turn to agriculture
1Agriculture in Haiti — Agriculture continued to be the mainstay of the economy of Haiti in the late 1980s; it employed approximately 66 percent of the labor force and accounted for about 35 percent of GDP and for 24 percent of exports in 1987 (see fig. 14). The role of …
2Agriculture in Ethiopia — is the foundation of the country s economy, accounting for half of gross domestic product (GDP), 60% of exports, and 80% of total employment.Ethiopia s agriculture is plagued by periodic drought, soil degradation caused by overgrazing,… …
3Agriculture in the Empire of Japan — (農業政策, Nōgyō seisaku?) was an important component of the pre war Japanese economy. Although Japan had only 16% of its land area under cultivation before the Pacific War, over 45% of households made a living from farming. Japanese cultivated land… …
4Agriculture in the Soviet Union — was organized into a system of state and collective farms, known as sovkhozes and kolkhozes, respectively. Organized on a large scale and relatively highly mechanized, the Soviet Union was one of the world s leading producers of cereals, although …
5Agriculture in Argentina — Agriculture is one of the bases of Argentina s economy. Argentine agriculture is relatively capital intensive, today providing about 7% of all employment [http://www.mecon.gov.ar/ Ministerio de Economía y Producción República Argentina] ] and,… …
6Agriculture Development Corporation — (ADC) is a farmland investment management company based in the heart of Canadian farming, Regina Sask.ADC currently manages farmland and ranchland in SKclarify on behalf of individual investors and partnerships. ADC marketed three limited… …
7agriculture, origins of — Introduction the active production of useful plants or animals in ecosystems that have been created by people. Agriculture has often been conceptualized narrowly, in terms of specific combinations of activities and organisms wet rice production… …
8Agriculture and Food Supplies — ▪ 2007 Introduction Bird flu reached Europe and Africa, and concerns over BSE continued to disrupt trade in beef. An international vault for seeds was under construction on an Arctic island. Stocks of important food fish species were reported… …
9AGRICULTURE — in the land of israel in prehistory from the beginning of the bronze age to the conquest of joshua early israelite the period of the first temple the period of the return and the second temple the hasmonean period the mishnaic and talmudic period …
10Agriculture in Russia — For the period before 1989 see Agriculture in the Soviet Union and Agriculture of Imperial Russia. Agriculture in Russia is struggling to rebuild as it transforms itself from a command economy to a market oriented system. Following the breakup of …
