Category: Agriculture Report (农业报道)

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. It is hard to imagine that a smallseed like the soybean could be so important. But it is a big exportcrop for…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In late May, Canada reported that one cow in the province ofAlberta had been infected with a deadly disease that can infecthumans.…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Bees not only produce honey andwax, they also provide an important service to farmers. Many cropsrequire bees to pollinate them. Bees gather…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Agriculture Report. Last week we talked about how bees make honey. However, beesproduce a number of useful materials. Beeswax is another. Worldproduction is more than…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Agriculture Report. Most people have heard the sound of bees among flowers. Bees livealmost everywhere in the world — except the arctic areas. Manykinds of…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Agriculture Report. Nuts that grow on trees are an important part of the diet in manycultures. They also provide an important export product for manynations.…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In many places, farms require asystem to move water to fields where it is needed. For many smallfarms, a treadle pump may…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats have provided meat and milkfor people longer than sheep or cows. More people use milk productsfrom goats than from cows. There…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soon a new organization will be established to help agriculturaldevelopment in Africa. The African Agricultural TechnologyFoundation will be set up in Nairobi,…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Agriculture Report. We continue our look at the influence of genetically engineeredcrops on agricultural trade. Last week, we discussed how policydifferences can lead to changes…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Genetic engineering of crops has spread quickly since the firstproducts of the early nineteen-nineties. Different nations developsuch crops to meet different needs.…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. People discovered long ago how to dry meat to keep it safe for along time. This process called curing interferes with the…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The Bush administration has been trying to get the European Unionto accept new genetically engineered crops. The administration hastalked about bringing a…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Agriculture Report. Food in the United States can include genetically engineeredcrops. No genetically engineered animals, however, have yet beenapproved by the government to be eaten.…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Recently, some concerns have been raised about the health of theworld’s banana plants. A number of media reports have said thatbananas may…