Fund Science for Farmers - раздел Философия, Social work: What is it? Учебное пособие
Madison, Wisconsin – Obesity And Hunger Coexist In The United...
Madison, Wisconsin – Obesity and hunger coexist in the United States. Farmers in China rebel against low prices and high taxes. India raises excess grain but leaves its people malnourished in protein. Consumers rebel against genetically modified foods in Europe, where pesticide and fertilizer use is ubiquitous and uncontroversial.
These are a few of the visible issues that swirl around world agriculture today. More profound but less visible an issue is world food security.
World population will grow in the next 30 years to 9 billion.
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Since 1960, as world population doubled, agriculture has performed a small miracle. For the first time in human history, increasing food production came not primarily from using more land for crops but from advances in science. Any future increases in production will likewise depend upon wise investments in science.
Philanthropic dollars are trickling in – from the Gates, Rockefeller, Kellogg and McKnight foundations, to name a few that work to improve nutrition by funding agricultural research.
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Should we be promoting, as many are, adoption by developing countries of industrialized methods that are failing at home?
I say “no”. We should apply programs that empower the people of developing countries to better feed themselves. Instead of food aid in crises, we should invest for the long haul in research that equips them to make decisions about agriculture that fit within their societies, environments and economies.
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Technologies used in agriculture, including genetics and genomics, are controversial. Today we understand the environmental damage caused by some of the very methods that were seen as solutions back then. And today we in the developed world lack the political will to invest in agricultural development for developing countries.
For all of these reasons, we must look to philanthropic foundations and others of vision and means to step up to this challenge. With their resources and broad commitment to a better quality of life throughout the world, they can provide the leadership and money that will again draw public interest – and, in time, governmental commitment – to investment in agricultural advances in the poorer nations.
These nations need strong public institutions for agriculture and significant additional investments in research.
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History shows the political consequences of hunger, disease and starvation in the human family. The scale of disaster that could result from agriculture’s failure in the less developed countries would far exceed anything we have experienced.
(By Robert M. Goodman, The Times, 2001).
13 Discuss the following questions in groups:
o Is there any connection between economic situation in the country and its social problems? Give examples.
o Does the political system have any influence on the social welfare policy and social programs of the country?
o What is the role of the governments of developing countries and the world community in solving social problems these countries face? What actions should they implement to improve the situation? What fields of life should be paid more attention to?
14 Use the information below and think which of these actions should be done by international communities or organizations and which by national governments? Back up your opinion.
International Communities and Organizations
National Governments
o To restore peace to countries engulfed by military and civil conflicts
o To tackle the AIDS crisis
o To stem the spread of malaria and tuberculosis
o To invest in human and physical capital
o To reduce poverty
o To improve access to education and health services
o To improve the infrastructure
o To use technological advances
o To endorse free market access for poor countries to industrial countries’ markets
o To phase out trade barriers
o To reduce agricultural subsidies
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А 235Social Work: What is it? Учебное пособие по английскому языку для
студентов гуманитарных факультетов и институтов, обучающихся по специальности 521100 «Социальная раб
Рецензенты
MA (Honours) Languages (Interpreting and Translating),
British Council Language Assistant (Tomsk)
Gemma Tracey
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Nature of the Work
Social work is a profession for those with a strong desire to help improve other people’s lives. Social workers help people to function the best way they can in their environme
Working Conditions and Earnings
Full-time social workers usually work a standard 40-hour week; however, some occasionally work evenings and weekends to meet with clients, attend community meetings an
Evaluation
1. What have you done in this unit?
2. What have you learnt from it?
3. What did you enjoy about it?
4. Have you any criticisms of it?
5. Have yo
Social Security Policy
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Hammarskjold, Dag; 1905-1961,
Swedish Statesman, Secretary-general of U.N.
The Politics of Reforming Social Security
Why is Social Security on the agenda for the first time in fifteen years? Why are policy makers considering modifying or replacing the program? Social Security was once such a
Disability
“Fear and prejudice are often based on ignorance and unfamiliarity.”
B. Barnes,
British Psychologist, Writer 20-th century
Acceptance
Needs vary but may include financial support, special educational facilities, sheltered employment, support, help in making social contacts,
The 1995 Disability Discrimination Act
In the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act ……1….is defined as long-term physical or mental ……2……..that substantially affects the ability to car
Education and care and support services
There are disadvantages and advantages of educating children and young disabled people in separate schools. A girl with restricted movement in one side tells how
Evaluation
1. What have you done in this unit?
2. What have you learnt from it?
3. What did you enjoy about it?
4. Have you any criticisms of it?
5. Have yo
Females Males
To be a man 30% 21%
To be a woman 59% 65%
5 Ask five women and five men outside the classroom the survey question and present your results to the class.
The Whiniest Generation
Yesterday, in the Costco Parking Lot, a seventysomething woman was trying to squeeze into a narrow spot in her not-so-narrow Cadillac. Between sudden whiplash l
Natural and Human Disasters and Disaster Relief
“The last few years have been the worst period on record for environmental disasters and experts are predicting far worse to come”.
P. Fuller,
Five Days Later, Rescuers Find a Sole Survivor
Rescuers pulled another .......1......... from the ruins on Wednesday as a vast domestic and international operation sought to help hundreds of thousands of people left ....
First Reactions
Even before the dust of the World Trade Center settled, people began reaching out to help. Donors lined up at blood banks around the country to give blood in the hope of helping survivors (unf
Struggling for balance in government reactions
The government too has struggled to balance compassion with fear. Immediately after September 11, hundreds of Middle Eastern ……1…. were arrested on visa violations and it was
Recovery from Traumatic Stress
It will take years to clear the minds of some of those who were witnesses, directly or not, to the terrorist attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
After experiencing a
Charity
“Donations go further when you give to groups that spend responsibility”.
N. Jacobe,
French Philosopher and Thinker, 20-th century
The Selfless Side of NBA All-Star HOOPLA
There are stories that don’t need an apology playing out this All-Star Weekend, stories that have to do with men who want to be here, stories of charity, humanity and even r
The practicalities.
Decide on the date, the time and the venue.
5. Prepare to present your ideas to the class following the structure given below:
a.
Charitable Appeals Policy
The BBC has always three primary purposes in mind in its broadcasting of appeals.
· The first is to raise money for good causes and, by extension, to encourage th
Organization of the United Nations
The purposes, principles, and the organization of the United Nations are outlined in the Charter. The ultimate goals of the United Nations, according to its Charter, are “to save succeeding ge
By with under for in to of at up
To look into some aspects of the future, we do not need projections …1… supercomputers. Much of the next millennium can be seen how we care …
Africans Are Ready for Bold Change, With Help
We at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund regard debt relief, especially for the poorest countries, as crucial to our mission of alleviating poverty. We have been working with n
Answer Keys
Unit1
Ex. 1
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
Ex. 8
1. d
2. e
3. a
4. f
5. b
6. c
Key Terms
Abnormality
the state of being different, especially in a way that is not desirable, from what is normal, ordinary or expected
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