2011-09-13 Experts Defend Way of Life for Herders in East Africa
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Pastoralism remains a way of life in East Africa. Herders travel from…
2011-09-06 Grow It Yourself: Turning Bulbs Into Beautiful Blooms
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Bulbs are underground plant stems. They provide food for a shoot. Some…
2011-08-30 Getting to the Root of How to Water Trees
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some trees can survive a long time without water. Think of trees…
2011-08-23 Experts Link East Africa Drought to La Nina in the Pacific
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. East Africa’s drought is the worst in sixty years. Scientists say the…
2011-08-16 African Film Shows Tensions Between Banana Growers, Villagers
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A movie from Cameroon called “The Big Banana” has come to the…
2011-08-09 Hot in the Garden: Too Much Sun Can Harm Vegetables
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week we discussed how to grow vegetables in partial sun. This…
2011-08-02 Gardening: Vegetables Made in the Shade
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Not all vegetables need lots of sunshine. Mark Hoffman and his wife,…
2011-07-26 Ideas for Getting a Firm Grip on Weed Control
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Weeds compete with plantings for water and nutrients. So farmers and gardeners…
2011-07-19 Inventor of Weed Eater Started a Revolution
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. George Ballas of Houston, Texas, lived a long life. He was a…
2011-07-12 Building a Windbreak to Protect Crops
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soil conservation methods help farmers protect their land from the damage caused…
2011-07-05 Putting Worms to Work to Help Your Garden Grow
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. What can you do with earthworms? Some people use the creepy crawlers…
2011-06-28 Grow It Yourself: Onions Are Nothing to Cry About
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Onions come in different sizes, shapes, colors and flavors, from mild and…
2011-06-21 Groups Press for US Ban on Antibiotics in Healthy Animals
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Antibiotics are used to cure bacterial infections. But about fifty years ago,…
2011-06-14 Teaching Rural Farmers With Cell Phone Videos
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Mobile phones are an important business tool for farmers in rural areas.…
2011-06-07 Trying to Improve Food Safety With a Camera
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Europe’s deadly outbreak of a rare form of E. coli bacteria has…