Sentence examples for crop expanded from inspiring English sources

The area assigned to the crop expanded ~1.7 fold between 1997 (8.7 M ha) and 2007 (14.6 M ha) [ 9] with further increases forecast.

In March, after a string of setbacks that saw Colombia's coca crop expand threefold to more than 400,000 acres from 1995 to 2001, authorities said new estimates showed a startling 21percentt decrease in the cultivation of coca in 2003.

Crops expanded at high rates from 1985 to 1995, occupying the majority of the lands suited for agriculture.

Wheat/soybean double crops expanded and contributed to raise productivity in the Pampas with available farming technologies.

Between 1995 and 1998, the area planted with genetically modified crops expanded from nothing to some 30m hectares, mostly in North America.

The development of genetically engineered crops expanded the use of IP rights largely to ensure recovery of investment by technology developers.

Between 1988 and 2008, areas covered by carpet meadows, vegetable or pasture crops expanded both on the quechua valley floor (+49%) and the superior suni (+67%) and puna (+38%).

The production of coffee, an indigenous crop, was expanded under German and British administration to make it the major cash crop; the staple food is plantain.

Even though crop insurance expanded, ad hoc disaster payments remained common.

What started as a farming technique for crops has expanded into everything from processed foods to flowers and cosmetics.

Since they were first commercially grown in the mid-1990s, gengineered enGEneered (GE) crops have expanded across the globe, offering farmers the advantages of genetically enhanced resistance to drought, herbicides, and insects.