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94 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Flashcards

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ruiner / détruire

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to 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 –> gelé

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frost –> frostbitten

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la grêle –> un grêlon

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hail –> a hailstone

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sec –> la sécheresse

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dry –> 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 –> pourri

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to rot –> rotten

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infecter

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to infect

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la brucellose

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brucellosis

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la myxomatose

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myxomatosis

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la rage –> enragé

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rabies –> rabid

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abattre –> l’abattage

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tu cull –> 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 –> abondant

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plenty –> plentiful

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stoker

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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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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 –> criblé de dette

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a debt –> debt-ridden

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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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l’agroalimentaire

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agribusiness

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rapporter / produire

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to yied

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le rendement

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the yield

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maimiser

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to maximise

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irriguer –> l’irrigation

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to irrigate –> irrigation

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drainer

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to drain

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le drainage / l’assainissement

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drainage

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fertiliser –> un engrais

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to fertilize –> a fertilizer

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la fertilisation

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fertilization

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les produits chimiques

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chemicals

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l’agrochimie

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agrochemicals

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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 des cultures

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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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biotechnology

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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

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génétiquement modifié

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GM-engineered

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qui résiste aux parasites

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pest / insect-resistant

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qui résiste à la sécheresse

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drought-resistant

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qui résiste aux maladies

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disease-resistant

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qui supporte les herbicides

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herbicide-tolerat / resistant

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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 –> nutritif

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nutrition –> nutritious

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une race / une espèce

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a breed

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croiser / hybrider

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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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une race / une souche

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a strain

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évoluer –> l’évolution

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evoluer –> 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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crosspollination

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préjudice

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harm

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nuisible

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harmful

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endommager –> des dégâts

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to damage –> damage

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l’inquiétude –> inquiet

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concern –> concerned

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une étiquette –> étiqueter

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a label –> 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 != inorganique

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organic != 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 chimique

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chemical-free

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sain

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wholesome

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savoureux != sans goût

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tasty != 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

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bird flu / avian flu

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la grippe porcine

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swine flu

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la tuberculose bovine

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bovine TB

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une politique agricole

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a farming policy

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les subventions agricoles

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farm / agriculturel subsidies

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réduire les subventions

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to curb subsidies

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les quotas laitiers

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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

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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

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les 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

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biothec / 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

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des entreprises de biotechnologie

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a biotech company

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l’agriculture durable

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sustainable agriculture

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l’agriculture biologique

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organic farming

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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 fuit

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