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Lesson 94 : Agriculture, problems, new trends Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Ruiner, détruire

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To blight

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Les problèmes auxquels les agriculteurs sont confrontés

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Problems faced by farmers

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Le mildiou, la cloque

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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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11
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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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14
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Se flétrir

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To wither

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Une innondation

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A flood

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Pourrir / pourri

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To rot / rotten

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17
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Infecter

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To infect

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18
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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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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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28
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La constitution de stocks

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Stockpiling

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29
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Un quota

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A quota

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30
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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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34
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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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Un herbicide

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A herbicide

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37
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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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39
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La pulvérisation des cultures

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Crop-spraying

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40
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Abuser de

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To overuse

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41
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L’abus de

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Overuse

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42
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Trafiquer

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To tamper (with)

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43
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Un centre d’élevage intensif

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A feedlot

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44
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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 (= Genetically Modifies Organisms)

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Modifié génétiquement

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GM-engineered

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Qui résiste aux parasites / insectes

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Pest / insects-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 / 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 nutriment

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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 stain

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Évoluer / l’évolution

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To evolve / 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 / la contamination

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To contaminate / contamination

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Le pollen / la transpollinisation

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Crosspollination

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Préjudice

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Harm

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Nuisible / préjudiciable

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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, 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

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To ban / a ban (on)

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Les tendances récentes

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Recent trends

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Bio(logique)

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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 / 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

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Bird flu / avian 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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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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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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