poor harvest

collocation in English

meaningsofpoorandharvest

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poor
adjective
uk
/pɔːr/us
/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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harvest
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈhɑː.vɪst/us
/ˈhɑːr.vəst/
the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops that are cut ...
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(Definition ofpoorandharvestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During years ofpoorharvest, cattle can be traded for money or other goods.
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The last reallypoorharvestyear in the 50-year span for which there are price data was 1712.
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Thepoorharvestof 2001-02, which triggered the most recent famine, had been preceded by a bumper harvest.
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That is a dramatic increase, despite a relativelypoorharvest.
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What already promised to be apoorharvestwas then followed by an early snowfall that buried the crop before it could be harvested.
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In years following apoorharvest, however, when households were not food secure they were more risk-averse and continued to use a calendar spray regime.
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This would imply that births occurring duringpoorharvestyears did not significantly contribute to deaths, either as a result of infant or of maternal mortality.
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I recognise the effect upon investment of last year'spoorharvest.
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The current food price increases can be blamed partly on thepoorharvest.
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The increase coincided with apoorharvest, causing severe hardship.
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Yet anotherpoorharvestin 2008 could lead to a food supply shortage that no one ever thought was possible.
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The whole position is be-devilled by the fact that there was a verypoorharvestlast year.
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We cannot go through the same sequence of events every year, where erratic rainfall leads to apoorharvest, which leads to a food crisis.
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Oats likewise yielded a verypoorharvest, and the hay failed altogether.
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Sales, including some exports at low prices continued in 2001 despite apoorharvest.
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Poorharvestand low vegetation is related to non-availability of nutrients in the sandy soil.
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In addition, 1816 was unusually wet and cold, producing a verypoorharvest.
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The original meaning of the boycotts had been about thepoorharvestin 1901.
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Stocks are lower than usual at present because of apoorharvestlast year, but no difficulties are foreseen in providing adequate supplies to the market.
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This has resulted in shorter supplies of hay which is of poor quality and apoorharvestof grain which is of low quality and quantity.
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But unless we grasp that nettle we are putting a burden upon manufacturing and commercial industry in this country which will reap for us apoorharvest.
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It is harsh to campaign during summer farming season, as it will result inpoorharvestfor the populace; 3.
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Adding to this concern, apoorharvestin late summer led many to worry about the possibility of starvation.
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Thepoorharvestof 1682-83 brought with it famine conditions which weakened the exhausted population even further.
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