2010-04-13 In Haiti, a Struggle to Get Crops in the Ground
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Spring is the time when farmers in Haiti plant about sixty percent of their crops. But this spring is a struggle with…
2010-04-06 Deforestation Decreased Over the Past 10 Years
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says deforestation has decreased over the past ten years. But it still continues at a…
2010-03-30 Scientists Document Effects of Market Policy Changes on Three West African Countries
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we continue telling about a report by three geography experts from American colleges. They studied food security in Gambia, Ivory Coast…
2010-03-23 West Africans, Free Markets and the ’08 Food Crisis
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Suppose you eat rice every day. But one day you go to the store and discover that the price is more than…
2010-03-16 Rise in Food Gardens in US Brings Crop of Questions for Experts
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Call it “recession gardening” or a product of the local foods movement. But, whatever the reason, more Americans are growing some of…
2010-03-09 Broccoli and Cauliflower – Their Tops Make Good Eating
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some people say broccoli looks like small trees, and cauliflower like gathered clouds. They think broccoli is only green and cauliflower is…
2010-03-02 Want to Grow a Root? Beets Are Hard to Beat
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. People might think that beets are always dark red. But this tasty root vegetable also comes in other colors. There are pink,…
2010-02-23 Winter Gives a Hard Chop to Washington’s Cherry Trees
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Official snowfall records for Washington date back to eighteen eighty-four. By early February, this winter had already broken them with one hundred…
2010-02-16 Burros Can Do More Than Work Just as Pack Animals
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A burro is a small donkey. Another way that people say it is BOOR-oh. The name comes from Spanish and, before that,…
2010-02-09 Some Crops Can Help Farmers Prepare for Disasters
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers may not be able to prevent natural disasters, but they can at least try their best to reduce losses. For example,…
2010-02-02 Mapping the Way to a Better Soybean
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soybeans are eaten by people and fed to animals. Some farmers grow them to replace lost nitrogen in the soil. Soybeans were…
2010-01-26 New Understanding of How Plants Use Water
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists have discovered more details about how plants use water. Their findings could help to engineer plants that grow better and more…
2010-01-19 Giving Grasslands a Rest
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Grasslands need time to rest when cattle and other animals feed on them. Moving animals from one area of pasture to another…
2010-01-12 Keeping Plants and Trees Warm When Temperatures Drop
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Florida, in the southeastern United States, is called the Sunshine State. It grows more oranges than anyplace except Brazil. But Arctic air…
2010-01-05 New Alliance to Study Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Experts say that agriculture provides fourteen percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions each year. The gases released include carbon dioxide, a…