Hawaiʻi’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources : celebrating the first 100 years

These histories are taken from the 2008 publication entitled Hawai‘i’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources -- Celebrating the First 100 Years

Proceedings of Taking Taro into the 1990s: A Taro Conference

Taro was, and continues to be, an important food for many people world-wide; at least 12.6 billion pounds of the genus Colocasia were consumed in 1987. In Hawaii, ancient lore states that one square mile of taro feed up to 15,000 people for a period of one year, and in 1988, at least 7.7 million pounds of all types of taros, both produced in and imported to Hawaii, were eaten whole or in some processed form. This conference is the first step in a coordinative effort by the public and private sectors to help Hawaii's taro farmers take advantage of new commercial opportunities in the food and industrial use areas. The conference proceedings contained herein provides a wealth of timely information to those taro farmers, shippers and processors who wish to provide a quality product to their present and potential customers

Required and Optional Labeling for Loose Tea for Sale

This is a guide to the content and format for labeling loose tea for sale as required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Loko I‘a

This is a manual on Hawaiian fishpond restoration and management. It includes information on the history of Hawaiian fishponds, permits and regulatory considerations, equipment for operations, net-pen production, optimizing pond health, troubleshooting, limu production, organizing a business plan and the economics of revitalizing Hawaiian fishpond production

Overview of Organic Food Crop Systems in Hawaii

This publication presents results of a needs assessment (also called an industry analysis) conducted in mid-2007 for the organic food crop producers in Hawaii. Seventy-six people participated, completing a survey (instrument included in the document) and providing comments during assessment meetings. Bottlenecks (constraints) were identified and prioritized by the participants, and actions to alleviate them were proposed

Hawaii's Federally Subsidized Public School Lunch Program and the Hawaii Department of Education's Food Safety Requirements for It

This fact sheet provides general considerations of using Hawaii-grown produce in the public school lunch program. Items covered include freshness, self-sufficiency, sustainability, economic viabiity, and Department of Education requirements

Pest Management Systems to Control Rodents in and around Packing Sheds

Rodent trap types are described and their appropriate placement is indicated

The determinants of election to the United Nations Security Council

This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11127-013-0096-4.The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the foremost international body responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. Members vote on issues of global importance and consequently receive perks—election to the UNSC predicts, for instance, World Bank and IMF loans. But who gets elected to the UNSC? Addressing this question empirically is not straightforward as it requires a model that allows for discrete choices at the regional and international levels; the former nominates candidates while the latter ratifies them. Using an original multiple discrete choice model to analyze a dataset of 180 elections from 1970 to 2005, we find that UNSC election appears to derive from a compromise between the demands of populous countries to win election more frequently and a norm of giving each country its turn. We also find evidence that richer countries from the developing world win election more often, while involvement in warfare lowers election probability. By contrast, development aid does not predict election