plant
... of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former ...
www.exxun.com/World/b_mp.html
plantains
bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc (tapioca), tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fish
www.exxun.com/Angola/e_ec.html
plantains
bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; balsa wood; fish, shrimp
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/e_ec.html
plantains
asparagus, coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, corn, plantains, grapes, oranges, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products; fish, guinea pigs
www.exxun.com/Peru/e_ec.html
plantains
sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens
www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/e_ec.html
plantains
paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels, coconuts, plantains, peanuts; beef, chickens; shrimp; forest products
www.exxun.com/Suriname/e_ec.html
plantation
... gradually exterminated and replaced by African slaves. England seized the island in 1655 and established a plantation economy based on sugar, cocoa, and coffee. The abolition of slavery in 1834 freed a ...
www.exxun.com/Jamaica/a_fg.html
plantation
... century, but it finally was confirmed as a British possession in 1783. The island's sugar plantation economy was converted to small farm landholdings in the mid 19th century. Much of this ...
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plantation
... sugar-based economy gave way to coffee and cocoa in the 19th century - all grown with plantation slave labor, a form of which lingered into the 20th century. While independence was achieved ...
www.exxun.com/SaoTomeandPrincipe/a_fg.html
plantation
... processing, textiles and apparel, food and beverages, port construction, telecommunications, and insurance and banking. In 2006, plantation crops made up only about 15% of exports (compared with more than 90% in 1970 ...
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plantations
... succeeded by the English who formed a colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British ...
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plantations
... The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent ...
www.exxun.com/Barbados/a_fg.html
plantations
... 9,000 UN forces (UNOCI) in Cote d'Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to work in Ivorian cocoa plantations
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/i_ti.html
plantations
... Ivorians in and out of the country as well as driven out migrants from neighboring states who worked in Ivorian cocoa plantations; Ivorian rebels reportedly hide along the borders of neighboring states
www.exxun.com/Cote_d_Ivoire/i_ti.html
plantations
... next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves were imported to work the coffee and sugar plantations, and Havana became the launching point for the annual treasure fleets bound for Spain from ...
www.exxun.com/Cuba/a_fg.html
plantations
... 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified) note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2006
www.exxun.com/Cuba/g_tr.html
plantations
Ghana struggles to accommodate returning nationals who worked in the cocoa plantations and escaped fighting in Cote d'Ivoire
www.exxun.com/Ghana/i_ti.html
plantations
... settlement of urban areas and the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations. This ethnocultural divide has persisted and has led to turbulent politics. Guyana achieved independence from ...
www.exxun.com/Guyana/a_fg.html
plantations
... Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to Ivorian cocoa plantations; UN sanctions ban Liberia from exporting diamonds and timber
www.exxun.com/Liberia/i_ti.html
plantations
note: most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board
www.exxun.com/Niue/e_ec.html
plantations
... was finally ceded to the UK in 1814. Even after the abolition of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an agricultural island, dedicated to producing tropical commodity crops. Self ...
www.exxun.com/SaintLucia/a_fg.html
plantations
total: 5,978 km narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006)
www.exxun.com/Sudan/g_tr.html
planted
... in irrigated oases and large gas and oil resources. One-half of its irrigated land is planted in cotton; formerly it was the world's 10th-largest producer. Poor harvests in recent ...
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