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94 - Agriculture : problems, new trends Flashcards

1
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Détruire

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To blight

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Le mildiou

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Blight

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Un parasite

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A parasite

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Un animal nuisible

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A pest

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Une sauterelle

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A grasshopper

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Une chenille

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A caterpillar

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Dévorer

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To eat up

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Un rongeur

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A rodent

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Ronger

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To gnaw

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Le gel

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Frost

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Gelé

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Frostbitten

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La grêle

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Hail

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Un grêlon

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A hailstone

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Sec

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Dry

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Se flétrir

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To wither

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Pourrir

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To rot

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Pourri

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Rotten

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Infecter

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To infect

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La rage

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Rabies

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Enragé

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Rabid

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Abattre

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To cull

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L’abattage

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Cull

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Une surabondance

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A glut

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Un surplus

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A surplus

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La surproduction

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Overproduction

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Beaucoup

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Plenty

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Abondant

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Plentiful

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Stocker

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To stockpile

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La constitution de stock

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Stockpiling

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Un quota

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A quota

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Une pénurie

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A shortage

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34
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Vendre à bas prix

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To dump

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Une situation difficile

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A plight

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Le revenu

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The income

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Vivoter

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To scrape by

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Une dette

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A debt

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39
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Criblé de dettes

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Debt-ridden

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40
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L’agronomie

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Agronomy

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Un agronome

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An agronomist

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42
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L’agroalimentaire

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Agribusiness

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43
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Rapporter

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To yield

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44
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Produire

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To yield

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45
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Le rendement

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The yield

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Maximiser

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To maximise

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Irriguer

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To irrigate

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L’irrigation

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Irrigation

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Drainer

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To drain

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Le drainage

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Drainage

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51
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L’assainissement

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Drainage

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Fertiliser

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To fertilize

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53
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Un engrais

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A fertilizer

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54
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La fertilisation

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Fertilization

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55
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Les produits chimiques

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Chimicals

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56
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L’agrochimie

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Agrochemicals

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57
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Les nitrates

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Nitrates

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Les phosphates

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Phosphates

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Un pesticide

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A pesticide

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Un herbicide

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A herbicide

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Traiter

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To treat

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Pulvériser

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To spray

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La pulvérisation

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Crop-spraying

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Abuser de

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To overuse

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L’abus de

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Overuse

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Trafiquer

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To tamper (with)

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Un centre d’élevage intensif

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A feedlot

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Une batterie

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A battery

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Une hormone

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A hormone

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La biotechnologie

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Biotechnologie

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Un gène

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A gene

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Transgénique

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Transgenic

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La génétique

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Genetics

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Les OGM

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GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)

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Modifié génétiquement

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GM-engineered

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Qui résiste aux parasites

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Pest-resistant

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Qui résiste aux insectes

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Insect-resistant

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Qui supporte les herbicides (2)

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Herbicide-resistant /

Herbicide-tolerant

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Enrichi en vitamines

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Vitamin-enhanced

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Un nutriment

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A nutrient

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La nutrition

A

Nutrition

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Nutritif

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Nutritious

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Une race (2)

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A breed /

A strain

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Une souche (2)

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A breed /

A strain

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Croiser

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To crossbreed

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Le croisement

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Crossbreeding

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Un hybride

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A crossbreed

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Évoluer

A

To evolve

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L’évolution

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Evolution

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Une mutation

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A mutation

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Les “super mauvaises herbes”

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Superweeds

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Contaminer

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To contaminate

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La contamination

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Contamination

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Le pollen

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Pollen

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La transpollinisation

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Crosspollinisation

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Préjudice

A

Harm

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Nuisible

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Harmful

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Préjudiciable

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Harmful

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Endommager

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To damage

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Des dégâts

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Damage

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L’inquiétude

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Concern

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Inquiet

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Concerned

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Une étiquette

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A label

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Étiqueter

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To label

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L’étiquetage

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Labelling

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Sans OGM

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GM-free

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Un moratoire

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A moratorium

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Interdire

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To ban

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Une interdiction (de)

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A ban (on)

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Biologique

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Organic

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Inorganique

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Inorganic

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Traditionnel

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Conventional

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Naturel

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Natural

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Sans produits chimiques

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Chemical-free

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Sain

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Wholesome

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Savoureux

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Tasty

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Sans goût

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Tasteless

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L’agroécologie

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Agro-ecology

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Agroécologique

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Agro-ecological

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Une catastrophe naturelle

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An act of God

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Une mauvaise récolte

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A crop failure

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La maladie de la vache folle

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Mad-cow disease

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La fièvre aphteuse

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Foot and mouth disease

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La grippe aviaire (2)

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Bird flu /

Avian flu

125
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La grippe porcine

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Swine flu

126
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La tuberculose bovine

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Bovine TB (tuberculosis)

127
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Une politique agricole

A

A farming policy

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Les subventions agricoles (2)

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Farm subsidies /

Agricultural subsidies

129
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Réduire les subventions

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To curb subsidies

130
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Les quotas laitiers

A

Milk quotas

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Les terres en jachère

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Set-aside land

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Le prix au producteur

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The farm gate price

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La lutte contre les parasites

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Pest control

134
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Un ingénieur agronome

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An agricultural engineer

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L’industrie agroalimentaire

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The farm-produce industry

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La traite mécanisée

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Machine milking

137
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Des poulets élevés en batterie

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Battery(-reared) chickens

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Des vaches laitières nourries aux hormones

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Hormone-fed milk cows

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Les cultures génétiquement modifiées (2)

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Biotech crops /

GM crops

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L’ingénierie génétique

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Genetic engineering

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Augmenter le rendement

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To enhance yield

142
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Une entreprise de biotechnologie

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A biotech company

143
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L’agriculture durable

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Substainable agriculture

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L’agriculture biologique

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Organic farming

145
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Vin de l’agriculture biologique

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Organically-grown wine

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Des poulets élevés en plein air

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Free-range chickens

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Des fruits sans pesticides

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Pesticide-free fruit

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Ruiner

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To blight

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