Sentence examples for key crops from inspiring English sources

The key crops were corn (maize), beans, and squash.

Yet, these three key crops are also largely grown in countries most at risk from a more variable climate.

Another letter claims, without citing evidence, that the production of key crops would fall by "up to 40%".

The Incas, who domesticated quinoa, were astute agricultural engineers in the sense that so many of their key crops were essentially weeds.

"The idea was to incentivize Portuguese farmers not to plant key crops" in order to avoid glutting the European market, Vincent explained.

USAid continues to roll out its $88m five-year Feed the Future North project that looks to expand farmers' yields of primarily five key crops – corn, beans, rice, plantains and cocoa.

Sugar was the key crop in Tobago from the time that Gedney Clarke, a British landowner, exported the first shipment in 1770.

Tobacco, less important than it once was, continues to be a key crop in several southern counties, while acreage devoted to growing corn (maize) has expanded greatly in recent years.

However, with key crop-growing areas of the US facing their worst drought in almost 25 years, wheat, corn and soybean prices have been rising sharply.

In some cases, researchers have been able to pinpoint the exact nucleotide changes responsible for the production of key crop-related traits.

The idea that global warming might be a boon for crop production seems less likely in light of a long-term study showing just the opposite effect for one key crop.