As for crops, well, the east is the UK's great cereal-producing region.

至于庄稼，英国东部是谷类高产地区。

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For instance, crops would be produced all year round, as they would be kept in artificially controlled, optimum growing conditions.

例如，作物将全年生产，因为它们将被保存在人工控制的最佳生长环境之下。

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Intensively farmed areas like northeast Brazil and Mexico are likely to see their prime growing seasons fall below 120 days, which is critical for crops such as corn to mature.

巴西东北部和墨西哥等集约化养殖地区的最佳生长期可能会降至120天以下，这对玉米等作物的成熟至关重要。

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And Joom from Thailand wrote: I don't care where the crops come from, natural plants or genetic engineering, as long as we can produce food enough for people.

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The biodiversity has shrunk for various reasons of profitability and as a consequence of that things like corn crops, and the orange crops in Florida are particularly susceptible to certain environmental conditions, certain pests, and certain types of blight.

生物多样性的减少源自利益的驱动,和玉米一样,佛罗里达的柑橘作物很容易受到,一定环境条件的影响,还有虫害和枯萎病

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Once the fermentation process that creates the methane is finished, the remaining solid matter, or "digestate" is used as an organic fertilizer for crops that will later be used as feedstock for the animals.

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He said the season had been challenging for other crops as well not just potatoes, but the main concern for growers was just how bad harvests were going to be.

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"Growing and processing herbal medicine are value-added activities that will create new income sources - and provide substitutes for unprofitable crops, as well as cheap alternative medicine for everyone, " she says.

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