The Corn Belt Debate: Crops or Cattle?

“玉米带”的争论：种庄稼还是养牛？

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It will do little good to alleviate poverty if you can no longer harvest your crops or find drinkable water.

如果庄稼不再有收获，或找不到饮用水，贫困就得不到减少。

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But unlike biodiesels based on soya or other plants, it does not divert crops or land from food production into fuel production.

但是不像基于大豆或其他植物的生物柴油，他并不将农作物或土地从食品产品变成燃料产品。

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They cannot borrow in credit markets and they depend on exports of commodities like crops or minerals.

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Hassan Moinuddin of the Asian Development Bank's Mekong Sub-Region Program says a warmer climate could cut almost seven percent off the region's gross domestic product by the end of this century, by reducing crops or forcing the relocation of communities.

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Farmers rarely planted trees or tall crops around the buildings, so there would be no barrier to the airflow.

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USDA. The government is no longer financing the stockpiling of a year's worth of crops or more.

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Cheap corn for consumers has forced small-plot farmers to look for other crops or migrate and look for work in other sectors.

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But unlike biodiesels based on soya or other plants, it does not divert crops or land from food production into fuel production.

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