But the amount of cropland planted with the crops rose by an estimated seven percent worldwide.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

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

Sometimes months would pass without rain, and the crops would die.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Then they could wait to sell the crops until prices rose.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Roots of Peace supports the planting of native crops and the employment of landmine victims to farm the cleared land.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

In many countries, women are half as likely as men to use fertilizers to increase the amount of crops.

VOA: special.2011.03.22

The researchers note that farmers in the Midwest used too much fertilizer on their crops through the nineteen seventies.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

But they also found something else. They say another kind of bug is now attacking the cotton and other crops.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Farmers rarely planted trees or tall crops around the buildings, so there would be no barrier to the airflow.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

Agriculture Minister Christopher Toe urged other countries to help save Liberia's crops and other vegetation that the caterpillars feed on.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

The researchers point out that gene flow between crops and their wild relatives is common and difficult to contain.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

Experts say the new methods also increase crop production up to five times more than crops that depend on rainfall only.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center says traditional crops like these can survive the fierce storms that often strike the islands.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

"In general,we find that genetically engineered crops have had fewer adverse effects on the environment than non-GE crops produced conventionally."

VOA: special.2010.04.27

Officials in Liberia say tens of millions of caterpillars are destroying crops and polluting waterways in the country's agricultural centers.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

Based on their research, the experts suggest that farmers plant a variety of crops and not just depend on rice.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

Recently we told you about a study of genetically engineered crops and how they have affected farming in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

Over the next twenty years, Borlaug worked with Mexican scientists to develop crops that were able to resist disease.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Tilling can remove weeds and the waste from last season's crops and help break down old plant material into fertilizer.

VOA: special.2010.09.28

Now there is worry about a new threat headed in their direction in the wind a fungus that destroys wheat crops.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Agriculture Report. Plant breeders and genetic engineers keep working to give crops the strength to resist threats like insects,diseases, droughts or floods.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

The Chavez family joined thousands of other farm workers who traveled around the state of California to harvest crops for farm owners.

VOA: special.2009.09.06