2009-02-10 Progress on Treaty Against Fish Piracy
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Everyone knows that ships are a favorite target of pirates. But another…
2009-02-03 Growing Flowers in a Stormy Economy
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We have a question from a Chinese student who is interested in…
2009-01-27 Liberia Seeks Help as Caterpillars Attack Crops
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Officials in Liberia say tens of millions of caterpillars are destroying crops…
2009-01-20 Project to Develop Electronic Maps of Soil in Africa
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Poor soil keeps many farmers in Africa from growing good crops. Low…
2009-01-13 India’s Camel Population Drops
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. India had more than one million camels during the middle of the…
2009-01-06 Giving Grasslands a Rest
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Grasslands need time to rest when cattle and other animals feed on…
2008-12-30 Finding Uses for Marginal Lands
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We have a question from Jonah Ojowu in Benue State, Nigeria, about…
2008-12-23 Food Safety After a Flood
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. People can get sick if they eat food touched by floodwaters. Floodwater…
2008-12-16 Getting Enough Food a ‘Distant Dream’ for Almost a Billion
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United Nations says forty million more people around the world went…
2008-12-09 Soil Erosion Threatens Chinese ‘Breadbasket’
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A new study says almost forty percent of China is losing soil…
2008-12-02 Looking for Energy in Algae
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The search for new fuels has led some researchers to algae. Algae…
2008-11-25 Vertical Farming: Potatoes? They’re on the Fifth Floor
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Dickson Despommier is a public health professor at Columbia University in New…
2008-11-18 Growing Crops With Less Water
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists are working to develop crop plants that can reduce the amount…
2008-11-11 Food for Thought: Starting a Fish Farm
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A listener in Abuja, Nigeria, named Okorie wants to know more about…
2008-11-04 Study Says Pest-Resistant Cotton May Help Other Crops
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Bollworms are a traditional threat to cotton crops. Young ones feed on…