surroundings can help with the day to day survival. In Patricia McCormick’s book‚ Sold‚ a 13 year old girl named Lakshmi gets sold from her stepfather to a woman named Mumtaz in India. Lakshmi then has to survive the cruel things that Mumtaz makes her do to earn money back for her freedom. Sold demonstrates that adjusting to surroundings is important for survival through living with limited money‚ getting bullied‚ and coping with raping. Sold demonstrates survival by showing how to get through a situation
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Reassessing Impacts of MDGs in Nigeria A Global Partnership for Development was adopted by 189 nations‚ signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. Bill Gates has called them "the best idea for focusing the world on fighting global poverty that [he has] ever seen." The signing of the partnership was the beginning of the process towards the establishment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Nigeria was among the countries to establish an
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2011 FARMERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIC FARMING IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF EKITI STATE‚ NIGERIA OYESOLA‚ OLUTOKUNBO B AND OBABIRE‚ IBIKUNLE E. Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development University of Ibadan‚ Ibadan‚ Nigeria. e-mail: oyetoks2002@yahoo.com Abstract The study investigated farmers’ perception of organic farming in selected Local Government Areas of Ekiti State‚ Nigeria‚ with the specific objectives of assessing the demographic characteristics of farmers‚ identifying
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Survival; the sole instinct that drives humanity at its most base core. The sole instinct of survival has shaped us as a civilization from the dawn of time. However‚ what happens when this tremendous instinct is challenged by insurmountable odds? Thus is the question posed by author Cormac McCarthy in his novel‚ The Road: a tale of a man and his child‚ struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Throughout the novel‚ the Man‚ the primary protagonist‚ is forced to make ever more morally questionable
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INTRODUCTION The 2008 economic crisis affected African nations in the developing world in a very similar way. Nigeria suffered a fall in oil prices ‚ reduction in exports and a downward trend in the stock market whilst South Africa suffered the same effects but rather than crude oil they suffered in the fall of commodity prices. Policies to stimulate the economy are different in terms of trade where Nigeria is more free trade and South Africa became more protectionist after the crisis. The Nigerian economy
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Throes of Floods‚ in: The Guardian‚ Thursday‚ October 8‚ pp: 9. Durotoye‚ B.‚ 1999. Human Occupation of Hazard Areas in Nigeria‚ in: Oshuntokun‚ A. (ed.) Environmental Problems of Nigeria. Lagos: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Edward-Adebiyi‚ R.‚ 1997. The Story of Ogunpa‚ in: The Guardian‚ Saturday‚ May 17‚ pp: 5. Folorunsho‚ R. and L. Awosika‚ 2001. Flood Mitigation in Lagos‚ Nigeria Through Wise Management of Solid Waste: a case of Ikoyi and Victoria Islands; Nigerian‚ Paper presented at the UNESCO-CSI
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INTRODUCTION: Nigeria‚ a nation endowed with natural‚ human and capital resources with a population of over 160 million people an estimated growth rate of 4.65 percent and covers 923.8 thousand square kilometers‚ about the size of California‚ Nevada and Arizona states in the United States‚ (Usman‚ 2007). Nigeria as a country‚ is the eight largest oil exporting country in the world and its oil reserves are estimated over 1000 trillion cubic feet (Usman‚ 2007). It is unfortunate that a country with
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LEGISLATION IN NIGERIA By Oluwatosin O. Obiyomi and Adeyemi S. Ifaturoti Department of Estate Management Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife Nigeria. Email: addyfax02@gmail.com Mobile number: +234 706 270 9658‚ +234 806 420 5023 February 2009. The territory now known as Nigeria comprises of various communities with diverse cultures and disparate customs which guide the ownership and control of land. This is commonly referred to as the customary land tenure law. Nigeria is located on the
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An analysis of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria: The Fate of Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector. 1Ogbanje‚ E C‚ 2Okwu‚ O. J and 3Saror‚ S.F. ogbanjece@yahoo.com; +2348036350197 1Department of Agricultural Management‚ University of Agriculture‚ Makurdi 2Department of Extension and Communication‚ University of Agriculture‚ Makurdi 3Institute of Food Security‚ University of Agriculture‚ Makurdi Received 11th June‚ 2010‚ Accepted 19th December‚ 2010 Abstract The study analysed the fate of the
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A common theme that was portrayed throughout the hunger games‚ both book and movie adaption‚ was survival. This is a consistent theme that we see pop up throughout the entirety of both versions. When we start out in district 12‚ we see how survival plays a part in the people who live there. The majority of their population is poverty and they obviously have a hard time even putting food on their tables. Along with that‚ they have the reaping in which the children have to hope and pray their name
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