ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY‚ ISLAMABAD (Department of Economics) WARNING 1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE‚ IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE. 2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”. Course: International Economics–II (4674) Semester: Autumn‚ 2012 Level: M. Sc Economics Total Marks: 100 Credit Hours: 03 Pass
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What is Afforestation? Afforestation is the process of planting trees‚ or sowing seeds‚ in a barren land devoid of any trees to create a forest. The term should not be confused with reforestation‚ which is the process of specifically planting native trees into a forest that has decreasing numbers of trees. While reforestation is increasing the number of trees of an existing forest‚ afforestation is the creation of a ‘new’ forest. Our Earth has been constantly trying to cope with the way in
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rotation crop of cotton‚ maize‚ groundnut‚ wheat‚ and sorghum. It reduces nematode populations that attack cotton and groundnut. It is also an excellent soil builder- it improves the soil texture and moisture retention and lessens soil erosion: the composted sesame leaves left on the soil binds the ground; retains soil moisture better for planting the next crop; increases the yield of the following crop. Sesame is resistant to drought‚ tolerant to insect pests and diseases‚ a low cost crop and therefore
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HORTICULTURAL CROPS (AGR452) (APR 2011) Question 1 a) Define the following terms:- (5m) i) Horticulture:- the science and art of cultivating flowers‚ fruits‚ vegetables‚ turf and ornamental plants in an orchard‚ garden‚ nursery or greenhouse on anlarge or small scale. Often considered as those require intensive culture and grown in small areas. ii) Horticulturist :- A noun reffering to a specialist in horticulture. b) 5 common examples of classification used in horticulture
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conditions to harvest crops‚ the settlers would instead dig up corpses‚ and in one case a man killed his wife and ate her in order to survive the starvation. By the year 1610‚ only 60 settlers had survived. Morgan’s portrayed the settlers as lazy‚ who were starving by mere choice. Another problem faced by the first settlers of Jamestown was‚ according to John Smith‚ one of the colony leaders‚ that there were too many men in the grain fields‚ yet very few of them were working to crop the field. Morgan
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fence required one to be handy with an ax and to be somewhat physically strong. Once we had the land cleared and tilled it was time to begin planting crops. This was a pretty arduous task to we needed as many hands as possible. My wife and my oldest son helped with the planting of crops and harvesting them. One of our main crops was tobacco‚ this was a crop that was very high in
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1. Number of consumers (naturally‚ more consumers means more D) 2. Income & normal goods (as Y increases‚ D for these goods increases) 3. Income & inferior goods (as Y increases‚ D for these goods decreases) 4. Preferences (obviously‚ if they prefer to buy it their D will increase) 5. Price of a substitute (if the price of a substitute good increases‚ D for the original good will increase) 6. Expectation of future prices and income. 7. Government policies. e.g. ban pornography
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pressure from Italy‚ China‚ and Mexico (Bittman‚ 2013)‚ the question of how can they produce so much food at a timely rate‚ yet make sure it had nutrition?. We are surrounded with the Mid Wests idea of farming with overcrowding animals in pens‚ and crops used for junk food‚ fuel‚ and used for the animals to feed them with. Canned tomatoes and fresh market tomatoes are grown the same way‚ canned ones just have a few extra steps added to them. Mark Bittman uses pathos appeals in the first couple of
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The Problem of Social Cost RONALD COASE Ronald Coase is Professor Emeritus at University of Chicago Law School and a Nobel Laureate in Economics. This article is from The Journal of Law and Economics (October 1960). Several passages devoted to extended discussions of legal decisions have been omitted. I. THE PROBLEM TO BE EXAMINED This paper is concerned with those actions of business firms which have harmful effects on others. The standard example is that of a factory the smoke from which has harmful
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He invented many new ways to farm crops using the least amount of nutrients in the land and prevent soil erosion and degradation. These techniques greatly increased crop yield and benefitted the economy in the south. At that time‚ the south were filled sharecroppers who were oppressed by the land owners. Due to the high quantity of crops the land owners demanded‚ sharecroppers were often times poor and could barely sustain their own family
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