2010-11-16 An African Grain Joins the Gluten-Free Market for People With Celiac
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Teff is a common part of the diet in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa. This nutritious grain is very small. It…
2010-11-09 Integrated Pest Management Can Increase Crop Production
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers know that if you reduce harmful insects and diseases in your crops, you have a chance for a better harvest. Today,…
2010-11-02 Fight to End Rinderpest Is Declared a Success
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In nineteen ninety-four, animal health experts started a worldwide campaign to end rinderpest. This disease is closely related to the measles virus…
2010-10-26 New Attention Given to Child Cocoa Workers in Ivory Coast, Ghana
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Chocolate comes from cocoa beans, and more than half of those beans come from two countries in West Africa. But the situation…
2010-10-19 Unwrapping the Genetic Secrets of a Chocolate Bar
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Cacao or cocoa trees grow in hot, rainy areas of Africa, Asia and Central and South America. Their beans are used to…
2010-10-12 In the Garden: Growing Your Own Lettuce
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some people like to start their dinner with a salad of lettuce or other leafy greens. Ancient Egyptians and Romans also liked…
2010-10-05 US Considers First Genetically Modified Animal for Food
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in the United States have grown genetically engineered crops since the late nineteen nineties. Now, a federal agency is deciding whether…
2010-09-28 Many Farmers and Gardeners Turn Away From Tilling
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers and gardeners have turned the soil for centuries. But many now believe in no-till or reduced tillage, a method also called…
2010-09-21 World Leaders Urged to Meet Development Goals by 2015
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. World leaders are meeting in New York to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals they set ten years ago. Five years…
2010-09-14 Pretty Flowers Lead Two Scientists to a Discovery
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Not all research begins with a plan. Some studies begin by accident. Meredith Schafer says that is what happened with her and…
2010-09-07 Want Sweaters That Feel Like Home? Try Raising Your Own Goats
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat,or for their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands,or even for…
2010-08-31 Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm Terms
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we have a test for you — a vocabulary quiz. The words are all related to agriculture. We start with two…
2010-08-24 Housing Plan Threatens Seed Bank in Russia
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Russia’s Pavlovsk Experimental Station houses one of the oldest seed and plant collections in the world. But this month a court agreed…
2010-08-17 Phone Call About Fertilizer Could Be a Big Help to Philippine Rice Farmers
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Advice on how much fertilizer to use will soon be just a phone call away for rice farmers in the Philippines. The…
2010-08-10 Ideas for Getting a Firm Grip on Weed Control
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. When is a plant considered a weed? Experts at Penn State University have a simple answer: When the undesirable qualities outweigh the…