The loss of agricultural land among black farmers.
Section 1 Introduction, Background Information and the Issues Justifications For Researching Black Land Ownership In the political economy of capitalism, access to land ownership ranks high as one of the critical factors of production (Marx 1970 & 1977; Mill 1997; Falk 1996). Not...

The collective political actions of the Australian farming and rural communities: putting farm interest groups in context.
Abstract The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) is generally presented in the press and public policy analysis as the authoritative spokesgroup for Australian farming, and sometimes even rural, communities. Closer scrutiny reveals a somewhat more fluid political context in contemporary Australian farming. Farming and rural communities are experimenting...

Workers and community: the case of the peat-cutters and the shipbuilding industry in Saint-Nazaire, 1881-1910.
In February 1901 in the French town of Saint-Nazaire, a port and shipbuilding center in western Brittany, the Penhouet shipyard reinstated its spring schedule of lengthened work days and an extended midday break of one and a half hours. About one-third of the workforce, all of them skilled shipwrights who...

Socio-economic change and rural entrepreneurs in pre-crisis East Java, Indonesia: case study of a Madurese upland community (1).
The 1970s economic boom in Indonesia, fuelled by state oil income, was accompanied by agricultural modernization and infrastructure development in the rural areas of Java. Earlier studies have documented that relatively well-off farming families, members of which held office as local village administrators, reaped disproportionately large shares of state...

A combining ability analysis of cassava manihot esculenta Crantz genotypes to anthracnose disease.
INTRODUCTION The tropical root crop cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is the third most important source of calories for human food in the tropics after rice and maize. Over 600 million people depend on cassava in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Cassava is grown by poor farmers, many...

The fortunes and misfortunes of women rice producers in Ndop, Cameroon and the implications for gender roles.
Abstract In most communities in Cameroon, traditional norms mandate that rural women fulfill the reproductive roles of child bearing, home management and food provision for the family. Thus, these women are unable to exercise any influential economic voice-they can hardly earn income. Cash agriculture like rice production...

John Herron, 90.
WORCESTER John Herron, an architect and supporter of numerous historic preservation initiatives, died Friday at his home in Worcester. He was 90. Mr. Herron was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, the son of Robert and Hazel I. (Downs) Herron. His wife of 45 years, Frances M. (Dresser) Herron,...

Ardo Confirms Take-Over of Austria Frost.
ARDOOIE, Belgium, December 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Ardo has taken over the Austrian company Austria Frost GmbH on December 1st. 'Ardo Austria Frost GmbH' is the new company name. This take-over will engender an extra turnover of EUR40mio for Ardo. Ardo will consolidate and build on the leading...

Virginia N. Sherman, 94.
NORTH WOODSTOCK, CT Virginia N. Sherman, 94, of North Woodstock, died Wednesday at the Douglas Manor in Windham. She was the wife of the late W. Aner Sherman, he died in 1977. She was born September 12, 1914 in North Brookfield, MA, daughter of the late Frederick and Gertrude...

Whole Foods Market Supports Farm Aid.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-1 December 2008-Whole Foods Market Supports Farm Aid(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Whole Foods Market's Portland and Seattle locations raised more than $30,000 to support Farm Aid's work to help current farmers, put new farmers on the land, and support connections between farmers and...