impact of agriculture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimpactandagriculture
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impact
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk/ˈɪm.pækt/us/ˈɪm.pækt/
the force or action of one object ...
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agriculture
noun[U]
uk/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/us/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/
farming:
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(Definition ofimpactandagriculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Images corresponded respectively to the late and early dry seasons, when cultivated soils are bare and theimpactofagricultureis most clearly visible.
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I have received correspondence from various conservation bodies from time to time about theimpactofagricultureon the environment.
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We must act with more urgency and vigour to protect the countryside from the increasingly malignimpactofagriculture.
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Any debate on rural development must take into account theimpactofagriculture.
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It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the environmentalimpactofagricultureis just such a marginal grey area.
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Legislation in these three areas is helping to limit the environmentalimpactofagriculture.
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It is impossible to imagine that someone can believe that theimpactofagricultureon our environment is not one of the most important.
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I do have, however, a simple question: what is the real responsibility, influence andimpactofagricultureon climate change?
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The second is to recognise theimpactofagricultureon the environment.
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Agronomists today are involved with many issues including producing food, creating healthier food, managing environmentalimpactofagriculture, and extracting energy from plants.
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This publication suggests ways to reconcile these policies by discussing practical methods by which the environmental impacts of agriculture can be mitigated.
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Water quality is another concern that must be taken into account in order to reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture, which often contributes to eutrophication and pollution of aquatic ecosystems.
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Defra and the devolved administrations commissioned a project to develop a framework for valuing the external costs associated with the positive and negative impacts of agriculture on the environment.
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