Chapter 1.1, Problem II.3E

Please assist with the questions at he end thanks. FAO-Funded Aquaponics Project Launched In Barbados Barbados GIS – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has collaborated with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, and local business Adams Aquafarms, on a project to train persons in aquaponics. Aquaponics is a sustainable way of integrating land-based fish farming with plant production. Both are placed in a tank, and the set up allows for them to coexist, with the waste produced by the fish fertilizing the plants, while the plants purify the water for the fish. The training, funded by the FAO, will take place at a demonstration facility, located at Adams Aquafarms, Hopewell, St. Thomas. The FAO is currently targeting 30 entrepreneurs and 10 teachers. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, believes the project will be “transformative”, as it has the potential to empower Barbadians. “In aquaponics, you have the opportunity…

In 2013, the then Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites, unknown to him, caused me to reconsider more deeply my decision to pursue teacher education. This period of doubt and uncertainty came on the heels of his announcement that, at the time, there were more teachers than the number of vacancies in public schools. Nine years later, however, Jamaica, like other nations worldwide, is experiencing a catastrophic exodus and shortage of teachers. The current Minister of Education Fayval Williams recently expressed that over 167 teachers have resigned their jobs since July 2022. Reports emanating from the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) indicate that over 400 teachers have left the island since the start of this year to take up employment elsewhere, and that more teachers are forecast to leave. This is perhaps the single largest migration of teachers that we have experienced as a nation within the last decade…   A good education system is central to the creation of a better future for…

Polaris Industries manufactures all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).  Since 1998, the company has turned out innovative products that have pushed it to the Number 2 spot in the industry against such tough competitors as No. 1 Honda Motor and Yamaha Motor.  What caused the growth of the company was its new CEO Tom Tiller, who left a promising career at GE to take the reins at Polaris.  Despite a growing national movement to highlight the environmental and safety problems posed by ATVs, the company is thriving.  Under Tiller's leadership, the company's net profits have grown from $31 million in 1997 to an estimated $135 million in 2005.  Supporting this program has been a series of innovations including the Ranger utility, which is a cross between a Jeep and a golf cart, and the Predator, an ATV aimed at both the sports and the recreation markets.The direct competition between Polaris, Honda, and Yamaha means the three companies have:   A. a high degree of cultural similarity   B.…