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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Agriculture / sugar cane | | English term or phrase: water-hungry | | "... it will drive expansion of Brazilian sugar—a water-hungry crop rapidly destroying the fragile Cerrado watershed, pushing soy production deeper into the Amazon..." |
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| | uma cultura consumidora de, ou que consome muita água | Explanation:
This downfall was affected by the decrease in water availability because of the ... the introduction of more drought-resistant and less water-hungry crops ...
www.linguee.pt/ingles-portugues/.../affected drought.html
20 jul. 2010 ... Qual a sua avaliação sobre a rotação das culturas de soja e milho como algodão? ... para os motores a diesel, mais cana-de-açúcar, para o etanol. ... que consome muita terra e muita água e que expulsa os agricultores ...
www.ecodebate.com.br/.../agua-e-terra-hoje-sao-artigos-prec...
... COMPRAM MUITA TERRA PARA COMEÇAR MONOCULTURA DE EUCALIPTO, MILHO E SOJA TRANSGÊNICO, CANA ... ONDE É CULTIVADO PORQUE CONSOME MUITA ÁGUA. OS HABITANTES EM VOLTA FICAM SEM ÁGUA. ... NO CASO DA CANA DE AÇÚCAR, SE ACRESCENTA O TRABALHO ESCRAVO UTILIZADO POR VÁRIOS .... CULTURA POPULAR E GRATUITA. AGENDA DA PERIFERIA. ...
lusitanos.wordpress.com/.../agricultura-familiar-e-saudavel-x-agricultura-industrial-e-veneno/ |
| Selected response from:
  Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
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