Sentence examples for productive crops from inspiring English sources

The virtue of corn is that it is one of the most productive crops on the planet, a characteristic that has been greatly amplified by years of research and development.

Speaking at an international "nutrition summit" in London recently Prime Minister David Cameron described how the role of science is "about harnessing the power of innovation to develop better seeds and more nutritious and productive crops".

Through the market, water was dynamically allocated to the most productive water users: somebody with water but less productive crops still earned a living by not wasting water, selling it to farmers who were able to make the most of it.

As Doebley et al. (2006) noted, "most members of our modern industrial societies have never seen and would not recognize the unpromising wild plants that are the progenitors of our remarkably productive crops".

But others are less so, for example the mangrove swamps and coral reefs that provide natural barriers against storms that devastate coastal regions; the vast array of plant species that provide pharmaceutical companies with endless genetic resources used for live-saving drugs; and the insects that provide essential pollination for growing around 70% of the world's most productive crops.

It is estimated that approximately a billion people live in grassland ecosystems and in many of these arid regions, growing productive crops is extremely difficult, if not impossible.

In the end Shroff's firm may find the payoff on its Advanta acquisition a long way from the U.S. Advanta's research director, Alan Scott, explains: "Corn is a highly productive crop in a good production area.

CEO Professor Sayed Azam Ali believes bambara is "just the sort of climate-resilient, nutritious and potentially productive crop that should be a crop of the future".

The solar trade association's advice goes further, recommending highly productive crop land be avoided and only land graded 3b, 4 or 5 be developed for solar farms.

The region west of Adelaide has been settled for generations by farming families who have transformed a once hostile environment into productive cropping land.

Traditionally the Sahel – a semi-arid strip of land, south of the Sahara Desert – is one of Africa's most productive crop regions.