And even growing non-food crops for industrial use is problematic, because it can reduce the land available for food production.

即使为了工业生产种植经济作物也同样问题重重，因为它会占用粮食用地。

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Agricultural income is also derived from non-food crops such as rubber, fiber plants, tobacco, and oilseeds used in synthetic chemical compounds.

农业收入还来自非粮食作物，如橡胶、纤维植物、烟草以及可用于生产化学合成品的油料作物。

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But companies are racing to make cleaner, next-generation ethanol from sources including crop waste and rapidly growing non-food crops like and poplar trees.

但是很多公司追求利用农作物废弃物以及生长周期很快的非食用农作物和杨树来生产更为洁净的二代乙醇。

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This opened the door to so-called advanced biofuels that use easy-to-grow, non-food crops to produce fuels that, if they can ever be commercialized, will produce drastic greenhouse gas reductions.

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