Anbausicherheit
English translation: cultivation stability
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| 13:38 Oct 9, 2006 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Science - Agriculture | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Cetacea Switzerland Local time: 00:24 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | robustness |
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| 2 +1 | ease of cultivation |
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| 3 | cultivation stability |
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| 3 | reliability under varying conditions |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1ease of cultivation Explanation: Or, perhaps, prospect of cultivation success? |
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13 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1robustness Explanation: i.e. ability to survive and mature; resistance to weather conditions, blight, insects etc |
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1 hr confidence:
cultivation stability Explanation: stability implying both robustness and regular yields. Reference: http://www2.mtt.fi/english/facilities/varietytrials.html |
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2 hrs confidence:
reliability under varying conditions Explanation: I am sure that Andrew's interpretation is the right one (and I say that by analogy with the concept of Nahrungssicherheit or food security, which is much talked about in the context of agriculture and development) - it is whether the plant can be relied upon to grow if you have a year that is particularly cold/wet/hot/dry or whatever - it is therefore in some cases the very opposite of "ease of cultivation", which means that the plant might grow readily in normal conditions but would pack up completely if, for example, it didn't rain. So I wouldn't quibble with "robustness" as a translation, except that I think you need to work the "Anbau- " in there somewhere, to make it clear that we are not talking about robust flavour, nor about robustness as resistance to damage during picking or handling. |
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