As a result, the study in China found that the cotton plants could also help protect nearby crops against damage by the insects.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Scientists created high-yielding crops that produced bigger harvests in what became known as the Green Revolution.

VOA: special.2011.02.22

Weeding,seeding and watering requires at least as much work as crops grown in the open air.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

As the caterpillars feed on crops, their waste pollutes waterways and drinking wells.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

And Joom from Thailand wrote: I don't care where the crops come from, natural plants or genetic engineering, as long as we can produce food enough for people.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

We worked as our fathers did,". Now,the farmers plant their crops closer together and run water through narrow trenches.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Helping breeders quickly develop better varieties of all these crops will be crucial as the world population tops 9 billion by 2050 in the face of a changing climate.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

And rural agri-businesses can mean a pathway out of poverty, There has been much controversy and opposition over the use of genetically modified crops as a means of boosting productivity.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Moon acknowledged that the military approach alone cannot solve the problems of Afghanistan, and called on the international community to help the country institute good governance, and such measures as rural electrification and replacement of opium production with profitable legal crops.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27