Helping breeders quickly develop better varieties of all these crops will be crucial as the world population tops 9 billion by 2050 in the face of a changing climate.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

"Dopamine is considered a neurotransmitter that is crucial for our ability to perceive rewards and to be motivated in our behavior."

VOA: special.2009.09.16

"That is also crucial to allowing corporations a kind of independent personhood and separating ownership from control or ownership from management.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

He retains a strong link to the homeland of his parents, and carries the nation's flag after crucial football victories.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

Reigning-in corruption is crucial to attracting foreign investment to a nation where 80 percent of people are unemployed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

This will provide crucial clues to what caused the crash - India's worst in more than a decade.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

Political experts see passage of health care as a crucial political test for Mr.Obama in advance of congressional midterm elections in November.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Certainly many Copenhagen residents hope that is true and they see climate change as a crucial issue.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who noted the crucial role Asia is playing in a post recessionary world.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

A successful and credible election with the losers peacefully accepting the outcome is deemed crucial for Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Yet,the publication of the voter list, though a crucial step, is not the only obstacle remaining.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

With a crucial vote on health care expected Tuesday in the Senate Finance Committee, the president sought to enlist medical professionals in the cause.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Frank Miller,a former senior official on the National Security Council says those verification provisions are crucial.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Today's sessions are part of a lasting conversation that is crucial to our shared future,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.05