VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 45: World Gets a Call to Raise Food Production A U.N. meeting on the food inflation crisis ends with an agreement to invest more in agriculture, but no settlement on biofuels.
VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 44: Researchers Seek Drought-Resistant Crops A team sees promise in genetically engineered tobacco, and hopes for similar results with other crops
VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 43: UN Aims to Raise Potatoes’ Appeal High grain prices and the International Year of the Potato bring greater attention to the vegetable.
VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 42: Cork: More Than Just a Bottle Stopper New uses are found for this environmentally friendly crop, even as some winemakers change to plastic or metal caps.
VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 41: Honey Bee Losses Still a Problem in US Beekeepers reported losing about 35 percent of their hives in the fall and winter of last year.
VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 40: Using Charcoal to Make Soil Into Black Gold Scientists show a way to improve soil quality with ”biochar.”
VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 39: Damage Control on the Farm Wildlife experts suggest ways to deal with unwelcome visitors.
VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 38: High When Tuberculosis Hits Animals Experts say the most effective form of control is to destroy cattle herds that have been exposed to bovine tuberculosis.
VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 37: Fighting a Food Crisis That Threatens to Spread Hunger and Unrest High grain prices are hitting the poor the hardest, and leading to protests and riots in the developing world.
VOA Special English – Agriculture Reports Lesson 36: The Danger of Desertification Trees are an important way to protect farmland.
