW)‚ they are offered job opportunities and some medical
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Opt-in: A Better Way to Save Lives In the United States there is a waiting list for organs. People die every day on that waiting list clinging to the hope that some person somewhere will donate a kidney or a liver and save their life. This hope is quickly dying out as the waiting list gets bigger each day. People are not donating their organs. America should be searching for ways to restore hope to these individuals and their families. There needs to be a change in the way the organ donation
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HOW TO REVIVE AGRICULTURE AND FARMING IN NIGERIA AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA: DEAD OR ALIVE? A lot has been said about agriculture in Nigeria. Some said it is dead while some others say it is still alive. Whatever the case maybe‚ is irrelevant‚ what matters most is the way forward and that is the main purpose of this hub. Things that should be done by the government and all concerned to improve the standard of agriculture in Nigeria and agriculture in Africa as a whole are listed in the next section
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THE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA. Omotosho Fatimah Olamide Department of Economics‚ University of Lagos INTRODUCTION The development of indigenous manpower to serve as the propelling force for national growth and development is no doubt a key to Nigeria’s socioeconomic and political development. Manpower utilization could be defined as “the existence of skilled
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Is there a better way out of the European debt crisis than austerity? Given the extent and severity of the economic problems facing many countries today‚ austerity may be the only viable solution to today’s economic problems‚ despite its flaws. The undisputed optimal method for a debtor country is in fact to relieve its debt is to grow economically‚ so that tax revenue becomes sufficient to pay debt off. This option is unusable however when a country must borrow more money to merely service
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