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By Mario Ritter Broadcast: July 1, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week, an international meeting in Sacramento, California, brought together agricultu

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World Action Needed to Prevent Widespread Antibiotic Resistance Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, we have used antibiotics against a host of infections. But now, doctors are finding that more and more bacteria are resistant to even the stron

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Lawsuit Filed to Stop Antibiotic Use in Healthy Livestock American health advocates have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. food regulatory agency to stop a practice they believe is contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections worldwide.

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Dongning Huaxin is a conglomerate based in northeastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang. The company set up an agricultural joint venture with Russian partners in the southeastern Russian province of Primorskiy Kray in 2004, aiming to create an inte

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Broadcast: January 23, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT. We continue our series of reports about how students from foreign countries can attend a college or uni

THIS IS AMERICA - Agricultural Fairs

THIS IS AMERICA - Agricultural Fairs By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, October 11, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Fa

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By Ruth Reader Washington, DC 13 February 2008 There is growing concern around the world over illnesses caused by new antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or so-called superbugs, and the decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics to treat infections. Earlier

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Vidushi Sinha | Washington, DC 18 May 2010 The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance one of the three greatest threats to human health. Experts fear antibiotic resistance puts humans in danger of becoming nearly defenseless against so

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Joe DeCapua 29 March 2010 Rural agri-business can drive economic growth. Rural agri-businesses can provide a career opportunity for youth. And rural agri-businesses can mean a pathway out of poverty. The first Global Conference on Agricultural Resear

VOA标准英语2011--Antibiotic Alternative Treats Urinary Infection in Mice

Antibiotic Alternative Treats Urinary Infection in Mice Researchers have a new approach for treating urinary tract infections, a painful condition which can often be treated successfully with antibiotics. But many times, the infection is caused by st

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A leading U.S. government health agency is focusing an annual campaign on educating patients, parents, and health care providers about the need to avoid the misuse of antibiotics. Inappropriate use of antibiotics can lead to superbugs that resist dru

VOA标准英语2009年-Official says Agricultural Development Key

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 20 October 2009 Ibrahim Mayaki, Chief of New Partnership for Africa's Development -NEPAD The Chief of the New Partnership for Africa's Development, or NEPAD, says agricultural development is the key to prosperity f

New Agricultural Organization for Africa

Broadcast: April 15, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soon a new organization will be established to help agricultural development in Africa. The African Agricu

Abuse, Overuse of Antibiotics Creates Public Health Crisis

Rosanne Skirble Before the discovery of antibiotics in the 1940s, millions of people died routinely of staphylococcus and streptococcus and more serious bacterial infections like meningitis, pneumonia

China to deepen agricultural cooperation with U.S

BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The agricultural ministries of China and the United States will further enhance agricultural exchanges and cooperation, deepening mutual understanding and trust, so as to achieve mutually beneficial development in the fut

Vice premier urges agricultural technology progress

BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on Thursday called for accelerating innovation and promotion of agricultural science and technology. It is vital to the overall economic and social development to obtain grain harvests and

2016年CRI Supply-side Reform Highlighted in China's Rural and Agricultural Development

Chen Xiwen, deputy head of China's Central Rural Work Leading Group, explained that the supply side reform is aimed at making products meet market demand. We continue to import grain from foreign countries, which implies there must be some problems w

2018年CRI Chinese students impressed by Israel's agricultural achievements

A number of Chinese students studying in Israel say they're impressed by the progress being made in that country's agricultural sector. The praise follows a trip to an agricultural research center located in a desert in southern Israel. The agricultu

CCTV9英语新闻：Ongoing reform in agricultural sector

CPPCC Standing committee member Chen Xiwen -- who is overseeing China's agricultural reform -- gave us more details on how the country will deal with the supply-side issue in the sector. There are three major areas where we can push forward supply-si

2018年CRI China-Africa Agricultural Modernization

In opening this week's FOCAC sessions in Beijing, Chinese Presient Xi Jinping said that all ten cooperation plans launched by China 3-years ago are now being implemented. CRI's Xu Yawen with more on how agricultural development in Africa - one of the