2004-06-08 Hybrids
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Since ancient times, farmers have chosen the seeds for the…
2004-06-01 Calls for a ‘Gene Revolution’
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. There are sixty-eight million hectares of genetically engineeredcrops. This is…
2004-05-25 Endangered Breeds of Farm Animals
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Farm animals supply an estimated thirty percent of all food…
2004-05-18 Monsanto Decides Against Genetically Engineered Wheat
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Last week, the Monsanto company announced that it would not…
2004-05-11 Mushrooms
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English AgricultureReport. Year after year, mushrooms of every size and shape push…
2004-05-04 Using Water to Produce Electricity
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The power of flowing water can be used to produce electricity.This can…
2004-04-27 World Grain Supplies Expected to Shrink Further
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The Food and Agriculture Organization says it expects anotherdecrease in world grain…
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…
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.…
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…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
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…