Mr Maggi says that only 8% of Mato Grosso’s territory is given over to commercial farming. Its high productivity means that the state is Brazil’s biggest producer of cotton and rice as well as soya.

马隔溪先生说，马托格罗索州只有8%的区域提供商业农耕，而且该区农业生产力之高，已成为巴西的棉花、稻米、大豆的最大生产商。

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The State shall establish production bases of commodity grain and commodity cotton in a planned way.

国家有计划地建设商品粮、商品棉等生产基地。

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The state bought up all the cotton from the farmers.

国家从农民手中买下了全部棉花。

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On a sunny afternoon in the southern U.S.state of North Carolina, Gwen Pitt is supervising the cotton harvest.

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The London Business School grad is the fourth generation of the storied Birla clan, whose roots go back to 1857 in cotton trading in Rajasthan state.

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He grew up in Mumbai in a family of traders hailing from Surendranagar, a cotton hub in the neighboring state of Gujarat.

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