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With e-extension organizations can contact farmers through their mobile devices
Digital agriculture technologies, then, increase the advantage of large commercial farms and perpetuate certain data-legible decisions. In the Global South, digital agriculture more often takes the form of e-extension. Conventionally, agricultural extension consists of field workers, on behalf of the state or development organizations, visiting farmers to educate them on better practices.This digitalization enables new actors,…
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The effort to create and implement this new regulatory framework is widespread
The regulations also seek to simplify administrative processes and increasing the transparency of regulations and policies.For example, during the last stage of WTO negotiation, each ministry formed its leading group or committee to work on all of the laws and regulations under its jurisdiction. These committees typically were comprised of decision makers and experts who…
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Changes in the legal status of farm workers also affected the U.S. farm labor force
Several new U.S. laws and additional funding for border enforcement made crossing more difficult: the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the USA Patriot Act of 2002, the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of…