Sentence examples for crops expanded from inspiring English sources

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

If ranching were made more intensive, crops could expand into empty pasture.

In Brazil, the cultivation of bioenergy crops is expanding at an accelerated rate.