近年来,草原上的农民一直在努力使作物品种多样化,尽量降低小麦歉收年和价格下跌的影响。
In recent years, prairie farmers have sought to diversify their crops to minimize the effects of bad crop years or reductions in the price of wheat.
在农业歉收的一年,每个人都受到了同等的影响。
农民抱怨说他们利润太低,以至于一年歉收就足以导致破产。
Farmers grumble that their margins are so low that a bad year can bankrupt them.
起因是1845年爱尔兰马铃薯歉收,由于他们所赖以生存的马铃薯得了枯萎病,导致了一百万的爱尔兰人的死亡。
It was the tragedy of the Irish potato famine of 1845, in which 1m Irish perished when the potato crop on which they subsisted succumbed to blight.
我猜他们应该是负担不起让地闲置下来,因为他们已经是生活在赤贫线上,但结果却是收成一年不如一年,最后导致农作物歉收。
I guess they just can't afford to let any field lie fallow, because they're already living on the edge, but the result is going to be declining yields and ultimately crop failure.
宽松的货币、波动的大宗商品市场以及农业歉收(例如最近印度出现的情况)交织在一起,对于贫穷国家的食品价格而言,可能会让2010年成为又一个危险的年份。
The combination of loose money, volatile commodity markets and poor harvests - such as occurred recently in India - could make 2010 another dangerous year for food prices in poor countries.
由于庄稼歉收,过去几个月许多人都在挨饿;在2004年到2005年庄稼生长季节里,雨水下得并不均匀,而是过早的下起了暴雨。
Many people have gone hungry in the past few months thanks to a poor harvest: instead of falling evenly through the 2004-05 growing season, the rains came all at once, mostly early on.
这场冲突造成2013年农业歉收,该国的粮食不多。
The clashes caused poor harvests in 2013 and the country has little food.
那几年,华北平原发生了百年不遇的大旱灾和歉收。
The drought and crop failure were the most serious in North China in a hundred years.
这种作物连续两年歉收。
农作物连续两年歉收。
例如,1839年英国出现的信用危机就是由农业歉收引起的。
For example, the 1839 credit crisis, the United Kingdom there is caused by the poor harvests.
过去一年之中,许多重要小麦生产国都出现了歉收,而且短期之内,很多国家的情况无望好转。
Poor harvests have been a problem for many key producers over the past year. The immediate outlook for many is not much better either.
过去一年之中,许多重要小麦生产国都出现了歉收,而且短期之内,很多国家的情况无望好转。
Poor harvests have been a problem for many key producers over the past year. The immediate outlook for many is not much better either.
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