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staple crop

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meanings of stapleand crop


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staple
adjective[before noun]
uk /ˈsteɪ.pəl/ us /ˈsteɪ.pəl/
basic or main; standard ...
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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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Examples of staple crop


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Among the most significant reforms were massive exchange rate devaluation and decontrol of food marketing and pricing, particularly for rice, the staplecrop.
Intercropping it with maize, the most important staplecrop in this region, is a potentially attractive option.
On the one hand, there are areas in the country where cassava is the major source of ingested calories (staplecrop) and many cultivars, predominantly bitter ones, are grown.
Maize was the staplecrop, but most farming families were maize-deficient.
The particular staplecrop varied by region.
From staplecrop to extinction?
A few, large-scale, agribusinesses were producing livestock and high value crops for export, while the majority of staplecrop production was undertaken by campesinos on small ejido plots.
Maize is the most important staplecrop that is sold for cash, and a wide variety of subsistence crops are grown, such as vegetables, fruits, and tubers.
I regard wheat as the staplecrop in agriculture.
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That accounts a good deal for the reluctance to leave the main staplecrop, which enjoys a very large measure of immunity against cyclones.
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Together with maize, tef is the country's staplecrop, and that is grown for food and for the local drink.
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It is the main staplecrop and source of wealth.
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That must be frightening for a country whose staplecrop is cane sugar.
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Preliminary figures indicate that the area planted to maize, the staplecrop this year is larger than last.
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Diversification includes any commercial activity carried out by farmers, other than the production of a staplecrop and livestock husbandry.
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I am stating the fact that the tomato is the staplecrop of the glasshouse industry in this country.
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The tomato is the staplecrop of our glasshouse industry.
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The result is that the production of bananas, which is the staplecrop of the island, has gone down to something like a quarter of the prewar figure.
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Rice, their staplecrop, is grown on most hillsides and in low, swampy areas.
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A maize swidden, providing the staplecrop, is developed around the village.
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