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U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry sees exporting technologies like carbon capture utilization, so-called clean coal technology, to ensure American energy security. In an interview with VOA Contributor Greta Van Susteren, Perry called battery developme
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 April 2008 A senior U.N. official says a new task force set up to tackle the global food crisis hopes to have a comprehensive, integrated action plan produced in short order. The official says key agencies such as the World
You got plans for Mid-Autumn Festival? 你中秋节有安排了吗? You got plans for...? 你有计划吗? 用于邀请,引起话题,比如: You got plans for this weekend? 你这周末有安排吗? You got plans for tonight? 你今晚有安
By Michael Drudge London 12 March 2006 Officials at six-power world trade talks in London say there has been no breakthrough and only incremental progress in their drive to tear down trade barriers in
By Kurt Achin Seoul 27 April 2006 The World Trade Organization has canceled a minister-level meeting scheduled for late April, admitting that members are not ready to meet a deadline for a trade liber
Agriculture Report - Good News, Bad News on Food Prices and Production This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Food prices have risen sharply over the past few years. The good news is that the rate of increase has slowed. The bad news is
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 27 March 2008 An annual U.N. Economic and Social report is projecting that economic growth in the Asia Pacific region will continue this year, despite the expected recession in the United States. As Naomi Martig reports from
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 July 2006 A ministerial summit at the World Trade Organization has failed to make a breakthrough in deadlocked global free trade negotiations. The so-called Doha Development Round, which is supposed to lift millions of peop
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 21 June 2007 A group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers Thursday introduced legislation that would boost agricultural trade with Cuba and lift the U.S. travel ban to the communist-ruled island nation. VOA's Deborah Ta
East African Farmers Plant Seeds of Innovation East Africa has felt the effects of climate change over recent years. There have been frequent prolonged droughts, erratic seasonal rains and floods, all of which have put food security at risk. As a res
Report: Women Farmers Denied Equal Rights A humanitarian group says if women farmers had the same rights as men much more could be done to reduce world hunger. Bread for the World says equal access to agricultural resources would help ensure food sec
FAO Launches Ebola Awareness Campaign in West Africa The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization helps developing countries grow better crops and raise healthier livestock. It does so by training government field agents, who work in local communities.
Kenya Real Estate Boom Threatens Prime Farmland There is a booming housing market from Ghana to Nigeria to Kenya. More and more Africans are moving to major cities like Nairobi to earn a living, and they are looking for housing. They are the driving
By Michael Bowman Washington 13 September 2006 Two private U.S. charitable foundations are joining forces to improve African agricultural production. The initiative aims to combat both hunger and poverty on the continent. Bill and Melinda Gates (fil
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 08 February 2006 Zimbabwe's commercial farmers union has asked the government to issue orders to halt land seizures and work out a way to restore agricultural activity. The
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 July 2007 Three of the most important international organizations that deal with food, agriculture, and rural development are calling for an African Green Revolution. The World Food Program (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organi
By Michael Bowman White House 08 January 2007 The U.S. and Europe agree on the need to promote global trade by successfully concluding the Doha Round of world trade talks. But during talks in Washington, U.S. President George Bush and the visiting E