#AGRICULTURE

Stats SA

StatsSA

[Thread] South Africa’s unemployment rate increase by 1,0 percentage point to 30,1% in Q1:2020 compared to Q4:2019. The unemployment rate usually increases between Q4 and Q1 each year. Read more

Darragh Wynne

darrwynne

So, there are some claims in here that need a bit of debunking.THREADhttps://twitter.com/MHealyRae/status/1384591229464334338 1. MHR says: "I am not a climate change denier."He acknowledges the climate is changing but clearly

Alison Croggon

alisoncroggon

A reminder: culture is worth 5% of the GDP, $111billion. More than agriculture. The arts are central to culture and alone are worth $4.8billion. They employ hundreds of thousands of

Lucy Delap

suff66

I've spent the last few days going through documents photographed in better days @UkNatArchives, revealing a treasury of info on the working lives of disabled people. Fascinating to learn that

Heidi Janes

heidi_am

To me, if you’re a Newfoundlander or Labradorian simply desiring to make this a better place for everyone to live, you’re eligible to vote for our next premier. What’s the

Jonathan Majin

Jonathan10majin

This year has taught me a lot about the importance of...Need based business A thread People have different criteria for what a need based business is, but for me it’s

Tamara Qiblawi

tamaraqiblawi

(1) A thread on #Lebanon and why the country's successful coronavirus response could have pressed the accelerator button on its revolution. Yes, this is a hopeful message despite the economic

Dr Charlie Gardner

CharlieJGardner

Important piece from @GeorgeMonbiot - of course climate change is driven by overconsumption in the rich world, not overpopulation in the majority worldBut he makes another, often forgotten point... (1/n)https://www.theguardian.com/commentis

Paul Bohm

paulbohm

My notes on The Story of Civilization, Volume 1, Chapter 2: The Economic Elements of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant. In one sense the “savage” too is civilized: He

diamartist

diamartist

I firmly believe the future of humanity is in space, similar to the aspirations of the great Bolshevik and Soviet Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (of the rocket equation fame). A future of

Retson Tedheke

retsonbiz

#EATTHATSTONE: DEM SAY Nigeria Rice Get Stones. Abeg Eat The Stones. The Chinese Ate Their Stones 40yrs Ago & Look At How They Have Upgraded. The Americans Ate Their Stones

Nanci Guest PhD, RD, CSCS

NanciGuestRDPhD

Meat is not essential. Why are we killing for it? Letting the monstrous factory farm system fail would allow safer, more just & sustainable models of agriculture to gain a

RIP BREONNA TAYLOR

tyrathetaurus

to expand on this, we grow enough crops, have enough land and water to supply the current population PLUS an EXTRA 4 BILLION people.capitalism & animal agriculture are a part

Gabrielle Chan

gabriellechan

Thanks @Austolypin for your review of Losing The Farm. This was the beginning of my thought process for a larger project on Aus ag+food. https://meanjin.com.au/essays/losing-the-farm/ Long #thread 1 Essay was

The Berks🔥

TheBerks100

Funny how people living outside Odisha say he is a great CM, best CM in India and all. He is in seat for last 20 years. He enjoyed a stable

No One 🇺🇸

tweettruth2me

Dear Coronavirus Alarmist: Here’s a little reminder from history. The Great Depression caused a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging farm incomes & lost opportunities for economic