agricultural surplus

collocation in English

meaningsofagriculturalandsurplus

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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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surplus
noun[C or U]
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.pləs/us
/ˈsɝː.pləs/
(an amount that is) more than ...
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(Definition ofagriculturalandsurplusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The challenges of mobilisingagriculturalsurpluswould then loom large on the reform agenda if the country is to undertake a vigorous industrialisation drive.
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We have this enormousagriculturalsurplus, which is still growing.
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The latest accounts of this vastagriculturalsurplusmoney machine to be finalised were in 1972, and even they have been changed.
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He says that the mountains ofagriculturalsurpluswhich we now contemplate are molehills compared with what is to come.
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That is the problem of theagriculturalsurplus.
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Its disposal would be entirely a matter ofagriculturalsurplusmanagement.
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He spoke about the size of the surplus and said that it was only a small fraction of theagriculturalsurplus.
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Indeed, without some market discipline it is impossible to get hold of theagriculturalsurplussystem, because more will be produced.
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There is a surplus to some degree in cereals and dairy products, but not an overallagriculturalsurplus.
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Are you forgetting theagriculturalsurplus?
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Though claiming to be humanitarian, it has often been used by rich countries as a way of disposing of theiragriculturalsurplusand of legitimising their devastating policy of over-production.
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Is he implying that he wishes to see this country as a "net beneficiary" because of the large proportion ofagriculturalsurplusin this country that could bring the balance?
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Due to the density of population and theagriculturalsurplusin the region, the area became organized into a number of small states.
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Economically the party tended to support free trade, allowing the export ofagriculturalsurplus, a policy compatible with the interests of its social base.
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In the second, a more parasitic relationship, the city center would redistributeagriculturalsurplus while manufacturing goods to be sold or traded with other centers.
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That is, the peasants'agriculturalsurplushad to be appropriated to invest in industry.
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The difference of the two terms yields the totalagriculturalsurplusof the economy.
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He assembled armies and gave made his kingdom prosperous in rice and betel leaf - this meaning that the people had a lot ofagriculturalsurplus.
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Agricultural tools and carts, some water-powered, allowed the production of a sizableagriculturalsurplus, which formed the basis of the rural economy.
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The introduction of new crops, the improvements in the climate, and the introduction of new agricultural technologies created a largeagriculturalsurplus.
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