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  1. Escape from Hunger (1985)

    Director
    Alan Pendry
    Producer
    Robin Jackson
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    Out of distribution

    Examines why many of the rural population in the Third World face a perpetual struggle to provide enough food, due partly to the an adverse climate and unsuitable agricultural land. The problem is compounded...

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  2. Life and Death in Rio (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Vic Lockwood
    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Rio de Janeiro has the reputation of being the world’s most glamorous city, but nine million people who live there are subject to infectious diseases and malnutrition. Death rates are high and life...

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  3. Something Old, Something New (1985 Film, Video)

    Director
    Peter Campbell
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The oil palm is grown as a plantation crop in West Africa, the Far East and tropical America. Examines three developments in oil palm technology which have made an important contribution to agricultural...

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  4. Trees of Hope (1985 Film, Video)

    Director
    Neil McKee
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documents the rapid deforestation of Africa and analyses various solutions such as shifting to solar energy and improving traditional stores. Shot in Niger, Mali, Sengal and Nigeria, it shows how people are...

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  5. Migrants from Sakaltutan (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Economics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Shows how migrants from Sakaltutan have travelled further afield in search of prosperity - to other Turkish cities, to the Middle East and to Germany (e.g. Pforzheim) from about 1963. They live frugally,...

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  6. Migration: The Ankara Response (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Economics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    In Turkey, as in many developing countries, rural migrants come to the big cities where they build their own homes, often illegally. Considers the problem this migration causes and seeks to answer questions...

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  7. Plough and the Hoe, The. Part 1: A Village in the Punjab (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Explores the lives of some of the inhabitants of Jodhan in the middle of Punjab’s rich wheatland, an area which has undergone rapid changes in the last 15 years. Three families with very different incomes...

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  8. Plough and the Hoe, The. Part 2: Village Life in Bihar (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Discusses the violence of relations between landlords and farm workers in the Begusarai district of Bihar, a backward and feudal area where low pay, landlessness and debt bondage are still common among...

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  9. Plough and the Hoe, The. Part 3: The Green Revolution (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Discusses the differences between the claims made about the green revolution and the effects as experienced by people in Ludhiana district, one of India’s most prosperous areas.

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  10. Plough and the Hoe, The. Part 4: On the Ganges Plain (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Investigates the effects of changes in agriculture in a backward state like Bihar. With inequality and differential access to resources, how have various social groups been affected? Rich farmers, poor...

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