Agriculture Report

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In the Garden: Growing Beets

by VOALearningEnglish 5,959 views
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The Benefits of Companion Planting

by VOALearningEnglish 6,191 views
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Europe's Horse Meat Problems

by VOALearningEnglish 9,489 views
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Tips for Raising Mums

by VOALearningEnglish 6,380 views
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Growing Vegetables in the Shade

by VOALearningEnglish 5,947 views
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Avoiding Future Famines in Somalia

by VOALearningEnglish 12,360 views
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Reducing High Rates of Wasted Food

by VOALearningEnglish 8,029 views
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What Makes a Plant a Weed?

by VOALearningEnglish 6,972 views
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New Rules Aim to Improve Food Safety in US

by VOALearningEnglish 9,079 views
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Ideas for Climate-Friendly Food Production

by VOALearningEnglish 7,045 views
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Fighting Child Hunger in the Sahel

by VOALearningEnglish 7,552 views
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The Business of Christmas Trees

by VOALearningEnglish 6,727 views
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How Poinsettias Flowered Into an American Favorite

by VOALearningEnglish 8,849 views
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Mangrove Trees Fight Poverty in Eritrean Village

by VOALearningEnglish 6,673 views
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In South Africa, Armed Guards for Rhinos

by VOALearningEnglish 7,083 views
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Avoiding Food Crises in Sahel

by VOALearningEnglish 7,448 views
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An Unhappy Thanksgiving for Turkey Farmers

by VOALearningEnglish 10,887 views
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Finding Ways to Increase 'Feed Efficiency' in Cattle

by VOALearningEnglish 6,380 views
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Growing Coffee, Seeking Peace in Eastern DRC

by VOALearningEnglish 8,456 views
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For 'Culinary Adventure,' Group Brings Table to Farm

by VOALearningEnglish 9,486 views
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Daniel Hillel Wins World Food Prize for Irrigation Work

by VOALearningEnglish 10,056 views
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Women in Burkina Faso Work to Make Dry Land Into Sustainable Farms

by VOALearningEnglish 8,024 views
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Seeking Ways to Reduce Overfishing

by VOALearningEnglish 9,584 views
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Worries About Rising Food Prices May Ease

by VOALearningEnglish 5,700 views
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In Cambodia, Recycling Cooking Oil Into Biodiesel

by VOALearningEnglish 28,083 views
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Surviving a Drought: A Farmer's Old-Fashioned Lessons

by VOALearningEnglish 59,642 views
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Deadly Maize Disease Threatens Food Supplies in Kenya

by VOALearningEnglish 24,952 views
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In the Garden: Growing Onions

by VOALearningEnglish 9,311 views
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US Drought Renews Debate on Biofuel

by VOALearningEnglish 32,398 views
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China Looks to Ukraine for Food

by VOALearningEnglish 36,490 views
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US Faces Worst Drought in Half a Century

by VOALearningEnglish 20,059 views
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US Farmers Struggle With Drought

by VOALearningEnglish 7,310 views
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33

Good News, Bad News on Food Prices and Production

by VOALearningEnglish 38,340 views
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When Animals Make People Sick

by VOALearningEnglish 25,447 views
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Project in DRC Aims to Increase Fertilizer Use

by VOALearningEnglish 7,107 views
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In the Garden: Getting Started With Roses

by VOALearningEnglish 29,270 views
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Getting a Firm Grip on Weed Control

by VOALearningEnglish 22,577 views
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What Rio Conference Means to Farmers

by VOALearningEnglish 20,915 views
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Tomato's Genetic Secrets Are Peeled Away

by VOALearningEnglish 27,014 views
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Growing a Farm With Crowd-Sourced Money

by VOALearningEnglish 19,506 views
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Why 'Precision Agriculture' Is a Good Investment

by VOALearningEnglish 22,936 views
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Rice Production Grows, but Not Everywhere

by VOALearningEnglish 37,057 views
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Do It Yourself: Raising Angora Goats

by VOALearningEnglish 21,274 views
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The Limits to Organic Farming in Feeding the World

by VOALearningEnglish 30,596 views
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Teaching Coffee Farmers About the Birds and the Bees

by VOALearningEnglish 20,812 views
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From Ancient Farmers, Lessons for Today's Amazon

by VOALearningEnglish 27,216 views
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A Call for Equal Rights for Women Farmers

by VOALearningEnglish 18,424 views
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New Findings About Loss of Bees

by VOALearningEnglish 11,670 views
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Water Problems in a World of Insecurity

by VOALearningEnglish 42,899 views
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For Meat Lovers, the Challenge of Faking It

by VOALearningEnglish 18,552 views
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Making Power From Coconut Shells, Mango Pits

by VOALearningEnglish 17,003 views
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The Appeal of Urban Farming

by VOALearningEnglish 14,460 views
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Friends With Benefits, in the Plant World

by VOALearningEnglish 18,560 views
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Putting Agriculture at the Center of Climate Talks

by VOALearningEnglish 11,630 views
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Will Cost of Cocoa Raise the Price of Valentine's Day?

by VOALearningEnglish 13,747 views
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Really, It's OK to Pinch Mums

by VOALearningEnglish 11,041 views
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Grow It Yourself: Diving Into Aquaponics

by VOALearningEnglish 12,251 views
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Farmers Learning Limits of Popular Herbicide

by VOALearningEnglish 12,580 views
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Steps Toward Drought-Resistant Crops, 'Designer' Rice

by VOALearningEnglish 12,050 views
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Big Investors, Small Farmers in Africa: a Fair Deal?

by VOALearningEnglish 17,387 views
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In the Garden: Growing Your Own Lettuce

by VOALearningEnglish 16,427 views
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High Food Prices, Revolutions, and the Future

by VOALearningEnglish 29,693 views
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Two of Santa's Reindeer Flee in Texas (Really)

by VOALearningEnglish 10,186 views
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'Property Ladder' Helps Poor Gain Land Rights

by VOALearningEnglish 11,477 views
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Prawns and Tobacco Find a Home Together

by VOALearningEnglish 24,410 views
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UN Says Food Production Must Rise; How 'Fertilizer Trees' Could Help

by VOALearningEnglish 13,267 views
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At Thanksgiving, the Makings of a National Feast

by VOALearningEnglish 11,067 views
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Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm Terms

by VOALearningEnglish 11,436 views
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Seeking a Better Way for African Farmers to Fight a Fever

by VOALearningEnglish 9,584 views
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In the Garden: Growing Beets

by VOALearningEnglish 18,780 views
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Refugees Bring Flavor of Home to Community Farms

by VOALearningEnglish 9,880 views
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Poor Suffer as Food Prices Likely to Stay High

by VOALearningEnglish 16,853 views
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US, EU to Increase Fight Against Illegal Fishing

by VOALearningEnglish 12,426 views
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Issues Slow Recovery of Kenya's Cotton Industry

by VOALearningEnglish 8,602 views
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Experts Defend Way of Life for Herders in East Africa

by VOALearningEnglish 8,443 views
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Grow It Yourself: Turning Bulbs Into Beautiful Blooms

by VOALearningEnglish 11,198 views
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Getting to the Root of How to Water Trees

by VOALearningEnglish 7,946 views
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Experts Link East Africa Drought to La Niña in the Pacific

by VOALearningEnglish 7,349 views
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African Film Shows Tensions Between Banana Growers, Villagers

by VOALearningEnglish 8,797 views
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Hot in the Garden: Too Much Sun Can Be Bad for Vegetables

by VOALearningEnglish 8,625 views
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Gardening: Vegetables Made in the Shade

by VOALearningEnglish 8,106 views
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Ideas for Getting a Firm Grip on Weed Control

by VOALearningEnglish 6,507 views
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Inventor of Weed Eater Started a Revolution

by VOALearningEnglish 8,069 views
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Building a Windbreak to Protect Crops

by VOALearningEnglish 6,586 views
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Putting Worms to Work to Help Your Garden

by VOALearningEnglish 9,687 views
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Grow It Yourself: Onions Are Nothing to Cry About

by VOALearningEnglish 8,971 views
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Groups Press for US Ban on Antibiotics in Healthy Animals

by VOALearningEnglish 6,762 views
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Teaching Rural Farmers With Cell Phone Videos

by VOALearningEnglish 7,828 views
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Trying to Improve Food Safety With a Camera

by VOALearningEnglish 7,596 views
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An American Cowboy Aims to Help Russia's Beef Herd

by VOALearningEnglish 16,609 views
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Study Links Climate Change to Changes in Crop Yields

by VOALearningEnglish 12,086 views
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In Africa, the Greening of the Sahel

by VOALearningEnglish 9,531 views
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Much of Africa Not Investing Enough in Agricultural Research

by VOALearningEnglish 9,809 views
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Growing Chili Peppers: A Heated Subject

by VOALearningEnglish 10,563 views
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Beauties in the Garden: Growing Ornamental Trees and Bushes

by VOALearningEnglish 9,973 views
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Grow It Yourself: Turning Bulbs Into Beautiful Blooms

by VOALearningEnglish 9,413 views
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Next Step After Carbon: Knowing Your Nitrogen Footprint

by VOALearningEnglish 11,202 views
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For Japan Farmers, Radiation Fears Mean Economic Pain

by VOALearningEnglish 10,230 views
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Getting to the Bottom of a Fish Die-Off in Southern California

by VOALearningEnglish 8,024 views
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How Women Farmers Could Feed More in Developing World

by VOALearningEnglish 7,375 views
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Food Makers See Crunch Time Against New Maize for Fuel

by VOALearningEnglish 10,273 views
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Long History, Unclear Future for 'Golden Rice'

by VOALearningEnglish 12,155 views
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'Green Super Rice' About Two Years Away for Asia, Africa

by VOALearningEnglish 12,657 views
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Fish Farms May Soon Supply More Than Half the World's Catch

by VOALearningEnglish 12,652 views
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US Lets Farmers Plant Biotech Sugar Beets, With Conditions

by VOALearningEnglish 9,958 views
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Bags Help Farmers Protect Harvests From Air and Insects

by VOALearningEnglish 8,785 views
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Looking to Africa for Ideas About How to Fight Hunger

by VOALearningEnglish 12,436 views
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World Food Prices Expected to Stay High or Keep Rising

by VOALearningEnglish 25,056 views
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New Law in US Aims to Increase Food Safety

by VOALearningEnglish 22,538 views
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An 'Image Problem' for a Food That Could Save African Lives

by VOALearningEnglish 23,508 views
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Archi's Acres Guides Returning Veterans Toward Business Success

by VOALearningEnglish 12,970 views
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The Evergreen Industry in Christmas Plants

by VOALearningEnglish 16,009 views
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Activists Say Fishing Limit Not Enough to Save Bluefin Tuna

by VOALearningEnglish 18,126 views
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US Farm Exports May Set Record in 201

by VOALearningEnglish 13,033 views
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Scientists Recycle Oyster Shells to Aid Chesapeake Bay

by VOALearningEnglish 13,548 views
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Traditional Thanksgiving Meal, With Modern Shortcuts

by VOALearningEnglish 18,372 views
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An African Grain Joins the Gluten-Free Market for People With Celiac

by VOALearningEnglish 11,058 views
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Integrated Pest Management Can Increase Crop Production

by VOALearningEnglish 10,178 views
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Fight to End Rinderpest Is Declared a Success

by VOALearningEnglish 13,620 views
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New Attention Given to Child Cocoa Workers in Ivory Coast and Ghana

by VOALearningEnglish 14,260 views
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Unwrapping the Genetic Secrets of a Chocolate Bar

by VOALearningEnglish 17,644 views
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In the Garden: Growing Your Own Lettuce

by VOALearningEnglish 24,273 views
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US Considers First Genetically Modified Animal for Food

by VOALearningEnglish 23,873 views
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Many Farmers and Gardeners Turn Away From Tilling

by VOALearningEnglish 29,335 views
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World Leaders Urged to Meet Development Goals by 2015

by VOALearningEnglish 56,311 views
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Pretty Flowers Lead Two Scientists to a Discovery

by VOALearningEnglish 76,811 views
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Want Truly Homemade Sweaters? Try Raising Your Own Goats

by VOALearningEnglish 33,057 views
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Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm Terms

by VOALearningEnglish 33,961 views
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Russian Housing Plan Threatens Seed Bank

by VOALearningEnglish 29,496 views
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Phone Call About Fertilizer Could Be a Big Help to Philippine Rice Farmers

by VOALearningEnglish 27,045 views
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Ideas for Getting a Firm Grip on Weed Control

by VOALearningEnglish 19,664 views
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Slaughterhouses on Wheels Come to the Aid of Small Farms

by VOALearningEnglish 18,591 views
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Got Baboons in Your Crops? Offer Them a Snake Sandwich

by VOALearningEnglish 23,920 views
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Uncooperative Goat Becomes the Mother of an Invention

by VOALearningEnglish 16,936 views
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Growing Trees in the Desert, With the Aid of a 'Waterboxx'

by VOALearningEnglish 14,922 views
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Farming in the City: Joys of Growing Food

by VOALearningEnglish 16,718 views
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In the Garden: Getting the Most Out of Mums

by VOALearningEnglish 15,040 views
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World Food Prize Honors Heads of Two Groups Based in US

by VOALearningEnglish 16,126 views
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In the Garden: Getting Started With Roses

by VOALearningEnglish 17,071 views
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Farmers in East Africa Struggle Against Cassava Disease

by VOALearningEnglish 11,559 views
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A Chicken in Every Pot: Finding New Uses for Feathers

by VOALearningEnglish 12,402 views
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A Cotton Plant Kills One Kind of Bug, but Is Blamed for Another

by VOALearningEnglish 10,788 views
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Why Grafting Still Fits Nicely Into Agriculture

by VOALearningEnglish 10,726 views
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In Kenya, Low-Cost Crop Insurance for Small Farmers

by VOALearningEnglish 9,869 views
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VOA Learning English - Agriculture Report # 391

by VOALearningEnglish 23,872 views
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Oil Spill Puts Fisheries, Birds at Risk Along US Gulf Coast

by VOALearningEnglish 9,257 views
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Transgenic Crops Get Good Marks in General in US Study

by VOALearningEnglish 10,024 views
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Study Warns of Dangers to World's Mangrove Forests

by VOALearningEnglish 16,088 views
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In Haiti, a Struggle to Get Crops in the Ground

by VOALearningEnglish 11,575 views
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Deforestation Decreased Over the Past 10 Years

by VOALearningEnglish 10,451 views
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Study Documents Effects of Market Policy Changes on Three West African Countries

by VOALearningEnglish 13,347 views
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West Africans, Free Markets and the '08 Food Crisis

by VOALearningEnglish 9,926 views
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Rise in Food Gardens in US Brings Crop of Questions for Experts

by VOALearningEnglish 9,773 views
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Broccoli and Cauliflower Their Tops Make Good Eating

by VOALearningEnglish 10,173 views
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Want to Grow a Root? Beets Are Hard to Beat

by VOALearningEnglish 7,276 views
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Winter Gives a Hard Chop to Washington's Cherry Trees

by VOALearningEnglish 11,179 views
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Burros Can Do More Than Work Just as Pack Animals

by VOALearningEnglish 7,189 views
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Some Crops Can Help Farmers Prepare for Disasters

by VOALearningEnglish 10,211 views
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Mapping the Way to a Better Soybean

by VOALearningEnglish 7,028 views
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New Understanding of How Plants Use Water

by VOALearningEnglish 10,236 views
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Giving Grasslands a Rest

by VOALearningEnglish 6,064 views
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Keeping Plants and Trees Warm When Temperatures Drop

by VOALearningEnglish 13,294 views
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New Alliance to Study Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture

by VOALearningEnglish 7,632 views
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Circular Thinking: Round Barns on US Farms

by VOALearningEnglish 6,906 views
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How a Hoop House Can Extend the Growing Season

by VOALearningEnglish 11,027 views
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Officials in US Look for Fixes to Carp Problems

by VOALearningEnglish 8,149 views
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An International Treaty Targets Fishing Abuses

by VOALearningEnglish 5,115 views
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Making Better Concrete With Rice?

by VOALearningEnglish 12,461 views
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Earl Cooley: Remembering an Early Smokejumper

by VOALearningEnglish 5,325 views
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Two Efforts Seek to Increase Food Security in Africa

by VOALearningEnglish 6,426 views
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Why Holding Fruit on Trees May Limit Next Year's Crop

by VOALearningEnglish 5,879 views
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Group Works to Expand Supply of Cattle Vaccine in Africa

by VOALearningEnglish 5,376 views
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With Resistant Crops, Progress Can Raise New Problems

by VOALearningEnglish 7,467 views
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Learning the Secrets of the Potato, and an Enemy

by VOALearningEnglish 9,044 views
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Scientists Help Cut the Mystery Behind Pruning

by VOALearningEnglish 6,658 views
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Do-It-Yourself: Pruning Plants (First of Two Parts)

by VOALearningEnglish 19,088 views
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How to Strike Oil (From Seeds, That Is)

by VOALearningEnglish 6,127 views
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Remembering Norman Borlaug

by VOALearningEnglish 5,697 views
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New Findings About Disorder in Bees

by VOALearningEnglish 5,333 views
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Poultry Farms With Unhappy Neighbors? Plant Some Trees

by VOALearningEnglish 10,152 views
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Study Finds More Trees on Farms Than Was Thought

by VOALearningEnglish 5,025 views
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Study Finds Some Ocean Fisheries Are Recovering

by VOALearningEnglish 5,647 views
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Watching Out for 'Wicked Plants'

by VOALearningEnglish 6,156 views
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In Afghanistan, Preparing for a Threat to Wheat Plants

by VOALearningEnglish 6,582 views
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Some Crops (Like Some People) Do Well as Companions

by VOALearningEnglish 7,110 views
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Unbalanced Fertilizer Use, in an Uneven World

by VOALearningEnglish 11,085 views
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VOA Learning English - Agriculture Report # 397

by VOALearningEnglish 12,069 views
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VOA Learning English - Agriculture Report # 396

by VOALearningEnglish 7,570 views
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VOA Learning English - Agriculture Report # 395

by VOALearningEnglish 8,910 views
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VOA Learning English - Agriculture Report # 394

by VOALearningEnglish 12,507 views
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VOA Learning English - Agriculture Report # 393

by VOALearningEnglish 12,955 views
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VOA Learning English - Agriculture Report # 392

by VOALearningEnglish 17,554 views
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Actions to Fight Hunger Fall Short of Promises

by VOALearningEnglish 2,245 views

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