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GEG 102: World Geography: Examine Sources (FTTP)

Examine Sources Activity

The four sources below were all discovered through a Google search for a sample "thing": avocados. With your partner, for each source, discuss the following: 

  1. What type of source is it? 
  2. Do you think this is a credible source for FTTP research? Why or why not?

Source #1

Click to link to the source: Avocado: Post-harvest Operations. (Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN, 6/15/24)

Source #2

 

Click to link to the source: Avocado Goldrush Links… (Reuters, 8/6/24)

Source #3

Click to link to the source: Ecological and Human Dimensions of Avocado Expansion… (Article published in Ambio, 2022)

 

Source #4

Click to link to the source: US Avocado Sellers Fail to End Sourcing…. (Climate Rights International, 8/6/24)

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