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Woodsong, Cynthia. "Old farmers, invisible farmers: Age and agriculture in Jamaica." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 9, no. 3 (July 1994): 277–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00978215.

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Schnelle, Mike, Scott Palmer, and Jim Criswell. "158 Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Inspector Training." HortScience 34, no. 3 (June 1999): 469C—469. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.34.3.469c.

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Oklahoma Dept. of Agriculture field inspectors are rarely horticulturists. Yet, they are often expected to provide inspections and suggestions to nursery, greenhouse, and garden center operators. Because of their lack of formal training in ornamental horticulture and related fields, Oklahoma State Univ. extension faculty set out to provide training in horticulture, entomology, and plant pathology-type issues. Results of statewide training workshops will be discussed, including, but not limited to, specific topics such as plant identification and culture, phytotoxicity in the greenhouse and nursery, and worker protection standards. Last, evaluation feedback regarding inspectors' interest for future training workshops will be addressed.
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Benkeblia, N. "ROLE OF HORTICULTURE IN AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY IN JAMAICA." Acta Horticulturae, no. 921 (December 2011): 43–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2011.921.4.

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Alexeev, V. P. "Future Plans and Perspectives of the Archaeological Institute, Moscow." Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 1, no. 3 (1995): 305–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157005794x00174.

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AbstractSince the 19th c. Russian archaeologists have studied the legacy of classical civilization in a broad area from S. Russia to the Caucasus and Central Asia, and its interaction with local cultures. The work of the Dept. of Classical Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology focusses on 10 important Classical sites in the former USSR and on the history of the Bosporan and Chersonesite states. A new trend is the complex investigation of ancient cities and their chora (esp. of areas under threat from agriculture, building and a general deterioration of the ecology). The Dept. of Classical Archaeology collaborates in this work with several foreign research centres and ensures a wide distribution of its results through works for the general reader and exhibitions.
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Thompson, T. E., and L. J. Grauke. "Pecan Nut and Kernel Traits Are Related to Shelling Efficiency." HortScience 38, no. 4 (July 2003): 586–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.38.4.586.

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The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service conducts the largest and oldest pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch] breeding program in the world. This program evaluates thousands of nut and kernel samples each year using a standard nut and kernel evaluation system developed and refined for more than 70 years. This report relates the effectiveness of these evaluations to commercial shelling efficiency by direct comparison of these data to commercially shelled samples from the same clone performance test. Visual ratings of shelled kernel samples (1-5, with 1 = best) were correlated with time required to hand clean kernel samples (r = 0.55). As percent kernel increased, visual ratings of shelled kernels improved (decreased) (r = -0.73). More intact halves were recovered from shelled samples with the best (lowest) visual ratings (r = -0.67). Conversely, fewer pieces of any size were present in samples with the best visual ratings. Visual ratings improved as nut density decreased (r = 0.33). Samples with the lightest kernel color also had the best visual ratings (r = 0.38). These data show that the standard U.S. Dept. of Agriculture pecan nut and kernel evaluation system needs to be refined by modifying selection pressure placed on various standard evaluation traits.
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Thompson, Maxine M. "Chromosome Numbers of Rubus Species at the National Clonal Germplasm Repository." HortScience 30, no. 7 (December 1995): 1447–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.30.7.1447.

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The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR), Corvallis, Ore., maintains Rubus germplasm representing worldwide diversity of the genus. Chromosome numbers were counted for 201 plants representing 124 taxa (species and varieties). There are new reports for 42 taxa, confirmation for 72 previously reported, and 10 counts for plants unidentified to species. The basic chromosome number was seven, and ploidy levels ranged from 2x to 12x.
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Garrick, L. D. "The Black River Lower Morass: a threatened wetland in Jamaica." Oryx 20, no. 3 (July 1986): 155–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300020007.

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The Black River Lower Morass is Jamaica's largest wetland, and is a refuge for two endangered species—the American crocodile and the West Indian manatee—as well as for a host of other plants and animals. It is internationally important for many birds and a vital economic resource for 20,000 people. Proposals for peat mining and drainage for agriculture now threaten this valuable area. The author has a long-standing interest in the wetland, having studied the American crocodile there since 1975.
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Hennessey, Michael K., Robert J. Knight, and Raymond J. Schnell. "Antibiosis to Caribbean Fruit Fly in Avocado Germplasm." HortScience 30, no. 5 (August 1995): 1061–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.30.5.1061.

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Seventeen avocado selections from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Miami National Clonal Germplasm Repository were bioassayed for antibiosis to Caribbean fruit fly eggs and larvae. Two colony-reared strains of flies were used. Fourteen of the selections did not support any development of immature stages to the adult stage. The results support the contention that highly resistant cultivars would not pose a high risk of spreading Caribbean fruit fly to foreign markets even without postharvest disinfestation treatment.
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Polomski*, Robert F., Carri Carver Wallace, Mary Taylor Haque, Lisa K. Wagner, James E. Arnold, Amy D. Craddock, Christian Maloney Cicimurri, and Lisa D. Chancellor. "Designing a Children's Garden for Experiential Learning in the South Carolina Botanical Garden." HortScience 39, no. 4 (July 2004): 810E—811. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.39.4.810e.

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An interdisciplinary team of Clemson Univ. faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students partnered with the South Carolina Botanical Garden staff and children from the “Sprouting Wings” after-school garden program to plan and design a 2.5-acre Children's Garden. Imaginative and educational, the plans call for a series of outdoor theme gardens. Proposals for 13 theme gardens include a “Dinosaur Dig”, a “Food for Thought Garden”, a “Hide-and-Seek Garden”, a “Terraced Sitting Garden”, an “Ethnobotany Garden”, a “Wonders of Water Garden”, a “Learning from Nature Outdoor Classroom”, a “Carolina Fence Garden”, a “Cottage Garden”, a “Bold View Butterfly Garden”, a “Woodland Wonderland”, a “Playful Plaza Garden,” and an “Arbored Entrance and Exit Garden.” Project methodology included research, case studies, site analysis, program development, preliminary plans, master plan, and individual garden designs with plan views, elevation drawings, detail drawings, and plant lists. Using an experiential learning pedagogy, a design class of 15 students contributed an estimated 2,000 hours of work while learning about landscape design. Results included 30 drawing boards depicting research, analysis, and design proposals, which were presented to the South Carolina Botanical Garden Staff for approval in Fall 2003. Note: This material is based upon work supported by the cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 2002-38411-122122. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
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Hopen, Herbert J. "Herbicides Available for Commercial Cabbage Producers during 1965-94." HortTechnology 5, no. 1 (January 1995): 25–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.5.1.25.

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Through cooperation of state agricultural research stations, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture-Cooperative States Research Service (USDA-CSRS) Interregional Project Four (IR-4), manufacturers and grower organizations, new herbicide labels for cabbage have been granted recently. Labels for the herbicides consist of national, regional, and state need and state emergency use labels. These herbicides provide adequate choices of labels for cabbage producers in the major commercial production areas. Starting with only three herbicides available in 1965 to a choice of 10 herbicides in 1994, growers can be more effective in control of weeds in cabbage.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Jamaica. Dept. of Agriculture"

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Graham, Sarah. "An analysis of efficiency in banking : a case study of the People's National Cooperative Bank of Jamaica." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97401.

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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research report is a case study of a rural agricultural cooperative bank, the People’s National Cooperative Bank (NPCB). The NPCB has its foundations in the early 1900s and today operates 37 branches across the island of Jamaica. Notwithstanding its history, the NPCB has continued to suffer from issues related to overall profitability and therefore has undergone various transformations and amalgamations of branches over the years. This study involves a comparative analysis of branch performance based on branch-specific financial data. Best and worst practice banks are identified along with their key characteristics in order to pinpoint areas of operations that may benefit from improvement. It is suggested that the variance in the level of efficiency with which resources are employed and incomes earned are factors which affect the level of performance of individual branches. The findings of the research indicate large variations in branch expenses, incomes and lending rates and suggest the need for further examination of branches on a case-by-case basis in order to better facilitate improvements in their respective levels of efficiency.
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Verwer, Stefan. "Pulverising pow(d)er the impact of incoherent European policies on dairy farmers in Tanzania and Jamaica /." Nijmegen : CIDIN, 2001. http://www.socsci.kun.nl/maw/cidin/publications/papers/op101.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University, Nijmegen, 2001.
Title from initial PDF page image (viewed Feb. 16, 2005). "April, 2001." Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-166). Also issued in print format.
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Calhoun, Michelle Benjamin. "Agriculture, trade, and development in the international political economy a case study of Jamaica /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/1506.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2004
Thesis research directed by: Government and Politics. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Schlosser, Gary L. "Gendered Production Roles and Integrated Pest Management in Three Jamaican Farming Communities." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34197.

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In the promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) as an alternative to pesticides, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Office of International Research and Development (OIRD) at Virginia Tech, and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) supported my research to uncover the socio-economic constraints to IPM adoption and to determine the amount of gendered participation in three rural Jamaica farming communities. The thesis examines the gendered participation in crop production, marketing, and decision making as well as the ability of farmers to identify key pests of three nontraditional agricultural exports: callaloo, "Scotch Bonnet" hot pepper, and sweet potato. While men generally participated to a greater extent in crop production and decision making, women also made a significant contribution. Less female participation is due in part to women owning, renting, or leasing a smaller amount of land. However, decision making about income derived from farming was found to be almost equally split between males and females. Another important finding is that women were able to identify key crop pests. To facilitate the introduction of IPM in the three communities, the small-scale farmers' limited access to irrigation and markets must be addressed. Moreover, the thesis advocates that instead of the singular focus on pest control, the holistic spirit of IPM should be seen as the catalyst for an overall integrated approach to rural farm development.
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Miranda, Fernandez Saul Victor. "Procesamiento y conservación del choclo pequeño (Zea mays L) en la provincia Aiquile Departamento de Cochabamba : uso de antioxidantes, evaluación organoléptica y factibilidad industrial /." Diss., Cochabamba, Bolivia, 1997. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/Benson&CISOPTR=5649.

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Tesis de grado para obtener el titulo de Ingeniero Agrónomo, Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Facultad de ciencias agricolas, pecuarias, forestales y veterinarias "Martin Cardenas."
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Stirling, Terri M. "Alcan Jamaica Company and small-scale agriculture, an analysis of competing land uses and changing land-use patterns." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ39155.pdf.

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Antunes, Maryna Vieira Martins [UNESP]. "Agricultura e organização espacial dos distritos municipais: estudo de caso em Jamaica e Jaciporã/Dracena (SP)." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/141981.

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O objetivo geral desta dissertação é realizar o levantamento, a compreensão e a reflexão das características econômicas, sociais e culturais engendradas na organização espacial dos distritos municipais de Jamaica e Jaciporã/Dracena/São Paulo, decorrentes das mudanças verificadas no setor agropecuário regional. Nossa problemática foi construída a partir da hipótese inicial de que a substituição da cafeicultura – central no processo de ocupação e formação dos núcleos estudados – por outros tipos de exploração agropecuária – especialmente a cana-de-açúcar – implicou em diferentes alterações nas funções exercidas e no cotidiano dos distritos. Em termos de metodologia, foi realizado um estudo de caso nos distritos de Jamaica e Jaciporã, cujas etapas incluíram revisão bibliográfica, sistematização de dados de fonte secundária e pesquisa de campo com a aplicação de questionário socioeconômico e realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas com os moradores, buscando a produção de dados e informações de natureza qualitativa e quantitativa. Os resultados obtidos nos permitiram verificar que as mudanças, sobretudo no que diz respeito à estrutura fundiária e às relações de trabalho, fizeram com que a agropecuária influenciasse menos na organização espacial dos distritos, que se tornaram espaços, majoritariamente, destinados ao uso residencial para a população empregada no setor de serviços na cidade de Dracena. Constatamos também que houve diminuição da população vivendo nos distritos e, principalmente, no entorno – áreas do rural disperso, em consequência da decadência do café. Com isso Jamaica e Jaciporã passam a se caracterizar pela baixa densidade populacional; econômica; e de redes técnicas, pois perdem as funções relacionadas à organização do espaço agrícola do complexo cafeeiro. Ocorre um processo de “envelhecimento das formas” associadas ao café e alguns processos de refuncionalização podem ser notados no sentido, principalmente, de qualificar o uso residencial e de prestação de serviços públicos. Nos distritos nota-se que a ruralidade ultrapassa o (setor) agrícola e é marcada pela convivência, proximidade e laços de parentesco entre os moradores e pelas estratégias “solidárias” desenvolvidas pela população a fim de alcançar amenidades no cotidiano, solução de conflitos e melhorias nos distritos, por meio das articulações e reivindicações políticas perante a administração municipal.
The overall objective of this work is to survey, understanding and reflection of the economic, social and cultural characteristics engendered in the spatial organization of the municipal districts of Jamaica and Jaciporã / Dracena / São Paulo, resulting from changes in the regional agricultural sector. Our problem was built from the initial hypothesis that the substitution of coffee - central to the process of occupation and formation of the studied cores - for other types of agricultural exploitation - especially the sugarcane - resulted in various changes in his roles and the daily life of districts. In terms of methodology, we conducted a case study in the districts of Jamaica and Jaciporã. The steps were literature review, systematization of secondary data and field research with the application of socioeconomic questionnaire and carrying out semi-structured interviews with residents seeking production data and information qualitative and quantitative. The results allowed us to verify that the changes, especially with regard to land ownership and labor relations, ended up making the agricultural influenced less in the spatial organization of districts, which have become spaces, mostly intended for residential use for the population employed in the service sector in the city of Dracena. We also note that there was a decrease of the population living in the districts and especially in the vicinity - the dispersed rural areas, due to the decline of coffee. With that Jamaica and Jaciporã come to be characterized by low population density; economic; and technical networks, as they lose the functions related to the organization of the agricultural area of the coffee complex. Is a process of "aging forms" associated with coffee and some refunctionalization processes can be noticed in the direction primarily to qualify residential use and public services. In the districts the ruralities is more than agriculture, is characterized by the coexistence, proximity and kinship ties between the residents and the strategies "solidarity" developed by the population in order to achieve amenities in everyday life, conflict resolution and improvements in the districts, because there union to political demands for municipal administration.
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Shipalana, Pearl Nkhensani. "Knowledge,attitudes and practices on HIV/AIDS among peer educators in Limpopo Department of Agriculture." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3400.

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Thesis (MPhil (Industrial Psychology. African Centre for HIV/AIDS Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS is a world wide pandemic and has caused threat in many organizations. Organizations are trying to put in place programmes to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS as it affects the productivity and profits due to increased absenteeism and turnover. The Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS [UNAIDS] estimated that there are 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS world wide, 25 million has died and 15 millions are orphans due to HIV/AIDS. The Department of Agriculture [Limpopo] has recruited Peer Educators to assist in providing education, awareness and prevention programmes on HIV/AIDS to employees and stakeholders. However, it is essential to assess the knowledge, attitudes and perception of this Peer Educators in order to develop intervention measures to improve the effectiveness of the programme. The Department of Public Service Administration guideline on managing HIV/AIDS in the workplace (2002) requires departments to conduct KAP (knowledge, attitudes and perception) in order to have baseline data for responsive, relevant intervention strategies in the workplace. “HIV/AIDS workplace programmes can only be successful if the employees needs regarding knowledge, attitudes and practices have been thoroughly researched” (Family Health International, 2000). The aim of the study was to identify the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Peer Educators in the Limpopo Department of Agriculture. This will also assist to measure the impact of training provided to them. All Peer Educators were be given an opportunity to participate in the study. Self-administered questionnaire was be used to collect data and confidentiality was emphasized. Data was analysed using the SSP programme and Microsoft excel. The findings revealed an average knowledge of Peer Educators on HIV/AIDS, positive attitudes and safe sexual practice by using condoms. There is need for in service training for Peer Educators. The results also indicated the strong need of support from supervisors and management in the implementation of Peer Educators programme. The findings of the study will also assist the Limpopo Department of Agriculture to redesign the Peer Education Programme in order to minimize the risks and reduce the infection rate on HIV. Peer Educators are considered as key informants, it is significant to understand their level of knowledge, and what is their perception of risk to HIV/AIDS.
ARFIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die studie was die bepaling van die kennisvlakke, houdings en persepsies van eweknie-opleiers in die Limpopo provinsie. Die resultate van die studie dui op sterk behoeftes aan verdere opleidng aan veral toesighouers en bestuurders van die Departement van Landbou van Limpopo provinsie. Voorstelle word aan die hand gedoen oor die wyse waarop hierdie opleidingsprogramme saamgestel behoort te word en riglyne word gegee vir die implementering daarvan.
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Harris, Laila Zahra. "Roots of History, Seeds of Change: Women Organic Farmers & Environmental Health in Jamaica." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10214/3963.

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This research seeks to address the gap in the literature on women, health, and environments by exploring the factors that motivate Jamaican women farmers to practice organic agriculture and how these might relate to their understandings of environment and health. The experiences and decisions of women farmers are also positioned within wider historical contexts of colonialism and agricultural change. Integrating a variety of theoretical frameworks, including public issues anthropology, ethnoecology, rural sociology, and feminist political ecology, my own scholarly analysis is merged with the perspectives of the women farmers interviewed in this qualitative study. This research found that women organic farmers in Jamaica were motivated by various factors related to environment and health and impacted by the island’s legacy of slavery and industrialization. The findings of this thesis can be used to encourage the practice of organic agriculture and to improve human health and environmental wellbeing in Jamaica and beyond.
Richard and Sophia Hungerford Travel Scholarship, Yeandle Family Graduate Scholarship, Richard and Sophia Hungerford Graduate Scholarship, Registrar’s Research Grant for Graduate Students, Registrar’s Research Travel Grant
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McLaughlin, Janet Elizabeth. "Trouble in our Fields: Health and Human Rights among Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24317.

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For many years Canada has quietly rationalized importing temporary “low-skilled” migrant labour through managed migration programs to appease industries desiring cheap and flexible labour while avoiding extending citizenship rights to the workers. In an era of international human rights and global competitive markets, the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) is often hailed as a “model” and “win-win” solution to migration and labour dilemmas, providing employers with a healthy, just-in-time labour force and workers with various protections such as local labour standards, health care, and compensation. Tracing migrant workers’ lives between Jamaica, Mexico and Canada (with a focus on Ontario’s Niagara Region), this thesis assesses how their structural vulnerability as non-citizens effectively excludes them from many of the rights and norms otherwise expected in Canada. It analyzes how these exclusions are rationalized as permanent “exceptions” to the normal legal, social and political order, and how these infringements affect workers’ lives, rights, and health. Employing critical medical anthropology, workers’ health concerns are used as a lens through which to understand and explore the deeper “pathologies of power” and moral contradictions which underlie this system. Particular areas of focus include workers’ occupational, sexual and reproductive, and mental and emotional health, as well as an assessment of their access to health care and compensation in Canada, Mexico and Jamaica. Working amidst perilous and demanding conditions, in communities where they remain socially and politically excluded, migrant workers in practice remain largely unprotected and their entitlements hard to secure, an enduring indictment of their exclusion from Canada’s “imagined community.” Yet the dynamics of this equation may be changing in light of the recent rise in social and political movements, in which citizenship and related rights have become subject to contestation and redefinition. In analyzing the various dynamics which underlie transnational migration, limit or extend migrants’ rights, and influence the health of migrants across borders, this thesis explores crucial relationships between these themes. Further work is needed to measure these ongoing changes, and to address the myriad health concerns of migrants as they live and work across national borders.
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Books on the topic "Jamaica. Dept. of Agriculture"

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Economic structure and demographic performance in Jamaica, 1891-1935. New York: Garland Pub., 1987.

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Fielding, W. J. An annotated bibliography relating to agriculture in Jamaica, 1980-1991. Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaican Society for Agricultural Sciences, 1992.

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Chaney, Elsa. Migration, smallholder agriculture, and food consumption in Jamaica and Saint Lucia. Washington, D.C: Hemispheric Migration Project, Center for Immigration Policy and Refugee Assistance, Georgetown University, 1988.

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Prenda, Bruce J. Department of Agriculture. Lincoln, NE (Box 94945 Lincoln 68509-4945): Program Evaluation Unit, Legislative Research Division, Nebraska Legislature, 1997.

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Office, General Accounting. Food and agriculture issues. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1993.

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Food and agriculture issues. Washington, D.C: U.S. General Accounting Office, 1992.

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Washington (State). Dept. of Agriculture. Washington State Department of Agriculture overview. Olympia, WA: The Dept., 1995.

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Becker, Geoffrey S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture: Reorganization issues. [Washington, D.C.]: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 1993.

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Division, United States General Accounting Office General Government. TQM implementation at Agriculture. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1993.

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Kay, Miller Ellen. USDA agriculture handbooks: Numbers 1-690. Beltsville, Md: National Agricultural Library, 1992.

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Book chapters on the topic "Jamaica. Dept. of Agriculture"

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Innis, Donald. "2. Intercropping in the Christiana area of Jamaica." In Intercropping and the Scientific Basis of Traditional Agriculture, 34–65. Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom: Practical Action Publishing, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780446158.002.

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Constable, Ayesha. "Observations, Perceptions, and Responses to Climate Change and Variability Among Small Farmers in Sherwood Content, Trelawny, Jamaica." In Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean, 217–41. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53837-6_9.

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Baptiste, April Karen. "Factors Influencing Perceptions of Climate Change Among Caribbean Coastal Artisanal Fishers: Case Study of Old Harbour Bay, Jamaica." In Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean, 243–63. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53837-6_10.

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Burrell, Dorlan. "The Decline of Preferential Markets and the Sugar Industry: A Case Study of Trade Liberalization in Central Jamaica." In Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean, 103–28. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53837-6_5.

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Singh, Ranjit H. "The Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies on the Performance of Agriculture: the Case of Jamaica." In Structural Adjustment and the Agricultural Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, 229–57. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24025-8_10.

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Muturi, Nancy. "Access and the Use of ICTs Among Women in Jamaica." In Global Information Technologies, 1199–204. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch089.

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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have made the global village a reality with the Internet, cell phones and other digital communication technology disseminating messages instantly through the fast information superhighway. The United Nations (U.N.) Development Program (UNDP, 2001) defines ICTs in terms of innovations in microelectronics, computing (hardware and software), telecommunications and opto-electronics—micro-processors, semiconductors and fibre optics. These technologies enable the processing and storage of enormous amounts and rapid distribution of information through communications networks. As new innovations, ICTs are also described as “the building blocks of the networked world,” (UNDP, 2001, p. 30), with ICTs, particularly the Internet, being used by a variety of organizations as a global networking tool. Access to, knowledge of and effective use of ICTs is crucial, particularly where access to the technology is equated to social, political, economic and human development. Internet usage, for example, is regarded as the standard indicator of the use of ICTs and also the most democratic of all mass media, mainly because of their low investment (Internet World Stats, 2006). This technology has been used effectively as a tool for delivery of various services and applications, including distance learning, agriculture, telehealth, e-commerce and e-governance. Individuals, organizations and institutions now use the Internet to strategically reach a large audience of markets through e-mails and other advertising strategies, since it is fast and economical, irrespective of size or location of business. There are many gender issues, however, related to connectivity and access to available ICTs, some of which are visibly documented and most often examined as the digital divide based on gender. Rakow (1986), in her classic studies on gender and ICTs, however, points out that technology should not be examined based on the differences in the behavior of men or women towards a technology, but instead to look for the ways in which the technology is used to construct us as women and men through the social practices that put it to use. Rakow further argues that more attention needs to be paid to how communication technologies alter, aid, or construct women’s opportunities for interacting with each other and with the wider public domain. This article is based on data gathered through a detailed open-ended questionnaire, with a sample of 121 Jamaican women, ages 21 and older, and explores their access and nature of use of ICTs as well as challenges they face in their attempts to use them effectively. Like other Caribbean islands, Jamaica has embraced ICTs as a tool for national development, adopting the most recent technologies to ensure global connectivity. The study examines how these technologies could be used effectively to address some of the developmental, economical, health and human developmental challenges that face the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). These findings are used to complement existing studies, including national surveys and literature on the gender and ICT issues in the Caribbean.
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Hobbie, John E., and Neil Bettez. "Climate Forcing at the Arctic LTER Site." In Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response in Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. Oxford University Press, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195150599.003.0011.

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The Arctic LTER site is located at 68º38'N and 149º43'W, at an elevation of 760 m in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska. The location, 208 km south of Prudhoe Bay, was chosen for accessibility to the Dalton Highway, which extends along the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline from north of Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean (figure 5.1). The rolling foothills at the site are covered with low tundra vegetation (Shaver et al. 1986a), which varies from heaths and lichens in dry sites to sedge tussocks on moist hillslopes to sedge wetlands in valley bottoms and along lakes. Riparian zones often have willow thickets up to 2 m in height. Small lakes are frequent; the best studied such lake is the 25-m-deep Toolik Lake (O’Brien 1992), the center of the LTER research site. Some 14 km from Toolik Lake, the Dalton Highway crosses the fourth-order Kuparuk River, the location of much of the LTER stream research (Peterson et al. 1993). Climate records at Toolik Lake have been kept since the early 1970s when a pipeline construction camp was established. On completion of the road in 1975, climate stations were set up by the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research Laboratory (CRREL, climate reported in Haugan 1982 and Haugen and Brown 1980). Since 1987, the LTER project has maintained climate stations at Toolik Lake (http:// ecosystems.mbl.edu/arc/) whereas the Water Resources Center of the University of Alaska has continuous records beginning in 1985 from nearby Imnavait Creek. An automatic station at Imnavait now reports every few hours to the Natural Resources Conservation Service–Alaska of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. The characteristics of the climate in northern Alaska are summarized by Zhang et al. (1996), who pointed out the strong influence of the ocean during both summer and winter months. They reported that the mean annual air temperature is coldest at the coast (–12.4ºC), where there are strong temperature inversions in the winter, and warmest in the foothills (–8.0ºC). At Toolik Lake, snow covers the ground for about eight months, and some 40% of the total precipitation of 250–350 mm falls as snow.
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"No. 7007. Jamaica, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Labour Organisation, International Telecommunication Union, United Nations, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Universal Postal Union, World Health Organization and World Meteorological Organization." In Treaty Series 2891, 129–30. UN, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/3a8bc9fc-en-fr.

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Gamble, Douglas W., Scott Curtis, and Jeff Popke. "Double Exposure Vulnerability of Agriculture in Southwest Jamaica." In The 2nd World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering. Avestia Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.11159/icesdp17.112.

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