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[ti:What Rio Development Conference Means to Farmers] [ar:Jim Tedder] [al:Agriculture Report] [by:www.chinavoa.com] [00:00.00]This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. [00:04.55]Next week, leaders and officials from governments [00:09.32]and nongovernmental groups will meet in Brazil [00:13.55]for the Rio+20 Conference. [00:17.43]The full name is the United Nations Conference [00:21.17]on Sustainable Development. [00:23.80]It marks the twentieth anniversary of the UN Conference [00:28.48]on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. [00:32.51]It also comes ten years after the World Summit [00:36.84]on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. [00:40.82]The meeting is June twentieth through the twenty-second. [00:45.20]The Rio+20 website describes it as a chance [00:50.78]to "shape how we can reduce poverty, [00:53.37]advance social equity and ensure environmental protection [00:59.00]on an ever more crowded planet [01:02.33]to get to the future we want." [01:04.77]The UN Food and Agriculture Organization [01:08.90]has prepared a new report called "Towards the Future We Want." [01:14.63]It says hunger reduction and sustainable development [01:19.50]are highly connected. [01:21.69]It calls for better governance of agriculture and food systems. [01:26.62]Food systems use thirty percent of the world's energy. [01:32.29]Crops and farm animals use seventy percent of the water. [01:37.62]Yet food losses and waste are high. [01:42.10]The FAO says they add up to more than one billion tons each year, [01:48.62]or almost one-third of all the food produced in the world. [01:54.59]The FAO says nearly one out of every seven people [01:59.41]in the world is a victim of undernourishment. [02:02.76]Seventy-five percent of all poor people live in rural areas. [02:08.73]Most support themselves through agriculture and relative activities. [02:15.10]The agency has estimated that food production [02:19.13]needs to increase at least sixty percent by twenty-fifty [02:24.46]to feed an expected population of nine billion. [02:29.53]The new report calls for doing "more with less" [02:33.41]-- improving diets while reducing the effects of agriculture [02:40.41]on the environment. [02:42.10]Alberto Sandoval is a natural resources officer with the FAO. [02:48.72]ALBERTO SANDOVAL: "We have to make a transition [02:50.25]on the way we produce food [02:51.55]and the way we transform the food to bring it to the table [02:54.63]to make sure that we have the eradication of hunger, [02:57.52]that we reduce poverty and that we have a healthy [03:00.16]and well-nourished population in the upcoming years." [03:03.94]Farmers operate five hundred million small farms in developing countries. [03:09.91]The report says they need clear rights to resources like land and water. [03:16.23]FAO nutritionist Florence Egal says production growth [03:22.15]helps not only farmers but also others in related industries. [03:27.24]FLORENCE EGAL: "People who have no access to land or labor [03:30.13]can actually generate income and add to local economic development [03:34.80]through food transformation, through processing, through commercialization. [03:39.08]So we believe it would also make sense in terms of job creation, [03:43.81]in terms of job protection. [03:45.90]And therefore we would be able to bring together the economic dimension, [03:50.83]the social dimension and the environmental dimension. [03:54.51]And I think this is very much the challenge that we are facing nowadays." [03:58.24]And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. [04:02.63]I'm Jim Tedder.

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.

Next week, leaders and officials from governments and nongovernmental groups will meet in Brazil for the Rio+20 Conference. The full name is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. It marks the twentieth anniversary of the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. It also comes ten years after the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

The meeting is June twentieth through the twenty-second. The Rio+20 website describes it as a chance to "shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want."

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has prepared a new report called "Towards the Future We Want." It says hunger reduction and sustainable development are highly connected. It calls for better governance of agriculture and food systems.

An Ashanink indigenous man stands before a poster promoting the launch of the Rio + 20 sustainable development conference in Rio, Brazil

Food systems use thirty percent of the world's energy. Crops and farm animals use seventy percent of the water. Yet food losses and waste are high. The FAO says they add up to more than one billion tons each year, or almost one-third of all the food produced in the world.

The FAO says nearly one out of every seven people in the world is a victim of undernourishment. Seventy-five percent of all poor people live in rural areas. Most support themselves through agriculture and relative activities.

The agency has estimated that food production needs to increase at least sixty percent by twenty-fifty to feed an expected population of nine billion.

The new report calls for doing "more with less" -- improving diets while reducing the effects of agriculture on the environment. Alberto Sandoval is a natural resources officer with the FAO.

ALBERTO SANDOVAL: "We have to make a transition on the way we produce food and the way we transform the food to bring it to the table to make sure that we have the eradication of hunger, that we reduce poverty and that we have a healthy and well-nourished population in the upcoming years."

Farmers operate five hundred million small farms in developing countries. The report says they need clear rights to resources like land and water. FAO nutritionist Florence Egal says production growth helps not only farmers but also others in related industries.

FLORENCE EGAL: "People who have no access to land or labor can actually generate income and add to local economic development through food transformation, through processing, through commercialization. So we believe it would also make sense in terms of job creation, in terms of job protection. And therefore we would be able to bring together the economic dimension, the social dimension and the environmental dimension. And I think this is very much the challenge that we are facing nowadays."

And that's the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. I'm Jim Tedder.

里約+20峰會(huì)探討農(nóng)業(yè)可持續(xù)發(fā)展

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
這里是美國(guó)之音慢速英語農(nóng)業(yè)報(bào)道。

Next week, leaders and officials from governments and nongovernmental groups will meet in Brazil for the Rio+20 Conference. The full name is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. It marks the twentieth anniversary of the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. It also comes ten years after the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
下周，來自政府和民間團(tuán)體的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人及有關(guān)官員將在巴西舉辦的“里約+20峰會(huì)”上會(huì)晤。這次會(huì)議全稱是“聯(lián)合國(guó)可持續(xù)發(fā)展會(huì)議”，它標(biāo)志著里約熱內(nèi)盧“聯(lián)合國(guó)環(huán)境和發(fā)展大會(huì)”20周年，同時(shí)也是約翰內(nèi)斯堡“可持續(xù)發(fā)展世界峰會(huì)”十周年。

The meeting is June twentieth through the twenty-second. The Rio+20 website describes it as a chance to "shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want."
這次會(huì)議將于6月20日到22日召開。“里約+20峰會(huì)”官網(wǎng)稱其為“共同商討在一個(gè)日益擁擠的地球上，如何減少貧困，促進(jìn)社會(huì)公平并確保環(huán)境保護(hù)，從而獲得我們想要的未來”的這么一次機(jī)會(huì)。

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has prepared a new report called "Towards the Future We Want." It says hunger reduction and sustainable development are highly connected. It calls for better governance of agriculture and food systems.
聯(lián)合國(guó)糧農(nóng)組織準(zhǔn)備了一份被稱為《走向我們想要的未來》的新報(bào)告。它說，減少饑餓和可持續(xù)發(fā)展緊密相聯(lián)，并呼吁更好的管理農(nóng)業(yè)和糧食系統(tǒng)。

Food systems use thirty percent of the world's energy. Crops and farm animals use seventy percent of the water. Yet food losses and waste are high. The FAO says they add up to more than one billion tons each year, or almost one-third of all the food produced in the world.
糧食系統(tǒng)用到了30%的世界能源。農(nóng)作物和家畜用到了70%的水源。然而糧食損失和浪費(fèi)非常嚴(yán)重。糧農(nóng)組織稱，這一浪費(fèi)和損失累積起來超過了每年10億噸，占到全球糧食產(chǎn)量的1/3。

The FAO says nearly one out of every seven people in the world is a victim of undernourishment. Seventy-five percent of all poor people live in rural areas. Most support themselves through agriculture and relative activities.
糧農(nóng)組織稱，將近1/7的世界人口是營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良的受害者。75%的窮人居住在農(nóng)村地區(qū)，他們中的大多數(shù)人通過農(nóng)業(yè)和相關(guān)活動(dòng)養(yǎng)活自己。

The agency has estimated that food production needs to increase at least sixty percent by twenty-fifty to feed an expected population of nine billion.
該機(jī)構(gòu)估計(jì)，到2050年，全球糧食產(chǎn)量需要增加至少60%，以養(yǎng)活預(yù)期的90億人口。

The new report calls for doing "more with less" -- improving diets while reducing the effects of agriculture on the environment. Alberto Sandoval is a natural resources officer with the FAO.
這份新報(bào)告呼吁在改善飲食的同時(shí)降低農(nóng)業(yè)對(duì)環(huán)境的影響。阿爾貝托·桑多瓦爾（Alberto Sandoval）是糧農(nóng)組織的負(fù)責(zé)自然資源方面的官員。

ALBERTO SANDOVAL: "We have to make a transition on the way we produce food and the way we transform the food to bring it to the table to make sure that we have the eradication of hunger, that we reduce poverty and that we have a healthy and well-nourished population in the upcoming years."
桑多瓦爾：“我們必須在食物生產(chǎn)方式及食物加工方式上實(shí)現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)型，以確保我們未來能夠消除饑餓，減少貧困，以及擁有健康和營(yíng)養(yǎng)充足的人口。”

Farmers operate five hundred million small farms in developing countries. The report says they need clear rights to resources like land and water. FAO nutritionist Florence Egal says production growth helps not only farmers but also others in related industries.
發(fā)展中國(guó)家的農(nóng)民經(jīng)營(yíng)著5億個(gè)小型農(nóng)場(chǎng)。這份報(bào)告稱，他們需要擁有土地和水等資源的明確權(quán)利。糧農(nóng)組織營(yíng)養(yǎng)專家弗洛倫斯·埃加勒（Florence Egal）表示，產(chǎn)量增長(zhǎng)不僅對(duì)農(nóng)民，對(duì)其它相關(guān)產(chǎn)業(yè)人士也有幫助。

FLORENCE EGAL: "People who have no access to land or labor can actually generate income and add to local economic development through food transformation, through processing, through commercialization. So we believe it would also make sense in terms of job creation, in terms of job protection. And therefore we would be able to bring together the economic dimension, the social dimension and the environmental dimension. And I think this is very much the challenge that we are facing nowadays."
埃加勒：“無法獲得土地的人們或勞動(dòng)力實(shí)際上可以通過糧食加工及商業(yè)化創(chuàng)收并促進(jìn)本地經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。所有我們認(rèn)為它在創(chuàng)造就業(yè)和職業(yè)保護(hù)方面也有意義。這樣，我們就能夠?qū)⒔?jīng)濟(jì)層面，社會(huì)層面和環(huán)境層面集中到一起。我認(rèn)為這就是我們現(xiàn)在正面臨的巨大挑戰(zhàn)。“

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