Stop maize monoculture, and reestablish multiple cropping, to combat the loss of landscape and soil diversity.
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Monoculture
//ˈmɒnəˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "monoculture"
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21 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- monoconreu noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
- monocultiu noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
Czech
1 entries- monokultura noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
Dutch
2 entries- monocultuur noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
- monocultuur noun (culture or society that lacks diversity)
Finnish
2 entries- monokulttuuri noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
- yksipuolinen viljely noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
French
2 entries- monoculture noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
- monoculture noun (culture or society that lacks diversity)
German
2 entries- Monokultur noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
- Monokultur noun (culture or society that lacks diversity)
Greek
1 entries- μονοκαλλιέργεια noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
Irish
2 entries- monashaothrú noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
- monashaothrú noun (culture or society that lacks diversity)
Italian
2 entries- monocoltura noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
- monocultura noun (culture or society that lacks diversity)
Māori
1 entries- ahutahi noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
Polish
1 entries- monokultura noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
Portuguese
1 entries- monocultura noun (culture or society that lacks diversity)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tuathanachas singilte noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
Spanish
1 entries- monocultivo noun (cultivation of a single crop at a time)
Sample sentences
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Monocultures are bad for the environment; as we forced golden, waving wheat to take over the planet, other species faltered and failed, rather than rising on their merits.
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As we Irish discovered in the great famine of 1845-49, monocultures are generally not a good idea and we abandon biodiversity at our peril. Farrell and Berjon make the same point about our online world: the internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture.
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It also isn’t going to be broadcast on TV networks that yearn to re-create the previous century’s monoculture. Our attention spans and tastes keep fracturing, and the ratings for late-night comedy keep declining.
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