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| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | A system of producing crops in semi-arid regions (usually with less than 20 inches of annual rainfall) without irrigation. Dryland farmers often try to rebuild soil moisture by leaving the land fallow (unplanted) or mulched in alternate years, called summer fallowing. (references) |
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Business | It is expected that by building up a sustainable dryland farming development system, China will be able to raise the efficiency rate of utilizing water resources to over 60 percent. (references) | |
According to Mr. Liu Jian, vice-minister of agriculture, in 1999 and 2000, China is to spend an additional RMB250 million ($30 million) plus the original budget of RMB20 million ($2.41 million) to develop dryland farming demonstration zones in northern China. (references) | ||
China reports it has achieved some success in drought-resistant and water-efficient plant strains, structural readjustment of the cropping system, soil covering and treatment to reduce evaporation, optimization of the water supply during the various growing periods, and dryland farming. (references) | ||
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-f-g-i-l-m-n-n-r-r-y" | |
-5 letters: amygdalin, damningly, fairyland. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 52 59 4C 41 4E 44 46 41 52 4D 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01010010 01011001 01001100 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000110 01000001 01010010 01001101 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D R Y L A N D   F A R M I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0052 0059 004C 0041 004E 0044 0046 0041 0052 004D 0049 004E 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38525946354838240355247434841 |
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