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Global industry, local innovation the history of cane sugar production in Australia, 1820-1995 / by Griggs, P. D. (Peter D.)

Table of Contents: “…An introduction -- Sugar cane and the production of sugar -- pt. 1. 1788 to 1863 : beginnings -- Intermittent attempts at sugar production -- The rise of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company -- pt. 2. 1864 to 1914 : becoming established -- The spread of sugar cane cultivation -- The production unit : planters, central millers, and small farmers -- Science and the canegrowers -- The milling sector -- Competing for the sugar basin : refiners, merchants, and the Australian sugar market -- pt. 3. 1915 to 1995 : expansion, export-orientated, and regulated -- A regulated expansion -- Growing the crop : cultivation methods, implements, and plant nutrition -- Managing water -- Breeding and improving cane varieties -- Combatting pests -- Defeating cane diseases -- Harvesting and transport of cane -- Regulating and modernising the milling sector -- The refining, marketing, and pricing of sugar.…”
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The Black Panther Party service to the people programs /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the Black Panther Party survival programs -- Intercommunal Youth Institute -- Community Learning Center -- Son of Man Temple -- Seniors Against a Fearful Environment (SAFE) -- People's free medical research health clinics -- Sickle-Cell Anemia Research Foundation -- People's Free Ambulance Service -- Free Breakfast for Schoolchildren Program -- Free Food Program -- Black Student Alliance -- Landbanking -- People's Free Employment Program -- Intercommunal News Service -- People's Cooperative Housing Program -- Child Development Center -- People's Free Shoe Program -- People's Free Clothing Program -- Free Plumbing and Maintenance Program -- People's Free Pest Control Program -- The Black Panther Party's ten-point program : March 29, 1972 platform -- Legal Aid and Educational Program -- Organizing a people's campaign -- Black Panther Party position paper on the elimination of the offices of president and vice president -- Songs by Elaine Brown and poetry by Ericka Huggins -- Emory Douglas : art for the people's sake -- Revolutionary suicide / by Huey P. …”
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The African food system and its interaction with human health and nutrition

Table of Contents: “…Fuller Torrey -- How AIDS epidemics interact with African food systems and how to improve the response / Stuart Gillespie -- Pest management, farmer incomes and health risks in Sub-Saharan Africa : pesticides, host plant resistance and other measures / Rebecca Nelson -- Nutrition and the environment : fundamental to food security in Africa / Anna Herforth -- Food safety as a bridge between the food system and human health in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dorothy Nakimbugwe and Kathryn J. …”
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