Better irrigation can dramatically improve cropyield and about 40% of the world's food supply is currently derived from irrigated land.
更好的灌溉可以显著提高作物产量；目前，全球约40%的粮食供应都来自于灌溉地。
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In the early 1940s, basking in the glory of chemical-based intensive agriculture, the farmers avidly took to pesticides as a sure measure to boost cropyield.