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Mechanization Defined
The application of machinery to manufacturing and other activities. Among the first processes to be mechanized were the spinning of cotton thread and the weaving of cloth in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century England. (p. 603)
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What happened to marble jobs here?
Published July 3, 2009, 7:49 am, Pickens County Progress
A look at the present economic downturn and the obvious shortage of production jobs in this county prompts a question: Whatever happened to the Pickens County marble industry as a dynamic generator of employment here?
Science for the people (2): food security and self-sufficiency
Published July 1, 2009, 9:38 am, The Manila Times
Reports nearly a month ago announced the news that the number of hungry people has reached more than a billion people in the world.
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Published June 28, 2009, 8:49 am, The Huffington Post
(Bloggers across the nation are making a joint request this Sunday: It is time for President Barack Obama and CEQ chief Nancy Sutley to make...
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- Appropriate technology for agriculture under rapid population growth: Appropriate technology for agriculture in developing countries must recognize forecasted rapid population growth and re-consider the relevance of mechanization in labour surplus situations. Mechanization may resulted in increased unemployment and further migration into urban areas. It needs to be ascertained that an optimal mix of agricultural labor productivity and mechanizatin lead to agricultural self-sufficien cy under rapid population growth.
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- Agrarian development in Africa: The problems of 'developm ent' techniques in agricultural production are apparent in many agriecological regions of Africa. Some approaches tend to develop small-scale, subsistence farming systems whereas others promote large-scale mechanized farms, group farms and other mechanized schemes. The latter have a high cost value out of proportion to their benefits for a developing economy in the short run, however, for combating the projected 'hunger crisis' worldwide, they may prove to be the better alternative in the long run.
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- Farm mechanization and employment in developing countries: In the past, mechanization of agriculture has often be associated with loss of employment in rural areas. Given the dramatic increase in demand for food, mechanization can become employment-gen erating and income-increas ing, and possibly reversing the trend of urbanization.
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- Milestones in U.S. Farming and Farm Policy: Milestones in U.S. Farming and Farm Policy
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