Category: Agriculture Report (农业报道)

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 Special English Agriculture Report. We continue our look at the influence of genetically engineeredcrops on agricultural trade. Last week, we discussed how policydifferences can lead to…

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…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Agriculture around the world depends on chemicals that controlthe growth of unwanted plants. Poisons that generally affect onlyunwanted plants, or weeds, are…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Agriculture Report. A number of companies are expected to seek approval from theUnited States Food and Drug Administration to produce geneticallyengineered animals. However, a recent…

This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Agriculture Report. Drying food is a simple, low-cost way to keep food safe foreating. Drying removes water that small organisms use to break downfood into…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. World coffee prices have dropped by almost fifty percent over thelast three years. They are at their lowest level in thirty years.Low…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rice is the world’s most important crop. Much has been done toincrease its productivity. Modern genetic science has tried tochange the genes…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United States government hasapproved methods of destroying bacteria in meat by using radiation.The government says using radiation to kill harmful organisms…