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Annotated Bibliography on the Ecology and Reclamation of Drastically Disturbed Areas
No full textThis bibliography contains 591 annotated references to literature, mainly on mining effects and reclamation in the coal regions of the United States. Each reference is indexed by area, material (coal, ore waste, etc.), and general subject
Methodology for Large-Scale Surveys of Household and Individual Diets
No full textExcerpt from the Introduction: This report summarizes technical information relevant to planning large scale surveys of the food consumption of households and the food intakes of individuals from which detailed data on nutrient content can be calculated. It includes (l) specification of concepts of food consumption measured by several types of data; (2) brief descriptions of alternative procedures used to measure concepts just specified, including those used in the nationwide 1965-66 household food consumption survey and the spring 1965 survey of food intake of individuals; (3) identification of several problems in evaluating alternative survey methods; (4) statement of criteria to be used here in evaluating alternative methods; (5) a summary of research findings relevant to evaluating alternative ways of measuring household food consumption; and (6) a comparable summary for individual food surveys
Management of Arid Grazing Lands
No full textThe activities were centered around management of arid grazing lands in the areas of: range and pasture management and forage production systems on arid grazing lands; soil/climate/vegetation relationships, soil erosion, conservation practices and programs; range and pasture forage quality, animal nutrition, range livestock health restoration, and livestock production and production systems; plant materials for range conservation, restoration and livestock production. We began our discussion in Beijing on July 18 and then proceeded to five principal sites for exchange of information on grazing lands. These included state farms near Hailear, Tong Liao, Baotou, Xilin Hot, and Hohe Hot
Bariery wprowadzania innowacji do małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw produkcyjnych w Wielkopolsce
Get PDFInnowacyjność małych i średnich przedsiębiorstwjest obok działalności marketingowej najważniejszymelementemich rozwoju. Jak wynika z badań wielu autorów, innowacyjność polskich małychi średnichfirmnie jest za- dawalająca. Jednąz przyczyn są bariery, które hamują wprowadzanie inno- wacji dofirm Celemartykułu jest zbadanie hierarchii ważności barier uirudniających wprowadzenie innowacji w zależności od stopnia aktywności innowacyjnej przedsiębiorstw, kierunku działalności, wykształcenia kierującego firmą, wiel. kości i wieku firm oraz porównanie ich z wynikami w wybranych krajach Unii Europejskiej
Warunki dostępu do rynku artykułów rolnych w latach 1995-1999 w świetle zobowiązań Polski wobec WTO
Get PDFPolska, jako kraj członkowski Światowej Organizacji Handlu (WTO) do- stosowała się do wszystkich ogólnych uzgodnieńprzyjętego podczas negocja- cji rolnych Rundy Urugwajskiej Porozumienia o rolnictwie. Oznacza to za- mianę instrumentówpozataryfowych na stawki celne(taryfikacja), związanie i redukcję ceł na artykuły rolne, ustalenie kontyngentów minimalnegoi bie- żącego dostępu do rynku. Ocena stopnia realizacji przez Polskę tych zobowią- ń oraz określenie zmian w warunkachdostępu do rynku wdotychczaso- wym okresie obowiązywania Porozumienia tj. wlatach 1995-1999 jest przemiotem poniższej analizy
Drogi do rozwiniętej gospodarki rynkowej
Get PDFW literaturze dominuje pogląd, że współczesna gospodarka kapitalistycz- na nie jest monolitem, lecz tworzy kilka podstawowych modeli. Wspólnedla nichsą wszakże pewne cechy, które możnaokreślić jako atrybutyrozwiniętej gospodarki rynkowej: w pełni ukształtowanej pod względeminstyucjonalnym i charakteryzującej się wysokim poziomem PKB percapita. To właśnie te atrybuty są drogowskazem wprocesach zmiany systemowej, jaka odbywasię w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej. W artykule podejmuję próbę: a) opracowanialisty wspomnianychatrybu- tów, tworzących układ docelowy dla krajów postkomunistycznych; b) nakre- ślenia dwóchpodstawowych „dróg dojścia” do układu docelowego, po któ. rych kroczą liderzy lub outsiderzy transformacji; e) scharakteryzowania czynnikówdeterminujących„drogi dojścia”
Vaccines on the Move and the War on Polio
Get PDFThe rising number of refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) presents new challenges for vaccine distribution and the spread of diseases. How do forcibly displaced population inflows affect infectious diseases incidence in host communities? Can a policy intervention that vaccinates children during their migration mitigate the impacts? To answer these questions, we examine the Pakistani mass internal displacement from the conflict-affected Federally Administered Tribal Areas in 2008. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we compare new polio cases in districts near and far from the conflict zone before and after 2008. The spatial distribution of districts relative to the historical region of Pashtunistan allows us to design a sample of comparable units. We show that a standard deviation increase in predicted IDP inflow leads to a rise in the new polio cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Poorer vaccination levels among IDP compared to native children in host communities are one of the main mechanisms. Implementing a vaccination policy targeting IDP children during their migration journey helps bridge the vaccination gap, with important welfare implications
Homestead Projects
Get PDFContents: Ghost Town Comes Back to Life [Irwinville, GA] --- 100 Missouri Share Croppers Move Into a Land of Promise [Laforge, MO] --- For the Poor Farmer, A New Lease on Life [Campbell Plantation, AR] --- Families of Ashwood Plantation Make Live-at-Home a Reality – Records Show Progress Made in Many Ways [Lee County, SC] --- Seek to Make Machinery Servant of the Farmer [Osage Farms, Pettis County, MO] --- You Can’t Do Anything with Sharecroppers? There Are Few Troubles on Farm Homesteads That a Little 'Talking To' Won't Heal Perfectly; Residents Eager For Advancement, Quick To Learn [Lake Dick, AR]. Also includes FSA article entitled, Homesteads, which describes projects for rural communities, scattered farmsteads, subsistence homesteads, and greenbelts communities
Cropland Use and Soil Fertility Practice in War and Peace
Get PDFBackground of Report: Statistics regarding prewar and wartime land use were developed by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Estimates of wartime use of practices and suggestions for postwar land use and practices that would be profitable to farmers under prosperity conditions were developed from the State-Federal cooperative study of desirable postwar adjustments, except as otherwise indicated. Many of these estimates and suggestions are also included in the printed report, "Peacetime Adjustments in Farming — Possibilities under Prosperity Conditions,” December 1945, which outlines the suggested level and pattern of crop and livestock production in comparison with the prewar and wartime situations. This report does not include data, quantitative estimates, suggestions, or discussion of all the important factors that are associated with soil fertility or other aspects of physical productivity. It is limited primarily to suggestions for postwar land use and practices considered by State Production Adjustment Committees, compared with similar items for the prewar and wartime periods. The practices considered here were primarily chosen from those that had been considered by the State Committees. The Committees believed that a material increase in the extent of adoption of these practices would be profitable for farmers generally within approximately a 5-year period, under the economic conditions outlined below. Certain practices that merit consideration within this interpretation, but for which the making of quantitative estimates is difficult, were no doubt omitted