crop substitution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcropandsubstitution
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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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substitution
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌsʌb.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/us/ˌsʌb.stəˈtuː.ʃən/
the use of one person or thing instead ...
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(Definition ofcropandsubstitutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The authors suggest a variety of remedies-ranging fromcropsubstitutionto population control-for the problem of unsustainable cultivation practices.
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How much research and resources are put into examining the possibility ofcropsubstitution?
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I am talking about using pyrethrum not for crop eradication, but as part of acropsubstitutionprogramme.
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Even ifcropsubstitutionschemes were operating it would be all too easy for the drug barons to up the price to the producer.
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The third wascropsubstitution—in other words encouraging the growth of new crops in place of illicit crops.
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I fully acknowledge that developing countries will need additional resources to tackle problems, whether they becropsubstitutionor deforestation.
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One possibility would be to divert some of the money earmarked for military aid intocropsubstitution.
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I hope that we shall be able to provide assistance forcropsubstitutionprogrammes.
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It could helpcropsubstitutionprogrammes, which are the real key to defeating the drug barons.
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We are currently financing projects to encouragecropsubstitutionto a value of about £7 million.
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Those advocatingcropsubstitutionschemes should remember that the crop production element in the street price of drugs is small.
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We have put a lot of money intocropsubstitutionschemes and, when coupled with enforcement, those schemes have been strikingly effective.
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The cultivation there has been almost completely eradicated through an eradication programme, combined with acropsubstitutionprogrammes.
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This is not about crop eradication, but purely aboutcropsubstitution.
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Cropsubstitutionis extremely important and costly, as it involves not only money but social change, because in some countries people have cultivated poppies and other substances for generations.
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Cropsubstitutionand ensuring distribution mechanisms in domestic or international markets, combined with a formula that ensures a fair constant price to farmers, is equally part of that solution.
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The success was due to favourable economic circumstances as the differential between one cash crop and another made it possible to operate an effectivecropsubstitutionpolicy.
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These included dismantling drug-trafficking networks/organizations, poppy eradication andcropsubstitution.
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Thecropsubstitutionprograms successfully encouraged the cultivation of tea, coffee, corn and fruit trees, replacing the opium poppies that had previously been grown.
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He called for international support to continue with the poppy eradication programme and to expand thecropsubstitutionprogramme to other provinces.
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