The crop failure spelt disaster for many farmers.

对许多农民来说，庄稼歉收就意味着灾难。

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He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running.

他说干旱已连续两年造成严重农作物歉收。

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Plantings of cotton bioengineered to produce its own insecticide against bollworms, a major cause of crop failure, sustained little bollworm damage until this year.

经过生物工程改造的棉花种植场可以生产自己的抗棉铃虫杀虫剂，而棉铃虫是造成农作物歉收的主要原因，直到今年，棉铃虫的危害都很小。

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When there is crop failure because of a drought or flood, farmers receive a text message.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

Ireland in the eighteen forties suffered one crop failure after another.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

Farmers pay an extra 5% to insure a bag of seed, fertiliser or other things like herbicide against crop failure.

ECONOMIST: Insuring crops with a mobile phone

In Zimbabwe , a minister in President Robert Mugabe's government admitted that the forcible seizure of mostly white-owned farms had contributed to the current massive crop failure in the country.

ECONOMIST: A grand illusion

While none have been truly catastrophic, Valenzuela noted, as the demand for tequila from the U.S. and other markets continues to grow, the threat of serious crop failure does as well.

FORBES: The Science of Tequila (Snobbery)