Sentence examples for failed crop from inspiring English sources

Now most of his failed crop is only useful as fodder for his herd.

The family had borrowed 80,000 rupees, or about $1,640, to treat his kidney disease; the failed crop left them without money to pay off the debt.

Some shows close virtually every January, the start of a post-holiday slowdown, but the 2009-10 failed crop is fairly large.

The problems they encounter affect all farmers, however, in that they are "still dealing with nature", says Ballard, although in Growing Underground's case, a failed crop can be replaced very quickly because of the quick turnaround time.

Life expectancy was significantly raised in men whose grandfathers had endured a failed crop season just before puberty: they had acquired something due to starvation, and passed it on.

India's 600 million farmers and the nation's poor are often the same people: a single failed crop tends to wipe out their savings and may lead to them losing their land.

Bottom line: California is at a crossroads; it can either follow its old course toward drought, failed crops, failing fisheries, and an insufficient drinking water supply - or it can commit to a new, smart-water solution for the 21st century.

In certain cultures, voodoo objects were commissioned to solve anything that vexed you - from failed crops to failed romance.

"The effects of climate change are failed crops.

That's because of issues with crop production and failed crops … down here we have no pests and a consistent temperature of 16C.

Government officials are clearly concerned by the prospect of rising unrest among jobless migrants, and water shortages and failed crops only heighten those worries.