A decade from now, crop yields in some parts of Africa are expected to drop by 50%.

从现在算起，十年后，非洲一些地区的粮食作物预计将减产50%。

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Just a decade from now, crop yields in some parts of Africa are expected to drop by 50%.

仅在十年以后，非洲某些地方的农作物产量预计将减少50%。

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The solution, Mr Chartres and others contend, is more efficient use of water or, as the sloganeers put it, “more crop per drop”.

应对之道是以Chartres为首的人声称的对水资源更充分的利用，或是标语作者声称的“用一滴水灌溉更多的庄稼”。

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Moreover, he says farmers are less concerned about a drop in crop prices at the top of the market, than about similar declines at the bottom.

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Lugging bags and crates of freshly picked grapes, growers from all corners of the city convened in the parking lot of a local park on Saturday to drop off their crop.

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The result is vastly inflated research and development costs, less innovation and diminished exploitation of superior techniques and products that could offer more crop for the drop.

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