词汇 | subsistence-crop |
释义 | subsistence crop noun[ C ] geography specializeduk /səbˈsɪs.təns ˌkrɒp/ us /səbˈsɪs.təns ˌkrɑːp/ a crop that people grow to use or eat themselves, rather than to sell口粮作物,自食自用的作物 Compare cash crop Crop plants & economic plants beet black mustard brassica breadstuff canola crucifer fat hen field corn flax flaxseed mesquite multi-line neep oilseed rape opium poppy tall fescue turfgrass vetch wheatgrass white clover subsistence crop | Business Englishsubsistence crop noun[ C ] NATURAL RESOURCES, ECONOMICSukus a crop that people grow to use or eat themselves in order to keep alive, rather than to sell for profit: The outlying farmers produce food for urban markets as well as subsistence crops. Examples of subsistence cropsubsistence crop When the price was up he concentrated on his rubber tree and neglected his subsistencecrop. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A major subsistencecrop, barley is used as food and in the production of tella, a locally produced beer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Maize is a key subsistencecrop, on island's many small landholdings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fields provided the people with a subsistencecrop of wheat, barley and lentils. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The data also show that on subsistence crops most farmers used lower rates of organic fertilizer and almost no mineral fertilizer. This is likely to be true even for risk-averse low-income farmers for whom subsistence crops are a major portfolio item. The local farmer identified each of the lots, and provided assistance to participants that could not recall the harvest of subsistence crops. The consumption value of the farmers' own subsistence crops should also be included in order to have a more realistic picture of their actual income levels. Likewise, individuals who borrow land from nonrelatives have very little reason to keep it fallow, since borrowing is usually undertaken to obtain land on which to raise subsistence crops. Most contemporaries complained about the poverty of sharecroppers, the prevalence of subsistence crops, the use of slow and inefficient draft oxen instead of horses and the poor working conditions. Reports show that extensive damage was done to houses and public buildings, copra plantations and subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That to some extent answers the point about subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They need a plot of land of their own on which to produce subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People would come in, people who are accustomed to growing subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is also a problem of the relationship between the cash commodities, such as groundnuts, and the subsistence crops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of subsistence crop These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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