agricultural frontier
collocation in Englishmeaningsofagriculturalandfrontier
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agricultural
adjective
uk/ˌæɡ.rɪˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us/ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
used for farming or relating ...
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frontier
noun[C]
uk/ˈfrʌn.tɪər/us/frʌnˈtɪr/
a border between ...
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(Definition ofagriculturalandfrontierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Once land conservation policies meet theagriculturalfrontier, they have two opposing effects on the economy's aggregate rents.
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Likewise, a trend toward peri-urban agricultural development could potentially lessen pressure at the 'agriculturalfrontier'.
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Then, the wilds become steadily pushed back as theagriculturalfrontieradvances.
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With such immediate improvements in rural workers' income level, one might expect the subsistence production at theagriculturalfrontierto dwindle.
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This means that various general economic policies might affect the more intensively producing permanent agriculture without penetrating to theagriculturalfrontier.
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First, the production technology at theagriculturalfrontieris far more labour and land intensive than the average stationary cultivation practices.
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At theagriculturalfrontier, the total production is used for own consumption.
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We now characterize theagriculturalfrontierthat maximizes expected utility.
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Since the research presented here focuses on the economic determinants of migration to theagriculturalfrontier, wage differential threshold parameters were used to characterize migration mechanisms.
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However, it is an important conclusion that tightening of the budget does not imply mass unemployment and exodus to theagriculturalfrontierin the short term.
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For this study of deforestation by squatters, the model has been specially developed to include the production and deforestation at theagriculturalfrontierand further describe incentives for labour migration.
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The ecoregion has been seriously threatened by cattle grazing, which is the main cause of its destruction, along with the effects of logging and the expansion of theagriculturalfrontier.
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Overall, precipitation ranges from about 700 mm in the east/northeast, to 500 mm in the centre (agriculturalfrontier), and values below 400 mm in the south and west.
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The municipality has a growing industrial park, especially the steel industry, is important in agriculture, with a vastagriculturalfrontier, and also has a strong trade and services sector.
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In the late 19th century, world demand for cocoa tied the economy to commodity exports and led to migrations from the highlands to theagriculturalfrontieron the coast.
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Almost always, costs do not fall as much as prices along agricultural frontiers.
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Overpopulation, open agricultural frontiers, and rising industrial centers attracted voluntary migrants.
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