Cultivated agriculture in areas where potential water use by plants exceeds growing season precipitation (Stewart et al., 2006). Water deficiency is the primary limitation to plant production in dryland farming.
Cultivated agriculture in areas where potential water use by plants exceeds growing season precipitation (Stewart et al., 2006). Water deficiency is the primary limitation to plant production in dryland farming.
A deficiency of precipitation that results in a water shortage for some activity.
The infliction of physical, sexual, and/or emotional injury on a member or members of one’s family or household.
The allocation of domestic chores within the home, specifically unpaid labor as performed by spouses.
Steps taken to create awareness, increase safety and lessen negative consequences of a disaster.
The generation of jobs, income and wealth to improve the quality of life of community residents.
Mobilizing underutilized local resources to enhance the quality of life of community residents.
Geographic areas characterized by extreme climatic conditions including very low precipitation and temperature extremes with great diurnal and seasonal variability.
Relying on others to meet one’s needs due to socioeconomic limitations or personal inabilities in providing for oneself.
The branch of the United States Government that is directed “to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur” (National Priorities Project, 2007).
The organization and provision of services, including health education and promotion, to meet the preventive, acute, chronic and long-term oral health needs of a population.
The dispersion or delegation of decision-making authority and management to more than one person or decision-making body;
Foods made from milk. This article discusses milk composition and the processing techniques by which dairy products are made. Some of these dairy products include fluid milk, cheese, frozen desserts, butter, dry milk, yogurt, condensed milk products and byproducts.
A specialized type of agricultural business where fluid milk is the principal source of family income.
Born in Flint, Michigan, in 1861, Durant left high school before graduating to become a traveling cigar salesman.
Founded by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (1771–1834) in 1802, the company began as a manufacturer of gunpowder.
Duke was born near Durham, North Carolina, to Washington and Artelia Roney Duke. He received his basic education in local academies and attended the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Born in Devonshire, England, to a prominent family with landed interests in the West Indies, Duer was educated at Eton College and commissioned as an ensign in the British army.
Peter Ferdinand Drucker was born in Vienna, Austria- Hungary, on November 19, 1909, the son of a prominent lawyer and civil servant. After receiving his secondary education in 1927, he pursued advanced studies at the Universities of Hamburg and Frankfurt, Germany.
A major securities dealer and underwriter in the 1980s, best known for introducing, underwriting, and trading high-yield, or junk, bonds.
Born in Philadelphia, Drexel’s father was Francis M. Drexel, a prominent city banker from a wellknown Catholic family. Anthony joined the family firm at age 13 as an apprentice and was made a partner in 1847.
Born in Carmel, New York, Drew became the best-known and most feared stock trader of his era.
The first stock market index devised and widely used in the United States.
Founded by Herbert H. Dow (1866–1930), chemist and horticulturist, in Midland, Michigan, in 1897, the company is the second-largest chemical company in the United States.
