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  2. Pilbara strike - Wikipedia

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    The strikers demanded social recognition, payment of fair wages, [4] and an improvement in working conditions. [1] [5] [6] Participating in the strike were 800 Aboriginal pastoral workers [1] who walked off the large pastoral stations in the Pilbara on 1 May 1946, and also from employment in the two major towns of Port Hedland and Marble Bar. [2]

  3. History of agriculture in Argentina - Wikipedia

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    Impression of a Buenos Aires slaughterhouse by Charles Pellegrini, 1829.. Since its formal organization as a national entity in the second half of the 17th century, Argentina followed an agricultural and livestock export model of development with a large concentration of crops in the fertile Pampas, particularly in and around Buenos Aires Province, as well as in the littoral of the Paraná and ...

  4. Pastoral society - Wikipedia

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    A pastoral society is a social group of pastoralists, whose way of life is based on pastoralism, and is typically nomadic. Daily life is centered upon the tending of herds or flocks. Daily life is centered upon the tending of herds or flocks.

  5. Pastoralism - Wikipedia

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    A catt of the Bakhtiari people, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran Global map of pastoralism, its origins and historical development [1]. Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. [2]

  6. Agriculture in Argentina - Wikipedia

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    Argentina is the largest producer in the world of yerba mate, one of the 5 largest producers in the world of soy, maize, sunflower seed, lemon and pear, one of the 10 largest producers in the world of barley, grape, artichoke, tobacco and cotton, and one of the 15 largest producers in the world of wheat, sugarcane, sorghum and grapefruit.

  7. Catholic Church in Argentina - Wikipedia

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    The first ever visit of a Pope to Argentina took place in 1982, after the end of the disastrous Falklands War. John Paul II had planned a pastoral visit to the United Kingdom, which was important for ecumenical relations with the Anglican Church, but he didn't want to rebuff Argentine Catholics. He sent a letter to the Argentine people and ...

  8. Patagonian sheep farming boom - Wikipedia

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    The sheep farming economy came to face increased social unrest, such as the events of Patagonia Rebelde, and addition to competition from New Zealand sheep farmers. [1] After recognising the concentrated land tenure as a cause of social tensions, Chilean authorities begun in the 1930s efforts to redistribute land and diversify the economy. [ 1 ]

  9. Animal welfare and rights in Argentina - Wikipedia

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    In 2012 Argentina was the ninth-largest poultry producer in the world and projected to become the fourth-largest in coming years. [13] Argentina is projected to have a cattle inventory of 53.2 million animals in 2016, the highest level since 2008 when herds fell dramatically due to low returns and severe drought. [14]