so when i read the un hunger report, i do feel proud for what china has achieved, with only 7% of the world’s arable land feeding 20% of the world’s population.
因此,当我看到联合国关于消除饑饿的报告时,不禁为中国取得的成就而感到自豪,中国用占世界仅7%的可耕地,养活了占世界20%的人口。
at the time of mr chang「s birth in 1963, south korea was blessed with a young, literate and biddable workforce; it also lacked large tracts of arable land or rich deposits of natural resources.
在作者出世的1963年,韩国正赶上一批年纪轻、有文化、肯听话的劳动力大军。不过当时,韩国缺乏大面积耕地,也没有蕴藏丰富的自然资源。
time to go exploring for metals and arable land to grow wheat, soybeans, rice.
目前是时候去勘探各种金属矿藏及开发耕地以种植小麦、大豆、水稻。
we have been getting rich by depleting all our natural stocks — water, hydrocarbons, forests, rivers, fish and arable land — and not by generating renewable flows.
我们靠损耗全部自然储备变得富有——水、碳氢化合物、森林、河流、鱼类和耕地——而不是通过可持续的流动性增长。
the loss of arable land to housing, roads and other infrastructure has also reduced the world」s rice production.
耕地被用来建房、修路和进行其它基础设施建设,这也减少了世界大米产量。
as well as the noise, traffic, loss of arable land and threat to birds, airports are a major source of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
机场不仅导致了噪声、交通堵塞、耕地流失,威胁鸟类,还是主要的污染源和温室气体排放源。
while egypt「s arable land constitutes only 3 percent of the country, a ribbon of land along the nile is lush with crops. egypt is the world」s leading producer of long-staple cotton.
虽然埃及耕地只占到该国领土的3%,但尼罗河沿岸地区还是庄稼茂盛,而且埃及还是世界上长绒棉的主要出口国。
in the gulf, and elsewhere, demand for arable land is growing, while supply is shrinking.
在海湾地区,以及世界各地,对耕地的需求越来越大,同时供应却在缩小。
but the fact is that with a very high proportion of arable land, there is still a lot of arable land which is not cultivated, which is lying fallow.
不过事实上,尽管印度可耕地比例很高,但是还有很多土地处于閑置。
analysts believed several major factors contributed to the arable land loss.
分析人士认为耕地流失是由好几个因素造成的。
china feeds about 20% of the world population with about 9% of the arable land of the world, which a significant contribution to food security in the world.
中国用世界9%左右的耕地解决了世界20%左右人口的粮食问题,这是对世界粮食安全的重大贡献。
land in rwanda is scarce. but the major problem confronting those who work the land is that almost 90% of arable land is on hillsides.
卢旺达的土地资源稀缺,但农户当前面临的一大问题是近90%的耕地都是坡地。