BISBEE — Arizona legislators were clued in to the terrifying effect that illegal drug and human smuggling has had on ranchers.

Tuesday, Arizona Cattle Growers Association members and ranchers from across the state painted a picture of crime gone wild on the lands they depend on for their livelihood. In memory of slain rancher Robert Krentz, they named their proposal ROB (Restore Our Border).
Association spokesperson Patrick Bray said Wednesday the meeting with the Senate Appropriations Committee went well and the speakers who told their experiences were well-received.

State Sen. Russell Pearce was one who listened to the stories of families afraid to go out after dark, of cattle found slaughtered and partially eaten, of beloved pets and ranch dogs shot, of thousands of dollars in destroyed fences; and numerous home burglaries and invasions.

“I was personally taken aback by the stories of our ranchers who live in fear every day of their lives. All across this state the stories are similar,” Pearce said in an interview. “People just didn’t know how bad it was.”

The association offered an 18-point plan that includes calling the National Guard to the border, beefing up the number of Border Patrol agents in the state, creating a new Border Patrol sector, establishing permanent forward operating bases and establishing cell phone and communication coverage for the eastern side of Cochise County and western New Mexico.

Gary Thrasher, a local veterinarian, said at the meeting, “The policies that our federal government have in place are inhumane, letting illegals travel through the desert for days before catching them. They need to be stopped at the border.”
Bray added, “The ROB plan is a common-sense approach to securing our border. We do not call for more legislation or unnecessary laws. We call for the politicians and government officials to take the necessary steps to enforce our laws and protect our fellow Arizonans. We must put the necessary manpower directly on the border to stop the foreign invasion. We must give law enforcement and the judicial system that ability to enforce every immigration law. We must provide our law enforcement with the proper funding and equipment to outsmart and outmaneuver the criminals.”

Pearce heard one rancher say 400 to 500 illegals cross his ranchlands daily. The fact that some ranchers would not give their names impressed upon him the fear that these rural residents feel for their safety.

But Pearce is no stranger to the crimes of illegal drug dealers and cartels. Phoenix has seen significant increases in crimes committed by and for the drug cartels. Fifty percent of the burglaries, home invasions and kidnappings are blamed on illegal immigrants.

http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2010/04/15/why-ranchers-fear-their-safety-and-what-lawmakers-want-do-about-it

I still think a neighbor shot and killed him. If you knew anything about the trafficking, they have lookouts and no one would ever have come in contact with that man. They avoid everyone.
Nice to see she thinks the drug cartel are such an outstanding organization and such a well ran organization that they never make mistakes, they never encounter anyone, it’s almost like the cartels have such Divine Powers they can make time stand still and travel through areas undetected and without worry and anything else that happens is someones elses fault but never the drug cartels or illegals

http://www.sigtarp.gov/reports/audit/2010/Factors%20Affecting%20the%20Decisions%20of%20General%20Motors%20and%20Chrysler%20to%20Reduce%20Their%20Dealership%20Networks%207_19_2010.pdf

Decisions on which car dealerships to close as part of the auto industry bailout — closures the Obama administration forced on General Motors and Chrysler — were based in part on race and gender, according to a report by Troubled Asset Relief Program Special Inspector General Neal M. Barofsky.

[D]ealerships were retained because they were recently appointed, were key wholesale parts dealers, or were minority- or woman-owned dealerships.

Thus, to meet numbers forced on them by the Obama administration, General Motors and Chrysler were forced to shutter other, potentially more viable, dealerships. The livelihood of potentially tens of thousands of families was thus eliminated simply because their dealerships were not minority- or woman-owned.

"Obama official, manufacturing czar and "Auto Team" leader Ron Bloom admitted that the dealerships could have been kept open, saving those jobs, "but that doing so would have been inconsistent with the President’s mandate for ‘shared sacrifice.’"

As has been widely reported, the Inspector General’s study skewered the Obama Gang for strong-arming the companies into closing 2,000 dealerships, costing an estimated 100,000 people their jobs during a recession.

Why ?

Records indicate that in 2008, Obama lost the vote totals in the nation’s 1,300 rural counties by nearly 80%.

Nevertheless, as Barofsky notes, "ultimately close to half of all of the GM dealerships identified for termination were in rural areas." Despite the fact that most of these were the only GM dealership in the area and had little competition.

Inspector General is an Obama appointee
Zodiac Man.. Can you READ ?

Almost all of GM dealerships were and are owned by white males. What are you complaining about? If the ownership and location, among other things, were considered as factors that seems fair.

microfinance which is to enhance rural livelihood, how is it helpful for society

Refers to institutions that specialize in making very small loans to very poor persons in developing countries. Instead of using collateral to assure repayment, these lenders harness social pressure within the borrower’s community. Originally done on a nonprofit basis, it is now being done increasingly by for-profit companies.

Helps poor farmers buy livestock, helps families create and maintain cottage industries, etc.

Kirc Foundation is a small registered NGO working on two major Big issues Education and Health in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrim [K.E.E.A] Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana.

Kirc Foundation believes on a principle that together we can build and give opportunities to organizations, donors and individuals who are willing to contribute and improve the livelihood of rural communities in Africa.

What do you need an organist for?

it is very difficult
people work for for ther daily needs as they man was working when he stone age in the forest

Although some Caribbean states went out of cane production many years ago, for the most part, the industry has flourished and sugar has remained the English-speaking Caribbean’s premier export crop bouyed by high prices and preferential trading arrangements first with the United Kingdom and then with the European community.
More recently, some sugar industries in the Caribbean have proved unviable as much larger global producers such as Brazil and Australia have begun to export and world marketing prices have declined. In response, in some of the region’s economies newer industries such as tourism have enabled Caribbean economies to diversify.
Despite this, sugar still plays a key role. In Jamaica, as many as 200,000 people (about 8% of the Jamaican population of 2.6 million) derive their livelihood directly or indirectly from the sugar industry. Sugar cane is grown in almost every single parish and nearly half of the land under permanent agricultural crops is in sugar cane. The industry also makes a vital contribution to Jamaica’s foreign exchange earnings bringing in excess of US$100 million each year in foreign exchange. Beyond this, sugar plays a significant role in maintainging rural enviroment. The planting of cane protects the soil from erosion and creates a habitat in which a wide range of Jamaican fauna is able to flourish.
Now much of this has to change. The decision by Europe to cut its preferential price over a three-year period as a result of a world trade organization ruling has led industries across the region to review their viability. Some such as St. Kitts have decided to move out of the production of raw sugar for export altogether. Others like Barbados are looking at adding value to their small industries through marketing of organic and branded speciality sugars.
Achieving the economies of scale that this transition requieres will be far from easy. It will require all the European support that has been promised and more. It will involve a significant investment in the modernization of the industry as well as the retraining of some personnel to enable them to migrate to other forms of agriculture or to the region’s fast expanding tourism sector.

Its fairly complex and will test the students, but its not overly hard and will encourage them to push their boundaries.

Any agency that is willing to support cassava planting as a livelihood in the rural areas of the Philippines like Pangasinan. and if you also know how much planting cassava just as a backyard business would cost approximately?

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is responsible for the re-integration of cassava production in the country.
the cost of cassava planting per hectares is about 10k pesos.
or, you may try to visit this website for more information about cassava production in Philippines.
www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/division/CRDMain/cassava.html

Despite the issue of racial segregation of black people in town there are still few people in South Africa permitted to racial mixing. In the city for instance, the white and black are working together in recording studios where in the black people are chosen pertaining to their talent to become an artist. It is an opportunity to reconize their music culture and also provide a livelihood for those poor people of the South Africa. Some group of people living in rural areas conduct a concerts where in black and white people performing traditional music of Africa together as duets using guitar and ethnic instruments such as mouth bow. In some area in the city, african people organize a competition for black male choir singing (isicatamiya), but their judge was white. This event will be a landmark for good relationship to avoid discrimination of race. We can also look on a different point of view that these black people inentionally used white man to be judge inorder for them to tell their feelings and sentiments on the issue of discrimination through music.

Despite the segregation of black people in town, there are still a few people in South Africa prone to racial mixing. In the city, for instance, the whites and blacks are working together in recording studios. The black people are chosen according to talent to become an artist. It is an opportunity to recognize their musical culture and also to provide a livelihood for the poor people of South Africa. Some groups of people living in rural areas conduct concerts where black and white people perform traditional African music in duets, using guitars and ethnic instruments such as the mouth bow.

In one area of the city, African people organized a competition for black male choir singing (isicatamiya), but their judge was white. This event will be a benchmark for good relations between the races. The black people may have intentionally used a white man as the judge in order to share their feelings on discrimination through music.

Journal article

Author: Faith, Rebecca
Article Title: Poverty, A History Of
Journal Title: Journal of Rural Studies
Year: 1996
Volume: 12
Issue: 2
Pgs: 212-214
ISSN: 0743-0167

Book

Authors: Brian Friedmann, Rebecca Coy, and Lilian Wilson (editors)
Title: Emergences: Gender struggles for livelihood in Latin America
Year: 1977
Publisher: UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of California
Publisher location: Los Angeles
Pgs: 207

Book chapter

Authors: Warner, Jens; Harris, Randal
Title: Narrative: Problems with Poverty in Third World Countries (pp. 39-58)
Book Title: Poverty and identity: Studies in self and culture…
Publisher location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Publisher: Daryl Benjamins Publishing Company.
Pgs: 307

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I just wanted to get your opinion on the following issue (and what you think about what they are planning on doing). I’ll post a link to the article so you can see the issue more in depth (what the article says is basically U.S.-based processors refuse to buy Canadian swine and cattle, so it will ultimately kill the producer’s in Canada, and it will threaten the livelihood of Canada’s rural economy). I just wanted to get your opinion on this issue if you were answering from a Canadians point of view:

Article: http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1479423

-thanks

Meat consumption is down worldwide, so I doubt that this law has been the only reason for the decline.

The point of the law is to give consumers a choice in their foodstuffs.. as some countries have far less stringent health & feeding requirements for their livestock than do the US or Canada.

It’s unfortunate that it causes this much red tape for our favorite neighbor, but with technology, I’m sure there are ways to streamline it.

I’m against rampant & forced globalization & very much like truth in labeling laws, especially concerning imports. I’d like the packaging to state which US state things were produced in, personally.