Some articles on food crops, crop, crops, food:
Agriculture In The People's Republic Of China - Major Agricultural Products - Crop Distribution - Food Crops
... About 75% of China's cultivated area is used for food crops ... Rice is China's most important crop, raised on about 25% of the cultivated area ... Wheat is the second most-prevalent grain crop, grown in most parts of the country but especially on the North China Plain, the Wei and Fen River valleys on the Loess plateau, and in ...
... About 75% of China's cultivated area is used for food crops ... Rice is China's most important crop, raised on about 25% of the cultivated area ... Wheat is the second most-prevalent grain crop, grown in most parts of the country but especially on the North China Plain, the Wei and Fen River valleys on the Loess plateau, and in ...
Agriculture In Paraguay - Crops - Food Crops - Fruits and Vegetables
... A uniquely Paraguayan crop was the yerba maté plant ... in the 1970s and 1980s, as farmers switched to more lucrative crops ...
... A uniquely Paraguayan crop was the yerba maté plant ... in the 1970s and 1980s, as farmers switched to more lucrative crops ...
2007–2008 World Food Price Crisis - Drastic Price Increases - Effects of Food For Fuel
... One systemic cause for the price rise is held to be the diversion of food crops (maize in particular) for making first-generation biofuels ... of grain per year are being redirected from food to fuel ... was just over 2000 million tons.) As farmers devoted larger parts of their crops to fuel production than in previous years, land and resources ...
... One systemic cause for the price rise is held to be the diversion of food crops (maize in particular) for making first-generation biofuels ... of grain per year are being redirected from food to fuel ... was just over 2000 million tons.) As farmers devoted larger parts of their crops to fuel production than in previous years, land and resources ...
Chemical Warfare - History - Cold War - Herbicidal Warfare
... administration authorized the use of chemicals to destroy vegetation and food crops in South Vietnam ... In 1965, 42% of all herbicides were sprayed over food crops ... vegetation used as cover by the NLF and destroying food crops the herbicide was used to drive civilians into RVN-controlled areas ...
... administration authorized the use of chemicals to destroy vegetation and food crops in South Vietnam ... In 1965, 42% of all herbicides were sprayed over food crops ... vegetation used as cover by the NLF and destroying food crops the herbicide was used to drive civilians into RVN-controlled areas ...
Agriculture In Haiti - Food Crops
... Food crops fared somewhat better than cash crops in the 1980s, as prices for cash crops dropped, and economic uncertainty increased ... Nonetheless, real per capita food production declined, and the country continued to import millions of tons of grains ... The trend toward increased production of food crops had negative ecological consequences as the planting and the harvesting of tuber staples accelerated soil erosion ...
... Food crops fared somewhat better than cash crops in the 1980s, as prices for cash crops dropped, and economic uncertainty increased ... Nonetheless, real per capita food production declined, and the country continued to import millions of tons of grains ... The trend toward increased production of food crops had negative ecological consequences as the planting and the harvesting of tuber staples accelerated soil erosion ...
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