Malawi has few exploitable resources apart from land, which is at a serious risk of degradation as a result of population pressure and poor farming methods. ... The average land holding per farmer is about 1 acre. 95% of all Malawians depend upon some part of their income from agriculture. ... Goats are used mostly as a financial buffer when times are bad they are sold off cow ownership is usually restricted to the chiefs. ... To try and save money to buy some land, a car or a tractor or even fertilizer and improved seed is difficult to say the least. ... No one can mortgage their ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Kenya, the land of great sceneric beauty and friendly people, lies in the eastern part of Africa. ... Only 15% of Kenya's total land area is sufficiently fertile to be farmed, and only 7% can be classified as first class land. ... When the policy of reserving land for white settlers was legally ended in 1959, much desirable farmland was transferred to Africans. Today Kenya recognizes three broad types of land tenure: government land, trust land, and private or freehold land. ... Coffee continues to be an important export, though relatively less land (about 3%) is used to cultivate i...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most Americans live under the assumption that food production companies will produce a humane and safe product supplied to the local grocery store. If not the U.S. government will step in to protect the public and correct any harmful methods or additives used in the process. Unfortunately the U.S. Government is failing us, and the food companies only provide consumers with risky and unhealthy choices without correct labeling. The growth of our food is made for mass production, as cheaply as possible, using chemicals and genetically engineered crops, with only one main goal, money. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate