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World Service,01 Oct 1996,14 mins

Sugar Beet Made Fit for Drier Climates

The Farming World

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Dutch genetic engineers at work to improve sugar beet. How Mongolian herders and farmers are coping in the change from a centrally controlled economy to a market one. Plus, making your own pesticides to protect crops in storage.

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