Agriculture forms the backbone of the rural economy.

农业是农村经济的基础。

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Populations cannot grow unless the rural economy can produce enough additional food to feed more people.

除非农村经济能够生产足够的额外粮食来养活更多的人，否则人口不可能增长。

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The household contract responsibility system does not mean privatization of the rural economy.

家庭联产承包制并不意味着农村经济私有化。

《新英汉大辞典》

But,in the meantime, people are beginning to drift back into Port-au-Prince, amid concerns that the opportunity to rebuild a less crowded capital and boost the rural economy may be fading.

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That affects the economy. In rural communities, if the population is always sick, they can't work in the fields and production suffers.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"We can't underestimate the importance of getting CAP reform right for the rural economy, " she said.

BBC: Debate on CAP reform

Or will the cost for the rural economy simply be too much to bear?

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The Conservatives also urged the government to review all regulations and red tape affecting the rural economy.

BBC: Welsh Conservatives debate - rural economy