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Essay Instructions: Agriculture products and sustainability of agriculture in Italy. A focus on agricultural
production, practices, policies, and land quality. Presentation will include current issues
relating to genetically modified foods and the science behind them, the issue of subsidies,
and member states ability to compete within the European Union.

Please use at least 5 sources from Jstor and 4 more from other well-known political or Geographical sources. Also at least use one or two text books. Paper standard: 8 - 10 pages, 1.5 spacing, including figures, tables, graphs.

Reference guidelines (de Loë 2002).

Essay Instructions: I need a research paper on how Agriculture has advanced. Including genetics, equipment and technologies. May want to include how farmers are usinf no-till to help preserve the land. How equipment uses GPS to better plant the fields. Need to cite sources within the paper and provide 4 resources. May want to use the census.

Essay Instructions: the paper should be about Agriculture exports in Thailand, and all the points below should be mentioned
Strategy about food process in Thailand
Government strategy
Media?s opinion
Policies used
How they use foreign direct investment in getting money
Government use of value chain
Initial statistics (3 or 4)
Actions that was taken,
Don?t talk a lot about background of the country focus more on actions that was taken
Compare Thailand strategies in exports and agriculture with other countries in the region
Compare the differences in government in the last five years
What did the government propose to improve the industry?
Policies that was used
System that they used in improving agriculture like machinery used, focus on the processed food
What are other things that the government is trying to improve?
What unique products, that they are trying to use to compete with other products around the world
Compare agriculture with other countries like the United States

Essay Instructions: The role of modern Agriculture and genetically modified food in the Development of third world countries (pros and cons), PLEASE INCLUDE STATISTICS, FACTS TO SUPPORT YOUR ARGUMENTS, such as effect on diseases, health and nutrition that aid fertility and lower death rates etc... Please also discuss the arguments against and for the use of organic foods, pesticides in developing countries. there should be 10 citations in total ,
these citations SHOULD BE

2 FROM, Stuart R. Lynn, Economic Development: Theory and Practice for a Divided World, Prentice Hall,

2 FROM, Thomas R. DeGregori, Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate: Blackwell Professional.

3 FROM, the wall street journal or financial times ( the following is a list of suggested wall street journal articles related to the subject),

Genetically Modified Food Items Are Common, but Little Noticed
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Mar 24, 2005. pg. D.4



Thais Chew Over Biotech Food; Bangkok Policy Vacillates as Developing Nations Grow More GMOs
Shawn W. Crispin. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Oct 29, 2004. pg. A.13




Science Panel Urges Scrutiny Of Genetically Modified Crops
Scott Kilman. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Jul 28, 2004. pg. B.8


U.N. Backs Gene-Modified Crops To Help the World's Poor Farmers
Scott Kilman. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: May 18, 2004. pg. B.10



Monsanto Drops Plans for Now To Make Bioengineered Wheat
Scott Kilman. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: May 11, 2004. pg. A.2


Let Them Eat Cake
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Apr 2, 2004. pg. A.8


Is Organic More Nutritious?
Robert J. Davis. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Feb 15, 2005. pg. D.3

Death by Environmentalist
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Dec 29, 2004. pg. A.8



Backyard Dilemma: Which Is Worse -- Using DEET or Possibility of West Nile?
Tara Parker-Pope. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Jun 22, 2004. pg. D.1


An Indefensible Epidemic
By Henry I. Miller. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Aug 19, 2002. pg. A.12


Rich Man, Poor Man
Arvind Panagariya. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Sep 16, 2003. pg. A.16



Why Africans Are Starving
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Sep 17, 2002. pg. A.20


In Debate Over Modified Foods, Famine Weighs In
By Keith Johnson. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Sep 4, 2002. pg. A.18


The Economy: EU Rejects U.S. Plea to Endorse Safety of Corn for Hunger Relief
By Brandon Mitchener. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Aug 23, 2002. pg. A.2


3 FROM THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES


http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/Bt%20maize%20and%20mycotoxins.htm

http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/Fumonisin%20poisoning.htm

http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/endocrine%20disruptors.htm

http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/Transgenic%20Crops.htm

http://oryza.com/global/genetic/index.shtml

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=3597045

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4182029.stm

http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/How%20Biotechnology-Derived%20Crops.htm

http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CA883.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4282257.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1417224,00.html

http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/what's%20missing%20in%20this%20pile%20of%20food.htm

http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/rats,lice,and%20zinsser.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4308983.stm
http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/the%20right%20to%20know.htm

http://www2.us.elsevierhealth.com/scripts/om.dll/serve?action=searchDB&searchDBfor=art&artType=abs&id=as4032270&nav=abs

http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg/cockroach%20allergens.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4419709.stm

http://www.botanischergarten.ch/Rice/Humanitarian-Board-Golden-Rice-200503.pdf


here are some helpful websites:


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
http://www.fao.org/
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INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
http://www.ifpri.org/
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TransgenicCrops
http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops/
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World Food Program
http://www.wfp.org/index.html
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IRRI (International Rice Research Institute)
http://www.irri.org/
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CGIAR
http://www.cgiar.org/
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Future Harvest
http://www.futureharvest.org/
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CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)
http://www.cimmyt.org/

http://www.africagenome.co.za/publications/scientist.html

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/index.html