High-technology exports by country
Country High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) Solomon Islands 87.4 Vanuatu 53.97 Malta 47.23 Philippines 46.35 Singapore 45.16 Malaysia 43.39
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Agriculture
Neolithic agriculture
Areas where Agriculture had been discovered independently of outside influences
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Cattle stock by country
Cattle, or cows (female) and bulls (male), are the most prevalent type of large domesticated ungulates animals. Cattle were domesticated from as few as 80 ancestors in central Anatolia, Levant, and Iran about 10.5 thousand years ago. Nowadays, cattle are usually raised as livestock for meat and milk. Sometimes they are used as riding and draft animals.
Read More17 countries and 4 regions opt out of EU GM crop approvals
Via greenpeace.org
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The Geography of Global Cropland Expansion
We’ve converted over 100 million hectares to cropland since 2000, but the expansion is happening in some surprising places. This map shows where agriculture is claiming the planet’s surface, and how much land different foods actually require.
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