They have had a succession of bad harvests in the last four years.

过去四年他们遭遇一连串歉收。

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A sequence of bad harvests forced some African countries to ask for foreign aid.

连续的歉收迫使一些非洲国家要求国外援助。

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But recent price rises have been too broad-based and long-lasting to be adequately explained by frost or bad harvests.

但最近如此大范围、长时间的价格上升，已经难以用大雾或者收成不好来恰当解释。

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Last year too much rainfall led to bad harvests, and this year more drought-like conditions could produce the same outcome again.

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The ultimate cause is the bad harvests in the US and other countries as a result of the extreme weather this summer.

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So even if humankind does not go to war over bad harvests, Paskal may be right when she contends that climate change may end up altering the global map.

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