VOA慢速英语2015 越来越多的肯尼亚人探索农业企业
时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:2015年VOA慢速英语(八)月
AS IT IS 2015-08-31 More Kenyans Exploring Agricultural Businesses 越来越多的肯尼亚人探索农业企业
Each year, many Kenyans graduate from a college or university. Yet many graduates are unable find a job in the country after finishing their studies. The reason: large numbers of young Kenyans are already unemployed 1.
Now, some university graduates are turning to agriculture as a way to fight unemployment. They think that farming can be as satisfying as any other business or job.
Thirty-three-year old Caleb Karuga is the owner and operator of Wendy Farms. He grows vegetables, and keeps farm animals, including dairy cows and poultry 2.
Three years ago, he began training for an agricultural business, or agribusiness. He signed a lease to use land owned by other people. He now has four pieces of farmland.
Caleb Karuga says many young people are going into agribusiness. He says the business does not require a lot of money to start.
"Many are times people think you need a lot of money to get into agribusiness; with 100 dollars you're good to lease some land, really in Kenya. In any part of the country, one acre you are good to go."
Increasing numbers of young people are turning to farming, and the industry is growing.
Diana Kuya is studying diplomacy 3 at the University of Nairobi. She has identified some land that is available for lease. She plans to launch an agribusiness once she is done with her studies.
"Knowledge is important but it's not everything you know. You have to be wise, you want to wait for that white collar job so that you start getting your own money so that you become independent and all that stuff. And an amazing thing about agriculture is that you can start it at whatever age."
Jacob Natu, an economist 4 at Kenyatta University, agrees. He says this is one reason why the Kenyan government is adding billions of dollars into the sector 5. He says it wants to push agriculture from subsistence farming to business.
"People are no longer seeing agriculture as a way for those who cannot make it, but instead it's becoming a sector which can attract each and every one of us. So it can solve the very big unemployment problem that we are currently facing."
Agricultural experts say there has been a change in thinking about farming. They say many Kenyans now understand that the agricultural sector can be satisfying if done right. They also say people new to farming, like Diana Kuya, will need advisors 6 to guide them.
Words in This Story
sector – n. a part of an economy that includes certain jobs
lease – n. a legal agreement that lets someone use a house, land , etc. for a period for time in return for payment.
- There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
- The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
- There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
- What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
- He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
- He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。