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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9
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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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12
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se flétrir

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to wither

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13
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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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15
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infecter

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to infect

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16
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la brucellose

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brucellosis

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17
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la myxomatose

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myxomatosis

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18
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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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20
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une surabondance

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a glut

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21
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un surplus

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a surplus

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22
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la surproduction

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overproduction

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23
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beaucoup –> abondant

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plenty –> plentiful

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24
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stoker

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to stockpile

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25
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la constitution de stock

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stockpiling

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26
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un quota

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a quota

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27
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une pénurie

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a shortage

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28
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vendre à bas prix

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to dump

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29
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une situation difficile

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a plight

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30
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le revenu

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the income

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31
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vivoter

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to scrape by

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32
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une dette –> criblé de dette

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a debt –> debt-ridden

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33
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l’agronomie

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agronomy

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34
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un agronome

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an agronomist

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35
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l’agroalimentaire

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agribusiness

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36
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rapporter / produire

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to yied

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37
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le rendement

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the yield

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38
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maimiser

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to maximise

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39
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irriguer –> l’irrigation

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to irrigate –> irrigation

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40
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drainer

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to drain

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41
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le drainage / l’assainissement

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drainage

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42
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fertiliser –> un engrais

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to fertilize –> a fertilizer

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43
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la fertilisation

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fertilization

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44
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les produits chimiques

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chemicals

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45
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l’agrochimie

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agrochemicals

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46
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les nitrates

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nitrates

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47
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les phosphates

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phosphates

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48
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un pesticide

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a pesticide

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49
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un herbicide

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a herbicide

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50
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traiter

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to treat

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51
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pulvériser

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to spray

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52
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la pulvérisation des cultures

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crop-spraying

53
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abuser de

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to overuse

54
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l’abus de

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overuse

55
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trafiquer

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to tamper with

56
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un centre d’élevage intensif

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a feedlot

57
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une batterie

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a battery

58
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une hormone

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a hormone

59
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la biotechnologie

A

biotechnology

60
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un gène

A

a gene

61
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transgénique

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transgenic

62
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la génétique

A

genetics

63
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les OGM

A

GMOs

64
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génétiquement modifié

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GM-engineered

65
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qui résiste aux parasites

A

pest / insect-resistant

66
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qui résiste à la sécheresse

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drought-resistant

67
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qui résiste aux maladies

A

disease-resistant

68
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qui supporte les herbicides

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herbicide-tolerat / resistant

69
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enrichi en vitamines

A

vitamin-enhanced

70
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un nutriment

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a nutrient

71
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la nutrition –> nutritif

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nutrition –> nutritious

72
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une race / une espèce

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a breed

73
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croiser / hybrider

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to crossbreed

74
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le croisement

A

crossbreeding

75
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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

77
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évoluer –> l’évolution

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evoluer –> evolution

78
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une mutation

A

a mutation

79
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les “super mauvaises herbes”

A

superweeds

80
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contaminer

A

to contaminate

81
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la contamination

A

contamination

82
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le pollen

A

pollen

83
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la transpollinisation

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crosspollination

84
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préjudice

A

harm

85
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nuisible

A

harmful

86
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endommager –> des dégâts

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to damage –> damage

87
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l’inquiétude –> inquiet

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concern –> concerned

88
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une étiquette –> étiqueter

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a label –> to label

89
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l’étiquetage

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labelling

90
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sans OGM

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GM-free

91
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un moratoire

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a moratorium

92
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interdire

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to ban

93
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une interdiction (de)

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a ban (on)

94
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biologique != inorganique

A

organic != inorganic

95
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traditionnel

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conventional

96
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naturel

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natural

97
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sans produits chimique

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chemical-free

98
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sain

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wholesome

99
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savoureux != sans goût

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tasty != tasteless

100
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l’agroécologie

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agro-ecology

101
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agroécologique

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agro-ecological

102
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une catastrophe naturelle

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an act of God

103
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une mauvaise récolte

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a crop failure

104
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la maladie de la vache folle

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mad-cow disease

105
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la fièvre aphteuse

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foot and mouth disease

106
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la grippe aviaire

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bird flu / avian flu

107
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la grippe porcine

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swine flu

108
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la tuberculose bovine

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bovine TB

109
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une politique agricole

A

a farming policy

110
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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

112
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les quotas laitiers

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milk quotas

113
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les terres en jachère

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set-aside land

114
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le prix au producteur

A

the farm gate price

115
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la lutte contre les parasites

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pest control

116
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un ingénieur agronome

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an agricultural engineer

117
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l’industrie agroalimentaire

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the farm-produce industry

118
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la traite mécanisée

A

machine milking

119
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les poulets élevés en batterie

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battery-reared chickens

120
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des vaches laitières nourries aux hormones

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hormone-fed milk cows

121
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les cultures génétiquement modifiées

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biothec / GM crops

122
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l’ingénierie génétique

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genetic engineering

123
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augmenter le rendement

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to enhance yield

124
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des entreprises de biotechnologie

A

a biotech company

125
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l’agriculture durable

A

sustainable agriculture

126
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l’agriculture biologique

A

organic farming

127
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vin de l’agriculture biologique

A

organically-grown wine

128
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des poulets élevés en plein air

A

free-range chickens

129
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des fruits sans pesticides

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pesticide-free fuit