prevented many farmers fertilising their crops heavily. Two villages have been able to overcome poor road access. • Informal marketing work well enough: traders make small margins on the onions they buy and sell. • Farmers are reluctant to co-operate in production or marketing; yet the irrigation depends on local water associations and these function. • Government and donor roles have largely been keeping the peace‚ a stable macro-economy and investing in physical infrastructure — the roads‚ and upgrading
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1. Is gross profit or net profit more important to consider when you’re deciding how successful and profitable a company is? Why? Explain. (1-3 sentences. 2.0 points) Gross profit is the profit you make before taxes. Net profit is more important‚ because it is what you have after paying taxes‚ or the money you actually get to keep. 2. Choose a well-known company that you know of‚ and describe its direct and indirect competitors. Describe at least 2 direct competitors and 2 indirect competitors
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Briefly explain the “Treadmill of Production”. What are some indicators mentioned as outcomes of the treadmill of production? The Treadmill of Production refers to the emphasis on a system that must continue to grow and with that growth continues to produce more products and services which require more energy and resources. Along with this increasing production consumer waste also continues to grow. Some of the indicators mentioned as outcomes of the treadmill of production are the following: the number
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Production & HR “Production is about managing the flow of material and information from raw materials to finished good” (Allen‚ 2009). Production department schedules the number products our company will produce within the upcoming year. It is our strategy to start with the marketing forecast‚ subtracting an inventory left from last year and entering the differences in the production schedule. That would bee the $1‚122- $87 = $1035 for the production schedule within our SIM. It is our vision
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Media Production There are many things to consider when creating a film‚ music video or animation. How much will it cost? Who needs to be employed? How long will it take? These are the main questions that need to be answered before anyone even begins to create a piece of media. Personnel Producer Producers are the main individuals in television‚ film and video production. The initial idea for a project often comes from a producer‚ who will oversee each project from beginning to end and may also
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I will be analysing the ethical issue of caged egg production in New Zealand. Caged egg production raises the ethical issue of the welfare of the hens‚ and the impacts that caged egg production has on individuals and society. The first hens were brought to New Zealand by Captain James Cook in 1773‚ and centuries on they are one of the most important sources of food for our country‚ providing vital protein and nutrients at an affordable price (Teara‚ 2012). New Zealanders are now eating around 226
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Costs of Production July 2011 Topics to be Discussed Measuring Cost: Which Costs Matter? How do Cost Curves Behave? – Cost in the Short Run – Cost in the Long Run How to Minimize Cost? How to draw Implications for Business Strategy? Topics to be Discussed Production with Two Outputs: Economies of Scope Dynamic Changes in Costs: The Learning Curve Estimating and Predicting Cost Measuring Cost: Which Costs Matter? Accountants tend to take a retrospective view of firms’ costs‚ whereas
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factor in the production of culinary ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) in Hawaii. The disease was responsible for a 45 percent statewide production loss of the ginger crop in 1993. It is a complex and difficult disease to control‚ infecting the ginger crop through all phases of a production cycle. It is present systemically in seed rhizomes as both an active and latent infection that contaminates seed-pieces when they are cut and prepared for field planting. In open-field production‚ even when disease-free
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India is one of the major coffee producing countries and ranks sixth in the world after Brazil‚ Columbia‚ Vietnam‚ Indonesia and Mexico. With only about 2 per cent share in the global coffee area‚ India contributes about 4 per cent towards the world production and between 4 to 4.5 per cent of global coffee exports. In India‚ coffee is cultivated in about 4.10 lakh hectares mainly confined to southern states of Karnataka (57%)‚ Kerala (21%) and Tamil Nadu (8%)‚ which form traditional coffee tracts. Coffee
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Mass Production During the 1920’s‚ the United States industries and large businesses prospered greatly. Companies began to manufacture large quantities of their products using machines and a process known as the assembly line. This knew method was known as mass production. Mass production opened up many jobs for all types of people. For the first time women‚ immigrants‚ and African Americans were accepted into the work force. This time period marked a major change for women. It was found that more
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