…feasible in Africa because of anticipated population growth and food security issues. The best strategy for slowing the coffee berry borer’s advances is planting shade trees, which can reduce ambient…
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…downward trend of the Northern American homicide rate.” Factors contributing to the rising levels of homicide include: the economic crisis; food insecurity due to environmental changes; inflation; and weak or…
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…changed because of sustained scrutiny. A 2011 report by the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, “Evaluating Sugary Drink Nutrition and Marketing to Youth,” examines nutrition and marketing…
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…allow some direct business transactions with Iran, including the sale of commercial airplane parts, as well as some food and medical products. Moreover, the “U.S. trade ban does not bar…
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…Medicaid covers an estimated 28% of these youth; the cost of their coverage is approximately $16 billion. Annually, an opportunity youth receives at least $360 more in housing assistance, food…
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…food services. “Growth in immigration appears to have reduced youth employment-population ratios over the past few decades, although other factors surely played a role,” the researcher writes. “In particular, teen…
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…currency, spurring inflation. The Ministry of the Economy estimated that, by the end of 2011, prices for basic food items had increased by up to 37%, hurting the poor in…
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…newly admitted refugees. Unless they are granted full U.S. citizenship, refugees are only eligible for social welfare benefits such as food stamps and Medicaid for between five and seven years….
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…the World Economy and the International Food Policy Research Institute, construct six economic models — each with different levels of investment in infrastructure in rural and urban areas — to…
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…Sacramento Bee “The Unpersuaded: Who Listens to a President?” The New Yorker “Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable,” Time Studies can also be used to…
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