2014-12-16 India Gradually Acquires a Taste for Wine
From VOA VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Indians who like alcohol, usually choose whiskey as their drink.…
2014-12-02 Dutch Experiment Shows Farming With Salty Water Possible
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Climate change has caused a rise in sea levels. This has…
2014-11-30 Bangladesh Overcomes Flooding with ‘Floating Farms’
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Rivers in northwestern Bangladesh rise sharply during the rainy season causing…
2014-11-25 Farmers Diversify Businesses to Attract Tourists
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. As weather cools across the United States, a growing number of…
2014-11-11 Kenyan Farmers Turn to Purple Tea for a Higher Return
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Tea farmers in Kenya are suffering because of low prices for…
2014-11-11 Skop Meat Popular in South Africa
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. In many countries, when cows are killed for meat, the heads…
2014-11-04 WWF: Global Wildlife Populations Down by Half Since 1970
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. The World Wildlife Fund says more than half of the world’s…
2014-10-28 Climate Change May Put African Small-Scale Farmers at Risk
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. A new study says the speed and severity of climate change…
2014-10-21 How to Eradicate Weeds?
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. When is a plant considered a weed? Experts at Penn State University…
2014-10-14 Long Drought Affects Oklahoma Farmers
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Parts of the southwestern American states of Texas and Oklahoma have…
2014-10-07 Building a Windbreak to Protect Crops
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Soil conservation methods help farmers protect their land from the damage…
2014-09-30 Ghana’s Currency Slump Spurs Increase in Cocoa Smuggling
From VOA Learning English, this is Agriculture Report. People have been illegally transporting, or smuggling, cocoa beans between Ivory Coast…
2014-09-23 Researchers: Africa Genetically Modified Crops Held Back by Scaremongering
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. A new report says genetically-modified or GM crops would greatly improve…
2014-09-16 Tastier Tomato, Tougher Rice Sought From Genetic Data
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. Scientists have discovered the genetic secrets of two unpopular members of…
2014-09-09 Conflicts Increase Emergency Food Airlifts
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. The World Food Program (WFP) says the increasing number of conflicts…