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Climate / Weather Terms Glossary - Western Regional Climate Center  Arctic air A very cold and dry air mass that forms primarily in winter and the ... Barograph A recording instrument that provides a continuous trace of air ... Coriolis effect A deflective force arising from the rotation of the earth on its ... long enough to cause serious effects on agriculture and other activities in the affected area. Dry...
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Agriculture in a dry spell - American AgCredit  Farmers see farming as a long-term endeavor and see true ... Agriculture in a dry spell in a dtry spell. 4 American AgCredit | Harvest, Fall 2014 ... Drought has had a major impact on important ... other ag markets as the lack of rain continues. In Au- ... make good decisions about irrigation and a host of other farming activities.
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drought - National Geographic Society  Sep 18, 2013 ... Drought is an extended period of unusually dry weather when there is not enough rain. ... However, drought can have drastic and long-term effects on ... Other plants only grow when there is enough water to support them. .... Droughts continue to affect the U.S. Texas has been suffering from drought since...
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Quick facts: How we're fighting hunger in Ethiopia | Mercy Corps  Feb 11, 2016 ... Now, as the country copes with yet another dry spell, get the facts about what ... But there is still a long way to go  tens of millions of people continue to live below ... The country's economy is largely based on these activities as well. ... And because agriculture is Ethiopia's primary and most viable source of...
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Drought | Climate Education Modules for K-12  Aug 13, 2013 ... 1) Meteorological drought is a long-term measurement of lower than normal precipitation. ... 3) Agricultural drought is when there is not enough water to sustain crops. ... Agricultural droughts can develop quickly during a dry spell if no rain ... Another possible cause for drought conditions is the wind pattern...
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The Fractured Community - UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004  In the south of the country there was some development of commercial farming by ... development concentrated along the line of rail and a high dependence on a ... Consequently there was both a continual movement between rural and ... In 1963, just prior to Independence about 20 percent of the country's population was...
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Effects of Cold Weather on Horticultural Plants in ... - Purdue Extension  The severe freeze in December 1983 killed many fruit and landscape plants. ... nights, temperature inversions can cause cold air to pool in low areas, called "frost pockets. .... They put on enough growth to get out of the juvenile stage (pencil thick ... Apply nitrogen early in the season to fall planted crops, so that as plants...
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Federated States of Micronesia - Green Islands  In Kosrae, citrus is a significant cash crop with limes and tangerines being exported. ... exports bananas, other vegetables, fruits, and betel nut to Guam and Palau. ... Increased intensity and frequency of tropical cyclones and droughts, loss of .... party to the Green Micronesia Initiative spearheaded by the Chief Executives of...
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Drought in the Dust Bowl Years - National Drought Mitigation Center  In the 1930s, drought covered virtually the entire Plains for almost a decade ... The resulting agricultural depression contributed to the Great Depression's ... 1981, discuss these issues in greater detail; see the reference section for the full citations. ... coverage of the event played a part in making the 1930s drought the widely...
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agricultural economics | Britannica.com  In an agricultural country most of the workers needed must come from the rural population. .... Thus, as population density increased, the latter groups of crops tended to be ... Pablo Escobar: 8 Interesting Facts About the King of Cocaine.
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California Agricultural Statistics Review 2012-2013  Sep 13, 2015 ... Almonds, Milk, Livestock, Raisin Grapes, Processing Tomatoes .... systems spread clouds and precipitation into the state. ..... Tons. $1,000. Number. Commodity Rank, Acreage, Production, Value and ..... California share of U.S. production is less than one-half percent. ...... The 2011 white wine variety.
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Agricultural transitions in the context of growing environmental ...  It is a paradox of modern democratic societies that the state is considered both the ... state (among the nation's leaders in corn, soybean, and hog production). .... Forty years later in the 1970s, high farm prices and a favorable export market led to ..... Iowa Senator Tom Harkin used his senior status on the Senate Agriculture...
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constraints on the expansion of the global food supply - Die Off  Pimentel, Kindall, Food, Overpopulation, Human Overpopulation, Science, ... We examine whether and how global food production may be increased to ... much of the historic past; it was not until after 1900 that growth accelerated (1). ... in world crop yields with the rate of increase in total grain production declining slightly.
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Famine - New World Encyclopedia  Oct 15, 2013 ... Famine is associated both with natural causes, such as crop failure and ... 1 Characteristics and effects; 2 Causes; 3 Historical famines by region .... when Ethiopia and the west African Sahel suffered drought and famine. .... Famine struck North Korea in the mid-1990s, set off by unprecedented floods.
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Chapter 3: Climates of the Earth  and the food chains of all its creatures ... In this section you will explore how earth-sun relationships affect climate. .... about June 21, bringing the Northern Hemisphere .... form its boundaries, this zone is called the Tropics. .... along strict north-south or east-west lines. .... effect often causes dry areasand even desertsto.
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California's Raisin Industry Remains Under the Weight of More ...  1 day ago ... Except for a few dried-on-the-vine (DOV) blocks here and there, California's ... Calif., his family has been growing grapes in the San Joaquin Valley since 1928. ... However, the current large world supply of raisins and the amount of the ... raisin-producing countries, the strong U.S. dollar and uncertainties...
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Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | DUST BOWL  The Dust Bowl was an area of drought and severe wind erosion in southwestern ... a reporter for the Washington DC Evening Star, who used the term in an article ... As the drought and dust storms worsened during the mid-1930s, the federal ... created unprecedented wind erosion and earned the Southern Great Plains its...
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Agriculture in Qatar - Wikipedia  Agriculture in Qatar is inherently limited in scope due to the harsh climate and lack of arable land. In spite of this, small-scale farming, nomadic herding, and...
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Dust Bowl 1931-1939 - World History in Context - Gale  As the United States entered the 1930s, Great Plains farmers were among the most ... at one time was between 1935 and 1936 when 50 million acres were affected. ..... wrote a series of articles titled "The Harvest Gypsies" for the San Francisco News. .... by the living conditions and poor treatment of the migrant farm workers.
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Isaiah 19 Being Fulfilled  Nile River Will Be Drying Up Soon ...  Apr 7, 2014 ... The prophecy described in Isaiah 17 focused on Syria, and ... Or, maybe there will be a sudden drought in Sub-Saharan Africa that ... other dams to be built  especially when all the other countries at the ... the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it. ..... 14  15  16  17  18  19, 20.