Agriculture
Project to Develop Electronic Maps of Soil in Africa
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Poor soil keeps many farmers in Africa from growing good crops. Low soil fertility has slowed agricultural production in parts of the continent for years. The United Nations says that one-third of the people south of the Sahara Desert suffer from hunger. But a newly announced project [...]
Farmers in East Africa Struggle Against Cassava Disease
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. About eight hundred million people in Africa, Asia and South America eat cassava. The plant is a major source of food energy and a major food security crop. It can survive in poor soil and without much water. Also, the root can stay in the ground for [...]
Why Grafting Still Fits Nicely Into Agriculture
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Grafting is a way to produce plants from pieces of existing plants instead of seeds. Branches or buds are cut from one plant and placed on a related kind of plant. The branch or bud that is grafted is called the scion. The plant that accepts the [...]
