1. Typically, if rains are delayed, people may clear land to plant more rice to supplement their harvests. 通常情况下，如果雨季推迟，人们可能会腾出土地，种植更多的水稻以补充收成。
2. Hundreds of tiny plant remains show how the inhabitants exploited nut harvests in nearby pistachio and oak forests. 数以百计的小型植物遗迹展示了当地居民如何利用附近开心果林和橡树林收成的坚果。
3. Prices fluctuate, in response to harvests, natural disasters and political instability; and when they rise, it takes some time before new sources of supply become available. 价格会随着收成、自然灾害和政治不稳定而波动；当价格上涨时，需要一段时间才能找到新的供应来源。
4. Millions of people are threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poor harvests. 数百万人因干旱和歉收正受到饥饿的威胁。
5. By employing agricultural techniques he developed in Mexico, Borlaug was able to nearly double South Asian wheat harvests between 1965 and 1970. 博洛格通过采用他在墨西哥开发的农业技术，使南亚的小麦产量在1965年至1970年间翻了一番。
