food and agricultural organization
51AGRICULTURAL LAND-MANAGEMENT METHODS AND IMPLEMENTS IN ANCIENT EREẒ ISRAEL — Ereẓ Israel is a small country with a topographically fragmented territory, each geographical region having a distinctive character of its own. These regions include: the coastal plain, the lowlands, the hilly country, the inland valleys, the… …
52Agricultural subsidy — An agricultural subsidy is a governmental subsidy paid to farmers and agribusinesses to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and influence the cost and supply of such commodities. Examples of such commodities… …
53Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 — The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (USStatute|110|234|122|923|2008|05|22, USBill|110|H.R.|2419, also known as the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill, the Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007 or Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, Food and Energy… …
54Agricultural cooperative — President of an agricultural cooperative in Guinea in an onion field An agricultural cooperative, also known as a farmers co op, is a cooperative where farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity. A broad typology of agricultural… …
55Food web — A freshwater aquatic and terrestrial food web. A food web (or food cycle) depicts feeding connections (what eats what) in an ecological community. Ecologists can broadly lump all life forms into one of two categories called trophic levels: 1) the …
56Food Stamp Program — The US Food Stamp Program is a federal assistance program that provides food to low and no income people living in the United States. Benefits are distributed by the individual states, but the program is administered through the U.S. Department… …
57Agriculture 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… …
58Foreign Agricultural Service — The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is the foreign affairs agency with primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture s (USDA) overseas programs market development, international trade agreements and negotiations, and… …
592007–2008 world food price crisis — The years 2007–2008 saw dramatic rises in world food prices, creating a global crisis and causing political and economical instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations. Systemic causes for the world wide increases in food… …
60Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
