Going 'cold turkey' to build a fairer world
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The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) aims at making agricultural products beneficial to everyone, particularly the developing countries. The third world countries will gain food security, but the richer countries, such as the US and Japan, will benefit more. GATT may prove detrimental to the European Community (EC), but it will help in improving the quality of the environment as it provides for the use of organic methods of farming. A survey by United Nations Conference on Trade Development (UNCTAD) revealed that the GATT will initially result in an increase in prices, but will ultimately strengthen feed security in the developing countries.
Publication Name: Ceres
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0009-0379
Year: 1993
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Hemorrhage or godsend?
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The perspective on the effects of international migration vary. The aspects of social life reflect the benefits and damages incurred by the movement of individuals to urban communities. Though economic benefits have reportedly improved the quality of family and individual lives, the adverse effects of social transformation far outweigh its advantages. The drain of competent and intelligent individuals as well as unskilled labor will, in the long run, be detrimental to a nation's economy. The complexity of migration problem makes definitive solution difficult.
Publication Name: Ceres
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0009-0379
Year: 1992
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22 centuries later: the harvest from King Tut's tomb
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Plant and weed samples found in Kew Gardens, London and the Cairo Museum that were taken from Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the 1920s are now being examined by the London Institute of Archaeology. The samples reveal that the Nile valley was home to at least 145 types of plant and weeds. The samples were damaged by vermin buried with the plant matter, so many of the plants' properties remain a mystery. DNA testing is being considered for the remainder.
Publication Name: Ceres
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0009-0379
Year: 1992
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