...COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE AGRONOMIC VALUE OF VERMICAST TO CONVENTIONAL COMPOST AND A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS by Marjonel F. Marges A Research Study presented to the faculty of Lumampong National High School-Indang Annex, Indang, Cavite in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Research I INTRODUCTION Food Production is is the process of transforming raw ingredients into prepared food products. Food production includes industries that take raw food products and convert them into marketable food items. Synthetic fertilizers are commonly used for growing all crops, with application rates depending on the soil fertility, usually as measured by a soil test and according to the particular crop. Studies have shown that application of nitrogen fertilizer on off-season cover crops can increase the biomass (and subsequent green manure value) of these crops, while having a beneficial effect on soil nitrogen levels for the main crop planted during the summer season. Nutrients in soil can be thrown out of balance with high concentrations of fertilizers. The interconnectedness and complexity of this soil ‘food web’ means any appraisal of soil function must necessarily take into account interactions with the living communities that exist within the soil. Stability of the system is reduced by the use of nitrogen containing fertilizers, which cause soil acidification. Applying excessive amounts of fertilizer has negative environmental effects, and wastes...
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...is unlike any other restaurant in Chico. The first Burgers and Brew was established in 2000. The Chico location has been here since 2010 and is located in the historic downtown at 201 Broadway Street. The business is family owned and operated by Philippe and Derer Zawaydeh who are brothers that reside in the Folsom area. The first Burgers and Brew location was opened in Davis which is located at 403 3rd Street and the second location was opened in Sacramento located at 1409 R. Street. There is also one other Burgers and Brew restaurant that is inside of the Sacramento Airport, but it is a franchise, so it is not owned by the brothers. This sustainability report will focus on the Chico location and both the current and possible future sustainable practices that are practiced inside their restaurant. Burgers and Brew hours of operation are Sunday thru Wednesday 11am to midnight and Thursday thru Saturday 11am to 3am. Distinguishing themselves from restaurants with similar offerings through impressive customer service and satisfaction, Burgers and Brew caters to all by offering over 70 bottles of variety craft brews, 18 on tap, while serving nothing but high quality, healthy food with vegan options incorporated into the menu. With 15 burgers, 11 specialty entrees, soups, salads, fries, garlic fries, chili fries, curly fries ,onion rings, and desserts Burgers and Brew has set itself apart from the competition by utilizing high quality meats and vegetables to ensure satisfaction...
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...of the Earth. Since the water cycle is truly a "cycle," there is no beginning or end. Water can change states among liquid, vapor, and ice at various places in the water cycle. Although the balance of water on Earth remains fairly constant over time, individual water molecules can come and go. Contents Description The sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in the oceans. Water evaporates as vapor into the air. Ice and snow can sublimate directly into water vapor. Evapotranspiration is water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmosphere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into clouds. Air currents move clouds around the globe, cloud particles collide, grow, and fall out of the sky as precipitation. Some precipitation falls as snow and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers, which can store frozen water for thousands of years. Snowpacks can thaw and melt, and the melted water flows over land as snowmelt. Most precipitation falls back into the oceans or onto land, where the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff. A portion of runoff enters rivers in valleys in the landscape, with streamflow moving water towards the oceans. Runoff and groundwater are stored as freshwater in lakes. Not all runoff flows into rivers. Much of it soaks into the ground as infiltration. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes aquifers, which store huge amounts of freshwater for long...
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...proposal for your review. We look forward to partnering with you to assist displaced residents in the Bukiringi village in the Ituri Region of the Oriental Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in creating a sustainable agricultural program. The village of Bukiringi has approximately 3,000 internally displaced persons that will have little to no access to fresh and healthy food after the Internally Displaced Persons camp closes in 2012. The goal of the Ituri Project is to help the people of this region reestablish their lives through agriculture without being dependent on Western assistance. During the last seven years we have been working in the South Kivu Province with the pilot Ruzizi Valley Project. After seeing measurable success in the way of life, and particularly in the diet of the Ruzizi Valley residents we are now seeking to expand Working Villages International into other parts of the DRC starting with Bukiringi. To properly fund this project, our proposal requests $70,633.00 of 90,683.00 in funding. The requested funding would be used to replicate the Ruzizi Valley Project, by obtaining the tools, and training the villagers, so they are better equipped to continue their lives without outside assistance. We appreciate The Pierce Foundation taking an interest in helping the Congolese community develop their agricultural skills through our new farming program. Please contact me at 207-555-1234 x789 or by email at sarahmarien@WVI.org if you require...
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...international markets, national policy decisions and institutional frameworks, often move against them. The food-security problem is not merely an inability to produce enough food to keep pace with population growth. Such a simplistic reckoning fails to take into account the ecological, cultural, social and economic features which are the bedrock of sustainable agriculture. Environmental degradation and a diminishing resource base seriously affect African farmers who depend on rainfed agriculture. As critical watersheds are deforested, water supplies have become unreliable and the climate less predictable. Local actors are seldom consulted when agricultural policies are formulated. Small-scale farmers (especially women) find it hard to get credit, seeds and other inputs, and the information they need to farm their land in a profitable, sustainable way. Some governments still control the prices of key farm outputs, and unscrupulous traders manipulate the prices of others. In addition, political instability is a major obstacle to food security and sustainable agriculture in many countries. Access to sufficient food is a sustainable manner is a fundamental human right. Realizing this, NGOs, community organizations, research institutions and governments in Africa have been testing alternative agricultural technologies and approaches for over a decade. Such approaches as "conservation farming" and organic agriculture are becoming part of the technical packages of both international...
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... 6 -Management Analysis 6 -Marketing Analysis 8 -Financials 10 -Summary 15 Works Cited 17 Appendix 37 -Quick Questions 37 -Drafts 38 -Internet Research 46 -Annual Report 47 Executive Summary NIKE, Inc. is the largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel in the world. We employ more than 33,000 people globally, including more than 5,500 at our worldwide headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. We sell products in more than 180 countries around the globe. Nike brand designs and sells products in three main product lines — footwear, apparel and equipment. The products are manufactured in approximately 600 contracted factories in 46 countries around the world. More than 1 million people, employed by suppliers, shippers, retailers and other business partners, work to help manufacture, distribute and sell products around the world. Of course, Nike still faces challenges. After several years of red-hot growth, European sales of higher-priced shoes have started to slide. In the U.S.,...
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...1138626 Reem Alhmbasi 1138619 Touching lives, improving life P&G P&G The Power of Purpose Companies like P&G are a force in the world. Our market capitalization is greater than the GDP of many countries, and we market our products in more than 180 countries. With this stature comes both responsibility and opportunity. Our responsibility is to be an ethical corporate citizen—but our opportunity is something far greater, and is embodied in our Purpose. P&G’s Purpose Statement articulates a common goal that inspires us daily: Our Purpose We will provide branded products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world’s consumers, now and for generations to come. As a result, consumers will reward us with leadership sales, profit and value creation, allowing our people, our shareholders and the communities in which we live and work to prosper. The power behind P&G’s Purpose The simple, inspiring way to think about this is that P&G brands serve about 4.8 billion of the nearly seven billion people on the planet today. Before P&G can serve the world's remaining consumers profitably, we can reach them altruistically. We can improve their lives in ways that enable them to thrive, to increase their quality of living and, over time, to join the population of consumers we serve with P&G brands. Through our social responsibility programs, initiatives such as P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water and Pampers...
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...` Presented By: Carol Asmar Presented To: Dr. Fadi Hashem Jessica Azzam Strategic Management Instructor Rima Radwan MGT 420 Aya Soleiman Abstract [Draw your reader in with an engaging abstract. It is typically a short summary of the document. When you’re ready to add your content, just click here and start typing.] Averda’s Strategic Management Contents Introduction 2 Company Profile 4 Mission Statement 4 Vision Statement 5 Strategy 5 Goals 6 SWOT Analysis 7 Weakness 7 Opportunities 7 Threats 8 Tows Analysis 8 Porter’s Five Forces Model 9 Balance Score Card 11 Customer Perspective 11 Financial Perspective 11 Internal Business Perspective 11 Innovation & Learning Perspective 11 Conclusion and Recommendation 12 Introduction Waste management is the collection, transport, processing or disposal managing and monitoring of waste materials. Waste management is often related to materials produced by human activity; hence, it is a process undertaken in order to minimize the effect on health, or environment. It focuses on postponing the rate of consumption of natural resources. All waste materials, which include solids, liquids, gases or radioactive materials are part of waste management. Waste management practices vary greatly considering developed and developing nation, for urban and rural areas and for residential and industrial producers. This industry is usually under the responsibility of local government...
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...“INVENTION AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” Report of a workshop sponsored by the Lemelson-MIT Program and LEAD International, London, November 2003 THE LEMELSON-MIT PROGRAM School of Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Workshop Participants ____________________________ Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Chair, LEAD International, UK Merton C. Flemings, Vice-Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Evan I. Schwartz, Rapporteur, Author and Independent Journalist, USA Shereen El Feki, The Economist, UK David Grimshaw, Intermediate Technology Development Group, UK Pamela Hartigan, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Switzerland Ashok Khosla, Development Alternatives, India Ehsan Masood, LEAD International, UK Penelope Mawson, LEAD International, UK Nick Moon, ApproTEC, Kenya Adil Najam, Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA Julia Novy-Hildesley, Lemelson Foundation, USA Anna Richell, Design Council, UK Ammon Salter, Imperial College London, UK Eugenio de Motta Singer, ERM, Brazil Rory Stear, Freeplay Energy Corp., UK Zhang Lubiao, Institute of Agricultural Economics, China 2 Foreword This draft document comprises Recommendations and a Summary of the discussion from a workshop held at the secretariat of LEAD International in London in November 2003, as part of a larger study on invention and inventiveness. The study will culminate in an “Invention Assembly” in Washington D.C. in April 2004. The study is supported by the Lemelson-MIT...
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...university and related authorities. Surely this study will enhance my knowledge and experience and work as an important source of information for future work on this topic. Finally, i would like to request you to accept my paper. Thank you in advance for your assistance and advice in this connection. Sincerely yours, |Name | |Signature | | |Reg. No. | | |Imran Hasan Kibria | | | | |071-12-451 | | (i) Acknowledgement This report has been prepared for Md. Shahnur Islam, Course Instructor, Faculty of business, ASAUB. i would like to thank you sir for guiding me with your superior knowledge, experience and care. I would like to thank all the people whom we interviewed at Unilever Bangladesh, for giving me their time and providing the information we needed for primary data collection. Thanking You...
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...pursue collective goals. All organizations have a management structure that determines relationships between the different activities and the members, and subdivides and assign roles, responsibilities; and authority to carry out different task.” (Sources: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/organization.html) From that statement, my understanding about organisation is a group of people that is specifically organised within their area and cooperates with each other within the group or usually define as a group of people working together to achieve common goal. Diagram 1.0: Example of chart of McDonald’s organisation As an example, in McDonald’s restaurant, there would be restaurant manager that monitor the restaurant with the help of first assistant manager. Then there would be second assistant manager that trains the trainee manager that comes from shift running floor manager. Before that, floor manager also has to train the trainee floor manager that comes from training squad. The crew member that works to serve the customer also has to train the trainee worker. Types of Organisation Diagram 1.1: Example of Types of Organisation There are 3 types of organisation that I am going to explain which are public sector organisations, private sector organisations and voluntary sector organisations. Firstly, public sector organisations are for the people owned and run by the government. The money that the government use to finance most of the public sector is the taxes...
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...to delete or modify the text if you would like to insert your own stories. Slide 1: Title Slide Thank you for joining us for Module 1: Introduction to Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC). My name is Winston Liaw, and I am an Assistant Professor in Family Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University and teach at the Fairfax Family Medicine Residency Program. Slide 2: Disclosures for Continuing Medical Education (CME) (No accompanying text) Slide 3: Agenda In this module, we will be reviewing the definitions that pertain to COPC, COPC’s history, the benefits of engaging in COPC, the steps involved in COPC, the barriers in implementing COPC, and the reasons why you should involve learners in this process. Slide 4: Objectives By the end of the module, I hope that you will be able to define COPC, list 3 seminal figures in the history of COPC, state the steps involved in COPC, list the potential members of a COPC team, state the barriers to initiating COPC activities, and provide an example of a COPC activity. Slide 5: Maezie This is my daughter Maezie. We have loved getting to know her. But with my wife and I working full time jobs and not having family in the area, we have had to rely on relatives in our extended families, friends, neighbors, and the occasional stranger and have been constantly reminded that it really takes a village to raise a child. Slide 6: Marriage of Public Health and Primary Care One thing I want you to take away from this talk is that...
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...related to changes to the physical and cultural (being the way we live) environments, which in turn relate to the economic environment. What does sustainability mean? Every day we hear the term ‘sustainable’ or ‘sustainability’ being used to describe a large number of issues and news items. There is the ‘sustainable economy’, ‘sustainable agriculture’, ‘economically sustainable’, ‘the need to be sustainable’, ‘sustainable work practices’ and ‘sustainable water supply’ to name a few. The Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, is seen by many as one of the first global reports to address sustainable development. This report defined sustainable development as: “…development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Brundtland (1987) National strategy for ecologically sustainable development Sustainable Development is defined by the Australian Government’s National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development as: “…using, conserving and enhancing the community’s resources so that ecological processes, on which life depends, are maintained and the total quality of life, now and in the future, can be maintained.” Commonwealth of Australia (1992) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) defines sustainable development in reference to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, spanning from...
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...OF THE PROJECT REPORT We are submitting the project report on “DESIGNING A BASIC START UP PLAN TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING” due on 25 October 2012 as a part of our professional communication course. The purpose of the project is to introduce to the present generation about the various technologies available to limit the impact of global warming at an early stage. Through this project we intend to create awareness among people to demonstrate against the practices that badly affect the future of our planet. The highlights of the project are the promotion of green technology and it seeks to find solutions for this problem at the grass root level, i.e. through individual effort. We express our immense gratitude to you to let perform this project Yours sincerely Ravi Shanker Group leader (CE1050) PREFACE The project on “Designing A Basic Start Up Plan To Reduce The Impact Of Global Warming “is our humble effort intended to provide comprehensive knowledge about global warming...
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...Agriculture Bio Fertilizer are natural and organic fertilizer that helps to keep in the soil with all the nutrients and live microorganisms required for the benefits of the plants. The soil is alive and contains a lot of microorganism that produce natural N-K-P and other nutrients required for agricultre and plants. Using chemical products eventually will kill all this micro live and transform productive soils in sand in few years. Bio Fertilizer .Com is one organic center with information about natural products and eco friendly energies. Information Center about how to use Solar, Wind , BioDigestors and other sources of cheap energy for houses and business. Bio Pesticides are natural products that helps in the maintenance of gardens and organic food production. Read the Biology of Microorganisms to learn more about the scientific basis. Introducing the basics of the science of Biology of Microorganisms and its applications, as fertilizers or composting for example. Organic Farming State The World of Organic Agriculture: More Than 31 Million Hectares Worldwide The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), and the Foundation Ecology & Farming (SOEL), Germany, presented the latest global data on organic farming at the BioFach fair 2006 in Nuremberg, the world leading fair for organic food. According to the survey, currently more than 31 million hectares of farmland are under organic management...
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