2004-04-20 Biocontrols, Part 2
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Biocontrols are the way nature seeks balance. Consider theexample of insects that attack crops. Other creatures eat thesepests, unless natural…
2004-04-13 Biological Controls, Part 1
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Biological controls are living things that eat organisms harmfulto crops. They offer new ways for farmers to grow organic crops…
2004-04-06 World Food Prize Winners
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Scientists from China and Sierra Leone are the winners of thisyear’s World Food Prize. The winners were announced at a…
2004-03-30 Veterinary Medicine
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. When people feel sick, doctors treat them. So, who treatsanimals? Veterinarians are doctors for animals. But they alsoprotect human health.…
2004-03-23 Cover Crops
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. The idea to grow a crop that improves the land and prepares itfor other crops is thousands of years old.…
2004-03-16 Restrictions on Methyl Bromide
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Some chemicals are very good atkilling insects and plants that cause trouble. But the trouble withthese chemicals is they can…
2004-03-09 Outbreaks of Disease Cut World Meat Exports
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. A United Nations report says outbreaks of animal disease couldreduce world meat exports by one-third this year. The Food andAgriculture…
2004-03-02 Controlling Fruit Flies in Hawaii
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Fruit flies can damage four-hundred kinds of crops. These insectslay eggs not just in fruit but also vegetables and nuts.…
2004-02-24 U.S. Cattle Industry Update
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. United States agriculture officials have ended theirinvestigation into the case of mad cow disease found in WashingtonState in December. The…
2004-02-17 Bird Flu Update
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Chicken farmers in the northeastern United States are dealingwith a form of bird flu different from the virus in Asia.…
2004-02-10 Sunflower Rubber
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Sunflower plants grow tall andproduce a beautiful flower. The seeds are good to eat and produce ahigh quality oil for…
2004-02-03 Bird Flu in Asia
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. United Nations agencies arecalling for money and technical help for countries in Asia to stopthe spread of bird flu. The…
2004-01-27 Congress Delays Country-of-Origin Labeling
This is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. The United States Congress has acted to delay a new requirementto identify food products by the country they came from.…
2004-01-20 International Year of Rice
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2004 theInternational Year of Rice. The Association of Southeast AsianNations discussed the importance…
2004-01-13 Economic Effects of Mad Cow Disease
This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Reports suggest that the first case of mad cow disease inthe United States has not worried the public very much.…