International Conference Looks at Agricultural Science and T

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Sandy Lam has been rising early each day to swim in the waters off Hong Kong Island for nearly 30 years. Lam is 68 years old. He is part of a small community of about 50 people mostly older adults who often use the Sai Wan Swimming Shed. The small bu

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2016年CRI Agricultural cooperation becomes highlight in China-Russia ties

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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Up in the Sierra Madre Mountains, in a bowl-shaped valley, is the capital of Mexico. 在马德雷山脉上有一个碗形的山谷，里面坐落着墨西哥的首都， It is called Mexico City, so you dont have to learn a new name. 叫做墨西哥城

Agricultural Universities

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THIS IS AMERICA - Agricultural Fairs

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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

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Lesson 57 Sulphur 第57课 硫 Did you ever have to take a mixture of brimstone and treacle? This mixture has not a pleasant taste, but it is a useful medicine; and if it will do us good, we should not care much whether it has a nice taste or not. 小朋

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The fumes of burning sulphur will bleach straw, silk, and other things, and make them white and clean. These fumes are also useful for killing the germs which cause fevers and other diseases. 燃烧的硫磺冒出的烟，可以漂白稻草、丝绸和

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

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

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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

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The State Council, China's cabinet, has released its timetable to upgrade fuel quality nationwide before 2017. The new standard for petrol and diesel, with sulphur content within 10 parts per million, is expected to be in practice nationwide by 2017.

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