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Agriculture Report - UN Says Food Production Must Rise; How 'Fertilizer Trees' Could Help 农业报道 - 联合国称到2050年粮食产量必须增加7成 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道
By Barry Wood Washington 16 January 2008 The latest annual index of economic freedom ranks Hong Kong and Singapore on top for the 14th consecutive time. VOA's Barry Wood reports the Heritage Foundation survey shows economic freedom has improved sligh
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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
FAO: Food Prices Fell Sharply in December International food prices fell sharply in December. However, a U.N. agency says overall prices remained high in 2011. The Food and Agriculture Organization also says that price trends are uncertain for 2012.
Report: Up to Half of World Food Production is Wasted Every year the world produces around four billion tons of food. And between a third and half of it goes to waste, according to the report from the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The
Boosting Africa's Wheat Production Agricultural experts are meeting in Addis Ababa (10/8-12) to discuss ways of making sub-Saharan Africa a major wheat producer. The region traditionally has played a small role in wheat production, but that could cha
Global oil prices hit fresh four-year lows overnight after OPECthe 12 nation price setting cartel run by Saudi Arabia defied calls to cut production to address over supply. Increasing production from the US and other countries has seen the oil price
The Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has warned ultralow interest rates globally are putting retirement savings at risk. Speaking in New York, Mr. Stevens said record low interest rates are a big problem for savers, and that many stand to be disap
The reality is that the level of distress here definitely knocked down a couple of notches today. Stocks ended slightly higher, investors paid little attention to a worse-than-expected inflation report, and comments from former Fed Chairman Alan Gre
By Chris Simkins Washington 12 May 2008 U.S. officials say Burma's government has agreed to allow a single U.S. military aircraft carrying relief supplies to land in the country on Monday. Also, the UN's World Food Program says it will resume aid fli
By William Eagle Washington 19 October 2007 A new report shows sub-Saharan African countries are not likely to meet three of the Millennium Development Goals supported by the United Nations. They include cutting hunger and child malnutrition in half
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 April 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading emergency talks aimed at tackling the growing crisis caused by soaring food prices around the world. Participating in this two-day high-powered meeting in the Swiss ca
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Different Blood Pressure in Both Arms Linked to Heart Disease Cardiologist Oscar Garfein takes blood pressure readings from both of his patients' arms. That technique saved the life of one of his patients. I found that in one arm, it was very, very l
By Michael Bowman Washington 15 October 2007 During the past year, basic foods have become significantly more expensive in many parts of the world, adding to the misery of impoverished regions and straining the budgets of families across the globe. V
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up modestly in April, led by rising energy and food costs, the Labor Department reported Thursday. As a main gauge of inflation, the CPI increased 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjuste
China's consumer prices grew 2.3% in March from one year earlier, the same as in February, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics Monday. The consumer price index (CPI) shrank 0.4% in March from February. 国家统计局周一发
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued the latest Food Price Index, saying rising food prices last month were spurred by weather-driven concerns about sugar and palm oil supplies, a UN spokesman told rep
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