This is especially true in agriculture, where sustainable development is often taken as the sole measure of progress without a proper appreciation of historical and cultural perspectives.
在农业方面尤其如此；农业的可持续发展往往被视为进步的唯一衡量标准，而没有从历史和文化角度加以适当的评价。
In the early 1940s, basking in the glory of chemical-based intensive agriculture, the farmers avidly took to pesticides as a sure measure to boost crop yield.
在20世纪40年代早期，农民们沐浴在以化学品为基础的集约农业的光辉下，贪心地把杀虫剂当作增加作物产量的一种可靠方法。
According to the study, agriculture is responsible for 43.7% of the nation's chemical oxygen demand (the main measure of organic compounds in water), 67% of phosphorus and 57% of nitrogen discharges.
研究表明，水质43.7%的国家化学需氧量(测量水质有机化合物的主要指标)、67%的含磷量和57%含氮量应归咎于农业。
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