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CH94: Agriculture: problems, new trends Flashcards

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ruiner/détruire -> le mildiou/la cloque

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to blight -> blight

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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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to 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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beaucoup -> abondant

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plenty -> plentiful

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stocker ; la constitution de stocks

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to stockpile ; 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 dettes

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a debt -> debt-ridden

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l’agronomie ; un agronome

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agronomy ; an agronomist

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l’agroalimentaire

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agribusiness

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rapporter/produire -> le rendement

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to yield -> the yield

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maximiser

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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 -> le drainage, l’assainissement

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to drain -> drainage

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fertiliser -> un engrais -> la fertilisation

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to fertilize -> a fertilizer -> fertilization

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les produits chimiques -> l’agrochimie

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chemicals -> 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 -> la pulvérisation des cultures

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to spray -> crop-spraying

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abuser de -> l’abus de

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to overuse -> 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 -> transgénique -> la génétique -> les OGM -> modifié génétiquement

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a gene -> transgenic -> genetics -> GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) -> GM-engineered

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qui résiste aux parasites/insectes

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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-tolerant, herbicide-resistant

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enrichi en vitamines

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vitamin-enhanced

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un nutriment -> la nutrition -> nutritif

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a nutrient -> nutrition -> nutritious

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une race/espèce -> croiser/hybrider -> le croisement -> un hybride

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a breed -> to crossbreed -> crossbreeding -> a crossbreed

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une race/ une souche

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a strain

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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, la contamination

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to contaminate, contamination

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le pollen ; la transpollinisation

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pollen ; crosspollination

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préjudice ; nuisible/préjudiciable

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harm ; 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 -> l’étiquetage

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a label -> to label -> 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 -> une interdiction (de)

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to ban ; a ban (on)

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bio(logique) ≠ inorganique

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organic ≠ inorganic

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traditionnel

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conventional

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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 ≠ sans gout

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tasty ≠ tasteless

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l’agroécologie -> agroécologique

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agro-ecology -> 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 // la grippe porcine

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bird/avian flu // swine flu

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la tuberculose bovine

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bovine TB (tuberculosis)

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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/agricultural subsidies

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réduire les subventions

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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 agro-alimentaire

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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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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

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biotech / 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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une entreprise 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 bio(logique)

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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 fruit

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