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verbs
grow a crop
• Many crops are grown from seed every year.
plant a crop
• Farmers burn their fields in preparation for planting crops.
harvest/bring in a crop
• Brazil's coffee crop begins to be harvested in May.
produce a crop
• The land is so poor that much of the seed will not produce a crop.
rotate the crops
(= regularly change the crops grown on a piece of land )
• Crops are sometimes rotated with grass.
something destroys/damages a crop
• When disease destroyed the crop, famine followed.
a crop fails
(= does not grow or produce food properly )
• The drought meant the crops failed and food was scarce.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + crop
the wheat/cereal/rice etc crop
• In January farmers prepare the ground for the potato crop.
a food crop
• The demand for ethanol has reduced the amount of corn grown as a food crop.
a cash crop
(= grown to be sold rather than used )
• Cotton is grown as a cash crop in the savannah.
an arable/agricultural crop
(= grown on farm land )
• A lot of woodland has been cleared for arable crops.
genetically modified crops
( also GM crops ) (= ones that have had their genetic structure changed )
• He argues that genetically modified crops are needed to avoid future famines.
a staple crop
(= an important one that forms a big part of people's diet )
• staple crops such as rice and wheat
an export crop
(= grown to be exported )
• Cocoa is the country's main export crop.
crop + NOUN
crop production
• The area is mostly unsuitable for crop production.
crop failure
(= failure to grow or produce food )
• Ethiopia's 1989 crop failure was disastrous.
crop damage
• The storms caused crop damage across the country.
crop rotation
(= the practice of rotating crops )
• Crop rotation helps build up soil fertility.
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verb ADV. closely His hair was closely cropped. PHRASES crop sth short His hair had been cropped short and he looked different., noun plants grown for food ADJ. agricultural | cash, commercial, export | fodder, food, forage Fodder crops are used to feed livestock. | subsistence | staple | traditional the replacement of traditional crops with cash crops for export | spring, winter | standing Rivers burst their banks and flooded standing crops. | arable, cereal, fruit, root, vegetable VERB + CROP grow, produce Most of the farmers grow arable crops. | plant, sow | bring in, gather, harvest, reap | damage, destroy Summer flash floods destroyed the crops. | rotate | spray Crops are sprayed with highly toxic chemicals to prevent insect damage. CROP + VERB fail Isolated communities were extremely vulnerable if crops failed. CROP + NOUN rotation Crop rotation helps prevent soil erosion. | damage, failure | production, yield to boost crop yields | spraying PREP. ~ of a crop of carrots total amount of grain, fruit, etc. grown ADJ. abundant, bumper, excellent, good, heavy, record | poor | early Bring strawberry plants indoors for an early crop. | potato, rice, etc. VERB + CROP gather, get, harvest, have, reap a record crop was harvested We had a very good crop of apples last year. | bear, produce, yield It takes three to five years for a new plantation to bear a crop. PREP. ~ of
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