ABACÁ

see Manila hemp.

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books on: AbacA  - 219 results

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Shadows on the Land: An Economic Geography of the Philippines
Book by Robert E. Huke; Bookmark, 1963
Subjects: Philippines--Economic Conditions--1918-
...SUGAR 296 XIV ABACA 322 XV THE TOBACCO...292 SUGAR-CANE: 1960 299 ABACA: 1903 340 ABACA: 1960 341 TOBACCO: 1960 358...
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Costa Rica: A Study in Economic Development
Book by Stacy May, Just Faaland, Albert R. Koch, Howard L. Parsons, Clarence Senior; G. Allen & Unwin, 1952
Subjects: Costa Rica--Economic Conditions
...about 13 million $2.3 million ; and abaca Manila hemp , 14 million $2.5 million...bear, occupied somewhat less acreage than abaca. Crops for Domestic Consumption...Fruit Company still has some cacao and abaca operations in the area. Guanacaste Province...
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American Economic Policy toward the Philippines
Book by Shirley Jenkins; Stanford University Press, 1954
Subjects: Philippines--Economic Policy, Philippines--Foreign Economic Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Economic Relations--Philippines
...the banks were in an excellent position, abaca and copra made up for the losses in sugar...in industrial development, like salt and abaca production, but the sums involved were...two countries revived -- iron ore, logs, abaca, copra being exchanged for textiles, iron...
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Economic Geography of Asia
Book by Daniel R. Bergsmark; Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1935
Subjects: Asia--Economic Conditions--1918-, Economic Geography
...of the cane; Sugar pro duction; Corn; Abaca; Tobacco; The agricultural out look...127. View of an abaca plantation in the southern part of the...Chief districts producing sugar cane and abaca 356 129...
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The Company They Kept: Migrants and the Politics of Gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870-1960
Book by Lara Putnam; University of North Carolina Press, 2002
Subjects: Blacks--Costa Rica--Puerto Limaon--Social Conditions, Migrant Agricultural Laborers--Costa Rica--Puerto Limaon--Social Conditions, Power (Social Sciences)--Costa Rica--Puerto Limaon--History, Puerto Limaon (Costa Rica)--Economic Conditions, Puerto Limaon (Costa Rica)--Social Conditions, Sex Role--Costa Rica--Puerto Limaon--History, United Fruit Company--Employees--Costa Rica--Puerto Limaon--Social Conditions, Women--Costa Rica--Puerto Limaon--Social Conditions
...Indian church congregation, Limon, ca. 1924 166 Workers loading abaca onto tram cars, Monte Verde plantation, Siquirres, 1945...Bananito, ca. 1900 181 Women hanking and grading abaca fiber in United Fruit Company plant at Monte Verde, 1945...
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journal articles on: AbacA  - 20 results

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Japanese Economic Activities in Sabah from the 1890s until 1941
Journal article by Sabihah Osman; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 29, 1998
Subjects: Emigration and immigration--Political aspects, Immigrants--Economic aspects, Japan--Social policy, Japanese in foreign countries--Economic aspects, Sabah, Malaysia--Economic aspects
...the land at Tawau was suitable for growing abaca, Orita also asked the immigrants to plant this crop. The abaca seedlings came from the Kuhara farm and...this problem, Orita advised them to plant abaca on a consignment basis for the Nissan and...
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Bandits, Banditry and Landscapes of Crime in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
Journal article by Greg Bankoff; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 29, 1998
Subjects: Crime--History, Criminals--History, Outlaws--History, Philippines--Crime
...land to the planting of export crops such as sugar, abaca and tobacco. The demand for arable land quickened...105) The economic dependence of the province on abaca cultivation and of the abaca industry on international commodity prices fled...
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Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor
Journal article by Timothy P. Barnard; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 37, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor (Book)--Book reviews
...general survey of the regions past, with entries highlighted in capital letters. The entries begin with William Wolters writing on abaca, and end with Ramses Amer on Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality. Each entry includes a very helpful list of references for...
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World War II and the Japanese in the Prewar Philippines
Journal article by Lydia N. Yu-Jose; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 27, 1996
Subjects: Greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere--Political aspects, Japan--Relations with Philippines, Japanese in Philippines--History, Philippines--History, World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects
...and then go home with their savings. When by the 1920s more abaca plantations were opened by Japanese entrepreneurs in Davao...The Furukawa Plantation Company took over a 2,300 hectare abaca plantation belonging to International Harvester, and land in...
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NEA 2000 Second Round Grants
Journal article; Afterimage, Vol. 27, 2000
Subjects: Artists--Scholarships and fellowships, Community art projects--Finance, Federal aid to the arts--Management, United States. National Endowment for the Arts--Finance
...support the expansion and professional development components of Arts Benefit All Coalition Alternative (ABACA), a consortium project. ABACA is a collaboration among the Drawing Center, Thread Waxing Space, Artists Space, Art in General and the...
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magazine articles on: AbacA  - 5 results

 
 
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Whole Earth Treefree Botanical Plant Fibers
Magazine article by Carolyn Moran, Peter Warshall; Whole Earth, Summer 1997
Subjects: Fibers--Varieties, Plant fibers--Directories
...Chandler Heights, AZ, 602/988-9355. Best American access. Abaca or Manila Hemp (Muso textilis). This leaf fiber, a member of...extremely strong pulp with a high tear and tensile strength. Abaca is used for marine cordage, Japanese shoji screens, abrasive...
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The Paper Chase: The Paperless Office Is Still a Distant Dream. in the Interim, We Should Be Recycling More and Developing Alternatives to Wood-Based Paper
Magazine article by Jim Motavalli; E, Vol. 15, May-June 2004
Subjects: Paper recycling--Forecasts and trends, Paper--Consumption data, Paper--Environmental aspects, Paper--Forecasts and trends, United States--Environmental aspects
...that is readily available in Latin America and already used in some U.S. papers. * ABACA OR MANILA HEMP. A leaf fiber and a member of the banana family, abaca makes an extremely strong pulp. It has potential for use in paper currency, and is also...
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Making My Bed
Magazine article by Jane Ingram Allen; School Arts, Vol. 103, April 2004
...gun, each with a unique handmade paper quilt (a collage of handmade paper with seeds in it). Materials Used * Unbleached abaca sheet pulp * Liquid fiber reactive dye in red, yellow, and blue * Retention agent * Cotton string and sisal twine...
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Making Paper without Trees
Magazine article by Ed Ayres; World Watch, Vol. 6, September 1993
Subjects: Agricultural wastes--Recycling, Deforestation--Control, Papermaking--Equipment and supplies
...is used to restore nitrogen to soil in crop rotation. Other sources: Jute, ramie, flax, sisal, roselle, and abaca.
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Nikos Skalkottas: Sets and Styles in the Octet
Magazine article by Eva Mantzourani; Musical Times, Vol. 145, Autumn 2004
Subjects: Composers, Composition, Music, Skalkottas, Nikos
...set, as shown in ex.: (a b). Section B is built on three new sets, shown in ex.2 (a b). The Presto, having a rondo form (ABACA^sup 1^B^sup 1^A^sup 1^C^sup 1^A), is built on three different groups of 12-note sets, one for each of the main sections (A...


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newspaper articles on: AbacA  - 271 results

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New Abaca Pulp Mill Put Up in Eastern Leyte
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 26, 2005
New Abaca Pulp Mill Put Up in Eastern Leyte. Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA A new abaca pulp milling facility has been put up by Specialty...one of a string of expansion activities in the abaca sector that is trying to meet brisk demand for...
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The Abaca Regains Respect Abroad
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 30, 2009
The Abaca Regains Respect Abroad. AT the turn of...year, 2009, could be a banner year for the abaca and the industry that is ostensibly ignored...potential." Being the worlds top exporter of abaca, internationally known as Manila Hemp, the...
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The Magical Essence of Abaca
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 26, 2006
The Magical Essence of Abaca. Byline: SHERYL G. LAUDATO In celebration...Filipino ingenuity and creativity in the abaca industry, the aAbaca Philippinesa guidebook...Ayala Museum, Makati Ave., Makati City. Abaca Philippines is the first, comprehensive...
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Virus-Resistant GM Abaca Seen to Raise Yield to 3 MT/hectare
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 3, 2005
Virus-Resistant GM Abaca Seen to Raise Yield to 3 MT/hectare...M. AGUIBA A genetically modified (GM) abaca resistant to mosaic virus is being proposed...FIDA has proposed the development of GM abaca that will raise yield to world standard...
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P245-M Abaca Plant Opens in Bicol
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 20, 2006
P245-M Abaca Plant Opens in Bicol. Byline: MARVYN N. BENANING A P245-million abaca processing plant was inaugurated recently in Albay...Barading, Malinao, Albay last Nov. 7 to churn out abaca pulp for export to Japan. Soriano said Alindeco...
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encyclopedia articles on: AbacA  - 4 results

 
 
1.
AbacÁ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABACA see Manila hemp . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Manila Hemp
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...is grown mainly in its native Philippine Islands, where it has been cultivated since the 16th cent. and is known as abaca. The abaca is in no way related to the true hemp; it is of the same genus as the common banana, which it closely resembles except...
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Samar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Visayan Islands, NE of Leyte (from which it is separated by the narrow San Juanico Strait). It has commercial coconut and abaca plantations. There are important lumbering, fishing, and mining industries; iron ore is extracted. ____________________ Copyright...
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Banana
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a minor degree for its leaf fiber, the banana is of the same genus as the extremely valuable fiber plant Manila hemp , or abaca, and is also related to the bird-of-paradise flower . Along with the banana, these are economically the most important plants...


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