Industry was growing quickly -- but not quickly enough to give jobs to all the farmers out of work.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

They were not farmers as we shall see, and therefore, they spent their lives practicing warfare.

我们需要认识到,他们不是农夫,他们视战争操练为生活的一部分

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So, it's very important to realize that these family farmers, who are successful, do not necessarily lead to democracy.

所以,我们要正确地认识到,这些富有的农场主,并非会带来共和之火

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This was not only true for farmers, but also for immigrants who came to the United States from foreign countries.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

Most of the luck is bad; it's hard to succeed, and with some combination of luck, skill, determination and hard work all of that will decide which of these farmers will be successful and which will not.

靠投机取巧是很难成功的,只有包含着运气,能力,意志和勤奋的所有因素才能角逐出,哪些农民会获取成功,哪些会遭受失败

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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

Farmers may not be able to prevent natural disasters, but they can at least try their best to reduce losses.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

The satellite images may not show what the farmers are using the trees for, but trees provide nuts,fruit, wood and other products.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

And one does not think of the farmers who pushed slowly westward to fence,plow,and plant the land.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

Farmers could not plant crops, because they had no seed and no animals to break the ground.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

She says farmers should not endlessly work the same soil without putting back some organic matter.

VOA: special.2010.11.09

Some of the rich farmers said openly that they did not care who won the war.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Nathan Burrell says it is not a profitable business yet, but the farmers are hopeful.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

That meant rice farmers were not only earning less but facing greater competition from imports.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Most did not speak English. Most were poor farmers who had few special skills.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

But farmers sometimes do not find the disease until they cut open a cassava.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

But later in life, Borlaug urged farmers not to overuse chemical products.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Farmers in early England did not own their land.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

But later,he also urged farmers not to overuse chemicals.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The farmers,however, were not satisfied.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

For example,he says the health needs that will arise from climate change are not the same as the needs of farmers.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

So far,though, the oil hasn't reached very far inland, and saltwater has not seeped into the farmers' wells.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

She says Africa has by and large resisted GM crops because it does not benefit poor farmers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

(SPEAKING) He goes on to say that with cotton, even if farmers do good work, they will not have anything to show for it.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Elsewhere, farmers have not fared as well. In Niger,the city of Agadez lost close to 400 hectares of land used for farming and cattle.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

"Organic agriculture in general is well suited to small-scale farmers because usually small-scale farmers do not have much cash to purchase external inputs, chemical inputs,pesticides, or chemical fertilizers."

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

With hundreds of farmers not planting traditional food crops this season, Nkansah believes there is a real risk that the shift to biofuels will result in food shortages.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

It's really a strange situation." Even Dave Salmonsen with the American Farm Bureau Federation - which represents U.S.farmers - is not an enthusiastic supporter of the U.S.aid to Brazil.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

"The report reconfirms that we still need a strong regulatory system to ensure that the technology is not squandered away by poor management practices by both farmers and seed developers."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

The USDA analysis also concludes that the climate bill now before Congress gives farmers opportunities to more than offset their financial losses, although not all farmers may be able to take advantage of them.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12