2009.11.17--農業報道——旨在提升非洲食品安全的雙重努力
AGRICULTURE REPORT - Two Efforts Seek to Increase Food Security in Africa

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
這里是VOA特別英語農業報道。

For the past year, the World Food Program has operated a project to prevent hunger in twenty-one countries in Africa. In the project, the United Nations agency works with small farmers to grow more and better produce.
去年，世界食品計劃運作了一個預防非洲21個國家饑餓的工程。在這個工程中，聯合國組織和小農場主們進行合作以生產更多更好的（農）產品。

The World Food Program buys the produce through local cooperative associations. Then it distributes the products within the country or area. The project works mainly with women.
世界食品計劃通過當地的協作單位購買這些產品。然后將產品在國內或地區內進行分配。這一計劃主要由婦女參與。
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Sheila Sisulu from the World Food Program says the project aims to break a cycle that keeps people hungry. The situation is when farmers have to sell their produce at low prices after harvest, when supplies are greatest. Then they have to pay high prices to buy food for themselves during the "lean season," when supplies are limited.
來自世界食品計劃的Sheila Sisulu說，這一計劃的主要目的是打破持續使人陷于饑餓的循環。那種情況就是，在供應充足時，農民們在豐收后不得不以低價售賣他們的產品。而后，當供應短缺時，他們不得不在歉收季節以高價去為他們自己購買食品。

But when farmers produce more food, they can sell more. And when they produce high-quality food, they can get higher prices. They can also store food for themselves, and have enough money to buy food if they need to during the lean season. Sheila Sisulu says the farmers are now starting to earn profits through the project.
不過，現在農民們生產更多的食物，就可以賣更多。并且，當他們生產出優質產品時，就能以更高價格賣出。他們也可以為自己進行儲備，并且在歉收季節有足夠的錢去購買他們需要的實物。Sheila Sisulu說，農民們現在正開始通過這一計劃來掙錢。

The Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development help the farmers choose the best seeds and fertilizers. They also advise the farmers on the quality levels that the World Food Program requires to buy their produce.
食品和農業組織以及國際農業發展基金會幫助農民們選擇最好的種子和肥料。他們還告訴農民符合世界食品計劃需求的質量等級以便于去購買他們的產品。

Two other groups recently launched a separate effort to increase food security in Africa. The groups are the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the New Partnership for Africa's Development.
另外有兩個組織近期啟動了一個獨立的舉措以增加非洲的食品安全。這兩個組織是非洲綠色革命聯盟和非洲發展新伙伴。

They say African governments have to increase their investment in agriculture in order to fight problems related to climate change. The groups want the governments to develop programs in seeds, soil health, policy and markets.
他們認為很多非洲政府部門應該增加他們在農業方面的投入以抗擊氣候變化帶來的問題。這兩個組織希望這些政府能夠制定一些關于種子，土壤環境，政策和市場方面的計劃。

Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan is the chairman of AGRA. The group's president, Namanga Ngongi, says many African governments are not meeting a target of spending ten percent of their national budgets on agriculture. But he says investment has risen from four percent of national budgets to probably five and a half percent today.
前聯合國主席科菲.安南現在是非洲綠色革命聯盟的主席。這一組織的主管人，Namanga Ngongi，說到，很多非洲政府都沒有達到將國家預算的10%投放到農業上面這一目標。但是，他說，投入已經有所增長了，已經從國家預算的4%增長到了現在的大概5.5%。

And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today's report was written by Jerilyn Watson, with Lisa Schlein in Geneva and Selah Hennessy in London. You can find transcripts, podcasts and archives of our reports at www.unsv.com. I'm Jim Tedder.
以上是VOA特別英語農業報道。今天的報道由Jerilyn Watson協同日內瓦的 Lisa Schlein 和倫敦的Selah Hennessy共同編寫。你可以登錄www.unsv.com獲取關于我們報道的文本，錄音和檔案文件。我是Jim Tedder。

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