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The Government of India agrees that it will take all possible measures to prevent the resale or transshipment to other countries or the use for other than domestic purposes ( except where such resale, transshipment or use is specifically approved by the Government of the United States of America ), of the surplus agricultural commodities purchased pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and to assure that the purchase of such commodities does not result in increased availability of these or like commodities for export from India.
Prior to the 1950s, Alberta was a primarily agricultural economy, based on the export of wheat, beef, and a few other commodities.
These activists also point out that heavy subsidization of developed nations ' agriculture and the aggressive use of export subsidies by some developed nations to make their agricultural products more attractive on the international market are major causes of declines in the agricultural sectors of many developing nations.
Bunge & Born's near-monopoly on cereal and flour exports ended with populist President Juan Perón's 1946 establishment of the IAPI, a state agricultural purchasing and export agent.
The country's economic development was successively marked by the export of first agricultural produce, then saltpeter and later copper.
The original idea of his then Minister of Finance, Rudolf Hommes, was that the country should import agricultural products in which it was not competitive, like maize, wheat, cotton and soybeans and export the ones in which it had an advantage, like fruits and flowers.
Of the Maritime provinces, only Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were initially party to the BNA Act, Prince Edward Island's reluctance, combined with a booming agricultural and fishing export economy having led to that colony opting not to sign on.
In the agricultural sector, Ecuador is a major exporter of bananas ( first place worldwide in production and export ), flowers, and the eighth largest producer of cocoa.
These range from specific market access issues and difficulties for businesses facing a highly regulated and complex system through to restrictions in the export of agricultural goods ( potatoes ) and fishery products because they do not conform with EU quality norms.
Many other economic activities depend on agriculture, including marketing, processing, and export of agricultural products.
This agricultural arm of the government also harvests gold for export sales.
Over the past several years, tourism and exports of textiles, apparel, and nontraditional agricultural products such as winter vegetables, fruit, and cut flowers have boomed, while more traditional exports such as sugar, bananas, and coffee continue to represent a large share of the export market.
The goals of the agreement were to improve market access for agricultural products, reduce domestic support of agriculture in the form of price-distorting subsidies and quotas, eliminate over time export subsidies on agricultural products and to harmonize to the extent possible sanitary and phytosanitary measures between member countries.
Although many Haitians make their living through subsistence farming, Haiti also has an agricultural export sector.
After 1950 Honduran governments encouraged agricultural modernization and export diversification by spending heavily on transportation and communications infrastructure, agricultural credit, and technical assistance.
While the total value of export merchandise fell in 1990 and 1991 and had still not recovered in 1993 to its 1989 level, the overall agricultural sector output has grown somewhat because of growth in the sale of winter vegetables and shrimp.
Sales of refrigerated meat were the third or fourth highest source of export earnings in the mid-1980s, but like other Honduran agricultural products, beef yields were among the lowest in Central America.
This came about as a result of the rapid decline in the size of the British garrison from the mid-3rd century onwards ( thus freeing up more goods for export ), and because of ‘ Germanic ’ incursions across the Rhine, which appear to have reduced rural settlement and agricultural output in northern Gaul.
This allows developed countries to be able to export their agricultural products at extraordinarily low prices.
During the period 1850-1890 Sweden witnessed a veritable explosion in its export sector, with agricultural crops, wood and steel being the three dominating categories.
Until the 19th century, cider was the largest agricultural export with up to a quarter of the agricultural land given over to orchards.

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The political scene in Uruguay became split between two parties: the conservative Blancos ( Whites ) headed by Manuel Oribe, representing the agricultural interests of the countryside ; and the liberal Colorados ( Reds ) led by Fructuoso Rivera, representing the business interests of Montevideo.
The Colorados were led by Fructuoso Rivera and represented the business interests of Montevideo ; the Blancos were headed by Manuel Oribe, who looked after the agricultural interests of the countryside and promoted protectionism.
In April 1921, speaking before a special joint session of Congress which he had called, Harding argued for peacemaking with Germany and Austria, emergency tariffs, new immigration laws, regulation of radio and trans cable communications, retrenchment in government, tax reduction, repeal of wartime excess profits tax, reduction of railroad rates, promotion of agricultural interests, a national budget system, an enlarged merchant marine and a department of public welfare.
Chirac quickly earned a reputation as a champion of French farmers ' interests, and first attracted international attention when he assailed U. S., West German, and European Commission agricultural policies which conflicted with French interests.
The tariffs favored northern manufacturing interests over southern agricultural concerns.
His goal, therefore, was to unite these groups in the Democratic Party, and to dedicate that party to states ' rights and agricultural interests as barriers against encroachment by government and big business.
They believed this centralization of power away from local banks was dangerous to a sound monetary system and was mostly to the benefit of business interests in the commercial north, not southern agricultural interests, arguing that the right to own property would be infringed by these proposals.
The Belgian government continued to rely on the Tutsi power structure for administering the country, although they became more directly involved in extended its interests into education and agricultural supervision.
In addition to its petroleum marketing interests, Gulf was a major producer of petrochemicals, plastics, and agricultural chemicals.
Though there were no human casualties, agricultural interests lost approximately $ 59 million.
Samuel Allerton also owned the land which later became the Robert Allerton Park, farther west in the Monticello, Illinois area ; Robert was Samuel's son who oversaw his father's agricultural interests in Illinois.
Most residents either work directly with agricultural interests, or commute to Columbus, Nebraska ( approximately 14 miles to the east ) to work.
* Northumberland Estates, which manages the Duke of Northumberland's agricultural, forestry and property interests.
The area was also part of the Klamath Basin water crisis pitting agricultural interests against endangered species water requirements, tribal interests, and environmentalists.
There are important agricultural interests in the region.
Always a man of moody and mercurial character, Blaxland devoted his colonial activities almost entirely to the pursuit of his agricultural and viticultural interests.
In the meantime, the powerful majority in the Second Chamber split into two groups-the new " Lantmanna " party, which approved protection in the interests of agricultural classes ; and a somewhat smaller group, the old " Lantmanna " party, which favored free trade.
In retirement, Thomson also pursued his interests in agricultural science and beekeeping.
U. S. Vice President-Elect Henry Wallace, who was instrumental in persuading the Rockefeller Foundation to work with the Mexican government in agricultural development, saw Avila Camacho's ambitions as beneficial to U. S. economic and military interests.

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Economies became centered around agricultural manors where warrior-landlords, the Medieval nobility, collected rent from their serfs in the form of their produce.
Most of Japanese society during this period was agricultural in nature and centered around villages.
Originally a small agricultural town ( primarily citrus orchards ) centered around the intersection of Arrow Highway and Bonnie Cove Avenue, population growth greatly expanded the area recognized as " Charter Oak ".
The city of Greenfield is centered in one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world.
The town has always been a predominately rural town and most of the business and industry over the years has been centered around the area's agricultural heritage, mainly the poultry industry.
Ōita Prefecture's industrial activity is centered on agricultural products.
The economy was inevitably badly affected by the war, but historically it has centered on agricultural activities and craftworks produced by the city's traditional craftsmen — coppersmiths, goldsmiths, slipper makers, leather tanners, saddle makers, etc.
* The National FFA Organization, an American youth organization previously known as " Future Farmers of America " and centered around agricultural pursuits, but now known by its initials.
Poorly industrialized, Formosa's economy is based on cattle and agricultural activities like cotton and fuit cultivation, these mostly centered in the Patino, Pilagás and Pilcomayo departments.
Several important agricultural establishments are centered in the region of Minga Guazú which is home of the Guarani International Airport.
In particular, the city has two campuses, one centered on medical sciences, including a school of medicine and veterinarian sciences, and one of agricultural sciences.
He moved the company's service away from an agricultural dependence on tobacco and cotton and centered its efforts on diversifying traffic and industrial development.
Nowadays, while there is still some agricultural activity, most economic activity is centered around local towns.
Much of its past agricultural productivity derives from the Roman-built irrigation system which centered on the Band-e Kaisar, the first dam bridge in Iran.
A rural agricultural area, Primero de Marzo is centered in a region well known for its high-quality production of petitgrain ( orange essence ) from the bitter orange tree ( citrus aurantium ).
The community is agricultural in character, with a population of 649 at the 2010 census, but also has a strong recreational element centered on its four lakes.

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