Uwe Hoering, a German researcher on development policy for several European NGOs, including the news letter Weltwirtschaft und Entwicklung (World Economy and Development), called these investments "a new form of agrarian colonialism. On the one hand, "Africa possesses enormous land reserves," Hoering stated. "According to the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organisation, only about 14 percent of the suited land in the continent is presently cultivated." In July 2008, Daewoo leased 1.3 million hectare in Madagascar, about the nalf of the island's territory, to cultivate maize and palm oil," Hoering said. "Daewoo paid a symbolic price for the land. Allegedly, as compensation for the land lease, it is going to invest in public infrastructure." According to the United Nations' Food ...
Professor William C. Davis' recent op-ed piece "Slavery was the issue" (May 23) certainly contains interesting thoughts and constructively advances the dialogue as we move into the 150th observance of The War Between the States. I have no doubt that scholarly research supports his statistics on the number of slaves and the number of farmers in America at the time. His point that the South was an agrarian economy somewhat helplessly trapped within the longstanding institution of slavery is well taken.
When the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was enacted in 1935, 13.2% of nonagricultural labor force participants were members of labor organizations. The US had been transformed from an agrarian to an industrial economy as large manufacturing firms were established to produce automobiles, steel, electrical equipment, and similar commodities. During the mid-1930s, the leadership of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) created the Committee for Industrial Organization that was intended to develop ways to organize these new manufacturing companies and divide the new members among existing AFL craft unions. This article will explore changes that must be made in the NLRA if it is to be a meaningful force in the coming years. Following its enactment in 1935, the NLRA had a significant im...
In the early 1980s, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sought to transform this country's agrarian economy into a manufacturing one. Before he stepped down in 2003, manufacturing accounted for 30 percent of Malaysia's gross domestic product, double the sector's share of GDP in 1970. With a population of 23 million - similar to that of Texas - Malaysia ranks as the 12th largest U.S. trading partner.
BIOTECHNOLOGY is the latest buzzword among local policy makers these days. The mere mention of the word in passing could probably open many doors of officials in Putrajaya. The government's zeal in promoting and creating a large, vibrant biotech industry is not a national secret. Putrajaya's interest in biotechnology is understandable. By 2020, the sector is estimated to contribute 5% to the gross domestic product (GDP), creating 280,000 jobs. Globally, by 2015, the industry is estimated to be worth over RM3 trillion. With an agrarian economy as a heritage, rich biodiversity and information communication technology (ICT) know how, the country has many advantages to aid its success in the sector.
Thanksgiving is the traditional time to express gratitude for the bounty of the harvest. In an agrarian economy, the thanks would be to the "Great Spirit" for providing the climate and fertility of the fields that enabled crops to flourish. That divine link has been stretched thin in our industrial society. It is very difficult to be inspired by the spirit of gratitude when one is suffering from unemployment and is faced with the potential loss of one's home from mortgage foreclosure. Perversely, the negative attitudes generated by financial difficulties during a recession have the negative consequences of extending the economic decline.
BANGLADESH is in the process of a transition from a predominantly agrarian economy to an industrial and service economy. The private sector is
One of our greatest Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, was born this week (Jan. 11) in either 1755 or 1757; Hamilton gave 1757 as his birth year but probate records support 1755. In either case, Hamilton was born poor and illegitimate on Nevis Island in the British West Indies to a shiftless father, who soon abandoned him, and a poor mother who died when he was (probably) 13.
... envisioned a nation based on an agrarian economy and a polity in which yeoman farmers gathe...
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