About 75 percent of the world's poor depend on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods.

全世界约有75%的贫困人口靠雨浇农业生活。

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In some countries, yields from rain-fed agriculture could be reduced by up to 50% by 2020.

至2020年，部分国家依靠雨水灌溉的农业生产可能最高减产50%。

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Yet modest water storage can hugely improve yields in rain-fed agriculture, by smoothing over short dry spells.

然而，少量的储水就能缓解短暂干旱季节的用水紧张，从而大大提高雨养农业的产量。

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Most of them still depend hugely on rain-fed agriculture and on commodities.

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Around 450m live off rain-fed agriculture, and this year's monsoon rains, which between June and September provide 80% of India's precipitation, have been the scantiest in decades.

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It is unfair to categorise Syrian plans for irrigation as a waste of water when Turkey plans much more, yet has a climate better suited to rain-fed agriculture than Syria's or Iraq's.

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