There is also more land under cultivation for biofuels, including ethanol.

其它原因还包括更多的土地被用于种植可以转换成乙醇等生物燃料的农作物。

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Since the way to feed the world is not to bring more land under cultivation, but to increase yields, science is crucial.

科技对解决全球的吃饭问题至关重要，因为增加耕地是不现实，只能靠科技提高产量。

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By one estimate, only 40% of the increase in world grain output now comes from rises in yields and 60% comes from taking more land under cultivation.

据一项估计表明，世界粮食产量增长额的40%来自于纯产量增长，而60%依靠占用更多土地实现。

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Basic trends have been decline in land under cultivation and decline and aging of farming communities.

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Expanding supply at the same rate will be difficult, because the amount of arable land under cultivation is growing by only a fraction of a percentage point each year.

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The report says production of the poppy was up more than a third on 2006 and good weather helped increase the yield of land already under cultivation.

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