Government officials were paid their salary in silk, and farmers paid their taxes in grain and silk.

政府官员的工资是用丝绸支付的，而农民的赋税用粮食和丝绸支付。

Indeed, even before the steep climb in grain prices in 2008, the number of failing states was expanding.

事实上，甚至在2008年粮食价格急剧攀升之前，衰落的国家数量就已经在扩大。

The increased productivity from farmland made some countries self-sufficient in grain and livestock, and offered effective protection against famine.

农田生产力的提高使一些国家在粮食和牲畜方面能自给自足，并为防止饥荒提供了有效的保护。

This will enable China to go a step further in grain production.

这将能使中国的粮食生产量更上一个新台阶。

Every rise of one degree Celsius means a ten percent reduction in grain yields.

每升温摄氏一度意味着农作物减产一成。

The heritability of N content in grain and leaf and N utilization efficiency were high.

子粒、叶片含氮量和氮利用效率的遗传率相对较高。

Significant differences in grain consumption patterns across the region have led to differing impacts.

本地区各国的粮食消费格局存在很大差异，这导致了不同程度的影响。

"An increase in grain prices impacts us because we are a major procurer of grain for food," she said.

“粮食价格的增长对我们造成了冲击，因为我们是粮食的主要生产者，”她说。

Libya abolished taxes and customs duties on food products, and Morocco tried to offset a surge in grain prices.

利比亚废除了食品的国内税收以及进口税，摩洛哥也真被对攀升的谷物价格进行补偿。

The global spike in grain prices over the past year is in large part due to the impact on grain supplies of the growing demand for meat.

过去一年中全球谷物价格的突高，很大程度上是由于肉食需求的增长对谷物供应造成的影响。

We should avoid grain because it is high in carbohydrate and if you continue a diet that is high in grain, you can develop diabetes.

我们应该避免粮食，因为它富含碳水化合物，如果你继续的饮食富含谷物，您可以开发糖尿病。

However, the recent increase in grain prices - partly due to increased grain production for biofuels - is hurting real incomes among the urban poor.

然而，近期粮食涨价部分原因是由于生产生物燃料的粮食产量增加，伤害到城市贫民的实际收入。

First, rice farmers through participation in grain cooperatives can achieve scale rice production, reducing input costs, increasing rice yield.

第一，水稻农户通过参与粮食专业合作社可以实现水稻生产的规模效应，减少成本投入，增加水稻收益。

China is the first major grain-producing country where environmental and economic trends have combined to reverse the historical growth in grain production.

中国是名列第一的主要粮食生产国，在这里，环境和经济趋势合力终结了粮食产量的历史性增长。

The European Commission's energy team says shortfalls in grain can be avoided in several ways, including by improving farming yields and cultivating abandoned land.

欧盟委员会能源局说粮食作物的短缺可以从几个方面得到弥补，包括提高单产和开垦弃慌土地。

The Kremlin responded to the August drought by banning grain exports, a move that prompted accusations of protectionism and led to an increase in grain prices worldwide.

克里姆林宫针因应8月份的旱灾已经下令禁止毂物出口，这个举动已经招致保护主义的指责并且导致全球毂物价格攀升。

If we don't unload it soon, the grain will start rotting in the silos.

如果我们不马上卸货，这些粮食在仓中将开始腐烂。

There was about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest.

收割伊始田间大约有三亿吨的谷物。

Strong both in industry and agriculture, Ukraine produces much of the grain for the nation.

工业与农业双强的乌克兰为其国民生产大部分谷物。

In most cases, the human waste is used on grain crops, which are eventually cooked, minimizing the risk of transmitting water-borne diseases.

在大多数情况下，人类粪便施用于谷物作物上，这些作物最终经过烹煮，从而最大程度地减少了因水传染的疾病的传播风险。

Vegetables can be grown many times in places where you could never grow wheat or grain.

在不能种植小麦和谷物的土壤上，蔬菜可以长好几季。

There was also a demand among urban consumers for dairy products such as butter and cheese, which, in the sixteenth century, had become more expensive than grain.

城市消费者对黄油和奶酪等乳制品也有需求，在16世纪，这些产品比谷物还贵。

During the period, grain and other solid cargo was shipped across the Ramian Sea in containers made from material other than clay.

在这一时期，谷物和其他固体货物被装在由黏土以外的材料所制成的集装箱里，通过拉米安海运输。

During the period, grain and other solid cargo was shipped across the Remain Sea in containers made from material other than clay.

在这一时期，谷物和其他固体货物被装在由非粘土材料制成的集装箱里穿过 Remain 海洋。

The grain is liable to mildew when the humidity in the barn is too high.

仓库里潮气太大，粮食就容易发霉。

He had come to Mexico in 1944, leaving a good job at DuPont, to increase grain yields, and to bring these half-starving people food.

1944年，他来到墨西哥，辞去了杜邦公司的一份好工作，目的是提高粮食产量，为这些处于半饥饿状态的人们提供食物。

By replacing expensive grain feed with regenerative management practices, grass-fed farmers are insulated from jumps in the price of feed.

通过用可再生的管理方式取代昂贵的谷物喂养，那些用草料喂养动物的农民可以免受饲料价格上涨的影响。