VOA慢速英语附字幕:Rice Production Grows, but Not Everywhere2012-05-16- The FAO also is predicting a recovery for rice harvests in Africa. It expects increased production from Mali, Nigeria and Senegal.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:Do It Yourself: Raising Angora Goats2012-05-09
- Has anyone ever tried to get your goat? To get your goat is an expression. It means to make you mad. A good friend might tell you: Dont worry about what that person said. He was just trying to get your goat.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:The Limits to Organic Farming in Feeding the World2012-05-02
- Organic farming avoids the use of chemical pesticides and manmade fertilizers. Supporters say organic farming is better for the environment than conventional methods. But studies have shown that organic farming generally produces less food per hectare.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:Teaching Coffee Farmers About the Birds and the Bees2012-04-24
- The University of Georgia is a respected research university. Thirty-five thousand students attend the main campus in Athens, Georgia, and extended campuses around the state. And among its areas of research is agriculture.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:专家呼吁给女性以平等的农业权利2012-04-10
- Women constituted half of the agricultural labor force in not just Africa, but the developing countries as a whole. And when you think of Africa alone, its more than sixty percent of the total agricultural labor force being provided by women.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:New Findings About Loss of Bees2012-04-04
- Bees add an estimated eighteen billion dollars a year to the value of American crops. They pollinate flowers that become fruits, nuts and vegetables. But, in recent years, honeybee colonies in the United States and Europe have been shrinking. Scientists have proposed different theories to explain what is known as colony collapse disorder.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:水问题或成世界各地紧张局势导火索2012-03-27
- A new American intelligence report says water-related problems will likely increase tensions around the world in the next ten years. These problems include water shortages, poor water quality and floods.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:肉类仿制品的发展前景2012-03-20
- Some people in the Netherlands are spending three hundred thirty thousand dollars on a hamburger. The people are scientists at the University of Maastricht. They want to prove that they can make a hamburger that tastes good and does not require an animal to be killed.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:椰子壳和芒果核成新燃料来源2012-03-13
- Seth DeBolt is a plant scientist at the University of Kentucky in the United States. He and other scientists wanted to find a source of fuel that poor people in rural areas of developing countries could use to make electricity.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:城市生态农场的应用2012-03-07
- Eco City Farms in Edmonston, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community. People do not have very much money, and they have limited access to fresh food in markets.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:某些植物套种有助于彼此生长2012-02-28
- Companion planting is the idea that some kinds of plants can help each other grow. Plants that are compatible together generally have similar needs in terms of nutrients, soil and moisture levels.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:世界各国专家讨论农业与气候变化问题2012-02-21
- This June in Brazil, delegates will mark the twentieth anniversary of what is commonly known as the Earth Summit. The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development took place in Rio de Janeiro in nineteen ninety-two.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:可可产量影响情人节花费？2012-02-15
- Valentine's Day, February fourteenth, is one of the biggest days of the year for lovers of chocolate. Americans are expected to spend more than one billion dollars on chocolates and other candies for their sweethearts this holiday.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:人类种植菊花的历史及如何种植2012-02-07
- People have been growing chrysanthemums for more than two thousand years. Mums make bright and colorful gardens. People in China and other Asian cultures make tea with the flowers.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:Grow It Yourself: Diving Into Aquaponics2012-02-01
- Aquaponics is the idea of producing vegetables and fish in the same closed system. It combines aquaculture, or fish farming, with hydroponics, a way to grow plants without soil. Supporters see aquaponics as a way to increase world food supplies and reduce climate change, groundwater pollution and overfishing.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:除草剂的局限性与未来的发展2012-01-25
- Pigweed spreads fast and grows as tall as two meters. This weed can overpower cotton and other crops. It comes from the amaranth family and is also known as Palmer amaranth or Palmer's pigweed.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:Steps Toward Drought-Resistant Crops, 'Designer' Rice2012-01-18
- A discovery in a laboratory could help lead to new generation of drought-resistant crops. Drought conditions cause plants to produce a stress hormone called abscisic acid. This chemical activates a set of protein molecules called receptors. These receptors then activate a series of changes to help the plant survive.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:Big Investors, Small Farmers in Africa: a Fair Deal?2012-01-11
- Foreign investment in African land is growing. Countries like China, Saudi Arabia and South Korea are leasing or buying millions of hectares to grow food for their people.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:In the Garden: Growing Your Own Lettuce2012-01-03
- Many people have lettuce in a salad at the beginning of a meal. The ancient Egyptians and Romans had it at the end. Either way, gardening experts say lettuce is one of the easiest vegetables to grow in a garden.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:粮价高企的影响与未来2011-12-27
- Food prices are down from their record highs in February. But prices are still higher than they were a year ago.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:圣诞老人的两只驯鹿在德州走丢2011-12-20
- Two of Santa's reindeer Comet and Dancer got loose on a busy roadway in Texas just days before Christmas. Think we're joking? It happened halfway between Houston and Galveston. Reporter Deborah Wrigley from TV station KTRK picks up the story about the two runaway reindeer and their owner.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:仅三分之一发展中国家人民对土地拥有所有权2011-12-15
- Less than a third of people in developing countries own or have any official right to the land they live on. Groups like UN-Habitat and its partners are working on a simple way to secure land rights for millions of people. Development experts say gaining land rights is important for reducing poverty and increasing economic growth and food production.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:一些烟草农场转型水产养殖2011-12-07
- A cash crop is a crop grown for money. Four hundred years ago the first cash crop for European colonists in North America was tobacco. American Indians were already growing it.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:联合国称世界粮食产量到2050年将必须增加70%2011-11-29
- The United Nations estimates that world food production will have to increase by seventy percent by twenty-fifty. A world population growing in number and wealth will require one billion tons more grain each year, and two hundred million tons more meat.
- VOA慢速英语附字幕:感恩节大餐及感恩节的由来2011-11-22
- In sixteen twenty-one, a big celebration took place at Plymouth Colony in what is now the state of Massachusetts. European settlers known as the Pilgrims were celebrating their autumn harvest after a winter of struggle.