A major condition of deforestation is poverty. Although poverty is not a cause of deforestation, it is a condition of life that the majority of people in this world must endure. ... With poverty, comes food insecurity and chronic malnourishment. ... Studies have been carried out on the relationships between rural poverty and deforestation and population growth and deforestation. ... Nepal is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world with more than half of its population living below the poverty line. ...

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According to an on-line resource, "India has the eighth largest economy, and is considered one of the ten most industrialized countries in the world."1 Economic growth in India has been at an average rate of 5%-7% over the past 10 years. Any serious attempt at reducing India's greatest challenge of poverty requires sustained economic growth in order to increase productivity and income. ... This can be a daunting task for a country that has an overwhelming 300 million people at the poverty level. ...

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A vast amount of the Cambodian population is under the line of poverty and a major contributing factor to this is the poor and hazardous environment. ... To add to their problems the people of Cambodia are going through a post-civil war causing higher levels of poverty leaving them in no position to handle these serious problems at hand (Thevongsa). ...

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At the end it will suggest the line the policy ought to take ensure that there will be less marginalization of women. ... Coelho and Coffey observes in their studies, "Cutbacks in public expenditure generated by SAP relocates many state-provided health care and child care services back to the household, and eliminates food subsidies and other welfare benefits that helped women meet some of their family's food needs." (1996) Women are faced with much burden, generating the feminization of poverty, all in the name of development and growth. ... The line between "natural women kind of job" a...

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In an agrarian economy like India where there is both scarcity and an unequal distribution of land, coupled with a large mass of rural population reeling with abject poverty, there is a compelling political and economic argument for land reforms. ... In a land scarce country with a sizable section of rural population surviving below poverty line , the case for ensuring that everyone has access to a minimum amount of land seems compelling. ...

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This loss of rural funds contributed to the poverty of the farmers, which lowered agricultural investment, which further slowed down China's agricultural production. ... In addition, the continuing poverty of the Chinese farmers made it clear that something needed to be done and a new agricultural system need to be put into place. ... The six steps are as follows: (1) raising the purchasing price of grain and other farm products by twenty percent for planned purchase and another twenty percent for the crops produced in excess of the amounts required (see table 3); (2) reducing the pro...

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Globalization: The Impact on Our Small Farms As a child I remember riding through the Wisconsin countryside on the outskirts of Oshkosh. The sight of cows in the fields would captivate me. The never ending rows of corn topped with golden tassels would capture my imagination. The smell of fresh ...

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in 1908, Henry Ford created the automated assembly line to produce more vehicles at an increased rate. ... For example, GMOs can offer increased production of a product by speeding up the growth rate and can potentially save a lot of starving people in developing countries, along with poverty-stricken Americans. ...

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