No-till agriculture, an agronomic practice in which farmers do not plough up the land but leave part of the previous year's crop on it, also preserves water.

免耕农业是一种农艺实践，农民不翻耕，而是将前一年的作物留在土地上，这同时也可以蓄水。

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Peasants plough up and seed in the spring!

农民在春天犁地播种。

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In parts of Northern France, farmers still plough up shell fragments and weapons.

在法国北部某些地方，农民犁地时还常常翻出弹片和武器。

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That claim, in turn, prompted Joseph Estrada, Mrs Arroyo's predecessor, to plough up the gardens of a former presidential palace looking for the hoard.

ECONOMIST: Alternative thinking on debt problems

While it's true that the National Ecosystem Assessment doesn't provide a mechanism for transferring the costs of environmental degradation onto the farmer or developer who wants to plough up a wood or concrete over a floodplain, the scientists who compiled the report say decisions about how to implement their findings should be left to legislators.

BBC: Putting a price on nature

It was shocking to see the 2008 championship runner-up plough his Ferrari into the tyre wall and then not to initially know what the outcome of his accident was.

BBC: David Coulthard column