Using the same amount of land, the new wheat variety could produce three to four times as much food.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

It is not always clear that eating something as harmless as wheat can be bad for a person's health.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

New irrigation methods are expected to double wheat production while using one-third of the water required for full irrigation.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The researchers also found large containers of wheat, barley and apricots in the cave, along with a broken pot and sheep's horns.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

He says farmers in some parts of North Dakota plant wheat that is ready to harvest in only about one hundred days.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

In nineteen forty-four, Borlaug left his job with DuPont, and began a project to increase Mexico's wheat production.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

He worked in the fields to show farmers new ways to grow wheat, rice and other crops.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

So separating the wheat from the chaff means keeping what is valuable and rejecting what is worthless.

VOA: special.2011.02.13

Borlaug worked in fields to show farmers new ways to grow crops like wheat and rice.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

His work with rice and wheat crops saved millions from starving in Asia and Latin America.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

He also worked in the laboratory to create new versions of wheat that could resist disease.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Some people develop celiac disease after eating gluten, a protein found in all wheat products.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

This was done by crossbreeding different kinds of wheat to make stronger, more resistant ones.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

He became the head of the newly-formed Cooperative Wheat Research and Production Program in Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

And he worked in the laboratory to breed new wheat varieties that could resist disease.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Some people develop celiac disease after eating gluten, a protein found in wheat products.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

(MUSCI) Old man Calvin worked in a wheat mill not far from his house.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Borlaug worked with wheat genes to shrink the plant while keeping the grain large.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Straw is the dried stem part of plants such as wheat, millet and sorghum.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Here is the first part of the poem: Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;

VOA: special.2011.07.17

He says replacing white rice with whole grains like whole wheat or barley could result in a thirty-six percent lower chance of developing type two diabetes.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

And almost all Afghan farmers grow wheat to feed their families or to sell.

VOA: special.2009.08.18