maize production

collocation in English

meaningsofmaizeandproduction

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maize
noun[U]
uk
/meɪz/
us
/meɪz/
a tall plant grown in many parts of the world for its yellow seeds, which are eaten as food, made into flour, or fed ...
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production
noun
uk
/prəˈdʌk.ʃən/
us
/prəˈdʌk.ʃən/
the process of making or growing goods to ...
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(Definition ofmaizeandproductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmaize production

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These include commercialmaizeproduction, horticulture, tree crops, dairy, and cattle ranching.
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Households reduced the production of other crops, with the largest reductions in sorghum andmaizeproduction.
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This study, which included plant residues with a wide range of chemical compositions, provides evidence that additions of organic materials are important formaizeproduction.
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The results indicated that use of animal traction (both owned and hired) all else being equal, increased both the yield and profits inmaizeproduction.
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It can be said with reasonable certainty that smallholdermaizeproductionhas stagnated.
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The analysis concentrated on consequences formaizeproductionbecause maize is the dominant food crop in the area.
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An example in the case of the milpa is decreasing marginal productivity of land inmaizeproductionon a given farm.
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Other initiatives that may reduce illegal hunting include encouraging increased cotton andmaizeproductionand more extensive use of damage control.
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However, there is no evidence that market accessibility affects the relationship between hunting intensity, and millet andmaizeproductionrespectively.
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In addition, hunting intensity is negatively related to cotton andmaizeproduction, as well as wildlife-induced damage to crops and domestic animals.
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For ordered probit model (c), the probability of hunting in both the village area and the protected area are decreasing functions ofmaizeproduction.
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Rodents are controlled by applying poison, and the costs are made up of the cost of poison plus the damage tomaizeproduction.
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Households who use a relatively large acreage formaizeproductionare less likely to hunt, both in the village area and in the protected area.
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Thus, the network impact on production is largely through bringing new areas, which hitherto were unproductive undermaizeproduction.
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There is an important related question here regarding the extent to which attention should be focused onmaizeproductionand markets in its supply chain.
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Farmers know that soil fertility is very important formaizeproduction.
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First, the table indicates thatmaizeproductionin the three major production systems generated negative wealth in 1990/1.
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Indeed,maizeproductionand marketing remain highly problematic (pp. 300-4).
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