Thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed up for crops might be able to revert to forest or wilderness.
由于人口增长放缓，目前用于种植作物的耕地可能会恢复成森林或荒野。
Intensively farmed areas like northeast Brazil and Mexico are likely to see their prime growing seasons fall below 120 days, which is critical for crops such as corn to mature.
巴西东北部和墨西哥等集约化养殖地区的最佳生长期可能会降至120天以下，这对玉米等作物的成熟至关重要。
The revolution involved intensive commercial farming and the growing of animal fodder on land not previously used for crops.
这场变革涉及到集约化的商业化农业，以及在以前不用于种植作物的土地上种植动物饲料。
Competition for crops is already a problem, and likely to get worse.
对农作物的争夺已经产生了问题，情况还有可能变得更糟。
That would free up space for crops, which are far more profitable.
这样就会有空间去种植盈利更为丰厚的农作物。
The farmers are much favorably circumstanced by the good weather for crops this year.
今年风调雨顺，对农民非常有利。
But if we have a buyer [for crops], be it China or Arabia, then let's sell, "he said."
但是，如果有人要买(农产品)，不管是中国还是阿拉伯，我们就卖给他。
The forest, meanwhile, sometimes looks like a smoky wasteland, as people use fire to clear the forest for crops.
与此同时，由于人们防火烧荒种庄稼，所以这片森林看起来就像一块烟雾缭绕的荒原一样。
About 12 percent of Earth's land surface is now used for crops. Some of the consequences are difficult to predict.
地球表面陆地大约12%已经被开发种植农作物，其后果还是很难预测的。
Mechanized agriculture for crops such as soy took over 1.3 million acres in Mato Grosso just between 2001 and 2004.
像大豆这种机械化农业作物，从2001年到2004年间在马托格罗索地区种植的面积超过130万公顷。
The authors say farmers must learn to use marginal lands that could be prime location for crops such as millet, sorghum and cowpea.
作者表示农民必须学会使用边际土地，使土地为种植小米、高粱和豇豆等作物做好准备。
Spray irrigation sprinkling water over land to be used for crops. often used to dispose of wastewater from sewage treatment plants.
喷洒灌溉，喷灌把水喷洒于准备种植作物的土地上。常常使用经过污水厂处理过的废水。
The regolith was expected to be very acid-probably too acid even for crops such as peanuts, potatoes and carrots that like their soils with low pH.
本来预计表层土壤酸性会很强——很可能对如花生，土豆及萝卜一类喜好酸性土壤的作物而言都觉得酸性过强。
The region has as much irrigated land as the United States, and a lot of it is used for crops that are more easily grown in other places and imported.
该地区的水浇地面积与美国相同，许多这样的土地都用来种植可以更容易地生长在别处和进口的作物。
The focus of civilisation moves towards the poles, where temperatures remain cool enough for crops, and rainfall - albeit with severe floods - persists.
人类文明的重点将移向两极，因为那里足够凉快适宜农作物生长，而且会有持续降雨(尽管这会带来严重水灾)。
Crops such as peas or soybeans put important minerals back into the soil, making_it ready for crops such as wheat or corn that need rich and fertile soil.
像豌豆或大豆这样的农作物将重要的矿物质带回土壤，从而使之适宜于要求土壤肥沃的农作物，比如小麦或玉米。
Water, water everywhere: Edward Linacre with his Airdrop irrigation system, which can harvest moisture from the air in the driest regions and provide water for crops.
水，到处是水：爱德华·丽纳克尔与他的Airdrop灌溉系统，这个系统甚至能在最干旱的地区从空气中获得水汽，可以为植物提供水。
As the conservation program has progressed in the village and the water table has risen, this well has also been able to provide irrigation for crops during the dry season.
自从水资源保护项目在村里的开展和地下水位的提升，这口井在旱季也能为作物灌溉提供水源。
Plants have been bent to human purpose for millennia—for crops, clothing, shelter, and now, to enliven the developed landscape in ways the backyard gardener never imagined.
几千年来植物为人们提供粮食，衣物，遮风挡雨，今天却以园丁们从未想像过的方式装点街景。
Islamic Relief is fixing this well to aid members of the community of Beit Hanoun, a city on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip, to provide drinking water and water for crops.
加沙地带东北部的拜特汉诺地区的人们，这口井修理好之后，能够给他们提供饮用水和用来灌溉良田。
In medieval Europe an exploding population and hard-working monks put paid to perhaps half its temperate oak and beech woods-mostly, as is usually the case, to clear space for crops.
在中世纪的欧洲，勤勉的僧人和不断膨胀的人口，可能毁坏了欧洲一半的温带橡树和山毛榉——照惯例，主要是为农作物腾出土地。
Here, the infrastructure that already exists in the developed world is only now being built, while people shifting to meat-and-dairy-based diets cause demand for crops to rise too.
在这两个国家，发达国家已有的基础设施目前正在建造之中，而人们转向以肉奶为主的膳食习惯，导致对粮食需求也有所上升。
But advocates of conventional agriculture argue that organic farming simply can't provide enough food because the yields tend to be lower than those for crops grown with chemical fertilizer.
但传统农业的倡导者辩称有机农业无法提供足够的食物，因为其产量低于用化学原料养大的庄稼。
In addition to property damage, the floods have affected some of the nation's most fertile cropland, and are expected to have an impact on already rising food prices, especially for crops like corn.
除了财产损失之外，洪水还影响了美国一部分最肥沃的耕地，并预计对已经不断增加的粮食价格有所影响，尤其是像玉米这样的农作物。
A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export.
我们很多的土地用来种植出口作物。
A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export.
我们很多的土地用来种植出口作物。
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