crop failure
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crop
noun
uk/krɒp/us/krɑːp/
(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in ...
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failure
noun
uk/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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The production climatic environment is mostly optimal, and totalcropfailurehas not been reported so far.
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Farmers who settled in this region, utilizing practices developed in more humid regions, experienced a high incidence ofcropfailure.
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Their standards of living were near or below subsistence level at times ofcropfailure.
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The latter are generally characterized by low yields andcropfailure.
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Maize yields are generally low andcropfailureis widespread.
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Bunch (1982) also points out that the social consequences of acropfailureare high.
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Thus, even in the worst drought situation, the farmers minimized the risk of totalcropfailure.
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In dry years, however, the planting of short-, medium- and long-duration varieties is a useful strategy to avoid the risk of totalcropfailure.
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Several organic farmers pointed out that economic losses suffered from early-seasoncropfailuremay be compensated for with economic gains from lateseason crops.
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Exposing farmers to varietal choices will highlight the importance of increasing overall variability to cope withcropfailureconditions.
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After all costs have been incurred there is a strictly positive probability ofcropfailure, possibly due to disease, in which case output to market is zero.
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Reicovsky et al., (1977) claim that conservation practices, to some extent, modify future risks ofcropfailureby conserving moisture.
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Importantly, the model successfully simulated thecropfailurein 1991+92, and the low biomass produced in that season (simulated 500 kg ha71 biomass compared to 580 kg ha71 observed).
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Another push factor mentioned in the retrospective accounts is that poor harvests orcropfailurecould reduce the need for labour in the local community and give rise to migration.
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Detailed information on the extent ofcropfailure, the state of markets and people's responses created the capacity for central control of famine policy, but also for improved effectiveness.
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Conversely, the model showed that compensation in the event ofcropfailuredoes not ensure greater long-term stability of intercropping if yields of the surviving crop are too low.
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In addition to using special forms of yam magic to ensure successful yam growth, yam growers also observe a number of taboos to preventcropfailure.
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However, the experience of many farmers of no-tillage suggests greater short-term risk, in the form of reduced seedling emergence or crop yield or evencropfailure.
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