expansion of agriculture

collocation in English

meaningsofexpansionandagriculture

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expansion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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agriculture
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/us
/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/
farming:
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(Definition ofexpansionandagriculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The spatialexpansionofagricultureis determined by what farmers can earn from clearing forest compared to other income sources.
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Expansionofagricultureis limited by rapid urbanization and increased land costs.
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Those fragments decreased in size until 1985, when timber exploitation and theexpansionofagriculturein the area decreased.
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An interesting side effect of thisexpansionofagriculturewas the settlement of tribes.
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Water resources management was seen as essential for ensuring theexpansionofagricultureand thus water policy and agricultural policy became intertwined.
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This growth in the pastoral economy was arrested from the 1930s to the 1950s, when a briefexpansionofagricultureoccurred at the expense of pastoral production.
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Habitat conservation, then, hinges on reducing the incentives for geographicalexpansionofagricultureand other sectors of the rural economy.
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This is a time when we must go forexpansionofagriculturefor balance of payments reasons.
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They are directed to theexpansionofagriculture.
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Furthermore, the increase of forestry has now ended due to a renewedexpansionofagricultureand an intensified harvesting of trees.
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Let us see how much import saving we can make by encouraging theexpansionofagriculture.
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Also, what has been lacking has been any connection, or any direct connection, with the policy for theexpansionofagricultureup to 1952.
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A translation of the relevant sentence is that it would be dangerous to prevent the growth andexpansionofagriculturein national parks.
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I am impressed by the arguments presented for theexpansionofagriculture.
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In order to deal with thisexpansionofagricultureand make ourselves much more self-sufficient, there are three things, among others, that we must do.
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It will have a serious effect on theexpansionofagriculture.
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The projects that are supported includeexpansionofagriculture, forestry and fisheries.
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The development of biofuels will respond to the needs of the cities, whilst also favouring theexpansionofagriculturewhich is more respectful of the environment.
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If we are to get realexpansionofagriculturein this country, is not the only answer to go over to some form of levy system?
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The trigger to the changes was very slow population growth and the slowexpansionofagricultureto meet the demands of this growth.
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