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poultry farmingRaising birds commercially or domestically for meat, eggs, and feathers. Chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese are the birds of primary commercial importance. Guinea fowl and squabs are chiefly of local interest. Though chickens have been domesticated for at least 4,000 years, their meat and eggs have been mass-production commodities only since c. 1800. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Industrial sectors include pig and poultry farming, minerals, metals, pharmaceuticals, cement and glass, asbestos, and waste disposal. So the center, which serves 21 villages, started micro enterprise projects like beadwork, gardening, and poultry farming. Roofs have recycled steel rsj structures, carrying corrugated galvanized metal roofing, with reed matting ceilings so that a void is created between metal and reeds which cools the spaces by convection -- a similar device was used by Finnish architects Heikkinen & Komonen when they worked on the poultry farming school at Koliagbe in Guinea (AR November 2001. |
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