2015考研英语阅读农业与营养
<p> <span word="Agriculture">Agriculture</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nutrition">nutrition</span>农业与营养</p><p> <span word="Hidden">Hidden</span> <span word="hunger">hunger</span>隐性饥饿</p><p> <span word="How">How</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="farming">farming</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="peopleshealth">peopleshealth</span>? 农业到底能为促进人类健康贡献多少?</p><p> <span word="IN">IN</span> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Uganda">Uganda</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="traders">traders</span> <span word="squatbehind">squatbehind</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="piles">piles</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sweet">sweet</span> <span word="potatoes">potatoes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="thatsays">thatsays</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="vitamin">vitamin</span> <span word="A">A</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="passing">passing</span> <span word="shoppercomplains">shoppercomplains</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="price">price</span>: 10% <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="ordinarysweet">ordinarysweet</span> <span word="potatoes">potatoes</span>. <span word="Yes">Yes</span>, <span word="say">say</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="traders">traders</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="theyrebetter">theyrebetter</span>, <span word="bred">bred</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="extra">extra</span> <span word="vitamin">vitamin</span> <span word="A">A</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="bargaininggoes">bargaininggoes</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="forth">forth</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="struggle">struggle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="thecrop">thecrop</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="won">won</span>. <span word="Since">Since</span> 2007, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="outfit">outfit</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="HarvestPlus">HarvestPlus</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="distributing">distributing</span> <span word="thebiofortified">thebiofortified</span> <span word="rootcrop">rootcrop</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Uganda">Uganda</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Mozambique">Mozambique</span>, 50,000 <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="orcrops">orcrops</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="Vitamin">Vitamin</span> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="intake">intake</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="soared">soared</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="commands">commands</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="premium">premium</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="shoppereventually">shoppereventually</span> <span word="buys">buys</span> <span word="some">some</span>.</p><p> 乌干达南部的一个市场上，两个小贩蹲坐在一小堆红薯边，一旁的牌子上写着富含维<span word="A">A</span>。顾客路过，抱怨价格太贵：比一般红薯贵10%。贵是贵一点，小贩解释道，但是这种红薯更优质，富含更多维<span word="A">A</span>。虽然还要再讨价还价一番，但已经确定的是作物营养价值方面已经有所进步了。自 2007年，供应商<span word="HarvestPlus">HarvestPlus</span>开始在乌干达和莫桑比亚销售生物合成的块根作物，近5万农户开始种植此类作物。维<span word="A">A</span>含量的显著增多，使得产品价格升高。顾客最终也逐渐开始购买此类农产品。</p>
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