The main criticism of these schemes is the fact that the money which is supposedly meant to aid the poorest people in the country who are most in need is actually diverted to those who are richer instead. This is apparent through some of the major failures of the structural adjustment programmes which are loans lent to countries that are in extremely desperate situations. Benin for example, has endured severe economic instability, partly due to the SAP provided to the country as it encouraged them to export the raw materials they had instead of manufacturing them. This essentially prevented the country from developing its economy as ultimately jobs were provided in manufacturing elsewhere. This loan led to a widening in the gap between the rich and the poor which became increasingly apparent due to Benin accepting the SAP.
This flood was induced by a typhoon that had hit the mountain ranges afterwards and led to surface run off. In this case the country was affected greatly and more than the Californian flooding disaster of 1996-7 because they has no risk management put in place for that particular disaster, meaning the water could simply run into the villages. Secondly they has been hit by a typhoon, many people’s homes had already fallen into disrepair or destroyed, and the flood just helped more to destroy. The people were already vulnerable, flooding helps pass around disease, more people were at risk, as they only had partial homes. On the other hand in California in 1996-7 they were experiencing sub-tropical storms, it had been the wettest December in a while.
Being in a foraging society had some advantages and disadvantages and being in an urbanized society also had some advantages and disadvantages. In a foraging society they heavily relied on weather since they had to find there own food and that was a bad disadvantage. If there was good weather then they could go out and search for food but if there was bad weather then it would be extremely difficult to search for and get food and in the Paleolithic age, they needed all the food they could get in order to survive. In an urbanized society, they relied on weather too but they often would have surplus so they did not rely on it as much. In a foraging society, they had to hunt and gather their own food which was a big disadvantage because that means they had to constantly be moving around because one area could not keep a society alive for a whole lifetime.
(doc 1) Some inventions or ideas were “crude and not very functional” (doc 2) opposed to “improved” and to have “great benefit”. (doc 4) Due to the high price of some crude tools that did not really make the workload any easier, people became poor and were forced to “till the soil with wooden plows” and also were not able to “afford salt to season their food”. (doc 2) Huan Tan says in his document that Fuxi, “a mythological wise emperor”, created mortar and pestle. Over the years, upgrades were made which helped increase benefit. (doc 3) The attitude Han shows is both positive and negative because the people will either agree or disagree with some of the inventions made.
OI: Because of the prosperous soil in the Chesapeake colonies, the economy was agriculturally based. For example, the economy of this region lacked stability because tobacco often exceeded demand. Their economy was strictly dependent on crops. Religion was secondary in the Chesapeake region because most people came to the Chesapeake to farm rather than to escape religious conflicts. Although different in most ways, the colonies both shared a feeling of superiority over the Natives.
Today, our food and agriculture system is not sustainable, and can be greatly improved with the help of the whole community. However, some may think that sustainability is too expensive and time consuming and is not enough to help to our local health and economy. Some may choose to neglect local farms to save money, time and energy. Some people value using our land and resources for commercial use, tourism and urbanization instead of sustainable agriculture. Some believe the scarce and declining amount of farming land and natural resources is
Sustainability is the development of the quality of life that does not affect any lasting damage to the environment. Due to population increase, it then applies large amounts of pressure on the land to be more productive. However this then leads to over-cultivation and over-irrigation. As an effect of lack of farming land, over cultivation is a large problem. It can reduce soil fertility and damage the overall structure of the soil.
Since the first manufacturer can produce the treated lumber without any additional input, they have absolute advantage over the other manufacturer and can be a price setter within the domestic market. The other manufacturer is limited by the amount of lumber it can purchase but has a better treatment facility so it cost less for them to treat their lumber. In this sense the second manufacturer has comparative advantage in producing treated lumber but their resources are limited by how much is harvested within the domestic market and thus they are price takers. However, suppose America opened trade relations with South America, a country with relatively low population density with desperate need for medical supplies and computer technology but covered with deep thick jungles. This new source of lumber is cheaper to harvest due to the massive quantities that allow the second manufacturer to stop buying the limited amount of lumber within its domestic market.
There are many advantages and disadvantages both ecological and economical to buying locally versus buying from larger companies that manufacture their food from around the country and sometimes across the world. Buying locally made foods will give the most nutritional value due to food being at the peak of growth and not sent around and the country or around the world. Buying locally also helps the farmers to be able to get fair prices on their produce. According to Terrie Schultz, 2010 "Industrial agriculture is a major source of water pollution. Runoff of chemical fertilizers, animal waste and pesticides contaminates lakes and streams.
My last point not only affects North Dakota but also the whole United States, things are running slowly behind the average pace of North Dakota where some producers fields still have standing water in them. Which will cause many headaches throughout the state it will result in a significant economic impact in the state? As 6.3 million acres go unplanted it will result in a impact in a state who normally plants about 22 million acres- regardless if printed planting insururance covers the costs, but the costs are not the only concern. Many of the concerns deal with the acres that go unplanted and how much it is going to affect many different types of food industries. One example of the devastation from crop loss due to the flooding is many consumers could see pasta sky rocket as they pay more for pasta after all the heavy spring rain and record flooding, more than 1 million acres in one of the nation’s best durum wheat-growing areas.