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Latin America comes out of the exercise relatively well: the yields of its main crops are expected to fall by only a few percent.

They also grow more quickly, allowing two or three crops a year from land that used to produce only one crop.

The flail is often not used today, but in the past it was indispensable for grinding crops.

What if they cut back only a portion of the native trees, let the rest mature, and planted crops between them?

To make as much use of the land as possible, two or more crops are planted each year where possible.

The whole family had experienced such a storm before, with dark memories of the damage it had caused to stock and crops.

The terraced hill sides, as we went up in a jhampan, were all aflame with the beauty of the flowering spring crops.

Windbreaks not only protect land and crops from the wind. Surplus trees can be cut down and used to provide wood.

Miao word as the name implies, is a species of field crops, in ancient times, the word represents the Miao ethnic group paddy - Miao people.

But the additional land available for cultivation is unevenly distributed, and much of it is suitable for growing only a few crops.

The claim that GM crops give higher yields is often uncritically repeated in the media. But this claim is not accurate.

Some of the immediate causes of the price spike for rice are similar to that of other crops.

If you plant some seeds every week or two, you will have crops ready to eat one after another.

For homeowners looking at planting trees or other crops, consider checking to see if local irrigation district water is available.

She used to grow crops on seven hectares of common land; when the pond was built, she lost the land. There was no compensation.

Controlling the flow of transgenic genes into the wild via pollen and seeds has been a major source of public opposition to biotech crops.

We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree.

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that country turns out.

Like all the generations of my family back to the pharaohs, I used to plant my crops and never know if I would harvest.

If it doesn't rain within the next few weeks, the crops will have to be watered if they are to survive.

"There has been a lag, but now the substitution effect is taking place, boosting the demand of indigenous crops, " he said.

Wheat is widely cultivated in the world and the total volume of its annual trade is higher than any other cereal crops.

"Other people's crops, and the child's own good, " said the old old saying is true at all.

"There is no evidence that the antibiotic resistance genes used in approved GM crops pose a problem for human health, " she said.

But winter was coming and neither the houses nor the crops would be ready if everyone continued to work with one arm behind their back.

About Yao to the age of 10 appeared in the sky the sun, burned crops, baked dead vegetation, people have no food.

Young, educated consumers who are driving much of the organic market have no interest in eating crops derived from a laboratory, he said.

It can be effectively grown on marginal lands that are considered undesirable for food crops, making it a viable option as a new biofuel.

In the poorest areas, some highways are often empty but for the crops farmers spread out on them to dry in the sun.

"Wo is a registered " and " Wo " is millet, millet, rice, sorghum crops like the general term " landing " means that mature.

He said he sees biodiesel made from oil crops and recycled waste as "the most promising" of clean fuels.

These "short cycle" plants have made it possible to grow two crops a year, revolutionising the operation of farms.

Fuller Thompson next wants to analyze other large representative community studies to see if the link crops up in those as well.

A farmer unearths an old top hat on his property and with it an ancient Indian curse that lays waste to all the farmers crops.

HOW much and how often should farmers water their crops?

How many hours a day the pump needs to be operated depends on the season and how much water is needed for crops.

If it had not been raining too much, the crops would be growing much better.

The Nuffield Council's second key conclusion was that the wide range of GM crops and situations must be considered individually.

Contaminated wastewater is often used to irrigate food crops, creating significant risks for human health and well-being.

The United States is one of twenty-five countries where farmers planted genetically engineered crops in two thousand nine.

Yet the land is good. It could provide much more food and cash crops too, perhaps two harvests a year, with proper irrigation.

What do you think of you hear the word "agriculture" ? The image of crops growing in field or a barnyard full of animals may come to mind.

Since the 1960s the amount of fertiliser used by farmers has increased sixfold, and not all of that extra nitrogen ends up in their crops.

Spray irrigation Sprinkling water over land to be used for crops. Often used to dispose of wastewater from sewage treatment plants.

In only one of these last eleven years was the weather unfavorable for growing citrus crops.

In other time crops coefficient between the two crops of change, it is to produce a crop of the main reason rop water requirement.

As American farmers prepare to plant their next crops, they must decide how much, and what, to plant.

"My dear Marquis, " said the King, turning to the young man by his side, "you are having some famous crops this year. "

It had not rained for weeks, and all the crops had withered in the heat.

This was done largely out of necessity, as the fiber crops that were previously used for the process were experiencing a shortage.

To be full of use land as possible , two or more types of crops can be planted in the planting areas.

Spider-Ling Source: At this point, people make a living by hunting, crops do not know, I do not know farming.

This method might be used to help engineer food crops that are resistant to extremely dry conditions.

The genomes of most important crops have been sequenced only fairly recently, and that of wheat is only partly done.

If there were a real carbon price, farmers would think of their fields in terms of the carbon embodied in crops and soil.

"Our researchers are now working to develop stress-resistant crops that are drought-tolerant, heat-tolerant and saline-resistant, " he said.

It may be only a question of time until GM crops dramatically decrease yield and become extinct.

France, in particular, seems to be a major target since it has been slow to adopt GM crops despite outside pressure.

In fact, none of the crops here have been treated with pesticides, herbicides or chemical input of any sort.

The gas is does, endure is the enemy, but to leave the bitterest curse of ground, children in crops.

"We are close to the margin" of a viable ratio of pollinators to crops, he said.

Analysts said the business was attractive as demand for agricultural chemicals to protect crops rose on the back of population growth.

Currently, mangos are one of the main fruits marketed globally, ranked fifth in world production among the major fruit crops.

He thought he could use his kownledge to find out the best ways for farmers to grow crops and then write a book to help them.

American farmers should be thankful; just think of trying to pollinate all those crops by hand.

So he dropped off his hoe and waited there. But day after day, there were no more rabbits coming. What was worse, all his crops were dead.

If it were to rain tonight, the crops would be saved.

this to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in are not as wITe once nothing but cacti and sagebrush have to live.

The villagers decided that they couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak.

Funded by the U. S. government, infrastructure projects like this provide jobs and help localfarmers switch to crops other than poppies.

As though plowing and sowing, draw close to her; then await her bountiful crops.

He raised quite large and salable crops of hay and oats, to say nothing of his own vegetables and fruit.

By spraying it on their crops, the broadcaster said, the farmers hoped it would double their yield and help them earn more money.

Most female insects should have this sort of receptor including the kinds that spread disease and devastate crops .

Associated crops, cropping Growing two or more different crops on the same piece of land.

Large areas of the countryside could also be planted with woodland and crops to be burnt in a network of smaller power stations.

So Arcadia is trying to improve crops' ability to absorb nitrogen by changing their biological makeup, Lewis said.

Nut crops, particularly almonds , continued to dominate performance with high double-digit income and strong appreciation. U.

But, he said nations have to balance the production of biofuel from food crops, with biofuel from non food resources.

She said it would pursue measures to raise agricultural productivity and liberalise markets for crops.

Warmer regions, which had access to water and were not affected by bushfires will produce small crops, but the quality will compensate.

More than a decade later history seems to be repeating itself in the covert war over GM crops.

After corn crops are harvested, a common agricultural practice is to leave discarded plant material on the fields.

On landing at Bombay , I learned that my crops had advanced through the passes, and was already deep in the enemy's country.

When the water emerges, it is clean enough to be used for flushing toilets and watering yards, gardens and crops.

The only GM food crops to be approved so far are tomatoes, sweet pepper and papaya.

Intercropping: Growing TWO or more crops simultaneously as in alternate rows in the same field or single tract of land.

Buckwheat is an important resource for food crops and medicine crops, also is one of the traditional agricultural products for exporting.

How glad we were to see crops and vegetables growing well.

Nato and US forces are trying to promote the growth of agricultural crops in the country, instead of the opiate-producing plants.

Coffee, banana, oil palm, and a number of tropical grasses and legumes are among the crops that tolerate high Al saturation.

In the past, there was not enough water so they couldn't grow more than one and a half crops a year.

Sunlight has been used by humans for drying crops and heating water and building for millennia-called passive solar heating.

Weeds along the river bank, silent crops, are quietly standing in the pale moonlight, as if what is silently waiting.

When Michael finally realized his foolishness and returned to his fields, he found that all his crops were dead.

Therefore, the product is an organic green product and can be widely used for various crops.

He said one example these (is) genetically changed crops that will grow in extreme temperatures, dry conditions or poor soil.

About 12 percent of Earth's land surface is now used for crops. Some of the consequences are difficult to predict.

The crops in the Russian experimental station are almost exclusively crops that have to be conserved them in the field, as living specimens.

Testosterone crops up in another part of the business equation, too: sales.

Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.

He and his wife, Karen, bought a farm in southern California. They produce organic, hydroponic crops.

Some of the crops will be served to the Obamas and to White House staff and guests, while some will be donated to a local soup kitchen.

There had been a drought in summer one year and no crops could survive.

The farmers will be able to grow rice, oranges and tea here, but they complain that the land here isn't good for the crops.

America's generous subsidies for biofuel have increased the harvest of water-intensive crops that are now used for energy as well as food.

It is larger than the United States, but only a small part of it can be used for growing crops.

Heterosis is a common phenomenon and has been used to increase yield and to improve quality in crops.

Before 2002, soybean was the only crop without use of the advantages of hybrid among the main crops.

The children have been warned to keep out of the fields while the crops are growing .

By opposing GM crops, he argues, Utopia and its allies see themselves as standing up to corruption and special interests.

however , he said small temperature increases could increase crops in most industrialized nations.

Of that summer afternoon, I take you to walk into the green curtain of tall crops.

Having one of the world's largest garlic crops, Gilroy, California is known as the "garlic capital of the world. "

So a plains farmer had to grow crops that were in big demand. He usually put all his efforts into producing just one or two crops.

how delighted we were to see the crops and vegetables growing so well.

But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give protection to men, animals and crops from the injury which insects cause.

He said one example is genetically changed crops that will grow in extreme temperature, dry conditions or poor soil.

In the case of onions, unseasonal rain in October that destroyed crops in Maharashtra appears to be the main culprit.

The dark regions surrounding the well-lit urban areas are mainly agricultural fields, with wheat and corn being the major crops.

Gingers are one of the primary cash crops in Luoping County and the important export commodity of Yunnan Province as well.

James' s crops never paid for the expense of raising them, and he found that he had improved away every shilling of his fortune.

Some circular formations are visited by thousands of these enthusiasts, causing further damage to crops and sometimes property.

China's hinterland had always been underpopulated for a good reason: it was arid land incapable of producing many crops.

They're not stupid enough to leave us footprints leading to their crops.

Bright red birds, red sorghums and the dark red sky constitute a sharp contrast with green crops, boosting picture's decorative effect.

Other types of information, like copyright and design history, could help to monitor the spread of GM crops, he said.

However, crops are not the only things that grow well. The research found that weeds grow faster in a hoop house.

Farmers have stockpiled large amounts of grain in their barns after two years of bumper crops.

Russia has imposed a ban on grain exports until the end of the year, after a severe drought and a spate of wildfires devastated crops.

In this test the crops below show the effect of the noise reduction on such texture (hair) as you move up the ISO range.

Because long ago, young people had to help their families harvest the summer crops. At least this is what people today may think.

Temperature is one of basic factors to influence the growth and development of crops, and decides the length of growing period.

Thanks to modern irrigation: crops now grow generously in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.

Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.

The waterlogging disaster is one of the main agro-meteorological disasters during crops growth period in the region of Jianghuai.

so far crops have been destroyed , roads submerged and transportation slowed to a near standstill.

Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in the areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.

The cage-typed electric-net insect killer can be used all day long, which can widely trap and kill the crops harmful insects.

Their goal was to build homes, clear jungle, plant crops, and form a community - thereby gaining title to the land.

Water lies at the heart of life, whether for drinking and washing, irrigating crops, watering cattle, or generating power.

Land left in bare fallow to be sown with winter crops sustained losses that far exceeded the rate of new soil formation.

As pests and diseases evolve and spread, crops genetically modified to resist them could boost production, or at least maintain yields.

Acetanilide herbicides are widely used for preemergence control of broad-leaved weeds in corns , soybean and several other other crops.

they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.

Farmers rarely planted trees or tall crops around the buildings so there would be no barrier to the air flown.

The land is so fertile that three crops a year can grow.

Across the Florida peninsula, communities are cleaning up the damage from torrential rain that flooded homes and destroyed crops.

That sounds like a wry riddle, but it's a real challenge in Southeast Asia, where hungry elephants emerge from forests to gobble crops.

Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.

But then the chipmunk population increased strikingly due to two successive years of abundant acorn crops in the forest.

In some other parts of the world flooding hurt crops like sugar and cotton, sending sugar to its highest prices in over a generation.

Cellulosic ethanol can be derived from inedible crops like switchgrass, but the technology is still largely confined to the laboratory.

Clinton added that crops and agricultural fields have been lost and experts do not expect the flooding to recede until mid-September.

You have to look at how these crops are produced in terms of the energy used for growing and transport.

Small furrows known as corrugations are used for uncultivated grain and forage crops.

There was a strong spatial variation in main crops and the planting of main crops was intensive.

'With oil prices rising, it could encourage a bigger corn crop at the expense of other crops, ' he said.

Export taxes on cash crops have also been used to encourage the production of domestic food crops in order to attain self-sufficiency.

He made a report on the condition of the crops.

Also, herbicide-tolerant biotech crops require less plowing, which keeps carbon in the soil, he said.

Alley cropping; strip cropping Growing two or more crops in alternating strips or blocks on the same piece of land at the same time.

The debate of crops for food versus crops for biofuels remains one of the major problems yet to be resolved in the sector.

Yesterday, on a train from London to the Midlands, I stared out of the window on to a sorry scene of stunted crops and dusty land.

You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master's grandson may be provided for.

If the local farmer uses fossil fuel to heat his greenhouse to produce crops out of season, his produce may not be the wisest purchase.

Millions of roses get handed out on Valentine's Day. But growing roses has an environmental impact worse than many other crops.

At present the crops have been got in, we had better beginning to arrange to plant crops in autumn.

A couple of other kids and I had graduated from crops to the horse barn, and our job was to either walk or ride the horses.

The crops used to detoxify the farm that are incinerated will release non-harmful gases as well as provide fuel and heat for the home.

If I were a little waterdrop, I would go to places which have droughts to help crops grow wonderfully.

He also called on the European Union to support genetically modified crops and for the United States to kill domestic subsidies for biofuel.

The failure of his crops laid him in debt.

Multiple cropping ; multicropping Growing two or more crops in the same year on the same field .

Weeding, seeding and watering requires at least as much work as crops grown in the open air.

So it is possible, the researchers said, that the increased pressure on organic crops from pests may result in more flavonoids.

Today, our economic growth increasingly depends on our ability to sell American goods, crops, and services all over the world.

Many people's communes have gone over to three crops a year and grain production increases by a by a wide margin.

Their study was the last in a series of reports on "lost crops of Africa. " Earlier reports dealt with grains and vegetables.

We lost all the crops, no children gained weight for over a year.

But by the end of 1920, with the abrupt cessation of wartime demand, the commercial agriculture of staple crops fell into a sharp decline.

China became involved in a new global trade of goods, plants, animals, and food crops known as the Columbian Exchange.

The general decline in environmental quality has affected crops as well as the soil.

One of the most frequent is government loans to farmers to enable them to hold their crops off the market.

They would not require food crops, but bringing them to market depends on perfecting techniques that are still experimental.

He says diversity among crop species must be effectively conserved, managed, and used to improve crops and adapt to climate change.

This series products are mainly used for top dressing, widely used in vegetables, fruit trees and other cash crops.

It has since spread in concentric circles each year and is now eating into maize crops in Germany and Italy.

It was not a good year. At harvest the crops did not bring as much as we had hoped.

But the planters ignored such advice and continued to invest their profits in more land and more slaves to grow more of the staple crops.

Corn mature faster due to high yield, cold and strong, and highly nutritional value, so quickly into a global food crops.

As the growing population requires more protein, more feed crops have to be grown -- which requires a larger supply of potash.

This favors root growth of crops, enhances standing power, and reduces surface runoffs so that the surface ped avoid being destroyed.

In particular, he said, US plans to turn food crops into ethanol would lead to massive famine and the deaths of 3bn people.

One of the agronomic crops that was used to determine the effects of soil heating was grass.

They also plant a minimum of two crops in their gardens to ensure at least some harvest.

"Corn is one of the most vulnerable crops to climate change in the region, " says the report, which advocates replacing it with rice.

This has led to "excessive" regulations that have choked efforts to roll out GM crops that might feed the poor, he says.

Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areasswheresonce nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.

In the case of GM technology it is clearly crucial to ask what the risks of adopting GM crops are.

Fifth, the minimum purchase price policy has no significant on the substitutes crops.

He added: 'The potato is one of the most important crops, ranking fifth in terms of human consumption and fourth in worldwide productions. '

As well, a state newspaper warned that drought next year could hit crops and stoke already heady inflation.

Zada said he worried about his children, who aren't in school, and about the crops and animals they left behind to fend for themselves.

Agriculture has enjoyed good development and summer crops have registered five consecutive years of increase.

And yet debate still rages as to whether GM crops actually increase yields at all.

We still plant other crops up in the hills, but we don't plant maize anymore. It's just too much work!

The sun is prolonged until the end of September and whenever it rains, it rains so heavily it destroys all our crops.

been permitted to become specialized households and are no longer required to produce grain or other specific crops.

Farmers in the United States have grown genetically engineered crops since the late nineteen nineties.

He said that crops will likely decrease in seasonally dry countries as average world temperatures rise.

Colored bell pepper is one of the top greenhouse vegetable crops grown in Florida along with cucumber and tomato.

The dark regions are mainly agricultural fields, with wheat and corn being the major crops.

The task: growing crops on your piece of land and handing in a report of the process.

He and other scientists acknowledge that no technology is foolproof and that the long-term effects of GM crops remain an open question.

He said that crops will likely decrease in the seasonally dry countries as average world temperature rises.

And mud from the bottom of the pond can be used to fertilize the crops.

The genomes of most major crops have been sequenced and the benefits of that are starting to appear.

Instead of clearing trees, farmers began to let them grow among their crops.

War, the mother tells her daughter, 'is a bird with a broken wing flying over the countryside, trailing blood and burying crops in sorrow.

It used to be the case that in any 10-year span, English vineyards would produce only one or two decent crops.

The results show that large-scale adjustment of water price is an important economic means of improving water conservation of field crops.

they would all our crops and kill our, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.

We'll keep your requirement in mind. When new crops come in, we'll let you know.

Some farmers use the term "flex acres" to describe land that can be used either to graze cattle or to grow crops like corn and soybeans.

If it should rain, the crops would(could, might)be saved.

The results show that the system can calculate the required-water capacity of the crops promptly and fulfill water-saving irrigation.

Where there are no trees the rain falls on the surface, causing floods, and carries away with the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so well.

What the main foods for a country generally depend on which crops can grow best in it.

They stop the wind from blowing soil away. They also keep the wind from damaging or destroying crops.

He has invested some of the income from his increased crops in a small pig farm.

Prospects for the intermediate (single) and late rice crops are reported to be developing under generally favourable growing conditions.

on both sides were extensive fields planted with crops, prickly pears, henna trees, and a few date palms.

Finally, the land was gripped with a terrible drought. Streams dried up, crops withered, and fields turned to dust.

"It simply becomes too hot for the growing plants, " says Naylor. "The heat damages the crops' ability to produce enough yield. "

At this point a bright spark came up with the idea to make all crops glyphosate resistant.

There has not been adequate study of ongoing transposition in GM crops, all of which have been produced by embryo culture.

crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live. 15. Thanks to modern irrigation.

Scientists created high-yielding crops that produced bigger harvests in what became known as the Green Revolution.

Crop-weed allelopathy is one of the essential mechanisms of niche competition between crops and farmland weeds.

One of the most widely used type of GM crops today is design to be tolerant to the herbicide Roundup.

As farmers brought their crops to the city by bicycle or bus, long food lines began to dwindle and then disappear.

BASF Plant Science President Peter Eckes said increased yield would be a focus for the work into wheat as well as other crops.

Anyone who has caused losses to crops or other losses while hunting or catching wildlife shall be held responsible for compensation.

Crops they have to comfort her: "Although there is no fruit you can build your beautiful you, you brought a sense of beauty ah. "

Rainfall at the end of this week and during the weekend may favor late filling crops, especially through southern and eastern areas.

Slight modification of this technique can be applied to control bacterial diseases in other crops.

Most of the land bought up so far will be used to produce biofuels and other industrial crops.

The utility model belongs to minitype agricultural implement, which is mainly used for the bunch planting of the crops.

Conversion period needs not to be super vised by a certifier (see also our "Brief Information Crops" ).