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...
Environmentalists Worried Over Increased Production of Autos With the new cars and light trucks added to the global fleet, the world is nearing a milestone - one billion vehicles on the roads. Most are petroleum-fueled internal combustion engines, wh...
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...
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...
BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese dairy company has been ordered to suspend production after its infant formula products were found to contain the carcinogen aflatoxin, the nation's quality watchdog said Monday. Excessive amounts of aflatoxin we...
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...
Agriculture Report - Rice Production Grows, but Not Everywhere This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United Nations is expecting the world to harvest more rice in twenty twelve than was produced last year. The UNs Food and Agricultu...
By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 03 January 2006 Iraq's oil production has dropped sharply because of insurgent attacks and bad weather, raising the prospect of energy shortages. Meanwhile, the country's oil mi...
By Gary Garriott Broadcast: September 2, 2003 This is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats have provided meat and milk for people longer than sheep or cows. More people...
D src=sound/104.rm width=200 height=50 type=audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin controls="ControlPanel,StatusBar"> Melanie Sully OPEC decided to go ahead with a four percent cut in oil production quotas, despi...