The Cost of Food: Consequences of Not Valuing Soil and Water and the People Who Manage Them

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-19
Author(s):  
Tony Allan ◽  
David Dent
Keyword(s):  
The People ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Soil And Water

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Condition of Communities in Resolving Conflicts in the Bukit Tangkiling Conservation Area

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saptawartono Saptawartono ◽  
Kumpiady Widen ◽  
Hendrik Segah ◽  
Yanarita Yanarita
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Conservation Areas ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The City

The Bukit Tangkiling Conservation Area has great potential for natural resources, including clean water, honey bees, recreation services, and religious services. There is also potential for split stone, which had been mined by the people from the rock hills in the area. The potential utilization of these natural resources trigger conflicts between interests to maintain the function and existence of conservation areas with the interests of using split stone for the community in order to meet the development needs of the city of Palangka Raya and its surrounding regions, at the cost of damaging the existing area. As an input in managing the conservation area Bukit Tangkiling is well implemented, research is needed on the social and economic conditions of the community’s surrounding the area. The research used survey methods and respondents are determined by purposive sampling and simple random sampling, and data analysis was both qualitative and quantitative. The communities around the Bukit Tangkiling conservation area are dominated by productive age (18-56 years), Banturung Village 59.00% and Tangkiling Village 54.97%. The level of education is relatively low, Banturung Village 72.96% and Tangkiling Village 73.29%. Having low education, most of the people have difficulty in finding decent work. Aside from that, most people do not understand the function of the forest or the function of the conservation area and tend to be apathetic about the existence of the Bukit Tangkiling conservation area that must be preserved. For some of these poorly educated people, the work of mining rocks is the best alternative to meeting the economic needs of the household. Income obtained from mining rock ranges from 2-4 million IRD per month.

scholarly journals Nine Recommendations for the Safety on Road both of the People and the Traffic Police

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Madhur Dev Bhattarai
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Road Accident ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Occupational Hazards ◽  
Traffic Police ◽  
The Road ◽  
The People ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Injured Patients

Safety of people and traffic police on road and the provision of prompt and appropriate treatment of injured persons in road accident are urgent concerns. The nine recommendations accordingly made are 1) Considering anyone who informs about or brings to the hospitals the accident victims as innocent until proved otherwise, 2) Annual payment by all vehicle owners (as per the cost of vehicles) to generate treatment fund for any road accident injured patients in the free general (not paying or private or extended health service) outdoor or emergency clinics or ward of the public hospitals irrespective of anyone’ fault in the accident (insurance or other agencies may be assigned to handle the amount deposited and reimbursement of the payments to the hospitals), 3) Implementation of helmet wearing by motorcycle riders and pillion riders in motorcycles, 4) Stricter fine for hazardous traffic offenses, 5) Drivers of the larger vehicles should not automatically be held responsible for any accidents involving other smaller vehicles (to prevent smaller vehicles and motorcycles to drive recklessly), 6) Drivers should not be just held responsible to bear health expenses of injured patients (which is much more than the compensation required in the event of death of injured persons); this is to encourage drivers to take injured persons immediately to hospitals and prevent inclination to allow their deaths indirectly or directly; the drivers should be proportionately fined or punished as per the traffic regulations if they are found to be negligent, 7) Safe and visible platform for the traffic police to stay on the road, 8) Provision of cost-effective respirators for traffic police and traffic supervisors, and 9) Compensation for occupational hazards to the traffic police and field traffic supervisors by distributing to them adequate proportion (e.g. one-third to one-half) of the fund collected by stricter fine paid for the hazardous traffic offences. Provision of various allowances, including for hazards, and benefits is a common practice in the country. Compensation for the occupational hazards of the traffic police provides incentives to and motivates them to remain vigilant about hazardous traffic offenses day and night everywhere and, thus, is essential for the safety of the people.   

Analysis on the Problems and Measures to the Construction Project Cost Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 971-973 ◽  
pp. 2458-2461
Author(s):  
Zhao Xia Ma ◽  
Guang Cai Yan
Keyword(s):  
Cost Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Cost ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
The People ◽  
Management Concept ◽  
Construction Project Cost ◽  
Existent Problem ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Information Technology Application

To survive and prosper in a more competitive construction market nowadays, a company must strengthen the cost management of construction project. This paper expounds the present situation of the construction project cost management, existent problem in the process of the construction project cost management. Countermeasure analysis of perfecting the construction project cost management is discussed in respect to the management concept and method, information technology application, the people-oriented and sustainable concept of development.

Do Americans View Financial Threats as Important Political Issues?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Seth Levine
Keyword(s):  
Time Series Data ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The People ◽  
National Election Study ◽  
The Cost

This chapter describes in greater detail the objective situation facing Americans in four major areas of financial threats: job insecurity, healthcare costs, retirement, and the cost of college. It analyzes the politics of such threats among the mass public. It examines the extent to which the people who consider such issues important are facing them in their own daily lives, as opposed to a situation in which their concerns are reflective of what others are facing. The data for this chapter are drawn from several sources, including time series data from Gallup beginning in the early 1950s as well as American National Election Study data from the past three decades that (broadly) match the time frame in which the objective situation in these four areas has become more insecure.

A Sermon on the National Fast-Day

2012 ◽  
pp. 165-177
Author(s):  
Sabato Morais
Keyword(s):  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Book Of Isaiah ◽  
Introductory Section ◽  
The People ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Made In

This chapter takes a look at a sermon by Sabato Morais. Its structure is fairly straightforward. An introductory section focuses on what may appear to be a relatively minor issue but was apparently one that Morais considered to be of symbolic significance: the wording of the presidential proclamation of the national fast-day (made in response to a request by the Senate, possibly in response to the Southern day of prayer on 27 March). The body of the sermon presents two major themes. The first is introduced by the celebrated verses from the fifty-eighth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in which the prophet, speaking in God's behalf, castigates the people for the insincerity of their observance of a day of fasting and prayer. The chapter then turns to the second major theme: the repudiation of a dishonourable, ignominious peace that would come at the cost of dissolution of the American body politic.

scholarly journals Optimal Control of Virus Spread under Different Conditions of Resources Limitations

Information ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Paolo Di Giamberardino ◽  
Daniela Iacoviello
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Control ◽  
Cost Function ◽  
Virus Spread ◽  
Human Virus ◽  
Positive Diagnosis ◽  
Control Actions ◽  
The People ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Instantaneous Control

The paper addresses the problem of human virus spread reduction when the resources for the control actions are somehow limited. This kind of problem can be successfully solved in the framework of the optimal control theory, where the best solution, which minimizes a cost function while satisfying input constraints, can be provided. The problem is formulated in this contest for the case of the HIV/AIDS virus, making use of a model that considers two classes of susceptible subjects, the wise people and the people with incautious behaviours, and three classes of infected, the ones still not aware of their status, the pre-AIDS patients and the AIDS ones; the control actions are represented by an information campaign, to reduce the category of subjects with unwise behaviour, a test campaign, to reduce the number of subjects not aware of having the virus, and the medication on patients with a positive diagnosis. The cost function considered aims at reducing patients with positive diagnosis using as less resources as possible. Four different types of resources bounds are considered, divided into two classes: limitations on the instantaneous control and fixed total budgets. The optimal solutions are numerically computed, and the results of simulations performed are illustrated and compared to put in evidence the different behaviours of the control actions.

scholarly journals Comparison of Two Different Orthodontic Bracket Recycling Techniques

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Adith Venugopal ◽  
Harsh Tejani ◽  
Paolo Manzano ◽  
Ronaldo G Vergara
Keyword(s):  
Orthodontic Treatment ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Orthodontic Bracket ◽  
Sand Blasting ◽  
The People ◽  
Bond Strengths ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Bracket Base

Introduction: The cost of orthodontic treatment in most of the industrialized countries may considerably differ from those in third world countries. The lesser cost of orthodontic treatment, high pricing of orthodontic inventory and poor economic conditions of the people strengthen the notion of ‘recycling’ even more.Objectives: To compare the shear bond strengths of .022 slot pre-adjusted edgewise brackets with conventional mesh base design recycled by two different chair-side techniques, one being flaming/heating and other being sandblasting.Materials & Method: The sample involved eighty extracted human premolars with .022 slot pre-adjusted edgewise brackets (Orcmo, USA) bonded onto the lingual surface. After initial de-bonding the bracket base was studied under a scanning electron microscope at different magnifications for aperture size, mesh continuity and surface roughness. The brackets were re-bonded on to the labial surface of the same premolars and then debonded using a Universal Testing Machine to produce a shear force at the tooth bracket interface.Result: The study showed highest bond strengths with the control group (111.52 ± 49.90 N) and least bond strengths with the heating/flaming group (63.71 ± 22.43 N). Reduced aperture dimensions and loss of mesh continuity were characteristics of the Heating group. Sand Blasting showed significantly higher bond strengths (100.42 ± 39.42 N) with considerably rougher mesh surface texture compared to heating group.Conclusion: Sand blasting as a mode to reconditioned orthodontic bracket base provides a higher shear bond strength compared to orthodontic brackets reconditioned by heating/ flaming (p< .01).

scholarly journals Efektivitas Dakwah melalui Program Kuliah Subuh di Muhammadiyah Kota Gorontalo

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andries Kango ◽  
Jefri Jefri
Keyword(s):  
External Evaluation ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
The People ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
Modern Context ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The City ◽  
Efficient Work

<p><em>Abstract</em><br /><em>Da'wah needs to be developed in a systematic, systematic, planning, organizing, directing, and supervising process, which in the modern context is called Da'wah management. One of the da'wah activities is the dawn lecture organized by Muhammadiyah Gorontalo City. The organization certainly aims to achieve better results and not fail. Therefore it needs to be well organized. On this basis the researchers conducted research related to the effectiveness of da'wah through the dawn lecture program organized by Muhammadiyah Gorontalo City. This research is a descriptive qualitative study using a da'wah approach, sociology and management. Data collection techniques are done through observation, interviews and documentation. While the validity of the data uses triangulation techniques. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the da'wah process in the Muhammadiyah dawn lecture program in Gorontalo City, and to find out the supporting and inhibiting factors of this program. The results of the study that preaching through the dawn lecture program in the City of Gorontalo Muhammadiyah based on the Qur'an and Hadith. The program has a planning flow that is deliberating in forming an effective and efficient work program, organizing in accordance with the organizational structure in general, there are two parts in the preaching of dawn lectures in the Muhammadiyah City of Gorontalo, namely internal and external, evaluation in general a process for determining or making decisions to what extent program objectives have been achieved. The inhibiting factors are only found in unfavorable weather and difficult to find addresses, because the people who ask are different so the addresses are different. The supporting factors are the commitment of the organizers of the Gorontalo City Muhammadiyah organization, the members of the dawn lecture itself and the cost / funds, as well as from the local government.</em></p><p><em>Keywords: Da'wa, management functions, Muhammadiyah.</em></p><p> </p><p>Abstrak</p><p>Dakwah perlu dikembangkan dengan proses perencanaan, pengorganisasian, penyusunan, pengarahan dan pengawasan yang sudah ditetapkan terlebih dahulu secara sistematis, yang dalam konteks modern dinamakan manajemen dakwah. Aktivitas dakwah salah satunya yakni kuliah subuh yang diselenggarakan oleh Muhammadiyah Kota Gorontalo. Organisasi tentu bertujuan mencapai hasil yang lebih baik dan tidak gagal. Oleh karena itu perlu terorganisir dengan yang baik. Atas dasar ini peneliti melakukan penelitian terkait efektivitas dakwah melalui program kuliah subuh yang diadakan oleh Muhammadiyah Kota Gorontalo. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan menggunakan pendekatan dakwah, sosiologi dan manajemen. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi, interview dan dokumentasi. Sedangkan keabsahan data mengunakan teknik triangulasi. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui keefektifan proses dakwah pada program kuliah subuh Muhammadiyah Kota Gorontalo, serta untuk mengetahui faktor pendukung dan penghambat program ini. Hasil penelitian bahwa dakwah melalui program kuliah subuh di Muhammadiyah Kota Gorontalo berdasarkan Al-Qur’an dan Hadits. Adapun program ini memiliki alur perencanaan yaitu bermusyawarah dalam membentuk program kerja yang efektif dan efisien, pengorganisasian sesuai dengan struktur organisasi pada umumnya, penggerakkan dalam dakwah kuliah subuh di Muhammadiyah Kota Gorontalo ada dua bagian yakni internal dan eksternal, evaluasi secara umum suatu proses untuk menentukan atau membuat keputusan sejauh mana tujuan program yang telah tercapai. Adapun factor penghambat hanya terdapat pada cuaca yang kurang mendukung dan alamat yang sulit untuk ditemukan, karena yang meminta orang berbeda sehingga alamat pun berbeda-beda. Adapun faktor pendukung terdapat pada komitmen para pengurus organisasi Muhammadiyah Kota Gorontalo, jamaah kuliah subuh itu sendiri dan biaya/dana, serta dari kalangan pemerintah setempat.</p><p>Kata kunci: Dakwah, fungsi manajemen, Muhammadiyah.</p>

scholarly journals Technology Growth in Shipping Industry: An Overview

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen Kumar Donepudi
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Shipping Industry ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
Global Business ◽  
New Thought ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Technology Growth

Being the backbone of the world economy, the shipping industry impacts the lives of many people directly and indirectly. It needs continuous innovation and the adoption of new thought processes to handle the ever-growing demands of materials and goods around the world. It faces several challenges such as compliance with the environmental regulations and laws, changes in the global business models, the complexity of operations and management, risks and hazards to the people and the assets, and the cost of adopting new changes. This study highlights the benefits of greater collaboration with partners, more automation of manual processes, and higher productivity and capacity to handle future loads.  

scholarly journals Reformasi zakat pertanian (Studi di dusun Jeblok desa Brudu kecamatan Sumobito kabupaten Jombang)

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-203
Author(s):  
Ilham Thohari ◽  
Moh. Makmun
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Law ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Rice Fields ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Interesting Phenomenon ◽  
Application Of Law ◽  
Agriculture Land ◽  
The People ◽  
The Cost

This research was motivated by the reveal of the phenomenon in Jeblok, Brudu Village, Sumobito District, Jombang Regency. In this village, the people object to the level of agricultural zakah that has to pay regarding the high costs of cultivating rice fields. It is interesting phenomenon whereas this village has a wide agriculture land for about 47, 48 acres. This was field research by using descriptive-analytic methods. This type of research was qualitative by applying a comparative approach between the case approach and the conceptual approach and the Maqashid Shari'ah approach. The results showed that the potential of agricultural zakat in Jeblok, Brudu Village, Sumobito District, Jombang Regency is very large. However, farmers argue about levels of agricultural zakah that must be paid. They feel that 5% and 10% are too burdensome because of the high cost of processing rice fields. Therefore, the people demand equal tariff between agriculture zakah level and trade zakah because both require capital to manage. In this case Islamic law is sociological-anthropocentric which is very concerned with aspects of the application of law within the scope of society. In general, the nature of Islamic law is elastic and not rigid, so that tariffs or levels of agricultural zakat which are very expensive (5% or 10%) can be changed to be more affordable for the community. Therefore, through the maqashid shari'ah approach, the level of agriculture zakah can be set into 2.5% following the level of zakah trade after deducting the cost of cultivating rice fields.

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