2012-01-10 Big Investors, Small Farmers in Africa: a Fair Deal?
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Foreign investment in African land is growing. Countries like China, Saudi Arabia…
2012-01-03 In the Garden: Growing Your Own Lettuce
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. MIRANDA (TV’s “Sex and the City”): “I’ll start with a salad with…
2011-12-27 High Food Prices, Revolutions, and the Future
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Food prices are down from their record highs in February. But prices…
2011-12-20 Two of Santa’s Reindeer Flee in Texas Really
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Two of Santa’s reindeer — Comet and Dancer — got loose on…
2011-12-13 ‘Property Ladder’ Helps Poor Gain Land Rights
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Less than a third of people in developing countries own or have…
2011-12-06 Prawns and Tobacco Find a Home Together on Some Farms
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A cash crop is a crop grown for money. Four hundred years…
2011-11-29 UN Says Food Production Must Rise; How ‘Fertilizer Trees’ Could Help
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United Nations estimates that world food production will have to increase…
2011-11-22 At Thanksgiving, the Making of a National Feast
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In sixteen twenty-one, a big celebration took place at Plymouth Colony in…
2011-11-15 Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm Terms
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we have a vocabulary quiz. We start with two questions about…
2011-11-08 Seeking a Better Way for African Farmers to Fight a Fever
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. East Coast fever kills hundreds of thousands of cattle ineastern and central…
2011-11-01 In the Garden: Growing Beets
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beets are a tasty root vegetable that do not require much work…
2011-10-25 Refugees Bring Flavor of Home to Community Farms
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Generations of newcomers have brought their tastes and sometimes their farming skills…
2011-10-18 Poor Suffer as Food Prices Likely to Stay High
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. There are growing concerns about food insecurity in the developing world. Rising…
2011-10-11 In the Garden: Growing Blueberries
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Blueberries are generally grown in northern climates with cool winters and mild…
2011-10-04 Food Shortages a Worry for South Sudan
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. United Nations agencies are warning of food shortages next year in South…