It is the trade center of an irrigated farming area.

是灌溉农业区的商业中心。

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The reason water matters so much is that irrigated farming is so productive.

水之所以这么重要的原因是，灌溉的田地产量高。 虽然只占世界总耕地的五分之一，但是生产了世界粮食的五分之四。

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A city of central California southeast of Modesto. It is the center of an irrigated farming region. Population, 42,198.

美国加利福尼亚州中部一城市，位于莫德·斯托东南。它是一个灌溉农业区的中心。人口42,198。

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But the river system that covers two-thirds of Australia's irrigated farming land is also suffering from decades of overuse.

ECONOMIST: To turn a drought into wine

Commercial irrigated farming has bright prospects.

ECONOMIST: Brazil

Irrigated rice-farming, which is two or three times more productive than the rain-fed sort, is growing rapidly throughout the basin, albeit from a low base.

ECONOMIST: The Mekong river