German Farmers Struck By Drought Fear Further Damage From Climate Change ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In Germany, there have been record-high temperatures and no rainfall since early April, and that has led to a drought. Thousands of farms are now facing bankr

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Unit 75 The Concerns about Genetically Modified Food Genetic Modification (GM) has the power to save lives through its use in medicine, such as the production of insulin for diabetics or the treatment of genetic disorders. The current outcry comes wh

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 17 January 2007 watch Citrus Crop Problem report California's Department of Food and Agriculture says the deep freeze that has already destroyed much of the state's citrus crop could go down as one of the worst in recent

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African Women Farmers Working for Better Lives 非洲女性农民为更好的生活工作 From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. Im Steve Ember. Farming in Africa is our subject today, as we explore issues faced by women farmers in Cameroon.

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AS IT IS 2014-04-06 Researchers Look for Non-Traditional Ways to Fight Weeds 研究人员寻找非传统的方式来消灭杂草 Hello and welcome to As It Is. Im Jonathan Evans in Washington. On our program today, we have two reports on agriculture.

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As the International Year of the Potato 2008 winds down, the United Nations is appealing for continued global attention on the role the potato can play in providing food security and eradicating poverty in helping to achieve the Millennium Developme

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Mystery Maize Disease Strikes Kenya Farms 玉米疾病威胁肯尼亚粮食安全 A maize disease is sweeping through Kenyas small farming communities and, in the South Rift Valley, there are few who havent been affected. Holding up evidence of his d

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Tobacco Farmers Harvest Shrimp Its harvest time in Tennessee, but the Corbin family matriarch isnt gearing up to harvest the typical corn, cotton, or soybeans. Jane Corbin and her sons are draining a pond to gather the fresh water shrimp, or prawns,

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By Selah Hennessy London 21 October 2009 A genetically modified corn plant (file photo) Britain's national academy of science is calling for a multi-billion-dollar research program on global food security. The Royal Society says genetically modified

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Rising Crop Prices Linked to Decline in World's Bee Population Terrence Ingram considers himself a naturalist. He said hes best able to commune with the natural world around him at the center of a swarm... of bees. I love beekeeping. Its one of Gods

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Europe had one of its hottest summers on record this year and many crops were destroyed. But the summer of 2018 was good for champagne. Here's Eleanor Beardsley. (SOUNDBITE OF BELLS RINGING) ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Bells toll

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 18 April 2008 Some good news from one of the world's most impoverished countries, which struggles to feed its people in the best of times. Bangladesh reports the rice harvest, just under way, appears to be a bumper crop. But

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By Trish Anderton Bali, Indonesia 04 December 2007 The anti-poverty group Oxfam says global warming is altering the human food supply and threatening some of the world's poorest people with hunger. At the United Nations Conference on Climate Change i

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 14 February 2007 The small, impoverished former Portuguese colony, Guinea Bissau, has one cash crop - cashews. It accounts for an estimated 80 percent of foreign exchange earnings. Eighty-five percent of the population depend

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Summer's here, of course, that means fresh peaches. When it comes to peaches, lots of people think of Georgia. But Georgia peaches are having a tough year. The state is missing something like 85 percent of its usual crop. Georgia P

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